Chapter 38: Sunken Shipwrecked Soul
According to the prompt of the housekeeper, Li Qingyu walked out of Li's house, turned right and walked across the stone bridge. He came to the market and looked up. Sure enough, there were several rooms near the river in the east, and there was a stall at the door of the house.
Behind the stall, there is a middle-aged man with his name on his head: Ma Quan.
Hurry up and take two steps, come to the horse merchant, and say a few polite words to the other party: "Mr. Ma, I heard that you love some special medicinal herbs. I don't know if you have blood coral here?"
When the horse merchant heard Li Qingyu's words, he looked up at Li Qingyu and shook his head slightly: "Young man, I guess you came here for Li Shanren's illness? Then Li Shanren also had some friendship with me in the early years. If so, I would have given him the blood coral long ago. This thing is so rare. Shaoxia is a player and may not know something. In this game, the drugs sold in the pharmacy are level 1 drugs, and only level 1 drugs are sold. However, there are not only level 1 drugs in the game, but also level 2 drugs and level 3 drugs. Among the level 2 drugs, players need to find the location by themselves and then collect them. For the top three-level drugs, players need to find some special prescriptions, and then make them by themselves according to the basic medicinal materials listed on the prescription. Therefore, if Shaoxia wants to find second-class drugs such as blood coral, it is best to look for them by himself, otherwise it will be difficult to find them in this way.
"Oh, that's right. In that case, thank you very much, sir. I'll look for it.
These situations mentioned by the horse merchant made Li Qingyu have a headache. He didn't expect that it would be so troublesome to find some medicine. It seemed that he could only go to the East Bay to dive into the bottom of the sea and explore slowly. I don't know whether the player will be drowned when he enters the bottom of the sea. If the player enters the water, he will also be drowned. I'm afraid it will be difficult to do this task.
Seeing Li Qingyu turn around and want to leave, the horse merchant smiled and said, "Don't worry, young man. I'm afraid you can't find anything when you go to East Bay now. I can provide you with some information, but in return, you have to catch a sea caterpillar for me. I heard that sea caterpillars can produce a kind of **, which is very useful for polio.
"What, do you know where the blood coral grows?" Hearing the horse merchant's words, Li Qingyu's eyes were shining. He knew that once the NPC in the game said such words, it was a sign that he could get new clues.
Sure enough, after Li Qingyu asked, the horse merchant laughed and said, "Haha, this is natural. Lao Ma has traveled all over the world since I was a child, especially for drugs. Naturally, he is looking around to explore the growth sites of all kinds of rare and precious drugs. It's just that there are some drugs. My strength is limited. Although I know the location, I dare not collect them, so I need you to do it yourself. In fact, the blood coral is located on the edge of the East Bay, but not in the sea. People often think that corals should be at the bottom of the sea, but in fact, they are not all right. In addition to the bottom of the sea deep in the East China Sea, that is, from the East Bay, after going deep for about a kilometer, there will be a place to dive into the bottom of the water. Another is the East China Sea cave on the edge of the East Bay, but it is said that there are some powerful monsters sealed in that cave, so the government ordered that outsiders not to enter. In addition, there is also an old man surnamed Lin who took the whole family to guard and didn't let people in. Therefore, if you want to find blood coral, it's better to go to the cave in the East China Sea, where it is easier to find.
After the horse merchant's words were finished, the system automatically popped up a prompt, saying that Ma Quan provided two blood coral locations, and Li Qingyu needed to choose to find one of them by himself. However, after finding the blood coral, you need to catch a sea caterpillar and give it to Ma Quan to complete the side task.
And with the emergence of the side mission, Li Qingyu also received ten sealed cards given by the horse merchant.
Knowing these two places, Li Qingyu couldn't help rolling his eyes. The bottom of the sea is definitely not the first choice. Even if there is a detailed address, it is difficult to find it. But the Donghai cave is not simple. The government has ordered the cave to be closed, and sent special personnel to guard it. Even if it's an old man, it's also an NPC, at least NPCs above level 50. If you want to stop yourself, it's just like playing.
After saying goodbye to Ma Quan, he went out of the East Gate and came to the East Bay. Along the way, Li Qingyu cleaned up some sea turtles coiled on the road. In addition to getting some experience, he also got several pieces of equipment, such as cutting knives, iron swords, curved pointed guns, etc., all of which were black iron weapons. There are also several pieces of wood equipment, but the explosion rate is not as high as that of black iron. It seems that it won't be long before the black iron weapon will become the mainstream equipment in the game, and its price will be reduced to a price that is more than cabbage.
Of course, this is also the rule of the game. If the price of this kind of primary equipment has been high, it will be strange. Thinking of this, Li Qingyu shook his head gently. It seemed that he had to do the task quickly. After finishing it, he had to rush back to Xuanyuan City to sell all the equipment. Otherwise, once the black iron ware depreciated, I'm afraid it would be difficult to sell even ten silver coins.
