The golden silkworm grub, as if injected with adrenaline, clung tightly to the Chi bead, refusing to let go.
"Don't bite, you can't afford to damage it," Lin Fan warned, then placed the Chi bead and the golden silkworm grub into a box.
"I actually obtained a dragon pearl."
Watching the golden silkworm grub eagerly crawl onto the Chi bead, Lin Fan couldn't help but laugh.
A dragon! A dragon pearl! He could hardly imagine it!
"Damn it, Li Yurou knows too."
Lin Fan's heart suddenly skipped a beat. That girl was also remarkable, recognizing such a rare item. Since she already knew the condensed water pearl was a dragon pearl, he was even less likely to sell it. What a joke! Forget a hundred million US dollars, even a hundred billion US dollars wouldn't be enough to sell it!
"Li Yurou definitely won't give up. I need to think of a way to absolutely prevent the news from spreading." Lin Fan, cupping his chin, pondered deeply.
Just then, his phone in his pocket rang.
"Ayue?" The moment he saw the caller ID, Lin Fan had a premonition that it was related to Li Yurou!
The call was connected.
"Xiao Fan, what did you do to Yurou?"
"She's already bought a plane ticket and is on her way to me." Zheng Yue's voice, tinged with schadenfreude, came from the receiver.
"I might have obtained a very powerful treasure," Lin Fan said.
Zheng Yue's interest was piqued. "More powerful than the bugs you gave me?"
"Much more powerful, not even on the same level," Lin Fan said excitedly.
"Can you bring it for me to admire?" Zheng Yue's curiosity was ignited. She cherished the golden silkworm grub and had tested its abilities. It was impervious to water and fire, able to kill without a trace! She even felt the golden silkworm grub was invincible! And Lin Fan said his new item wasn't on the same level as her treasure, could it be a relic from an immortal?
"It's too late today, I'll come over tomorrow. And I have a small favor to ask," Lin Fan remembered Ma Michi's matter.
"Sure," Zheng Yue agreed without even asking. The call ended.
"Stop biting, you can't bite through it," Lin Fan said helplessly. In the box, the golden silkworm grub greedily gnawed and bit at the Chi bead, but its sharp teeth left no trace on the bead. Even so, it persisted tirelessly, biting bite after bite.
"I really don't know what to do with you." Lin Fan shook his head and simply put the golden silkworm grub and the Chi bead into the drawer.
"Don't disturb me." After a reminder, regardless of whether the golden silkworm grub understood, Lin Fan lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and gradually drifted into dreams.
The night was long. Lin Fan had a strange dream. In the dream, he was in a dark, vast, desolate place, with a group of strangely shaped fish swimming around him. After pondering for a moment, he realized he was underwater. Faint light came from above, accompanied by the sound of gurgling bubbles, and a behemoth at the bottom of the water moved its tail, swimming upwards.
Splash!
Water splattered.
"Roar!"
A thunderous roar shook the heavens! Lin Fan swam to the surface at an extremely fast speed, his vision continuously expanding. He looked around, the boundless surface of the water churned with turbulent waves.
Continue upwards! Lin Fan discovered that his body was exceptionally magical, completely unrestrained by gravity. He flew upwards, chasing the behemoth.
"Faster, faster!" Lin Fan soared into the sky, quickly reaching the clouds. Heaven and earth, the four seas, were all beneath his feet! Cracks of thunder rumbled from all around, lightning and thunder, yet they did not attack Lin Fan, seemingly afraid of provoking this terrifying entity.
"Fantastic!" Lin Fan passed through layers of clouds, heading straight for the void beyond the sky. He wanted to see how high the sky truly was!
"Ah... Ah-choo!" Just then, a sneeze woke Lin Fan. He felt a sense of loss, wishing he could continue the dream. He was so close to flying out of Earth. Unfortunately, it was all just a dream!
"So it was you, you little thing." Lin Fan felt something small and moving on his nose. He reached out and touched it, only to find it was the golden silkworm grub that had been with the Chi bead last night. It went without saying that the drawer must have been chewed open by it. Lin Fan had never seen anything that could contain it; even thick reinforced concrete would eventually be chewed through by it given enough time.
"You don't sleep in the middle of the night and come to bother me, is it..." Lin Fan hadn't finished speaking when images suddenly appeared in his mind. On a dark street, two figures were carrying something unknown, moving sneakily.
"It's the village road," Lin Fan immediately became alert. He knew how mystical the golden silkworm grub was; it must have discovered something and come to warn him. Without further thought, Lin Fan quickly put on his clothes and got up. He didn't turn on the light. With his piercing purple eyes, he could see clearly even in the dark. After putting on his shoes, he quietly pushed open the door and went out.
The moonlight was serene, casting a silver glow everywhere. The golden silkworm grub circled in the air a few times and flew in one direction. Lin Fan knew it was guiding him and quickly followed. After walking a few hundred meters and passing the intersection leading to the village committee, he breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that Tian Mengyao wasn't in trouble.
"That's strange, what could warrant such a major disturbance from the golden silkworm grub?" Lin Fan couldn't figure it out and scratched his head. Just as he was about to turn back home, he smelled a strong stench. And he heard a familiar voice.
"Be careful, you spilled it on my shoes." From a dark alley ahead, an angry voice could be heard.
"Can't see in the dark, how can you blame me?" Hearing this voice, Lin Fan's eyes flashed with a sharp, cold glint. Wang Quezi! Lin Fan was deeply impressed by the man's hoarse voice and wouldn't mistake it. He moved with agile steps, chasing after them from the shadows along the wall.
"I told you not to fill it so much, you insisted on filling it to the brim." By the moonlight, Lin Fan also recognized the other person. Despite the rough, masculine voice, her long hair was tossed around. It was one of Wang Quezi's cronies, Brother Chang Mao. Lin Fan sneered dismissively. He had thought these two scoundrels had been taught a lesson, but they had dared to return.
"Good, I'll see what tricks you're up to." Lin Fan, without making a sound, followed behind the two. Wang Quezi and Chang Mao didn't notice the person behind them, still carrying their buckets of manure, moving forward breathlessly.
"If I didn't fill it with enough, I wouldn't be able to quell my anger," Wang Quezi said through gritted teeth.
Chang Mao spat. "Isn't Lin Fan capable? He's built a two-story new house. If I pour this bucket of dung on it, let's see if he can live comfortably."
"Heh, that's not all. I'll pour it in every room of his house," Wang Quezi said with a fierce expression. Lin Fan felt both angry and disgusted. How did he run into these two scoundrels? What devious plans could they come up with? If they actually succeeded, while the harm might not be great, the insult would be immense. To tolerate this was unbearable!