TheConqueroroftheUniverse

Chapter 76 The Windfalls

Zhang Hongqiang had gotten to his feet with the help of the three women. When he heard Li Ping'an's words, he realized something and said, "Daniu, I found it weird too. This bastard was a member of Mr. Zhou's team before. I thought he had died in the mountains. I didn't expect he would be here."

Zhang Hongqiang told Li Ping'an everything that he knew.

However, he grimaced in pain as he was badly injured.

Li Ping'an asked Yan Ling to help Zhang Hongqiang clean his wounds. Meanwhile, Yan Li and Zhang Xiaojing also came over to help Li Ping'an clean his wounds.

Li Ping'an took off his armor, revealing a trim and strong figure. Although he allowed Yan Li and Zhang Xiaojing to help him clean his wounds, he frowned.

"Wang Feng is a member of Mr. Zhou's team. But Mr. Zhou was already dead. How come he is still alive?"

"Or could it be that..."

A thought suddenly struck Li Ping'an.

"Is Mr. Zhou didn't still alive? Maybe something unexpected happened to his team and someone was spreading rumors to manipulate the situation?"

The more Li Ping'an thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was correct.

Things might lie, but one's intuition would not.

Li Ping'an knew how powerful Mr. Zhou was. As the young master of the DR Alliance, his identity was even nobler than that of Young Master Can, so there must be extremely powerful martial masters by his side. Even if he encountered something terrible, he should be able to escape.

Li Ping'an didn't figure out a more accurate explanation for this until Yan Li and Zhang Xiaojing finished cleaning, poulticing, and dressing his wounds.

The evidence was still too sparse.

In addition, it was not the right place to think about this as the blood over here could attract some ferocious beasts.

He asked Yan Li and Zhang Xiaojing to clean up the battlefield, check if Wang Feng and his associates had anything useful for them, and then wipe away all the traces.

Soon, Yan Li and Zhang Xiaojing exclaimed.

"Daniu, he has more than a dozen bottles of six-star Nutrition Drop."

"My god, Daniu, look. What is this? Are these odd melons?"

Yan Ling had dressed Zhang Hongqiang's wounds. But Wang Feng was unimaginably powerful. Even with the protection of the armor, Zhang Hongqiang got a wound on his back half an inch deep, and his back was bruised and cut beyond recognition.

Fortunately, his bones were not injured. He was no longer in danger after the treatment as the team got plenty of medical materials.

But hearing the call of the two women, Zhang Hongqiang, who was pale and painful, tried his best to come over and have a look.

Li Ping'an was also speechless for a moment as he saw the spoils of war placed around by the two women.

Not only did Wang Feng and his associates had a large amount of Nutrition Drop, but they also had a few treasures that looked like odd melons. In addition, there were many other things like weapons, maps, food, medicine, and other miscellaneous things.

After counting all the spoils, Yan Ling pushed the black glasses up her delicate nose and gasped, "Oh my god, there are more than a hundred bottles of six-star Nutrition Drop, a few treasures that look like odd melons, and many other things. Are we going to make a fortune?"

Zhang Hongqiang rubbed his eyes. "Holy crap. Wang Feng, this son of a b***h! He has so many treasures. We are going to be rich!"

Yan Li and Zhang Xiaojing flushed, and their beautiful eyes were filled with joy.

They had never seen so many treasures in their lives.

At this time, Li Ping'an also came back to his senses. He couldn't help but smile.

"No wonder there is always someone bullying the weaker in the mountains. Getting the odd melons this way is definitely more exciting than risking our lives to get them."

But the roars of the beasts came nearer. It seemed that they were coming this way following the smell of blood. Li Ping'an did not dare to wait any longer and said, "Sister Ling, Sister Li, Sister Jing, hurry up and pack the things up. It's not the time to celebrate. We must leave here as soon as possible!"

"Eh? Oh."

Yan Ling and the other two girls responded instantly. They hurried to pack up the equipment and supported Zhang Hongqiang up.

Meanwhile, Li Ping'an ripped off the armors and equipment of Wang Feng and his associates. Before their blood cooled down, he cut several wounds in their bodies, making them bleed. Then, he picked up their armors and equipment and led the team out of the place.

Only a moment after they left the bodies of Wang Feng and his associates, many beasts that had already arrived at the periphery could not wait any longer and swarmed forward to devour the bodies on the ground.

After the fierce battle with Wang Feng's team, the Cold Wind Squad, it was no longer possible for Li Ping'an's team to continue the search for the place where odd melons might be tonight. They climbed up a mountain not far away, preparing to find a comfortable place and set up camps to rest. This would also help Li Ping'an and Zhang Hongqiang recover from their injuries.

The most important thing now was to find water.

There was blood on their bodies. If they couldn't clean up the smell of blood, they wouldn't be able to escape those fierce beasts that had keen smells.

Once targeted by those red-haired monkeys, they would be in trouble.

Fortunately, soon after, they found a small stream in the mountains. They climbed up a few hundred meters along the stream and found a clean pool.

Around the pool was an open area. There were no traces of beasts, so they camped and rested here.

However, Zhang Hongqiang was injured too badly that he could not take a bath. He could only let Yan Ling help him clean his body aside.

Li Ping'an was going to take a bath, but the three women wouldn't let him. In the end, Li Ping'an could only wear a pair of underwear and awkwardly accept the service of Yan Li and Zhang Xiaojing.

Yan Li and Zhang Xiaojing got so close to Li Ping'an and competed to show off their charm in front of Li Ping'an, which made Li Ping'an unable to suppress his instinct at all. He could only close his eyes.

The two women blushed with a smile.

After helping the two men clean up, the three women went to take a bath in the pool and to wash the blood-stained armors and equipment.

