Going Out for Training

Player: Qin Shaofeng

Level: Houtian First Layer

Inner Qi: 600/600 (Houtian First Layer has 200 Inner Qi, Yi Jin Jing provides triple bonus)

Talent Spiritual Root: Thunder Body

Skills: Fiery Golden Eyes, Yi Jin Jing, Little Li Flying Dagger

Battle Beast: Hundred Spirits Demon Fox

Equipment: None

Quest: Level Up

Points: 130

Title: City Lord of Lanjiang City

The next day, looking at his status interface, a smile appeared on Qin Shaofeng's lips.

He never expected that after winning the competition, the moment he obtained the official seal of the City Lord of Lanjiang City, a title would appear on his status interface.

Moreover, this title wasn't just a mere title; the title of City Lord of Lanjiang City brought Qin Shaofeng a significant benefit.

Title: City Lord of Lanjiang City Level: One Star Effect: Gain a 50% experience bonus within Lanjiang City and a 10% experience bonus throughout Lianyang Kingdom.

That's right, the appearance of this title granted Qin Shaofeng an experience bonus.

This was completely beyond Qin Shaofeng's expectations.

"I didn't expect obtaining a title would come with an experience bonus. Wouldn't it be a waste if I didn't use it?"

Qin Shaofeng smiled slightly, his eyes filled with excitement.

At this moment, Qin Shaofeng had already left Lanjiang City.

He was now the City Lord of Lanjiang City, and he had already used the recommendation spot for Lianyang Academy. Lord Yuan from North Yang City had already reported it.

It was precisely because of this that Old Master Qin felt at ease letting Qin Shaofeng out.

Because once Qin Shaofeng was confirmed for this Lianyang Academy admission spot, he would receive protection from Lianyang Academy.

Even if this protection only lasted until the end of the admission assessment, given Lianyang Academy's status in Lianyang Kingdom, even if Zhang Chongshan wanted to kill Qin Shaofeng, he wouldn't dare to act.

Therefore, Qin Shaofeng came out boldly this time, and the place he chose to level up was also quite famous.

It was a massive mountain range not far from Lanjiang City – the Black Horn Mountain Range!

The reason the Black Horn Mountain Range was called that was said to be because deep within it resided a powerful Saint Beast – the Black Horned Twin-winged Flying Dragon.

How powerful this Black Horned Twin-winged Flying Dragon was, no one knew, because anyone who had seen it never returned alive.

Therefore, no one dared to venture into the deepest parts of the Black Horn Mountain Range.

However, the Black Horn Mountain Range was vast, spanning thousands of miles with Black Horn Peak at its center, forming a colossal mountain range that stretched across Lianyang Kingdom and its neighboring countries, Heiwu and Yinyue, covering an immense area.

Apart from the deepest part, Black Horn Peak where the Black Horned Twin-winged Flying Dragon resided, the entire Black Horn Mountain Range was divided into the outer regions, inner circles, and core areas.

The outer regions were mostly inhabited by low-level and mid-level Demonic Beasts, with only a few high-level Demonic Beasts appearing.

The part of the Black Horn Mountain Range connected to Lianyang Kingdom was actually only a portion of it, and the area around Lanjiang City was merely the tip of the iceberg.

Even so, very few people in the entire Lanjiang City dared to venture deep into it alone. At most, they would only operate in the outermost areas, because venturing slightly deeper meant entering the territory of high-level Demonic Beasts, which were equivalent to Xiantian realm martial artists.

If one's cultivation was not yet at the Xiantian realm, it was unlikely anyone would dare to enter.

Moreover, even in the outermost areas, people generally traveled in groups. Qin Shaofeng's situation of heading to the Black Horn Mountain Range alone was extremely rare.

But in order to reach Houtian Fifth Level within three days and obtain the reward of that lucky draw opportunity, Qin Shaofeng had no choice but to choose this path.

Of course, Qin Shaofeng wasn't foolish. At his current level, he would only be looking for low-level and mid-level Demonic Beasts. High-level ones were absolutely out of the question.

Even with mid-level Demonic Beasts, Qin Shaofeng would at most provoke those at the third level of the mid-level. Any higher, and he wouldn't be able to handle them.

Compared to humans, Demonic Beasts of the same realm were generally slightly stronger.

Qin Shaofeng naturally knew how to choose.

Setting off in the morning, by noon, with the scorching sun high in the sky, Qin Shaofeng finally reached his destination.

Listening to the chirping of cicadas in the woods and gazing at the lush green mountains and forests not far away, then looking towards the distant, dark, and gloomy massive mountain range that lay like a giant dragon on the earth.

Qin Shaofeng finally understood why the Black Horn Mountain Range spanned three countries.

The seemingly endless mountain range before him was enough to shock him, and this was only one-fifth of the entire Black Horn Mountain Range.

This made Qin Shaofeng secretly sigh, wondering what a breathtaking sight it would be to behold the entire Black Horn Mountain Range.

After a moment of reflection, Qin Shaofeng stretched his body.

"Alright, let's begin now! The first task is to reach Houtian Fifth Level within three days!"

Whoosh!

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Shaofeng's figure flashed, and he darted directly into the Black Horn Mountain Range. After a few leaps among the trees, he disappeared into the depths.

The upgrade quest started today, and half a day has already passed. Qin Shaofeng didn't want to waste any more time.

In the dense, gloomy jungle, towering trees were everywhere. These giant trees, dozens of feet tall, shot up into the sky, a sight rarely seen on Earth.

