Chapter 338: The Detoxifying Item—Wisteria Flower Buds

Survival on Huangdao tests the boldness and meticulousness of researchers, and in truth, it also tests their knowledge of wilderness survival.

Identifying wild plants and Exotic Beasts is a basic skill for researchers.

Researchers must rely on their own abilities to collect supplies and direct the Pet Beasts they have painstakingly raised to fend off enemies.

This is the meaning of the third round of assessment.

Sometimes, researchers need to go into the wild to observe the situation of Exotic Beasts, which is why researchers with high combat power are more favored.

After obtaining the liquid of Purification from the Emerald Turtle, the Water Rabbit looked like a large neon light.

To avoid being discovered, the Water Rabbit's gaze fell upon the Demon Bear.

The Demon Bear was immediately terrified and took a few steps back; the Demon Bear seemed to understand the Water Rabbit's intention.

At this moment, the Water Rabbit melted into a liquid, and like a slime, it directly enveloped the Demon Bear's entire body.

The Demon Bear covered its face: "Please don't do this, please don't do this, ah!"

This sound made one blush and feel flustered, leading to wild thoughts.

Looking at Ye Bai's slightly curious gaze, the Demon Bear explained with a blushing face: "The Water Rabbit has a special ability to possess a Pet Beast, thereby hiding its own tracks."

"Currently, the Water Rabbit is anxious to analyze the liquid of Purification, so it has no time to worry about other things for now and is just attached to my body."

"Every move I make will be under its surveillance."

"Moreover, after being possessed by it, the body's various senses will be enhanced."

"For example, my sense of smell will be enhanced tenfold, and I will become even greedier for the Killer Bee's honey."

The boisterous Demon Bear began to act coy; it lowered its head, blushing, and its stomach made a gurgling sound.

It was clearly hungry and needed to eat.

Ye Bai casually gave the Demon Bear a bottle of honey.

The Demon Bear cautiously extended a finger, poked it into the honey, and stirred it around, feeling the viscous sensation of the honey.

Like a precious treasure, it carefully placed the honey-covered finger into its mouth.

The Demon Bear's eyes lit up instantly; it discovered that after being possessed by the Water Rabbit, the deliciousness was also doubled.

Its sense of taste was also magnified tenfold, and it could even feel a faint floral fragrance mixed into the honey.

"Such delicious honey, it has a very unique floral fragrance."

The Demon Bear said uncontrollably.

Floral fragrance?

Ye Bai casually dipped his finger in the honey and took a sip.

Sure enough, there was a faint floral fragrance, and this taste was quite unique.

Ye Bai seemed to recall something and began searching in the forest.

Sure enough, in the distance, Ye Bai saw clusters of vines covered in purple flowers.

This is a plant with the scientific name Wisteria; its flower buds have detoxifying properties and are an important raw material for formulating high-level detoxifying agents.

However, these Wisteria flowers seemed not to have bloomed yet; these flower buds are Highly Toxic. Only after blooming does the substance in the flower buds become harmless to humans and animals, and it emits a floral fragrance like a forest after rain.

This floral fragrance can attract Exotic Beasts to come and gnaw on the flower buds. Once an Exotic Beast gnaws on an unbloomed Wisteria bud, it won't be long before the Exotic Beast collapses, and eventually, its bones become fertilizer for the Wisteria.

After the Wisteria blooms, the flower buds will completely wither in less than three minutes, thereby losing their detoxifying effect.

Therefore, the price of Wisteria flower buds on the black market remains high.

The family that welcomes the Wisteria also sends people to patrol day and night; once they discover that the Wisteria has bloomed, they immediately harvest it.

Wisteria flower buds of good quality can even sell for a sky-high price.

However, this harvesting technique is mastered by only a few medicinal plant masters.

"It's a pity; this patch of Wisteria will take at least three days to bloom, and I don't have those three days."

Ye Bai understood that he could not stay in one place for a long time, as this would give others an opportunity to take advantage.

One must know that he is in a competitive relationship with the other contestants; with one less person, the probability of winning will be much higher.

It wasn't that he hadn't thought about harvesting the Wisteria buds as a means to counter Exotic Beasts.

But the difficulty is quite high; once a Wisteria bud is harvested, it will completely wither and rot within an hour, losing its poisoning effect.

Moreover, the rotting Wisteria emits a suffocating stench, like the smell of socks that have been left for a month mixed with fermented eggs.

After hearing Ye Bai's lament, a pale green fluorescence radiated from the Life Rose.

Bathed in the fluorescence, the Wisteria flowers bloomed instantly and emitted a rich, fresh fragrance.

"Life Rose, you can even accelerate plant growth; this skill is awesome."

Ye Bai gave the Life Rose a thumbs up.

The Life Rose danced happily, and at this time, the Wisteria flower buds also fell off and floated around the Life Rose.

The flower buds originally wrapped in petals were blue, and they turned purple the moment they bloomed.

Ye Bai was surprised to find that these Wisteria flower buds were in the best possible state.

The Wisteria flower buds were as thin as cicada wings; even the most dexterous Tailless Monkey could not achieve such perfect quality when harvesting.

