Teaming Up to Grind Inscriptions and Get Carried

Monster Secret Realms were already scarce within Cloud River Province, and there were none at North Sichuan Spirit Contract Master Academy.

If Spirit Contract Masters in the province wanted to farm Inscriptions, they almost all had to travel to Chongyang City, the province's central city.

For the convenience of students, every major Contract Spirit Master Academy had built high-speed rail lines that went directly to Chongyang City.

After riding for over thirty minutes, Mo Shiyu and Xia Yuan arrived at Chongyang City's Secret Realm District.

The moment they stepped off the platform, a wave of noisy heat rushed at them!

As the largest Secret Realm hub in the province, this place had already developed a complete ecosystem.

The team-up hall buzzed with voices!

The Inscription exchange was packed with people.

Shouts rang out continuously from the Contract Spirit battle arena!

The commercial streets offering food and lodging were even more lively and prosperous!

Looking around, they saw students and teachers wearing academy emblems everywhere, along with wandering freelance Spirit Contract Masters.

After all, everyone in the province who needed Inscriptions gathered here!

Xia Yuan curiously surveyed the surroundings and could not help teasing them.

"You're all this diligent so early in the morning. Truly a bunch of hardcore grinders."

Mo Shiyu sighed softly. "How could we not grind? If we don't raise our Contract Spirits properly, who will protect humanity?"

After leaving the academy, they were finally no longer under so many watchful eyes.

Both of them relaxed considerably and headed straight for the Monster Secret Realm teleportation gate.

The Monster Secret Realm rankings were similar to those of Monster Dungeons.

They were divided from one star to five stars, plus Abyss.

Each star-ranked Secret Realm dropped Inscriptions of the corresponding rank.

Meanwhile, Abyss Inscription Dungeons could drop the rarest Colored Inscriptions, which offered the highest power bonuses!

"Xia Yuan, let's start with a Four-Star Secret Realm. There are far fewer monsters in Secret Realms than in Monster Dungeons, usually fewer than ten."

"One boss, plus a few guard monsters."

"Four-Star Secret Realms contain monsters from level sixty to eighty. With your current strength, soloing one shouldn't be difficult."

After weighing everything up, Mo Shiyu habitually sought Xia Yuan's opinion.

She was no longer timid now.

She had directly chosen the fairly difficult Four-Star Dungeon!

Mainly because Xia Yuan was simply too strong. She had complete confidence in him!

Xia Yuan rubbed his chin in thought. "Since we're here, we should get Xiao Hei a good set of Inscriptions. Why not try a Five-Star Secret Realm...?"

He was now level thirty-eight, and his strength had recovered to nearly half its former level.

The moment Xiao Hei, who was perched on Mo Shiyu's shoulder, heard that, he was overjoyed. He excitedly rubbed his fly hands together and flattered him.

"As expected of Lord Xia Yuan!"

Mo Shiyu had thought she was already daring, but Xia Yuan was even more outrageous. "Five stars?! The monsters inside are all above level eighty, and the boss is level one hundred! That's far too difficult!"

Xia Yuan asked.

"Could a level-one-hundred Secret Realm boss be as strong as the Abyss Dungeon boss from last time?"

Mo Shiyu said, "Not quite. Secret Realms are the most stable, so their bosses naturally can't compare to those in Rampaging Abyss Dungeons outside. But it's still level one hundred!"

She took a deep breath and decided to display the authority she had as a master. "How about this? Let's try the Four-Star Dungeon first. If you find it easy to clear, then we can consider the Five-Star Secret Realm. What do you think?"

Xia Yuan thought that was fine and nodded.

After all, he also needed to gauge the strength of the monsters in the Secret Realm.

If he exhausted all his spiritual power forcing his way through a Five-Star Dungeon, he would not be able to gather a full set of Inscriptions for Xiao Hei.

Mo Shiyu finally breathed a sigh of relief. "All right, I'll check whether we need to queue."

She took out her phone and scanned the QR code for the Secret Realm's location.

An official Chongyang City WeChat account for Monster Secret Realms popped up.

