Free Web NovelChapter 389: Chapter 389: Harvesting Blood Ganoderma
"Stop dilly-dallying and hurry up and pick it. Without the red giant centipede, even if we leave it, it will only cause its spiritual energy to continuously dissipate. Pick it first and we’ll talk later!"
Su Zhenping urged anxiously.
With those words from Su Zhenping, Wang Hao no longer hesitated, cautiously picking the Blood Ganoderma and not forgetting to pluck the nearby large Lingzhi as well.
"Okay, as you command!"
Wang Hao immediately plucked the Blood Ganoderma from inside the cave and handed it to Su Zhenping.
"Good heavens, this Lingzhi is so huge; it must be worth a fortune!"
Since it had always grown next to the Blood Ganoderma, it probably absorbed a lot of its spiritual energy.
"What’s so strange about a large Lingzhi growing next to it? Hand it over quickly!"
Su Zhenping quickly stretched out his hand to take the large Lingzhi.
"You’re too stingy. I risked my life to save the Blood Ganoderma for you, and you can’t even spare this for me!"
Wang Hao complained.
"You want the Blood Ganoderma? Take it!"
Su Zhenping gave Wang Hao a look and without hesitation passed the Blood Ganoderma in his hand to him.
Wang Hao was shocked by Su Zhenping’s action.
"This... you aren’t joking, right? This is your lifeblood! You’re really giving it to me?"
Wang Hao couldn’t believe his own eyes.
"Don’t want it? Then I’ll just keep it!"
After saying that, Su Zhenping was about to take it back.
Wang Hao quickly stepped forward and snatched it back; only a fool would refuse!
"Didn’t you say this was Su Lin’s dowry? How could you bear to give it to me?"
Wang Hao asked, puzzled.
"I did think so at the time, but now that all the red giant centipedes here are dead, and the Blood Ganoderma can’t grow anymore, it completely failed to meet my expectations."
Su Zhenping sighed before continuing.
"If it had grown for another couple of years, it would have been even bigger, and its value would have doubled. What a pity!"
Luckily, Su Zhenping now knew how to cultivate Blood Ganoderma and already had a plan to cultivate a more perfect one as Su Lin’s dowry.
As for the current half-finished product, it was a bargain for Wang Hao.
"Right, how could I forget about the important matter. Now what do we do with these poisonous centipedes? If they descend the mountain and bite the villagers, what then?"
Wang Hao, having secured the Blood Ganoderma, looked at the poisonous centipedes with concern.
"No need to worry about that, the fields down the mountain have been irrigated with Dragon Pool Spring water, I don’t think these creatures dare to go down the mountain." fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
Su Zhenping wasn’t worried about that, just felt a bit lost. If it hadn’t been for the appearance of these poisonous centipedes, they wouldn’t have picked the Blood Ganoderma prematurely.
Wang Hao thought the same; since the poisonous centipedes feared the Dragon Pool Spring water, there wasn’t much to worry about.
"If we tried to catch all of them, it could take ten days to half a month, perhaps more. To let them die on the mountain would disrupt the ecological balance of the back hill. This is really a tough problem to solve!"
Although the poisonous centipedes didn’t dare to go down the mountain, their threat had not been eliminated, which caused Su Zhenping to furrow his brows once again.
"Now that we’ve picked the Blood Ganoderma and the Dragon Pool Spring is well hidden, we don’t have to worry about others discovering anything if they come up the mountain."
Wang Hao said with a smile.
"Since that’s the case, let’s leave this tricky matter to the professionals!"
Looking at Wang Hao brimming with confidence, Su Zhenping was somewhat confused.
At that moment, Wang Hao took out his phone and dialed a number.
"Wang Hao, what made you think of calling me today?"
On the other end was Wang Ming, the director of the Zao City Biological Laboratory, who asked with a laugh.
"We’ve got another strange kind of centipede showing up in our back mountain, it feeds specifically on red giant dragon centipedes, and their blood contains potent toxins, do you know what species these centipedes are?"
