Tang Yue was now an Advanced Mage in Both Fire and Shadow Elements, she had also reached Tier 1 in both the Elements and was capable of casting the spells. She literally had nothing to do in these three months of house arrest, so she went through her father's treasure vault and used a Super Level's Casting Enhancing equipment to practice her Magic casting speed!
She could align 49 stars of Star Patterns of Intermediate Level with just a thought because of it and could cast Intermediate Spells instantaneously! But casting Advanced spells still took at least 2 seconds as she had to align 343 stars and make a Star Constellation of 7 Star Patterns.
The fleeing shadow of Tang Yue quickly and quietly followed behind the suspicious man while keeping a distance.
After walking into a desolated field, the suspicious man in the round hat was standing in place. Furthermore, it looked like he was inspecting something.
This was originally a very large field, and he would occasionally see a few farmers sitting in the shade sighing. Normally, they'd be able to harvest their crops during autumn, but this time, it had dried up for some reason. How could they not feel aggrieved about this?
"Uncle, do you remember when this place began to dry up?" The man in the hat who had walked over to an old farmer, and asked this courteously.
"Around ten days ago, just after my godforsaken child decided to go upstream to swim. I told him to not swim over there, and now, our crops have ended up absorbing his dirty water… Oh, after they went to the brook, they came back to tell me that the water of the pond had diminished by a lot. There wasn't enough to even swim. I reckon the water disappeared like magic from that day on," a farmer with a dirty tank top replied.
"Oh, thank you. I'll go and take a look," the man with the hat said.
"Youngster, I advise you to not go. I heard that the place's temperature was unusually high, it's like it began to boil up."
"Don't worry."
The man in the hat walked toward the dried riverbed according to the instructions of the old farmer, heading upstream.
Tang Yue and Mo Fan also followed the Suspicious Man. The old man saw a shadow swiftly moving past him. He was startled! He rubbed his eyes again to see but there was nothing there. "I-is the heat getting to me?"
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After continuing, the water upstream described by the old farmer actually flowed down from the hills. After walking this road, it was clear there was no signs of moisture in this entire brook, and the vegetation surrounding the brook was visibly starting to wither.
Both of hem came out of the Shadows and stood side by side. "This place looks like it has been dried up for a month or two. It's definitely a Fire Core." Mo Fan said as he inspected the unusual and dried up soil. A faint fiery aura was being emitted from it.
"Yeah, and It seems that guy came here knowing about the core. He wants to refine it!" Tang Yue deduced. She had a few doubts as to why that guy was here, but now her doubts were solidified.
Mo Fan nodded. As he was about to open his mouth, Tang Yue's soft and smooth hand suddenly covered his mouth.
Mo Fan widened his eyes in shock, and he didn't have time to react before Tang Yue suddenly pulled him to hide in the shadows of a tree next to them.
"Hide your aura!" Tang Yue exhaled next to Mo Fan's ears, her breath turning into a captivating smell of the wind.
"Mmph..." Mo Fan had hid his aura before she even had to tell him, but he stayed quiet about it.
While Tang Yue was focused on the surroundings in front of them, she didn't notice Mo Fan grabbing her slender and beautiful waist. He was fully enjoying her sweet scent which wafted from her head and the sensation of her large boobs against his chest.
Then suddenly, a Darkness aura enveloped the both of them, and they faded in to the shadow of the tree. Tang Yue was still on top of Mo Fan observing the surroundings but Mo Fan was now holding her even more intimately than before. He was thoroughly basking in her enormity.
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When suddenly a few footsteps were heard from not too far away. It sounded like there were quite a few people.
Mo Fan retracted his thoughts as he gazed over to the other side of the dried-up brook. A group of people appeared from between the trees, and they seemed to be Hunters based on their outfits.
Hunter Mages often worked outside of the safety zones, and they would contend against Monsters to complete their quests. Their equipment were mostly nice and quality goods as they would hunt the Monsters and use them as materials.
"So, there is a bounty in the Hunters Union for this place." He wondered.
"Hmm... I don't think so..." Tang Yue said while being perplexed.
"Trust me, this place definitely has a Fire Core. Those blockheads thought this place had dried up, that is far too funny. You are all very clear on how much a Fire Core can be sold for. Let's take this chance when no one has noticed to grab the Fire Core and then sell it. After that, we'll be rich!" a man with a cowboy hairstyle at the very front declared.
"Pan Xiong, you better not mess with us. We had to give up a bounty to come here. If there's nothing here then… HMPH," a man with a scarred face shot back.
"In my opinion, there is most likely a Fire Core here. If it dried up, then this place wouldn't have shrivelled up in such a short time. How does this place even look like Jiangnan? It simply looks like a desert closer to the northwest," the man with spectacles said.
"Alright, let's do our best to quickly locate the whereabouts of the Fire Core."
"Hahaha, this time we'll really become rich!"
"Pan Xiong, we all know you're a Fire Magician, you better not refine the Fire Core. Since the rest of us can't enjoy this thing, then it's better if we sell it and distribute the profit among us!"