TheConqueroroftheUniverse

Chapter 41 Who Was the Steppingstone?

If the eyesight of Li Ping'an had been the kind of weapon, Ma Yuan and Cui Chenggang must have been killed by him.

He knew the society was dangerous, but he didn't expect these two men would be so ruthless and malicious after falling out. They once called him "Daniu" and were friendly to him.

Li Ping'an knew the current situation. If he disobeyed them, he would definitely be killed by them.

According to his strength, he could narrowly defeat one of them. However, it would be much more difficult for him to fight with both of them at the same time.

Li Ping'an's mind spun rapidly, not looking at those two b*st*rds to avoid irritating them with his eyes, and hurriedly seeking a way to break the situation.

Ma Yuan and Cui Chenggang respectively stood beside Li Ping'an. So, if Li Ping'an had any unusual actions, he would be killed by them in an instant.

Cui Chenggang asked with an evil smile, "How's that? Daniu. Have you decided yet?"

Li Ping'an was relaxed at this point.

The two evil men didn't want to kill him but asked him to explore the way. He was like a steppingstone now.

After all, the odd melon in the lake was attractive, but no one knew how dangerous the lake was.

This also meant that, at least in the short term, what threat Li Ping'an faced was not from two b*st*rds but from the unknown creature in the lake.

He had no other choices, so he was not hesitant but spoke to Ma Yuan and Cui Chenggang with a silly smile, "It's ok for me to go first. However, I'm not sensitive, so please back me up from behind."

With his eyes narrowing, Cui Chenggang played with his dagger and said with a smile, "Of course, Daniu. Don't worry. We must back you up from behind."

"That's good."

Li Ping'an nodded with a silly smile. Looking at the lake, he was hesitant to walk toward it, but seemingly torn about something. He moved two steps but suddenly stopped.

He spoke to Ma Yuan and Cui Chenggang with a silly smile, "To be honest, I'm a little timid. I don't know what's in this lake. If you give me a combat jacket to protect me, I will definitely work hard."

Li Ping'an stared at the combat jacket worn by Cui Chenggang and said, "Your combat jacket is good, but I have never been able to afford it."

"You jerk, you..."

Cui Chenggang didn't expect that Li Ping'an would ask for his combat jacket, so he cursed. However, Ma Yuan stopped him from cursing and said coldly, "Mr. Cui, take off your combat jacket and give it to him."

"Mr. Ma, this..."

"Give him!"

"I..."

Cui Chenggang was annoyed, but he was a bit afraid to disobey Ma Yuan. His violent eyesight could almost kill Li Ping'an, but he still took off his combat jacket and then threw it to Li Ping'an.

However, he didn't give his elbow pads, kneelets, and bracers to Li Ping'an.

"Mr. Ma and Mr. Cui, thank you."

Li Ping'an didn't ask more but put on Cui Chenggang's combat jacket with a silly smile on his face.

Not far to the side, Lin Jianjia narrowed her eyes.

She suddenly realized that Li Daniu was not as honest and simple as she had imagined before.

After wearing the combat jacket given by Cui Chenggang, Li Ping'an looked stronger than before.

How could it be easy for Ma Yuan and Cui Chenggang to harm Li Ping'an and even to treat him as a steppingstone?

Wearing the combat jacket offered by Cui Chenggang, Li Ping'an was safer even if he encountered danger afterwards.

On the contrary, Cui Chenggang was weaker.

His spare combat jacket and bags were placed at the valley mouth, so he couldn't fetch them now.

It was wax and wane.

And through this, Li Ping'an realized that Cui Chenggang seemed to talk a lot and take the initiative, but Ma Yuan was the one making decisions.

Li Ping'an stretched his body and got accustomed to wearing two combat jackets. Beside him, Ma Yuan and Cui Chenggang were sullen. Li Ping'an giggled at them and smiled at Lin Jianjia, and then he gingerly walked over the lake.

Three people behind Li Ping'an became alert. Their eyes were riveted at him.

Li Ping'an looked nervous. However, it was peaceful in his mind.

Two combat jackets protected him outside, but his real confidence was from the mysterious pool water on him.

Recently, he had already experimented countless times.

The mysterious pool water was magically effective in recovering his strength and could help him meditate. However, there was a prerequisite for this, and that was that the dosage had to be controlled.

If he drank too much, he would fall asleep for a long time.

After these days of hard practice, Li Ping'an had reached the speed of 100 m/s, so he was confident about himself.

He must seize the initiative.

By this chance, he would know what the odd melon could bring him.

With the rain splattering on the lake, which was like a mirror, there were slight ripples on it.

As Li Ping'an slowly paced to the lake, he sensed the situation around him. After making sure there was nothing dangerous, he stepped into the lake.

Instantly, Li Ping'an felt comfortable that the lake water was warmer than the air.

