Chapter 56: Bluff
"Want to kill your benefactor?" Benefactor? The mutant tiger was confused at first, but after Xie Yu repeatedly threatened to repay the favor, he soon figured out why he escaped from the fireball that day.
"Roar!" This... is indeed the Tiger's fault, right? What reward do you want?
Xie Yu appeared calm on the surface, but was extremely shocked and complicated inside. Even though he was not a summoner, he was able to chat smoothly with the high-level mutant beast. He didn't expect that this big guy could extract it from his memory and find out the cause and effect accurately. What does this mean!
Mutated animals are now able to think! Their brains are evolving! If their brains evolve, it makes sense that their bodies wouldn't evolve too. No wonder energy crystals are appearing in lower-level mutants too. They're evolving en masse, at full speed!
Xie Yu thought about this year and the last time a mutant animal evolved, silently calculating it in his mind. His expression finally grew serious. He was born in a really good era, damn! Forget it, don't think about it anymore. It's not just his problem. All he can do is work hard to improve his strength.
Xie Yu opened the map and approached the tiger, "Look carefully, if there's any good stuff, take a picture!"
"Roar, roar!" No, they're all tigers. Hey, they really know. The reason Xie Yu didn't tell Yun Xiang where they were going was because he wasn't sure if the mutant tiger knew. So that was it.
"What do you mean by yours? I don't want them all!" Xie Yu added secretly, "I don't want them all at once."
"Roar!" That won't work either, they're all tiger's.
"I won't report it!"
"Roar!" The price was too high, the tiger refused! The mutant tiger's entire body expressed its refusal.
"Hey, I trusted you for nothing. I thought you were an upright, fair, and chivalrous tiger. I didn't expect you to—tsk tsk, do you still want to be the leader?"
"Leader?" It was true that the mutant tiger was the king of beasts, but he had never led a team. He actually envied the leader of the jackals, but that guy was strong and cunning, so it didn't matter what he said.
"Roar!" Fooling the tiger?
"What was the final fate of the jackal leader?" Xie Yu patted his storage ring, "Look at you, you have expanded your territory." Roar, it really makes sense.
"Roar!" What's the benefit of being a leader? Hey, this greedy big guy.
"This has many benefits! First of all, you will be respected and admired by everyone! Think about your ancestors, they are the patron saints of our human race. Those tiger amulets, tiger rings, tiger carvings... are all witnesses. What are you lacking now? You have already satisfied your material needs, and of course you need spiritual comfort! Becoming a leader can help you achieve it!" It would be a real loss if you didn't become a speaker.
Hu Yi thought about his leisurely life these days and felt that Xie Yu really understood him.
"Roar!" What's next?
“Secondly…” This speech about leadership continued until dinner started.
"Gulp gurgle!" Xie Yu drank three bowls of water in one breath before slowing down.
"Oh my god, he's going to the war?" Chu Xu had no problem with Xie Yu disappearing for the whole afternoon. This guy was never one to act without aiming, so all he had to do was wait patiently for him to 'spill the beans'.
Sure enough, "Oh, it's really... horrible! I have never seen such an honest mutant tiger!" He was exhausted this afternoon. He kept talking and talking. In the end, he didn't know what he said. Fortunately, he had almost finished the job while he was still awake, otherwise it would have been a waste of effort.
"Isn't it better to be honest?"
"It's neither good nor bad. Look, he believes everything you say, and listens with such gusto that you can't bear to end the conversation early."
"You're worried you'll wake up early if it's over, you big liar!"
…Xie Yu touched his nose, “Is it that obvious?”
"hehe--"
"Why are you trying to trick a tiger?" Yun Xiang was curious.
"Here," Xie Yu handed her the map, "take a look. How about using it as a betrothal gift?"
... "Nothing!" Yun Xiang suddenly felt that the map in his hand was a little hot.
"Huh?" Xie Yu was confused by his attitude.
"Ahem, have you saved enough points?" She is not the tiger, and you want to fool her, huh.
"Haha, what's the score now?" Xie Yu asked without hesitation.
It’s over! It’s going to be exposed! Jin Jiamin screamed in his heart.
"Negative one hundred points!" Yun Xiang said with a smile. He didn't want to settle the score with him because of the supplies on this map.
"What?" Xie Yu looked incredulous. "Is there something I don't know?"
"Guess for yourself!" Losing points is a big deal. He needed to find the cause to avoid further mistakes. So Xie Yu tried hard to recall. After Yun Xiang and the other two had referenced two maps and combined the information Chu Xu and the others had gathered to determine several locations, they finally pinpointed Jin Jiaren.
Xie Yu suddenly jumped up and pulled Jin Jiaren to him, "Are we still brothers?"
"That's about it. We'll find what we need on the first day, and go to the place provided by the mutant tiger on the second day." Yun Xiang stood up, patted Xie Yu's shoulder with a smile, "Come on, Yu!" Then he turned around and left gracefully.
"Ajin--" Yun Xiang didn't know how to solve the problem, but when he set off the next day, it would be his good brother Saner again.
Xie Yu and Xie Shaohui borrowed a small hovercraft and took them to a previously selected valley with a warm and humid climate, shaded but not waterlogged. This place was not only suitable for growing medicinal herbs, spiritual plants, and boxwood, but also suitable for growing. Their deduction was correct; the entire valley was very rich in resources.
The boxwood trees were densely packed with leaves, glossy green and beautiful. Xie Yu and the other two helped Yun Xiang chop down the trees. When they came across a living tree, they selected the best branches to chop, and when they came across a dead one, they cut down the entire tree. They were in good physical condition, and they didn't even breathe after chopping down the trees.
Yun Xiang touched the trunk of the tree tenderly. "The material is tough and dense, the texture is fine and even, and the hardness and softness are moderate. I love it, I love it!" With this kind of wood, she didn't believe that she couldn't make higher-end talismans.
After witnessing the power of the Bai family's talismans, she became even more determined to become a talisman refiner. Herbs were everywhere in the valley, including those for refining hemostatic powder, detoxification, qi-boosting pills, bone powder, and of course, supplementary herbs for soothing agents.
Compared to herbs, spiritual plants are a bit more troublesome, especially high-level ones. Not only do they have companion beasts, but they also camouflage themselves, hiding in the grass and making them easy to miss without careful observation. Fortunately, the beast tide killed most of the companion beasts, otherwise it would have been much more difficult than here. Besides herbs and spiritual plants, they also collected a lot of nutritious food, mostly wild fruits, and only dug up a few wild vegetables to try.
Among the fruits was Yunxiang's favorite, cherries. After undergoing a mutation, the cherries were roughly the size of nectarines from her previous life, but the cores remained the same, still the size of her little finger. The flesh was juicy and sweet, and incredibly delicious. She ate a lot of them by herself. Since the valley had more supplies, they simply abandoned another location, saving a lot of time.
Yunxiang found a rosewood tree among the bushes on the sunny slope. It was a kind of redwood and also a high-quality carving material. It was an unexpected surprise.
(End of this chapter)
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