TheConqueroroftheUniverse

Chapter 40 An Open Quarrel

However, Li Ping'an soon calmed himself down.

He understood very well that in this state at the moment, things were by no means up to him.

So, he kept adjusting his breathing and sensing his surroundings.

He knew that although the level of the Teling Herbs was not high, there might be powerful beasts guarding it.

It would be silly if he didn't get the Teling Herbs, but instead, he would get into a mess and even lose his life.

The image of the green, crystal-clear Teling Herbs in patches, in the midst of the rainstorm, stretching out their branches and leaves, seemingly greedily absorbing the energy bred in the heavy rain, was simply beautiful.

At this moment, Cui Chenggang finally came back to his senses, swallowed his saliva with some effort and greeted Ma Yuan, "Mr. Ma, let's do it!"

"Ok."

Ma Yuan nodded heavily, having already understood the situation by heart.

Whoosh!

In the next instant, with a flick of his wrist, a dagger drawn by a soft chain flew like lightning over the Teling Herb field.

In the blink of an eye, the dagger sliced down from above with unparalleled precision, cutting off a branch of the Teling Herbs.

This branch was absorbed by the water droplets and directly attached to the dagger.

Whoosh!

With another flick of his wrist, Ma Yuan's dagger came back as swiftly as a swimming dragon and was held in his hand.

He placed a leaf of Teling Herb on the tip of his nose to smell it, and his eyes lit up.

Instantly he put it into his mouth and chewed it.

He shouted at the other three people, "This Teling Herb is of good quality, so it can be made into the top-grade five-star Nutrition Drop worth more than 40 million yuan. Moreover, there are no guarding beasts around it. Let's pick it now."

"Good. Haha."

Cui Chenggang was overjoyed and shouted triumphantly, "Come on. Let's start. Be careful. They are valuable."

Swish.

After saying that, Ma Yuan, Cui Chenggang, and Lin Jianjia had already rushed to the other side and started picking the Teling Herbs.

Li Ping'an, however, was still immersed in the perfect skill of Ma Yuan just now, and felt a chill run down his spine, unable to be clear-headed for a long time.

Ma Yuan's moves seemed simple, but the strength of his wrist was at least more than 2,500 kg.

In particular, he was so accomplished that all his moves went straight into the heart of the belly, without any slightest extra ones.

Li Ping'an thought that if he had been beaten by his hit like that, he would have been hurt even if he could dodge it.

After a while, Li Ping'an came back from his thought and jumped a few times to the side and started picking the Teling Herbs together.

After all, if he didn't pick them, when the time came to distribute them, someone would frame him, and he really wouldn't be able to retort.

Moreover, it was a good chance for him to acquire the trick of picking herbs.

The process of picking the Teling Herbs was not complicated. One only needed to pinch its rhizome and gently and carefully pull it out of the wet soil.

After watching Lin Jianjia pick two herbs, Li Ping'an had no more obstacles and began to gather them quickly.

Not long, the four of them had already picked all the surrounding Teling Herbs.

Ma Yuan, who was not talkative, laughed loudly, "We will be rich now. We have 59 Teling Herbs worth more than 2.5 billion yuan. After selling them, we can take a holiday."

Cui Chenggang flattered Lin Jianjia with a smile, "Jianjia, thank you very much."

Lin Jianjia still kept calm, but her beautiful eyes also had a crystal brightness that could not be hidden, "Uncle Ma, Uncle Cui, this is only the outer area of this valley. Inside, there should be better treasures!"

Ma Yuan and Cui Chenggang both laughed out loud with pleasure.

Cui Chenggang laughed, "That's right. Let's take a short rest and immediately go deeper inside to investigate!"

Li Ping'an wore a silly smile, but his mind was calculating rapidly.

He was late just now, so he only fetched nine Teling Herbs. Would Lin Jianjia trap him later?

However, at such a time, Li Ping'an was not qualified to argue something, so he collected his thoughts and began to carefully explore the surroundings again.

After a short rest, the group continued on their way.

Lin Jianjia didn't reach further before, so they were all strange to this new place. Four people gingerly went forward.

The rain became heavier and heavier, completely pouring down. Each raindrop was larger than a soybean, smashing on people's faces and bodies like hail. It hurt.

Luckily, Lin Jianjia wore a peaked cap. Otherwise, Li Ping'an would be a little distressed for her delicate little face.

In this kind of detection without a direction, the speed was not destined to be fast.

So, they spent more than ten minutes advancing only half a kilometer.

According to their average speed, it was unbelievable that they had moved so slowly.

Even Li Ping'an's weakest test score was still more than 50m/s.

And at this time, even with the heavy rain pouring down, a dense layer of fog was faintly starting to appear in the valley ahead.

