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Chapter 65: The Request from a Fallen Divine Spirit
Chapter 65: The Request from a Fallen Divine Spirit
"Master, there is a message," Black Hand knocked on the door and said.
Qin Muye, who was conducting an experiment to create a Champion-level spirit from a demonic power spirit, raised his head, somewhat puzzled.
He had already said before that unless it was something important, no one should disturb him. What message could be worth interrupting him?
"What message?" Qin Muye continued his actions, asking without pausing.
"Mo Xue has found the place where the divine spirit fell. We might have a chance to resolve the Red Wind Disaster," Black Hand respectfully said.
Qin Muye frowned: "Are you sure? If I'm not mistaken, the area where that divine spirit and the great mage died is absolutely the most intensely enveloped by demonic power and divine energy. How could they possibly enter it?"
Such a place of the fall must be in the most dangerous core region, where Mo Xue and Xie Yu couldn't even enter, let alone find anything.
"The divine spirit hasn't completely died. It still has a remnant soul, just unable to leave the Red Wind Disaster area. However, it has promised us corresponding benefits."
"From the feedback from Mo Xue, the divine spirit's condition is not good, and it seems to be at risk of dissipating at any moment."
Hearing this, Qin Muye's frown deepened. This didn't sound good at all.
He then stitched the demonic power spirit back together, repositioned it, and released a healing spell before saying, "You can't miss the issue here, right? Forget it, tell me about the divine spirit's background."
"Yes, Master. The other party has the appearance of a half-goat, calling itself Panen, the god of shepherds, hunters, and farmers, and also the god of the forest."
"The other party says that if we are willing to retrieve its divine essence from the Red Wind Domain and offer worship, it will grant us blessings."
Qin Muye shook his head: "I don't believe in gods, what about you? Black Hand."
"Master, I don't believe either, but this is a benefit. Whether we kill it as a wild creature or imprison it in a dungeon, it will be your achievement," Black Hand, who was truly black, directly lusted after the other party's body.
"But you should also know the risks, the horror of the Red Wind Disaster we have all witnessed. No spirit can walk through it," Qin Muye pointed out the problem.
The idea is quite good, and the benefits are also significant. If successful, it might truly give them the capital to wreak havoc.
"Yes, and the risks are not small. I suspect this half-goat divine spirit might require a blood sacrifice, not the so-called faith worship," Black Hand was straightforward: "But this is undoubtedly an opportunity. We just need Mo Xue to lead 1,000 Bloodthirst spirits."
Black Hand's words were clear: using Mo Xue and these 1,000 Bloodthirst spirits as a bet. If they win, it will be immensely profitable; if they lose, it won't hurt their bones.
This wasn't due to any conflict between Black Hand and Mo Xue, but rather a decision made by Black Hand for the benefit of the territory. Since it involved a hero unit, he consulted Qin Muye, who was their master and the lord of the territory.
Moreover, Qin Muye was researching artificial Champion-level spirits. If successful, hero units would never be in short supply, which was why Black Hand thought it was worth it.
But Qin Muye immediately rejected this decision. In his eyes, the status and value of Mo Xue and the Bloodthirst spirits far outweighed those of an unknown half-goat divine spirit.
"No, let's drop this idea," Qin Muye immediately vetoed it.
"Actually, there is another method, but if it fails, there's a high probability that we will be trapped to death in the Red Wind Plain," Black Hand said.
"Are you talking about a two-way portal?" Qin Muye instantly understood what Black Hand was suggesting.
"Yes, Master, I believe you also understand," Black Hand replied. After all, this was the place where a divine spirit and a great mage had fallen. Even the Silver Star Alliance could not penetrate it back then, so there must be valuable things left behind.
This way, they could advance and retreat as needed, reducing the threat to the minimum. However, there were still risks involved; it was impossible to eliminate all risks.
The Red Wind is a disaster woven from demonic power and divine energy, but even the strongest forces cannot instantly kill the Bloodthirst and the Mad Blood spirits. The Bloodthirst can survive for ten minutes, while the Mad Blood spirits can last for five minutes. With healing spells and the two-way portal for return, retreat would be completely feasible.
Even without the two-way portal, as long as Qin Muye retrieved and activated it from his item inventory, he could know the Bloodthirst's intentions through the other portal and use the Lord's Summoning skill to pull them all back.
This way, there would be no loss of the two-way portal.
The only variable was the Red Wind disaster itself. The estimated survival time did not necessarily represent the true intensity of the disaster in the core area, which was the uncontrollable factor.
Qin Muye's intelligence was average, but that didn't mean he was unintelligent.
"Alright, let's go with this plan. Trapped in the Red Wind Plain? Ha, we've been in a difficult situation from the start. The outside world is too dangerous," Qin Muye naturally agreed with this idea.
In Black Hand's eyes, the value of a two-way portal outweighed that of the Bloodthirst, as it was the gateway to the outside world.
But in Qin Muye's view, while the outside world was indeed valuable, it was also very dangerous.
He always believed that risk and opportunity were equal, and the greater the opportunity, the greater the risk.
The Red Wind Plain only had a fallen divine spirit and a dead great mage, whereas the outside world had living threats. Which was more dangerous was obvious.
"The Red Wind is our protection, not a restriction. Unless we truly face a restriction, the value of the Red Wind Plain far exceeds that of the outside world."
"Yes, Master, I will carry out your will!" Black Hand said and left Qin Muye's laboratory to arrange the next steps.
Qin Muye, however, was also deep in thought.
"A divine spirit? Truly, those who come are not good, and those who are good do not come."
The half-goat god Panen sounded familiar to Qin Muye. It seemed there was a similar deity in his previous life, but he quickly dismissed the thought and returned to his experiments.
As for him joining the exploration?
Are you kidding?
His small frame would only be a liability. The Bloodthirst, a combat-oriented hero unit, could handle it; he didn't need to go and cause trouble.
As the lord, why should he involve himself in every matter? It was enough to use talent wisely and listen to advice.
Otherwise, why would he invest so much in cultivating hero units? Each had their own expertise, and that was the normal way to develop, not for a logistics researcher to go to the front lines to fight monsters. If he wanted to do that, he could have become a mage or an elementalist from the start, not a scholar.
(End of Chapter)
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