40: Chapter 40 Treasure Hunt

Ordering the Tiger Armor Ant Soldiers to explore the surroundings of the Yongyuan Pool, Chi Anlin set out with the Treasure-Seeking Mouse.

Since he now had the Treasure-Seeking Mouse, he naturally had to go out and test it; the surrounding area had already been cleared by the Ant Soldiers, so there wouldn't be any danger.

In the forest, a white blur shuttled back and forth; the path was incredibly quiet, to the point where even the sounds of insects could not be heard.

Perched on Xiao Yue's head, the Treasure-Seeking Mouse observed carefully, its pink nose twitching slightly as if it were searching for something.

For female cultivators, the Treasure-Seeking Mouse could definitely be considered a lethal weapon.

However...

Chi Anlin looked at the Treasure-Seeking Mouse and revealed an evil smile.

The Treasure-Seeking Mouse was extremely timid and possessed the "Lucky" attribute, so Chi Anlin felt that even if this little guy went to the front lines, it wouldn't die.

As a master of Plants vs. Zombies, Chi Anlin knew profoundly that the Scaredy-shroom should be placed at the very front of the battle line to build courage.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!!" Suddenly, the Treasure-Seeking Mouse's eyes lit up, and it called out in ecstasy.

Found treasure?

Chi Anlin paused, looking at the Treasure-Seeking Mouse inquiringly.

The Treasure-Seeking Mouse's eyes flickered, and it nodded its head with great determination.

Chi Anlin understood; this little guy must have found treasure.

Next, the man and the mouse stared at each other with wide eyes.

The air seemed to have frozen; after a full minute passed, Xiao Yue let out a sound of confusion.

The next second, the Treasure-Seeking Mouse traced a graceful arc in the air and flew straight out.

"If you found it, then lead the way! Are you waiting for me to dig it up myself?" Chi Anlin said speechlessly; this guy really had no sense of priority.

Consequently, the Treasure-Seeking Mouse began to lead the way, looking dejected.

Little Mouse, I have encountered a bad person.

——————【Name】: Profound Feather Spirit Root 【Quality】: Yellow Rank low-grade 【Introduction】: A wind-attribute medicinal herb that can increase elemental affinity and is a necessity for the evolution of spirit beasts.

"Well done, Xiao Xing." Chi Anlin stroked the Treasure-Seeking Mouse's head; this little guy was simply his lucky charm, finding a Yellow Rank low-grade medicinal herb on its first time out searching for things.

Come to think of it, those Ant Soldiers were truly useless; he didn't know how many good things they had failed to search for and bring back, or if they had just eaten them themselves.

For this wind-attribute spirit herb, Chi Anlin planned to wait until he returned to find an alchemist to refine it into medicinal pills.

For many medicinal herbs, if consumed directly, the effect would be greatly reduced; they needed to be combined with other spirit herbs and refined into pills to exert their maximum effect.

Putting the Profound Feather Spirit Root into his space ring, Chi Anlin continued moving forward.

According to the feedback from the single Lightning Ant Soldier, the treasure in the Yongyuan Pool was a lotus flower, which was still in the gestation period, and there were many high-stage spirit beasts in the vicinity.

It looked like it would mature within three days, so he still had time to develop.

The number of Mortal Rank Five Tiger Armor Ant Soldiers had already reached over 120, while the original Mortal Grade Second Stage Tiger Armor Ant Soldiers had now basically reached the third or fourth stage, with a total number of over a thousand.

As for that Mortal Rank Sixth Stage Ant Soldier, because it wasn't a Tiger Armor Ant Soldier, its combat power might not be as strong, but it had recently eaten quite a bit of rare metal and had already reached the Mortal Rank Seventh Stage.

With this kind of military force, even a Mortal Rank Ninth Stage spirit beast could be killed directly.

In the next three days, Chi Anlin intended to produce only Mortal Rank Five Lightning Ant Soldiers to deal with the spirit beasts underwater.

