150 Woodcutters! Miners! Rock Flippers!?

What Fei Bao Xing claimed was correct. But, that also means all the things they did in the southern area were unexpectedly all for nothing.

From 18 points down to one, with such drastic decrement, the girls could not hide their disappointment. However, it was inevitable. What Fei Bao Xing discover, sooner or later the other group will follow. It would only be a matter of time before the other started throwing the fake keys into the ground.

Probably Deng Huan's groups and the others also have not earned any real keys yet.

"This is not good... I guess there were no keys in the southern area at all. They were nothing but a decoy."' Chang Miao puckered her lips into a little smile. "It's useless crying right now. In fact, we should be glad we discover this fact early on. Let's explore more in the central and northern area, we are bound to get more points."

The others nodded before they continued exploring the central area. At least now they know that most likely the keys were being held by spirit beasts living in the forest. Continue with their own pace, but rely more on their ears to listen to the sound of spirit beasts.

Yet, for some reason, Guan Ru Yi could not concentrate. Even in the darkness, she kept stealing a glance at the man she held hands with.

[Fei Bao Xing... How could he be so good at this? He's the first one to discover his real room. He also the first one to found the key, although it's a fake, he did it no less. And now, he could even differentiate the real keys as soon as we got one.] Guan Ru Yi closed her eyes for a moment before she opened them again with determination. [As I thought, he's the real enemy. With such talent, it's only a matter of time before he discovers Chang Miao's true identity. As soon as we earned enough points, I'll be the one to kill him!]

* Krrukk... *

[Arrgghh!! I'm so f*cking hungry!] Meanwhile, Fei Bao Xing was frustrated. To tell the truth, he wanted to cook the dead Blue Striped Squirrel. But, since Guan Ru Na is the one who kills it, it means it was her possession. So, as per the rule of you need to earn food by yourself, he was still about to die of hunger at any moment.

Every time Chang Miao heard Fei Bao Xing's stomach growl. She could not help but smile a little as if she could not wait for him to just die already.

As the exploration continued, the team made some progress. In half a day, they hunted another two Blue Striped Squirrels and three Long Neck Sloths, a spirit beast of the same rank as the Blue Striped Squirrels. With another 5 green keys in their possession, the team has successfully secured 6 points.

During the hunt, the three girls purposely and quickly killed the spirit beast for themselves unwilling to let Fei Bao Xing touched it. If Fei Bao Xing was the one who hunts those Spirit Beast, he would have the right to eat the meats.

They thought Fei Bao Xing would be mad for not letting him join in on the hunt. But, just like a cloud on a sunny day, he was too calm and indifference. Seeing the expressions on Fei Bao Xing's face, the girls felt like something was wrong but unable to comprehend.

[He's so weird... How could he stays calm like this even though his stomach has been grumbling like a storm?] The girls thought.

However, they just did not know the truth. In fact, Fei Bao Xing was grateful for the girls not to force him on the hunt. As not a cultivator, he was incapable kill these beasts, in fact, there was a chance he could be killed by these beasts instead.

It was not long before the team was slapped with the harsh truth. It took about half a day to earn 6 points, but with only less than two and a half days left, they would just barely make it to 30 points. Never mind the target of 60 points, the passing 30 points could only be successful if they maintained their pace of 6 points per half a day. But, would they be willing to take this chance?

"We need to find the blue keys soon, or else..." Guan Ru Na reminded.

"True, with only at least the blue keys we can secure the points" Chang Miao nodded.

"But, where would we be able to find the higher value keys?" asked Guan Ru Yi. "Even after so long searching, except for the green ones held by the spirit beasts, we won't be able to find any."

Chang Miao sighed. "If only someone knows where to look at... Wait..."

"Fei Bao Xing!" the three girls said.

"Ehh... Me?"

"After doing nothing for so long. You must be able to analyse where are the higher value keys, right?" Guan Ru Na said. "Just like you discover on to filter out the fake keys, it's your job to think and analyse, am I wrong? Don't tell me you're really doing nothing and just planning to leech off."

Guan Ru Na was not as harsh as her sister. But, once she opened her mouth, her words were sharp and direct, it could even be considered worse.

Fei Bao Xing was troubled, but what Guan Ru Na said were all true. But, no matter what, he has no confirmation on where the higher value keys were. In the end, he opened his mouth and told them what he thinks.

"I have two ideas."

The girls perked up their ears and listened carefully.

"First, all we ever encounter were these small and harmless spirit beasts. So, the higher value keys would probably be held by stronger ones resides in the northern area. Just like the southern area has no real keys, and the central area has green keys, then the north ones would probably have blue keys."

The three girls nodded. But, this fact was quite easy to comprehend, and Chang Miao more or less already guesses it as well. However, it's not like they could just go to the northern area that easily. Preparations were needed, as it was dangerous and rumoured you will lose your way and never comes back. Besides the farther, they go, it's also the more time they need to return. So, Chang Miao and the others were hoping this would be the last resort if they need to.

"What's the second one?" asked Chang Miao.

"The second one is a bit complicated. You know how we were only focusing on the spirit beast ever since we enter the central area."

The three girls nodded, confirming that it was true. By the time they earn their first green keys, they only concentrated on listening for spirit beasts' sound.

"And so, the elders who put the keys probably thought we will never look in other places other than the spirit beasts. Then, by using reverse psychology, we should not look for spirit beasts and look on the grasses instead."

The girls frowned upon hearing Fei Bao Xing's explanation.

"Do you really think that's possible!?" Guan Ru Yi complained. "It's not like we're just looking at the spirit beasts all the time. Sometimes, we also looked at other places. What if we stumbled upon the keys by luck? It means we earn at least 5 points for free. Do you really think the elders will put it there!?"

Chang Miao and Guan Ru Na stayed silence, but they agreed with Guan Ru Yi. Looks like getting their hopes up on Fei Bao Xing was a mistake after all.

Although he cannot see. Just by the Guan Ru Yi's voice, Fei Bao Xing could tell Guan Ru Yi were in a bad mood. He exclaimed, "Calm down! What I meant was there was no way, to earn the keys without working for it. If we have to kill spirit beasts to earn green keys, then at least we should do something to earn the blue keys."

"Like what?"

"Ummm... Like cutting down trees, digging underground or flipping rocks."

"You... don't play a joke with me!" Guan Ru Yi shouted. "Who do you think we are? Woodcutters! Miners! Rock Flippers!?"

When the Guan sisters were not pleased by Fei Bao Xing's answer, one person takes it rather seriously, Chang Miao.

"Ru Yi, hold it off. Let's just do at what he said..."

"Young La... I mean, Chang Miao, don't tell me you listened to all this nonsense."

"First, let's just confirmed his analysis. If we found no keys, then you can scold him all you want."

Guan Ru Yi can't go against Chang Miao, she complained as she kicked a medium-sized rock near her, "Ugghh... There's no way the keys would be in a place like these."

After the rock flipped over, she complained again, "See... I told you that there's no... Blue key!!"

Guan Ru Yi was astonished at the fact that there's actually a blue key under the rock. Moreover, it was a real squared head key worth 5 points. Never would they have thought, a Rock Flipper would earn more than a Hunter.

"Ehhh..." Fei Bao Xing was also surprised as he never thought his little bit of nonsense would come true.