Mountain village beauty: Brother, don't stop!

Chapter 123: Chapter 123: Really a Weirdo

The two of them ran all the way to the basement where the centipedes were raised, and as soon as Wang Hao entered, he was greatly surprised.

"Uncle Su, why have you started growing Lingzhi mushrooms?"

Wang Hao saw the basement was filled with small Lingzhi mushrooms and curiously asked Su Zhenping.

"Take a closer look."

Su Zhenping said to Wang Hao, smiling.

Wang Hao also felt it odd. Although these Lingzhi mushrooms looked very small, their color was much deeper than that of common Lingzhi.

But from the tone of Su Zhenping’s voice, these seemed to be no ordinary Lingzhi mushrooms.

Out of curiosity, Wang Hao squatted in front of a small Lingzhi mushroom to take a closer look.

He discovered that these mushrooms were red in color and clearly had much thicker flesh.

"No, these aren’t common Lingzhi!"

Wang Hao’s heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Su Zhenping with a face full of surprise.

"Could these all be Blood Ganoderma?"

Su Zhenping shook his head.

"This isn’t Blood Ganoderma. It’s just that the color is deeper than common Lingzhi, and it’s more precious."

Wang Hao carefully counted and found that there were a total of ten such Lingzhi mushrooms in the entire basement, but all were still very small.

Thinking of when he had left, there was nothing here, so how had so many Lingzhi mushrooms grown so quickly?

Out of curiosity, Wang Hao reached out to touch the mushrooms to see what was different about the soil beneath them.

"Don’t touch it!"

Su Zhenping was startled by Wang Hao’s actions and hurriedly tried to stop him.

But Wang Hao’s hand could not be retracted in time, and it had already touched the mushroom at Su Zhenping’s shout.

Underneath the Lingzhi mushroom, a Little Red Giant Centipede coiled, suddenly twisted its body, erected its antennae, and opened its mouth as if to bite Wang Hao’s hand.

Luckily, Wang Hao reacted quickly and was not bitten.

Although Wang Hao was not bitten, the Little Red Giant Centipede was clearly frightened; it "whooshed" to the side of the wall, raised its head, and watched Wang Hao and Su Zhenping warily.

"Ah, you really are more trouble than you’re worth."

Su Zhenping suddenly burst into scolding.

"Do you know how long it took me to get this Little Red Giant Centipede to burrow under the Lingzhi mushroom? And now you’ve frightened it; it definitely won’t go back."

"What will happen if it doesn’t go back?"

Wang Hao asked curiously.

"If it doesn’t go back, we can only send it to the Blood Ganoderma. Otherwise, it won’t survive!"

Su Zhenping looked heartbroken and forlorn, as if each Little Red Giant Centipede was his own child.

"Then let’s send it back."

Wang Hao, feeling guilty, touched his head and reached out to grab the centipede.

Even though he was bitten by the centipede, he seemed not to feel it.

This was a Little Red Giant Centipede, and although it had just hatched, a single drop of its venom was potent enough to kill a strong horse.

Yet, its venom seemed to have no effect on Wang Hao, which made Su Zhenping quite envious, and sometimes even wishful that the centipede would bite him to death.

"You! You’re really a freak!"

Su Zhenping brought a bag over and packed up the Little Red Giant Centipede. He wouldn’t dare to rashly grab it with his hands like Wang Hao had done without being overcome by insect-repelling powder.

Wang Hao and Su Zhenping, carrying the little centipede, headed up the mountain. Su Zhenping was very curious about the whereabouts of those two Lingzhi mushrooms, so as soon as they entered the mountain, he inquired.

"What did you do with those two Lingzhi mushrooms?"

Listening to Su Zhenping’s tone, Wang Hao felt quite uncomfortable, as if he had somehow spoiled the two Lingzhi mushrooms. Initially, when Su wanted him to go and see, he had refused; now he came asking out of curiosity.

So, Wang Hao meticulously recounted to Su Zhenping the details concerning the acquisition of medicinal herbs by Le Tian Group.

"I didn’t expect that there is still someone in Le Tian Group who knows their stuff!"

Su Zhenping laughed, as if he knew about Le Tian Group’s past affairs.

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Wang Hao asked curiously.

"I don’t!"

Su Zhenping answered very straightforwardly.

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Wang Hao kept pressing for an answer.

"This..."

Su Zhenping didn’t know how to respond, and failing to find an excuse, he simply laughed it off.

"It’s just hearsay. Why are you asking so thoroughly?"

After speaking, Su Zhenping quickened his step, eager to leave this place as if to avoid the question.

Su Zhenping wasn’t originally from Chen Village; he had moved there not long ago.

Watching Su Zhenping’s retreating figure, Wang Hao always felt that he must be hiding some secret, a secret that was also the reason he was hiding out in Chen Village, not wishing to be seen by outsiders.

However, from his interactions with Su Zhenping over time, Wang Hao felt that he wasn’t a bad person, so he didn’t continue to pursue the matter; after all, who didn’t have a secret or two in this world?

It’s just that Wang Hao always inadvertently gathered some information from Su Zhenping, hinting that his background might not be simple.

Every time Wang Hao wanted to delve deeper, Su Zhenping deliberately avoided it, and Wang Hao could do nothing but let it go.

"Wow, why are there so many!"

As they arrived at the Blood Ganoderma, seeing the cave filled with Little Red Giant Centipedes, Wang Hao couldn’t help but exclaim.

"The more, the better!"

Su Zhenping smiled upon seeing them.

"Everything in the world has a dual nature, and medicinal herbs are no different. The more potent the medicinal herb, the stronger its toxicity, which requires these poisonous creatures to draw away their toxins. Otherwise, these effective medicinal herbs would be no different from poison."

As Su Zhenping spoke, he released the little centipede from his pocket, and to avoid disturbing the ones inside, the two men left.

After seeing the Little Red Giant Centipedes surrounding the Blood Ganoderma, Wang Hao started to worry. If the people from Zao City’s biological laboratory found out about this, they would definitely take back control of the forest.

It would still be okay if the Blood Ganoderma and the Little Red Giant Centipedes were taken away, but there was also a dragon spring. If that was taken too, then everything Wang Hao had been doing would have been in vain.

Thinking this, Wang Hao shivered involuntarily.

"Uncle Su, do you think we could try to grow a Blood Ganoderma ourselves?"

As Su Zhenping and Wang Hao planned to check out the dragon spring, Wang Hao voiced his inner thoughts.

"It’s not impossible, but there is already a Blood Ganoderma in the mountain, and it’s quite large now, attracting all the poisonous creatures to it."

Su Zhenping understood Wang Hao’s concerns and pondered before speaking again.

"I can only say let’s try, but since poisonous and spiritual beings complement each other, it wouldn’t succeed without sufficient poisonous creatures. You should be aware of this."

Wang Hao nodded; he definitely understood that nothing was foolproof.

When they arrived at the dragon spring’s cave, Wang Hao looked up at the Lingzhi mushrooms inside.

He knew they were his future capital, so he had to take great care of them.

After a careful inspection and finding nothing amiss, Wang Hao and Su Zhenping went down the mountain.

After a busy day, Wang Hao felt tired and planned to go home, take a nice bath, and get a good night’s sleep.

Just then, a hand pulled Wang Hao into the hay next to him, and the two ended up embracing each other, lying on the hay.

Wang Hao was startled. Once he came to his senses, he realized he was lying on top of his cousin-in-law, Feng Man...