Why did you provoke me?

Li Yiqing only saw Yu Meng stand there for a while, then pick up something, which looked like a stone, and say with a smile, "Let's go back."

"This is a good thing," Li Yiqing thought to himself.

On the way back, he casually tore off a few more pieces of stone and threw them to Li Yiqing.

Li Yiqing was a smart person; she understood what Yu Meng meant and told him to shut up.

He held the stone skin with a smug grin. Yu Meng might not care about it, but he didn't mind. Using this to build connections was more effective than anything else.

Yu Meng didn't hide the fact that she had received something good. Only when people see your value will they stand firmly on your side.

Besides, she didn't have any say in the matter; in the end, it's still up to her to decide.

When the two returned to the tent, the atmosphere inside was clearly very good and cheerful.

"Little sisters, you're back." Dali couldn't hide the smile on her face.

"Big sister, what's making you so happy?" Yu Meng asked softly.

"You don't know, those three learned so fast. I just said it, and they almost learned it in one morning." The eldest sister said with a great sense of accomplishment.

"It's all thanks to the teacher's meticulous instruction; otherwise, how could we have learned so quickly?" Sun Hongmei chimed in with a smile.

"That's right, that's right. Little sister, you don't know how hard the teacher taught us, one finger at a time." This was Xiao Xue.

"They've taught us in such detail. If we still haven't learned it, then we're all just plain stupid." That's Xue Yuling.

"It's because you guys are so talented and smart. When I was learning, it took me three days to learn it. I almost cried because I was so stupid." Dali revealed her shortcomings.

"Come and eat, everyone. You're not eating this good food, and you're just talking non-stop," Jiang Mingfeng called out from the other side.

"We only have two more days before we go back. Tomorrow we need to practice our movements until we're proficient. On the last day, we'll be able to peel off the stone skin. When we get home, I'll definitely be the coolest kid there." Xue Yuling is always the most flamboyant one.

Li Yiqing was naturally pleased with this outcome. The higher the value of what they obtained, the greater his reward would be, making his previous investment of manpower and resources in securing such a spot worthwhile.

A good night's sleep.

On the morning of the sixth day, everyone was full of energy and headed to the Stone Forest early.

Li Yiqing looked at Yu Meng. "Where are you planning to go today?"

"Let's continue from where we were yesterday and see if there's anything else of value."

Li Yiqing certainly wouldn't object; judging from what's in the safe, he's got this in the bag.

Yu Meng was walking slowly through the stone forest when suddenly a buzzing sound came from behind her. She looked up and saw a helicopter.

The two men exchanged a glance. They moved in the direction the plane was heading.

"That's the first group's spot. Could it be that the first group got something good?" Li Yiqing said softly, looking into the distance.

Yu Meng, however, didn't think so. "Perhaps the situation of that important person you mentioned has worsened, and they came early, perhaps clinging to a sliver of hope."

"Let's go back," Li Yiqing decided. "If it's the latter, they might come here soon."

"Okay, let's go back." Yu Meng didn't hesitate. Their purpose in coming here was to get in touch with this important person. Now that they had the opportunity, how could they miss it?

Sure enough, not far from the camp, someone sent Li Yiqing a call request.

"I do have something special here, but I don't know if you'll find it useful," Li Yiqing said tactfully.

"Wait, we'll send someone to pick it up." The other party gave a clean and efficient answer.

A short while later, the helicopter arrived directly in front of their tent. Two men in suits disembarked, standing ramrod straight with impeccable expressions. Yu Meng deduced that they were likely members of a special unit.

Li Yiqing didn't waste any words and handed them the prepared box. The man only said two words, "Thank you," and then boarded the plane.

The whole process seemed to consist of only the time it took for the plane to land and take off; it was so fast that no one could react in time. Then the plane disappeared into the sky again.

"You just gave them the stuff like that? Aren't you afraid they'll do something sneaky?" Yu Meng asked curiously.

"They are soldiers." In other words, Li Yiqing trusts soldiers.

Yu Meng smiled, "I'll make you another little trinket, so you can give it to them when they find you again."

Li Yiqing's expression tightened. "You tampered with that thing."

"What are you thinking? How could I joke about something that concerns human life? This is called after-sales service." Yu Meng took out the stone flower she had received yesterday.

She extracted a portion of the life force using her unique method, then wrapped it in stone skin. She then crafted it into a small bead.

Yu Meng sat on a rock, peeling off the outer layer of the surrounding pebbles with one hand and making small beads one by one.

Li Yiqing's eyes were sore; he felt that his eyes couldn't keep up with Yu Meng's hand speed—it was too fast.

Before long, Yu Meng finished making a jade pendant composed of more than 100 small beads.

Yu Meng carefully felt the lines of the newly made jade pendant. It was her first time trying to make something like this. She seemed to have succeeded.

"Find a nice-looking box and put it in there. If that person comes to you again, sell it to him. You can let him inspect the goods before giving you a price."

"So confident. You're sure that person will come back to me." Li Yiqing fiddled with the jade pendant in his hand.

He carefully sensed it for a while, but only felt comfortable and didn't find anything special.

"The premise is that what others find isn't as good as what you gave him." Yu Meng looked at the item in her hand. Since she had nothing better to do, she decided to make another one.

In a very short time, Yu Meng made another jade pendant, but it was not the same shape as the previous one.

"Who are you planning to give this to? Are you selling it? If you are, you can consider me first." At this moment, Li Yiqing didn't want to pretend to be polite or aloof, saying that he didn't need it.

Good things are rare and hard to come by. If he finds one, he'll buy it no matter the price if the seller wants to sell it.

"Not for sale, this is my prized possession. I'm going to open a shop specializing in my works in town. Of course, if you have any good items you'd like to sell, I can help you with that too," Yu Meng said, fiddling with the items in her hands.

It was a jade pendant depicting two fish, with a hollowed-out center. The two fish were arranged head to tail, forming a circle.

"This is a Pisces jade pendant. It can be separated and can also be used as a token of love between two people." As she spoke, she broke the jade pendant in two.

Yu Meng held a fish in each hand, the fish's eyes were particularly lively. When placed in her palm, the fish seemed to come alive in her hand.

Even the well-informed Li Yiqing was stunned by Yu Meng's skill. "You still say you have no lineage? Did you learn this skill by birth?"

"Don't be surprised, it's a characteristic of intelligent people; they have a photographic memory." Yu Meng smiled smugly.