Harvest (Seeking Support)

After Xia Yuanqiu retreated, Liang Ji and the others' team returned to the Medicine Mountain and divided the previously plundered supplies and treasures.

In total, there were seven Spirit Medicines and Spirit Roots, two Spirit Springs, one Spirit Fire Seed, three Medicinal Mud Spirit Seeds, one Alchemy Furnace, and three Pill Recipes.

The three of them discussed briefly. It was undeniable that Peng Yue's Ice Soul Serpentfolk team had made the most contributions in this battle, so she got to choose first. She took three Spirit Medicines and Spirit Roots, one Spirit Fire Seed, one Medicinal Mud Spirit Seed, and one Alchemy Furnace.

Clearly, Peng Yue already intended to cultivate alchemists within her own Retainer clan.

The remaining treasures were divided equally between Liang Ji and Fang Xiaohan, with each getting two Spirit Medicines and Spirit Roots, one Spirit Spring, and one Medicinal Mud Spirit Seed.

As for the three Pill Recipes, their respective Retainer clans each made a copy for record-keeping, and they shared them.

After dividing the treasures, the three teams continued their journey. As for the residual Spirit Medicines, Medicinal Mud, and Spirit Springs on the Medicine Mountain, they were rootless and would soon die.

They were not worth the effort for Liang Ji's Retainer clan to collect. These were low-level consumables that could be bought in large quantities with Star Coins in the Star Alliance.

Moreover, this planet was only a Natal Star of a Rank 1 Star Lord. The consumables it cultivated could only be used on the Natal Star itself and could not be taken to the main planets or used in the Star Alliance.

As mentioned earlier, it required at least a Rank 2 Star Lord's Natal Star to cultivate Rank 1 Spirit Item consumables and then harvest them for use on the main planets and in the Star Alliance.

Finally, Liang Ji and the others had this rare opportunity to come to this fallen Star Lord's planet for the trial and to plunder treasures. Naturally, they wanted to spend more time and energy searching for foundational treasures like Spirit Roots and Spirit Seeds, not waste time on these low-level consumables that weren't worth a Spirit Stone.

In the subsequent journey, with Fang Xiaohan's Shadow Serpentfolk scouting ahead and searching for treasures, the three of them found a mineral deposit and a fruit forest, from which they each harvested one Bronze Ore Mother Spirit Seed and one Wind Apricot Spirit Root.

However, after this, several resource points discovered by the Shadow Serpentfolk had already been attacked and their Spirit Roots, Spirit Seeds, and other treasures seized by others.

In this trial, there were quite a few Retainer teams from various Star Lords who entered Chen Yuan Star Lord's Natal Star, and most of them were powerhouses from the Star Lord Classes of the ten high schools.

While Liang Ji and the others were plundering resources and treasures, other Star Lords' Retainers were also harvesting the treasures and resources on this planet.

"I don't think we need to keep searching like this," Fang Xiaohan suggested after discovering another resource point that had already been attacked and harvested. "All the resource points on this planet have probably been mostly harvested by now."

"What remains should be the core territory of the planet's native Feathered Serpentfolk, where there should be more treasures; at the same time, it is also the core area of the planet's Spirit Veins, a place where Spirit Stones can be mined!"

Fang Xiaohan said, "After this period of investigation and measurement, my Retainer clan has basically pinpointed the location of the core area."

Upon hearing this, Liang Ji immediately said, "Then let's go."

Peng Yue nodded in agreement.

Fang Xiaohan then said, "Good! However, that place is also a target for everyone. Most of the Star Lord Retainer teams participating in this planet's trial will likely head there, and a chaotic battle might break out. We need to be prepared."

Liang Ji and Peng Yue both nodded with serious expressions.

Since entering this trial planet, they had only clashed with the team led by Xia Yuanqiu's Retainer clan. Although they had won, their advantage was limited.

This showed that their strength might not be enough to suppress everyone among the Star Lords participating in this planet's trial.

If they encountered a chaotic battle and handled it poorly, they might suffer heavy losses and be defeated, let alone harvest treasures and Spirit Stones from the core area. They might even lose the treasures they had already acquired.

Especially for Liang Ji, through the previous battle with Xia Yuanqiu's Crimson Serpentfolk, he had realized that his mutated Retainer clan, from their equipment to their combat strength, was still a notch below the top "pay-to-win" student Retainer clans in the ten high schools.

Therefore, if he were to engage in a chaotic battle with those top "pay-to-win" student Retainer clans, it would be very disadvantageous for him.

His Retainer Half-Dragonfolk might be the first to be heavily damaged and eliminated.

To compensate for this disadvantage, they could only rely on good coordination with Peng Yue's and Fang Xiaohan's Retainer teams during combat.

Similarly, Peng Yue's Ice Soul Serpentfolk and Fang Xiaohan's Shadow Serpentfolk, although heavily "pay-to-win" and strong in their own ways, could not suppress all enemies.

Only by cooperating their three teams in battle would they be more likely to defeat enemies and achieve victory. This had also been verified in the previous battle with Xia Yuanqiu's Crimson Serpentfolk team.

Therefore, the three of them, while heading towards the core territory of the planet's native Feathered Serpentfolk guided by the Shadow Serpentfolk team, continuously practiced combat coordination along the way.

After several days of travel, the three teams finally arrived at the core territory of the planet's native Feathered Serpentfolk.

This was the location of the largest mountain range and the highest peak on the planet.

The Feathered Serpentfolk of this planet were inherently wind-attribute and possessed wings, allowing them to fly in the sky. Therefore, their territory was located directly on the planet's largest mountain range and highest peak.

This location was indeed the best for gathering the planet's Spirit Veins and spiritual energy, which was very beneficial for the Feathered Serpentfolk's reproduction, growth, and development.

When Liang Ji and their Retainer teams arrived, they saw from afar that battles and skirmishes had already broken out at the highest peak.

Fang Xiaohan was particularly surprised, "Among the Star Lord Retainer teams participating in this trial, there are actually some who found this place before my Shadow Serpentfolk? And not just one?"

"Indeed, one cannot underestimate these people."

When the ten high schools of Xiūshé City arranged the Star Lord student trials, they naturally strived for fairness, justice, and openness. When teleporting the various Star Lord Retainer teams into the trial planet, their starting points were arranged to be similar, far from the core areas of the trial planet.

For those Retainer clans that lacked proficiency in star measurement, land surveying, and reconnaissance, they might not even find this place by the end of the trial.

This was itself one of the trial's objectives.

Fang Xiaohan's Retainer, the Shadow Serpentfolk, was clearly very skilled and confident in star measurement, land surveying, and searching.

To find that other Star Lord Retainer teams had already arrived here, and even more than one, how could he not be surprised?

According to their prior discussions and practice, a battle had already erupted in the core area of the trial planet. They did not rashly approach or join the fray. Instead, they temporarily halted their advance, reorganized their teams, and Fang Xiaohan's Shadow Serpentfolk team was sent out to scout the surroundings and the situation of the battlefield.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without defeat.