Chapter 24 Human Traces

"Is this the place?"

Standing outside the valley, Qin Chuan turned his head and glanced at Shui Hua, confirming again.

"Woof!" (It's here, there is more than one special fruit!)

Shui Hua nodded heavily, hesitated for a moment and spoke again.

"Woof!" (There is also the breath of the shadow leopard we killed here.)

"Hmm..." Qin Chuan touched his chin and fell into thought.

After staying in this world for more than ten days, he also found some patterns in his daily searches.

There is extraordinary energy in every corner of the dream world, but this extraordinary energy is not evenly distributed. Places with more extraordinary energy are often more likely to have more precious resources or fruits that can improve experience.

But at the same time, places with more extraordinary energy are more suitable for the growth of spirit beasts.

Therefore, Shui Hua's two discoveries are not contradictory.

If there is really more than one special fruit in the valley, it means that the concentration of extraordinary energy here is more concentrated than any place he has found before. As the only growth stage nearby, it is reasonable for the shadow leopard to occupy this place as its own nest.

And now, the shadow leopard has been killed by him.

In this way, the valley in front of us has become the safest place.

After all, other spirit beasts dare not enter the lair of the shadow leopard.

"Let's go!"

After figuring out the key points, Qin Chuan waved his hand and took Shui Hua into the valley along the narrow road outside the valley.

The space in the valley is not large. After entering it, a fishy smell came to the face. Following the smell, Qin Chuan found a cave on a rock wall, and there were a lot of broken bones piled up at the entrance of the cave.

Obviously, this is the lair of the shadow leopard.

The exploration here can be put aside for now. Qin Chuan looked around and soon saw several fruits with special halos not far away.

There are six in total, three of which are water-blue clear fruits, one of which can increase Shui Hua's level experience by 50 points, and the other three fruits are two earthy yellow and one light green, corresponding to the earth and wind systems respectively.

Although these three are also special fruits, Shui Hua cannot absorb them because of their different properties.

The shadow leopard did not move for the same reason.

"Woof!" (Crystal Fruit!)

Shuihua came forward excitedly, circling around the fruit, staring at Qinchuan eagerly, swallowing his saliva.

Seeing this scene, Qinchuan regretted that he had used the experience gem too early.

Crystal Fruit can only be used by water spirit beasts, but there is no limit on experience gems. No matter how you look at it, experience gems are more important.

But the regret only lasted for a moment.

Putting the three crystal fruits into the equipment column, Qinchuan said seriously, "Your experience is full now, and eating crystal fruits before advancing will not work."

"So I will put it away for you first, and eat it after you complete the advancement."

"Woof~" (Okay~)

Although Shuihua felt a little regretful, she shook her tail and quickly cheered up and looked at the remaining three fruits.

Qinchuan was in trouble, because at this moment there was only one empty slot left in his equipment column, and two fruits with different attributes needed to occupy two empty slots.

The other empty spaces were filled with things Qin Chuan had determined to be necessary in the past ten days, such as fruits that quickly restore physical strength, herbs that quickly heal injuries, etc., all of which are indispensable.

But it would be a bit of a loss if he didn't take the special fruits when he encountered them.

After a little thought, Qin Chuan put the two special fruits of the earth element into the item equipment column, and then directly put the special fruit of the wind element in his arms, "Okay, that's it."

If you meet a wind-element spirit beast that you like later, you can give it away to make a good relationship.

Qin Chuan had encountered special fruits of other attributes several times before, and he handled it in the same way.

You may not see them when you look up, but you may see them when you look down. Except for guys like the Shadow Leopard with a cruel personality, Qin Chuan is still very friendly to his neighbors around him.

After making sure that there were no special fruits left out, Qin Chuan set his sights on the Shadow Leopard's nest.

The nest was not deep, and everything in the cave could be clearly seen during the day. The closer to the cave entrance, the stronger the fishy smell.

Qin Chuan walked in with his nose covered, ignoring the uneaten meat in the corner and the claw marks of varying depths on the rock wall. Soon, his eyes were attracted by a raised stone platform in the center of the cave.

The stone platform was about half a meter high, with a very flat surface and a small pit in the center.

Qin Chuan reached out and touched the inside of the pit, with a flash of surprise in his eyes.

The inside of the pit was smoother than expected, and it was not round, but a feeling of flat surfaces pieced together, and the creases of the depression could be clearly touched.

It was like...

A finely cut crystal stone was once inlaid here, and then it was taken away.

"I'm late." After confirming this, Qin Chuan withdrew his hand regretfully.

If nothing unexpected happened, there was once a resource of considerable value here, but it had been taken away before he came.

If it was a dark resource, it might have been used by the Shadow Leopard itself. After all, the Shadow Leopard was only Lv12 and should have advanced not long ago.

If it was a resource of other attributes...

There are too many possible situations.

"Woof~" (What a pity~)

Shuihua on the side also realized this and showed a regretful expression on his face.

"It's okay. Anyway, this missed resource cannot be water-related." Qin Chuan smiled, comforted himself, and then walked out of the cave, "Next, let's explore the surroundings."

"Six special fruits can grow here, and special resources can be condensed. The extraordinary energy is very rich, which should accelerate your growth."

"I plan to build another simple shelter here."

"With the cave as a foundation, it won't take too much time to build."

Shuihua naturally agreed with Qin Chuan's idea.

Although there are traces left by the shadow leopard here, it won't take much time to clean it up.

One person and one beast walked out of the valley, skillfully cooperated with each other, and began to explore and familiarize themselves with the surrounding environment with the valley as the center.

Where are edible fruits and plants, where are other special effects fruits, where are trees that can be used for construction...

With the experience of building a shelter last time, this kind of exploration is handy for them.

As time went by, the scope of exploration by the man and the beast became larger and larger, and they were already one kilometer away from the valley.

At this moment, Shuihua made an amazing discovery.

"Woof woof!" (Look at this!)

It picked up something on the ground and ran towards Qinchuan quickly.

Qinchuan took the thing that Shuihua brought, took a look, and his pupils shrank suddenly.

That was... a stone knife!

Unlike naturally formed stones, the thin and sharp edge of this stone knife had obvious polishing marks, and Qinchuan was sure that he would not make a mistake.

And this meant that there were other players nearby.

Thinking of this, his expression became serious.

Is the other party an enemy or a friend?