Rags to Riches: The Rise of a Dual-Talent Prodigy-Chapter 467 - 461: Money 7! You TM are enough!

"Leng Yuntian! Hold on a little longer! I’ll take you to find Qian Qi!"

Inside the black hovercar, Yan Shuiyue gritted her teeth and said, while behind the driver’s seat, Leng Yuntian held an arm swollen with a giant black blister, screaming in pain.

Beside him sat an ordinary man with no awakened ability, looking anxiously at Leng Yuntian’s injury, not knowing where to place his hands.

He was supposed to be dead under the Magic Locust Tide, but this young man suddenly appeared and stuffed him into the hovercar, though he got bitten by a Demon Locust himself.

Even Leng Yuntian didn’t expect that his A-level Defense Armor would be bitten through by that Demon Locust. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, immediately got in the car, shut the door, and let Yan Shuiyue start the hovercar to leave the place.

However, this Magic Locust Tide was clearly different from the two historical occurrences. This time, the Demon Locusts were estimated to be only B-level, but their devouring and gnawing force was amazing. The most unexpected part was that their bites caused blisters!!!

Huge blisters!

They’re not mosquitoes, why are they causing blisters!

Leng Yuntian was almost cursing, but the pain in his arm left him no strength for words, forcing him to curl up under the backseat, enduring the blazing pain with cold sweat.

"Found it!" On the driver’s seat, upon seeing Er Ya flying in from the front, Yan Shuiyue immediately rejoiced, "That’s Qian Qi!"

Leng Yuntian also mustered his strength, fearing that falling asleep would mean there’s no saving him, and said with difficulty, "Quick! Call for help!"

Yan Shuiyue was about to open the door to call for help when she saw Er Ya in the air suddenly accelerate past them. As it brushed by the hovercar, Er Ya paused for a second, and Qian Qi, sitting on its head, made a slight gesture towards her, then turned to head northwest.

Yan Shuiyue was momentarily stunned but quickly understood, immediately steering the hovercar to catch up with them.

Where are they going?

Yan Shuiyue tightly followed Qian Qi and saw Qian Qi directing Er Ya to charge into a ground dungeon; without hesitation, she drove the hovercar straight into the instance.

Upon entering the instance, the hovercar seemed to lose power, falling to the ground and rolling several times. The rescued survivor was fine, tied to the backseat with safety belts unharmed, but Leng Yuntian with the giant black blister on his arm found no comfort. The blister collided with the rear seat edge several times, causing him to let out screams as if being slaughtered.

Yan Shuiyue felt slightly guilty, and as she managed to stop the hovercar, she hurriedly unbuckled her seatbelt and turned back, "Leng Yuntian, are you alright?"

Leng Yuntian lay curled up on the ground, trying to force a smile, "Hehe, I’m fine."

He didn’t want to appear useless in front of the woman he liked, took a deep breath, and just as he tried to sit up, a twisted white face slapped onto the car window with a "bang," almost scaring him to death.

A ghost!

The ghostly face had eyes sharply contrasted black and white, rolling up and down as if assessing the situation in the car. When its fierce gaze landed on the giant black blister on Leng Yuntian’s arm, it revealed a shocked expression with a slight gloating smile.

It was this gloating smile that made Leng Yuntian realize the face outside the window wasn’t a ghost but Qian Qi’s face!

Her face had turned back to its ugly form!

"Qian Qi!" Yan Shuiyue hurriedly got off the car, opened the rear door anxiously asking, "Leng Yuntian got bitten by a Demon Locust and turned into this, do you know what’s going on?"

"Don’t panic." Qian Qi patted her shoulder, gesturing for her to calm down, "I just found out too, the Demon Locusts this time are poisonous."

Leng Yuntian struggled to poke his head out from the car, "Then should I be alright?"

Qian Qi observed carefully, curiously prodding the giant black blister, internally noting it was like a water-filled tough balloon.

Seeing Leng Yuntian glare at him, Qian Qi finally replied, "Hmm... the poison from the Demon Locust is measured by the amount injected. A small amount would cause a large swelling on the bitten area."

"What about severe cases?" Leng Yuntian asked hurriedly.

"In severe cases..." Qian Qi paused, then frowned and seriously said, "Your back will swell up."

Leng Yuntian: ???

"Did I get injected with a lot of poison?" Leng Yuntian took a deep breath, not that he didn’t want to curse Qian Qi, but he had neither the energy nor the strength, so he saved his effort for important matters, "I won’t be in mortal danger, right?"

Qian Qi nodded: "Rest assured, a tiny amount is no problem, only large amounts are dangerous."

Leng Yuntian just sighed in relief when Qian Qi smiled mischievously, adding: "Like yours is."

Leng Yuntian: !!!

Qian Qi, you’re really something!

While Leng Yuntian was getting frustrated, Qian Qi quickly drew out the new knife he had prepared from his waist and slashed at the giant black blister.

Leng Yuntian couldn’t react in time; as he did, the wails of pain almost sent the birds in the woods skyward. Su Ang and Xi Pingzhe, waiting on the side, immediately seized Leng Yuntian’s arm, preventing him from struggling.

The black fluid from the blister flowed like a faucet onto the ground, and when the entire black skin flopped down, Qian Qi flipped the knife and sliced the skin off, taking out a Blood Stopping Magic Potion to sprinkle on it.

The whole process was fluid, yet merciless and cold.

Having a large piece of skin scooped out alive made Leng Yuntian faint from the pain.

Yan Shuiyue on the side felt as if her own skin was in pain just watching, "So this is it, all fine now?"

"Almost there." Qian Qi waved his hand.

Su Ang released Leng Yuntian’s arm, walked to a stone bucket carved from a nearby boulder, and the silver-haired youth casually yet gracefully dragged the waist-high stone bucket over, then took the stone scoop inside and continued elegantly pouring water into Leng Yuntian’s mouth.

"He needs hydration, otherwise he’ll get dehydrated." Qian Qi nodded in satisfaction.

Yan Shuiyue: ...

Though she felt it was unkind, she suddenly felt a bit relieved that she wasn’t the one bitten.

But soon she realized another issue, "Does this instance have a different time flow than outside?"

Clearly, the two groups entered the instance one after the other, but looking at that stone bucket, Qian Qi seemed to have been inside for a while.

"Of course, otherwise how to buy time?" Qian Qi smiled lightly, then pointed behind her, her clear and joyful smile like summer sunshine dispersing, stirring people’s hearts.

Following her direction, they saw behind the girl, a vast green sea of swaying Green Honey Bamboo under the breeze, like a green tide flowing on the ground, with the collisions creating a melodious tune that soothed the soul.

Yan Shuiyue recognized those Magic Plants — Green Honey Bamboo.

Green Honey Bamboo yields Magic Honey, a thick golden syrup akin to catnip, addictive to most Magic Beasts. It’s a common snack for Magic Beasts, hence, Green Honey Bamboo rarely grows in large patches.

So, that vast forest of Green Honey Bamboo in front of them, is it Qian Qi’s... recent planting?

Yan Shuiyue looked at the girl in shock.