"No, I just heard it from others and wanted to try it out?" Li Zheng replied speechlessly, "Aren’t you afraid it might not work for your condition? Wouldn’t that mean I benefited for nothing?"
"If you want to take advantage, go ahead. I don’t mind, so why should you?" Zhan Zhouzhou replied with a very generous tone.
Li Zheng suddenly felt something was off; this didn’t sound like something Zhan the heroine would say.
It sounded more like Yan Guang’s tone.
Among the people Li Zheng knew, only Yan Guang could say such shameless things.
With Zhan Zhouzhou’s personality, she could never say that!
Realizing this, Li Zheng asked with a full head of black lines, "These... did Yan Guang teach you?"
Zhan Zhouzhou admitted straightforwardly, "Yes, she did."
After confirming, Li Zheng felt relieved; at least Zhan the heroine herself didn’t truly want him to help: "I told you to keep a distance from her, or be careful she might ruin your character setting."
Zhan Zhouzhou replied, "Yan Guang said that since you’re so concerned about me, you must be interested in me, and wanted me to test you."
Li Zheng was puzzled, "Me? Interested in you? No way! I just see you as a good friend. Isn’t caring for each other among friends a normal thing?"
"Oh, then I’m relieved." Zhan Zhouzhou asked again, "From my standpoint, isn’t it also normal for good friends to help each other? If I really asked for your help, would you be willing?"
Li Zheng laughed coldly, "Just tested me, now you’re trying another trap, huh?"
Do you think I’d fall for that?
"I’m not surnamed Hua! Besides, women only slow down my hand speed!"
After sending this message, Li Zheng ignored her and focused on the exploration ahead.
Open door, enter it, find that Gold Level creature, release Little Sakura.
Little Sakura itself has the strength of a Gold Level leader, even without Pink Poli’s help, it has no trouble killing an ordinary Gold creature.
In just thirty seconds, that Gold creature became material, collected by Li Zheng into a capsule.
Once upon a time, Li Zheng struggled even against an old Three-headed Ghost Lion.
Now, when facing creatures of the same level, he doesn’t even need to make a move himself.
"Not bad, another type of Gold 1+ blood. Once I collect... two more, I can officially break through to Gold." Li Zheng, checking the material list, looked forward to the exploration ahead.
"Hope I can gather it all tonight, otherwise I’ll have to trade it on the world channel."
On the way to explore other doors, Li Zheng took out the crystal core material he just decomposed and tossed it to Little Sakura to eat.
This was a creature with Earth Attribute abilities, just perfect for Little Sakura to use to upgrade its abilities.
After Little Sakura finished eating, Li Zheng opened the panel to find that all the experience had gone into the "Flying Rock Bomb" ability, which was just Level 3...
"Flying Rock Bomb and Earth Ridge Piercing are both Earth Attribute abilities, is it because Little Sakura first gained Flying Rock Bomb, so the experience went to that ability?" Li Zheng didn’t find it problematic, as it was just a Gold Level crystal core, not worth much.
He was just curious, why didn’t it convert to experience and upgrade Flying Rock Bomb when Little Sakura ate the Earth Dragon Crystal Core?
Recalling the item description carefully, Li Zheng remembered that the Earth Dragon Crystal Core description was gaining the "Earth Dragon" ability, not developing Earth Attribute abilities.
Maybe the difference lies there.
"It’s also a point worth noting, better record it," Li Zheng muttered, noting it in the system to prevent himself from forgetting someday.
Soon, five doors were probed: one empty room, two creature rooms, one environment room, and one trap room.
The environment room contained a special plant at Silver Level, while one of the creature rooms had a Platinum Monster. Li Zheng weighed his options and chose the Silver plant environment room.
With a cultivation dish and cultivation liquid, taking the special plant is undoubtedly the more valuable choice.
In two days, the auction he’s organizing will take place; he needs to prepare more items for then to loot resources from other players.
Entering the door, Li Zheng found himself on a small island with dark skies, howling winds, and rolling thunder.
At the island’s edge, countless Thunder Serpents surged from the black clouds, striking the ground and sparking small electric flares.
The plant grew in the area where the lightning was densest, and seeing this environment, Li Zheng’s heart sank.
Most special plants need to grow in particular environments to bear fruit, only a few don’t, like the Flame Branch.
For now, he can only provide a low-temperature environment; even high temperatures are difficult to sustain due to the inability to maintain stable high temperatures for a long time.
As a result, due to needing rest at night, the Arctic Cattail he planted still hasn’t borne its first fruit, showing how demanding special plants’ environmental needs are.
Approaching the plant to examine it, it was a bluish-purple flower, its lower petals closed, forming a calyx.
Old Pu’s scan identified the plant as a matured "Thundercloud Purple Blue Flower," and he could retrieve the seeds inside by cutting open the calyx.
"Thundercloud Purple Blue Flower" can only grow in heavily charged areas; Li Zheng found it nearly impossible to artificially simulate such an environment, so he gave up transplanting it.
Carefully plucking the flower, he peeled open the calyx, revealing seeds resembling lotus seeds inside, with a shimmering blue light, as beautiful as a luminous pearl.