A Bite of Douluo Continent

Since he had the idea of ​​raising the prices of the dishes, he had been working day and night to urge the chefs in the kitchen to develop new dishes as soon as possible. Hard work pays off, and they finally finished today.

At this critical juncture, why is Hanshi Temple closed?

Zhao Fenglai couldn't understand it.

The controversy surrounding the Cold Food Festival made it incredibly popular, and Fenglai Pavilion's customer traffic was also affected. Instead of seizing this great opportunity to retain customers, the Cold Food Festival closed for two days.

In Zhao Fenglai's eyes, such behavior was undoubtedly incredibly foolish.

Although he couldn't understand the purpose of Hanshi's actions, it didn't stop him from being overjoyed.

New dishes will be launched tomorrow, but it just so happens that the restaurant will be closed for the Cold Food Festival. With such a large customer base for the Cold Food Festival, where else can they go if not to Fenglai Pavilion?

Cold Food Festival, oh Cold Food Festival, even the heavens are helping me!

Zhao Fenglai grinned maliciously, as if he could already see Fenglai Pavilion making a fortune during the two days of the Cold Food Festival when it was closed for business.

...

Qi Han sat on the edge of the bed, holding Gulu in his arms, and slowly flipped through the information about the Flame Prison Corridor that he had bought in his spare time that afternoon.

The evening business had just ended, and he had already hung a sign outside Hanshi Gate requesting two days off, and assigned tasks to Qin Yao and Qin Yue for the next two days.

Slice the radish.

For the next two days, the two women should stay home and practice their knife skills to prepare for handling ingredients later.

As for Qi Han...

Everything that needed to be done has been done. Now it's time to think about how to get to the Infernal Corridor, complete the time-limited mission, and obtain my third system soul ring.

Oh, and there's also a three-star recipe: Jade Dragon Tendon.

"Ruyi, if I bring Gulu along, does that count as completing it independently?"

"This..." Ruyi pondered for a moment before answering, "It counts, but Gulu hasn't fully mastered his innate abilities yet, so his strength is only about the same as a hundred-year-old soul beast. Even if you bring him along, he can only barely protect himself."

"I didn't intend for this little guy to help me hunt soul beasts," Qi Han said with a slight smile, casually scratching Gulu's chin. "I was just thinking about what would happen to Gulu after I left for the next two days?"

"Or... let Qin Yue and Qin Yao help take care of him?" Qi Han lowered his head and met Gulu's gaze as Gulu looked up. Gulu shook his head, indicating that he did not want to follow the Qin sisters.

"It's a shame Qin Yue brings you dried fish every day." Qi Han laughed and scolded, not surprised at all.

After all, it's my own cat, so I'm closer to it.

Then take it with you.

If you encounter danger, just throw it into the system space.

Qi Han's gaze returned to the documents in his hand.

The Infernal Corridor is a large gathering area for soul beasts, with 100,000-year-old soul beasts appearing in its core area.

The largest gathering area of ​​soul beasts on the Douluo Continent is the Star Dou Great Forest, where the most diverse range of soul beasts can be found on the entire continent.

Even so, not all soul beasts have them.

The reason is simple: not all spirit beasts are suited to living in the forest.

For example, soul beasts that live in the ocean cannot possibly appear in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Forests are the most biodiverse environment type, while other environments are only suitable for gathering areas of certain soul beasts and are called special gathering areas.

Besides the ocean, which has become a paradise for sea spirit beasts and a forbidden zone for human spirit masters, there are many special gathering areas on the Douluo Continent. Among them, only two are the largest and have been classified as large spirit beast gathering areas because they are inhabited by 100,000-year-old spirit beasts: the Far North Snowfield and the Infernal Corridor.

The Arctic Snowfield is located at the northernmost point of the Douluo Continent. The temperature there is extremely cold, sometimes reaching tens of degrees below zero. It is covered with ice and snow all year round and is home to a large number of ice and snow attribute soul beasts that cannot survive in the Soul Beast Forest.

