Time unknowingly crept towards midnight.
"Xiao Xiao, it's getting late, why don't we rest?"
Wu Ye Lin saw Xiao Xiao yawning and immediately spoke.
"Mmm, I'm a bit sleepy too!~"
Qiao Ying also chimed in at the opportune moment.
"Okay..."
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Soon, the three girls headed towards the three-story wooden house not far away.
"Big Brother, what are you drawing?"
As Xiao Xiao passed Ye Feng, she saw the drawing board not far from him and walked over curiously. When she saw the painting on the board, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Uh... it's a scene of the three of you watching the stars..."
Ye Feng scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed. Although he seemed to have no talent for drawing, the paintings he created were so bad that even he could hardly stand to look at them...
"A scene of the three of us watching the stars... abstract... abstract art?"
Wu Ye Lin stared at it for a while and mumbled.
Hearing this, Ye Feng's old face flushed, and Qiao Ying couldn't help but chuckle...
Because of Ye Feng's tadpole-like drawings, Xiao Xiao, Qiao Ying, and Wu Ye Lin's somewhat melancholic moods dissipated considerably...
...
A few days later, in the morning,
The sun had just risen from the horizon,
At the entrance of the Explorer's Guild city,
"Ye Feng, won't you stay a few more days?"
Wu Ye Lin said softly to Ye Feng, her voice filled with reluctance and a hint of sadness.
"I've already stayed for a long time!"
Ye Feng scratched his head. Although he enjoyed this peaceful life, he had his own things to do...
"Then... Ye Feng, if you pass by the City of Arcane Arts next, it's best to keep a low profile!"
"I received reliable information that someone wants to capture you. I suspect it's related to the Golden Medal that the Flame Ranger possessed, which you took out when you were at the Meow Meow Explorer's Guild..."
"Even scouts from the City of Arcane Arts sneaked in a few days ago, but I dealt with them!"
Wu Ye Lin looked at the arcane pointer on Ye Feng's wrist with concern.
"Mmm!"
Ye Feng nodded, "I'll be careful!"
"Then... you all take care on your journey!"
Wu Ye Lin's eyes turned red as she looked at Xiao Xiao and Qiao Ying beside Ye Feng and spoke.
"Mmm-hmm! Goodbye, Sister Lin!"
Xiao Xiao nodded, her eyes also a little red.
"Lin, goodbye!"
Qiao Ying also waved goodbye to Wu Ye Lin.
"Senior Wu Ye, goodbye!"
"Alright, alright, goodbye. May we meet again!"
"Lei Jian, goodbye!"
"Ye Feng, come and play when you have time..."
"Goodbye..."
...
Amidst the farewells from Ye Feng and his companions and Wu Ye Lin's group, Ye Feng's Hummer and the off-road vehicle carrying the supplies gifted by Wu Ye Lin slowly drove away from the Explorer's Guild...
After the Hummer carrying Ye Feng and the other two disappeared from view, Wu Ye Lin sighed softly. A light flashed in her hand, and a small emerald green bottle appeared.
Looking at the emerald green bottle in her hand, Wu Ye Lin seemed lost in thought...
"Xiao Lin, where did the bottle in your hand come from?"
At this moment, Wu Ye Lan spoke to Wu Ye Lin, her expression quite solemn.
"Ye Feng gave it to me!"
Wu Ye Lin snapped back to reality. "The side effects of the Bone Shattering Pills I took earlier were quite severe. My strength dropped directly from Gold Rank 2 to Silver Rank High. And my cultivation has barely recovered during this time..."
"Ye Feng said that drinking this should help me recover quickly!"
"Grandpa, what's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Wu Ye Lin quickly explained to her grandfather.
"Xiao Lin, did Ye Feng say when you should finish it? The liquid in the emerald green bottle seems to be evaporating!"
Wu Ye Lan pointed at the emerald green bottle in Wu Ye Lin's hand. Indeed, there were wisps of mist emanating from the lid.
"Ye Feng gave this to me last night and told me to drink it as soon as possible, but I forgot!~"
Wu Ye Lin frowned slightly and opened the lid of the small emerald green bottle. White mist instantly rose, and a strange fragrance spread out...
To Wu Ye Lan's shock, Wu Ye Lin drank down the small amount of liquid in the emerald green bottle.
"Ugh~ ooh!"
As soon as Wu Ye Lin drank the liquid, a strange warmth instantly erupted from within her, filling her limbs and bones in the blink of an eye...
Wu Ye Lin quickly mobilized the arcane energy within her body to disperse and neutralize the strange warmth...
After a while, Wu Ye Lin finally breathed a sigh of relief. Her face was flushed, and a fine layer of sweat beaded on her forehead, but she was happy.
Because the uncomfortable feeling that had pervaded her entire body, the fatigue from her muscles and marrow, had disappeared, and her strength had returned to Gold Rank 1...
"Grandpa?"
At this moment, Wu Ye Lin noticed Wu Ye Lan looking at her with an astonished expression and asked curiously.
"Xiao Lin, did Ye Feng tell you what was inside the emerald green bottle?"
Wu Ye Lan swallowed and asked with immense shock.
"No!"
Wu Ye Lin shook her head. "It should be some kind of healing medicine. The effect is very good, immediate!"
"Xiao Lin... this feeling... if I remember correctly, what Ye Feng gave you should be the legendary Nectar!"
Wu Ye Lan's expression was incredibly shocked. When he had smelled the aroma emanating from the lid of the emerald green bottle earlier, he had only suspected, but when Wu Ye Lin opened the lid, he was certain.
"Nectar?"
Wu Ye Lin looked at her grandfather with some confusion.
"Hoo!~"
Wu Ye Lan let out a sigh. "Xiao Lin, let me put it this way, my aptitude is not particularly outstanding... A large part of the reason why I was able to reach the Epic rank... is because of the Nectar..."
"When I was young, Shen Bo Tian and I explored an ancient ruin..."
...
"Grandpa, I want to investigate the places Father explored back then..."
"This... alright..."
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As Ye Feng and the other two drove their Hummer, heading forward with a hint of sadness,
Far from the Explorer's Guild, in a desolate place, two figures wearing fang masks stood before a dilapidated piece of equipment. Not far from the broken equipment lay a very large skeleton.
The figures in fang masks wore sackcloth cloaks embroidered with a large serpent with its head and tail connected. If Ye Feng were present, he would be greatly surprised, because the serpent with its head and tail connected was the symbol of the Dark Holy Sect, the Ouroboros.
"Although we traced it, the person using the survivor's communicator was very cautious and used a 'Mysterious Owl', so we can't track it further!"
The man in the snake-skin cloak on the left spoke, his tone filled with obvious disappointment.
"No, this just proves that the survivor's special communicator does exist, and someone knows how to use it. And judging by the cautiousness of the user... it's definitely a big fish!"
"Keep investigating, and you'll surely find something!"
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