Chapter 48 Landing on the Northern Plane
Ordinary heroes and apprentices also have to set off, but they don’t need to set off now like the seventeen war lord apprentices. They can wait for a while, until the seventeen war lord apprentices have gained a foothold in the northern plane and established a base before going there.
This also means that whoever has a more complete base and stronger defense can attract more apprentices to gather there.
The mentor has thousands of heroes and professionals under his name, which is a considerable number. If we can attract some of them over, they will become a strong fighting force.
Of course, apprentices can also choose to go there now. At this time, the war lord apprentices are in short supply of professional talents and like to hire some heroes to go on the road with professionals. Apprentices can also participate in the development in advance.
It can enhance your strength and earn some benefits.
Risks and benefits coexist. Exploration is the most dangerous, but it also brings the most benefits.
Li Qing opened the gate to the divine realm in the square, and a well-equipped team walked out of the gate to the divine realm. Suddenly, they sensed something and turned around, and saw a four-man heroic team coming over.
The leading man in a robe said to him:
"Mr. Li Qing, I am Zheng Tianyu, and our team would like to follow your team to the northern plane."
Li Qing glanced at the four people and found that they were all heroes. The man was a second-level blood sorcerer. Among the three companions behind him, one was carrying a bow, one was very tall and wore lamellar armor, holding a thick tower shield in each hand and an axe in the other hand, and the other wore leather armor and walked lightly . He should be a scout.
The professions are reasonably matched and it is a very standard combat team.
Li Qing scanned the configuration and asked casually:
"Do you have your own team, or is it just four of you?"
Zheng Tianyu immediately replied:
"Just the four of us."
"Want to take a ride or join my team?"
"I want to take a ride for now!"
"No problem, but there is one thing to be clear with you. If you are hitchhiking, you can follow my team. If there is a battle, you can join in, but you must not disrupt my troops, and you must not arbitrarily provoke enemies who have not discovered us along the way. You have no right to share in the spoils of war that I discover. Of course, if you participate in the battle and play a role, you can also get some compensation."
"Also, you guys should bring your own supplies on the way. If you don't have any, you can buy them from me. I'll add 50% to the market price of the food. Do you have any objections?"
Zheng Tianyu nodded quickly:
"no problem!"
"Then you wait here for a while until I'm ready to go together."
"Ok, Ok."
Li Qing nodded and turned around to continue preparing.
The so-called hitchhiking actually means taking the same route with him and getting along well along the way. Then when he successfully establishes a base in the northern plane, they will hang out in his base.
It’s like building a novice village in the game, with Li Qing as the village chief and them being players, and all kinds of supplies can be purchased in the village.
If the village is facing a monster invasion, they will also help defend it.
According to the usual standards, all war lords, whether apprentices or formal, will have a 50%-100% premium on the basic supplies they sell to ordinary heroes and professionals outside, and some special props can have a premium of more than 200%.
This is the price the base pays for providing them with shelter, and it is reasonable and legal.
If there are enough apprentices gathered, this alone would be a considerable income over time.
Therefore, people like Li Qing, who have both the Divine Realm Farm and the Divine Realm Ranch and can supply a large number of self-sufficient War Lord apprentices, will have more and more advantages as time goes by.
Soon the team was complete, with 30 dwarf infantrymen, 20 archers, and two heroes, Long Shou and An Erqiu.
In addition, there are two wooden carriages pulled by oxen.
This was made by Li Qingzhao based on the horse-drawn carriage in the encyclopedia. Except for the wheels which were made of fine steel, the carriage was made entirely of wood. The oxen pulling the carriage were not farming buffaloes, but large buffaloes that were specially used for pulling carriages.
After training, they will not panic even if they encounter ferocious beasts.
In fact, the best one is the wild bull. That kind of bull is very large and very strong, but it is also expensive, and the key is that the instructor has none for sale.
The oxen were slow, but the marching speed itself was not fast.
Cows have great endurance and can march for long periods of time.
This time the march is long, and he doesn't want to walk all the time, so it is necessary to prepare two ox carts.
While the team was preparing, many teams came to inquire. The teams with only heroes but no troops were simply questioned and accepted. Some teams had their own troops and it was troublesome to bring their families with them, so Li Qingquan refused.
When going out to explore new areas, it is better to keep things simple.
After waiting for nearly an hour, Li Qing waved his hand, and An Erqiu walked in front of the team and shouted:
"Raise the flag!"
