Chapter 39 This Flash is Poisonous!
How should I put it? That flashing spot on the map is like the street food you see after school—if you don’t eat it, it’s no big deal, you can still fill up with dinner at home.
But later, you’ll keep thinking about it. What if I’d eaten it that day? Would I have gotten first place in the finals? Would my classmates start looking at me differently? What if the grilled skewers vendor thought I had potential and gave me a kung fu manual?
The things you can’t have always stir up your emotions.
Han Qiwu followed the map for over half an hour before finally arriving at the location, only to find this little grove was extremely remote. Looking closely at the ground, not a single footprint could be seen, and the grove was filled with muddy paths caused by the rain.
"No wonder it’s glowing on the map. This place is so out of the way, even Aunt Hong Mei probably doesn’t know about it! Could there be some hundred-year-old ginseng, thousand-year-old knotweed, or ten-thousand-year-old snow lotus hidden here?" Han Qiwu stayed alert, took out a homemade torch, and cautiously approached the glowing spot.
To his surprise, Han Qiwu discovered that a torch was actually more useful than a flashlight out in the wild—it not only provided light but warmth as well.
The only downside was the strong smell of tuna oil.
The magnified map showed the glowing spot was located about twenty meters into the grove. Han Qiwu carefully carried the torch and walked further in.
Good thing the spring rain today wasn’t heavy. Walking wasn’t too difficult, and within a minute or two, Han Qiwu was deep inside.
"Buzz... buzz... buzz."