readease Chapter 31 Where's the promised ton of ice spring water? No, I want this tea tree!
Chapter 31 Where's the promised ton of ice spring water? No, I want this tea tree!
Xuan Chengzi's old face completely collapsed, every wrinkle filled with despair and frustration.
He looked at Lin Fan, his lips moved for a long time, but he couldn't utter a single word.
Kunlun Mountains?
The land of all gods!
In the ancient legends of these reclusive sects, it was the original training ground of the Eastern pantheon, the source and the end.
There remain of ancient gods' casually laid-out killing formations, permeated with the most primal dragon vein winds.
Let alone him, even their sect leader of Penglai, who has been in seclusion for hundreds of years and is known as a half-step true immortal, would never dare to say that he could penetrate deep into the core of Kunlun.
As for the "Eternal Mystic Ice Spring" that only exists in mythology...
Legend has it that it was the rootless divine water used by the Queen Mother of the West to brew the nectar, containing a wisp of primordial creation energy.
It may be an exaggeration to say that a mortal can become an immortal on the spot after drinking a sip, but it is certain that it will extend one's life by a hundred years and prevent all diseases.
But that thing only exists in old papers!
Even if it truly exists, it must be located in the deepest forbidden area of Kunlun Ruins, protected by unimaginably terrifying restrictions.
Go get it?
What's the difference between this and causing his soul to be completely destroyed?
"Sir...you...you're making things difficult for me!" Xuan Chengzi's voice was trembling with tears. "Kunlun Ruins, a forbidden area within a forbidden area! My meager cultivation is so weak, I'm afraid I can't even withstand the mountain winds on the outskirts, and I'll be annihilated!"
That's your problem.
Lin Fan's tone was so calm and even, as if he were talking about something trivial that had nothing to do with him.
"I'm only responsible for making requests, not for finding solutions."
"I won't move until the water reaches me."
After saying that, he lay back down in the rocking chair, picked up an old book with a yellowed cover, and slowly flipped through it.
The menacing black crack in the sky seemed to him as nothing more than a harmless scratch on his courtyard wall.
Xuan Chengzi stood there, sweating profusely, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
He looked at Fang Qingxue pleadingly.
Fang Qingxue could only shrug helplessly, her eyes conveying: No one can change the decision made by the master.
Xuan Chengzi's gaze turned to Li Zhenguo in despair once again.
Li Zhenguo was also covered in sweat.
He didn't understand anything about Kunlun Ruins or the Queen Mother of the West, but he understood the core contradiction—Mr. Lin needed something called the "Ten Thousand Year Mystic Ice Spring" before he would make a move, and Xuan Chengzi couldn't handle that.
"Mr. Lin!" Li Zhenguo disregarded the rules and rushed forward.
"That ice spring you mentioned, our country will find a way! We have the most advanced drilling equipment and a highly decorated special mountaineering team! We can go to the summit of Mount Everest, or even the Mariana Trench! Just give us the approximate coordinates, and we'll spare no expense to bring it back to you!"
He naively thought it was just some kind of extremely rare mineral water.
Lin Fan didn't even bother to lift his eyelids.
"you?"
He let out a soft chuckle through his nose, as if mocking an ant trying to shake a tree.
"Your crew of iron birds can't even touch the sky, let alone the Kunlun Mountains. Forget about the mountaineering team, even if you sent an entire armored division there, they would be crushed into a pancake."
"Then... what should we do?" Li Zhenguo was completely dejected, his voice trembling with tears.
He felt utterly stifled in his role as the leader of the special operations team. Outside, he was a powerful figure whose every move could shake the entire nation. But in this small courtyard, he wasn't even a messenger, unable to offer any help whatsoever.
"Sir, how about... you change your terms?" Xuan Chengzi was still making a last-ditch effort. "In our Penglai Treasure Vault, there are several ancient treasures with boundless power. You see..."
"A rare treasure?" Lin Fan finally put down his book, looked at him, and his eyes became serious.
"Can I order takeout? Can I watch short videos? Can it wash dishes automatically?"
Xuan Chengzi: "..."
"Can't?" Lin Fan waved his hand dismissively. "What's the use of it then? I just want the water. If you can't handle it, don't bother me."
"Qingxue, see the guest out."
The order to leave was given, cold and resolute.
Xuan Chengzi and Li Zhenguo exchanged a glance, their pupils filled with nothing but despair.
It’s over.
The sky is falling.
Just as the two were feeling utterly hopeless, preparing to go back and write their wills, and then quietly await the end of the world.
Fang Qingxue, who had been standing quietly to the side, suddenly spoke.
Her voice was cold and clear, yet it was like a ray of light piercing through the fog of despair.
"Sir, regarding Kunlun, perhaps... our Fang family can offer some assistance."
Swish!
Inside the courtyard, Xuan Chengzi and Li Zhenguo suddenly turned their heads, their movements stiff as if they were wind-up puppets.
Their gazes were fixed intently on Fang Qingxue.
Lin Fan glanced at her, slightly surprised.
"Oh? Your family also does water delivery as a side business?" he joked casually.
A slight blush rose on Fang Qingxue's fair cheeks, but her expression remained extremely solemn.
