Chapter Eighty-Three By The Small River

  The sky was still early, and Huo Hai didn't continue searching. Thinking that there were so many three-eyed toads here, it shouldn't be possible for other spiritual beasts to live nearby. After being cleaned up by the Star Gu, not a single hint of bloodiness remained.

  He decided to pitch his tent on the spot and continue resting. With Xing'er by his side, Huo Hai felt at ease. Perhaps it was also because there were a large number of three-eyed toads that had existed here before, the dense aura of the three-eyed toads warning all the spiritual beasts in the surrounding area. For the entire night, Huo Hai didn't even use any beast-repelling powder, and no spiritual beasts or wild animals came to disturb him.

  When he opened his eyes again, Huo Hai found that the sky had already brightened. In the forest, there was no way to accurately calculate time, and Huo Hai thought in his heart, maybe later he should make something like a watch.

  Shook his head, he didn't have this skill now, let's talk about it later. "There are so many three-eyed toads here, I don't know what the reason is." Huo Hai thought for a moment and continued walking forward under Xing Huang's protection.

  This direction is where the three-eyed toad came from, there should be something. After walking out for a while, Huo Hai found that the road under his feet was getting smoother and no longer had the previous ups and downs. The relatively smooth road made Huo Hai feel much more at ease. The mountain road ahead was not a place where people could walk, it was really too difficult to bear.

  "This, this is it." Huo Hai's eyes widened as he stared intently ahead. "No wonder there are so many three-eyed toads; it seems that place is near their lair." Huo Hai finally understood why there were so many three-eyed toads.

  By looking at the map, Huo Hai quickly knew where he was. In front of him was a small river, one of only two small rivers within the Miga Mountains. The other one was far away and not as large as this one.

  This small river is the central stream of the Miga Mountain River, and it's the largest body of water. The toads, being amphibians, naturally live by the river. No matter how strong one's abilities are, this nature is probably hard to change. Where there are many three-eyed toads, there must be water. I actually forgot about this, what a waste.

  "I don't even know if this water is drinkable." Huo Hai looked at the river and thought, "In my past life on Earth, who would dare to drink from a river like this? Not even fish could survive in it. This small river... no, more accurately, it should be called a mountain spring."

  But thinking of all those three-eyed toads before, he didn't know what else was in there, so Hao Hai didn't dare to come over rashly.

  "I think, three-eyed toad, blood-red dragonfly, and also the land turtle. These things seem to all live by the river. Even the spotted deer can't lack water, right?" Huo Hai's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

  Water is the source of life, whether it's animals or humans, beasts or spirits, all are inseparable from it. As long as you're by a river, you'll definitely see many spirits coming and going. Especially in Miga Mountain, most of the things you need can be found living alongside rivers. This place can be said to be the easiest to collect task items, but also the most dangerous place.

  A little danger is nothing to be concerned about. Huo Hai has great confidence in his Xing Huang. Since that's the case, he might as well start searching along the small river. As he releases his Xing Huang on high alert, Huo Hai quickly follows the river upstream.

  On the riverbank, spiritual beasts often come to drink water. He Hai indeed encounters spiritual beasts through Xing Huang, and unfortunately, he cannot hide on the small riverbank. When encountering these spiritual beasts, He Hai can only command Xing Huang to hunt them down directly.

  The grade is too low, and even swallowing is lazy. The things that Xīng Huàn eats can't be digested into energy, and will be spat out as waste. Dealing with these wastes also requires time on the scene. Along the river, Huò Hǎi's speed gets faster and faster. On the road, it's rare to see task targets, nor can you see relevant spiritual medicine, these things don't exist by the river.

  Around noon, Huo Hai's eyes suddenly narrowed. "A large number of flying insects, one of the targets, it seems that we've encountered a Blood Red Dragonfly." From Xing Huang, Huo Hai finally got another valuable piece of information.

  The dragonfly, difficult to catch for others, is easy in his own eyes. Anyway, these things are usually the food of three-eyed toads, so he might as well catch them himself. He quietly approaches, with Haoran watching from a distance.

  A large patch of red shadows darted back and forth in the air, only when they stopped could Huo Hai barely see them clearly. The speed was so fast that Huo Hai's eyes couldn't keep up. No wonder even masters of the Lingzhe realm found it difficult to capture them. Every year, people could only wait until the blood-red dragonflies were weak from laying eggs before using tools to catch a few.

  The Blood-red Dragonfly is a precious medicinal material for refining the Blood-red Elixir, and places where it can be found are not many. Such places are generally controlled by powerful forces. Miga Mountain is one of the few exceptions that has not been directly controlled.

  With a stir in his heart, the Star Gu flew over slowly, surrounding the large number of Blood Red Wasps. Before the Blood Red Wasps realized something was amiss, all the Star Gu simultaneously released the aura unique to Gu worms. Startled, the Blood Red Wasps instinctively took flight.

