Chapter 10 Little Green Snake (Seeking Recommendation Tickets)

  "No, if it's a car accident, why is there such a big fuss? The Book of Revelation doesn't specify what will happen, does it just imply that an accident will occur?"

  Xu Mo's heart was filled with doubt and uncertainty.

  All he heard was little Chen saying: "Walk properly, what's with all the swaying?"

  Looking up, Old Li was walking around the vehicle from one side to the other, his body swaying back and forth as if he were drunk. As he passed by Xiao Chen, he almost bumped into him. Xiao Chen patted his shoulder and cursed with a smile.

  Old Li said: "I didn't sway." He surprisingly didn't feel his body swaying, opened the passenger door, and got in shaking, his body still moving wildly.

  Xiao Chen suddenly lowered his voice and asked in a low tone: "Hey! Did you sniff Fantasy Powder?"

  Old Li hastily said: "Nothing of the sort, I'm with you, don't you know if I've been smoking or not? Besides, that stuff is ridiculously expensive, how could I afford to smoke it normally? It's just that I had a bit of wine earlier."

  Seemed to want to control his own voice, but inadvertently spoke very loudly.

  Xiao Chen frowned, "How much have you had?"

  Old Li said: "Not much, just a small cup. I know you need me to drive you back to the city, how dare I drink too much?"

  Xiao Chen wondered: "Drunk from just a small cup?"

  Old Li stretched out his hand to scratch his head, but ended up scratching his face all over, "I'm also surprised, my alcohol tolerance wasn't this low before. Maybe there's something wrong with that wine, damn it, the cafeteria dares to sell fake liquor, I'll settle the score with them later..."

  The sound gradually faded away, and Little Chen had already started the car, turned it around, and driven off.

  Liu Qian suddenly leaned in close to Xu Mo and whispered, "Huàn Mèng Fěn is the name of that hallucinogenic drug I once told you about, the one controlled by Shen Bancheng."

  Xu Mo nodded his head. When he first heard about this medicine, he had thought of using it in his own quiet breathing exercises, but didn't know if it would work.

  Su Yan suddenly exclaimed: "It's the white fluff on this fruit, it's poisonous. The person who ate it without washing just got anesthetized and almost got into a car accident by driving into the ditch."

  He lowered his head and glanced at the green fruit in his hand, as if it were a snake or scorpion, and quickly threw it away, running to the well to wash his hands.

  Liu Qian was shocked by the words, staring at the green fruit on the ground, his face suddenly turned serious, and he walked over with his head down.

  Xu Mo's heart skipped a beat as he followed him forward, asking: "You suspect that the Fantasy Powder was extracted from the white fur on the outside of Qing Guo?"

  "Shh! Keep your voice down, don't let others hear." Liu Qian hastily reminded him, uneasily glancing at Zhao Hongzhe and the others, seeing that they hadn't noticed anything, just like Su Yan, ran to the well to wash his hands, only then feeling a bit more at ease.

  His face immediately showed an excited expression, "It's just a suspicion, if it's true, we'll be rich."

  Bend down and pick up the green fruit on the ground, "Is it real or fake? Try it out to know."

  Xu Mo also became excited: If it's true, then I can try it on quiet breathing.

  The two of them picked up all the green fruits, and Liu Qian whispered, "Let's go to a deserted place to try it out."

  Seeing Xu Mo nodding, he then raised his voice and said to Su Xian and the others: "I have something to discuss with Brother Xu, let's take a walk for a while. You all stay here, don't run around."

  Su Yan asked: "Where are you going?"

  Xu Mo was quick-witted and retorted, "Throw these green fruits to the side, or else they'll be picked up by someone."

  Liu Qian's face was filled with a smile, and he secretly gave a thumbs up, praising in a low voice: "This is great, we've taken away these green fruits, I was worried they'd be suspicious."

  From a distance, they still heard Su Yan and others talking. Guo Xia asked anxiously: "Is this fruit poisonous? If we eat it, will something happen?"

  Su Yan didn't dare to say for sure: "The poisonous one should be just the white fur on the outside."

  Xu Tao said: "Why do I feel stomach pain?"

  Su Yan glared at him, "It's just your psychological effect, I'm not in pain."

  Xu Mo and Liu Qian walked out for dozens of meters, the trees were sparse, they thought Su Xuan and others couldn't see them anymore, only then did they stop.

  Liu Qian took a deep breath, his face showing an excitement that he couldn't hide, and said excitedly: "Shen Bancheng got huge benefits from the Fantasy Powder, which is why he became the big boss of Huai City. The sales channels of Fantasy Powder are all under his control, and it can't be bought anywhere else. Therefore, someone has long suspected that he made it himself."

  He took a green fruit and held it in front of his eyes, flipping it over to examine the white hairs on its surface. "Fantasy powder can be taken directly or wrapped in paper and inhaled; the effect is the same either way. After using it, you'll feel like you're floating on air - just focus your mind and the hallucinations will be indistinguishable from reality. I was lucky enough to try some once when I was with Hu San-ge, and wow! The feeling... you can play with any celebrity you want, sleep with any woman you want; it's just that after the effect wears off, you'll feel empty."

  "If the white fluff on the outside of this green fruit is indeed the raw material for making Dream Powder, then it will have the effect of Dream Powder. Even if it hasn't been processed, the effect may be slightly worse, but not by much."