While fighting monsters, I hurried on my way. In less than 20 minutes, I came to the seaside. Looking up, it is worthy of the sea. It is indeed magnificent and very shocking. Turning his head to look for the East China Sea cave mentioned by Ma Quan, Li Qingyu can only try his luck now. After all, no matter how difficult it is to enter the East China Sea cave, it is much better than diving into the sea and looking for it headless.
Looking around, I turned around and saw a hill about a few hundred meters in front of me. There were several thatched huts at the foot of the mountain. Next to the thatched hut, a huge cave with a black hole appeared in front of me. It seems that this should be the so-called cave.
As soon as Li Qingyu walked to the cave, when he was about to enter, he felt a slight energy fluctuation at the entrance of the cave, and then a milky white halo appeared, and Li Qingyu was directly bounced out by the halo. Looking at the light curtain in front of him in surprise, Li Qingyu had a chill. He didn't expect that the entrance of the cave was sealed. How did he get in?
When Li Qingyu was in a dilemma, an old man came out of the thatched hut next to him: "Young hero, if you want to go in, you can't break through. The seal here is the seal laid by General Xuanyuanlie of Xuanyuan City. Although it may not be as good as the methods of the seal masters in the palace, there is still no problem to deal with low-level players like you. If you want to go in, you can tell me the reason. It's not a gentleman to enter so secretly.
The old man's words made Li Qingyu blush. He quickly turned around and arched his hand and said, "Old man, it's not that I'm going to break through. I really have to go in urgently. That's what's going on."
At present, Li Qingyu learned about the situation of Li Shanren after finishing the task. After saying that, the old man nodded, and a cold light flashed slightly from the corners of his eyes. Looking at the old man's humanized expression, Li Qingyu was slightly shocked. No wonder virtual online games are so popular now. It seems that it can really make people obsessed.
The old man thought for a while and finally nodded: "Well, what you said is indeed true. Well, I didn't expect that a good man like Li Shanren would have suffered such a disaster. On weekdays, the people in Jianye City have been helped a lot by Li Shanren, even the old family, and they have received a lot of favors from the Li family. Anyway, I will let you in today. However, young heroes, you should remember that you should only move on the first floor. After finding the blood coral, you must come out immediately. In addition, there are also some sea caterpillars on the first floor of the cave. You can catch one here and go back, so as not to waste time catching insects on the bottom of the sea.
"Okay, in that case, thank you very much."
After saying that, Li Qingyu found that the light curtain had disappeared. Walking quickly into the cave, a hot breath came. Looking up, there was only a winding road five or six meters wide in the cave, and there were bottomless mountain streams on both sides of the stone road. Hot air keeps coming out of the mountain stream. It seems that the underground should be a volcano at the bottom of the ground.
After a few steps, a big worm comparable to an adult black shellfish appeared in front of him, about 1.56 meters long and half a meter high.
[Sea Caterpillar] (Middle Monster)
LV-28
Qi and blood:????
Attack:????
Defense:????
Level 28 intermediate monster, Li Qingyu was a little shocked by the temptation. The attack of this sea caterpillar is really a little high. It has a defense of 185. If it is attacked by the other party, it still has to damage 35 points of qi and blood. It seems that the opponent's attack is at least about 220. Fortunately, the sea caterpillar's qi, blood and defense are not high. The defense is only about 25, while the qi and blood is less than 400 points.
After two attacks, the sea caterpillar's qi and blood was reduced to a zero point. It quickly waved his hand and played a seal card. A red light flashed, and the system prompted that the seal failed. Again:
System prompt: Sealing failed.
System prompt: Sealing failed.
System prompt: Sealing failed.
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It has been sealed eight times before the seal is successful. It seems that the news on the forum is not groundless. When the sealed monster is higher than the player's level, and the sealing prop used is a low-level card, the sealing failure rate is as high as 60%-90%. Fortunately, there are ten cards, and there are still two left after the seal is successful.
After sealing the sea caterpillar, Li Qingyu quickly found the blood coral and collected the blood coral without any delay. He walked out of the cave. After saying goodbye to the old man guarding the cave, he returned to Ma Quan. Give the sealed card to Ma Quan, and the system prompt came.
System Tip: Congratulations on completing the task of catching sea caterpillars, gaining experience points +11000, getting four-leaf flowers +10, and getting silver coins +10.
After the task was completed, Li Qingyu came to the door of Li's house after saying goodbye. After taking out the blood coral, the housekeeper suddenly opened his eyes and ran out to invite the doctor. Soon after, after the doctor boiled the blood coral into medicine and gave it to Li Shanren, Li Shanren was much better at that time. He ordered the housekeeper to invite Li Qingyu in.
After learning about Li Qingyu's intention, Li Shanren immediately sighed and told the context of the matter: "Oh, young hero, everything is actually what I did. This made Lao Wang sink to the bottom of the sea and sink to the bottom of the sea with the sunken ship, turning into a ghost. I also hope that the young hero can help, untie Lao Wang's heart knot, and let the sunken soul of the ship that has been drifting for a year go to hell to reincarnate.