A moment later.

Each person held a bowl of fragrant hot noodles in their hands.

"It's delicious!"

"This noodle soup tastes amazing, even better than the most popular noodle shop in Yandu!"

"And this noodle! It's chewy and springy, it's absolutely fantastic!"

Yang Lin and the others slurped up mouthfuls of noodles, their mouths stuffed full, yet they still couldn't help but praise them.

Truly, even eating can't shut her up.

"That's good. If you need more, I have more here."

Lu Yuan looked at the four people in front of him with amusement and silently asked Chu Xing to make a few more bowls.

"Mr. Lu, did you store this hot noodles in your beast-taming space beforehand? I didn't expect your beast-taming space to have the function of keeping things warm and fresh!"

Liu Tianhao, being straightforward, directly voiced his question.

These words were spoken.

The others also secretly pricked up their ears.

They were also very curious about where Lu Yuan got this hot noodle dish from.

The Beast Taming Space is not allowed to contain any living creatures other than tamed beasts. Apart from raising tamed beasts, it can only serve as a mobile storage warehouse and does not have the function of keeping things warm or fresh.

It looks good, but it's actually pretty useless.

The hot noodles that Lu Yuan took out looked as if they had just been made.

This completely overturned their understanding of the Beast Taming Space.

"Perhaps it's because my beast-taming talent is quite special, so it has a preservation function," Lu Yuan replied, feigning ignorance.

"Oh right! Mr. Lu awakened a healing talent, right? That could indeed be related to that."

Liu Tianhao nodded to himself, without the slightest doubt about Lu Yuan's answer.

The others didn't think much of it, and just expressed their envy.

Only Yang Lin's expression remained ambiguous.

He knew beast tamers who had awakened healing talents, but he had never heard of healing talents being able to give beast taming spaces a preservation function.

Seeing that Lu Yuan was unwilling to say more, he naturally didn't ask any further questions.

on the contrary.

Yang Lin felt a faint sense of joy.

After all, if Lu Yuan didn't want to, he could have easily hidden himself and eaten dry rations with them. The fact that he was willing to treat them to hot noodles meant that in Lu Yuan's heart, they were still trustworthy.

After eating and drinking their fill, the group packed up and prepared to continue their journey.

According to the message coming through the walkie-talkie, the other teams had also entered the outer perimeter of the Scorching Sun Forest and were preparing to continue advancing into the forest. They couldn't fall too far behind.

"Wait a minute, I need to use the restroom!"

Lu Yuan and the others returned to the SUV one after another. At this moment, Du Pengyi, who was the driver, suddenly clutched his stomach, said a few words, and ran into the bushes next to him.

"I knew it! This guy's bluntness always gets him in the wrong!"

Liu Tianhao chuckled and cursed, then leaned against the car door and lit a cigarette.

Yang Lin and Zhou Cheng shook their heads helplessly and joined in puffing on cigarettes, while explaining to Lu Yuan.

"Mr. Lu, don't worry about him. This guy needs to poop right after eating. We're all used to it. Let's continue our journey when he gets back! Want one too?"

"I won't."

Lu Yuan shook his head, pushed away the cigarette Liu Tianhao offered, and leaned against the car door to chat with the three of them.

"It seems the first squad has already entered the inner circle ahead of schedule."

As they chatted, the conversation suddenly turned to the first squad led by Zhao Hun.

"Hmph! That group of people always looks down on others. We've advised them several times to wait for the main force, but they insist on going first. Since they're not afraid of death, let them go!"

Liu Tianhao was the youngest and inevitably had some youthful arrogance. He was very unhappy with the first team's self-important attitude.

"No matter what, we are all teammates in this mission. Besides, although Zhao Hun is a bit arrogant, he is actually quite capable."

Zhou Cheng was only a few years older than Liu Tianhao, but he was one of the first to join the Third Squad, so he had experienced more and knew more about Zhao Hun's strength.

"Zhao Hun's rank is higher than Captain Yang's?"

Lu Yuan looked puzzled.

Zhao Hun looks much younger than Yang Lin, so how come he's stronger?

“That’s right.” Yang Lin nodded and said truthfully, “Zhao Hun awakened an SS-level Beast Taming talent, so his cultivation speed is already quite fast. In addition, the Zhao family has the support of the Spirit Gathering Array, so even though Zhao Hun is only thirty years old this year, he is already a master of the third level of the Heavenly Evolution Realm.”

After listening to Yang Lin's explanation, Lu Yuan nodded in understanding, but he was still slightly surprised.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Hun awakened an SS-level beast taming talent, which is considered a top genius in Yandu.

and.

Zhao Hun reached the Heavenly Evolution level in just over a decade. Besides his talent, the most important factor was his diligent cultivation.

No wonder he was able to become the captain of the first squad of the Divine Martial Pavilion at such a young age; he truly has extraordinary abilities!

"Why isn't Lao Du back yet? Does it take this long to take a dump? I've already finished these two cigarettes!"

Squeezing the empty cigarette pack, Liu Tianhao turned and looked in the direction Du Pengyi had left.

Just then.

A scream came from not far away.

"Old Du?!"

Yang Lin was the first to react and immediately ran towards the source of the sound.

Zhou Cheng and Liu Tianhao exchanged a glance and then ran over as well.

Lu Yuan finally realized that the scream he had just heard must have come from Du Pengyi, and he quickly followed after him.

The four rushed to the location from which the sound came, and saw Du Pengyi being tightly coiled by a giant snake with a triangular head. His face was purple, and he seemed to be on the verge of death.

"Old Du!"

Yang Lin shouted and, disregarding everything else, immediately summoned the Stone Brown Monkey.

A claw swung down.

The giant snake let out a painful howl as its body was instantly sliced ​​in half, with a large amount of blood gushing out from the clean cut.

But the stone palm monkey did not let it go.

Then, another claw pierced directly into the giant snake's head, delivering a fatal blow.

Now, the giant snake lay on the ground, its life extinguished.

"Captain, come quick! Old Du doesn't seem to be doing well!"

Zhou Cheng and Liu Tianhao pulled Du Pengyi out of the tightly coiled snake body, only to find that Du Pengyi's eyes were still closed, his face was purple, and he was breathing heavily with long exhalations and short inhalations.

They initially thought Du Pengyi looked unwell because he was being strangled by the giant snake and couldn't breathe.

Even after calming down for a while, he's still like this.

"Old Du has been poisoned!"

As expected of a battle-hardened captain, Yang Lin immediately noticed that something was wrong with Du Pengyi.

"That giant snake is a venomous serpent, extremely poisonous. If we can't get an antidote within an hour, Old Du is doomed!"

Zhou Cheng and Liu Tianhao were both stunned upon hearing this.

One hour.

They can't go back to Yandu at all.

Besides them, there were no other living people in this scorching forest.

"Where are Zhao Hun and his gang? Didn't he always brag about how strong his team's healers were? They should be able to save Old Du!"

But Yang Lin shook his head.

"No, healers can only treat external injuries; they have no way to detoxify."

When all other methods failed, Zhou Cheng and Liu Tianhao were completely desperate.

These are their teammates who have risked their lives with them!

Are we just supposed to watch helplessly as Du Pengyi dies from poisoning?

Just when the three were completely in despair, a beam of light suddenly descended upon Du Pengyi, enveloping him.

Yang Lin suddenly raised his head.

"Mr. Lu?!"