The Great Road of Shading the Sky

Chapter 236 Being Kept, Secret Seed Grows
The battle at White Snake Ridge caused a huge uproar, especially the hundreds-of-meters-long white snake and the mysterious woman who subdued it, making them the focus of discussion worldwide.

The war that was supposed to break out between humans and beasts was forcibly stopped. The mountain was destroyed by a single punch, which was so shocking that no one dared to speak up about becoming the king of the mountain.

Having witnessed the terrifying power of the strange beasts, people were filled with anxiety about the future. No one dared to provoke a human powerhouse with extraordinary strength at this critical juncture. Even if someone were to act recklessly, they would be stopped in time by relevant personnel to prevent any accidents from happening.

Meanwhile, in the Taihang Mountains, Shao Hua was completely unaware of this, busy dividing up the exotic fruits—the kind where everyone who saw them got a share.

She first looked at Chu Feng and Huang Niu, and then gave each of them twelve pine nuts.

Pine nuts are purplish-gold in color, crystal clear, like purple agate. You can tell they are extraordinary just by looking at them. They also have a special fragrance that permeates the air and is refreshing.

After receiving the pine nuts, Chu Feng hesitated for a moment. He didn't intend to consume the exotic fruit, but after thinking about it, he decided to keep them for now and perhaps take them back to his parents.

The ox is much simpler and more brutal; it chews the shell and skin together and swallows it all in one gulp.

As a result, it underestimated the effects of the medicine, its eyes became glazed over, its body steamed, and it collapsed in a daze.

"Give me your hand," Shao Hua said to Lin Nuoyi.

Upon hearing this, Lin Nuoyi obediently extended a fair hand. The wind blew, her long hair fluttered, and a look of surprise appeared on her delicate face.

The number of pine nuts that fell into her hand was exactly twelve, no more and no less.

"Too many," she said, her usual cold demeanor softening considerably as she tried to push the pine nuts back into her hand.

I originally thought that she would only be given two or three tokens at most, since she was basically 'helping but not helping' the whole time. It would be good enough if she wasn't punished. I didn't dare to hope for too much.

"Take it if I give it to you!"

Shaohua was very forceful. She grabbed her hand and, seeing that she still wanted to refuse, she crushed half of the pine nuts and then grabbed the chin of the aloof beauty in front of her and forced her to eat them.

Lin Nuoyi has an excellent figure, tall and perfect, over 170 centimeters tall, but compared to Shaohua, she is half a head shorter. There is always someone taller.

Therefore, Shao Hua can easily make this gesture without it feeling awkward at all. However, her fingertips will inevitably touch her soft, moist lips, which makes it seem somewhat ambiguous.

"Hmm," Lin Nuoyi's beautiful face was somewhat dazed. No one had ever been so 'rude' to her before, and her beautiful eyes couldn't help but lose focus.

Shao Hua didn't think too much about it. She turned around and fed half of the pine nuts to the white snake that was recuperating in the nearby canyon.

If you want a horse to run, you have to feed it grass. After all, it's her snake, and since she's protecting the Taihang Mountains, the white snake naturally has to take care of it too.

The skull was shattered; it was quite a serious injury.

Besides, she wasn't very interested in these rare and precious herbs; at most, she would just taste them, and keeping them would be useless.

Seeing that she still had twenty-eight pine nuts in her hand, she cracked some open like sunflower seeds and gave four to each of Lu Shiyun and Jiang Luoshen, saying that everyone who saw them should get some, so everyone should have some.

"What do we mean by this? Are we being kept?" Jiang Luoshen sighed.

Lu Shiyun was happily putting away the purple pine nuts when she heard this, and her face immediately turned from sunny to gloomy. She pouted and felt very sad.

Finally, Shaohua casually handed the remaining items to Chu Feng, telling him and Huang Niu to share them and play with them. She knew she should take good care of her own son.

After the exotic fruits were divided up, everyone and everything, including the animals, had something to gain. The white snake went into the deep mountains to sleep, hoping to go even further.

However, it felt that even if it could evolve again, it would still be no match for that guy; he was too terrifying, beyond the limits.

The yellow ox had already fallen to the ground, echoing the black ox of the same family.

The three women who were forcibly detained by Shao Hua also found a place to consume the exotic fruit. Since things had come to this point and they were powerless to resist, they might as well enjoy it first.

As for whether they had actually consumed the exotic fruit or simply hidden it, Shaohua didn't care.

The scene suddenly fell silent for no apparent reason.

The once bustling White Snake Ridge is now desolate. The forests are ravaged, and both humans and animals have scattered. Only the idle youth and the pensive Chu Feng remain.

"I want to go to Shuntian to pick up my parents," Chu Feng said.

His identity may not be able to be hidden for long. His parents have already survived the most dangerous and chaotic period in that largest city in the north, but what follows may be a crisis targeting him personally, which must be guarded against.

Even though the eldest sister was there to protect him and draw most of the attention, he still couldn't rest easy and wanted to have his parents by his side or stay with them.

"I won't interfere. Whether you go to Shuntian or bring people over is up to you," Shaohua said.

"So, what about you? Do you want to stay here, or go to a big city and see what it's like?" Chu Feng asked, feeling conflicted because it concerned his parents.

"This place is fine," Shaohua said, expressing her opinion.

Go to a big city?

