"Sir, among the four missing people, two of them are from our Speaker's team. The other two are the subordinates of Councilman Kong Ming and Councilman Bai Jiang."
Hearing his subordinate's report, Shen Feng replied, "Record the names of the missing people. When we return, we will distribute the compensation according to the highest standard."
After settling this matter simply, Shen Feng turned his gaze to everyone and said in a clear voice, "Now, everyone will form a small team and explore in all directions with this mountain as the center. During the exploration process, try to be as careful as possible. Once you discover any problem, report it immediately!"
With Shen Feng's order, everyone started to move. Each of them chose a direction to explore. Qinchuan led everyone from the supervision department to choose the northwest direction to explore.
"Everyone, try not to land on the ground during the exploration process. Don't come into contact with anything. If you discover anything, report it to me immediately. If you discover a treasure, it will belong to the first person to report it to me!"
Before starting the exploration, Qinchuan decided to hold a small internal meeting first to prevent anyone from doing anything bad.
Everyone naturally didn't have any objections to Qinchuan's arrangement. Very quickly, they started to act according to Qinchuan's instructions. The ten of them gathered in a group and slowly moved forward with clear division of labor.
They didn't discover anything even after moving forward for nearly five kilometers. It was inevitable that their mood would become impetuous. Fortunately, Qinchuan kept comforting everyone's mood, so there weren't too many problems. Just at this moment, someone made a special discovery.
"Captain, there seems to be a Dead Man's Flower over there!"
Hearing this slightly excited voice, everyone subconsciously looked at the person who spoke and pointed to a crack in a rock. A black flower with six leaves was gently swaying, emitting a rotten aura.
The Dead Man's Flower was a kind of elixir that grew by absorbing the essence of human flesh and blood as well as evil aura. Therefore, the Dead Man's Flower basically only appeared on the battlefield and rarely grew in other places. Therefore, the Dead Man's Flower could be said to be an extremely rare treasure in the outside world. It could be said to be priceless.
"A six-leaf Dead Man's Flower, at least six hundred years old!"
The eyes of the person who first discovered the Dead Man Flower lit up. In the outside world, Dead Man Flowers that were over 100 years old were extremely rare, let alone 600 years old. If this stalk were to be sold outside, it could be exchanged for at least a thousand third-grade Star Stones!
Qinchuan glanced at the Death Flower and chuckled, "The Death Flower has the effect of tempering the human body. The older it is, the better the tempering effect. This Death Flower is indeed a treasure.
Wang Ming, you go pick it yourself. The others will be on guard. "
After hearing Qinchuan's words, Wang Ming, who had already been a little impatient, immediately rushed toward the dead man flowers a hundred meters away. He couldn't help the excitement on his face, as if he could already see himself sitting in a pile of star stones!
I'm rich! I'm rich!
A hundred meters could be covered in the blink of an eye for a Golden Core cultivator like Wang Ming. Just as he crouched down in front of the rock and was about to pluck the Dead Man's Flower, a pair of extremely sinister eyes suddenly appeared on the black rock!
Qinchuan, who had been paying attention to Wang Ming's situation, was the first to notice the change in the rock. His face immediately changed and he shouted at Wang Ming, "Wang Ming, fall back, there's danger!"
Wang Ming, who was about to pluck the Dead Man's Flower, couldn't help being a little blank when he heard Qinchuan's shout. Looking at the Dead Man's Flower so close in front of him, he couldn't help hesitating. He wanted to pluck the Dead Man's Flower before retreating, but it was this moment of hesitation that cost him his only chance of survival!
Buzz!
A pair of huge, sharp insect legs cut through the air and ruthlessly pierced Wang Ming's body at lightning speed, causing blood to splatter everywhere!
What kind of rock was that black rock? It was clearly Zerg in disguise!
Wang Ming's outstretched hand finally stopped less than a centimeter away from the Dead Man's Flower. The greed and hesitation in his eyes had now completely turned into regret. He didn't want to die, he really didn't want to die!
Whoosh!
A white figure abruptly appeared behind Zerg, and the Cross Wavy Blade in its hand stabbed at Zerg's head with extreme precision. Although Zerg's hard shell could block the Cross Wavy Blade's attack, it couldn't block the Moonlight Slash that followed!
Puchi!
Before Zerg could turn around to see who on earth had attacked it, its head had already flown off and fallen to the ground. Black blood gushed out of the wound and dyed Wang Ming's body pitch-black!
After killing Zerg, Qinchuan quickly landed on the ground to treat Wang Ming, but when he saw Wang Ming's condition, his outstretched hand froze. Wang Ming was already dead!
At that moment, the rest of the people from the supervision office had already arrived. Looking at the decapitated Zerg and the lifeless Wang Ming, their expressions were extremely complicated. Qinchuan had clearly warned Wang Ming to retreat if there was danger, but Wang Ming hadn't listened. It could only be said that Wang Ming's greed had killed him.
"Wang Ming died near the Dead Man's Flower, so it should have already absorbed his soul."
Le Xing sighed. "If it wasn't for the Dead Man's Flower, maybe we could still take his soul back and turn him into a ghost cultivator."
"It's my fault. I shouldn't have let him come here alone to pick the flower. We should have come together." Qinchuan blamed himself a little. "If I had been more careful, this wouldn't have happened."
"It's not your fault, Captain."
Someone comforted Qinchuan. "You already warned Wang Ming. With his reflexes, he definitely could have pulled away in time."
Hearing this, everyone nodded slightly. In their view, Qinchuan hadn't done anything wrong. The ones at fault were Wang Ming and this sinister Zerg!
Qinchuan looked around and said to someone in the team, "Li Ke, go back the way you came and tell Shen Feng what happened to us. Tell him to inform the other teams to be careful of Zerg's trap. We'll continue on our original route, so you don't have to go back."
"Yes!"
After receiving Qinchuan's order, Li Ke immediately turned around and went back the way he came, while the others continued forward.
"What should we do with this Dead Man's Flower?"
Le Xing glanced at the Dead Man's Flower that was still swaying in the wind and said to Qinchuan, "Pick it or destroy it?"
Qinchuan pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "I remember that Wang Ming has a sister in the Heir Center. Let's pick this flower and give it to her when we get out."
When everyone heard Qinchuan's decision, they weren't surprised and didn't think there was anything wrong with it. They even thought more highly of Qinchuan because of it.
If they had recognized Qinchuan as their captain at first because of Hua Wuying's orders, now they recognized Qinchuan from the bottom of their hearts.