Chapter 9: Burial Bone Mound
After showing the identification card directly, the guards did not stop him at all, and it went very smoothly.
These guards had seen too many Students like Ye Ling leave the Medium-sized City.
However, almost all of them were accompanied by others. Ye Ling was considered an exception, traveling alone.
Ye Ling finally stepped out of Tianhui City.
Leaving the South Gate meant that he had officially entered the Demon's territory.
In the wilderness, survival could only rely on oneself, not on others to save oneself.
Around the Medium-sized City, closer to the Medium-sized City, were some relatively low-level Demons.
High-level Demons were generally located far away from the Medium-sized City.
It wasn't that there were no high-level Demons close to the Medium-sized City's surroundings, but they had all been defeated.
Unfortunately, Ye Ling currently did not have a mount-type Spirit Pet, so he could only walk.
However, for his safety, Ye Ling summoned Xue You immediately after leaving the South Gate.
In the wilderness, you could never be too careful.
Because one slip-up could lead to falling into the Abyss and never recovering.
Caution is the parent of safety, so Xue You had to be by Ye Ling's side.
Before leaving, Ye Ling prepared some things, including a map of the area around Tianhui City.
It showed the distribution of monsters. Closer to the South Gate, there were several gathering places for Demons.
And this time, Ye Ling's target was one of them.
Naturally, you pick the soft persimmon first. For his safety, the place Ye Ling chose was called Burial Bone Mound.
As the name suggests, this place was where Skeleton Magic Creatures, which belong to the undead category, lived.
The reason Ye Ling chose to come here was also to collect materials for Xue You's next evolution.
Each time Xue You evolves, it requires consuming certain materials.
The first evolution was given by the System for free, but the subsequent evolution materials needed to be obtained by Ye Ling himself over time.
Xue You needed four types of materials to evolve to the next stage, Gray-Eyed Zombie.
Of course, the reason there were only four types was because her growth potential was not high yet.
Later on, the number of evolution materials required would increase.
The four materials were: Flawless Bone, Heart of Darkness, sub-dark crystal x10, and Dark Essence Blood x10.
And in this Burial Bone Mound, there was a chance to obtain two of these materials: Flawless Bone and sub-dark crystal.
After walking for about half an hour, passing through patches of forest, Ye Ling finally arrived at his destination for this trip, Burial Bone Mound.
Before, it was a forest, looking green and full of life.
But here, it was completely dead, even barren.
The location of Burial Bone Mound had no trace of life whatsoever.
Even the trees had no green leaves on them, only withered branches and rotten leaves on dead trees.
He didn't know if it was because Burial Bone Mound really had a lot of bones, but the stones on the ground also looked white.
Looking from afar, there was a large amount of death energy surrounding Burial Bone Mound.
If it were an ordinary person, upon seeing Burial Bone Mound, they would probably turn around and run without any hesitation.
Xue You followed Ye Ling expressionlessly. Upon seeing Burial Bone Mound, a look of confusion appeared in her eyes.
Clearly, Xue You did not know what Burial Bone Mound was.
Similarly, Xue You, whose intelligence was not high at the moment, did not have much interest in understanding Burial Bone Mound.
"Xue You, let's go. We've arrived at our destination..."
Walking directly towards Burial Bone Mound, Ye Ling didn't want to waste any more time here.
Burial Bone Mound, there were a large number of Skeletons here, all Demons of the undead category.
Although most low-level Skeletons, in terms of individual strength, were inferior to any other Demon, they were just white bone frames that looked like they could be kicked and have their ribs broken.
But they were numerous, and their Life Force was very tenacious.
Even if their head was knocked off, as long as the soul fire inside was not completely destroyed, they were not truly killed.
On these patches of white stones, piles of white bones could occasionally be seen.
Ye Ling's expression was calm. It was just a pile of white bones, nothing to make a fuss about.
The outermost area of Burial Bone Mound was just Skeleton Soldiers, with a strength at most around Tier 1, Level 3.
Among Demons, they were just cannon fodder, not powerful Demons.
As long as Ye Ling was careful, there wouldn't be much trouble.
Gradually walking further in, Ye Ling suddenly stopped.
Because he heard some sounds coming from ahead.
"Click, click, click!!"
Looking around, Ye Ling found a relatively hidden spot with slightly higher ground and pulled Xue You to hide there.
Standing on the higher ground, looking down, Ye Ling saw several Skeletons with pale white bone frames.
These Skeletons were the lowest-level Demons in Burial Bone Mound.
Upon seeing these Demons, a smile immediately appeared on Ye Ling's face.
He could already see experience points coming his way.
"Xue You, go. With your current strength, dealing with these bone frames shouldn't be difficult."
Ye Ling gave Xue You her first command.
Xue You, who was by Ye Ling's side, nodded slightly.
Then Xue You leaped from the high ground, jumping directly towards the few Skeleton Soldiers below.
Having already completed one evolution, Xue You's intelligence had increased significantly.
Give her some more time and another evolution to the next stage, and perhaps Xue You's intelligence might even be enough to speak at that time.