I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 226 - 224: Awakening

When Chu Baili sent Ning Ze to fetch Wu Yong, the underground squad couldn’t wait for a reply and set out again.

On the way, they encountered several forks, and Chu Yunyi consistently chose the route with airflow.

The slope of the tunnel was getting steeper, making the downhill feeling more obvious, and the air was faintly laced with moisture. There was certainly a substantial underground water source ahead.

Gradually, fluorite began to appear on the cave walls, initially only a few scattered pieces embedded in the soil layer. As they descended further, the fluorite became more numerous, almost covering the cave walls.

Under the illumination of the fluorite, the brightness of the Sand Snake Tunnel was almost akin to the overcast skies of Tianyi City, making normal observation completely pressure-free.

With light and moisture present, the variety of plants increased significantly, no longer confined to mosses, lichens, and mushrooms, but starting to feature taller species, including actively carnivorous plant types.

At this moment, the tunnel stretching about a kilometer in front of the two was filled with Carnivorous Catmint.

The catmint stood over two meters tall, each plant having ten to fifteen stalks arranged in a circular formation. The slender leaves, feather-like and growing at the edges of the circular stalks, were topped with dew-like sparkling nectar, looking fluffy.

The nectar from the catmint tasted sweet, but because the sugar content was very high, it was sticky. If a greedy Star Beast came to lick the nectar off the catmint leaves, its tongue would get stuck in the nectar, unable to break free.

While the Star Beast struggled, the catmint would seize the opportunity to insert its slender leaves into the Star Beast’s body, injecting dissolving enzyme to melt it into blood water for absorption.

Faced with the dense catmint cluster, Chu Yunyi habitually wanted to activate the Wind Array, but was stopped by Li Xing.

"Don’t move, let me handle it!" These are excellent alchemy materials! They must not be ruined by Chu Yunyi, who knows nothing.

These plants are called Carnivorous Catmint on the Qianyuan Continent, but have another name in the realm of immortality—Wan Meng Flower. The Face Stabilizing Pill, highly popular among female cultivators, uses Wan Meng Flower nectar as the main ingredient.

Such a large patch of Wan Meng Flower, given Li Xing’s character, would she let it go? Unlikely!

She had long intended that while the supreme Spiritual Pendant was in her possession, the contents needed to be balanced; otherwise, she always felt a sense of guilty extravagance.

Whenever Li Xing consumed some treasures left by the ancestor, she would add a batch of spirit grass and immortal plants. Although these might not be considered rare in the Qianyuan realm, they are prized treasures in other worlds.

Over the years, Li Xing had stuffed quite a few medicinal materials into the pendant, contributing to the family’s legacy, ensuring she would have face when she met the ancestor.

She rolled up her sleeves, took out her tools, and collected nectar from each catmint.

Li Xing had in hand her self-made nectar collecting tool, resembling a small vacuum cleaner, which could suck the nectar into a bag with a swoosh. The smooth and mirror-like edges of the nectar collector, supplemented with heavy pill talcum, prevented any sticky nectar from retaining on the walls.

The carnivorous catmint sensed something was stealing its nectar, but after waiting for a long time, it still didn’t experience the tremor caused by the struggle of a Star Beast.

The catmint suspected it wasn’t being cautious enough, causing the Star Beast to become alert, thus stood docilely still, unaware that Li Xing had already moved away and was reaching for the next catmint.

Thanks to Li Xing’s divine maneuvering, the two soon left the carnivorous catmint area without spending any Primordial Spirit, and Li Xing collected several bags of nectar.

Li Xing, in high spirits, put away the Wan Meng Flower nectar when Hui Hui’s voice came through her Divine Sense.

"Master, Ye Qingting and Cui Tianxiao are awake."

"Oh? Spit them out quickly!"

"Splash—"

"Ouch—"

Ye Qingting and Cui Tianxiao were spat out, covered in saliva, and rolled around on the ground clutching their heads.

