Chapter 423: Xia Qing's Friends

"Xia Qing. Thank you for putting up with Tang Huai these past six months. Being neighbors with you is Tang Huai's good fortune, and our Tang family's as well."

Tang Zhengpo certainly knew why Xia Qing had come to find him, and he had long intended to befriend her, just never having had the chance. So without waiting for Xia Qing to ask, Tang Zhengpo told her the information she wanted to know. "I heard that last night Territory Two sent scout birds and scout team members to keep an eye on your territory?"

Tang Zhengpo didn't discuss any transaction, going straight to the main point. It seemed he, too, planned to befriend her, so Xia Qing didn't beat around the bush. "Yes. They think I'm the one who blew up the helicopter in Territory Two. Where would I get the ability or the nerve?"

Ability? You have a howitzer that can blow up helicopters.

Nerve? You've already taken down two of Sufeng's scout birds. That's plenty of nerve.

Tang Zhengpo picked out what he could say and told Xia Qing directly. "After nine o'clock last night, Tang Zhengsu was in a meeting with the Blaze Squad the whole time. Sending people to watch Territory Three was Xu Pin's idea. Xu Pin doesn't think you blew up the helicopter; he thinks you're alone and weak, so he plans to use you as a sacrifice to rally the troops."

After speaking, Tang Zhengpo reminded Xia Qing, "Don't leave your territory at all this winter, especially don't go to the Evolution Forest. Don't give them a chance to make a move."

"Thank you for the reminder, Uncle Tang. I'm not going anywhere right now. I'll just stay put in my territory and fix up the greenhouse, plant some vegetables." After confirming her guess through Tang Zhengpo, Xia Qing dialed Seeing Xin Yu's number and got straight to the point:

"Xin Yu, I got my hands on meat from a high-level green-light evolved animal. Carnivorous element content 2.3‰. But it's hardness-evolved. Do you need it?"

Because Xia Qing had once borrowed a bird from Seeing Xin Yu to scatter wolf dung, confusing Jiang Xiong's squad that had gone into the mountains looking for wolves, Seeing Xin Yu knew about her relationship with the wolf pack. So, upon hearing that Xia Qing had obtained meat from a high-evolution animal, Seeing Xin Yu asked bluntly, "The python the wolf pack hunted last night was green-light? They gave you the python?"

Xia Qing wasn't at all surprised that Seeing Xin Yu knew about the python the wolf pack had hunted, because she had brain-evolution birds. The bear's roar last night had been so loud that she would certainly have sent her tamed birds into the Evolution Forest to scout the situation. Xia Qing answered directly, "Yes. Do you want it?"

Seeing Xin Yu looked at Yang Jin, who was speeding through the Evolution Forest on her laptop screen, and asked Xia Qing, "What do you want to trade for it?"

Xia Qing stated her conditions. "Do you have a way to blow up Sufeng's vice-captain Xu Pin? Tang Zhengsu is furious about the helicopter in Territory Two being blown up. Xu Pin plans to use me to calm Tang Zhengsu down."

If she could, Xia Qing would rather kill Tang Zhengsu directly. But Tang Zhengsu was a high-level speed evolver, and he always had a circle of people around him. Ambushing him would be extremely difficult. So, Xia Qing changed her target to Xu Pin.

Xu Pin dared to use her as a sacrifice, so Xia Qing would just take his life, cutting off one of Tang Zhengsu's arms and half his brain.

Seeing Xin Yu, the one who had actually blown up the helicopter in Territory Two, named her price directly. "A hundred jin of snake meat and a full set of snakeskin clothes. I'll find a chance to make a move before he leaves his territory. But this time the target is a living thing, so I can't guarantee a hundred percent success."

Snakeskin clothes? Good eye! But, "I've already traded the snakeskin away. Can I add more meat?"

Seeing Xin Yu refused. "I don't lack meat."