The Infernal Corridor is located in the heart of the Douluo Continent, with a very unique terrain. More than a dozen active volcanoes surround it, and the valley between the volcanoes forms a winding corridor. The entire corridor is covered with volcanic rock, and lava flows here during certain periods when volcanoes erupt.

This place is a paradise for countless fire-attribute soul beasts.

Qi Han was quite lucky; it just so happened that the volcano in the Infernal Corridor was dormant at this time, otherwise, with his strength, he would not have been able to cross the lava at all.

The Infernal Corridor is located within the Star Luo Empire and is not far from Star Luo City; a round trip takes only a few hours.

After reading the information, Qi Han hugged Gulu and quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Chapter 190 Earth Fire Dragon Sturgeon

"Excuse me, have any caravans passed through the Infernal Corridor today?"

The next day, just as dawn broke, a slender and handsome young man walked into the Feng Family Escort Agency.

Unlike the merchants rushing in and out of the Feng Family Escort Agency, this young man was carrying a cat in his arms and a shoulder bag that didn't look like it was carrying much luggage, like a backpacker traveling around.

It was Qi Han who had packed his bags early in the morning and was heading to the Infernal Corridor with Gulu.

The Feng Family Escort Agency's business spans the entire Douluo Continent, with branches in both the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire. After much consideration, Qi Han still felt it would be more convenient to continue traveling with their escort team.

With Qi Han's current strength at the third level, as long as he doesn't cause trouble, traveling across the continent shouldn't be too dangerous. Theoretically, he could set off on his own, but since he doesn't have a means of transportation, it's more convenient for him to travel with a caravan.

Qi Han glanced silently at Gulu in his arms and sighed softly.

Forget it, relying on a cat for transportation is really unrealistic.

Even if Gulu grows bigger, it can't possibly grow to the point where it can be ridden, right?

"Meow?"

Gulu squirmed in Qi Han's arms, feeling like she had been inexplicably called out earlier.

"Please wait a moment, I'll check right away." The servants of Feng's Escort Agency always respected their clients, and even though Qi Han was dressed plainly, they still maintained basic respect.

After inviting Qi Han to sit down on a chair in the waiting area, the attendant quickly left, only to return shortly after, followed by a beautiful woman with a graceful figure.

"Mr. Qi, we meet again."

Qi Han turned around in response, and after a moment's thought, he realized, "Manager Feng, it's been a long time."

This person is Feng Lingyue, the person in charge of the Feng Clan Escort Agency in Shrek City.

I just don't know why I can see each other in Xingluo City.

Feng Lingyue smiled and said, "It hasn't been long. I've just been in Xingluo City on business these past few days, and I even had hot pot at Hanshi yesterday."

Qi Han scratched his head, a hint of embarrassment creeping onto his face.

There were too many customers in the restaurant, so he didn't notice at all.

"Boss Qi has been staying in Star Luo City for more than ten days. The old diners in Shrek City are in an uproar. They're all talking about rushing to Star Luo City to kidnap Boss Qi and bring him back to Shrek City." After making a joke, Feng Lingyue smiled and said, "Boss Qi's arrival is just in time. A caravan will be passing through the Flame Prison Corridor soon. It's just a normal caravan. Boss Qi only needs to pay one hundred gold soul coins."

Awesome.

Qi Han smiled, handed Feng Lingyue a gold note worth one hundred gold soul coins from his pocket, and then invited her to a quiet room to drink tea and rest while waiting for the caravan to depart.

Feng Lingyue originally wanted to chat with Qi Han for a few more minutes, but another business deal came up, so she smiled apologetically and turned to leave.

...

After a three-hour journey, Qi Han left the caravan halfway through the journey. Looking up, he could easily see the volcanoes with their peaks open several miles away.

The Infernal Corridor is not far away.

There will be no towns within a hundred miles of the edge of a large gathering area of ​​spirit beasts. This is to prevent sudden events such as beast tides from causing devastating damage to towns and their residents.