After registering an account, Mo Shiyu opened the Four-Star Secret Realm page and checked it.

She found that there was already a queue.

Their reservation number had already been placed nineteenth in line.

Because Four-Star Secret Realms were highly difficult, there were not that many people in the queue.

For any Secret Realm below four stars, the number of people waiting could easily exceed a hundred.

Many Spirit Contract Masters had to make reservations several days in advance to farm Secret Realms.

Mo Shiyu fiddled with her phone, frowning slightly. "There are already nineteen teams ahead of us for the Four-Star Secret Realm. The estimated wait is one hour."

Xia Yuan leaned closer. "That troublesome? Can't we cut in line?"

Mo Shiyu pressed her red lips together. "Of course not, unless you have a T3-Rank Contract Spirit Master Certificate. But we can team up with someone else. The team in second place is currently short on members."

Xia Yuan looked reluctant. "Team rewards have to be split. That's too inefficient."

Mo Shiyu explained.

"When clearing a Secret Realm as a team, aside from receiving less experience, the Inscription rewards obtained by each Spirit Contract Master won't be reduced."

"Also, everyone can exchange the types of Inscriptions they want with each other, so people generally choose to form teams."

Xia Yuan said, "That's not bad. I can reluctantly accept that."

Seeing that he agreed, Mo Shiyu began contacting the second-place team on her phone.

The other side did not mention any requirements for joining the team for the moment. Instead, they sent her a location and told her to bring her Contract Spirit there to meet and discuss it in person.

They were very close by.

After walking only a few steps, the two of them spotted several people waiting in front of a pavilion.

There were only two Spirit Contract Masters.

One man and one woman.

They both appeared to be students and wore academy uniforms.

However, they were clearly not from North Sichuan Spirit Contract Master Academy.

Beside them stood a level-seventy-five B Rank Contract Spirit with an extremely peculiar appearance: an upright male lion!

He wore a cowboy hat that covered his golden mane, a leather jacket, and a long blade at his waist. His gaze was melancholy yet domineering.

When the male student saw Mo Shiyu and Xia Yuan approaching.

His eyes brightened slightly, immediately landing on Mo Shiyu.

He had probably not expected to recruit such a beautiful woman for the team!

The pretty female student showed no reaction upon seeing Mo Shiyu, but when she saw Xia Yuan beside her, her eyes clearly changed.

The handsome man and beautiful woman made quite an eye-catching pair.

However, the level-thirty-eight marker above Xia Yuan's head was glaringly conspicuous, instantly making them feel that it was a pity.

The male student helplessly held his forehead and gave a bitter smile.

"Miss, is this your first time running a dungeon?"

"To challenge a Four-Star Dungeon, your Contract Spirit needs to be at least level sixty..."

The lion Contract Spirit glanced at Xia Yuan, lowered the brim of his cowboy hat, shook his head, and spoke in a deep voice.

"The ignorant fear nothing."

Xia Yuan had been staring at the lion Contract Spirit. When it spoke, he could no longer hold it in and burst out laughing. "Pfft! Hahaha, a lion Wild West cowboy? This Contract Spirit's appearance is way too weird! Hahaha..."

The lion Contract Spirit could no longer maintain his mysterious persona and immediately flew into a rage.

"Bastard!"

"This is called retro primal aesthetics! It's still better than your cringe eyepatch!"

The more Xia Yuan looked at him, the funnier he found him, and he doubled over with laughter.

After all, an upright lion dressed like a cowboy, talking with its fang-filled mouth wide open, was simply too comical!

Seeing the lion Contract Spirit's expression growing darker and darker.

Mo Shiyu hurriedly tugged Xia Yuan's clothes and whispered, "Xia Yuan, restrain yourself. We need to join their team if we want to farm the Secret Realm sooner..."

Only then did Xia Yuan stop laughing and force himself to hold it in with a serious expression.

The pretty female student glanced at her phone, her tone carrying a faint arrogance.

"Level thirty-eight is level thirty-eight. They'll do."

"We're not lacking combat power anyway. The time's just right, and I can't be bothered looking for anyone else..."

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