The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 440 The Reward for the Eighteenth Painting
His consciousness re-entered the Tian Shu Star Vein, and Qin Lang grabbed the Traveler's Book, then excitedly opened it.

Seeing the eighteenth painting again, which he had only caught a glimpse of before, he couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.

The location corresponding to this painting is the deepest part of the sealed land, the original oath fragment corrupted by the power of nightmares.

Although this was achieved by a stroke of luck, making it the fastest check-in ever, it would normally be extremely difficult to complete successfully.

The previous painting gave me a bottle of purifying water, but I used it up to fight the nightmare monster. Hopefully, this painting will give me a better reward.

At least, it shouldn't be a crystal, right?
Silently praying, Qin Lang took a deep breath, suddenly flipped the painting over to the back, and upon seeing the contents, his expression immediately brightened with joy.

It's it!

Fragments of the original oath…

Fragments!
He still only has one-sixth of the original piece, but considering the two pieces Qin Lang obtained before, he now has half a fragment of the original oath.

During his past travels, Qin Lang had seen the fragments of the initial oath three times.

The first time was in the underground palace of Bailushan City.

The original oath fragment symbolized the friendship between the Silver Stag and Jock, the rider of the stag, and was eventually taken away by the Silver Stag when it appeared.

The second time was in the hands of regional champion Zhong Lingyun. That was the first time Qin Lang learned that the original oath fragment possessed the powerful ability to renew the food spirit once again, a super renewal of the food spirit.

As for the third time, it just happened.

This original oath fragment symbolizes the friendship between the Silver Oriole and Wei Ran, and was also corrupted before being taken away by the Silver Oriole.

After encountering the fragments of the First Oath three times, Qin Lang naturally longed to obtain one of his own.

Fortunately, unlike what others could only dream of, for him who possessed the Traveler's Book, everything was promising for the future.

If he receives the same reward three more times, he will be able to piece together a complete fragment of the original oath and retrieve it from the Traveler's Book!
Suppressing his excitement, Qin Lang quickly shifted his gaze to the right, landing on the nineteenth painting that was subsequently unlocked.

Under the bright sunshine and on the boundless beach, a harp sculpture stands quietly, its base adorned with wave-like decorations and its body featuring reliefs of swimming fish, making it look exquisite and poetic.

First, we can rule out Lanqiu City as the location for the photo op.

Although Mingjingzhou is a coastal continent adjacent to Qili Bay, Lanqiu City is not a coastal city. Only two downstream rivers branching off from Leapfish Lake pass through it, which cannot match the background of the nineteenth painting.

As for the exact location of the check-in point, there's no rush to investigate that later.

Exiting his internal vision state, Qin Lang opened his eyes to find a large face close to him, which startled him so much that he screamed and hurriedly took a few steps back. Then he looked at Cao Dongdong with annoyance.

Why are you getting so close?

"Just curious!" Cao Dongdong grinned. "Last time you pulled out that clump of water after your internal inspection, I want to see what you can pull out this time."

"Why are you rummaging around? I'm not Doraemon." Qin Lang rolled his eyes in annoyance. "I'm just checking on Zhen Ling's condition."

"Let's go, let's go see everyone in the venue."

Upon hearing Qin Lang's words, everyone immediately came to their senses.

Although they guessed that the people who had been sleeping in the venue should have woken up, they still had to rush over to check on them as soon as possible.

Everyone set off immediately, but Qin Lang's brows remained furrowed. He felt that besides the check-in reward, he seemed to have forgotten something.
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“Hiss, hiss, hiss~”

A vague yet familiar voice rang in his ears. In a daze, Liu Chuang felt something soft and elastic bump against his cheek a few times.

It didn't hurt, but it gradually brought him back to his senses.

He slowly opened his eyes, using one hand to shield himself from the impact of Little Pi's fall. Looking at the twinkling stars in the night sky, a bewildered expression crossed his face. "What...what happened?"

Memories of what happened before he fell into a coma came belatedly. Liu Chuang's expression changed slightly, and he sat up nervously, looking around.

“Foolish junior, you’ve finally woken up.”

Lomi's voice drifted from not far away, causing Liu Chuang to turn his head sharply. "Lomi, you're awake too!"

"Do you know what happened? I remember we were at the entrance of that ancient underground ruin before we lost consciousness..."

"How did I end up here?"

“Junior, have you forgotten?” Lomi shrugged. “I was unconscious at the same time as you, and I only woke up a tiny bit earlier. How could I possibly know what happened?”

"Alright." Liu Chuang sighed helplessly, "Luckily, we weren't discovered by anyone while we were unconscious, otherwise, if we had been captured, it would have been difficult to escape."

At this point, Liu Chuang suddenly clutched his stomach, revealing a pained expression, "Why do I suddenly feel so uncomfortable?"

"How can we not feel terrible? We've been unconscious for two days." Lomi rolled her eyes and casually tossed Liu Chuang a small bottle of drink. "Here you go."

"Let's drink this first to replenish our energy."

"Glug glug glug~" Liu Chuang took the drink and gulped it down without thinking. After finishing it, he felt instantly revitalized.

"Amazing!" he couldn't help but exclaim. "I haven't eaten for two days, and after drinking this, I don't feel hungry at all. How come I've never seen you take this out before?"

“Hmm…” Lomi’s eyes flickered. “Foolish junior, is there anything I need to tell you?”

"Let's go!" she snorted, patted the dirt off her bottom, and stood up. "Let's hurry and get out of Lanqiu City."

"Huh? Now?" Liu Chuang was taken aback. "But even if we include the two days we were unconscious, Lanqiu City hasn't lifted the lockdown yet, right?"

“Because…” Lomi started to say something, but then casually waved her hand, “I’m too lazy to explain to you, just listen to me.”

"Let's leave Lancho immediately."

"As for where to go next, I've already thought it through."

"Let's go to Stringfish Market first. There's one of our temporary branches of the Rare Animal Hunting Team there. Let's stay there for a while and lay low."

Upon hearing this, Liu Chuang pondered for a moment.

Lomi has always been very good at intelligence gathering. As a senior member with more experience than herself, she has her own information channels.

Since Lomi has decided to leave, she must be confident.

"Okay, it's up to you."

The two headed in the direction closest to the border of Lanqiu City. Halfway there, Lomi suddenly stopped and looked back.

Her expression was somewhat complicated. She secretly clenched a small piece of paper that she had been hiding in her palm, and then sighed softly.

Fatima, will we ever meet again?

"Let's go, junior, hurry up!"

"Huh? You were clearly standing still!"

(End of this chapter)