The Heavenly God Lotus grows deep in the swamp, emerging pure despite the mud, radiating allure amidst clarity, with petals curling inward, slender as fine chrysanthemums, emitting a scent so clean yet enchanting, that anyone who inhales it becomes entranced and meets their doom in the swamp.
Qian Qi lay on a sturdy branch in the distance, gazing at the Heavenly God Lotus above the swamp, and posed his hands as if taking a photograph, activating the Decoding Technique with a "click."
[Magic Plant Name: Heavenly God Lotus
Attack Method: The aroma emitted from the roots is enough to cloud the minds of C-level non-Spiritual System humans and Magic Beasts, leading them into the swamp to become nourishment for the Heavenly God Lotus
Weakness: Cut off the underwater stem to block the spread of the aroma
Organ Function Analysis: Roots, stems, flowers, fruits, seeds]
"The weakness is the stem?" Qian Qi tapped the panel and clicked on organ function analysis, discovering that the scent of the Heavenly God Lotus was emitted from the roots at the bottom of the swamp, then transmitted to the outside through the hollow stem and flower core.
This means that even if the petals of the Heavenly God Lotus are destroyed or plucked, the scent can still be emitted.
However, as long as the stem underwater of the swamp is cut, allowing the swampy mud water to flood into the stem, the emission of the aroma can be completely blocked.
The method was known, but cutting off the underwater stem of the Heavenly God Lotus was not easy; she couldn’t enter the swamp alone, and Moyu didn’t have the ability to shield against the aroma, so for now, she could only sit on the tree branch staring at the swamp, helpless.
[Oh, my dear Qian Qi~] Seeing Qian Qi seemingly stuck in a predicament, the system quietly started its promotional pitch, [Are you imprisoned, not knowing which way to go~ Are you...]
When the system spoke up, it sparked a flash of inspiration in her frugal mind, and she immediately thought of an idea.
She opened the Light Brain, tapped into the "Gu Yun Mountain Dungeon Help Group" from a QR code on the wall.
[I am your uncle]: Any archers? Paid shooting, 200 a shot if you hit.
[Victory--gunman]: 200 a shot if you hit? Are you begging for money haha?
[Run, Milkmaid--Fire Element]: New here? What Awakener? Change the remark.
[Naked Sleepwalker--archer]: @I am your uncle, where are you? No other reason, just want to see what a newcomer who offers 200 for help looks like.
[I am your uncle]: [Location]
Once Qian Qi’s location was shared, the group fell silent for a moment, then burst into activity.
[Victory--gunman]: Damn, isn’t this the Mermaid Swamp area?
[Laugh, Monk--Power]: This newbie must be fishing, right? Surely they’re not trying to lure us in to rob us?
[Home Cat Can Stand on Its Head--archer]: Who doesn’t know that everywhere in the Gu Yun Mountain Dungeon can be visited, but nobody goes to Mermaid Swamp, only fools do!
[I am your uncle]: @Naked Sleepwalker--archer, @Home Cat Can Stand on Its Head--archer, I can guarantee safety, don’t come if you’re cowardly, I disdain it.
Qian Qi’s provoking words immediately agitated the two archers.
[Home Cat Can Stand on Its Head--archer]: Bah! Who’s cowardly! Wait there, I’ll come see what tricks you’re trying!
[Naked Sleepwalker--archer]: You’re really going? Take me too! Take me too!
[Victory--gunman]: Need a bodyguard? 200 a time, I can pull you out of the swamp.
[Run, Milkmaid--Fire Element]: 200 +1, didn’t find any valuable Magic Beasts today, might as well join the fun.
[Home Cat Can Stand on Its Head--archer]: On my way.
[Naked Sleepwalker--archer]: On my way~
An hour later, Qian Qi on the tree saw the four people arrive.
Qian Qi listened to the introductions; the blonde man looked somewhat mixed-blood and was gunman-type Victory, the armor covered in cat hair belonged to archer-type Qin Mao, Run, Milkmaid was Geng Qiu, and the last naked archer was Lu Daoxian.
Victory looked around, "Why haven’t we seen anyone? Where is the newcomer calling himself uncle?"
"Could it be a trick to lure us?" Qin Mao sat on a big rock nearby, doubting, "Few Magic Beasts appear by Mermaid Swamp, and if there are some, they’re drawn into the swamp by the aroma. What’s there to shoot at?"
"Wouldn’t be that idle?" Geng Qiu fiddled with the small fireball in his hand, looking at the Light Brain group, "What’s this newcomer’s deal, not even changing their attribute remark, rebellious?"
"So where is he?" Lu Daoxian checked the location again and confirmed he overlapped with the position of "I am your uncle."
If they overlapped yet saw no one, it meant...
Lu Daoxian just started to look up when he felt a shadow falling over his head, and a person "duang" jumped down from above, landing in the middle of the four, stirring up dust.
Qian Qi dusted off his pants and glanced at Qin Mao and Lu Daoxian, "Yo, archers? What’s your maximum shooting distance?"
"658 meters." Qin Mao sized up Qian Qi, unsure if she was short or just a girl, "What do you want to shoot?"
"You’ll find out soon," Qian Qi turned to ask Lu Daoxian, "How about you?"
Lu Daoxian quickly replied, "Same here."
"Alright, get on the tree." Qian Qi turned and climbed the tree like a monkey and called down seeing Lu Daoxian and Qin Mao still standing there, puzzled, "Come up?"
Qin Mao: "...can’t climb."
Lu Daoxian: "...same here."
In the instance, the trees weren’t safe, as crawling Magic Beasts could appear; archers usually wouldn’t climb trees, if the tree was struck down by beasts, they could get hurt.
Qian Qi: ..."150 a shot, includes helping you up the tree."
Qin Mao, Lu Daoxian: ???
What, there’s bargaining too!
"Alright." Qin Mao said, curiosity overtaking him about what this newcomer intended to do, "150 it is."
"Same here!" Seeing Qin Mao agree, Lu Daoxian quickly added.
Qian Qi nodded satisfied, she looked around, chose a tree of similar height, jumped down and punched the base with force.
"Boom–" The tree was directly smashed open by Qian Qi, falling to the ground.
Qin Mao, Lu Daoxian, Geng Qiu, Victory: ...Ah, she must be a Power Awakener.
"Get up." Qian Qi gestured to the top of the tree, waited for Qin Mao and Lu Daoxian to climb on, then lifted it against a previous tree, smoothly delivering them up.
Qin Mao and Lu Daoxian jumped to another tree, waved down, "Okay!"
Qian Qi tossed the tree aside, and climbed back up.
"See that swamp area?" Qian Qi pointed far at the Mermaid Swamp, "The surface has many floating white lotuses. You just need to shoot and break their underwater stems."
"Such precision required?" Qin Mao said, surprised, as the distance wasn’t close, and the stems of the white lotus-like Magic Plants in the swamp weren’t thick, making it challenging to cut them.
"Can’t you do it?" Qian Qi lazily glanced at him, disdainfully, "If not, I’ll find someone else."
"Who says I can’t!" Qin Mao, clearly a recent graduate, still had a strong competitive spirit, straightened his back, formed a compound bow in his hand, and mounted a white Energy Arrow on it.