"This is for you . " Old Ji took a black plastic bag out of his pocket . From the shape of the bag, he could guess that it was something like a notebook or a cell phone .

Gao Peng took it and opened it in front of Old Ji . The bag contained a beige map that felt coa.r.s.e, though it was unclear what it was made of . There was also a tablet and a very precise compa.s.s .

"This tablet is solar powered . There's an electronic version of the map on it . You can also use it to make calls . . . if there's a signal . I'll teach you how to use the map and compa.s.s in the next few days . It's a map of the interior regions that shows the terrain of Yuzhou . It also shows where the dangerous places are . You should refer to it often .

"You have a flying type monster, so you have more protection than most monster trainers on expeditions . . . You need to learn to make the correct decisions when facing danger . As long as I'm here, I'll always be there to be your s.h.i.+eld . Just do everything that you want to do with confidence . " Ji Hanwu's usual stern disposition suddenly seemed to have softened . A warm smile appeared on his face .

Gao Peng turned his head and looked up at his grandfather . His grandpa's silver-white hair was neatly groomed .

Gao Peng remembered that his hair had once been black .

"Okay," Gao Peng said .

It was worth mentioning that Silly had finally been promoted to the Commander tier in the last half month . Its portable s.p.a.ce had grown ma.s.sive in size, as it was as big as the containers that were carried by trucks . It could have been said that the qualitative change had finally ushered in the quant.i.tative change . It had also finally become what Gao Peng wanted it to be, a moving warehouse .

After the portable s.p.a.ce was filled with food, medicine, tents, and a series of items that were essential to surviving in the wild, Gao Peng waved at Old Ji, then turned and strode away .

Ji Hanwu stared at Gao Peng's back . He wanted Gao Peng to turn around once more, but he didn't know what to say . In the end, he could only sigh softly, turn around, and leave .

. . .

Gao Peng opened the map and tried to figure out where he was .

"I should be here right now…" Gao Peng frowned and muttered to himself .

Before the Cataclysm, Yuzhou City had held the nickname of mountain city since it was located between the mountains . It kept changing after the Cataclysm . The mountains grew even higher and became even more majestic . It was a serene and tranquil place .

On the map, the Yuzhou city was located at the center . With Yuzhou at the center, the map extended towards the four corners of the paper . Many of the peaks were painted with portraits of monsters, along with a description of those monsters .

Red circles were drawn on certain areas of the map, and inside the circles were red crosses . They marked the presence of a Lord tier monster!

The red crosses were locations that Lord tier monsters regularly appeared in .

Gao Peng had a headache from looking at the map… There are way too many red circles on the map, and they're located so close together . I think I can see at least ten of them in one glance .

Gao Peng continued to scan through the map carefully . Just a week ago, Gao Peng had discovered an interesting new feature in the data frame . If he put his focus on certain materials, he would be able to learn where the materials came from .

However, he remembered that he hadn't possessed such an ability before .

Gao Peng couldn't figure it out . He just a.s.sumed that it was his increase in soul strength that allowed him to use a new ability with the data frame . As his soul strength increased, so would the ability of the data frame .

Besides Silly, who was an Excellent grade Commander tier familiar, all of Gao Peng's other familiars were Perfect grade Commander tier familiars .

Gao Peng's main goal right then was to have Stripey and Da Zi move up to Epic grade so that they could awaken their special characteristics .

"In order for Stripey to get promoted to the Epic grade, it would need to swallow an Earth Spirit Core, then sleep for 72 hours in black soil . After that, it would evolve into an Earth s.h.i.+eld Spider . " Gao Peng kept looking at the map . He was trying to look for a place where there might have been an Earth Spirit Core .

Earth Spirit Core, Earth Spirit Core . . .

Here, here, and here . These three places have the right conditions to contain Earth Spirit Cores .

After thinking for a while, Gao Peng decided to go to the one that was closest to him .

"Slow down! Flamy, fly slower!

"Da Zi! Don't run too far, and that's a smelly fruit, you can't eat that!

"Stripey! Get up quickly! That's just a normal Iron Boar, not some sort of G.o.d boar! You better not kneel in front of it!"

Throughout the journey, Gao Peng had to put in a lot of effort to take care of each of them . It was extremely tiring, as he felt like he was both their dad and their mom . Each familiar had their own thoughts . As they grew older, their personalities also became more lively . They wouldn't just roll around and act cute as they had before . However, Gao Peng would rather they just continued rolling around and acting cute . . .

After half a day of traveling, they hadn't even traveled more than three miles .

Gao Peng wiped the sweat from his forehead . If they kept going at this pace, he didn't know when they would reach their destination .

Fortunately, the trees were tall and the leaves were big . All of the sunlight was blocked by the trees and leaves, plus the air was quite cool .