  Because the Crimson Dragonfly's speed was too fast. In an instant, it transformed into countless red shadows, and in the blink of an eye, more than half of them had disappeared. Only a small part remained, because they didn't have time to escape, they were suppressed by the Gu insect's aura.

  "What a hassle, no wonder they say that blood-red dragonflies are hard to catch." Huo Hai's face was filled with regret, he had been too impatient. He hadn't expected that this thing's speed would allow it to escape the effective range before the Gu insect's aura could take effect on itself.

  But it's okay, after all, the ones that stayed behind are almost a hundred. If it were someone else, they wouldn't have this ability. More than a hundred red dragonflies, converted into college contributions, is more than a hundred points. This time, I earned more than half of my contribution value. This time out, it was really worth it. If there wasn't such a good place, it would be hard to get college contributions.

  He picked up a blood-red dragonfly in front of him and placed it on his hand. A strange aura emanated from Hao Hai's body, which made the insect float motionlessly. The blood-red dragonfly didn't dare to move at all while staying on Hao Hai's hand.

  After a long time, Huo Hai let out a sigh: "What a pity, it's really a pity, it's not worth anything." In Huo Hai's eyes, the Blood Red Dragonfly was worthless. It was just an insect, and it could be controlled just like any other. Huo Hai had just sensed this.

  This Blood Red Dragonfly, apart from being fast and having a strong blood energy, doesn't have any other use. The characteristic of having strong blood energy, when applied to a spiritual beast, can make the spiritual beast become a meat shield that is very resistant to attacks. However, when applied to an insect like this one, it's not that great. And yet, the Blood Red Dragonfly has this ability extremely strongly, so it doesn't have any other abilities.

  Even flight speed relies on the ability of vigorous blood and qi, which brings additional abilities. Hidden abilities are not good either, and it's not suitable for refining poisonous Gu worms at all. If controlled, it would be absolutely useless.

  Rather than controlling them afterwards and sending them to their deaths, only to suffer himself, Huo Hai decided not to control these insects. His quota for controlling insects was limited, so he had to find some strong and suitable ones to control.

  Helpless, these blood-red dragonflies could only be used as materials. Reaching into his backpack, Huo Hai took out the tools he had prepared in advance. The so-called tool was just a small box, specially designed to store the blood-red dragonflies. The requirement for the blood-red dragonflies was that they must be intact, without any requirement of being dead or alive, and it didn't matter whether they were dead or alive.

  A special paper was laid at the bottom of the box. This paper is very special and can quickly absorb a large amount of water.

  In fact, this absorbent paper is also a special product and the price is not cheap. On the surface of the paper, a layer of blood-red cicada shells are evenly laid, then another sheet of paper is placed on top. Next, Huo Hai inserts a wooden board into it.

  With great force, Huo Hai could even feel the blood-red dragonfly's body being crushed to powder under the immense pressure. When he picked up the wooden board afterwards, the paper had become extremely flat. Yes, the blood-red dragonfly inside was completely dead.

  Not only that, but when you pick up the paper to take a look, all the blood-red dragonflies are almost perfectly preserved inside. However, the water content in their bodies has been completely absorbed. At this point, the blood-red dragonflies have become nothing more than desiccated corpses.

  "What a great specimen, making specimens is so easy. Hmm, absorbed so many shares and still doing it, can't see anything at all. If made into sanitary napkins, I wonder how many people would chase after them." Huo Hai's mind began to wander again, lost in thought. Putting the paper back in order, Huo Hai continued his work.

  The red dragonflies on the ground, under the suppression of the star worms, can't move at all. Knowing that this will lead to death, but can only wait for death. Being picked up one by one by Huo Hai and then pressed flat into a box.

  The dragonfly itself is not very large, more than a hundred dragonflies are pressed into the box, and the bottom of the box has only thickened a little. If you fill the entire box like this, Huo Hai wonders if it will take thousands of dragonflies.

  "What a pity, if I had caught all the blood-red dragonflies just now, my contribution to the academy would not have been a worry. Just now, I was too impatient, and it's also strange that these blood-red dragonflies are really too fast. At such a speed, even if I went up to catch them, I wouldn't be able to catch one even if I died. After tidying up the box, I put it back in my backpack."

  These will all be my own assets in the future. The academy has contributed a lot, and the points will definitely not be less. A little accumulation will make my life and my sister's life better and better in the future. While fantasizing, Huo Hai set foot on his journey again.

  The blood-red dragonfly just flew inside to escape. The blood-red dragonfly can't leave the water, as long as you follow the river and go downstream, you will definitely find the blood-red dragonfly that was taken away. These things are the fastest way to make a contribution to the academy.