Chapter 18 Surprising Gains, Unexpected Discoveries
Although it is an outdoor training, only a small part of the routes of each of the five teams is the real dense forest.

Most of the time they walked on the narrow paths left by their predecessors. Although they were a little difficult to walk on, at least they would not get lost. They just had to follow the map.

Moreover, this dense forest had been searched thoroughly by Zhan Kong and his companions before, and there was absolutely no demon left.

However, some snakes, insects, rats and ants are still unavoidable. Even if they all brought anthelmintics, they are still hard to guard against. There is no way. After just walking for half a day, everyone wrapped themselves tightly and adopted the most simple physical defense.

It is early autumn now and the heat has not yet dissipated. Soon everyone is sweating profusely.

Someone in the team wanted to ask the water mage to add water defense, but it was directly rejected by everyone.

We are now in the wild, and you actually want the water mage to waste precious magic energy on defending against mosquitoes. Are you really not afraid of death?
Everyone had no choice but to wrap themselves up like rice dumplings and looked at Xu Fan with envy.

"Why don't these mosquitoes bite you?"

Mo Fan asked resentfully. He quietly used magic to kill some mosquitoes, but it only lasted for a while. They were on their way and soon a new batch of mosquitoes targeted them.

"I can't help it. I was born with a special physique! Mosquitoes don't like it!"

Xu Fan said this casually, but the fact was that ordinary mosquitoes could not have any effect on him at all, and he would even subconsciously avoid them when they approached him.

It was not until the evening that everyone decided to set up camp and rest for the night. Traveling on the mountain road at night was undoubtedly a very stupid act.

Everyone had their own division of labor: some cleaned the space, some collected firewood, and some prepared food.

What Xu Fan had to do was to clear the safe area. Next they would light a bonfire. If they did not make a fire prevention zone, it would easily cause a forest fire.

In order to save precious magic energy, they could only use their hands to clear the dense grass and bushes around them.

Xu Fan grabbed a handful of weeds and pulled them up by the roots. Just as he was about to throw them away, he suddenly had an idea. He felt that the weeds in front of him seemed extraordinary.

"This is Lingya grass, a kind of herb that has the effect of accelerating the recovery of magic energy. It is very popular among some monsters!"

A classmate named Tang Lan, whose family ran a traditional Chinese medicine clinic, happened to pass by and explained.

"But its effect is too weak. Even a beginner wizard would have to eat hundreds of them in a row to see the slightest effect!"

"If you want, I'll give you all of these!"

Tang Lan handed some of the spiritual grass she had collected to Xu Fan, and then continued to busy herself with her own work.

"Prevent it from happening!"

Xu Fan quietly cast a water defense spell on himself, and his mana immediately decreased by 800 points to 4000/4800.

Then Xu Fan swallowed a spirit bud grass in one gulp. A stream of air flowed through Xu Fan's body. When he checked the panel again, his mana had increased by 4300 points to 4800/.

Xu Fan suppressed his excitement. Although the effect of Ganoderma lucidum was not strong at the moment, it was a good start.

Xu Fan believed that he would be able to find better medicines in the future, and that his mana and maybe even his physical strength could be restored.

As long as his endurance can keep up, he has the confidence to defeat even an opponent who is a whole level higher than him!
"Maybe I should collect more of this herb, or try to refine it!" Xu Fan collected all the nearby spiritual bud grass. Although it could only restore 300 mana points, fortunately, taking the medicine did not affect his normal use of spells.

He can take a lot of drugs and output violently at the same time, and he can always keep himself in peak condition in such a dangerous place like the wild.

Of course, the prerequisite is that he can keep up with the recovery medicines. With the few things he has now, at most he can spend a day in the wild.

The temporary camp was quickly set up, and the lit bonfire dispelled the darkness that was rising up the mountainside. After a quick bite, the team of twenty people was divided into four groups, which took turns to keep watch.

Now it is the early autumn season, and the night is about ten hours long, which is directly divided into five time periods.

The four groups decided the order of the night watch by drawing lots, and the group that drew first would be responsible for an additional two hours before dawn.

A night passed like this, and the next morning after packing up the camp and extinguishing the campfire, everyone continued to head deep into the forest according to the instructions on the map.

Along the way, everyone encountered various difficulties, with snakes, insects, rats and ants appearing one after another. When they turned around the mountain, they built bridges when they encountered water, and when they encountered a cliff not too far away, they directly used magic to jump over it.

The teachers hiding in the dark also constantly record their actions and give them scores based on them.

It took a full ten days, and everyone climbed over several hills before finally reaching the final peak, where there was a bounty set by Chief Instructor Zhan Kong.

Along the way, Xu Fan harvested not only a few clumps of spirit grass, but also a dozen purple dates, each of which could restore thousands of mana points.

Xu Fan's team and Mu Bai's team arrived at the foot of the mountain almost at the same time, but both sides were already dusty and looked disheveled.

However, after some discussion, both parties did not climb the mountain directly. Instead, they all chose to camp on the spot and wait for the arrival of other teams.

"I didn't expect you guys to be several minutes faster than me! I'll remember you guys. I will definitely surpass you in the end and complete the chief instructor's reward first!"

Mu Bai said this after he had recovered enough strength, but neither Xu Fan nor Mo Fan paid any attention to him, which made Mu Bai feel a little embarrassed, and his face turned pale and blue.

"Just wait, sooner or later you will need my help!"

It was not until three days later that all the teams arrived at the foot of the mountain one after another.

After just one night's rest, everyone gathered their energy and charged towards the final peak.

"Damn, did the last team fall into the swamp? Why did they bring such a stench as soon as they arrived? This smell is really intoxicating!"

"I couldn't sleep well last night because of the smoke!"

Ten teams walked up the path leading to the top of the mountain, some at a fast pace and some at a slow pace. The usually quiet forest became lively as they enthusiastically discussed the strange things that happened last night.

"No, that smell is not brought by the Tenth Squad. It suddenly appeared last night. And the smell we smell now is more like the smell left on the road!"

Zhang Xiaohou, who had a keen sense of smell, came to Xu Fan and whispered, "He looked a little absent-minded, as if he sensed some danger."

(End of this chapter)