Wang Hao stated it with great emphasis, as if it were even more magical than seeing a ghost.
"Centipedes with toxic blood? For real? Hold on, I’ll be right over to take a look!"
Wang Ming hung up the phone after speaking.
He was probably making rapid preparations to hurry over.
After hanging up, Wang Hao didn’t forget to show off to Su Zhenping with a smug expression.
"Done!"
Upon hearing of a centipede species that had never been seen before, Wang Ming panicked and rushed to Chen Village. After Wang Hao explained the situation, he immediately brought a team to catch the centipedes all over the mountain.
Being professionals with the right tools, by the time it was dark, they had nearly caught all the poisonous centipedes in the mountain.
"It’s really amazing, I’ve never seen centipedes with toxic blood like this in all my life!"
After catching the toxic centipedes, Wang Ming was in a fog.
Since Wang Ming specialized in biological research, this species of centipede was completely new to him.
Wang Ming was highly curious, and there seemed to be nothing special about the back mountain of Chen Village, so why were there always such baffling occurrences?
First, there was the extremely rare discovery of the red giant dragon centipedes, a species that was nearly extinct worldwide, and now this bizarre species with toxic blood had emerged.
The more Wang Ming thought about it, the more unbelievable it seemed, so he looked around, puzzled.
Wang Hao certainly didn’t want him to notice anything amiss, especially not the Dragon Pool Spring or the ancient tomb. He approached quickly.
"What do you think? See anything?"
Wang Hao intentionally changed the subject.
"I don’t see anything particular, just find it really strange that these rare centipedes keep appearing in this mountain," Wang Ming said, still looking bewildered.
Wang Hao also had a bad feeling and quickly diverted the topic.
"Ah, it’s just a shame about those red giant dragon centipedes, all eaten by these bizarre ones!"
"Don’t worry about that!"
Wang Ming seemed unconcerned and gave Wang Hao a slight smile.
"We’ve already got results from the red giant dragon centipedes you supplied last time, and we’re gearing up for artificial breeding, so it’s okay if there are none left on your end, they won’t become extinct!"
Wang Hao was taken aback, as he knew that artificial breeding of red giant dragon centipedes required very specific conditions and the aid of spiritual items.
But then again, with the support of the national government behind Zao City’s biological laboratory, it was not at all surprising that they had developed such technology.
However, Wang Hao had his own plans.
"Wang Ming, have you guys now mastered the method for artificial breeding of red giant dragon centipede venom?"
Wang Hao pretended to be very surprised.
"Yes, what’s so strange about that? Don’t forget what we do, we’ve been working on this project for over ten years!"
Wang Ming was smart enough to see right through Wang Hao’s thoughts and continued.
"Seeing how anxious you look, you must be interested in breeding red giant dragon centipedes? It just so happens that our lab is looking for some professional breeders to mass-produce them. If you’re interested, I can recommend you!"
Having experienced repeated failures in centipede research, Wang Ming had purchased centipedes from Wang Hao before and knew Wang Hao was interested in breeding centipedes, as he had asked for a lot of related information at the time.
"That would be absolutely great!"
Wang Hao did not hold back when expressing his eagerness, since red giant dragon centipedes were key to cultivating Blood Ganoderma, and in this respect, he wouldn’t stand on ceremony with Wang Ming.
As dusk approached, Wang Ming also had to hurry back. He gave his laboratory’s address to Wang Hao and then left with a whole truckload of toxic centipedes.
Back at Su Zhenping’s home, Wang Hao handed over the Zao City biological laboratory’s membership card and address to Su Zhenping. This card, also given by Wang Ming, was limited in distribution nationwide.
With this card, Su Zhenping could come and go freely at the Zao City biological laboratory.
Since the Blood Ganoderma had been forcibly harvested, Su Zhenping had been downcast, but upon receiving the card from Wang Hao, his gloom instantly vanished.
