475 Fire Calamity Part One (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
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The party crossed the Drifting Sand River safely, and was welcomed by a barren land which felt like it had been scorched by flames.
This was the North Burning Valley, a unique place with lots of mysteries, yet to be fully explored by humans.
The Hunters were spread across many places in the country, and had repeatedly explored most of the relatively famous demon beasts' territories, thus it was quite difficult to find any resources or treasures there.
In comparison, the North Burning Valley was split up into a corner by the giant Drifting Sand River, so not many Magicians managed to arrive in one piece. It was considered a fertile land, with many resources that the Magicians were willing to risk their lives to secure.
The surface area of the North Burning Valley was unknown for now. According to the information Mo Fan had gathered after spending nine million RMB, the Flame Belle was residing in the north area of the North Burning Valley.
The North Burning Valley had the shape of a basin. The land looked flat in the distance, but someone had already inspected the place before. It turned out that the elevation kept on decreasing when heading toward the middle of the North Burning Valley. The whole place was like a fire pit, the soil around the party was brown-red, and according to the rumors, the area in the center was a burning land.
Flames were sprouting out from the surface, looking like red stalks of grass scattered across the place in lumps. Those without any fire resistance would not be able to travel on it.
The North Burning Valley was also known as the Brazier of China, as there was a high-quality Fire Seed hidden somewhere under the valley.
Even if the area was not produced by the Tiandi Fire Seed as the rumors mentioned, such a place with an abnormal level of Elemental energy would have nurtured lots of Soul Seeds, even those of Soul-grade.
Mo Fan knew that the Tiandi-grade Soul Seed was not something to be found easily. Many powerful Magicians had explored the place, yet none of them had found the legendary Tiandi-grade Soul Seed. How could an Intermediate Magician like him possibly find it?
{TL Note: Tiandi here means Heaven and Earth}
It was wiser to focus on searching for the Flame Belle. Being able to get himself a Flame Belle would be a huge win!
Now that the party had arrived at the North Burning Valley, it was all up to Lingling to decide what everyone would be doing. She flipped through some information in her notebook and did some strange calculations.
”Hey runners, bury these things in the ground,” Lingling took out four cone-shaped devices from her bag.
The devices looked like spinning tops, yet their surfaces were coated in some kind of metal, giving them an advanced look.
”Aren't these Element Sensors? Are we trying to figure out the Elemental densities in this area?” Zhang Xiaohou quickly identified the device with his army experience.
”I've learned the behavior of creatures like Flame Belle from the books. They prefer to stay in places where the density of Fire Element is five times higher than the normal level. However, when they are producing offspring, in order to let the new child experience a strong Fire Awakening, the mother of the Flame Belle will live close to a Fire Element Soul Seed. Therefore, if we can find the Soul Seed, we won't be far away from the Flame Belle,” said Lingling.
Mo Fan nodded in agreement. The huge sum of money he had spent was not in vain. It actually helped them to target specific locations, as the Flame Belle had fairly consistent living habits. They did not like to move their lairs for no reason.