Behind him, Ma Yuan, Cui Chenggang, and Lin Jianjia opened their eyes wide, not missing any actions by Li Ping'an.

"The lake looks cold, but why is it so warm actually?"

Li Ping'an stood in the lake on his two feet. He clearly felt comfortable, but he frowned.

The lake was totally different from what he had imagined.

"I could sense that it's not dangerous within a range of ten or twenty meters, so why not dive into the lake for a look?"

Gritting his teeth, Li Ping'an gingerly completely dived into the lake.

As the saying went, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

Even if Ma Yuan and Cui Chenggang were powerful and regarded Li Ping'an as a steppingstone, now, he had the initiative.

If he reached the island without any dangers, how would Li Ping'an inform Ma Yuan and Cui Chenggang? He would eat the odd melon and then flee away.

Young as Li Ping'an was, he would not be threatened by them.

Whoosh.

As Li Ping'an's entire body was submerged in the water, he began to swim with great care and lightness, like a slow but agile swimming fish, continuing forward towards the island.

Li Ping'an grew up by the sea, so he was adept at swimming.

He was so naughty as a child that he even fetched a baby shark with his buddies.

Soon, Li Ping'an swam half of the lake and got closer to the odd melon on the island.

Lin Jianjia, Ma Yuan, and Cui Chenggang were so nervous that they held their breath.

Ma Yuan and Cui Chenggang got closer to the lake. They would rush to the island if there were nothing dangerous. They must fetch the odd melon first.

"What?"

At this moment, Li Ping'an frowned.

When he swam closer to the island, he found that the water temperature had started to change.

The comfortable feelings gave away to the icy coldness he had imagined before.

It was hard to describe the coldness. It was close to the frozen point, but it was so cold that it almost penetrated the marrow of one's bones, making one lose consciousness all over.

The temperature changed so quickly that he didn't react to it in time.

"D*mn it. It is not easy to fetch the odd melon."

Li Ping'an secretly cursed, and he could hardly control his body.

His strong mind supported him, maintaining his instinctive paddling motion, floating on the surface of the water and no longer moving forward.

"I can't die here."

"How can I die here?"

"I haven't married Luohan nor found out the cause of my parents' death yet. I haven't returned the favor to Jiang Zhiyan, Ms. Hong, and Mr. Wang. I'm not the strongest in the world yet. I don't enjoy the world. So, how can I die here?"

Li Ping'an yelled desperately in his mind. However, apparently, he was silent, gritting his teeth to keep afloat.

He tried his best to take out a bottle of mysterious pool water and gulped it to replenish his strength.

Soon, Li Ping'an felt cool and soft, as if the pool water had flown into his body. The coldness all over his body was replaced by soft and warm feelings.

"Blimey. The pool water is so great."

Li Ping'an didn't expect that pool water would be so effective that he recovered consciousness. So, he was overjoyed to stretch his limbs, feeling the wonderful sensation of senses being restored to his entire body.

"What?"

"What's going on?"

Beside the lake, Ma Yuan and Cui Chenggang fixed their eyes on Li Ping'an, so they naturally found something strange on Li Ping'an.

Although Li Ping'an was only twenty meters away from them, the rainstorm was so heavy at this time that they could only have a general view, and it was difficult to see Li Pingan's exact movements.

Lin Jianjia opened wide her eyes.

Her big widening eyes, like two dark shining jewels, were riveted on Li Ping'an. She tried to see what had happened there.

Li Ping'an turned back to them and made an 'OK' gesture, then continued on.

Nourished by the pool water, Li Ping'an could resist the coldness. So it was not difficult for him to move forward.

There were only twenty meters away from the island, but Li Ping'an didn't feel anything dangerous. So he sped up and shortly reached the island.

It rained heavily now, but the smell of attractive energy didn't fade. It was clearly caught by Li Ping'an.

Li Ping'an didn't rush to land the island but looked at the green odd melon from afar, without hiding his eagerness for it.

"If I get the odd melon, how much energy will I get?"

Li Ping'an imagined his great future.

Suddenly, he suppressed the desire of his heart.

He had two enemies behind him.

If they found nothing strange here and rushed toward him, it would be difficult for Li Ping'an to fight with them at the same time.

So, he had to pretend more vividly.

Suddenly, he came up with a frightening but exciting idea.

If the two b*st*rds were attracted by him to come here, could he succeed in killing them when they were trapped by the changing temperature of the water?

The two b*st*rds treated Li Ping'an as a steppingstone to explore the way, so why didn't Li Ping'an take revenge on them?

Li Ping'an made a decision right now.

"You are so malicious, so don't blame me for being unrighteous! I am more anxious than you to get the odd melon."

He gestured at two men standing beside the lake, which meant that it was ok to come here.

The other hand of Li Ping'an in the water took out the two sharp daggers behind his waist.