"I don't know, let's try again when we encounter bad guys."

Upon hearing this, the Bloodthirsty Vine immediately recommended two people it thought could be used as test subjects.

"Master, master, what do you mean by 'later'? Aren't there Cao Jin and He Xiaolan?"

"We can give it a try when we get back."

Since these two have already offended their master, wouldn't it be perfect to use them for experiments?

Upon hearing this, Shen Mu Ning immediately stopped her: "Xiao Teng, have you forgotten what I said? Their crimes don't deserve to die."

Fearing its master would launch into another long nagging, the Bloodthirsty Vine retorted softly, "It's not like I drained all the life force at once."

"Alright, I just learned this ability, and I don't even know what it would be like to use it on people."

"What if we lose control and accidentally kill someone?"

"Your master can indeed heal all kinds of injuries, but I can't do that when it comes to restoring life force."

Considering her special ability is still wood-based, but imbued with life-giving energy, it's clear she possesses healing abilities.

However, she cannot cure those who are aging naturally and whose vitality is fading.

Killing these two would cause who knows how much trouble it would bring.

Bloodthirsty Vine thought about it and realized that was indeed the case.

When it first started draining people's life force, it couldn't control the degree well and often killed people in one go.

The owner even tried to interrogate him, but failed.

It took two months of rigorous training to achieve complete control.

The owner has only recently acquired this ability, so it's really not wise to give it away rashly.

"Alright, Master, when are we going to find the bad guys?"

"What are you looking for? Let's get to work first and deal with it when we run into each other."

Shen Mu Ning was actually trying to avoid trouble. Her peaceful retirement life had been ruined by the antique incident.

Fortunately, this is a long-term task, not one that requires her to be busy with transplants.

She's been out and about for two days straight; she wants to rest. Why is she making things difficult for herself?

"Okay, Master will definitely run into it."

The Bloodthirsty Vine had no idea what its lazy master was thinking, but its words proved prophetic.

Just when Shen Mu Ning thought she could happily hibernate through the winter, trouble really struck again.

Shen Mu Ning ignored the Bloodthirsty Vine's mutterings; she was just giving it perfunctory answers anyway.

She turned her attention to the two small chestnuts in her hand, which were not yet shaped like chestnuts.

Each chestnut was only the size of her little finger egg, and the skin was still close to flesh color. She could even crush the fruit with her fingernails.

Well, these chestnuts aren't ripe yet, so we'll have to regretfully let them go.

Shen Mu Ning threw the two fruits on the ground, patted the juice off her hands, and turned to leave.

The rest of her journey allowed her to harvest even more wild fruits and also made her realize a pattern.

It's currently the season for various wild fruits to ripen, but dried fruits will likely ripen after September.

Anyway, the hazelnuts and pecans she encountered were all in their juvenile stage.

So she stopped insisting on harvesting dried fruit; they were still so small, why should she care about them?

She'd be better off collecting wild fruits than wasting that time.

Just as Shen Mu Ning was completely immersed in the joy of the harvest, she heard what sounded like the roar of a wild beast not far away.

What caught her attention was not only the loud cry, but also the human voices mixed in with it.

She was certain that the sound was coming from deep in the mountains.

But I don't know who has the guts to go deep into the mountains. Look what they've done, they've stirred up a den of wild animals.

Regardless of who it is, she needs to be prepared to meet that person, because the voice seems to be getting closer and closer to her.

Shen Mu Ning didn't care about anything else and quickly took out the basket filled with all kinds of wild fruits.

Things like wood-chopping knives should also be left outside.

Only after she had finished tidying up did she have time to look at the scene not far away.

Upon seeing two familiar figures, Shen Mu Ning raised an eyebrow with a half-smile.

It turns out that Chu Mingxu and Zhang Jiayang were the ones who provoked the wild beasts deep in the mountains.

She had previously wondered why she hadn't seen any of the educated youth among them; it turned out they had gone hunting in the mountains.

About 800 or 900 meters away, two people were chasing after two huge wild boars. It seemed that the two wild boars were their prey.

The wild boar ran straight towards Shen Mu Ning at full speed, until it was only two hundred meters away from her.

Chu Mingxu and his companion, who were trailing behind, finally realized that there was another person in front of them.

"Get out of the way!" Zhang Jiayang warned, regardless of whether the people in front could hear him.

The two were running so fast that they didn't even see that it was Shen Mu Ning in the distance.

Imagine the wild boar is enraged; it might injure the people in front of it.

The two of them simultaneously accelerated, wanting to stop the wild boar as soon as possible.

Shen Mu Ning stood still, neither dodging nor avoiding, waiting for the wild boar to approach.

Actually, if the two wild boars had stayed a little further away from her, and if she hadn't been able to use her powers so freely in front of others, they could have escaped.

I just didn't expect that wild boar to be so brainless; it even made a slight adjustment to its direction.

Anyway, the two behind him were afraid, but Cardi Beast, being so thin, would definitely die at his feet.

Shen Mu Ning was so angry at the way it looked at its prey that she laughed. She had never seen anything so eager to die.

"Watch out, get out of the way!" Zhang Jiayang warned in alarm as the wild boar was about to hit the people in front of him.

But just as he was shouting his warning, Shen Mu Ning leaped up and punched the pig's head directly.

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