"Our Fang family is an international martial arts family with businesses all over the world. An elder of our family once bought a fragmented ancient map at a secret overseas auction in the early years."
"That picture is said to have originated from deep within the Kunlun Mountains."
"What's recorded above isn't a treasure trove, but a relatively safe path that avoids most of the killing formations."
"Furthermore, several special locations are marked on the map."
She paused, then uttered two words that made Xuan Chengzi's heart stop.
"Jade Pool".
Jade Pool!
Xuan Chengzi trembled violently, his eyes widening instantly!
In mythology, Yaochi is the abode of the Queen Mother of the West! And the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Spring is the source of Yaochi's living water!
"Where...where is the map?!" Xuan Chengzi's voice trembled, and he was so excited that he could hardly stand.
"It's with me."
As Fang Qingxue spoke, she took out a sealed cylinder made of an unknown black metal from her tactical backpack.
With a flick of her fingertips, the cylinder opened, and she carefully pulled out a roll of ancient animal hide that shimmered with a faint glow.
The moment the map unfolded, it didn't have the desolate and ancient feel I had imagined; instead, it had a strange sense of tranquility, as if it had completely isolated this small courtyard from the hustle and bustle of the outside world.
Li Zhenguo curiously approached, only to see a bunch of strange, illegible mountain and river symbols that he couldn't understand at all.
Xuan Chengzi, however, was like a beggar who had been starving for ten days seeing a Manchu Han Imperial Feast. He pressed himself against it, his eyes shining, his fingers gesturing in the air, and he muttered incantations.
"It's guided by the stars and based on the earth's veins... This path, this path is actually real! It can bypass the 'Nine-Bend Heavenly River Formation' and the 'Heavenly Gods and Demons'! Heaven hasn't forsaken us! Heaven hasn't forsaken China!"
The old Taoist priest was so excited that he trembled all over, and his eyes turned red.
Lin Fan lazily leaned over and glanced at it.
He wasn't particularly interested in the route, but his gaze inadvertently fell on a corner of the map.
There, there was an extremely tiny mark, shaped like a tea leaf.
Beside the mark, there are two indistinct ancient seal characters.
"Enlightenment..."
"What's this?" Lin Fan pointed to the tea-shaped label.
"Oh, this," Fang Qingxue explained, "According to the analysis of the family's ancient books, this mark represents a plant that only grows on Kunlun Mountain, called 'Wudao Ancient Tea'."
"It is said that drinking this tea can cleanse the soul and lead one directly to a state of enlightenment; it is a divine substance of the highest order in the world."
Enlightenment Ancient Tea!
Lin Fan's breathing suddenly stopped.
The image of the "Enlightenment Tea Leaves" he had obtained from the system's daily check-in instantly flashed into his mind. Just one sip of the tea had caused his spiritual power to surge dramatically.
What if... we could obtain the original form of this ancient tea tree?
Wouldn't that mean...?
Lin Fan's expression changed instantly.
It was the look in the eyes of a hungry wolf seeing a fat sheep, or a glutton stumbling upon a feast, filled with the most primal and burning possessiveness.
Forget about ice springs and saviors, get out of my way!
I want this tree!
He snatched the animal skin map from Fang Qingxue's hand with a swift and fluid motion.
"Alright, I'll take this."
Lin Fan stuffed the map into his pocket, stood up, stretched comfortably, and his joints cracked and popped.
"So what if the sky falls? It's no big deal, I'll fix it."
Xuan Chengzi and Li Zhenguo were completely dumbfounded.
This...this attitude changed faster than turning the pages of a book.
One second they were completely indifferent and didn't care what happened, but as soon as they saw this map, they were like they were on steroids.
"Sir, that...that ice spring..." Xuan Chengzi weakly reminded him.
"What ice spring?" Lin Fan's eyes widened, his tone self-righteous.
"When did I ever say I wanted an ice spring?"
"What I mean is, you have to come up with something that will interest me. You couldn't before, so I wasn't interested."
He patted his chest, the map making a soft rustling sound in his arms.
"Now, this thing has piqued my interest."
"So, your mission is complete. Leave the rest to me."
Xuan Chengzi: "..."
Li Zhenguo: "..."
The two looked at each other, both feeling that their brains weren't quite working properly.
God the hell told you to bring out something you were interested in! You just said ten tons of ten-thousand-year-old mystic ice spring water!
Is this face made of bricks from a city wall corner? How can it be so thick-skinned!
However, they dared not speak out against their anger.
"Then...then I'll have to trouble you with everything, sir!" Li Zhenguo said after holding back for a long time, forcing out a smile that looked more like a grimace.
who cares!
If this guy is willing to lend a hand, let alone a tree, even if he wanted the stars in the sky, we'd build him a ladder to pick them!
"Alright, stop standing here in the way." Lin Fan waved his hand impatiently, trying to shoo him away. "I'm getting ready to go out."
He looked up at the ever-expanding black scar in the sky and the foul black gas that kept gushing out from it.
His eyes turned cold.
We must act swiftly and decisively.
If those filthy things were to pollute Kunlun Mountain...
My tea plantations are doomed!