"When the mountains are high, eat off the mountains; when the sea is near, eat from the sea. There's bound to be food, just not sure if we can find it," Lin Yifan answered, then cautioned, "You stay here and watch the fire, don't run around; I'll go to the jungle to look for food, see what's edible."
"Mhm! Be careful! Don't get hurt," An Qi also cautioned.
With a gesture, Lin Yifan left the shelter and entered the island's jungle.
Just a dozen meters out, he quickly found a coconut tree bearing coconuts; then he picked up a stone and, exerting his cultivation power, hurled it forcefully.
Accurate and powerful, soon a coconut fell down.
Lin Yifan continued to throw stones, trying to knock down as many coconuts as possible.
Coconuts are a good source of water, so he needed to gather plenty.
"Slish, slish, slish!!"
After knocking down a dozen or so, Lin Yifan then took these coconuts back in batches.
"Babe! Food's coming!" Lin Yifan, with his hands full of coconuts, shouted cheerfully.
Seeing Lin Yifan return from the jungle with coconuts, An Qi's face lit up with a smile and she immediately asked, "Big pervert! How did you manage to get the coconuts so quickly?"
From entering the jungle to coming out, it took Lin Yifan no more than two or three minutes, definitely not exceeding five minutes; so she was very curious as to how he did it so quickly.
Knowing that climbing a coconut tree to pick coconuts usually takes some effort; and just being able to pick some was already impressive; now Lin Yifan not only picked a lot, but was also incredibly fast, super fast, fast to the point that she suspected something was wrong.
"Because I have extraordinary skills!" Lin Yifan replied with a smile.
"Extraordinary skills shouldn't make it this fast right?" An Qi couldn't quite understand.
"Just sit here and wait to eat, your future husband won't let you go hungry," Lin Yifan said without explaining, because there were many things that couldn't be clearly explained, like how he could block bullets with his body, how he could fight off a great white shark with his bare hands.
"It's still the big pervert who treats me well." An Qi was in high spirits, smiling sweetly; feeling pampered was truly comfortable.
"Wait here for a bit, I'll go bring back the rest of the coconuts, then open them for you," Lin Yifan instructed.
"There are more coconuts?" An Qi was shocked.
She thought there were only the six coconuts on the ground; little did she know there were more. With such quantity gathered in so little time, it was truly awe-inspiring.
"Considering the shortage of fresh water, I picked a few extra," Lin Yifan answered.
After that, he went back into the forest to fetch more coconuts.
After making two trips, he finally brought all the fallen coconuts back to the shelter.
At this point, he began to split the coconuts with his bare hands.
Seeing Lin Yifan place a green coconut on a slightly flat rock, An Qi curiously asked, "Big pervert, you're not going to split the coconut with your bare hands, are you?"
"Surprised?" Lin Yifan countered.
"Of course, throughout history, people only split watermelons with their hands, never coconuts; so how could I not be surprised?" An Qi retorted, unimpressed.
"I can even drive away a great white shark, why should a mere coconut be surprising?" Lin Yifan said with ease.
"Do you really have that kind of ability?" An Qi was astonished.
Because after hearing what Lin Yifan said, she also felt there was some logic to it; if a several hundred pounds shark could get injured, the strength must be considerable. She believed a small coconut should not be a problem.
"It's not just possible, it's certain!" Lin Yifan responded, then added, "Shall I perform it for you now?"
"Sure!" An Qi readily agreed.
This miraculous event was something she absolutely had to watch closely.
On the other side, after making some preparations, Lin Yifan began to exert his Cultivation Power to split the coconut with his bare hands.
His palm, swift and shaped like a blade, came down decisively and vigorously.
However, the next moment he was embarrassed.
In the time approaching the coconut, his palm was still filled with Cultivation Power; but as soon as it neared the coconut, his palm suddenly lost its Cultivation Power, as if it had vanished into thin air.
The result was quite sad: without the protection of Cultivation Power, his hand struck the hard coconut and reacted as any ordinary person's would.
Immediately, Lin Yifan's face flushed red, and his whole being was engulfed in immense pain. The next moment, he could no longer hold back, and blurted out a pained shout, "Damn it! It hurts like hell!"
This outcome made An Qi, who was watching the spectacle, laugh.
An Qi couldn't stop laughing, her mouth unable to close.
It took her quite a while before she managed to say, "Weren't you full of swagger? Why can't you split it now?"
"That was just bad luck with my Qi circulation. Let me try again; I will definitely split it open," Lin Yifan replied, enduring the pain.
He was now so embarrassed he wished the ground would swallow him, if only he didn't harbor a sliver of hope, he would have already dug a hole to crawl into.
"Alright! Then give it another try. I really want to see whether you're just posing or actually have some true skills," An Qi said, then sat down quietly to watch this ridiculous program.
After the first failed attempt, Lin Yifan grew cautious; he pondered what had gone wrong before.
Upon checking, he found that he still had Cultivation Power in his body, and it was quite plentiful, not at all depleted; so the lack of Cultivation Power was ruled out. Next, he focused on sensing the condition of the black bead, finding everything to be normal, with no anomalies; thus, the concern about the black bead malfunctioning was also ruled out.
"How odd? With nothing wrong in these two aspects, where could the mistake have been?" Lin Yifan was utterly baffled; perhaps only by trying again would he figure out where the issue lay.
Thus, he started to Circulate Qi again, drawing out the Cultivation Power from within his body bit by bit, getting ready to chop the coconut.
Watching Lin Yifan put on an act again, An Qi couldn't help but laugh, then she scorned him with a remark, "Pose all you like; the lightning is going to strike you."
The next moment, Lin Yifan, having finished Circulating Qi, immediately chopped down with his hands, swift and agile.
Then, when his palm that came chopping down touched the coconut, the Cultivation Power in his palm vanished once again.
This time, the observant Lin Yifan finally understood where the problem was. It was all the black bead's doing—it was the black bead that absorbed back the Cultivation Power from his palm.
The next second, a heavy strike made Lin Yifan's face turn red again, his whole head releasing steam like a locomotive, clearly in indescribable pain.
The sensation was like pouring salt on a wound or adding fuel to the fire, causing even more intense pain.