A large flag with the words "Li Qing" written on it was raised in front of the team.
The team of fifty people started to set off. Mo Wenxi, who was preparing not far away, waved to him, and he waved back.
Just as he reached the city gate, Li Qing heard someone shouting:
"Your Excellency Li Qing!"
Looking up, he saw that it was the three brothers of the Xie family. They had been waiting outside the castle gate. Li Qing glanced back and saw a team parked at the corner of the castle wall behind them. They should be their men.
Li Qing waved his hand to signal the team to stop, and asked with a smile:
"Are you guys going to set off too?"
Xie Zhu laughed and said:
"We heard that Lord Li Qing was leaving, so the three of us brothers waited here specially."
"Well……"
Speaking so bluntly, Li Qing pondered for a moment and said:
"Are you guys taking a ride?"
"We want to join His Excellency Li Qing's team. Our subordinates can be commanded by His Excellency Li Qing, and our logistics can be brought into the Divine Domain."
"Well……"
Li Qing touched his nose and smiled:
"Now that you've said that, how can I refuse? Okay!"
After saying that, the team left the city gate and stopped at the edge, opened the door to the divine realm, and moved his logistics troops, a bunch of pots and pans, bags of rice and dried meat, various vegetables, tents, etc. into it.
This is the trouble with ordinary troops, the logistics are more complicated than those of regular troops.
After closing the gate to the divine realm and incorporating the three Xie brothers and 17 imperial soldiers into the team , the troops officially set out.
Li Qing got into one of the carriages, and Long Shou followed beside it.
The summoned giant eagle flew into the air and circled above the team.
The giant eagle of the third-level elite template is basically invincible in this small plane.
The other carriage was a wagon, which contained some things .
For example, insect repellent, torches, etc.
Although this carriage was the most primitive version, it had shock absorbers. In addition, the jungle ground was uneven but soft, and the speed was not fast, so the vibration was not severe.
Li Qing sat in the carriage, took out an encyclopedia of foreign war weapons that was as big as half a window, and began to read it.
The journey is long and it would be a waste of time if we don’t find something to do.
Two hours later, Li Qing felt the light was dim. He pushed open the car door and saw that the team had left the vicinity of the mentor's castle. At this time, An Erqiu had taken out torches from the carriage at the back and lit them. Two magic professions in the team each summoned a light fireball to illuminate the surroundings.
Li Qing snapped his fingers and a bright light flew out from his fingertips, quickly brightening and condensing into a ball of light that illuminated the carriage.
Pick up the book and continue reading.
Time passed, and the team kept moving north in a straight line.
From time to time along the way, they encountered ferocious wild beasts with no intelligence who wanted to attack the team, but they failed.
The dozen or so heroes and professionals in the team were all very active, and they could kill these ferocious beasts without Long Shou having to take any action.
Li Qing exchanged thousands of kilograms of corpses for dozens of kilograms of dried meat or vegetables.
They have no divine domain and cannot purify the chaotic aura in the flesh and blood of these ferocious beasts, so they cannot be eaten directly. Usually, they can only skin them or cut off some valuable parts from the corpses, and everything else must be thrown away.
There is no major danger in this plane. We headed northwards. On the fifth day, we saw the jungle starting to become sparse, and we knew we had reached the northernmost edge of the plane.
After a few hours, the team suddenly stopped. Li Qing opened the car door and saw that the team had arrived at a wasteland.
Behind is a lush jungle, in front is a cliff, and beyond the cliff is a pitch-black void. From time to time, faint waves can be seen advancing layer by layer in the void, like waves of the sea.
The troops were resting in a wasteland hundreds of meters away from the cliff. A group of apprentices were gathered less than 20 meters from the edge of the plane, pointing and talking ahead:
"That should be the northern plane, it looks huge!"
Li Qing looked up and saw a huge outline in the depths of the dark void that was extremely obvious even in the darkness.
Even though they were extremely far away in the void, they could clearly see many huge balls of light illuminating the surroundings above the huge outline.
That plane also has no sun, but the remaining natives of the plane used various methods to create this artificial light source to illuminate the surroundings, which also means that the natives of this plane are powerful.
However, after everyone watched for a while, they suddenly realized something. Xie Zhu came to Li Qing and asked:
"Mr. Li Qing, that plane is so far away from us, and there is a chaotic void in between, how can we get there?"