Usually, such a cool environment would have a lot of mosquitos . However, there were no mosquitos around . Gao Peng wasn't used to this .

Flap, flap, flap .

The sounds of wings flapping came from the distance .

Flamy, who was flying above the forest, said to Gao Peng through the Blood Contract, "Master, there are a lot of mosquitos . A lot of very big mosquitos!"

A lot of very big mosquitos? Gao Peng felt a thump in his heart . Could it be that he had jinxed it when he had thought about mosquitos earlier?

There were usually a lot of mosquitos in a group . They were some of the more difficult monsters to deal with . He had just been randomly thinking mosquitos before, but he didn't actually want any mosquitos to be there .

The dark jungle was full of thick trunks and dense shrubs that were stacked on top of one another . He could only determine the position of the mosquitoes from where the sound was coming from .

"Flamy, come down first," Gao Peng ordered Flamy .

Flamy pierced through the treetops and landed next to Gao Peng . It turned around and stared intensely in the direction the mosquitos were coming from .

Flamy then opened its beak . Yellow flames started to condense around its throat .

"There's no need to do that," Gao Peng said as he gently stroked Flamy's back .

Chirp, chirp, chirp .

Flamy swallowed down the flames .

Flamy had recently had a crazy growth spurt . It was six and a half feet tall while standing on the ground . Gao Peng had to stand on his toes and really stretch out his hand just to pat Flamy on the head .

"We need to be smart when dealing with such monsters," Gao Peng took out a giant sachet from the portable s.p.a.ce that was a foot and a half tall .

"This is a mixture that was made with the telosma cordata plant after the Cataclysm, including purple gold lavender, scorpio gold sunflower, giant citron, and orange jessamine . They're mixed to become a super mosquito repellent . " Gao Peng lifted up the sachet and the strong scent of different flowers started to spread around .

"Now, it's time to witness a miracle . "

In the distance, the Giant Black Iron Mosquito that was flying at the front suddenly smelled a strange smell in the distance . The Giant Black Iron Mosquito almost fainted when it got a whiff .

Its wings shook violently, its bones almost broken by this stench .

"Blargh . " After vomiting, the Giant Black Iron Mosquitos quickly turned around .

The Giant Black Iron Mosquito leading the group was the spearhead of the mosquito army . The direction of its flight was the direction the other giant mosquitoes would follow .

The sounds of the mosquitos slowly disappeared . Gao Peng grinned and put away the sachet with the mixture . He looked at the familiars, who were gazing at him with admiring eyes, and said, "This is elementary . Simply elementary . "

