But his eyes couldn't help but be fixed on the red fruit, unable to look away.
"Actually, there were two fruits in total. I ate one and left one for you." Cheng Lin said with a smile.
"Give me?"
Sun Xiao had an expression of disbelief on his face. After a moment, he tried to look away and shook his head repeatedly.
"You found this, I can't take it."
"What can't you take? It's just a piece of fruit."
"No!" Sun Xiao said sternly, "Cheng Lin, you may not understand the current market conditions. Looking across the country, there are countless spiritual lands that have been discovered, and there are even fewer wild spiritual plants produced among them.
Most of these are monopolized by the government, and only a small part appears on the market.
Every one of them is worth a sky-high price! Even the ones that are slightly effective can be sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Not to mention something like this that can help people awaken! You might sell it for millions if you take it out, it’s too precious, I absolutely can’t take it, so you should put it away properly.”
Cheng Lin smiled. He really didn't know much about this information, but even if he knew its price, he still didn't take back his hand.
He just said calmly: "Maybe, but I am not short of money. Seeing that it is getting dark and the risk will increase greatly if it continues, just take it."
Sun Xiao still refused.
Cheng Lin thought for a while and said seriously: "Actually, it may not be a good thing for me to hold it. If it is really as precious as you said, I can't keep it. It's just a common man's crime to harbor a jade, but it will easily cause trouble when the time comes."
After a pause, he continued: "We came to this valley together, and there happened to be two fruits growing on that spiritual plant. This is God's will.
Furthermore... I don't know what the world of practitioners is like, but I heard that it is not an easy place and one has to face dangers.
If you eat it, we can become a companion and have someone to take care of you in the future.
If it really doesn't work... just think of it as something I borrowed from you. When you become a practitioner, you will definitely have the opportunity to come into contact with good things again, and then you can pay me back."
After that, he forced the red fruit into Sun Xiao's hand.
Then he stared at Sun Xiao.
Cheng Lin's decision can be regarded as a temporary decision.
But it wasn't impulsive.
His friendship with Sun Xiao was not so deep that he would give away such things casually.
But Cheng Lin did it anyway.
The main reason is just like what he said.
He felt that Sun Xiao was worth investing in.
Cheng Lin doesn't know how far the world's spiritual practice has developed.
But he knew that there would also be conflicts, factions, competing interests, and even dangers in that world.
Just like the leader of the Eighth Group of the Nine Divisions, Shi Jin, is also a practitioner. Doesn't he still have to fight those casual practitioners and arrest criminals?
Therefore, from a profit perspective, if you can have someone with whom you feel more at ease, you can always have someone to take care of you.
Along the way, Cheng Lin felt that Sun Xiao was a pretty good person.
Seeing benefits but still maintaining the bottom line makes it worth making friends with.
Of course, it takes time to see people's hearts, but it still depends on how they get along with each other later.
However, at least, at the moment, Cheng Lin felt that this person was friendly.
Although Zhu Guo was precious to others, it was of little use to Cheng Lin himself.
A person can only eat one, and eating it by yourself will have no effect.
Selling for money was too difficult, and he didn't pay much attention to it.
The most important thing is that Cheng Lin has the ability to deduce civilization, and he is still at a very superficial stage of using it.
After a few more deductions and experience, Cheng Lin felt that he would never be short of resources in the future.
If he hadn't said anything else, he could have easily made a fortune if he had been willing to stay in the game for a while, plunder the entire mountain for resources, and hide them in the valley.
The above are the main reasons.
If there is another reason... probably, maybe, maybe...
Was it the casual warmth that Sun Xiao showed when he mentioned his sister before that moved him?
…
Sun Xiao opened his mouth, and after a long while, he let out a heavy breath.
He said very seriously: "I... will definitely pay you back twice as much in the future!"
"Okay, you should eat quickly. There was a bit of noise here just now, and it might cause danger. It's safest to eat directly." Cheng Lin said with a faint smile.
After thinking about it, I sat down and meditated like a Taoist priest, then closed my eyes and swallowed the red fruit in one gulp.
Cheng Lin took a few steps back and looked at him curiously.
He wanted to know what it was like when he woke up.
Moreover, there seems to be something wrong with my awakening, which is somewhat different from what is said on the Internet.
He wanted to see what Sun Xiao would be like after awakening. Would he be the same as himself, or would he be able to automatically gain a special ability like other practitioners?
"Huh~"
While watching, Sun Xiao suddenly exhaled a breath of turbid air.
Then he closed his eyes tightly, tightened his eyebrows on his face, and looked very struggling, as if he was suffering from pain.
After a while, Cheng Lin vaguely heard a faint explosion coming from Sun Xiao's body.
At the same time, he saw changes in the "spiritual light bands" flying around the world.
He started to rush towards Sun Xiao like a moth to a flame.
Those colorful spiritual energy light bands hit his body and disappeared, as if they were absorbed.
Then Sun Xiao's face became even more painful.
"This pain should be caused by the spiritual energy transforming the body."
Cheng Lin thought secretly based on his own experience.
After a while, the speed of spiritual energy absorption slowed down, as if the pond had been filled and water would no longer flow in.
Suddenly, the spiritual energy accumulated in Sun Xiao's body seemed to have reached the rated value.
Just listen to the bang!
A large ball of earth-yellow light spurted out from Sun Xiao's dantian, covering his entire body.
"kindness?"
