The Vanished Pet Egg

Looking at the ore in his backpack that exuded a slight chill, Jiang Yan continued digging while quickly examining it.

【Ice Soul Stone】: A mineral used to forge ice-type magical artifacts!

【Froststone】: A mineral used to forge ice-type magical artifacts!

【Ice Jade】: The ore used to forge ice-type magical artifacts!

[Ding~ Congratulations, player! Successfully mined and obtained a +18 quality Water Elemental Stone]

While checking the properties of the ore, Jiang Yan dug up a new ore.

【Water Element Stone】: A mineral used to forge ice and water-type magical artifacts!

"A magical artifact?"

Jiang Yan raised an eyebrow. The official information released by "Peak" only revealed the first five levels of equipment: white, bronze, silver, gold, and dark gold!

After the dark gold, there is only a blank space.

Based on the information Jiang Yan currently possesses, dark gold should be followed by a spiritual artifact, and a spiritual artifact by a divine artifact.

only……

Ice type, water type?

Are there no lightning-type ...

As Jiang Yan pondered, the mining technique continued to strike the glacier at the bottom of the river.

[Ding~ Congratulations, player! Successfully mined and obtained a +15 quality Water Elemental Stone]

[Ding~ Player's mining failed]

[Ding~ Congratulations player, you have successfully mined and obtained a +16 quality Ice Soul Stone]

[Ding~ Congratulations player, you have successfully mined and obtained a +15 quality Froststone]

[Ding~ Player's mining failed]

[Ding~ Congratulations player, you have successfully mined and obtained a +17 quality Ice Jade]

[Ding~ Player's mining failed]

[Ding~ Player's mining failed]

[Ding~ Congratulations, player, you have successfully mined and obtained a Terrain Dragon Egg]

"Um?"

Jiang Yan was bewildered when he saw the system notification: 'What kind of weird stuff did I dig up?!'

He quickly opened his backpack to check.

【Terrain Dragon Egg】(Annihilation): A terrain dragon egg that has been frozen for thousands of years.

This is... a pet egg?

Unfortunately, it is in a state of extinction.

Jiang Yan thought it was a pity, but soon he noticed a very small white exclamation mark on the top of the pet egg.

There is hidden information!

Jiang Yan hurriedly focused his attention and saw a line of small text appear on the exclamation mark: "Use Angel's Feather or Water of Life to revive the dormant pet egg!"

Is there any way to save the pet egg?

Jiang Yan felt as if he were surrounded by mountains and rivers.

But the angel's feather and the water of life sound hard to find.

Go back and ask the city lord of Fuxi City for information!

Jiang Yan came to his senses; five minutes had already passed.

It's time to go back!

If the ore here were of the lightning attribute, Jiang Yan would have consumed expensive Super Red Demon Water and Blood Demon Pills to continue mining. But unfortunately, it was of the ice attribute, so Jiang Yan decisively turned around and left.

Swimming back quickly along the way he came, Jiang Yan soon arrived at the river's eye. As soon as he got close, a waterspout swept him up into the river above!

The effects of the monkey wine had worn off, and Jiang Yan began to slowly lose health and mana.

He quickly rose to the surface and surfaced a dozen seconds later.

"call!!"

Jiang Yan let out a sigh of relief. He glanced at the various minerals in his backpack and felt as if he were still in a dream!

After climbing ashore, Jiang Yan boarded the teleportation array and chose to return to the dungeon entrance.

Lei Hu and Sun Cairen sat idly by the lake.

"How long will it take for Brother Shan to get here?" Jiang Yan asked.

"Godfather's out!" Lei Hu exclaimed joyfully. "That guy'll be out for at least another two hours, Godfather, shall we run another Hell Dungeon?"

This guy just got a piece of [East Sea Crab Armor] (silver), which greatly increased his defense. He can't wait to have another go at the East Sea Crab General and grab a couple more pieces of silver equipment!

As for Sun Cai Ren, although she also received a piece of silver equipment, she estimated that she would still deal -1-1 damage when facing the East Sea Crab General again, so she was in low spirits. However, when she thought about the equipment dropped by the East Sea Crab General, she couldn't help but get restless!

"I'm afraid it won't work." Jiang Yan shook his head helplessly.

Because there are only about thirty bottles of regular quality monkey wine left, not enough to get through the hell difficulty level.

He was confident he could quickly overcome the Nightmare difficulty.

But the Nightmare difficulty will have to wait until Zhao Shanshan, otherwise he will get less free attribute points as a reward!

The three decided to wait for him.

Just then, Zhao Shanshan sent a private message to the three of them: "Damn it, I got stopped by those bastards at school. They insist I bring them to see Jiang Yan. You guys can go do your own thing, I can't get through this!"

"It's a pity about Brother Shan." Jiang Yan stood up and said, "Then let's go in."