"Sh*t, there really is something weird in this valley. Why is fog still thick in the heavy rain?" Cui Chenggang spat. His brows furrowed tightly.

Ma Yuan whispered, "I sense the pure energy. There should be treasures up ahead. Let's go on."

Lin Jianjia nodded silently, following them.

Li Ping'an was silent and followed carefully at the end.

The group soon entered the white fog.

Li Ping'an acutely found that in the fog there was an attractive smell of energy leading them forward.

"No."

Li Ping'an suddenly trembled.

"The smell is so sweet that as if we were in the dream. Is it possible that it's the kind of energy can cause hallucinations?"

Before Li Ping'an spoke, the veteran Cui Chenggang also noticed it. He waved his hand to stop his companions and whispered, "The smell is weird. Put on your gas masks."

Four people immediately took out the gas mask and wore it, before they continued on.

After a dozen minutes, perhaps another three miles ahead, the outline of a cliff was faintly visible.

A small lake, a hundred meters in diameter, was like a pearl under the cliff, shining brightly in the heavy rain.

At the center of the lake was a several-square-meter island.

On the island, there was a small tree that was not very impressive. However, at the branch of it was a glittering green melon.

Four people were stunned by the melon.

It was so perfect and tempting that they couldn't stop watching it at all.

Around the tree, there were herbs similar to Teling Herb, but it was a little different from the one they had seen.

The color was more translucent, and it was also stronger and more proportionate.

"Oh, my god, is it the odd melon in the tale? Also, those are hundred-year grade Teling Herbs. There are a dozen of them!"

Even with Cui Chenggang's composure, he couldn't cover his excitement and burst into laughter, "I will be rich now. I will really be rich. I didn't expect that I could see an odd melon in person in my life."

Ma Yuan was also attracted by the melon, with his fists clenching and his eyes riveted at the odd melon.

"Odd melon?"

"What's that?"

Li Ping'an was a bit puzzled.

According to the expressions of Ma Yuan and Cui Chenggang, he speculated that odd melon must be treasurable.

"Odd melon is the product of the variations before the New Era. It's also the crucial source and material of Energy Drop. However, it has been a long time since the chaotic period before the New Era ended. All the odd melons, having been picked up by human beings, were almost extinct. Unexpectedly, there is still one here..."

Lin Jianjia was slightly shocked and murmured lowly.

However, her words could be heard by Li Ping'an. It seemed that she explained it to him on purpose.

"The source and raw materials of the Energy Drop."

Li Ping'an was extremely delighted and surprised.

How treasurable it was!

He didn't know the detail or the secret. But he heard that the amount of the mineral spirits added into the Energy Drop was measured by gram.

So by what level would this kind of odd melon be calculated?

It might not even be hard for someone to buy a nation with one odd melon.

Ma Yuan and Cui Chenggang were also excited.

Ma Yuan said in a cold voice, "There must be powerful beasts guarding odd melon. This melon seemingly is not the one in the chaotic period before New Era but grows up recently. It's not ripe yet. The lake is not safe as it looks, either. There must be guarding beasts in it."

As he said this, he looked at Li Ping'an instead.

"..."

Li Ping'an was slightly stunned and cursed Ma Yuan in his heart.

What did his eyesight mean? This b*st*rd was friendly to Li Ping'an just now.

Li Ping'an kept alert, but he looked at Ma Yuan with a silly and puzzled smile.

"Hehe."

At this time, Cui Chenggang smiled and looked at Li Ping'an with compassion, saying without refusal, "Daniu, you are a pathfinder of our group, so why not explore the way? Don't worry. We, as brothers, will definitely not screw you over and will all back you up! And I will give you more Teling Herb after finishing the task, ok?"

"What?"

Li Ping'an was confused and looked at Lin Jianjia, "This should be judged by the captain, right? I follow her order."

"What?"

Ma Yuan's face instantly chilled.

Cui Chenggang became a little angry and stared at Li Ping'an with an evil smile, "Daniu, do you doubt our words?"

As he said that, he played with the dagger in his hand, having made no effort to conceal his murderous intent.

Lin Jianjia changed her beautiful face and was short of breath.

Seeing Li Ping'an's gaze, her delicate red lips moved, wanting to say something, but stopped for a moment.

For a moment, she seemed to make an extremely difficult choice and said, "Uncle Ma, Uncle Cui, Li Daniu is a new rookie. It's not ok for him to explore the way, right?"

"Beg your pardon?"

Cui Chenggang sneered, "Jianjia, you must know the current situation. You are not the decision-maker in the Black Hawk Martial Arts Club team."

"..."

Lin Jianjia's pretty face was instantly ice-cold. She didn't expect that Cui Chenggang would threaten her and even quarrel with her.

Biting her mouth and tightly gripping the dagger in her hand, she quivered but didn't retort him.