Qiuqiu immediately waved his two tree branches. “No, no, no, Qiuqiu doesn’t have anything at all.”
However, Qiao Mu knew from his sheepishness that he was hiding something.
She tried her best to crack open a smile on her taut, stoic face and caught one of Qiuqiu’s tree branches in her hands. “Qiuqiu ah! Master is telling you. Master only needs 997 pieces of black spirit jade, and the rest is yours!”
The sapling was stupefied.
Wh-Why the heck did these words sound so strange? I-If he didn’t hand it over, not only would the rest be his, all of it would still be his!
“No, no, no, I don’t have any! Master, Qiuqiu is very poor.” Qiuqiu flipped over his two tree branch palms in helplessness, showing how broke he was.
On the side, Mo Lian couldn’t resist laughing out loud upon seeing their interaction.
“Qiuqiu, I’m not having you hand over black spirit jade right now, I just want you to do me a small favor! First lend your black spirit jade for Master to use! When I find a black spirit jade mine, I’ll give them all back to you!”
But what if you don’t find one? Qiuqiu shivered all over and then shook his head repeatedly. “Master, I only have a hundred some black spirit jade. It’s all for replenishment in times of crisis as a life-saving measure.”
“Qiuqiu?”
The sapling widened his cute beady eyes and then turned to face her with his tree butt. “I-I have to go, Master! I just remembered that I need to go in and rest! So that my cultivation state can stabilize! Mhm, mhm, see you later Master.”
After saying this, Qiuqiu cut to the chase and pulled Qingluan, the little fat squirrel, and the giant ape into Paradise Planet together with him.
This left behind Qiao Mu, who shook her head in helplessness. “Egg, I’ve already done my best. Looks like you have to find black spirit jade on your own.”
“Master, how about you also let me go to that Paradise Planet! I can sense a dense mystic energy from that treant!”
Qiao Mu thought that made sense. The dense mystic energy on Paradise Planet would aid in incubating the phoenix egg.
“How about I refine two mystic breakthrough pills for you to help you hatch?”
The egg: …
“Master, do you think I can eat pills in this state right now??”
That’s right! Qiao Mu coughed lightly before promptly changing the topic, calling out to Qiuqiu, “Qiuqiu, bring the egg into Paradise Planet.”
After settling everything, Qiao Mu blocked out the little ones’ chatter on Paradise Planet. She then looked up at Mo Lian with a tilt of her head. “Was the wait long?”
“Not long at all.” Mo Lian pinched her petite nose and whispered close to her. “I’m very curious right now as to how Paradise Planet has transformed.”
Qiao Mu’s petite face couldn’t help but soften when she recalled the charming mystic domain, and she whispered back, “It looks so nice.”
“Cough!” An untimely cough came from beside them.
When they looked over, they saw that guy Duan Yue squatting beside them since some time ago. He also inquired curiously in a whisper, “What Paradise Planet?”
Qiao Mu stroked his dog head. “I’ll bring you to see when the opportunity arises.”
Duan Yue: …
Mo Lian held back his bellyful of laughter as he pulled Qiao Mu up. Subsequently, they heard a teammate shouting, “Found it, found it! All of you come over quickly!”
Everyone cheered, running over in high spirits.
The underground storehouse in Jiaozhong Base was, sure enough, underneath the corridor. Brother Axe and several others had unearthed a storehouse as big as two small plazas.
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