Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 174 The Amazing Golden Vegetable
Zhen Junzi chuckled shamelessly, "Hey, that's called friendly negotiation, what do you mean by bullying! Your disciple is my disciple, how could I possibly bully her!"

Jia Xiaoren said irritably, "Fine, you come down and dig, I'll go up and see what good stuff I can find!"

"Alright! Please have a seat!"

Without saying a word, Zhen Junzi jumped into the pit. The small pit was crammed with four people, making it difficult to even turn around. Jia Xiaoren quickly climbed out of the pit, which made the air inside a bit fresher.

Then, he dusted himself off, looked at the three men digging enthusiastically in the pit, and suddenly grinned, saying with ill intent, "Keep digging, hehehe, I'll provide the background music—"

Then, Jia Xiaoren deliberately started singing in a high-pitched voice: "Digging and digging and digging in the little garden~ Planting tiny seeds to bloom tiny flowers~"

This move left everyone speechless. Shen Yun even slipped and tripped in the pit. Luckily, the pit was now deep and narrow, so he fell against the earthen wall instead of landing face-first in the mud.

Seeing this, Bai Chenxue simply shouted, "Help! Master, don't harm everyone! Don't make things worse instead of helping!"

"Hey, hey, hey! What are you saying—"

Jia Xiaoren cleared his throat and said, "How could I not help you! I was just digging! Besides, I was just trying to liven things up! To cheer Xiaoyun on!"

Bai Chenxue rolled her eyes: "Then I really thank you!"

Just then, the female player, who had been holding two saplings with both hands, spoke up: "Alright, alright! We're almost there! You can come out now! We're almost at the water source!"

"That's pretty fast!"

"It's only four or five meters deep, right? Is it okay to be this shallow?"

"Hmph! I specifically chose this spot! Just you wait and see!"

This female player is a new player in the third closed beta test. Her name is Lin Muning, and her ID is the well-known "Guangfu Sentimental Cockroach" among players. She is only level 13 and has not yet reached the Foundation Establishment stage, so she seems to be a casual player.

She spoke confidently and began directing the male player with the ID "Zhongzhou Jinli" to place the explosive charge.

While arranging the explosives, Zhongzhou Jinli said, "These things were bought from the 'Emperor Explosives Factory.' I heard the investor is the Jade Emperor!"

"Watt brand?"

"Hehehe, you know that too?"

"Who doesn't know that! The Great Emperor once had the wild idea of ​​hand-building a steam engine!"

Soon, Zhongzhou Jinli, who had placed the explosives, pulled the others back a distance. The mound of earth that had been dug out and transported in baskets earlier could now serve as cover.

Then, a series of explosions rang out.

The group coughed incessantly from the pervasive smell of sulfur. Lin Muning was the first to rush towards the pit, which was still emitting white smoke. Sure enough, she saw a lot of "water" gushing out of the pit and immediately shouted excitedly, "Water's coming out! Water's coming out! We did it!" Zhen Junzi and Jia Xiaoren laughed excitedly along with them. Even Shen Yun, who hadn't said much until now, happily said, "It went pretty smoothly!"

Lin Muning turned her head and asked, "Hey, we were thinking of taking some back to the research institute to analyze the components. What are your plans?"

"We plan to rely on golden vegetables!"

Bai Chenxue didn't try to hide anything and said frankly, "Golden Cabbage is particularly sensitive to all kinds of scents. We want to let it try to find the source or any clues!"

"Golden vegetable!?"

Upon hearing the name, Lin Muning's eyes lit up, and she looked at Bai Chenxue expectantly.

Bai Chenxue smiled somewhat embarrassedly, but thoughtfully took the golden dish out of the space of the [Pot Heaven] skill.

That's right, thanks to a few classes, Bai Chenxue finally understood a little bit of the "Pot Heaven" technique. Although she didn't quite understand the skill that was no longer bound to her, she was able to "evolve" it a bit based on what she had learned. For example, she could expand the size of the space and put a bunch of spirit stones and stalagmites inside. When these two were in the space at the same time, they would slowly adjust the concentration of spiritual energy in the space to keep it at a level that Jin Cai and Bai Cai particularly liked. Jin Cai, in particular, liked small, enclosed spaces so much that she could hardly be called out and especially liked to curl up in the space to sleep!

Therefore, Bai Chenxue often takes Jin Cai with her when she goes out now, while Bai Cai has fallen out of favor. This is because Jin Cai doesn't like to stay in the space with Bai Cai, and Bai Cai doesn't like the cramped Pot Heaven space either.

Jin Cai was still asleep when it was taken out, fast asleep. It only opened its two beady eyes after Bai Chenxue stroked its golden fur.

Bai Chenxue rubbed Jin Cai's plump little belly, lowered her head and leaned closer to it, and asked softly, "Jin Cai, could you try to sense the aura in the water, that evil aura, and then look for it? It's okay if you can't find it! The important thing is to try!"

Jin Cai initially thought she had been dragged out to "work" again because she saw Lin Mu Ning, whose eyes were shining, looking lazy. However, after hearing Bai Chen Xue's words, she changed her usual behavior and rolled out of Bai Chen Xue's arms, whimpering on all fours, as if she couldn't wait to get on the job.

Lin Muning only knew that Bai Chenxue was a famously lucky player, not only triggering a fortuitous encounter as soon as she entered the game, but also acquiring the first pet in the entire server, and later even the first spirit pet, prompting all players to try every means to obtain pets and spirit pets. However, she didn't know that Bai Chenxue's pets were already intelligent. Upon seeing Jin Cai's seemingly understanding Bai Chenxue's words, she exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! It's so smart! It can actually understand human speech!?"

"It has already gained intelligence! The next step is to awaken its spirit, so it can begin cultivation. Who knows, it might become a great demon in the future and be able to transform into human form!"

Bai Chenxue's tone was full of pride and anticipation. She waved to Jin Cai, who was looking back at her, and urged, "Go on, go on! Tell me if you find anything!"

Jin Cai whimpered a few times, then quickly crawled to the edge of the pit. First, she twitched her little nose in the air, then sniffed here and there, before lowering her head to dig in the soil. After a while, she disappeared without a trace, leaving only a dark hole in the ground.

About ten minutes later, the players had gone from talking about how cute Jin Cai was to discussing their meet-up during the National Day holiday. They had even added each other as friends and exchanged contact information. Only then did Jin Cai finally emerge from the earthen hole she had dug.

It shrieked sharply at Bai Chenxue a few times, then burrowed into the soil again, but this time it didn't burrow underground, instead it raised a small mound in the soil on the surface.

The small mound quickly began to roll forward, leaving a long series of raised ridges on the ground. Before long, a dozen meters away, golden cabbage sprouted from the soil and called out to Bai Chenxue and the others from afar.

Bai Chenxue, who was familiar with Jincai, reacted quickly. She ran towards the spot where Jincai had burrowed back into the ground, urging the others, "Hurry up! Jincai seems to be able to find something!"

You can all point out any typos in the comments, and I will correct them when I see them. Overall proofreading is usually done every one or two weeks, so there might be typos I haven't noticed. I sincerely apologize to all the readers and ask for your understanding.
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