"Hehe, of course. Although I'm not as good as you, I've been practicing hard all year. It's only natural that I'll become stronger."
Xin Mang spread out his four furry white tails complacently.
Over the past year, not only have her tails increased in number, but they have also become longer, fluffier, and smoother, and each one is like a soft pillow.
Bai Jin, who was sitting next to Xin Mang, felt a little worried, but her eyes couldn't help but be distracted by Xin Mang's four furry tails. She wanted to touch Xin Mang's tail shyly, but she endured it as if she didn't want to cause trouble to others.
"Did it go from two tails to four simply because it became stronger?"
Through the panel, Yang Yu could see that although Xin Mang's level had not increased much, his attributes had skyrocketed in the past year or so.
As for her personally, she fully possesses the strength of an S-rank adventurer.
"Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to deny your efforts.
I just remember that the old man guarding the blood lion gate seemed to have said that you are from the multi-tailed fox clan.
I still remember him saying that the bloodline of your clan has been diluted too much, and it is difficult to have three tails. "
"That man can't just be called the old man guarding the gate. His name is Grandpa Tonghe." Xin Mang had a slightly dissatisfied look on his face and retracted the four tails behind him.
Yang Yu apologized, "I'm sorry, it's Grandpa Tonghe, I remember it. I'm a little curious about the ecology of the multi-tailed fox clan. If it's inconvenient, let's end this topic here."
"Since you are the head of the negotiation, I will forgive you this time." Xin Mang said, "Since you asked, I will tell you about our clan.
Actually, it’s not a secret.
Our tribe has almost no way to distinguish which ones are fox orcs and which ones are multi-tailed fox tribe."
"Mostly only have one tail?"
Xin Mang nodded, "Only when the fox orcs grow more tails, or when they know for sure that their ancestors are from the multi-tailed fox clan, can they confirm that they belong to the multi-tailed fox clan.
There's nothing we can do about it.
Just as you said, all the babies born by multi-tailed foxes have one tail. Some will slowly grow a second or third tail as they grow older.
Some have only one tail throughout their entire life.
When I was a child, my mother kept telling me that even if I grew up with only one tail and didn’t have many tails like her, I shouldn’t feel inferior.
This is the current situation of our multi-tailed fox clan.
Actually, I think it doesn’t matter which ones are multi-tailed foxes and which ones are real fox orcs.
As long as we can stand up and protect our country in times of crisis, we are brothers and sisters."
Yang Yu straightened his mask and said, "It's a very simple idea."
Xin Mang smiled and said, "Simple? Sometimes being simple isn't a bad thing. Often people make simple things complicated and end up making things worse."
Yang Yu nodded, "That's correct."
"I have answered so many questions. Can you please answer my questions next? There are some things I am concerned about."
The shadow of the city appeared in his sight, and Yang Yu responded casually: "What's the matter?"
Xin Mang raised his hand to stop himself from speaking, and mysteriously moved his face closer to Yang Yu opposite him: "I heard from Sister Gran that you conquered that super large underground maze. Did you get anything like a key?"
Yang Yu asked calmly, "Key? What key?"
Xin Mang leaned back in the carriage in disappointment and sighed, "What a pity, it looks like I didn't get it."
Pretending to be suddenly interested, Yang Yu asked, "What exactly is the key you are talking about?"
Xin Mang did not hide it, "This is a matter in the adventurer circle. In recent years, the number of super-large mazes has been increasing.
Those super-large mazes are extremely difficult, and you can often get rich rewards after conquering them.
S-level adventure groups flock to it, even if there are occasional failures.
However, the members of the S-class adventure group are, after all, those who have the ability to become an S-class adventure group.
As long as they have enough time, they can figure out the rules of the maze, find the monsters' weaknesses, and implement the strategy.
This is how super-large underground mazes are conquered.
In those mazes, S-rank adventure teams would often pick up some strange pages.
Defeat the maze guardian on the last level, and they will get legendary equipment and sometimes a strange key.
”
"So that's it. Have you figured out the purpose of the key?" Yang Yu asked tentatively.
Xin Mang shook his head. "All this information was given to me by Sister Gran. As the leader of the Wild Fighters, she was interviewed by a reporter from the Adventurer's Summit not long ago. From that reporter, she learned about the current situation of other S-level adventure groups.
I don't know who spread the news, saying that as long as a certain number of keys are collected, you might be able to find the ancient treasure left behind by the brave Laux.
At least three S-class adventure teams have begun searching for keys to try to decipher the pages that fell from the maze.
I heard that they are even willing to exchange legendary items for keys.
This year's [Adventurer's Peak] has been released, but it will take some time for it to cross the ocean.
If some S-level adventure groups want the key, or some S-level adventure groups want the publicly available key, they will seek suitable trading partners.
They should all be published there.”
Yang Yu was silent for a long time.
Sure enough, the underground maze would not wait for him to conquer it one by one. The quickest hand will gain, the slowest will lose.
In order to avoid world-destroying fights among S-class adventure groups, there are unwritten rules among S-class adventure groups.
The existence of rules will give rise to a unique system of interests.
If you want to collect a specified number of keys, you don't need to conquer the underground maze one by one.
Yang Yu didn't know how many keys other people had, but he was sure that as time went by, the number of keys in other people's hands would increase.
If the other party gathers all the information before me, I don’t know what will happen.
Fortunately, conquering a super-large maze is not an easy task.
All S-level adventure groups may be eyeing the key, and no one is willing to let go.
Yang Yu said: "Some people may make it public, but some people may hide it."
"That's possible. As for the details, we still need to get the latest issue of [Adventurer's Peak] to make a conclusion. Do you want it? If you do, I can bring you a copy."
Xin Mang was as helpful as ever. She knew better than Yang Yu how to get the magazine in Wansheng Country, so it was just a matter of convenience for her to bring an extra copy.
Yang Yu also knew this, however.
"No need for that this time. I was just thinking about adventurers on a whim."
Yang Yu rejected Xin Mang.
(End of this chapter)