Full-Time Mage: Starting from Obtaining the Mysterious Ancient Tree

Chapter 127 New Totem Clues
I returned to my lodgings from the Qingtian Hunting Grounds.

Fang Yu then devoted himself entirely to cultivation, attempting to open up a second contract space.

A week later.

When the second contract space was created, Fang Yu received a message from Leng Lingling.

Give it a trim.

Fang Yu walked towards the old street where the Qingtian Hunting Grounds were located, recalling the information he had just seen.

Feeling a little happy, Lingling learned about the origin of the blue-and-white crane by searching through ancient books, and also made some new discoveries.

Soon, Fang Yu arrived at Qingtian Hunting Grounds. To be honest, the store was really old and dilapidated, with a kind of decay that made it seem like it could close down at any time. Fang Yu couldn't understand why Old Man Bao was unwilling to spend some money to renovate it. Did he even want to do business?
Pushing open the door, Fang Yu found that the Qingtian Hunting Grounds were quite lively. A large frying pan was placed on an induction cooker, and the steaming aroma filled the entire room.

"Fang Yu, come sit down, come sit down! You've come at just the right time!" Old Bao said with a big smile.

Lingling and Leng Qing sat together. The two sisters have very similar features, and it is believed that they will look more and more alike as Lingling grows up.

Leng Qing smiled politely, maintaining her usual quiet demeanor.

Lingling seemed very happy, probably because her investigation over the past few days had yielded results. She winked at Fang Yu and said, "Fang Yu, I've made a new discovery!"

There aren't many things that can excite Lingling this much.

Fang Yu vaguely guessed what was going on, but he decided to enjoy the food in front of him first. Sure enough, eating alone in a quiet atmosphere would reduce his appetite. Eating hot pot with everyone was just too delicious.

……

Sitting on a high stool, Fang Yu picked his teeth while waiting for Lingling's new discovery.

Leng Qing also sat down, her gaze fixed on Lingling.

After calming down with a glass of iced tea, Lingling immediately brought over her laptop and handed the processed information to Fang Yu and Leng Qing.

"I spent several months researching the image of the blue-white crane and its habitat in ancient books to learn its true origin. It is a totem that guarded the area around the Dazu Rock Carvings in ancient times, the Nine Heavens Crane."

"Next, I tried to understand and reconstruct the history of the Dazu Rock Carvings, and that's when I discovered this!"

On the screen appeared a large number of names, so many that it was impossible to count them all.

This is obviously a huge list, roughly the size of an entire city. Lingling has even scaled it down; there's even more if you scroll down!
"Why are you showing us these people's names?" Fang Yu asked, puzzled.

He didn't see any pattern in these lists.

"Because a large demon tribe was stationed in the Dazu Rock Carvings area, the ancient inhabitants of the surrounding area relocated several times over the years to prevent demon attacks."

"Everyone on this list I've compiled comes from the same place: the ancient inhabitants of Dazu Rock Carvings."

"One-third of the residents of Dazu Rock Carvings migrated to the ancient city you visited, one-third went to Jiangzhou in Sichuan, and the remaining one-third are scattered in different cities. Because it is too complicated, no specific traces can be found for the time being."

Lingling tapped the screen, and soon the original residences of the numerous names were displayed.

They are all ancient residents of Dazu Rock Carvings!
"All of them?" Fang Yu asked.

“Yes, it’s basically certain,” Lingling said.

Fang Yu gave Lingling a thumbs up for her fair and tender skin.

Lingling is indeed a genius for finding such an irregular group of people in history.

"There's no time to lose, I need to go to these areas!" Fang Yu stood up.

Although he has already received the gift of the Nine Heavens Crane's fire seed, its current power is only at the spirit seed level. Finding more feathers or totem remains will grant him the totem's power, allowing his fire seed to undergo another transformation.

Lingling rolled her eyes at Fang Yu, but continued to poke at the screen with her finger, and then said, "Some things don't necessarily require you to go there in person, such as the initial exploration."

"I've hired several teams of hunters to gather information about the ancient inhabitants of Dazu Rock Carvings, and guess what I found?"

Fang Yu looked at Lingling, whose face was full of uncontrollable joy and she looked adorable. He couldn't help but reach out and pinch her cheek, saying, "Stop keeping me in suspense."

Lingling slapped Fang Yu's hand away and said irritably, "See for yourself."

The screen then switched again, and an image immediately appeared.

The background of the picture is a flat, lifeless area, and up close, there are many cracked pits...

"Flat ground?" Fang Yu asked in surprise.

"Yes, it's flat land. This location is in the Jiangzhou area of ​​the Sichuan Basin."

As she spoke, Lingling switched to another screen.

The next picture is still on flat ground, but it shows the location of a deep pit in that flat ground.

“Fang Yu, look at the mark at the bottom of this pit,” Lingling said.

At the bottom of the deep pit, there is a black rock with a mark carved on it.

"What's wrong with this logo?" Fang Yu looked it over but couldn't find anything special about it.

“Don’t you think it looks like some kind of print?” Lingling said.

Fang Yu tried very hard to recall, and gradually the outline and texture of the stone carving matched the pattern of the blue crane's feathers!
Fang Yu was utterly shocked and asked, "A new clue about a totem beast?"

“This location is clearly closely related to the Nine Heavens Crane Totem, otherwise this symbol wouldn’t be used as a marker!” Lingling said.

This is what makes Lingling so excited today.

Originally, she was only trying to find out the origin of the blue-white crane for Fang Yu, but she did not expect to uncover an important clue about a totem.

Fang Yu never expected that he would unexpectedly find a clue about a totem, and an ancient one at that!

"Let's get going without delay!" Fang Yu exclaimed excitedly.

The Nine Heavens Crane originates from the lineage of the Sacred Totem Vermilion Bird!
The Nine Heavens Cloud Crane bestowed such powerful abilities upon Fang Yu, and now that it has found another mysterious feather, Fang Yu is filled with anticipation.

The more Fang Yu learned about this magical world, the more he felt how weak he was, and his desire to advance as soon as possible became extremely strong.

After several months, Lingling has gathered enough information to set off and explore that place.

It took Fang Yu and Lingling a whole day to reach the land of Bashu.

Because the location is in a sparsely populated area dozens of kilometers east of Jiangzhou in the Sichuan Basin.

Fang Yu was worried about the existence of unknown demons, so he went alone.

After a day's journey, Fang Yu arrived at his destination. His gaze swept around, and the red earth stretched as far as the eye could see, without end. Not to mention mountains, even large rocks were hard to find.

I've looked at the map of this place and made thorough preparations.

Now, Fang Yu has a clear direction in mind and is cautiously moving forward.

(End of this chapter)