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Chapter 237 - 237: Medicine Gathering Skill

Chapter 237: Chapter 237: Medicine Gathering Skill

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“Is this the Kantelu Ruins?” Song Jian looked at the valley before him in surprise.

He never expected that he could reach such a place full of green mountains and rivers by going through the underground pipeline network of the city. This place should no longer be within the domain of Doomsday City.

“This is the Katlu Ruins, not the Kantelu Ruins we’re looking for,” the Goblin merchant Canaan took off the air filter from his face, looked around and shook his head.

The filter on his face had the function of filtering poisonous gas and purifying the air. Without it, the two of them would have been vomiting in the sewer for such a long time by now.

“What do you mean?” Song Jian raised his eyebrows, turned his head to look at Canaan, and opened the task bar at the same time. Sure enough, the task bar did not show “task completed”.

“This place used to be inhabited by the Kateru Clan, but now it’s abandoned. It’s not wrong to call it the Kantelu Ruins, but it’s not where we’re supposed to go. The Kantelu Ruins we’re looking for are like a main city, while this place could only be considered a small village attached to the main city,” Canaan shook his head.

Song Jian nodded, knowing that Canaan’s goal was the Prayer Altar in the Kantelu Ruins. Only a place similar to the ancestral land of the Kantulu Clan would likely have such a structure.

“We can rest here tonight, as no monsters will appear here,” Canaan showed a relaxed expression on his face and headed towards the abandoned village in the valley.

As Song Jian walked, he looked around.

The valley was vast, but the abandoned village within it was not very large, with only a dozen or so bamboo buildings gathered together. In the center was a large open space with a deep well in the middle, the wellhead covered by a large green stone.

Most of the bamboo buildings in the village had collapsed, with only five or six left that were relatively intact. Canaan began to choose one for their rest, occasionally tapping it with his hand or shaking it forcefully to see if they were still sturdy.

Song Jian’s gaze fell on the tall stone pillar at the front of the village, which resembled a totem pillar. It was relatively well-preserved, about a dozen meters tall, and the surface of the pillar was carved with various patterns, some intricate magical runes, and some fierce monster images that densely covered the entire pillar.

Song Jian even found several monsters he had seen before in the carved patterns on the surface of the stone pillar. The ghost fire beast from the Kantelu Maze also appeared in the pillar and was in a high position, about five to six meters above the ground.

“This is the Guardian Pillar of the Kantulu Clan. See those monster patterns carved on it? If enemies invade the clan, they would activate this totem pillar, and these monster patterns will turn into real monsters, killing the invaders,” Canaan explained, standing by Song Jian.

“So this pillar is a treasure? It could at least dominate one region!” Song Jian raised his eyebrows, thinking that this pillar seemed very useful.

“It’s impossible. Once the Guardian Pillar is erected, it cannot be moved, otherwise, the monsters on it will revolt. Moreover, without the bloodline of the Kantulu Clan, the Guardian Pillar cannot be activated, even if you know the ceremony to activate it,” Canaan shook his head.

Song Jian nodded, and if it was as Canaan said, it would explain why the village was abandoned and the Guardian Pillar remained intact.

“It’s a pity. If I could move it and place it in my estate, I would have another defensive structure,” Song Jian thought.

“You should rest soon. We’ll continue to explore the maze tomorrow. I estimate that we will find the real Kantelu Ruins in at most two more days. The Prayer Altar can only be opened once a month, we can’t let others get there first,” Canaan said and walked towards a bamboo building.

Song Jian nodded, but did not rest. According to the in-game time, it should be around 1-2 a.m., but it was daytime in the valley. Although the sun couldn’t be seen, there were blue skies and white clouds, and the soft wind in the valley gave a warm and cozy feeling, a sensation Song Jian could only experience in the real world.

The valley was vast, and Song Jian wanted to explore it, thinking that he might find some valuable items here.

Gently touching the Guardian Pillar, Song Jian couldn’t see its attributes. He sighed, thinking that it seemed the pillar couldn’t be moved and was just part of the background in the game.

After a tour around the abandoned village, Song Jian didn’t find any valuable items. The collapsed bamboo buildings had already rotted and mixed with the soil, and the few left that seemed intact were empty, nothing left behind.

Leaving the abandoned village, Song Jian strolled slowly along the surrounding peaks of the valley. The peaks rose high into the clouds, and even if Song Jian morphed into a dark cloud and soared, he couldn’t pass over them. The only way to leave was through the entrance he came in from.

After spending more than three hours, Song Jian had walked around the entire valley following the mountain peaks. He found similar stone doors at the four cardinal direction points, seemingly as if there were four channels for entering and leaving this place.

At the southernmost point, there was a forest and a small lake next to it, even with fish over a foot long jumping out of the water.

There were signs of logging everywhere in the forest, and every tree there had rings indicating decades of growth. If cut down, they would provide a large amount of wood.

But presently, Song Jian had no interest in these basic materials. He had so many NPC laborers that he could obtain large quantities of wood and stone materials every day. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have time for anything else except chopping wood and digging for stones to build the entire estate.

Standing by the edge of the forest for a while, Song Jian found it dense and vast, covering about a third of the valley’s surface. There was no sound of insects or birds in the forest, and it seemed a bit too quiet.

As Song Jian prepared to turn away and leave, he unintentionally noticed a small red grass at the base of a large tree glowing faintly.

“Is this an herb?” Song Jian walked forward and carefully inspected the properties of the red grass.

“Red Blood Grass (white), herb, can be used to prepare low-level healing potions. Gathering requirement: level 1 Medicine Gathering Skill.”

“I’ve already learned Alchemy, so it would be best to master this Medicine Gathering Skill as well,” Song Jian thought.

Cautioning himself, he started digging out the soil next to the herb. He knew that gathering herbs required a tool like a medicine hoe, but he didn’t have one at the moment, so he used his hands as a substitute.

After spending ten or so minutes, Song Jian had dug down about three to four inches and finally unearthed the herb.

System: You have gathered a “broken herb,” earned 1 gathering experience point, and comprehend the passive skill “Medicine Gathering Skill.”