novelbin Chapter 293 - 158: Flame Elephant Flower Blossoms, Fragrance Spreads Hundred Miles_3
Chapter 293 - 158: Flame Elephant Flower Blossoms, Fragrance Spreads Hundred Miles_3
And honestly, even without any skills.
This grade of Ghost-Faced Moth is powerful and produces strong winds, effortlessly carrying a fully grown man.
At this stage, it’s the only flying pet GuaGua can transform into, much more skilled and swift than the levitating ability of the Sandstorm Witch.
"Swish-swish-swish-swish!"
Ye Hanjun threw another sphere of earth attribute, causing the land at the point of impact to tremble and an earth wall to rise.
With this hindrance, Ye Hanjun, with the help of GuaGua, finally managed to escape from pursuit.
The residual fireballs lost their target and exploded right where they were.
After several earth-shattering explosions, just a rumbling sound filled his ears, as it sounded like the tunnel was collapsing.
Throughout several hundred meters, the vast majority of wild Fond Spirits were severely frightened and started fleeing indiscriminately.
"What happened?"
"Quick, let’s go check! Such a loud noise!"
Vague human voices came over, and Ye Hanjun promptly instructed:
"GuaGua, get back!"
"Swish-swish-swish~~~~"
The Ghost-Faced Moth patted the large tadpole with its wings, and ’puff’, it transformed back into the Enlightened Frog, then the Pure White Tadpole, before swiftly slipping back into the water bottle.
The whole set of movements were as smooth as flowing water, practiced hundreds of times.
Ye Hanjun did not retreat into the shadows again.
He clumsily sat on the ground, his face and body covered in soot, a complete mess.
"Over here! This is the place!"
The sound of footsteps were getting closer. A few moments later, a large lizard and a floral leopard emerged successively.
Their Patrons were not riding them but jogging alongside their Contracted Fond Spirits.
"Halt!"
Ye Hanjun weakly raised his hand, and said strenuously.
"Eh? Which district’s brother is this? I don’t recognize him!"
Hao Duoyu focused on the law enforcement uniform and didn’t immediately lend a hand, but looked hesitant.
Lin Liyou, standing next to him, was even more wary, instinctively doubting whether a law enforcement officer’s brother had been killed and the killer then put on his uniform to escape notice.
"I’m new here, today is my fourth day as a law enforcer."
"Don’t go over there, it’s very dangerous. Your Small Achievement Blaze Lizard and Small Achievement Swift Leopard, they would be gone with just one fire."
"What exactly happened?!"
The expression on Hao Duoyu’s face slightly altered, and he immediately took two steps forward, squatting down to ask.
"Can you smell it?"
Ye Hanjun, posing as an exhausted patient, sighed and said:
"It’s the Fire Elemental Tree, a six hundred-year-old Fire Elemental Tree, it’s about to bloom."
"There are wild Fond Spirits guarding it. Obviously, they consider the Fire Elemental Tree as their possession. If we approach rashly, it would only stir their anger."
"Brother, take my advice, wait for the patrollers to arrive."
"This is not something we can handle, it’s completely beyond our abilities."
"Fire Elemental Tree... What’s that?"
Lin Liyou rubbed his head, completely puzzled.
Not everyone possesses a wealth of knowledge.
A casual reference that invokes a memory is not a real concept to the vast majority.
"It is a type of spiritual medicine, a rare fire attribute spiritual medicine mentioned in books."
"The guardian creature around it steps on wheels of fire. However, it’s even more powerful. It is likely a further evolved life form..."
After hearing Ye Hanjun’s explanation, Hao Duoyu opened his mouth in surprise:
"Are you saying... in the second zone of the mine... a Jade Infant Fetus has appeared?!"
"Impossible, if that really is a Jade Infant Fetus, a spiritual medicine that even Jade Infant would covet..."
Lin Liyou and Hao Duoyu exchanged glances, unable to hide their shock.
"Tak-tak-tak — tak-tak-tak —"
There was another series of heavy footsteps in haste.
Renwo Kuang ran over, his immense stature and terrifying aura made Lin Liyou and Hao Duoyu instinctively grip their weapons tighter.
But after seeing the few figures following Renwo Kuang, the two immediately heaved a sigh of relief and dashed forward to greet them.
"Patrol Chen! Patrol Lu!"
The arrivals were naturally Chen Mai.
Lu Wu was next to him, comparing his height and body type with the Great Completion ’Water Field Dog’. It was highly probable that he was a Class E Officer.
Ye Hanjun methodically described what he had seen, simplifying how he had approached and escaped.
The two patrolmen did not harbor suspicions, their faces were solemn as thunderclouds, their minds were fixated on the Fire Elephant Tree and the Flame Child, they had no mental energy to concern themselves with other matters.