Cui Tianxiao curled into a shrimp ball, cursing, "Damn... my head hurts..."

The light from the fluorite on the cave ceiling forced Ye Qingting to raise his head to block it with his eyes. After a while, he slowly adapted.

"Cousin... Ah Xing... are you alright?"

Chu Yunyi helped Ye Qingting and Cui Tianxiao up, letting them sit against a large stone. Li Xing didn’t have any soothing and calming medicine, so she could only give each a spoonful of the Wan Meng Flower nectar she had just collected.

The sweet nectar entered their mouths, and both felt their headache slightly relieved. Cui Tianxiao curiously looked around and asked, "Where are we?"

Li Xing: "We are underground in the Ruo Ye Desert, in the Sand Snake Tunnel."

Cui Tianxiao rubbed his temples and said, "Why is there a transmission array at the last checkpoint?"

"It’s not set up by the event organizers; Elder Chu has already intervened, and most likely something has gone wrong with the competition."

"Damn... I’ve been so unlucky recently..."

Ye Qingting placed a hand on his forehead and asked Chu Yunyi, "Cousin, besides the four of us, has anyone else been affected?"

Chu Yunyi shook his head, surmising through his communication with Baili Ancestor that only the four of them were teleported.

Ye Qingting turned his head to Cui Tianxiao and finally voiced the question he had been holding:

"Ah Xiao, why did you pull the flag of Tianyi Academy? I mean, don’t you like our Great Harssas flag?"

Li Xing was shocked: "What! You pulled the wrong flag?"

She initially thought Chu Yunyi intervened to stop them from winning, so she believed they were only trying to grab their own team’s flag, while the three were the disruptors.

Ye Qingting only realized Cui Tianxiao’s mistake in the split second before the transmission started, but it was too late to correct, so he could only take this soul-searching question with him. Meanwhile, Li Xing, blocked by Chu Yunyi, remained completely unaware.

Facing Li Xing’s murderous gaze, Cui Tianxiao panicked and waved his hand. "No, no, I pulled Harssas’s flag!"

Chu Yunyi silently took out the competition flag from his spatial button and unfurled it. Everyone saw clearly that the black flag was embroidered with the golden eagle emblem of Tianyi Academy — it was indeed their team’s flag.

The facts spoke for themselves, and Cui Tianxiao was dumbstruck as he finally understood why Chu God gave him such a peculiar look when they were scrambling for flags on the island!

Ye Qingting ground his teeth, "Cui, Tian, Xiao—!"

This idiot had been crouching in the wrong position from the start, ensuring even if Tianyi’s team didn’t intervene, he’d commit the blunder of pulling someone else’s flag.

"I, I made a mistake..."

"Wait a minute!" Cui Tianxiao’s behavior was very unusual, and Li Xing seemed to have discovered something important but needed confirmation.

She took the flag from Chu Yunyi’s hand, placed it in front of Cui Tianxiao, and asked, "Ah Xiao, what color is this flag?"

"Black, black color."

"And what about this, what color is it?" Li Xing pointed to her battle armor.

Cui Tianxiao said decisively, "Dark green."

Li Xing nodded, then tapped on her light brain, displaying a number composed of small geometric figures of black and dark green color in front of everyone.

"Ah Xiao, what number is in the picture?"

Cui Tianxiao: "..." Damn, this involves his blind spot!

Seeing his reaction, Li Xing realized she had guessed correctly.

"So you are actually colorblind! I’ve never seen black-green color blindness. Speaking of which, when you look at our team, are our heads all green?"

Cui Tianxiao was frantic, "No, no way! I have normal vision for black; I just can’t distinguish dark green... In my case, it’s at most color weakness!"

"Alright, I’ll concede you’re color weak, but if you can’t distinguish the color, why not look at the emblem? Do the eagle and the lion look similar to you?"

Cui Tianxiao hung his head dejectedly, "... oversight."

The mystery was solved; this was why they were transported here.