Chapter 1040 - 1047: Encountered (Part 1)

Chapter 1040: Chapter 1047: Encountered (Part 1)

After that, Xiong Haitao explained the situation of Ginseng Mountain to Lin Xi and the other two.

The old ginseng is one of the most important resources for the Xiong family.

And the place where the old ginseng grows is this Ginseng Mountain.

It should also be noted that the ginseng here is all wild. The Xiong family doesn’t use artificial fertilizer like those outside.

This means the ginseng is completely reliant on natural growth.

Under these circumstances, the Xiong family extracts two to three hundred plants every year, ranging from ten years old to a hundred years old, and even older.

Aside from offering ten to the Hong family, the rest belong entirely to the Xiong family.

The value of these ginseng not only meets the needs of their own family but can also be sold for a huge sum of money.

It can be said this amount of money can cover the family’s expenses for years.

So, the huge value of this Ginseng Mountain is clear.

Even the Xiong family is very tempted, not to mention those families stronger or similar to the Xiong family.

A huge piece of meat, which is the main reason the Zhu family is scheming this time.

At this point, someone might ask, extracting so many every year, wouldn’t it be eventually mined out?

Peng Bo knows that even in Changbai Mountain, after these decades, wild ginseng is basically all gone.

Moreover, this Ginseng Mountain doesn’t look very big.

Xiong Haitao indeed acknowledges that compared to Changbai Mountain, their Ginseng Mountain is really too small.

But there is one thing he needs to clarify: despite the Xiong family extracting so much ginseng every year for so many years, there has really been no situation where they completely mined it out.

It’s as if the ginseng in this Ginseng Mountain is inexhaustible.

Lin Xi doesn’t believe in inexhaustibility, of course.

Then, there must be other reasons.

As for what they are, the core members of the Xiong family surely know.

Actually, Xiong Haitao should also know, but because he’s a waste, he really doesn’t care much about family affairs, which leads to him not knowing many family secrets.

"We should catch up with your grandfather!" Lin Xi said.

To be honest, he isn’t too interested in how it’s inexhaustible.

Though he’s encountered quite a few ginseng along the way, owning an ancient five zhu five hundred years old ginseng makes these decades-old ones really uninteresting to him.

Moreover, his reason for going up the mountain is to prevent Elder Xiong from encountering danger.

After all, those who could finish off two primary King of Soldiers in such terrain would surely be of Innate power.

And certainly, they wouldn’t come alone.

So, despite Elder Xiong’s strength, meeting them could be dangerous.

In any case, he’s quite old now.

Lin Xi could tell that when Elder Xiong killed those two in the Xiong family, it wasn’t as effortless as it appeared.

All along, he could more clearly feel how this old man has now become a mere shadow near the end of his days.

If he fights with equally strong opponents, even if there’s not too much danger, a fight would greatly shorten his lifespan.

He doesn’t want to see this result.

Since he wants to extend the lifespan of the elder.

If he messes things up now, then his subsequent treatment wouldn’t be as effective.

Xiong Haitao, Peng Bo, and Cui Hua had no objections to the leader’s words.

Moreover, their thinking was that the quicker they reach Elder Xiong, the better.

In the forest, they felt unsafe, fearing to encounter that group.

If they did encounter them, it would be disastrous.

But sometimes, the more you fear encountering something, the more likely you are to run into it.

Indeed, this was the case for them.

Some footsteps were coming towards them not far ahead, accompanied by some voices, seemingly complaining.

"The speed was really fast, too cunning, caught a glimpse and ran away!"

"Yeah, we’ve been searching for half a day to find tracks!"

"Didn’t expect to be completely unable to catch up, but we can confirm one thing: this mountain indeed has that thing!"

"If captured, we could not only cripple the Xiong family’s Ginseng Mountain but also gather extreme wealth, which would be more than enough for our family expenses for ten years!"

"That would be like the Zhu family swallowing the Xiong family; then what?"

"..."

Originally planning to swiftly avoid, Xiong Haitao, Peng Bo, and Cui Hua saw Xiong Haitao’s fury explode, utterly disregarding everything and charging ahead.

Peng Bo and Cui Hua wanted to hold him back, but by the time they reacted, Xiong Haitao was already charging out.

"Alas!" The two sighed.

In their view, this was big trouble.

Those people were obviously the ones who killed the two primary King of Soldiers of the Xiong family.

Having been discovered and rushed ahead, it was clearly a dead end.

But now, there was no other way. As Xiong Haitao charged, the people ahead immediately noticed the four of them.

However, what amused Peng Bo and Cui Hua was that halfway through Xiong Haitao’s charge, he seemed to suddenly snap to his senses and immediately halted.

That look intended to turn back and tell Lin Xi and the other two to flee.

But it’s too late now.

In the blink of an eye, they were surrounded by roughly five people.

Lin Xi could see that these five were dressed similarly to those in the Xiong family’s town, all wearing ancient costumes.

However, these five were dressed more suitably for action.

"One Innate power, four King of Soldiers, including one Peak Soldier King and three Intermediate King of Soldiers!" he muttered.

Xiong Haitao, along with Peng Bo and Cui Hua, had faces as grim as could be.

Even without Lin Xi’s sensing ability, they could feel the oppressive aura from those five.

Especially the old man in front of them, who, despite appearing much younger than his grandfather, released an aura at that moment that made the three feel like collapsing on the spot.

"Indeed, there’s an Innate power!" the three inadvertently thought.

At that moment, they looked to Lin Xi, the meaning was obvious, "Boss, what should we do?"

Before Lin Xi could speak, the old man opposite them, with a face full of killing intent, asked coldly, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"Don’t you know this is private property?"

Peng Bo, "..."

Cui Hua, "..."

Xiong Haitao, "....."

He was the most frustrated and the most eager to swear among the three.

To know, this is the Xiong family’s land, after all!

Now, being questioned by others!

If those people’s strength was lower than his, he’d make them understand how the flowers bloom.

But, of course, right now he doesn’t know how to answer, and naturally wouldn’t let them know he’s from the Xiong family.

Otherwise, it would surely mean death.

"We are from the Xiong family; this is our place!" Lin Xi suddenly replied from beside the three.

The three were instantly perplexed, with only one thought inside: "We’re done for!"

The next moment, they felt the aura from the five surrounding them, and particularly the aura of the elderly man upfront, showing signs of a terrifying killing intent, as if they were about to take action.

Sure enough, such was the reality.

They just heard that Innate-powered elder smile coldly, "Kill them!"

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