The three then entered the Nightmare difficulty River Monster dungeon!

On Nightmare difficulty, the monsters in the river are only half the number on Hell difficulty. Jiang Yan cleared them all out in less than half an hour, and then swam to the depths of the river!

Jiang Yan quickly checked and found that there was no river eye here!

"It seems the river eye that leads to the hidden map is only available on Hell difficulty!"

Jiang Yan swam for a while and soon attracted the East Sea Crab General (Silver)!

Facing the Silver BOSS, Jiang Yan decisively unleashed Thunder Tiger.

"Roar!!" Clad in the [East Sea Crab Armor], Lei Hu charged forward with his shield raised, refusing to retreat an inch in the face of the East Sea Crab General (Silver)'s relentless bombardment!

With him in front, Jiang Yan successfully defeated the Silver BOSS in just a few minutes.

[Ding~ Congratulations to the player for defeating the East Sea Crab General despite being above their level. Experience +40000]

[Congratulations to the player for clearing the River Monster dungeon on Nightmare difficulty! Reputation +100, Free Attribute Points +1]

[Ding~ Congratulations! Your team has cleared the Nightmare difficulty of the River Monster dungeon. A system announcement will be made shortly. Please name your team!]

After Jiang Yan chose his name as usual, a system announcement sounded:

[Ding! Congratulations to the team "Black Heart Pharmacy Opens in One Day" for achieving the first kill of the River Monster dungeon "Nightmare" difficulty, with a time of 32 minutes and 17 seconds. Team leader: Jiang Taigong; team members: Zhenshanhu, Sancaiguiyi. Reputation +100, Free Attribute Points +1] *3

Ignoring the system announcement, Jiang Yan went to the BOSS's corpse to check what it had dropped. It turned out that this East Sea Crab General was very stingy, only dropping one piece of silver equipment for archers, three pieces of bronze equipment, and about ten gold coins!

"Mine, mine, mine!" Sun Cairen, who had been just observing the whole time, excitedly ran over when she heard that there was a Silver Archer outfit.

"Damn it, how come you got off easy, kid?" Lei Hu, who had taken a lot of damage, was very indignant.

"Alright, next time I find the silver equipment you need, I'll keep it for you," Jiang Yan said.

Through the hellish difficulty of the River Monster dungeon, Jiang Yan discovered that his three adopted sons were quite useful, especially Zhao Shanshan and Lei Hu, the two henchmen. They were truly able to withstand damage in critical moments and were worth investing heavily in!

After ending the Nightmare difficulty, Jiang Yan bid farewell to his two adopted sons and took the dungeon teleportation array back to the starting village, number 142857!

More than ten days after the server opened, the newbie village No. 142857 was still packed with people. Jiang Yan quickly took off the conspicuous equipment on his body and then followed the flow of people into the blacksmith shop.

The blacksmith was speechless when he saw him: "What are you still doing here?"

"Isn't it because I can't bear to part with you?" Jiang Yan smiled and took out the [Death Scepter] (silver) and the [River Demon Scepter] (gold), saying, "Please help me imprint the level 3 [Gem-Seeking] of the [Death Scepter] onto the [River Demon Scepter]."

"Gold equipment?!" Upon seeing the [River Demon Scepter], the blacksmith immediately understood: "You're quite lucky, kid. Not many people can return after leaving the starting village."

Then, the blacksmith chuckled and held out his hand: "Cheng Hui, one hundred gold coins."

"I..." Jiang Yan's face twitched: "So expensive?!"

Wasn't it always 10 gold coins before?

"This is gold equipment, so of course it's more expensive," the blacksmith shop owner said with a smile.

"Okay..." Jiang Yan is a rich man now, with more than 740,000 gold coins in his backpack, so he doesn't care about these 100 coins.

The blacksmith took the money and immediately took the two pieces of equipment into the back room. After a flurry of activity, he came out smiling and traded the two pieces of equipment to Jiang Yan: "Good luck."

Jiang Yan looked at the [River Demon Scepter].

[River Demon Staff] (Gold): A staff inlaid with [Gemstone Seeker] (Level 3), Magic Attack +47, Magic Hit +2, Magic Penetration +5%, Monster Drop Rate +3. Requirements: Mage, Priest!

Next, Jiang Yan took out the level 1 [Critical Strike Stone] and [Lich Curse Necklace] (gold) that he had just crafted and handed them to the blacksmith shop owner.

A few minutes later...

【Lich's Curse Necklace】(Gold): A necklace inlaid with a 【Critical Strike Stone】(Level 1), granting +38 Magic Attack, +5% Magic Penetration, +1 Critical Strike Chance, and inflicting a curse that reduces the target's life regeneration effect by 10%! Required for use by: Mage or Priest!