Zhao Lingyun was indeed gentle, virtuous, and skillful with her hands.
After dinner, she helped Ning Fei clear the table and wash the dishes.
Meanwhile, Lin Mo went downstairs with Ning Xi to take out the trash, and the two of them took a walk around the neighborhood.
They held hands but did not say a word the entire way.
Clearly, both of them were thinking about how to solve the problem Ning Fei had just brought up.
How could they obtain the four map fragments scattered across the territories of the other four different secondary main cities at the same time?
After walking for more than ten minutes, Lin Mo returned home with Ning Xi, and they each went back to their rooms and logged on.
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At seven in the evening, the Inferno City was packed with people and extremely lively.
After stocking up on some mana potions at the pharmacy, Lin Mo and Ning Xi left the city through the eastern gate and headed for the location of Ah Li's third-stage growth quest: Lv77 Peach Blossom Mountain.
On the way, Ning Xi said, "Brother Lin Mo, how about we split up?"
"I looked into the settings of Divine Oracle. Every player gets one chance each month to use the teleportation array to travel to another secondary main city."
"After we take the first fragment here in Snake King Island, you go to Shadow City to get the second fragment from the God Refining Tower, while I go to Rakshasa City to get the third fragment from the Blackrock Hall."
"Then we can find Xiao Fei and have him go to Blood Moon City, while Brother Lin Mo's clone goes to City of No Hope."
"Once we have all the fragments, we can use the system's teleportation function to gather them together."
It had to be said that this really was the only feasible method at the moment.
But judging by the system's usual behavior, the God Refining Tower, Blackrock Hall, Blood Castle, and Desire Island within the territories of the other four secondary main cities of the beast race, the four maps containing the sealed fragments of the God Refining Cauldron's map, would definitely be no easier to conquer than Snake King Island.
How difficult was it to conquer Snake King Island, the Golden Secret Realm of the snake race, a rare race in the Divine Oracle Continent?
Even Lin Mo and Ning Xi, the two number-one players on the Heavenly Ranking and SSS-grade talent holders, were temporarily helpless against it even after joining forces.
They even had to first train Ah Li up before they could rely on true damage to farm Snake King Island.
It was easy to imagine, how troublesome would it be to conquer those other four places?
Not to mention the time and effort it would take.
First of all, Lin Mo could not leave the Inferno City.
His SSS-grade hidden-class advancement quest was here.
His S-grade hidden quest, Heart Knot, also had to be completed in the Inferno City.
Once he went to another secondary main city, he would have to wait thirty days for the cooldown before he could use the teleportation array to return.
By then, the time limit for the S-grade quest Heart Knot would have long since passed, and Divine Advent Seraph Siya would have been dead for good.
Moreover, the place where the God Refining Cauldron was hidden was in the Inferno City.
Even if Lin Mo went to another main city and gathered all the fragments, he would still have to return to the Inferno City in the end.
Yes, that was right.
In fact, Ning Fei had already used his almost bug-like internet skills to obtain insider data from the Divine Oracle officials and directly pinpointed the location of the [God Refining Cauldron].
The reason they still had to find the five map fragments first and could not skip this step was because these map fragments did more than just contain the location of the God Refining Cauldron. They were also the only indispensable passes required to enter the place.
There was no doubt about Ning Xi's strength. She could handle one of them without a problem.
But even if Ning Fei went to Blood Moon City, with his strength, he might not necessarily be able to deal with the Blood Castle.
At this moment, Lin Mo seemed to have an idea, "Compared to handling it ourselves, perhaps there's a better solution."
Ning Xi looked at Lin Mo, "Brother Lin Mo, what solution did you think of?"
Lin Mo's mind turned, "Isn't Nether also looking for the God Refining Cauldron? He needs to use the God Refining Cauldron to refine the God-Binding Lock, release the Ghost King from the Forbidden Land of Gods, and use it against us, right?"
"If that's the case, then we can borrow his hand to help us quickly obtain the map fragments from the other four main cities!"
Ning Xi said doubtfully, "But if it's already so difficult for us to obtain these fragments, what method could Nether and Frost Dance possibly have to obtain those four fragments?"
Lin Mo said confidently, completely sure of himself, "They can't do it."
"But the Boss can."
Back then, when Chen Jun broke into Lin Mo's home and attempted to harm him, he had been caught on the spot by the police right in front of Lin Mo. Yet less than a day later, he had been released from prison.
This made Lin Mo realize that the "Boss" must have immense power and influence in the real world, with an extremely high status and tremendous authority.
Later, Nether and Frost Dance had easily obtained C-grade Rank Scrolls, allowing them to raise their ranks to Gold through the Rank Scrolls and enter the Dark Underground City.
But at this stage, even Lin Mo had no way to obtain a C-grade Rank Scroll.
Otherwise, he could have used a C-grade Rank Scroll to enter the Dark Underground City ahead of time, find Mo Chen, and carry out Ah Li's second-stage growth quest to find the Fox Clan's Heavenly Lantern.
So this made Lin Mo realize once again that the "Boss" not only had a prominent status in the real world, but also wielded enormous influence in the world of Divine Oracle.
The person who truly wanted to deal with Lin Mo had never been Chen Jun or Zhang Long, nor had it been Nether or Frost Dance.
It was the Boss.
"Since he's been going to such lengths to kill me in Divine Oracle, and there's such a good opportunity right in front of him now."
"The Boss will definitely be eager to help Nether and the others find the God Refining Cauldron, thereby releasing the Ghost King to deal with me."
"Then I'll give him that opportunity."
Lin Mo said, "The Boss is simply very capable of taking action, but he may not know where the God Refining Cauldron's map fragments are sealed. Otherwise, he would have sent people to look for them long ago. He wouldn't have been completely inactive these past two days."
After all, not everyone could have a super trump card like Ning Fei.
Hearing this, Ning Xi's eyes lit up as she suddenly understood.
"Then we'll reveal the locations of the other four fragments to the Boss and have him send people to retrieve them from the territories of those four secondary main cities."
"Once he obtains all the fragments, he'll definitely send them to Nether, because only Nether can refine the God-Binding Lock with the God Refining Cauldron here in the Inferno City and release the Ghost King to deal with you, Brother Lin Mo."
"Then all we need to do is seize those few fragments from Nether."
"We need all five fragments to complete the map and determine the location of the God Refining Cauldron, and only the complete map can serve as the pass to enter this place and search for the God Refining Cauldron," Lin Mo said, "As long as the fragment from Snake King Island is in our hands, they won't be able to obtain the God Refining Cauldron."
The plan was already in place.
So there was only one step left.
That was: how could they "accidentally" reveal the locations of the God Refining Cauldron's map fragments to the Boss without making it deliberate or obvious?
After all, if they simply told the Boss directly, Lin Mo's intention to use him to obtain the fragments would be far too obvious!
After thinking it over again and again,
Ning Xi suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
"Brother Lin Mo, I have an idea."
Lin Mo looked at Ning Xi, "What idea?"
Ning Xi immediately laid out her entire idea.
Lin Mo thought it over, and his eyes immediately lit up.
"Good idea!"
"Brilliant!"
"Xiaoxi, it really has to be you!"
There was no time to waste.
They would do it immediately.
After all, the "Boss" would need quite some time to obtain the four God Refining Cauldron map fragments from the four Lv80 maps in those four secondary main cities of the beast race.
If they wanted to use the Boss to obtain those four fragments as soon as possible,
Lin Mo had to start making arrangements as soon as possible.
Thus, Lin Mo immediately opened his friends list.
He sent a message to [Hero of Troubled Times], ["Are you there, Junjie?"]
["Can you do me a favor?"]