There's no need for that; the internet is sufficient.

If I really leave, who will look after the White Snake? She just declared that she had taken over the Taihang Mountains, and now she's gone? What kind of situation is that? Besides, if I were to run off to Shuntian, wouldn't I scare a bunch of people?

To avoid trouble, she decided to go again in a while.

Chu Feng also made a decision: In this day and age, what is most important to ordinary people?

In short, it's safe!

So where is the safest place right now?
Shuntian is indeed good, but there are many people and their influence is mixed. He doesn't think his strength can overcome everything, so the answer is obvious.

"I'm going to pick up my parents," Chu Feng said, deciding that there was no time to lose and he would go to Shuntian after resting for a while.

He took out a stone box wrapped in an animal skin bag from his bosom. It was better to entrust this to someone he could trust, as it was inconvenient to carry it around.

Shaohua frowned, not really wanting to get involved with this thing. She would see some ambiguous images and inexplicably burst into tears.

She asked Chu Feng to dig out the small pine tree that was buried in the soil.

She had picked pine cones and casually left a small pine tree behind. It was buried after the missile strike. Fortunately, the willow tree helped protect the people and animals, and also protected the small pine tree.

Chu Feng quickly returned, took out a piece of strange soil with blue and purple colors from the roots of the small pine tree, and without saying a word, opened the stone box and put the strange soil inside.

At that moment, a sudden change occurred.

A fresh and vibrant energy permeated the air, and the seed inside was taking root and sprouting from the foreign soil!
Chu Feng quickly placed the stone box on the ground.

Shao Hua hadn't expected this to happen, so she leaned over to take a closer look.

Inside the stone box, the seeds took root and sprouted, full of vitality. The green shoots were like agate, crystal clear and sparkling, and they also emitted a very strong life essence. They were growing rapidly, as if they would bloom and bear fruit overnight.

Chu Feng was somewhat exhausted after the great battle, but now, just by taking a deep breath of the life essence emanating from the tender buds, he felt completely refreshed and his fatigue was swept away.

"Interesting, indeed extraordinary." Shao Hua's eyes shone brightly.

The tender shoots were a vibrant green, as if carved from jade, and were growing at a visible speed. From breaking through the soil to growing to half a foot tall, it all happened under the watchful eyes of the two people.

In the blink of an eye, four leaves have already grown.

Its appearance is quite peculiar, resembling both a tree and grass, and it's not yet clear which is correct; it's still growing.

"A vine?" Chu Feng asked in surprise.

This is a strange plant, resembling both a tree and a vine. Although it stands upright, it is also slightly soft and curved. Its leaves are also strange, shaped exactly like a human hand.

Its entire body is a tender green, fresh and juicy, covered with mysterious patterns similar to those of the original seed.

Once it grows to about 1.5 meters tall, its roots emerge from the stone box and continuously penetrate the surrounding soil to absorb what it needs, until it grows to more than a person's height before stopping.

Suddenly, the top of the green vine tree emitted a dazzling light, accompanied by unparalleled vitality, dozens of times more abundant than before.

"It's actually blooming, and it's quite beautiful," Shaohua murmured.

The next moment, the lush green vines underwent an astonishing transformation, instantly turning from vibrant green to snow-white, with flowing silver light and dazzling brilliance!
At the same moment, the flower on top, the size of a bowl, bloomed.

In an instant, all the petals bloomed, their silvery light illuminating the entire mountainside like flames.

The rich fragrance of flowers wafted towards their noses and mouths. Shaohua took a light sniff and felt refreshed, her eyes and brows relaxing considerably.

Chu Feng was in a rather unbearable state, swallowing large gulps of water, feeling his body burning hot. He subconsciously used a special breathing technique to frantically absorb the white mist drifting from the flowers, and still not satisfied, he opened all the pores on his body to absorb it as well.

The fragrance of the flowers was so intense that countless pollen grains fell, engulfing him completely, surrounded by a blanket of white.

He could feel that he was undergoing amazing changes, his physique was improving dramatically, and he had definitely completed an evolution!
Throughout this process, Shaohua remained a quiet observer, a faint smile playing on her lips, as if everything was irrelevant to her and she showed no intention of competing.

Pollen may be good, but it's useless to her. She'd rather enjoy the fragrance and the flowers, which is a different kind of pleasure.

"Why do I feel like this is a flower seed, but it's going to grow into an ornamental flower?" Shao Hua's heart stirred, and she suddenly had a strange idea.

She couldn't quite describe the feeling, but she felt it should be this way and firmly believed that this was an ornamental flower; otherwise, what would be the point of it being so beautiful?
"Sister, from now on you're my real sister!" Chu Feng suddenly fell ill and shouted as he lunged forward, trying to hug her long legs.

Shao Hua raised her foot and kicked him away.

"I was just a little too excited!" Chu Feng chuckled as he got up from a short distance away. He'd gotten used to being kicked so many times.

He was so engrossed in the moment that he didn't realize what was happening until it was over. He then discovered that Shaohua had been standing right next to him without vying for the flowers at all. At most, she had just smelled a whiff of their fragrance and then returned them to him.

What generosity! If you meet such a fairy, you could not only accept her as your sister, but you could even offer yourself to her!

That's what Chu Feng was thinking, and then he was kicked away again.
(End of this chapter)