Never expected the Life Rose to have this ability; not only can it harvest Wisteria flower buds, but it can also maintain them in their freshest state. Such Wisteria flower buds can be called priceless treasures.

If this is the case, the value of the Life Rose must be carefully evaluated.

The Sun Flower Fairy can help him plunder resources, while the Life Rose can help him cultivate resources; the two do not conflict in their roles.

It is a pity that he does not have any extra contract slots on hand; it seems he can only rely on the enslavement of the Sun Flower Fairy.

If he explains it clearly to the Life Rose that it is only signing a contract with the Sun Flower Fairy, the Life Rose shouldn't be too upset.

Ye Bai was also secretly glad at this moment that he had successfully contracted the Sun Flower Fairy back then.

With the help of the Sun Flower Fairy's enslavement, he obtained quite a few useful Pet Beasts.

Shennong Ginseng, Mirage Dragon, Highly Toxic Emperor Butterfly, Demon Bear, and next, he must add the Life Rose and Ice-Fire Rock.

These guys are essentially Ye Bai's second-tier team; if he has any empty slots in his contracts, he will contract from among them.

The Life Rose gathered these wisteria flower buds into a blooming flower and pushed it in front of Ye Bai.

The Bracelet issued by the Zuoweihui comes with its own space, which was personally designed by a Pet Beast under one of the Eight Kings of the Beautiful Country, the Space King.

It comes with a preservation function; resources come out exactly as they were put in, as if time inside were frozen.

Aside from not being able to hold living things, it is still quite useful.

Ye Bai unceremoniously stuffed the wisteria flower buds into the Bracelet.

At this moment, a rustling sound came from the air.

"It seems something is coming."

A large number of wisteria flowers bloomed, and the rich fragrance attracted many Exotic Beasts.

This is actually a good opportunity to hunt Exotic Beasts.

Hunting Exotic Beasts is also part of the assessment, and as long as one achieves a good ranking, the resources obtained on this island will become one's own.

After the wisteria flowers bloom, they will grow new flower buds again in a short period of time.

Ye Bai found a place to hide, and at this time, a group of white-haired wild oxen appeared.

These white-haired wild oxen are Tier 3 Exotic Beasts, but their temperament is very irritable; a group of white-haired wild oxen can even hold their own against a Tier 4 early-stage Exotic Beast.

The sharp horns on their heads are long and hard, and the thick white fur all over their bodies can effectively provide defense.

However, the weakness of these guys is also very obvious: they are very afraid of heat. Usually, once they exercise vigorously, they will be drenched in sweat and need to find a cool place to rest.

Otherwise, they will collapse to the ground due to high body temperature.

Even so, the meat quality of the white-haired wild ox is comparable to marbled beef, and many people even specifically hire others to hunt white-haired wild oxen just to satisfy their cravings.

This has also led to the number of white-haired wild oxen becoming fewer and fewer.

Now the Beautiful Country even has white-haired wild oxen breed with ordinary cattle to form second-generation white-haired cattle.

Although they cannot compare to the meat quality of the white-haired wild ox, the quality is still much better than ordinary beef.

This group of white-haired wild oxen was attracted by the fragrance of the wisteria flowers; they walked over step by step, lowered their heads to stuff the unbloomed wisteria flower buds into their mouths, and began to chew.

However, not long after, the white-haired wild oxen began to foam at the mouth one after another and fell to the ground.

In a short while, they had no breath left.

Ye Bai walked out from his hiding spot; the white-haired wild oxen died from poisoning after eating the wisteria flower buds, but this does not affect the value of their fur and horns.

It is said that their fur can hatch pigeon eggs, and the horns are an even more precious medicinal material.

As for the poisoned meat, as long as one adds the bloomed wisteria flower buds, the toxins can be neutralized.

These white-haired wild oxen are enough for him to eat for quite a long time.

The fragrance of the wisteria flowers was too rich.

After smelling it for a while, Ye Bai felt dizzy.

At this time, the flower bud on the Life Rose's head emitted a suction force, and after a while, the rich fragrance dissipated.

The Exotic Beasts that were originally attracted by the flower fragrance also regained their senses and scattered one after another.

"Well done."

"Life Rose, it's going to get dark soon; we need to find a place to rest."

As it gets dark, the number of ferocious Exotic Beasts naturally increases.

Bursts of ghostly wailing and wolf howling came from afar.

At this time, the Zuoweihui was watching the big screen; many surveillance cameras had been accidentally destroyed, and out of the one hundred contestants dropped onto the Huangdao, only sixty had safely arrived on the island.

Nearly forty percent of the personnel were eliminated all at once.

This proportion is quite high.

"Zhubinuo Boshi, is this assessment method of ours too harsh?"

"There are quite a few dark horses among them that we were optimistic about who were eliminated just like that; should we give them a chance, like holding a resurrection tournament or something?"

One of the Judges said to Zhubinuo Boshi.

Zhubinuo Boshi smiled without saying a word, and another Judge jumped out directly: "Don't you know that the theme of the third round is called elimination?"

First update! (End of this chapter)