They soon came over to warn Li Ping'an and Zhang Hongqiang that they were not allowed to peep.

The two men were speechless. However, this gave Li Ping'an a chance to chat with Zhang Hongqiang about Wang Feng and the Cold Wind Squad.

Zhang Hongqiang lit a cigarette and told Li Ping'an everything he knew.

Li Ping'an listened and nodded repeatedly. After a while, he frowned and asked, "Brother Qiang, are you saying that Wang Feng kept in close contact with Mr. Zhou and the other tycoons?"

Zhang Hongqiang took a deep breath and answered, "That's right, Daniu. This fellow was an ungrateful wretch. He licked the hand of anybody who fed him. Mr. Zhou made him a team member this time probably because he had helped Mr. Zhou many times."

"However, a month and a half ago, I fought with this bastard in the training room of Luck Goddess Club. Although he was stronger than me, he was not much stronger. I didn't expect that he would get so many benefits in the trip with Mr. Zhou."

Li Ping'an narrowed his eyes. After a moment, he smiled and said, "Brother Qiang, although they were strong, they have become our stepping stones now. We have so many bottles of Nutrition Drop now. Rather than selling them, we should consume them ourselves. Only when we get stronger will we be more confident in getting odd melons, right?"

"Eh..."

For an instant, Zhang Hongqiang froze, but he understood what Li Ping'an meant and he quickly said, "Daniu, but you risked your life to get these things..."

"Brother Qiang, don't worry about this. Have a good rest. I'll distribute the spoils properly!" Li Ping'an smiled and waved his hand.

With the experience of distributing the lotus seeds and the successive life and death crises, Li Ping'an had obtained the absolute leadership of Team 97.

This time, when he evenly distributed the more than a hundred bottles of six-star Nutrition Drop, the team members could only accept his arrangement though they wanted to refuse.

However, they strongly refused to accept the fruits that were suspected to be odd melons.

Li Ping'an didn't force them. He asked them to make use of these bottles of six-star Nutrition Drop to improve their strengths.

The price of the six-star Nutrition Drop was over 50 million per bottle, which was not something that Zhang Hongqiang and Yan Li could afford normally.

The Nutrition Drop didn't work on Li Ping'an anymore. As for the fruits, he would not consume them rashly before he figured out what they were.

With the mysterious stone, Li Ping'an had made fast progress. In addition, he needed time to reflect on his battle with Wang Feng today. Thus, he didn't stay on night duty this time. Instead, he returned to the tent and left the three girls who didn't wear out in the battle today on night duty.

...

In a flash, seven days had passed.

In the past few days, the members of Team 97 were like elves wandering in the mountains. As they continued to cultivate, they investigated the locations around them where there might be odd melons.

However, just as they expected, there were no odd melons in these places, and in some of the places, even the beasts guarding them had disappeared without a trace.

After consuming bottles of six-star Nutrition Drop, the improvement of Yan Ling and the other two girls was visible, and they were also more beautiful and charming.

Zhang Hongqiang was also well-recovered. Now, he could move freely. He could do almost everything as usual except for high-intensity battles.

Li Ping'an didn't seem to gain much in the past few days, but he laid a more solid foundation for his martial arts skills and made great progress in the skill of throwing knives.

Meanwhile, Lin Jianjia confirmed the nature of the unknown fruits and lotus seeds.

Those fruits were not odd melons, but the effect of those them was much stronger than the six-star Nutrition Drop. To a certain extent, they were somewhat similar to the lotus seeds.

To put it simply, they were a kind of fruit that had failed to evolve into odd melons. They were also a treasure, though not as precious as the odd melon.

She also confirmed the effect of the lotus seeds. They could increase the potential of the mysterious factors in one's body and be helpful to masters in the Awakening Stage.

In the past few days, Young Master Can's main force had started to head towards the hinterland of the mountains. Team 97 would send the coordinates of their previous locations a few days ago to the main force every other day, thus maintaining smooth communication and contact with the main force.

Although the team also tried to find those red-haired monkeys, they failed.

However, they were not in a hurry. It was now the best opportunity to increase their strength. Since they couldn't find the trace of the red-haired monkeys, then they should take it easy and be slow and steady.

Of course, Li Ping'an didn't forget to ask Zhang Hongqiang to keep in touch with his old friends in the main force and check if there was any news about Mr. Zhou at any time.

Li Ping'an's intuition was telling him that Mr. Zhou was most likely involved in a big secret.

They were deep in the mountains.

The night was dark.

Swoosh!

Three persons jumped to a huge pine tree in the blink of an eye in search of the location where there might be odd melons.

It was Li Ping'an, Yan Li, and Zhang Xiaojing.

The two girls had made great progress, almost reaching the speed of around 110. Without Li Ping'an's help, they could still catch up with him.

Although they found nothing in the first few locations, they could not give up any chance. What if there was the odd melon?

But at this time, the hearts of the two girls were not in finding the odd melon. After failing several times, they were no longer hopeful about finding the odd melon.

What they truly wanted was Daniu in front of them, the young, determined, courageous, and down-to-earth man.

On the big tree, no one else could be around. The two girls stopped being reserved. They surrounded Li Ping'an and teased him in a low voice, showing off their charm in front of him.

"..."

Li Ping'an was speechless.

In the past few days, although everything was going on smoothly, Yan Li and Zhang Xiaojing were constantly trying to impress Li Ping'an, and their competition was heating up.

While Li Ping'an somewhat enjoyed this, it was a headache for him.

After all, he was already in a relationship with Luohan and was intimate with Lin Jianjia. How could he flirt with other girls?

But at this moment...

Just as Li Ping'an was about to say something, his dark eyes suddenly turned cold.

He saw the familiar eyes that looked like scarlet lanterns in the night!

Those red-haired monkeys appeared again!