But this incident was also unexpected for Lin Qinghen.
It's not a matter of disguising the ruins; everything about the ruins has been arranged properly both internally and externally.
Yin Jiuxiao and Yin Hengxie found the core of the mine based on their experience. Everything went smoothly. They received the news a few days ago. The communication between the insider and the outsider was stable. By the end of the competition, they could find a time mechanism and start this huge experiment.
There was no problem with all the disguises prepared outside. Yu Yinyin kept watching. Even if Lin Qinghen was not there, everything would go on as usual.
His surprise came from a small incident this morning.
Because the ruins had to be closed in advance, all the Yin family's supplies had been arranged and they had been withdrawn since yesterday.
The ruins had been opened for a month, and more than half of the resources had been consumed. The Yin family had taken care of several things and had made a lot of gains, almost filling up the family's warehouse. Even though Lin Qinghen had not entered, he had received quite a few from time to time.
The medicine store made a lot of money, but he didn't take the wolf's proceeds and put them all into his own warehouse. What Lin Qinghen received were gifts from a group of children from the Yin family.
The gains from the ruins were rare, and it was the most impressive thing that he and his group of little brats had so far. So, just as he had promised when he entered the room, he happily picked out the best one and gave it to Lin Qinghen.
Most of the kids of this age are at the Xuan level, and the things they can get are basically low-star Xuan level, and there are all kinds of things.
With Lin Qinghen's low level of spiritual power, he can't use these things even if he gets them, but they are indeed the child's thoughtful thoughts.
He looked at those smiling faces and did not refuse them. He regarded it as sharing the joy and collected the gifts carefully. He also gave each of them back with many medicinal pills of different values so as not to let the children suffer any loss.
But that was all half a month ago.
The child was too young to stay in the ruins for too long, and the Yin family did not allow him to travel around often, so they withdrew early.
This morning when Lin Qinghen was getting ready to go out, he saw a few kids squatting in the corner as soon as he stepped out of the yard. They were all in their early ten years old. They were discussing something, but when they saw Lin Qinghen, they all fell silent and stared at him.
"What's wrong?"
It was obvious that something was going on, so Lin Qinghen stepped forward and took the initiative.
He knew these children. They were a little quiet at home, not the type to stand out, but rather a bit down-to-earth.
He looked at the child huddled together and asked, "Did someone bully you?"
"No, no, no one is bullying you," the first child, who was a little braver, rushed to reply, "It's Xiao Meng. She hasn't been able to find anything to give to the young master yet."
Xiao Meng is the youngest in the group of children. He looks like a very well behaved kid. Upon hearing this, he lowered his head and started snapping his fingers.
Lin Qinghen was a little amused when he heard this.
"Are you a bully at home? You insist that you send me something," he said, ruffling the little girl's hair. "If you can't find it, just don't send it. It's okay. The ruins are complicated, and you are young. It's normal that you can't get anything for a while. Just take some pills from you and go back. Practice hard and improve your spiritual power. You will have a chance soon."
He knew that the ruins might remain for a long time, so there was no need to rush.
But the children didn’t know this and thought the ruins were about to end. They didn’t know when they would have the next chance to do so.
"No, we agreed on that. Besides, I heard that you gave me the medicine for my previous injury," the little boy said in a soft voice that sounded very aggrieved. "We all have good things, but I don't..."
How can this be compared
Lin Qinghen listened to his explanation and finally understood what was going on. This little girl was indeed unlucky. She got separated from everyone when she first entered the room and was not found until several days later by the Yin family.
When she was alone, she didn't dare to do anything, because the things she collected were all unwanted, some ordinary yellow-grade items. Then she fell into a cave inexplicably, and no one answered her call for help. There was a pitch-black, sticky spirit beast inside.
The little girl was terribly frightened, but fortunately the spirit beast was not that difficult to deal with. She finally managed to deal with it in one breath. The beast turned into a puddle of mud and water, leaving her with nothing except an ugly stone the size of a palm.
She had sustained many injuries in the cave, and her injuries were very severe when she was found by the Yin family. She had to stay at home to recuperate for a long time. Now that she was finally able to go out, she was told that she was not allowed to go into the ruins.
This makes me feel even more wronged.
It was Diemeng who helped her make medicine when she was recuperating. Lin Qinghen remembered that she was the most seriously injured among the children. Now it seems that she has recovered quite well.
"Only stones are left?" Lin Qinghen knew immediately, "You have encountered a mud pig."
This spirit beast is a low-level Xuan-level spirit. It really doesn't have anything useful on its body. It hides very deep underground and can survive by eating anything. It stays in the mud all year round, blending in with the surrounding environment and living in peace with the world.
Because of this characteristic, even if its level is not high, it can live for a very long time, almost tens of thousands of years. However, its spiritual power will not improve after living for a long time, it is just longevity.
The stone is actually its animal core, which is generally useless. Its spiritual power is weaker than that of ordinary animal cores and is difficult to be absorbed by spiritualists. It is the only proof that it remains in this world.
"That's it."
