"Oh, Chen-dage, what are you talking about? I'm not going to pay attention to you anymore!"

Li Qin said coquettishly, turning her head and running away, but with a sweet smile on her face.

Seeing this, Chen Xiao couldn't help but shake his head and smile wryly, "Chen Xiao, ah, Chen Xiao, leaving debts of love everywhere, why do you do this!"

…

Under the joint guidance of Sun Buzhou and Qi Delong, the cruise ship drifted on the sea for three days before finally arriving at Binghuo Island (Ice and Fire Island).

Looking from the sea, Binghuo Island was not much different from ordinary islands, just an undeveloped wild island.

Most people didn't believe that it was as dangerous as they said, or even that there were monsters.

Especially people like Zheng Aoqiu.

"Tch, I think that group of people is just putting on an act. How can there be any monsters on this island? Didn't they say that after the founding of the country, spirits aren't allowed to become refined!"

Zheng Aoqiu curled his lips and said with a look of disdain.

Huang Wenlei immediately said with a flattering expression, "That's right, I think that group of people is just trying to mystify things. And even if there are ghosts, so what? Zheng-shao has come, so wouldn't all the demons and monsters have to give way to Zheng-shao!"

Huang Wenlei thought he was being humorous in flattering Zheng Aoqiu, but he accidentally patted him on the horse's hoof.

Zheng Aoqiu looked at him coldly and said impatiently, "Your joke is not funny at all. If you can't talk, shut your mouth!"

"Hehe, okay, Zheng-shao."

Huang Wenlei was very embarrassed, but he had no choice but to keep smiling.

Zheng Aoqiu adjusted his towering mohawk hairstyle and waved his hand, "Let's go, brothers. I've been floating on the ship for the past few days, and my legs are almost gone to hell!"

At this time, the cruise ship had docked, and everyone walked down from the cruise ship one after another, preparing to set foot on the island.

Except for Qi Delong, Sun Buzhou, and some crew members, everyone else successively boarded Binghuo Island.

Qi Delong had said in advance that he would not board the island, while Sun Buzhou had accidentally contracted a cold at sea, and the island was full of poisonous miasma. Under the repeated requests of Chen Xiao and others, he had no choice but to stay behind.

The mercenaries hired by He Xinyi led the way, and a team of thousands of people officially set out into the island.

From the beach, Binghuo Island looked like an ordinary small island, but after walking about a kilometer inside, everyone discovered the difference of this island.

Because there were many plants that everyone had never seen before, and many unknown wild fruits.

Among them was a fruit tree growing huojing guo (fire essence fruit), but perhaps the fruit season had passed, and there were only two or three fruits left on the tree.

Seeing the huojing guo, Lin-shifu's face immediately showed a look of joy. He lowered his voice and said, "Miss He, this fruit is a natural treasure. Although its spiritual energy is not as good as the previous Buddha Hand Tuo, if it is refined into medicinal pills, it can also allow the old master to live for another year and a half."

When He Xinyi heard this, her face suddenly revealed excitement. Binghuo Island was indeed full of treasures. This was only the outer edge of the island, yet there was such a treasure!

Without batting an eye, she sent someone to pick the last few fruits from the tree and carefully put them away.

In the process, she had been observing Chen Xiao's reaction. When she found that Chen Xiao had no reaction at all, she couldn't help but sneer in her heart.

It seemed that the master she had invited was not very good either, and he couldn't even recognize such a precious treasure!

Previously, she had left the door open for Chen Xiao for a night, but Chen Xiao had never gone. From then on, she never gave Chen Xiao a good look.

It was a pity that Zheng Aoqiu, the big fool, had not noticed this. If he had realized it, he would have already gone to make trouble for Chen Xiao.

Everyone continued to move forward, and they didn't encounter any danger along the way. Zheng Aoqiu couldn't help but curl his lips and become complacent.

"I said long ago that Boss Qi was just talking nonsense. Where is there any danger here? I think it's very safe here. If Miss He doesn't like it, we brothers can contract this small island, build a hotel, and develop tourism projects..."

Zheng Aoqiu was gesticulating grandly, and he was always surrounded by people who flattered him and sucked up to him. They even began to plan the equity distribution after the company was established.

Little did they know that the reason why they hadn't encountered any danger until now was just because the mercenaries in front had eliminated the dangers for them.

Otherwise, the snakes, insects, rats, and ants on the island would be enough to give these纨绔子弟 (wan ku zi di; good-for-nothing playboys) a hard time.

However, at this moment, there was suddenly a commotion at the front of the mercenaries.

After a while, a corpse was carried over, and the mercenaries at the front continued to fall one after another. In just one minute, more than a dozen mercenaries died.

Seeing this, everyone immediately became nervous. Zheng Aoqiu swallowed his saliva and didn't dare to talk about developing tourism anymore. Who would have thought that this place would really be so dangerous!

The mercenaries who were carried over all had swollen faces, and their faces were as red as roast suckling pigs...

Lin-shifu frowned and asked the captain of the mercenaries, "These people have all been poisoned by fire. Didn't you take the Qingxin Dan (Heart-Clearing Pill) that I gave you?"

The captain of the mercenaries was a dark, thin, and sturdy Southeast Asian. Hearing Lin-shifu's question, he said with a look of shame, "Lin-shifu, these mercenaries are all free agents. Although their individual combat abilities are very strong, they have no organizational discipline, and they don't trust Hua's medicinal pills, so..."

Lin-shifu snorted and thought to himself that these people deserved it. Good intentions can't save damned ghosts!

He had already distributed the medicinal pills to everyone before, but they didn't take them, so he couldn't be blamed.

Then, he said coldly, "Now let everyone quickly take the Qingxin Dan, otherwise, they will all be burned to death by this fire poison!"

The captain heard Lin-shifu's words and quickly conveyed the order.

After those mercenaries took it, they were no longer afraid of the fire poison.

Zheng Aoqiu walked over and pleaded bitterly, "Lin-shifu, do you still have the Qingxin Dan you just mentioned? We haven't taken it yet."

Lin-shifu said coldly, "I don't have any more. I didn't prepare that many in the first place."

In fact, Lin-shifu didn't have none left. He still had at least a dozen, but these were reserved for later use, just in case.

Because the Qingxin Dan he refined only had ten hours of efficacy. If they didn't leave the range of the fire poison within ten hours, they would have to take another one.

Naturally, this kind of important thing couldn't be given to unimportant people like Zheng Aoqiu casually.

"Miss He, what do you think..."

Zheng Aoqiu looked at He Xinyi with an embarrassed expression.

He Xinyi smiled slightly and pointed to the mercenary corpses on the ground.

"They haven't eaten the ones on their bodies. If you don't mind, you can go and eat theirs."