Chapter 1024: Ran Away?

"Oh?"

Xu Que stopped his footsteps upon hearing this!

It wasn't that he was interested in the safe place the woman mentioned, but rather he was puzzled as to why this woman would want to cooperate with him!

After all, judging from the performance of Wang Qiannian's group, he only had Half-Immortal Realm strength, so surely no one would look down on him. How could this woman specifically follow him and take the initiative to ask for cooperation?

Xu Que had never believed in pies falling from the sky!

"Fellow Daoist, to tell you the truth, I have reached a dead end, which is why I wanted to find you to try!" At this time, the woman lowered her head and said somewhat desolately.

"A dead end? Then you shouldn't be looking for me, right? Do you think that I, a Half-Immortal Realm cultivator, would be more powerful than others?" Xu Que smiled meaningfully.

The woman also understood what Xu Que was doubting and shook her head: "It doesn't matter. I just have an intuition. You dared to come to the eastern suburban area alone. Perhaps you didn't know how dangerous this place was before, but now you have seen it. This place is sparsely populated... no, it should be said that you can't see a shadow of a person at all. I think you should have guessed that this place is not simple, but you still dared to go up the mountain, which shows that your strength is extraordinary!"

"Can't say that. Maybe I'm just stupid and have blind confidence in myself!" Xu Que smiled.

The woman shook her head directly: "It doesn't matter. My younger brother has no time left. If I don't save him, he will die. Fellow Daoist, cooperate with me. We will join forces to mine the Vitality Rice in that place. If successful, I only need twelve grains of Vitality Rice, as long as it can extend his life for one year! The remaining Vitality Rice will all belong to you!"

"Sounds like it's not bad. Then tell me about this so-called place of yours, how much Vitality Rice is inside, how much will be left after giving your brother twelve grains, and by the way, if I cooperate with you, what things do I need to do?" Xu Que nodded, pretending to agree, and asked for details.

The woman's face turned red instantly: "That place... has about twenty grains of Vitality Rice, so you should get about eight! Fellow Daoist, I know this amount might be very little to you, but that place is truly safe, with no need to take any risks. Although I am at the early stage of the Human Immortal Realm, if I dig up that area, I won't be able to deal with all the Vitality Ants, so you only need to step forward to block those Vitality Ants for half an hour. After I steal the Vitality Rice, we will leave directly!"

Xu Que was happy upon hearing this.

This woman looked truly anxious. If it were an ordinary person, they might have really believed it.

But what kind of person was Xu Que? His routines were deeper than anyone else's; how could he easily believe this woman?

A Vitality Ant nest, only twenty grains of Vitality Rice? This didn't seem scientific!

The point is that he has to take action himself to block the Vitality Ants for half an hour; this time is really a bit too long!

"Fellow Daoist, what do you think?" At this time, the woman looked at Xu Que and asked anxiously.

Xu Que smiled indifferently, didn't answer, but instead asked: "First tell me, why did you look for me? Is it really just because you think my strength is extraordinary?"

The woman was startled, then a bitter smile flashed across her face, and she shook her head slightly: "Not entirely! But at least... your realm is lower than mine, so I don't have to worry about you swallowing all the Vitality Rice alone. And just now in the square, I saw you discussing the women on the street with Wang Qiannian. I saw your expression, so I think you are trustworthy. In this place, only you can make me dare to try to cooperate!"

"..."

After listening, Xu Que fell silent instantly!

It turned out that she thought his realm was low and he was a bit honest, which was why she wanted to cooperate with him!

Damn it, he thought she felt he was handsome and wanted to take the opportunity to chat and get to know him. He didn't expect it to be this result, which was truly disappointing!

Xu Que couldn't help but shake his head: "Miss, cooperation can be discussed, but it has to wait until I dig out the Vitality Ant nest in this mountain first."

After saying this, Xu Que turned around and was about to go up the mountain.

The woman's expression changed instantly, and she exclaimed: "Fellow Daoist, no! This place has a Vitality Ant Queen. Its nest must be huge and sturdy. You can't dig it open; you will only disturb them. By then, we will be in big trouble, and it's very likely we will fall here!"

"Don't worry, people of my Exploding Heaven Gang have always been fearless. I told you just now, mere Vitality Ants and a Vitality Ant Queen, I don't take them seriously at all!" Xu Que smiled, continued to step forward, and climbed directly to the mountainside!

The woman's face turned pale, and her eyes were full of despair.

She was truly at a dead end, which was why she decided to cooperate with Xu Que. Who knew this guy's head was so stubborn that even after being told this mountain was dangerous, he still wanted to try.

The key was that this attempt was too fatal. Once the Vitality Ant Queen was disturbed, she had a way to escape, but Xu Que would likely have to explain his life here completely. By then, she would have to find a new partner for cooperation.