The ground was covered in dead leaves and branches, and amidst the scent of decay, there was a hint of danger. As Qin Shaofeng leaped through the trees, he vaguely saw some Demonic Beasts prowling on the jungle floor.

Among them were quite a few mid-level Demonic Beasts, some even at mid-level fifth-tier or higher.

He had only just entered!

He had already encountered one or two mid-level fifth-tier Demonic Beasts. As the saying goes, seeing is believing. Qin Shaofeng now fully understood that the Black Horn Mountain Range was far more dangerous than he had heard.

Moreover, even moving through the trees didn't feel safe.

After leaping across more than a dozen towering trees, Qin Shaofeng decided to stop and assess the situation, landing on one of the large trees.

But just as he settled down, a strong gust of wind suddenly struck from behind, carrying a hint of a fishy stench.

Qin Shaofeng spun around and saw a giant snake, thicker than his thigh, lunging at him with its gaping maw full of chilling, poisonous fangs.

Its mouth reeked of a foul stench, but what concerned Qin Shaofeng the most were the rows of sharp fangs flashing with a cold blue light. Judging by their color, they were clearly poisonous.

"Damn it!"

Qin Shaofeng yelped, his body suddenly jolted, and he leaped up, jumping directly onto another tree, narrowly avoiding the foul-smelling attack.

Unsuccessful in its first attempt, the giant snake clearly wasn't giving up. Its coiled body shook violently, and it leaped up, its maw opening wide again, bringing the nauseating stench as it lunged at Qin Shaofeng once more.

"Damn it! Do you really think I'm a pushover?!"

A surge of anger rose in Qin Shaofeng's heart. He gently shook his right hand, and a silver blade light suddenly appeared.

Little Li Flying Dagger!

Whoosh!

The silver blade light flashed past. The giant snake's body faltered slightly, then suddenly stopped in mid-air before plummeting straight to the ground.

"System Notification: Congratulations to the player for killing one Low-level Nine-fold Demonic Beast, the Black Scaled Giant Snake. You have gained 2 experience points!"

Huh?

Hearing the system's notification, Qin Shaofeng was slightly surprised.

"It's 2 experience points instead of 1? Even with the City Lord of Lanjiang City title bonus, I didn't expect the System to be so generous this time. The 1.5 experience points after the 50% bonus were directly rounded up to 2!"

Qin Shaofeng felt a little happy, but that happiness quickly turned to helplessness as he looked at the corpse of the Black Scaled Giant Snake.

"Sigh! Even with the title bonus, it's only 2 experience points! This doesn't match the snake's size at all!"

Indeed, judging by its size, the Black Scaled Giant Snake was thicker than Qin Shaofeng's thigh and over twenty meters long.

But it was merely a Low-level Nine-fold Demonic Beast, not even a Houtian Realm creature. To Qin Shaofeng, it was just 2 experience points.

However, it was fortunate for him that he was able to react in time to the Black Scaled Giant Snake's sudden ambush.

The silver blade light from just now was actually Qin Shaofeng using Little Li Flying Dagger.

However, against this Black Scaled Giant Snake, the Little Li Flying Dagger Qin Shaofeng used only consumed 100 points of Inner Qi.

With Qin Shaofeng's current cultivation of Houtian Martial Artist first-tier, using Little Li Flying Dagger which only consumed 100 Inner Qi was more than enough to deal with a Low-level Nine-fold Demonic Beast like the Black Scaled Giant Snake.

Despite this, Qin Shaofeng became secretly vigilant after this ambush.

This was just a Low-level Nine-fold Black Scaled Giant Snake. If it were a Demonic Beast at his own cultivation level, it would be quite troublesome.

The giant corpse of the Black Scaled Giant Snake crashed to the ground, kicking up a large patch of decaying leaves and causing quite a commotion.

Before Qin Shaofeng could even go down to collect his spoils, within a few breaths, several wolf-like Demonic Beasts suddenly emerged from the nearby bushes.

Witnessing this, Qin Shaofeng broke out in a cold sweat again.

If he hadn't complained a moment ago and had gone down to collect the Black Scaled Giant Snake's valuable gall bladder, he would probably be surrounded by those wolf-like Demonic Beasts right now.

Although those wolf-like Demonic Beasts were also low-level Demonic Beasts, each one was at least low-level eighth-tier. If their numbers grew, it would be quite troublesome for Qin Shaofeng.

As if to confirm Qin Shaofeng's thoughts, a few more wolf-like Demonic Beasts soon darted out, joining the feast that had fallen from the sky.

A moment later, there were already twenty wolf-like Demonic Beasts gathered around the corpse of the Black Scaled Giant Snake.

This made Qin Shaofeng even more hesitant to go down.

Who knew if even more Demon Wolves would show up?

"Sigh, it's better to leave for now!"

With a soft sigh, Qin Shaofeng completely gave up on his first spoils in the Black Horn Mountain Range.

But just as Qin Shaofeng was preparing to leave, his gaze suddenly swept over the pack of Demonic Beasts on the ground, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Leave?

Why should I just leave like this?

This is an excellent spot for grinding monsters right now!

At this moment, Qin Shaofeng suddenly remembered that he was on a tree twenty to thirty meters high, and below him were twenty to thirty Demon Wolves.

Demon Wolves can't climb trees!

In that case...

Suddenly, a bright light flashed in Qin Shaofeng's eyes, and he suddenly had a brilliant idea.

"I don't know if it will work, but it's worth a try!"