Why did you provoke me?

Yu Meng froze in mid-air, while Niannian, being an impatient person, didn't ask why. Instead, she lifted the dough in front of her and glanced at it. It was empty; wasn't that normal? Fourth Sister was stunned.

He glanced back at Jing San, who didn't say anything but quietly shook her head.

Alright, without further ado, Niannian floated directly to Yu Meng's location. With just one glance, Niannian's heart began to pound uncontrollably, and the little gray straw appeared involuntarily, quickly pouncing on her.

Niannian's actions were so obvious that Jing San knew something was wrong, but it was a good thing.

"Fourth Sister, the part where I peeled off the dough just now looks normal; there are no monsters there."

"This is such a pleasant surprise. Let's look around some more, maybe we won't have to go out anymore." Yu Meng suppressed her surprise. Nian Nian only saw the aliens, but there was actually some viscous liquid in the middle of them. Their aura was restrained, but the energy fluctuations inside were not low.

The tyrant's tentacles had already reached out, and Yu Meng took the opportunity to peel back a large portion of the dough. But the flower stem below a foot was ordinary, with only a small amount of water inside the hollow stem.

In other words, only the top foot of the flower path contains good things.

Jing San didn't go up or ask anything. He knew that if there was something good, Niannian wouldn't keep it to herself.

Little Grey and Tyrant were both entwined at the top of the flower path.

At this moment, Yu Meng and Niannian peeled off the entire surface of the flower path, revealing colorful beads that shone brightly, as if a mist was flowing inside, creating a scene like a fairyland.

In just about ten minutes, Xiao Hui and Ba Wang came down. Ba Wang leaned on Yu Meng's shoulder, conveying a sense of joy.

Yu Meng couldn't believe that such a good thing had gone undiscovered for so long; there must be a reason she didn't know.

Yu Meng didn't know what this plant was; its leaves were as tall as a person, with some hard thorns along the edges. And the flowers bloomed so flamboyantly.

She glanced at Jing San, "Can we cut it down now?"

Jing San paused for a moment, then immediately nodded, "Yes."

Jing San pulled out the gear saw he carried with him, and in just a moment, the entire plant was lying on the ground.

Yu Meng looked at its roots, but there was nothing special about them.

"Jing San, do you have any information about this plant?"

Jing San shook her head. "In the past, some people had studied it, but they only found some water in it, which was not drinkable. Since it contains water, people even dislike using it as firewood. Over time, unless it blocked the way when camping, no one would do anything to it."

Yu Meng nodded and slowly rose into the sky. The flower stem was so long, there must be many seeds, but this plant wasn't everywhere. That was very interesting.

Niannian on the ground was excited. The thought of such a plant with its flower stems being distorted was thrilling. Her eyes darted around, hoping to find another one.

Jing San put away her tools and glanced at the large pile that had been thrown aside.

He stopped in his tracks at that glance and rubbed his eyes.

"Teacher Yu, look!"

The huge mass in front of us is collapsing downwards at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Jing San's exclamation drew the attention of Yu Meng and Niannian.

Then, something truly mind-blowing happened: right before the three people's eyes, the entire plant slowly merged into the sand, eventually disappearing without a trace.

Jing San approached, squatted down, touched the ground with his hand, and then pinched the sand there. Then he stood up and looked at Yu Meng, not knowing what to say or what to ask.

After a long while, Nian Nian finally spoke, "Is this magic? It's terrifying."

Then they got excited again, "Should we dig this place up and see if there's anything underground?"

Yu Meng also wanted to take a look, and Niannian saw through her thoughts. "Let's dig a small hole and take a peek."

The three of them worked together, and they dug a hole big enough to bury all three of them, not just a small one. It was all sand and rocks, and they couldn't even see the roots of any plants.

Several people climbed up, collapsed on the ground, and looked at each other's disheveled appearance with wry smiles.

Niannian took out paper and pen. "Fourth Sister, this is great material! I'll write it down; it might come in handy. By the way, is this considered a secret? Can I write it down?"

Before Yu Meng could speak, Jing San spoke first, "A secret is something that no one else knows. Secretary Wu might not be able to sell this information for money."

"Huh? Really?" Niannian perked up immediately. "Then we'll have to talk to him about it, and we can split the money from the sale among the three of us."

Yu Meng stood up. "Let's try some others."

"Okay." Niannian patted the dirt off her clothes and stood up.

Finding a second one is easy; such a flower path is readily available.

This time, Niannian also climbed to the top of the flower path.

Yu Meng didn't immediately peel off the dough; instead, she examined it with her right eye. Everything appeared normal.

She placed her hand on the flower path, and the dough was gently lifted. At that glance, Yu Meng froze. Inside were not only alien creatures but also that viscous liquid, also about a foot away.

They then went through the same process as with the first one. The result was the same, except this time, they didn't foolishly dig a hole.

Yu Meng told Niannian that there was also energy in the slime, but Xiao Hui completely ignored it. Yu Meng could only sigh and tell Ba Wang to collect the energy.

For the third plant, Yu Meng didn't peel off the skin of the flower stalk; she simply cut the plant down. Then she walked to the top of the flower stalk and looked at it again; it looked the same. She reached out and peeled off the skin, only to find it empty inside.

"What's going on?" Niannian kicked it. "Does it have a temper too?"

After waiting for half an hour, the plant showed no change and remained lying on the ground, still plump and fresh.

When asked to make beads from the dough, Yu Meng shook her head, "What a waste."

The fourth one, the fifth one...

They stopped conducting experiments and focused on absorbing energy.

Jing San was overjoyed. He had always known that following Teacher Yu had its advantages. There was just one regrettable thing: the position of senior disciple had already been decided; otherwise, he would definitely have been the senior disciple in the next competition.

Yu Meng knew that Jing Ancheng also possessed dimensional energy, and asked him what he thought. He certainly didn't want to miss such an opportunity to enhance his strength.

So Yu Meng sent him her location, but he couldn't take off on his own and it took him a lot of effort to absorb the energy.

Jing San offered to stay with Jing Ancheng and let Yu Meng and Niannian proceed at their own pace.

It wasn't that Jing San meant well; it's just that he wasn't fast at absorbing energy either. He was afraid that if he forced himself to follow Yu Meng and the others, he would be rejected, and that would be counterproductive.

Now it's perfect; he's made friends with both sides, which shows he's a sensible person. He heard from Niannian that they're also going to the second and third battlefields, and if he can go with them, that would be incredibly lucky.