But in this abandoned place, was there anyone else to cooperate with? No, really no!

She was very afraid of finding the wrong person, and by then, all the Vitality Rice would be swallowed alone, and she would lose even her last bit of hope!

"Forget it! Rather than finding someone else to cooperate with, it's better to fight it out and save him!"

Finally, the woman gritted her teeth and decided to take a gamble.

She had made her plans. Now, seeing this trend, it was clear she couldn't stop Xu Que, so once Xu Que alerted the Vitality Ant Queen, she would step in to save him and try her best to escape. By then, Xu Que would owe her a favor, and if they cooperated again, he would be even less likely to have the malicious intention of swallowing the Vitality Rice alone!

And at this time, Xu Que had already stopped at the mountainside, his eyes gathering powerful spiritual energy, staring at the ground.

According to the Dragon Seeking and Acupoint Selecting Method of the Dragon Seeking Art, he was very sure that the position he was standing in was the best treasure land of this entire mountain range. The terrain was strong, and the spiritual energy was compelling. It was absolutely a place where various heavenly materials and earthly treasures were produced, and it was extremely likely that a Vitality Ant nest existed there.

However, after Xu Que stopped and didn't move, the woman was startled, thinking that this guy had figured it out and didn't dare to continue forward.

After all, digging a Vitality Ant nest was generally done from the top of the mountain, finding a place with slightly abundant spiritual energy and then starting, everything depending on luck.

But the position Xu Que was standing in now was not the place with the most abundant spiritual energy, and this guy was standing there without moving, so she thought Xu Que was wavering about whether to continue up the mountain.

Immediately, she shouted: "Fellow Daoist, listen to me..."

"It's right here!"

Before she could finish speaking, Xu Que suddenly shouted, raised the Luoyang shovel in his hand, and plunged it into the ground on his left!

Following that, he skillfully turned the Luoyang shovel, added sections of the shovel, and continuously deepened into the ground!

He had been standing there without moving just to calculate the terrain of this place, using the method of the Dragon Seeking Art, according to the method of tomb robbing, to find a position that was both safe and easy to enter. Clearly, he had succeeded in finding it now!

As the Luoyang shovel continuously deepened into the ground, the woman under the mountain was also dumbfounded.

She had never seen such a shovel, nor had she seen anyone dig a nest like this. She was completely confused and couldn't understand it at all!

But she could see that the Luoyang shovel in Xu Que's hand was not an ordinary object.

This shovel had a strange shape, but the material was completely pure metal, absolutely from the hands of an artifact refining master. She even felt that this material could be used to refine a Half-Immortal Artifact without any problems!

But in fact, this Luoyang shovel of Xu Que's was exchanged from the system, costing a full 200,000 points of Acting Cool!

He knew that the land in this place was incomparably sturdy, and combined with Wang Qiannian's description of the nest, Xu Que also knew that these Acting Cool points couldn't be saved. He simply paid a high price to get this Luoyang shovel.

Once the excavation was successful, he believed that a mere 200,000 points of Acting Cool would absolutely be earned back!

"Swish!"

Finally, after the Luoyang shovel deepened into the ground, Xu Que pulled his arm, and suddenly pulled it out.

The entire Luoyang shovel was pulled out by the roots, bringing out a string of soil!

"Plop!"

At this time, black liquid dripped from the tip of the shovel.

At the tip position, a large black object was mixed in the soil. Xu Que was stunned for a moment, and his eyes narrowed as he looked over.

"This... this is, the head of a Vitality Ant?" Suddenly, the woman under the mountain exclaimed, her face full of shock, unable to believe it.

Xu Que had actually found the Vitality Ant nest with just this one shovel.

The key was that this guy could even pass through the nest and directly cut off the head of a Vitality Ant. If this were to spread, it would simply be... shocking!

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the entire mountain peak shook violently, emitting a loud noise.

The next moment, the mountain range trembled, as if a behemoth was moving, affecting the entire giant mountain. The position where Xu Que was standing was covered in tortoise patterns!

The originally incomparably sturdy mountain body was cracking at this moment, and a majestic pressure and murderous aura surged from underground, permeating the entire scene.

"Not good, the Queen has been disturbed!" The woman's expression changed instantly, and she shouted at Xu Que: "Fellow Daoist, run back, immediately..."

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Xu Que suddenly put away the Luoyang shovel, hurriedly throw something down, and then quickly step on two metal wheels emitting flames, rushing out hundreds of miles away in the blink of an eye.

The most dangerous situation now was left only for the woman herself!

In an instant, the woman was dumbfounded, her face full of confusion!

This guy... disturbed the Queen and just ran away?

The key was, he was still running on a Lower-Grade Immortal Artifact?

... ===== CHAPTER 1025 =====