Xiao Yue was running aimlessly in the forest, and at this moment, a sharp sound came. Chi Anlin looked up to see a bat fleeing, and behind it was a Mortal Rank Five Tiger Armor Ant Soldier.

These flying guys were all fish that slipped through the net. Chi Anlin smiled, suddenly thinking of something, and looked at the Treasure-Seeking Mouse.

He didn't know if the Treasure-Seeking Mouse would think it was an angel upon seeing a flying mouse.

And just then, the voice of the Treasure-Seeking Mouse came from the sea of consciousness.

"Little Mouse, I have seen a flight attendant!"

Chi Anlin: ???

"You can talk?" Although his heart was full of things he wanted to complain about, Chi Anlin still couldn't help but ask.

Although Xiao Yue and the Ant Queen could communicate with him in the sea of consciousness, they weren't actually transmitting language directly, but rather a strange kind of information, and Chi Anlin could only understand the gist of it.

The Treasure-Seeking Mouse paused, nodding like a pounding pestle: "Yes, I can. Can't Brother Wolf and Sister Ant?"

After speaking, it looked at Xiao Yue beneath it with great disdain.

And what it didn't know was that communication within the sea of consciousness was actually shared among all the tamed beasts.

Therefore, every time the Ant Queen's Ant Soldiers were attacked by high-stage spirit beasts, Xiao Yue would promptly rush over to interfere.

A blast of icy energy struck, instantly freezing the Treasure-Seeking Mouse into an ice cube.

Seeing this scene, Chi Anlin laughed out loud. He had been here for a week, and usually, when bored, he could only enter the Blood Energy Space to fight, living quite a repressed life.

Xiao Yue wasn't very willing to pay attention to him, and the Ant Queen was rather slow, having absolutely no idea what Chi Anlin was saying, so all this time, he hadn't had anyone to communicate with in this world.

Now, the appearance of the Treasure-Seeking Mouse had added a bit of color to his boring and stifling life.

——————Within three days, Chi Anlin had harvested a total of 5 Yellow Rank medicinal herbs, as well as more than ten pieces of Yellow Rank metal.

And what surprised Chi Anlin the most was that he had found the remains of a human cultivator again, obtaining two Mortal Rank top-grade martial arts manuals, as well as a mortal rank mid-grade longsword.

With the increase in the number of Ant Soldiers and the appearance of the Lightning Ant Soldiers, the speed at which Chi Anlin obtained blood energy also increased rapidly; in three days, he had obtained a total of 130,000 blood energy.

Low-stage spirit beasts had basically been hunted to extinction; now, all that remained were high-stage spirit beasts, so every time he killed one, he could obtain thousands of blood energy.

In the water, the Lightning Ant Soldiers also brought back many tender and delicious fish-type spirit beasts, and among them, a few fish were very difficult to catch, so their selling price outside was ridiculously high.

Consequently, Chi Anlin had the Lightning Ant Soldiers catch these fish and take them to a small pond very close to the cave to raise them.

Perhaps the next time he came to the Otherworld, he would be able to harvest fish fry.

The treasure in the Yongyuan Pool was nearing maturity, and Chi Anlin also dispatched a large number of Ant Soldiers to search for enemies in the surroundings. It had to be said that this treasure had attracted a lot of cultivators; just the number of Mortal Rank Seventh Stage ones was five.

The army of Ant Soldiers was fully prepared, and Chi Anlin also arrived at a large tree near the Yongyuan Pool, using the breath concealing ring to mask his aura.

Chi Anlin himself was not willing to deal with human cultivators, but wealth moves the heart; with this bunch of cultivators around, it was difficult for him to obtain the treasure.

Therefore, he had to make them lose their combat effectiveness.

Having come to this world, although he knew that the cultivation world might be very cruel, after all, having received education for so long, if he were really asked to take action against humans, he would still be very hesitant.

However, Chi Anlin was not a saint; his own strength was definitely the most important thing. If anyone threatened his life, he would not hesitate to let the Ant Soldiers surround and kill them.