  "I'll try it first." He said, bringing the green fruit to his mouth, licking the white fuzz on top with the tip of his tongue, and then closed his eyes.

  "Xu Mo anxiously asked: 'How does it feel?'"

  Liu Qian's body shook violently, and his face gradually turned red. Not long after, he opened his eyes, his expression extremely excited, and jumped up from the ground, laughing loudly: "Haha! This is not the material for Fantasy Powder, this is Fantasy Powder itself. Shen Bancheng's Fantasy Powder was made by simply scraping off these white hairs, grinding them into powder, without any processing at all."

  He jumped up and down, shouting: "We've made it, we've made it, Brother Xu, we've made it."

  Xu Mo followed up excitedly and asked: "What's the effect?"

  Liu Gan smiled awkwardly: "The effect? Of course, it's the same as Mengmeng powder. Dammit, after tasting it just now, I immediately saw that little girl, and I wanted to take her down right away. But thinking of Brother Xu being by my side, I had to let her off for now. And besides, I only licked a bit, the medicine wasn't enough, it will pass soon, and there's no time to comfort her, humph! When night falls, there'll be plenty of time to talk to that little girl again."

  Xu Mo didn't care about his thoughts, wanted to try it on quiet breathing, and was worried that he would become addicted after using it, and said uncertainly: "Will the Fantasy Powder really not be addictive after use?"

  Liu Qian patted his shoulder, "Of course not, how could I cheat you?"

  Xu Mo hesitated for a moment before saying, "Give me a few."

  "Here, take half." Liu Gan generously split the green fruit in his hand and gave half to him. Then he said: "Let's go ask Su Yan where this green fruit was picked from. There must be more in that place."

  Xu Mo smiled and said: "The key is not the green fruit, but the plant that grows the green fruit. If we can transplant one of those plants back, then we will have truly made progress."

  Liu Qian slapped his forehead hard and said, "You're right, your brain is really useful, you think things through faster than me." Then he sighed: "Reading more books is indeed good!"

  Xu Mo thought of his own situation and felt that these words were a bit sarcastic.

  Liu Qian looked at the green fruit in his hand and frowned, saying: "This thing is not easy to put in a pocket, wiping off the white hair will make it useless, and it can't be taken back like this for people to see."

  As he spoke, he took out two pieces of paper from his pocket and handed one to Xu Mo. "The effective part of the Qingguo is only the white fluff on top. We can scrape off the white fluff, wrap it in paper, and that's it."

  There were a few green fruits that didn't have any white fuzz on them, and the two of them thought they had been wiped off by Su Yan. They felt sorry about it. After cleaning up, they headed back the same way they came.

  Ask Xú Yuān, the plant that grows Qing Guǒ is in a small valley nearby, about half a mile away.

  Liu Qian wanted to go and pick it right away, but Xu Mo stopped him. "If we go now, won't people suspect something? The plant isn't going anywhere, let's wait until work is over tonight, it's not too late then."

  Liu Qian thought so, but today's work was not going well for either of them. Zhao Hongzhe and the others were slacking off as usual, so their progress compared to yesterday afternoon was not much better.

  Thin and tall Xiao Chen came back, checked their progress, was very dissatisfied, severely scolded several people, and then put down the words: if you don't do a good job, leave immediately.

  Xu Mo and Liu Qian nodded in agreement, but they were actually very displeased. After dinner, they hastily headed towards the small valley where Sheng Lao Qing Guo grew.

  "Found it!"

  As soon as the two entered the small valley, they saw a patch of green plants growing beside the mountain wall at the entrance.

  The plant was less than half a meter high, but its leaves were thick and large, shaped like a palm, with several green fruits scattered on each plant. It should be a kind of wild plant, but neither of them recognized it.

  The two of them checked the green fruit on the plant and were surprised to find that most of the green fruit had no white hairs. After a good search, they finally found a dozen or so green fruit with white hairs, but only covering a very small part of the surface.

  Only an extremely small number of green fruits have their surfaces covered with white hairs.

  Liu Qianqi said: "Is it that these white hairs will only grow out after the green fruit is ripe? These ones without white hair are all unripe fruits."

  Xu Mo nodded, "There is such a possibility."

  Liu Qiandao said, "Never mind, let's first pick these white-haired ones and talk about it later. Those that are not yet mature will be dealt with later. We still have plenty of time, the part-time job won't end for a few more days, and we can come back to dig up this plant before we leave."

  Xu Mo carefully observed the unripe green fruit and wondered, "These unripe green fruits look almost the same as the ripe ones we processed this afternoon, and some are even bigger. Is there no other change in these fruits besides growing white hair to indicate they're ripe?"

  "How would I know?" Liu Qian smiled and replied, "There must be some that are ripe in the next few days, we can take this opportunity to observe them."

  Xu Mo suggested: "It's best to dig up one first and transplant it to the side to see if it can survive. If not, when we leave, we'll recklessly move a plant that can't be planted, which would be bad."

  This proposal was immediately approved by Liu Qian, who picked up a stone with edges and bent down to dig up the plant at the edge.

  But just as he was about to touch the plant, something suddenly fell from above and slipped into a crack in the rock beside him.

  The two were shocked to find that it was a small green snake about twenty centimeters long and as thick as chopsticks.