Stepping onto the edge of the Infernal Corridor, Qi Han could already feel the heat surging up from the ground. The dry earth was scorching hot, as if it had been baked by the sun all day, and the surrounding temperature was almost over forty degrees Celsius.

Few plants can survive in such areas; the barren land is desolate and yellowish, like a forbidden zone for life.

Fortunately, Qi Han had already made preparations. He took off his outer coat, leaving only a short-sleeved close-fitting shirt, which immediately made him feel much cooler. Gulu in his arms jumped down on its own, its little paws touching the scorching ground, but it didn't feel too uncomfortable.

Its physical attributes had already become extremely strong under the nourishment of this period of time, and even if it was not a fire-attribute soul beast, such a temperature would not cause it too much trouble.

Without lingering for long, the person and the cat quickly headed towards the Infernal Corridor.

The Infernal Corridor contains eleven volcanoes, including three large volcanoes and eight small volcanoes.

According to the information Qi Han obtained, the three larger volcanoes are inhabited by the three most powerful clans in the Fiery Hell Corridor. Each clan has a lifespan of 100,000 years and belongs to the core area of ​​the Fiery Hell Corridor.

In addition to the eight smaller volcanoes, powerful races from various fiery corridors reside, but none of them are able to occupy an entire mountain; they all live together on the volcanoes.

While these races may not have any beings at the 100,000-year level, they certainly don't lack 10,000-year-old soul beasts, making them equally dangerous.

Besides these, there are many other relatively weaker soul beast races that cannot even occupy the volcano and can only be driven to live in the corridor.

The strongest among these races are thousand-year-old soul beasts, and ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts are almost never seen. Once a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast appears in a race, they are qualified to move their entire race to live on a volcano where the fire element is more concentrated.

Among soul beasts, the hierarchy is equally strict.

Qi Han's target, the Fire Dragon Sturgeon, resides in the corridor.

However, the Earth Fire Dragon Sturgeon is different from other species that were driven out of the volcanic area because they were too weak and could only live in this place.

Within the corridor area, there are some small, liquid lakes that resemble miniature lakes.

These liquid lakes are not water; they contain a liquid substance formed from diluted magma, hence the name "Red Flame Lakes."

This special liquid substance was formed when a special metallic mineral located in the corridor region was incorporated into the magma after a volcanic eruption.

Surely no one thinks lava is diluted with water?

No way, really?

This metallic mineral lowers the temperature of the magma while increasing its transparency, as if it were diluted. After accumulating in the corridor area, it forms large and small Crimson Lakes.

The temperature of the diluted magma drops to two or three hundred degrees Celsius. This temperature is still very high, but it is tolerable for many fire-attribute soul beasts.

The Earthfire Dragon Sturgeon lives in these large and small Crimson Flame Lakes and is one of only two fish-type soul beasts in the Flame Hell Corridor.

Another type of fish-type soul beast is a top-tier race that controls ultimate fire and inhabits the three major volcanoes.

The Earth Fire Dragon Sturgeon contains a trace of dragon blood, so its racial potential is not low. There are also ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts in the race. The reason why they also live in the corridor area is out of necessity.

Because they lacked mastery of the power of ultimate fire, they could neither dwell in the lava nor go ashore, and could only survive in the Crimson Lake within the corridor area.

In this region where there are almost no ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, the Earth Fire Dragon Sturgeon, whose racial talent is as high as that of ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, is almost at the top of the food chain and is an absolute hunter.

The countless soul beasts that grow up in this special landform need to drink diluted magma from the Crimson Flame Lake to survive, just like other creatures need to drink water. The Earth Fire Dragon Sturgeon lies in wait in the Crimson Flame Lake, looking for opportunities to prey on soul beasts that approach the lake.

Does this scene look familiar?

It looks exactly like the crocodiles that roam the water sources on the grasslands of Blue Star.