Li Qing waved to An Erqiu and said:
"Go cut some wood, big pieces."
An Erqiu took the order and left. Li Qing then said to Xie Zhu:
"The mentor's airship is cruising at the edge of the plane. We will light a huge bonfire later. The mentor's airship will see us and take us over."
"oh!"
Not long after, An Erqiu and his men came over with a bunch of branches. Li Qing put all the branches into the space in his palm, decomposed them and extracted the water from them, and the rest were synthesized into flammable wood pieces as thick as thighs with loose wood fibers.
Then they found a place, made a big circle with stones, piled the wood inside into a small hill, and then lit a fire.
The wood was loose in texture and easy to burn. It quickly caught fire and the flames shot up to more than ten meters high.
Everyone was gathering around the fire to cook and conserve their energy.
Almost two hours later, a huge airship flew over and stopped above them.
An hour later, the fire went out, the troops boarded the airship, and took off into the air, flying beyond the edge of the plane.
Accompanied by a violent earthquake, the airship passed through the plane light membrane into the void and flew towards the large plane in the distance.
The journey was safe and sound, and no void creatures were encountered.
After flying for almost a day, Li Qing looked out from the edge of the airship. The outline of the face had filled his field of vision. There was no end in sight, and it seemed to be very close.
At this time, the voice of the mentor's subordinate came from behind Li Qing:
"Sir Li Qing, we are close to the plane. Please choose a landing location."
Li Qing looked back at the middle-aged man in military uniform, took out a card and handed it to him, asking:
"Is there any suitable landing place nearby?"
The captain of the airship took the card and smiled when he saw the number on it. He put the card away and said:
"There are two good places. One is located in a hilly area with complex terrain, but there are many orc tribes nearby."
"The other one is located near a large river valley. There is a large tribe of fishmen in the valley. They worship a very powerful extraordinary monster."
"Hmm, I wonder what kind of extraordinary monster the fishman tribe worships ?"
"It looks like a giant crocodile!"
"Well, let's go through the river valley!"
It’s not that the mermen are easy to bully, it’s mainly because there is water in the valley and fish in the river, so the food source is more abundant.
If any city wants to develop, it must ensure an adequate supply of the most basic food and water.
Not all big cities are located either by rivers or by the sea, and there are few big cities located in deserts.
In addition, the extraordinary monster worshipped by the fishman tribe is a giant crocodile. This thing is powerful in the water but not so good on the shore, so it is not a big problem.
After selecting a location, the airship began to turn and fly straight in a certain direction.
After a few more hours, the airship began to slow down and slowly approached the edge of the plane.
Seen from the void, the edge of the plane is covered by an invisible transparent light film. This is the crystal wall of the plane, which can resist the erosion of void storms. Through the crystal wall, one can see where the plane is broken.
Below the huge land fracture is an endless abyss.
At this huge fracture, there is a huge U-shaped river valley fracture.
Fortunately, this fracture is the upper reaches of the valley, and the water flows from here into the interior of the plane.
The airship passed through the crystal wall of the plane and entered the plane, stopping at the right edge of the valley.
The rear door opened, the troops were lowered, and the airship took off again and dived into the void.
"We have to be self-reliant from now on!"
Li Qing stood on a protruding rock at the edge of the river valley and looked around. He smiled and said to his subordinates and accompanying apprentices behind him:
"We need to find a suitable place to expand our Divine Domain and gain a firm foothold, so that we can communicate with the Eternal Divine Tree through our Divine Domain and then contact our mentor and other apprentices who have already expanded their Divine Domain."
"Zhang Yicheng, take Li Xingyu and Xie Jin to scout along the right edge of the river valley. Turn right after five kilometers. The maximum reconnaissance radius is about five kilometers."
Zhang Yicheng is a Tier 2 stealth hero under Zheng Tianyu, Li Xingyu is a Tier 2 stealth professional in another team, and together with Xie Jin, there are three stealths in total.
There is strength in numbers . If three of them encounter some not-so-strong monsters, they can kill them directly.
The three of them didn't say anything, just took the order and set off.
Li Qing watched the three people disappear into the darkness, then turned to An Erqiu and ordered:
"Take some people to cut down the nearby trees and make room to build a temporary camp."
Then he looked at the heroes or professionals of other teams and said:
"You will follow your teams and scout nearby to protect the woodcutters."