The little girl took out a beast core. The surface looked bumpy and ugly, with strange protrusions. It didn't look like a beast core at all. Common beast cores were round and bead-shaped. But it was indeed her most impressive thing.
Lin Qinghen said it was a Xuan-level beast core. She thought it would be of some use, and she felt a little happier, so she handed it to Lin Qinghen: "My young master, take it. Thank you for saving me with the medicine. Next time, next time, if we have another chance, I won't get lost and will bring back good things!"
She seemed to be in a better mood, and Lin Qinghen didn't want to spoil her fun, so he reached out and took it, thinking that he would get some more pills to compensate her later. But who knew that the moment he touched the beast core, Lin Qinghen heard a very unexpected voice before he could say anything.
—It was the sound of the system reminding him that the task was completed.
There was a "ding dong" sound that hadn't been heard for a long time. Lin Qinghen almost thought he had heard it wrong. He took a deep breath, touched the grass on his hand immediately, and brought up the system interface.
He did not hear wrongly. A familiar golden frame appeared below the task interface, with the words "Mission Completed" flashing slightly on it.
Huh? What's in this thing?!
Lin Qinghen's expression changed after he got the things. He seemed to be in a daze. The children present didn't know what was going on. Xiao Meng said, "Don't you like this?"
"... No!" Lin Qinghen came back to his senses and immediately turned to look at her, with a smile on his face that he couldn't suppress. "This is very good, it will be of great use to you, I like it very much, thank you."
This gift can be considered a huge surprise.
Although I didn’t know what lost spiritual plant I had found, the mission was finally completed.
Lin Qinghen had put a lot of effort into this. He had previously commissioned the mercenaries of the three cities to search for it, and even posted a bounty in the new mercenary hall of Tear City. Although it was his system task, it was normal for a medicine store owner to be interested in finding the lost spiritual plant, and it would not attract too much speculation.
However, in the past month, nothing has been found in the ruins, not even the slightest clue. Lin Qinghen knew that this was difficult, and he was somewhat disappointed during this period, so he focused more on other things.
Who knows, sometimes luck really will fall from the sky and hit you right in the face.
It was unknown what was wrapped in the core of the mud pig. It had lived for a long time and perhaps swallowed something that it had never digested and instead remained in its body for a long time.
Lin Qinghen immediately decided not to go out for the time being.
He asked Wei Lin to deliver the message and Fu Qingping to come forward, and he returned to the yard alone. Then he quickly pressed the "Mission Completed" button, and watched a flash of light pass by, and the mission rewards appeared one by one.
The first one is natural affinity, which has been increased by 6 points. Now Lin Qinghen has 16 points of natural affinity. In addition to the bonus from production, he feels a warm current flowing through his body, and his hands and feet are slightly hot. Now even Lin Qinghen himself can smell the scent of grass on his body, which has suddenly become a little stronger.
Of course, there is a new influencing factor, "extra output". Lin Qinghen didn't have time to switch to the pill production interface to see its specific definition, before he saw a hidden reward refreshed on the interface.
—"The lost spiritual plants found are the Xuan-rank three-star Immortal Vine and the Tian-rank four-star Pisces Floating Lotus. Their overall quality is relatively high. Now, based on the completion status, they are provided as hidden rewards to the host: two sets of self-selected pill recipes below the Xuan-rank three-star level."
The system did not let Lin Qinghen make a choice immediately. The hidden reward turned into a glowing gift box and appeared in the upper left corner of the interface. He could choose at any time.
All in all, the gains were great and it was worth his long wait.
Lin Qinghen had no time to pay attention to anything else now, as the reward he had been looking forward to most fell into his hands.
A familiar, slightly larger box, one-quarter of which was filled with detoxifying tablets, and this was the third tablet.
No need to wait, this is best eaten now.
It was a little painful, but Lin Qinghen had eaten it twice before and was used to it. He could get through it anyway. And if he ate it now, he would be able to catch up with the excitement outside after he recovered.
Although there was camouflage around the ruins, he and Yin Jiuxiao were also planning to find something else to attract attention and draw everyone's attention back to the City of Tears. This way, they would have no time to take care of other things, which would help cover up the matter of the ruins.
The most obvious change this detoxifying tablet brought to Lin Qinghen was his face.
The last change had already caused many people here to speculate, and the discussion about him has been enduring. Now that Lin Qinghen has attracted much attention, if he has undergone any major changes, the effect will probably be good, which is exactly what he wants.
So without thinking, he tilted his head back and ate the whole thing.
The pain came quickly, and Lin Qinghen was conscious. He had no time to inform Yin Jiuxiao at this time.
Even if the other person is not around, he has to hold on by himself.
But this time it doesn't seem as severe as the previous two times.
Lin Qinghen had time to think about all sorts of things in his mind. Perhaps Yin Jiuxiao's long-term warming of his meridians had really taken effect. His body's ability to withstand stress had obviously improved, his meridians were more resilient, and the pain was not as severe.
I don’t know what my face will look like this time.
Lin Qinghen was sober this time. He tried to think of happy things to divert his attention.
When I meet Yin Jiuxiao in person, what if he doesn't recognize me