Chapter 1579: Multitasking

During his tug-of-war with He Lingchuan, the beetles were stepping up their exploration of Spring Gushing Shanzhuang. Tian Yun gave them a new task: don't go to crowded places.

The person he wanted to find was unlikely to live in a bunch with a group of living people.

People like them hated noisy places the most and needed peace of mind to think the most.

So a single-family courtyard was the best.

Upholding this requirement, the beetles drilled specifically into the dense forest.

It would still take some time.

The price Tian Yun was holding out for was still higher than He Lingchuan's psychological price.

After all, every number was in the unit of "ten thousand."

Fan Shuang also helped out on the side. "President Tian, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for you to find another big client like Brother He in Heaven Water City who can take all your Profound Crystals at once."

Tian Yun looked regretful. "If I need money, I need it urgently, but if I don't, I don't. If Island Master He really doesn't want them, I'll slowly look for a suitable buyer."

He Lingchuan suddenly spoke. "I want them."

"Then I will..." Tian Yun thought he hadn't heard clearly. "What did you say?"

"I want this batch of Profound Crystals."

Tian Yun was stunned and asked, "700,000 taels?"

"Yes, I want them all." He Lingchuan asked back, "Is there a problem?"

"No, no."

Damn! Tian Yun cursed inwardly before happily saying, "If we say 700,000 taels, then it's 700,000 taels. Deal."

He Lingchuan immediately delivered the silver notes, Tian Yun wrote the receipt, and the transaction was completed quickly and happily.

Tian Yun carefully put away the silver notes and then said, "Island Master He, I heard that Spring Gushing Shanzhuang has a sweet spring that is good for brewing wine and making soup? Can I personally draw some to take back?"

Since it was called Spring Gushing Shanzhuang, it wouldn't be right without spring water. Time, time, his insects still needed a little more time! The beetles were too small, and with several hundred scattered across the vast villa, it would take more time to figure out the core area and security layout of Spring Gushing Shanzhuang.

"No problem!" Since the man had just sold him 700,000 worth of Profound Crystals, what was wrong with wanting some spring water? He Lingchuan laughed. "I'll take you. Besides, how about President Tian has a simple meal here at noon?"

The deal was made, and the villa owner was fulfilling his duty as a host; Tian Yun had been waiting for this sentence.

So He Lingchuan ordered the small kitchen to start cooking to treat the distinguished guest and personally took him to draw two full jars of sweet spring water.

While the three were walking, Tian Yun intended to do some tricks. He had brought a few soft-skinned spores the size of small steamed buns and had been wanting to take the opportunity to throw them onto the ground and step them into the soil, but there were guards everywhere, surrounding the three in a 'pin' formation. He didn't dare guarantee that his movements could deceive so many pairs of eyes.

He could only use the excuse of suddenly needing to relieve himself to leave for a short while.

When he came back from relieving himself, He Lingchuan asked with a smile, "President Tian, aren't you afraid that if the deal didn't go through, these 700,000 worth of Profound Crystals wouldn't be able to walk out of the gate of Spring Gushing Shanzhuang?"

Tian Yun was stunned. "How could Island Master He be that kind of person?"

"Human hearts are separated by skin, and wealth moves human hearts."

Tian Yun was about to answer when his footsteps suddenly paused, and his face changed.

His expression was as if something had happened ahead. But He Lingchuan and Fan Shuang looked, and the small path ahead was quiet, with at most a lizard flashing by.

"What's wrong?"

Tian Yun steadied himself and waved his hand. "Nothing, nothing, my eyes were a bit dazzled after squatting for too long. The Yao Court has entrusted projects worth tens of millions to Island Master He. Since even the King trusts you, what else do I have to worry about?"

With this big hat put on him, He Lingchuan smiled and didn't press further.

In fact, the small beetle controlled by Tian Yun had just flown near a small hill and vaguely glimpsed a cellar cave on the mountain, but the door was also painted green, blending perfectly with the surrounding landscape; if one didn't get close and distinguish carefully, one would definitely miss it.

The beetle stayed on a nearby branch for a short while and didn't find anything unusual.

Just as it was about to leave, someone came over carrying a food box and knocked on the door three times.

Knock, knock, knock.

The person stepped back two steps after knocking and didn't knock again.

After a few breaths, the green door opened, and out walked a... monkey? What an ugly monkey, actually wearing a ghost face.

Other monkeys had to make faces and bare their teeth to be scary; it didn't need to—it was scary by nature.

Was this that monkey? The beetle on the tree branch immediately took flight, wanting to take the opportunity to dash into the door.

The ghost-faced monkey snatched the food box from the delivery person, turned around, and the green door slammed shut again.

So fast!

The beetle, still two zhang away from the green door, was shut out.

It wouldn't give up and wanted to try if it could drill in from the door crack.

Just at this moment, something flashed before its eyes, so fast the beetle couldn't even see it clearly.

And then, the screen went black.

Tian Yun rubbed his eyes; his beetle seemed to have been attacked by some creature just now.

Because he shared the beetle's vision, the last scene he saw was being ridden on the face by something!

It gave him a fright.

"Mr. Tian, are you alright?"

He Lingchuan looked concerned.

"No matter, I'm just a bit tired recently." Tian Yun picked up his chopsticks again.

What creature attacked the beetle just now? He tried hard to recall the last scene; the frozen frame seemed to be a wing?

It was blurry, and he couldn't see the outline clearly, but ordinary birds that preyed on insects couldn't eat his beetles at all.

Tian Yun naturally wouldn't let it go at that.

He exhaled lightly and secretly mobilized more beetles to fly toward the mountain cellar.

With multi-angle observation, he wouldn't miss anything, right? About a quarter of an hour later, another beetle flew toward the green cellar door.

When Tian Yun controlled it, he felt its reluctance.

There seemed to be some power near this cellar door, or rather, something threatening it, and the beetle didn't want to get close.

But it couldn't disobey Tian Yun's order.

This beetle was about to fly to the door when, 'swish', the screen went black again.

So fast! Tian Yun's breathing hitched slightly.

Other beetles were lurking on nearby branches, but they only saw a gray shadow flash before the door, and they didn't know what it was.

After suffering two losses, Tian Yun ordered the third beetle to approach.

The gray shadow reappeared, and the third one was gone too.

The fourth one went up.

Repeating this, until the eighth beetle also heroically sacrificed itself, did Tian Yun barely manage to see clearly that it was a bat.

Although its body was covered with fine, dense fluff, its mouth and nose were a bit pointed, more like a bird than a bat.

Tian Yun did know that there was a long-billed bat on the Ya Lie Islands in the South Sea called the Thorn Bat, which didn't live on insects or blood like ordinary bats, but injected poison into its prey, making them numb and unable to move.

The Thorn Bat wouldn't kill its prey either, only biting and eating the flesh on its body, leaving when it was full. After a few days, it might visit this mobile dining car a second time.

But the Thorn Bat was very small, about the size of a hummingbird. And this beetle-killer before him was twice as big as a hummingbird, and its speed was astonishingly fast. ===== CHAPTER 1580 =====