"I think it might be an aged wild ginseng,"
Lin Feng's eyes lit up with joy. If his guess was correct, it would be a great tonic.
"Really?"
Shen Xinyue was skeptical. She found a stick and began to dig under the tree.
Lu Jingzhe was also curious and joined Shen Xinyue in digging.
"Ladies, do you really think you can unearth ginseng if there is any, with your digging methods?"
Lin Feng couldn't help but chuckle. The treasure that even a black bear couldn't get, they expected to obtain with their bare hands. It was a pipe dream.
"Then, what do you suggest we do?"
Shen Xinyue realized her actions were rather naive.
"Step back, I'm going to use my power."
Lin Feng gathered his breath in his dantian.
Shen Xinyue and Lu Jingzhe quickly retreated a few steps.
Lin Feng channeled his true qi into his palms and, under the bewildered gazes of Lu Jingzhe and Shen Xinyue, powerfully thrust them forward.
With a bang!
The towering tree, tens of meters tall, was uprooted by Lin Feng's palm strike.
Shen Xinyue and Lu Jingzhe covered their mouths, unable to believe that such a feat was possible by human strength.
Good heavens!
Was Lin Feng still a normal human?
"No need to be so surprised, it's just a regular operation!"
Lin Feng acted as if he had done something trivial. After the tree was uprooted, a large pit appeared in the ground.
Lin Feng peered down into the pit from its edge. To his dismay, there was nothing but a few broken stones.
"Hey, is this what you called possibly having ginseng?"
Shen Xinyue finally found an opportunity to mock Lin Feng.
The guy had spoken as if it were a certainty, yet there was nothing.
"There might not be ginseng, but I'm sure there's something good down here."
Lin Feng refused to believe his judgment was wrong. He jumped into the pit and searched carefully.
Then, he suddenly discovered a fragment of a stone tablet.
The moment the stone tablet fragment was in his hand, Lin Feng's mind resonated with it.
The blurry image of the stone tablet in his mind began to sharpen. Combined with the two pieces he had obtained previously, he now had three fragments.
Only three more pieces were needed to assemble the complete stone tablet.
Shen Xinyue had naturally noticed the stone tablet fragment in Lin Feng's hand. This was the true purpose of her lurking around Lin Feng.
Seeing Lin Feng seemingly in a trance, she was curious about what he was doing.
What secret did this stone tablet fragment hide?
"Hey, why are you taking a broken stone? Is this the treasure you mentioned?"
Shen Xinyue seized the moment to probe.
"Yes, this is a treasure. You wouldn't understand even if I told you."
Lin Feng casually stuffed the stone tablet into his pocket, saying no more.
Shen Xinyue became even more convinced that Lin Feng knew the secret of the stone tablet fragments, but since Lin Feng refused to talk, she couldn't press further.
"Let's go, it's time for lunch. We should head back."
Lin Feng glanced at the sun and led the two girls down the mountain.
As they passed by a cornfield, the three of them noticed movement within the stalks.
Occasionally, a woman's cry could be heard.
"Are you done already? So fast? You're useless!"
"You talk too much, you slut. Hurry up and pull up your pants, it's bad if someone sees us!"
The dialogue between the man and woman drifted from the cornfield.
Shen Xinyue and Lu Jingzhe were stunned.
Good heavens, they were doing such things in broad daylight in a cornfield.
What's more, the man's voice sounded somewhat like Village Chief Ge.
"They're coming out, hide!"
Lin Feng pulled the two girls into the bushes. Then, they saw Ge Changgui emerge from the cornfield, a pipe in his mouth.
Shortly after, a woman in a coarse cloth skirt followed him out.
Lin Feng recognized the woman as one of the older women who had been watching him that morning.
"It's Aunt Xiaoping, the village widow."
Lu Jingzhe had seen her that morning but hadn't expected these two to be involved.
Shen Xinyue's eyes widened. She thought to herself that not only was Lin Feng a pervert, but men in general seemed to have such inclinations.
"Alright, they've gone far. Let's go."
Lin Feng stood up, completely unconcerned by such matters, as he considered them normal.
However, Shen Xinyue and Lu Jingzhe began to gossip.
Perhaps it was in women's nature to gossip, or perhaps these two were just curious creatures.
"Jingzhe, why do you think Village Chief Ge is doing this? Isn't he afraid of being found out by the villagers?"
Shen Xinyue couldn't understand Village Chief Ge's behavior.
"I'm not sure either, but surely no one will find out?"
"I'm just curious who seduced whom between the two of them."
Lu Jingzhe blinked, a faint smile playing on her lips.
"Let me answer your questions. First, Aunt Xiaoping is a widow, and widows have needs."
"Village Chief Ge's actions can be considered providing a service to the village widows. It's consensual, so what if people know?"
"Perhaps Aunt Xiaoping is involved with every man in the village."
Lin Feng analyzed with a smile.
"Tsk, you think everyone is as lecherous as you. If you think Aunt Xiaoping has needs, then you go provide your service!"
Shen Xinyue shot Lin Feng a glare.
"Little Shen, you're still too young. A young man like me is highly coveted by Aunt Xiaoping."
"It's just that I don't like used goods. I only like the original."
Lin Feng patted Shen Xinyue's shoulder. His explicit words made both Shen Xinyue and Lu Jingzhe blush.
"You, you're truly a pervert!"
"Not only are you a pervert, but you're also narcissistic, as if all the women in the world are after you!"
Shen Xinyue gritted her teeth.
"Don't disbelieve me. How about this, I'll go visit Aunt Xiaoping's house later. Whether I'm coveted or not, we'll know then!"
Lin Feng had a plan and said, "However, since we're making a bet, there must be stakes."
"If everything I say is correct, then you two have to listen to me all day."
"If I'm wrong, then I'll listen to you two, how about that?"
Lin Feng proposed a condition.
"Alright, I don't believe Aunt Xiaoping is that promiscuous. How could she be interested in someone so much younger than her!"
Shen Xinyue still trusted her judgment of women.
Lu Jingzhe, however, felt that Lin Feng might win. But thinking that they were just having fun, she agreed. Winning or losing didn't matter; it was just for a laugh.