Chapter 828: Bountiful Harvest! 413 Tons of Rare Flowers and Herbs!

"That's true."

Zhou Yu nodded slightly, then lifted her fair, lovely face toward Xu Jingming and said softly:

"By the way, could you first exit your enhanced form?"

At this moment, Xu Jingming still maintained his three-meter-plus enhanced form; Zhou Yu's height wasn't short—she stood at 1.73 meters, a true long-legged beauty.

But before Xu Jingming, she was only up to his abdomen.

It just felt a bit strange like this...

"Sorry, I forgot."

Xu Jingming exited Thunderstorm Form.

Although his height still stood at 1.9 meters, he towered a full head above Zhou Yu.

But now he no longer looked like a beast towering over a beauty.

"Then let's start collecting the rare flowers and herbs—half the area of this sea of flowers is yours," Xu Jingming smiled.

"Half the area is mine? Are you sure you didn't make a mistake? I didn't lift a finger in the battle just now."

Zhou Yu blinked her clear, large eyes, surprised.

"Without you, Zhou Jie, I wouldn't have come here. This half is yours by right," Xu Jingming smiled.

He had just collected the rare flowers and herbs from ten space rings.

Though he hadn't counted them precisely, those rare flowers and herbs were certainly three to four times the quantity of this entire sea of flowers.

Without Zhou Yu guiding him, he never would have reached this place.

"Since you put it that way, I won't be modest then."

Seeing Xu Jingming wasn't just being polite, Zhou Yu's face lit up with delight.

This sea of flowers was vast; even half its area should yield at least dozens of tons of rare flowers and herbs.

Both Xu Jingming and Zhou Yu flew at high speeds.

Yet even so, it took them over four hours to fully harvest all the rare flowers and herbs in this sea.

It wasn't due to low efficiency—most rare flowers and herbs required special preservation methods, or their medicinal potency would drop.

Zhou Yu had originally thought she'd be lucky to get forty tons of rare flowers and herbs this time.

But after final calculation, she was utterly astonished—it reached a staggering seventy-six tons!

"It's... it's this much..."

Zhou Yu's heart trembled violently, her well-developed, full chest rising and falling with the shock.

Keep in mind that

She had spent so long in the Yer Secret Realm, yet her total collected rare flowers and herbs had only amounted to twenty tons.

Now, in just four hours, she'd gathered nearly four times what she'd collected before!

This efficiency was simply terrifying!

Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Zhou Yu turned to look at Xu Jingming, her red lips parting slightly as she whispered thanks:

"Jingming, I owe this to you."

The total quantity of rare flowers and herbs in this sea should be around one hundred and fifty tons.

If they hadn't met Xu Jingming en route, according to the original plan, the three powers—Bear Nation, the EU, and Great Xia—would each have taken one-third.

Then she would have received a quarter of Great Xia's share, ending up with only twelve tons of rare flowers and herbs...

"I'm the one who owes you, Zhou Jie."

Xu Jingming smiled, "The rare flowers and herbs in this Hundred Blossom Valley are of excellent quality—higher than any I've encountered before."

In other Hundred Blossom Valleys, the rare flowers and herbs were mostly F-grade and E-grade.

Some were mostly D-grade and C-grade; this valley belongs to the latter.

When leaving the Yer Secret Realm, quantities will be calculated by grade, not lumped together crudely.

"Let's not keep refusing each other. When you return to Shanghai, I'll treat you to dinner."

Zhou Yu smiled brightly.

Seventy-six tons of rare flowers and herbs were enough to exchange for many contribution points.

As long as no other nation's adepts rob her from now on, she was guaranteed a bountiful harvest.

With her wind-based ability, unless someone was as monstrous as Xu Jingming, no one could catch her.

"Alright, I'll contact you when I get back to Shanghai," Xu Jingming smiled, not refusing.

After glancing at the sky, he added: "Then, Zhou Jie, let's part ways here."

Although the Yer Secret Realm had no sun or moon, it still had day and night.

It was already past five in the afternoon; he needed to hunt more ferocious beasts before nightfall.

After dark, using his ability would be too conspicuous.

Also, he needed to find a place to count his spoils and test the effect of Plant Holy Water.

"Part ways?"

Zhou Yu paused, then understood.

With Xu Jingming's strength, he obviously couldn't travel with her.

"Alright, go ahead. I'll check if there are any rare flowers and herbs I missed."

Zhou Yu nodded slightly.

They'd only swept through roughly; if she searched carefully, she could still find one or two more tons.

"Alright, see you at the rendezvous point."

Xu Jingming nodded, his Thunder Dragon Wings unfolding behind him, then he flew off in a random direction.

"Powerful strength, monstrous talent.

Merciless toward enemies, yet very friendly toward friends.

In every respect, Xu Jingming is a man who can be called perfect..."

Gazing at Xu Jingming's departing figure, Zhou Yu couldn't help but murmur softly.

She was only two years older than Hearing Ling Shuang, yet at thirty-eight this year she was already an eighth-rank upper Grandmaster.

This was enough to prove her astonishing aptitude, her cultivation talent far surpassing her peers.

Precisely because of this, she had poured almost all her energy into cultivation, never once considering matters between men and women.

And never imagined that one day she herself would be drawn to a man so young...

"No wonder Hearing Ling Shuang chose Xu Jingming. If it were me spending a long time with him, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to hold myself back either."

The moment she thought of Xu Jingming's fierce stance earlier, taking on eight single-handedly, Zhou Yu felt an indescribable heat surge through her whole body.

She took several deep breaths, and only after finally calming this restless heat did she resume searching for exotic flowers and rare herbs...

Elsewhere, Xu Jingming quickly found a mountain cave and began tallying his spoils.

Perhaps knowing there was a risk of being robbed in the Yell Secret Realm,

these people's spatial rings held nothing of real value apart from pills and exotic flowers and rare herbs.

Yet even so, the exotic flowers and rare herbs alone were astonishing enough.

Xu Jingming carefully tallied them — the exotic flowers and rare herbs plundered from ten eighth-rank Grandmasters alone came to a whopping 231.4 tons!

Adding his original 105.8 tons, plus the 76.4 tons of exotic flowers and rare herbs just harvested, the total reached an astonishing 413.6 tons!!

"Last time the Yell Secret Realm opened, our Great Xia only got a little over eleven hundred tons of exotic flowers and rare herbs in total.

Now the exotic flowers and rare herbs in my hands alone have already reached roughly half of that!"

Xu Jingming's eyes flashed with a sharp gleam.

This was unquestionably a bumper harvest!

Even more crucially, there were still at least twelve days before leaving the Yell Secret Realm.

The tonnage of exotic flowers and rare herbs would definitely keep climbing!

"Hope next time I run into Yelena and the others, they can contribute another wave of exotic flowers and rare herbs for me."

Composing his thoughts, Xu Jingming's spatial ring flickered slightly, and a ball of emerald-green water promptly appeared mid-air, wrapped in spiritual force.

"Next, it's time to see the effect of this Plant Holy Water." Xu Jingming looked at this emerald-green water sphere with some anticipation.