Chapter 409: Chapter 409

The expressions of Sheng Qing and the two others weren’t very good either. The mother crow’s flying speed was too fast, making them feel like they were ascending to heaven, their faces nearly paralyzed by the wind.

Especially their clothes, which almost caught fire from the friction with the air. It was truly fortunate they weren’t completely set ablaze.

Xu Jinghong was even more miserable, slumped at the base of a tree, vomiting alongside the Emperor Python King.

After vomiting, he held onto the tree trunk to stand up, realizing they were now safe, and some things forgotten due to their hasty reunion started to come back to him.

Xu Jinghong looked at Sheng Qing and Xi Pingzhe beside him, slowly catching on.

Wait a minute, why were these two nearby at that time? Could it be they had been following him and Qian Qi the whole way?!

Then when he was having diarrhea behind the tree...

It seemed Xi Pingzhe also recalled something, as he snuck a glance at Xu Jinghong, who, being quite sensitive at the moment, sharply caught this oddity.

Xu Jinghong: Could it really be!!!

He didn’t see anything! Really! He absolutely didn’t see Xu Jinghong using bitter tea seeds to wipe his backside!

Unfortunately, Xu Jinghong had already seen through it all, and with a face like a vegetable, he strode towards Xi Pingzhe, ready to let this guy know what should and shouldn’t be said. However, as he took a step, Qian Qi grabbed him by his collar.

This grab tore the already tattered clothes completely apart, leaving them in ruins on the ground and exposing Xu Jinghong’s well-toned chest and abs.

No! His last shred of decency!!!

Qian Qi casually whistled, "Why don’t you just stay ? You look quite nice."

"No way!" Xu Jinghong covered his chest, his entire upper body flushed red, "Even though I like wearing unorthodox outfits, I’m a proper man!"

Qian Qi, Sheng Qing, Xi Pingzhe: ...

Wow, so he’s actually a pure-hearted guy.

"Here, wear this." Xi Pingzhe took off his baseball jacket and handed it to Xu Jinghong. Although his size was smaller than Xu Jinghong’s, fortunately, the jacket was loose-fitting, so Xu Jinghong should be able to wear it.

He certainly didn’t want Xu Jinghong catching his master’s eye; only the strongest man in the world deserves his master!

Xi Pingzhe grandly put the jacket on Xu Jinghong and meticulously buttoned it all the way to the top!

"You’d better stay away from my master." Xi Pingzhe threatened in a voice only the two could hear, "Otherwise, I’ll let the world know about you using bitter tea seeds, mmph mmph mmph—"

Before Xi Pingzhe could finish, Xu Jinghong covered his mouth, "Are you out of your mind? I suggest you go to the hospital!"

Xi Pingzhe glared angrily at Xu Jinghong.

Damn it, this rotten red-haired old man, he’s going to write him as a toilet-squatting dog in "The Autobiography of Qian Qi"!

"Alright, you two stop it, Xu Jinghong, come quickly." Qian Qi took the Fire Silk Grass coiled around the Emperor Python King’s tail and placed it in front of them, "Quickly, break this Demon Core."

Although it lost its stem and roots, as long as this Demon Core is intact, the Advanced Magic Plants can still barely survive and grow new roots, so the Demon Core must be shattered to cut off its energy supply, achieving a strategic death in terms of strategy.

She took out the A-level Snake Stick, signaling for Xu Jinghong to repeat the previous action.

Xu Jinghong gripped the Snake Stick with both hands. Just as Qian Qi was about to place her hands on his and insert the stick, the system suddenly plastered itself onto her face. Googlᴇ search NoveI★Fire.net

[Friendly Reminder: If you really break it, the handsome guy and pretty girl beside you won’t make it out alive.]

Qian Qi paused slightly, looking at the system with confusion, "What?"

[Magic Plants rich in fire elements are not very stable, to begin with. If it were a complete plant, it might be alright,] the system explained, [But now, with its roots and stem severed, attacking the Demon Core now could easily cause an explosion due to unstable energy flows.]

If that happens, the fragile ones next to her, A, B, and C, will all be blown to bits~

"What!" Qian Qi abruptly let go, taking a step back in horror and dread, "Why didn’t you say so earlier!"

[I’m telling you now, isn’t it enough? For saving your fragile teammates this time, shouldn’t you give me some...] The chance to ask blunty was snatched away by Ya Ya, the system readied to earn some money to fill its void, only to see Qian Qi turning to Xu Jinghong and others seriously, "All of you, back off!"

Xu Jinghong and the others, not understanding the situation, still obediently retreated a few meters.

The system had just intended to say that retreating a few meters was as good as not retreating at all, when it saw Qian Qi climb the Fire Silk Grass like a gecko, after rolling up her sleeves to the top, she bared her teeth and savagely tore off a petal from the Fire Silk Grass, like Popeye hand-tearing a fierce ghost!

"Luckily you warned me! Otherwise, if this exploded, wouldn’t all these valuable Magic Plant Materials be destroyed!"

The Fire Silk Grass is full of treasures, especially the red juice inside the Snake Vine and the scorching sap in the flower stem, all being rare medicinal ingredients. Unfortunately, to save their lives, they had to leave it behind.

But the Fire Silk Grass petals, skin, fibrous meat, etc., before her were also very valuable medicinal materials. How could someone as stingy as Qian Qi bear to lose such precious A-level materials due to her mistake?

"Almost lost a few million, boo hoo, luckily I have you!" Qian Qi uttered teary gratitude towards the system while tearing off the massive petals.

I thought you were afraid of the explosion killing your teammates, but you were just scared of losing the Fire Silk Grass to the blast, weren’t you?

Qian Qi, busy and bustling, finally tore down all the petals, rolled them up, and bound them with the A-level rope hanging from her waist.

She fished around her waist, recalling her A-level knife had perished in the magma sea.

Damn, her eight hundred million.

The more she thought about it, the more upset she became, so she snatched up the gawking system and began slicing the flower stem’s skin using the system as a blade.

Disrespecting the system! You’re damn disrespectful again to the system!

Once the skin was peeled, Qian Qi then began slicing the fibrous meat inside, intent on plucking every feather from the passing goose, utterly greedy. After toiling for two days and nights, she finally, on the morning of the third day, held up a shiny, crack-lined red Demon Core with great reverence.

"Look at this! Such a beautiful and translucent Demon Core! It’s practically an A-level Demon Core from a Wang Wei poem!" Her eyes were filled with affectionate warmth and a sense of accomplishment.

No... Are you mentally unsound? Who spends such a lengthy time clearing an instance, dissecting Fire Silk Grass completely, and polishing the soon-to-be-shattered Demon Core so smoothly!

Oh, wait, she wasn’t polishing the Demon Core, she was making sure no fibrous meat on the Core went to waste, ensuring every bit was packed into her torn pocket!