"Fire Elephant Tree... I feel like I have heard this term somewhere before..."
"Indeed! It takes three hundred years to germinate and blooms after six hundred years... The Fire Elephant Flower blossoms, and its fragrance spreads a hundred miles! These eight phrases, they seem a little familiar!"
Chen Mai pondered deeply for two to three minutes before he finally understood.
Renwo Kuang remained silent, he and Ye Hanjun had just joined each other and had yet to communicate privately.
However, he was a student of the Canghai Pavilion, and he would accumulate specific knowledge in his spare time.
Like the name of the Fire Elephant Tree, though he couldn’t recall the specifics, he had heard of it. He could tell it was a rare fire-attributed spiritual material.
"I will go inform the mayor!"
"Old Lu, the second area is your territory. Deal with it. Don’t let those know-it-all idiots provoke the guardian beast of the Fire Elephant Tree!"
Chen Mai left two warnings before he rode away on his Cave Frog.
"The two of you, please lend a hand."
Lu Wu decreed in a low voice: "In urgent times, the big picture is paramount."
"Regardless of how we deal with the Fire Elephant Tree, the appearance of such precious spiritual material in the mine, as well as the presence of a Jade Infant fetus guarding it, this situation is beyond control."
"I will arrange for the brothers in the second area to guide the miners to evacuate as soon as possible, not permitting them to linger here."
"But we are short-staffed, you both help notify others, try to call over more brothers from other areas."
"Right." Renwo Kuang nodded and turned to leave.
Ye Hanjun cupped his fists in a salutation, activating 10% of the Dark Demon Eye’s capability and melted into the shadows in front of Lu Wu’s eyes.
"Such a unique ability..."
Lu Wu glanced, without giving it too much thought.
Activate at 10% only appeared unique— to be astonishing, there was quite some distance between them, not even mentioning shock.
"DuoYu [Hao Duoyu], LiYou [Hao Liyou], just follow my orders!"
"Paper cannot hide fire. The aroma of the Fire Elephant Tree is so strong it won’t take hours before not only would those in the mine notice the uniqueness, even outside the mine disturbances will occur!"
"Our time right now is very urgent, find a way to let the mining rest for a while, don’t let outsiders cause trouble!"
"Roger!" Hao Duoyu and Hao Liyou, echoed in unison.
...
By evening on the fourth day, people were still being driven out of every mine entrance.
Those being driven out mainly fumed, and the rest who did not cause much of a fuss were inhaling through their noses, their eyes filled with surprise.
"A treasure appeared! I saw it with my own eyes!"
"That’s a tree, with a bud on it ready to bloom, the fire elements contained within it were purer than any ore I’ve seen before. It must be an unimaginably great treasure!"
The first wave of mining survivors, lurking among the crowd, whispered:
"But next to it, there’s a monster. This ’monster’ just pointed out its long spear, and many of the people behind me died."
"If it weren’t for me being a 2nd level ’Athlete,’ possessing the active ability of ’Adrenaline,’ I wouldn’t have been able to escape. I would’ve been burnt to death at first contact..."
The surrounding people initially only regarded it as gossip.
Upon hearing it more, it went from one person to ten, ten to a hundred. And in less than two hours, the crowd buzzed incessantly, causing a great uproar.
"What are you doing! What’s all this noise about!"
Hao Liyou stood beside his Wind Leopard, only calmed the crowd down slightly when the leopard roared.
But this didn’t last at all. Almost instantly, a 2nd level troublemaker, relying on his powerful strength, questioned loudly:
"We too paid our dues so why are we being driven out of the mine!"
"Exactly, a treasure has appeared in the mine, don’t we deserve a share of it?"
"That’s right! We were the ones who unearthed it, not giving us a piece of the pie but driving us out instead, this is simply intolerable!"
...
At least two or three hundred people followed suit, and the public discontent grew intense.
Hao Liyou intended to berate them, but he held it back when the words reached his throat. He hadn’t experienced dealing with this many people before, he worried that he might worsen the chaos with a wrong word.
Fortunately, brothers who heard of this soon hurried over.
Not only the law enforcers inside the mine, but the patrolmen and security personnel from Blue Eel Town were all moving towards this area.
"Master Han, should we join the fight?"
Renwo Kuang, who was guarding a far entrance, secretly asked.
Ye Hanjun who was hidden in the shadows pondered:
"If we could obtain the Corpse Crystal of the Flame Child, it would be of great benefit to Renwo Lang."
"But this will not be a simple matter. The Flame Child is a Jade Infant of Small Completion, far exceeding our current level."
"In the mine - the Flame Child’s home field, the rich fire elements strengthen its power."
"And the mayor of Blue Eel Town, I heard he is an E-class authority, accompanied by a Jade Infant Void Extraction."
"To try to defeat by surpassing one’s own level... it’s extremely difficult."