Chapter 398: Chapter 398

Xi Pingzhe glared at Xu Jinghong, who found it baffling being stared at, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Xi Pingzhe snorted heavily, holding up his little notebook, circling Xu Jinghong twice. He commented, "You’re not good enough."

With such a strong mentor, she should be matched with the best top-tier people, just like... Xi Pingzhe considered all the world’s strongest, then shook his head.

No, there’s no one in this world who deserves a mentor so powerful; she should stay single!

Or... paired with several!

At that moment, Xi Pingzhe felt like he had opened up a new world, hurriedly bit the pen cap, and rapidly jotted down something in his little notebook.

[With the mentor’s formidable strength, she naturally attracts countless suitors like moths to a flame. When she was 20, a red-haired handsome peer passionately vowed to cook for her for a lifetime, but our mentor seemed uninterested—after all, she could down moldy-tasting Brain Jelly, so why would she care for culinary desires?]

Noticing Xi Pingzhe writing diligently, the ever-curious Qian Qi peeked to see what he had been writing these days, only to be swiftly blocked by Xi Pingzhe, "Not allowed to peek!"

This was his biography of the mentor, still unfinished!

Qian Qi withdrew his head regretfully, "Okay then."

"By the way, you were just saying, going to fight the boss?" Xi Pingzhe capped his pen after finishing writing, stuffed the notebook back into his baseball jacket pocket, and asked curiously, "Mentor, are you planning to take us along?"

"No..." Qian Qi glanced at the sleeping crowd nearby, and whispered, "Tomorrow I’ll go with Xu Jinghong alone to strategize the boss." Thɪs chapter is updated by novel_fіre.net

"Alone?!" Xi Pingzhe became instantly alert, "Does it have to be alone? Can’t you take me?"

"More people make a bigger target, just two is perfect..." Qian Qi was explaining when he saw Xi Pingzhe’s tuft of hair drooping like a wilted cabbage, "You definitely fancy him; otherwise, we’re both novices, yet I’m your dear apprentice—why take him and not me?"

Although a novice, Xu Jinghong disliked hearing the truth, and looked at him irritably, "Is your head full of crap? I was chosen because it has to be me."

Upon hearing this, Xi Pingzhe eagerly tattled, "Mentor, my mind is full of you, he called you crap!"

Qian Qi: Impressive, loyal disciple.

"Good disciple, you should stay put here. The journey ahead is dangerous, and if there’s any peril, I can’t ensure the lives of two." Qian Qi straightened the wilted tuft of hair on Xi Pingzhe’s head and comforted, "When I come back, I’ll bring goodies for your Magma Hunting Dog."

Seeing Qian Qi was resolute about not bringing him, Xi Pingzhe had no choice but to compromise, "Then you guys, do take care."

Then he added, "If Xu Jinghong becomes unmindful and causes trouble, don’t go soft; you must..."

Xi Pingzhe made a fierce throat-slitting gesture.

Are you freaking sick, slandering and intimidating me right in front of me?!

Good, he’ll put Xi Pingzhe on his blacklist along with Qian Qi, as the second person he never wants to deal with again!

The next morning, Qian Qi handed out dried Demon Beast Meat to everyone for breakfast, and while they were eating, she quietly left with Xu Jinghong and a pantless sack.

The two left without alerting anyone else, especially since Qian Qi left to hunt demons every morning—her absence was more normal.

Right after Qian Qi and Xu Jinghong left, a figure sneaked behind them.

After leaving a distance from the dungeon exit, Qian Qi led Xu Jinghong through twists and turns, finally stopping in front of a Magic Plant Field.

"Hm... mature enough, can be used." Qian Qi picked a fruit from a golden magic plant, checked it, then said to Xu Jinghong, "Little Hong, come help, pick all these."

Xu Jinghong went over, seeing various densely packed magic plants arranged in a square plot, an absurd thought rose in his mind, "These... weren’t planted by you, were they?"

Only humans would have OCD to plant magic plants so orderly; in nature, magic plants are scattered randomly.

Qian Qi nodded, not hiding anything, "Yep, planted them from the start."

The time here flows faster than outside. Before Yan Shuiyue came in, she had stayed here for two days, and after confirming the dungeon boss’s general situation, she planted magic plant seeds hidden in Moyu’s stomach.

Later, finding Sheng Qing and Yan Shuiyue had entered, she discussed with them to keep the varying time flow a secret if Xu Jinghong and others followed, planning a prank to scare them into believing it was an S-class instance.

"Quick, pick them." Ordered Xu Jinghong to pick golden magic plant fruits, Qian Qi tossed the pantless sack aside, diving into the Magic Plant Field alone, busy with some work.

After Xu Jinghong finished picking all the fruits from the golden magic plant, Qian Qi dragged back a huge green magic plant, very lively as if a fish out of water, bouncing around aggressively, frightening Xu Jinghong, who nervously backed away, covering his ragged clothes.

He was having a trauma response, recalling the recent days of being "toyed with" by the magic plant whip.

"Oh, you’re pretty fast." Seeing Xu Jinghong finished picking all the magic plant fruits, Qian Qi smiled appreciatively, "Help me pack them up later."

"With what?" Xu Jinghong looked at the pantless sack, "This one?"

"No, no, no, that’s my sleeping mattress, can’t dismantle!" Qian Qi hurriedly stopped him, then pointed to the green magic plant in her hand, "Use this!"

Xu Jinghong looked puzzled, noticing that the green magic plant had a Venus flytrap-like pouch, seemingly capable of holding lots of stuff.

Qian Qi took out an A-level knife, sliced the pig cage bag’s roots, releasing a flow of clear viscous fluid, and once drained, she sat down, scraped off the sticky substance from the inside wall bit by bit.

Every scrape made the pig cage bag shiver along with a shrill ghost-like cry, "Yiaa—Yiaa—!"

"Such an awful sound." Qian Qi, sharpening her knife toward the magic plant, couldn’t help but comment, "Perhaps this is nature’s quirky evolutionary trait; if it sounded pleasant, people would line up to carve it out to enjoy its beautiful sound, leading to this species’ extinction."

"Hmm, might even be made into entertainment merchandise, loads of people would want to buy!"

"Thinking so, feels like a huge miss!"

Xu Jinghong listened to her words, eye twitching slightly.

Good thing the magic plant sounded awful, otherwise it’s doomed under her wicked hands.

"Oh! But, sounding miserable isn’t a problem, can be made into stress relief toys!" Qian Qi’s eyes lit up, excitedly while cutting the inner wall flesh, "Magic Plant Academy’s peers are under quite a bit of stress, need such stress relievers to unleash their stressed minds before they go crazy from being overworked! They’d surely love it!"

Seeing Qian Qi enjoying the magic plant’s woeful cries with a fierce look, Xu Jinghong: ...

Your Magic Plant Department folks, are all psychopaths!