Chapter 321: Rare Treasures and Herbs in Coal Mountain

As Wang Qiqi rappelled down from the helicopter, she spoke to Master Fuli during her descent:

"It seems the musk deer has hidden something in Coal Mountain?"

Within the forest, it might not have been obvious to discern the musk deer's escape route.

But to those on the helicopter, it was clear: the musk deer had abandoned its chance to flee into the deep mountains, forsaking its only hope of survival. Without hesitation, it chose to brave Master Fuli's artillery, circling through the woods and bolting straight toward the coal mine.

It was as if there was something in Coal Mountain that made the musk deer, despite being at a disadvantage, completely abandon the option of escape.

"A clear target for its escape route?"

Hearing Wang Qiqi's loud prompt, An Sheng cast his gaze toward the musk deer lying on the ground.

The musk deer seemed to sense this; it shrank its neck, not daring to speak.

"You fellow, you wouldn't happen to be like Abai, fond of hiding firearms in your nest, would you?"

An Sheng curled his tail to drag over a stone slab. Stepping onto it like a snowboarder, he slid down the mountain and arrived before the musk deer, looking at it with a face full of suspicion.

As Master Fuli descended the mountain, two heavy armed helicopters landed in the clearing where coal was being cleaned. The Anquan Bureau logistics personnel followed Wang Qiqi as she advanced toward the musk deer.

The group formed a perimeter, surrounding the musk deer.

But the musk deer lay flat, wearing an expression that suggested it wouldn't resist no matter how they tormented it.

"Wang Qiqi, bring a tactical dagger! Master Fuli is going to castrate it right now!"

An Sheng thought for a moment, borrowed the dagger from Wang Qiqi, and prepared to give the musk deer's "lazy eggs" a couple of stabs.

"Woof, woof, woof! Woof!"

Sensing someone prying open its hind legs, the musk deer instinctively opened its eyes. It saw the pitch-black blade emitting a chilling glint. Its "lazy eggs" went cold, and it felt as if cold sweat were breaking out on its forehead.

The musk deer scrambled up from the ground, kneeling with its front legs slightly bent, and let out a series of barks.

"I'm sorry!"

"It's my fault! I was truly wrong. I shouldn't have coveted Master Fuli's precious herbs. It was all my greed..."

Although the musk deer knew its "bells" were damaged and it couldn't display the majesty of a male beast before Master Fuli,

it still had the handle of its "rattle" left to keep there.

However.

Seeing Master Fuli's expression, as if he were prepared to uproot its basket entirely, the musk deer panicked.

Between its dream of being an overlord and its masculinity, it decisively chose the latter.

Why become an overlord? Wasn't it just to better enjoy the females?

The musk deer had high intelligence; it understood simple truths and wouldn't lose the big for the sake of the small.

"Woof, woof, woof."

The musk deer, having scrambled back up, looked at the fully armed Anquan Bureau logistics team and barked at Master Fuli.

"Hmm, the musk deer says for you all to move aside; it wants to lead us to find something."

Among the group, only Master Fuli possessed full-channel translation capabilities. He relayed the musk deer's words. After finishing, An Sheng looked at Wang Qiqi and said, "This fellow's IQ shouldn't be low; it even knows how to curse my mother."

"Hmm?!"

Wang Qiqi looked at Master Fuli, who stood upright and only reached her waist, then at the Alaskan-sized musk deer, a strange expression appearing on her face.

Whether the musk deer's IQ was high or not, Wang Qiqi couldn't make a scientifically rigorous judgment right now.

But the musk deer was truly tough. In one day, it had first kicked a Guardian-level Jin Qianbao in the crotch, and then verbally abused the Guardian-level Master Fuli. As a result, it only had two "bells" shattered by Master Fuli and didn't die.

If this were a human, it would be like being run over back and forth by two hundred-ton trucks in a single day and only ending up with a fracture, with no major issues.

【Because of its own selfishness, the musk deer brazenly bit an innocent creature, leaving it covered in wounds. Master Fuli heard of the Dao in the evening, and at night, he raised the hammer of justice, clearing the musk deer's mind and making it realize that a musk deer shouldn't be too selfish.】

【Wish Power +3】

【Total Wish Power: 20】

While the musk deer was dejected, a golden light suddenly flashed through An Sheng's mind.

The things An Sheng encountered this time...

Humans are good, spirit beasts are bad.

Master Fuli's giant hammer is very fair.

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The musk deer limped along, leading Master Fuli and the others to a coal mine cave.

In the long-neglected coal mine cave, the wooden pillars originally used to support the mine were already molding, and some even showed traces of insect damage. One didn't need to look to feel the danger of the mine collapsing.

Wang Qiqi gestured for the others to stand by, saying that she and Master Fuli would go in alone.

After going more than a hundred meters deep into the mine, they reached the end of the abandoned tunnel.

The abandoned mine was constantly seeping water, clearly showing signs of collapse. At the lowest point at the end of the mine, a large amount of water had gathered, and a plant with faint, sparkling fluorescence stood in the pool.

"Woof."

The musk deer nudged toward the plant, let out a series of barks, and said something to Master Fuli.

"A spirit plant? How can there be a spirit plant here?" Wang Qiqi looked at the glowing plant, a look of obvious shock on her face, finding it a bit hard to believe.

In the era of spiritual energy recovery, the simpler the biological structure of an organism, the easier it is to be affected, thereby absorbing spiritual particles and undergoing incredible evolution.

Current human technology cannot yet capture and utilize the free-floating spiritual particles in the air. All current spiritual particle agents or products are based on artificially cultivated spiritual plants, which are then concentrated and reused.

Or, like the Longevity Club, they hunt spirit beasts, extract the essence, and then use the scraps to cultivate spirit plants.

The growth conditions for spiritual particle plants are very harsh. Even after generations of selection to cultivate varieties that can quickly absorb free-floating spiritual particles, they still require a large amount of human care.

Seeing a spiritual particle plant growing straight out of a crack in the stone, Wang Qiqi was startled, and then excitement surged in her heart:

"It's a new... a new species! A brand new species that can significantly reduce cultivation costs!"

"Master Fuli! Three bottles, no... we are willing to exchange five bottles of spiritual particle agent!"

Wang Qiqi was full of excitement as she spoke to An Sheng. As a student at the Nongke Academy, she understood very well how much scientific research value this spiritual particle plant possessed.

Spiritual particle plants are very delicate. If the hardiness of this plant could be transplanted into plants that can quickly absorb free-floating spiritual particles, it would save so much cost.

Wang Qiqi had never seen one so hardy.

No... it should be said, one with such scientific research value.

"Hmm?"

Seeing Wang Qiqi's startled expression, An Sheng looked at the musk deer, which was speaking, and revealed a strange expression.

This thing had great scientific value, making Wang Qiqi willing to offer five bottles of spiritual particle agent—the very thing that could let Xue Qing transform into a fox-girl five times.

But according to the musk deer, precious herbs like this often appeared in batches in the Qin Ling Mountains and the surrounding areas for unknown reasons.

Counting this one, which hadn't reached maturity yet, the musk deer had actually already obtained six spiritual particle plants.

The reason it attacked the surveyor was simple.

It just didn't want humans to discover the precious herbs, or for them to destroy the geology and cause the abandoned mine to collapse.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 322 =====