Cheng Lin thought it was golden light at first, but upon closer inspection he discovered that it was earthy yellow, which was very close to the color of a certain element in the aura.
Next, he saw the earthy yellow light flashing and rotating alternately. The expression on Sun Xiao's face gradually calmed down and finally became peaceful.
Then, the khaki brilliance suddenly shrank and disappeared, and everything returned to normal.
"Is this the end?"
Cheng Lin was puzzled.
This seemed to be very different from his own. Although Cheng Lin's senses were blocked when he awakened, he knew through his skin that his awakening had triggered a huge wind, and when he looked inside his body, there was a bright golden light flashing.
The golden color is very different from the aura element in the air.
While thinking.
Then he saw Sun Xiao suddenly open his eyes.
"boom!"
His arms shook, and there was a faint sound of explosion in the air.
Immediately, Sun Xiao jumped up, his hands crossing and closing in front of him as if instinctively.
Then an earthy yellow light automatically appeared around him, and faintly condensed into a shape similar to a shield.
Sun Xiao was startled and separated his hands. The earthy yellow light shield suddenly dispersed and disappeared.
"Is this...is this an innate ability?"
Sun Xiao looked at his hands in surprise, and then looked at the world with a novel look, just like Cheng Lin after his awakening.
When he looked back, he came back to his senses completely, looked at Cheng Lin, and said with surprise and excitement: "Cheng Lin! I seem to have succeeded... I... I have also awakened!"
Cheng Lin smiled and congratulated: "Congratulations."
"Same joy! It's all thanks to you!"
For half a year, Sun Xiao had always imagined that he could step into the threshold of spiritual practice. Now he finally got his wish, and the stagnation in his heart instantly dissipated.
His entire mental outlook changed, and his excitement was palpable.
He was happily about to say something else, when suddenly he saw Cheng Lin's expression change!
"What's wrong?"
Cheng Lin's ears twitched slightly, and after a moment he looked at the mouth of the valley and said, "It seems like something is coming this way, and there are voices shouting for help!"
"What?"
"Let's go over and take a look."
"good!"
Both of them had just awakened, and their bodies and minds were at their peak. After hearing the sound, they put on their backpacks and ran towards the mouth of the valley in large strides.
Soon we arrived at the mouth of the valley.
At this time, the sound was already approaching, and there was only the sound of running beasts, roars of beasts, and people shouting for help, making it a chaotic mess.
The two of them looked forward cautiously side by side. After a few breaths, they saw a few figures stumbling out of the forest.
While running, he shouted for help in a shrill voice.
After awakening, Sun Xiao's vision also improved a bit. When he took a closer look, he was stunned: "Are they Zhao Ye and the others?"
Cheng Lin nodded, a little surprised.
I didn't expect these people to come here.
"It's indeed them, but there seem to be only three of them."
Cheng Lin said.
When they separated, there were five people in total between Zhao Ye and his friends, but now, there were only three running over.
"Two missing? Are they separated, or..." Sun Xiao's eyes changed.
At this time, Zhao Ye, who was running for his life, also saw Cheng Lin and the two of them.
Suddenly, like a drowning man grabbing the last straw, he hurriedly ran towards this side, shouting as he ran:
"Sun Xiao? Come and save us!"
"It's Cheng Lin and the others, run to them!"
"There is a tiger chasing us from behind! Help..."
The three of them shouted and ran away.
Sun Xiao's expression immediately changed. Although he had awakened, he had not mastered how to use spiritual energy at all. He was not very good at using his innate ability. Now he was just better than ordinary people. Not to mention dealing with strange beasts, even when facing
Ordinary tigers are also quite choking.
"what to do?"
He subconsciously looked at Cheng Lin and asked.
Cheng Lin stood there, his expression changing. He was supposedly not as good as Sun Xiao. Sun Xiao had awakened his powers. Although he had awakened, he didn't have any powers for some reason.
To stand up to alien beasts is to seek death.
As for rescuing people or something...
Haha, stop making trouble!
Since he didn't intend to save anyone, why was he hesitating?
"Do you want to save people?" Sun Xiao couldn't help but ask.
Cheng Lin shook his head, his expression getting weirder. Of course he would not be stupid enough to act like a hero.
Mainly because of this particularly familiar beast's roar... it reminded him of something.
The other side.
Seeing that the two of them were motionless while the roars behind them were getting closer and closer, Zhao Ye and the three people, who were extremely embarrassed, suddenly panicked.
"Sun Xiao! Cheng Lin! What are you doing standing there?"
"It's coming! I can't run anymore! Come and save me!"
"I can't run anymore! Cheng Lin! As long as you save me, I will give you this spiritual plant!"
In desperation, Zhao Ye reached out and grabbed the Shennong grass from his clothes, waved it and shouted.
At the same time, Cheng Lin also clearly saw what was behind them.
From the dense bushes, a tiger as big as an ox jumped out.
It had a pair of eyes that glowed with blood, and was covered in fur with crimson lines, but there seemed to be some traces of wounds on the fur that had not completely disappeared.
It jumped out, seemingly not in a hurry, but looked at Zhao Ye and the others with some teasing.
Then his eyes subconsciously passed over them and looked at the two figures standing at the entrance of the valley.
To be precise, he is the thinner one.
Then……
The playfulness in the eyes of this red flame tiger disappeared instantly.
At the same time, Cheng Lin also had a smile on his face as he saw an old friend.