. . . . This is for you . Old Ji took a black plastic bag out of his pocket . From the shape of the bag, he could guess that it was something like a notebook or a cell phone . Gao Peng took it and opened it in front of Old Ji . The bag contained a beige map that felt coa.r.s.e, though it was unclear what it was made of . There was also a tablet and a very precise compa.s.s . This tablet is solar powered . Theres an electronic version of the map on it . You can also use it to make calls . if theres a signal . Ill teach you how to use the map and compa.s.s in the next few days . Its a map of the interior regions that shows the terrain of Yuzhou . It also shows where the dangerous places are . You should refer to it often . You have a flying type monster, so you have more protection than most monster trainers on expeditions . You need to learn to make the correct decisions when facing danger . As long as Im here, Ill always be there to be your s.h.i.+eld . Just do everything that you want to do with confidence . Ji Hanwus usual stern disposition suddenly seemed to have softened . A warm smile appeared on his face . Gao Peng turned his head and looked up at his grandfather . His grandpas silver-white hair was neatly groomed . Gao Peng remembered that his hair had once been black . Okay, Gao Peng said . It was worth mentioning that Silly had finally been promoted to the Commander tier in the last half month . Its portable s.p.a.ce had grown ma.s.sive in size, as it was as big as the containers that were carried by trucks . It could have been said that the qualitative change had finally ushered in the quant.i.tative change . It had also finally become what Gao Peng wanted it to be, a moving warehouse . After the portable s.p.a.ce was filled with food, medicine, tents, and a series of items that were essential to surviving in the wild, Gao Peng waved at Old Ji, then turned and strode away . Ji Hanwu stared at Gao Pengs back . He wanted Gao Peng to turn around once more, but he didnt know what to say . In the end, he could only sigh softly, turn around, and leave . . . . Gao Peng opened the map and tried to figure out where he was . I should be here right now… Gao Peng frowned and muttered to himself . Before the Cataclysm, Yuzhou City had held the nickname of mountain city since it was located between the mountains . It kept changing after the Cataclysm . The mountains grew even higher and became even more majestic . It was a serene and tranquil place . On the map, the Yuzhou city was located at the center . With Yuzhou at the center, the map extended towards the four corners of the paper . Many of the peaks were painted with portraits of monsters, along with a description of those monsters . Red circles were drawn on certain areas of the map, and inside the circles were red crosses . They marked the presence of a Lord tier monster! The red crosses were locations that Lord tier monsters regularly appeared in . Gao Peng had a headache from looking at the map… There are way too many red circles on the map, and theyre located so close together . I think I can see at least ten of them in one glance . Gao Peng continued to scan through the map carefully . Just a week ago, Gao Peng had discovered an interesting new feature in the data frame . If he put his focus on certain materials, he would be able to learn where the materials came from . However, he remembered that he hadnt possessed such an ability before . Gao Peng couldnt figure it out . He just a.s.sumed that it was his increase in soul strength that allowed him to use a new ability with the data frame . As his soul strength increased, so would the ability of the data frame . Besides Silly, who was an Excellent grade Commander tier familiar, all of Gao Pengs other familiars were Perfect grade Commander tier familiars . . . Gao Pengs main goal right then was to have Stripey and Da Zi move up to Epic grade so that they could awaken their special characteristics . In order for Stripey to get promoted to the Epic grade, it would need to swallow an Earth Spirit Core, then sleep for 72 hours in black soil . After that, it would evolve into an Earth s.h.i.+eld Spider . Gao Peng kept looking at the map . He was trying to look for a place where there might have been an Earth Spirit Core . Earth Spirit Core, Earth Spirit Core . Here, here, and here . These three places have the right conditions to contain Earth Spirit Cores . After thinking for a while, Gao Peng decided to go to the one that was closest to him . Slow down! Flamy, fly slower! Da Zi! Dont run too far, and thats a smelly fruit, you cant eat that! Stripey! Get up quickly! Thats just a normal Iron Boar, not some sort of G.o.d boar! You better not kneel in front of it! Throughout the journey, Gao Peng had to put in a lot of effort to take care of each of them . It was extremely tiring, as he felt like he was both their dad and their mom . Each familiar had their own thoughts . As they grew older, their personalities also became more lively . They wouldnt just roll around and act cute as they had before . However, Gao Peng would rather they just continued rolling around and acting cute . After half a day of traveling, they hadnt even traveled more than three miles . Gao Peng wiped the sweat from his forehead . If they kept going at this pace, he didnt know when they would reach their destination . Fortunately, the trees were tall and the leaves were big . All of the sunlight was blocked by the trees and leaves, plus the air was quite cool . Usually, such a cool environment would have a lot of mosquitos . However, there were no mosquitos around . Gao Peng wasnt used to this . Flap, flap, flap . The sounds of wings flapping came from the distance . Flamy, who was flying above the forest, said to Gao Peng through the Blood Contract, Master, there are a lot of mosquitos . A lot of very big mosquitos! A lot of very big mosquitos? Gao Peng felt a thump in his heart . Could it be that he had jinxed it when he had thought about mosquitos earlier? There were usually a lot of mosquitos in a group . They were some of the more difficult monsters to deal with . He had just been randomly thinking mosquitos before, but he didnt actually want any mosquitos to be there . The dark jungle was full of thick trunks and dense shrubs that were stacked on top of one another . He could only determine the position of the mosquitoes from where the sound was coming from . Flamy, come down first, Gao Peng ordered Flamy . Flamy pierced through the treetops and landed next to Gao Peng . It turned around and stared intensely in the direction the mosquitos were coming from . Flamy then opened its beak . Yellow flames started to condense around its throat . Theres no need to do that, Gao Peng said as he gently stroked Flamys back . Chirp, chirp, chirp . Flamy swallowed down the flames . Flamy had recently had a crazy growth spurt . It was six and a half feet tall while standing on the ground . Gao Peng had to stand on his toes and really stretch out his hand just to pat Flamy on the head . We need to be smart when dealing with such monsters, Gao Peng took out a giant sachet from the portable s.p.a.ce that was a foot and a half tall . This is a mixture that was made with the telosma cordata plant after the Cataclysm, including purple gold lavender, scorpio gold sunflower, giant citron, and orange jessamine . Theyre mixed to become a super mosquito repellent . Gao Peng lifted up the sachet and the strong scent of different flowers started to spread around . Now, its time to witness a miracle . In the distance, the Giant Black Iron Mosquito that was flying at the front suddenly smelled a strange smell in the distance . The Giant Black Iron Mosquito almost fainted when it got a whiff . Its wings shook violently, its bones almost broken by this stench . Blargh . After vomiting, the Giant Black Iron Mosquitos quickly turned around . The Giant Black Iron Mosquito leading the group was the spearhead of the mosquito army . The direction of its flight was the direction the other giant mosquitoes would follow . The sounds of the mosquitos slowly disappeared . Gao Peng grinned and put away the sachet with the mixture . He looked at the familiars, who were gazing at him with admiring eyes, and said, This is elementary . Simply elementary .