Not even high-evolution green-light meat? Impressive! Xia Qing discussed it with her. "Hold on a moment. I'll get back to you shortly."

The snakeskin from a high-level hardness-evolved python was too rare; Xia Qing couldn't bear to give her own snakeskin coat to Seeing Xin Yu.

So, she braced herself and called Lord Huo Lei, asking whether he could make one more snakeskin coat, and, getting in before Lord Huo Lei could start cursing, sweetened the deal. "Uncle Huo, this is a green-light python. You can use the bones to make soup—it's absolutely nourishing! I'll throw in another twenty jin of snake meat. What do you say?"

Lord Huo Lei kept his fury bottled up inside, and after a long while answered in a muffled, deep voice, "Thirty jin!"

Xia Qing agreed immediately. "Deal. Thank you, Uncle Huo. I'll hand the snake meat and snakeskin over to Brother Huo together."

Lord Huo Lei……

Farming the land actually grows brains? How did this foul-tempered girl suddenly become even shrewder than before!

Xia Qing, who had expected to have to give up fifty jin of snake meat, got a snakeskin coat in exchange for only thirty jin. In a very good mood, she dialed Seeing Xin Yu's number again.

"A hundred jin of snake meat plus a full set of snakeskin clothes. I'll have the patrol squad deliver the snake meat to you shortly. Making the snakeskin clothes will take some time. I'll send you a form later; take your precise measurements and send them to me."

After speaking, Xia Qing cautioned, "I don't want too many people to know I have green-light python meat."

"Understood." Seeing Xin Yu answered, then hung up crisply.

After hanging up, Xia Qing walked briskly to the yard and began skinning the python.

"Our mission squad discovered a flock of sheep in the Evolution Forest on Mountain 51." Zhou Xun suddenly posted a recruitment notice on the lord's walkie-talkie. "Are there any strength evolvers who can go help carry the prey out? The pay is 100 points or two jin of yellow-light mutton. Shi Du, Xia Qing, interested?"

Heh.

Two jin of yellow-light meat?

Xia Qing, who was skinning a one-ton green-light python, had her several-hundred-jin green-light sheep press the button on the walkie-talkie.

"Sorry, I need to till the greenhouse and plant vegetables today, so I can't join the mission." Xia Qing was very polite, as if she had been frightened by the people sent by Territory Two.

Shi Du also answered in a simple, honest manner, "Sorry, our territory's greenhouse isn't finished either. We're rushing to complete it right now."

Before Zhou Xun could play another card, Yang Jin unexpectedly came online. "I'm interested. I'm at Mountain 51 right now. I'll head over immediately."

Hearing the Iron Rooster's voice, cold enough to drop icicles, Zhou Xun wished he could dig a hole and bury himself on the spot. He braced himself and replied, "Sorry, Captain Yang. We need strength evolvers, not speed evolvers."

Xia Qing used a sharp cleaver to cut off a piece of the tough snake meat, curious what model of walkie-talkie Yang Jin was using that he could still receive a signal on Mountain 51.

"Xia Qing." Zhang San's lazy voice suddenly came over the walkie-talkie. "Looking for me?"

Xia Qing immediately understood what her idol meant and had Sheep Boss press the walkie-talkie button. "Third Brother, I want to trade green-light pine nuts with you for anti-surveillance equipment."

"Good." Zhang San agreed lazily. "Yang Jin, what are you lot up to at the North Isolation Belt?"

Yang Jin replied politely, "Last night, the patrol squad caught four suspicious people at the North Isolation Belt. To ensure the training ground's safety, we're doing a thorough inspection and spraying. Sorry for disturbing you, Third Brother."

Zhang San snorted. "Xia Qing, go open the south gate."

"Okay. Thank you, Third Brother."

Xia Qing had just replied to Zhang San when Seeing Xin Yu's cold voice came over the walkie-talkie. "Xia Qing, how much green-light pine nuts do you still have?"