31: What kind of poop smells like that "Anqi-Sealing Pill"?

Fortunately, Consultant and the others spent a few minutes on Observation and did not find any traces of magical beasts in the vicinity.

In fact, there wasn't even a shadow of other students!

After half an hour of cautious exploration, they still hadn't found any clues related to the map.

Just as Consultant was wondering if they had gone in the wrong direction, a look of joy suddenly appeared on Sun Wen's face. She raised her hand to point at the dense forest ahead and said, "It seems like there's someone over there?!"

Someone?

"Where? Why can't I see anyone?" Zuo Dao craned his neck, peering into the distance, but he saw nothing.

Consultant couldn't see anything either, so he turned to look at Sun Wen with confusion.

Sun Wen stood by her assessment. She explained, "I can sense magical energy moving ahead; there must be other people!"

So, magical energy could be used this way?

Consultant had no experience in this area. He gave it a faint try, and sure enough, he felt some weak magical energy drifting in the distance!

Regardless, in the current situation, finding people was definitely a good thing.

If neither side had a map fragment, they could find an opportunity to cooperate.

If the other party had already obtained a map fragment, then…

They would just snatch it!

Consultant grinned, waved his hand, and said to Sun Wen, "Lead the way, let's go!"

"Okay!"

Feeling happy that she could be of help, Sun Wen answered and quickly led the group forward…

At this moment, many teams that had entered the Lange Forest had already encountered low-level magical beasts carrying fragments.

Those with combat capabilities chose to kill the beasts to obtain the fragments.

However, quite a few people wanted to play the fisherman, hiding in the shadows and waiting for those who had exhausted their efforts to obtain the fragments, only to then swoop in and snatch their map fragments.

This was a tacitly approved method in the exam and did not count as cheating.

On the other side of the Lange Forest, Zhu Ming, who had woken up early due to the teleportation magic, headed deeper into the forest alone.

As a Magic Swordsman, his talent was outstanding, and he had already located his target through the magical energy in the air.

The arrogant Zhu Ming had no intention of finding other students to join him; his goal was to challenge a magical beast on his own!

That was a magical beast hidden in the depths, possessing a trace of special magical energy fluctuation on its body.

This magical energy fluctuation was very similar to the magical energy on Old Dean Jiang Cen. Zhu Ming quickly determined that it must be the aura of the map.

To find this map, he chose to confront the formidable magical beast head-on…

Besides Zhu Ming, there were a few other lone wolves in this Awakening Exam.

Among them was Jiang Cen's granddaughter—Jiang Banxia.

She was also a lone wolf, but unlike Zhu Ming, she was a Pugilist and did not possess the ability to use magic. However, she was Jiang Cen's granddaughter after all, and her ability to sense magical energy was not at all weaker than that of an average mage.

Therefore, she quickly followed the magical energy coming from her grandfather and found a cave.

Perhaps it was her good luck, or perhaps the old man Jiang Cen had left a special mark for his granddaughter.

Arriving at this place, Jiang Banxia calmly found a map fragment, and beside it was a crystal ball floating in mid-air.

This crystal ball was a monitor within the competition arena. It displayed multiple images, showing the situations of most people who had entered this exam.

Jiang Banxia was in no rush to clear the level. She lifted her robe, sat cross-legged on the ground, rested her chin in her hands, and watched the situation inside the crystal ball with great interest...

At this moment, on Consultant's side, they had approached the members of another team—

"Heh, what a coincidence!"

Consultant led the two of them to hide in the forest, quietly watching the other team, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

Those people in front were exactly the team led by Zhang Chi!

There were four people in total, all male, and they were exploring a dilapidated ruin.

"What should we do, brother?" Zuo Dao looked at Consultant and asked in a low voice.

As an Apothecary, he had almost no frontal combat capability, so naturally, he dared not act rashly.

Sun Wen was also standing to the side, pursing her lips, watching Consultant without saying a word.

"Don't be impatient."

Consultant waved his hand, focused his gaze, and quickly saw the classes of those people clearly…

Zhang Chi, as the captain, was a level 13 Warrior.

The other three people were a level 10 Knight, a level 11 Mage, and a level 9 Scholar.

Compared to the common Priest, the Scholar class, although also capable of healing teammates' wounds, was more about using buff magic for teammates. It could be said to be a jack-of-all-trades support class.

As a team, Zhang Chi and his group could be considered a perfect setup with a tank, a healer, and two DPS, one ranged and one melee!

Ordinary teams found it hard to assemble such a setup. Generally speaking, no one would actively provoke them unless they were looking for death!

This also fueled Zhang Chi and his group's arrogance. The four of them were exploring the ruins openly, without hiding their tracks at all.

"Very good…" Consultant watched Zhang Chi and the others' lack of defenses, beckoned the two to follow, and whispered, "Follow them, and watch for my signal later!"

Although in Zuo Dao and Sun Wen's eyes, Consultant was only a level 1 Beast Tamer, the innate leadership he possessed was enough to convince the two, leaving no room for doubt.

But just as Consultant was about to set off, Zuo Dao suddenly raised his hand to stop him—

"Brother, wait!"

Zuo Dao opened his trench coat, fumbled in his waist pouch for a while, and then pulled out three small, dark red pills.

"What is this?" Sun Wen looked at the pills, her face filled with confusion.

Zuo Dao looked smug. "This is called a Concealment Pill. I've made quite a few before. It can slightly mask the user's aura, so we can get closer!"

Zuo Dao spoke with great seriousness, but Consultant still felt like he was a peddler of fake medicine, so he quickly checked with the System—

【Concealment Pill: Just like he said, just eat it!】

【Additionally, the System's evaluation of this is: Trust Zuo Dao; he is a genius in pharmacology!】

Brother System, are you sure?

"…Alright!"

Although this System was sharp-tongued, it wouldn't intentionally harm him.

Seeing this, Consultant casually took one from Zuo Dao's hand and tossed it into his mouth.

The moment the pill touched his saliva, it began to melt. An indescribable bitterness spread, carrying a heavy spiciness, lingering in his mouth and stimulating Consultant's brain.

"Good grief… is this Huoxiang Zhengqi liquid?!"

Consultant gritted his teeth against the disgusting taste. After swallowing the pill, he couldn't help but retch.

Seeing Consultant eat the pill, Sun Wen had no choice but to take one with half-doubt and toss it into her mouth, and immediately her face turned bright red.

"This taste…" Sun Wen covered her mouth and muttered half a sentence.

Zuo Dao looked at the two of them and smiled awkwardly, "Heh heh, the taste has a lot of room for improvement. I'll see if I can add some sugar next time."

As Zuo Dao said this, he tossed a pill into his own mouth.

Consultant pursed his lips and felt it slightly.

Sure enough, this pill did indeed suppress the magical energy slightly radiating from his body, and it even had a slight effect of concentrating magical energy!