Chapter 712 - Li Shentan joins the team (1/2)

When Zhou Yingxue thought about how it did not seem necessary to join the Anjing House anymore, or even totally pointless to do so, her attitude towards Vanilla turned even more hostile. “Who the hell are you?! Why are you poking your nose into my business?”.

Vanilla was stunned. This was the first time he had come across as fierce a candidate as her.

Before he could even flare up, Tang Hualong, who was standing next to him, interrupted, “The boss sent out a message saying White Mask has shown up in Cheng Yu’s group. Moreover, some of the Pyro Company spies have appeared in that group as well. She’s telling us to act carefully.”

Vanilla sneered, “Anyone could have guessed the Pyro Company has planted spies in the groups. Tonight, we’ll find an excuse to check everyone to see if they have any tattoos near their ribs. But I believe White Mask’s involvement in this mess is also something the boss wanted to see. I’m looking forward to seeing how much chaos he can cause for the Pyro Company.”

Beside them, Zhou Yingxue’s ears pricked up when she heard them mention White Mask.

Actually, Zhou Yingxue also did not know if White Mask was related to Ren Xiaosu in any way. However, she knew full well White Mask would always appear wherever her master went.

Although the maidservant was silly at times, she was not a fool. She could still discern a pattern like this very easily.

Moreover, the intel had mentioned that a sniper was also there to provide assistance when White Mask intercepted the Pyro Company’s convoy.

First of all, she had witnessed Ren Xiaosu’s sniping before. Second, she had also heard of Yang Xiaojin’s sniping before. Therefore, when Zhou Yingxue found out about this information, she felt it was very likely these two people were Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin.

Zhou Yingxue interrupted the conversation between Vanilla and Tang Hualong and said, “Where is White Mask? Where’s their group now?”

Vanilla glanced at her and said, “Why are you asking that?”

“It’s because I want to find someone powerful to protect me, of course,” Zhou Yingxue said. “Based on how weak you look, how are you going to lead us into the Sacred Mountains? So we definitely have to seek out someone more powerful to lead the team, right?” Vanilla got so angry he nearly vomited blood. “What makes you think I’m weak? As a floral superhuman, where did you get the courage to mock a metallic superhuman from?” “But you look very weak,” Zhou Yingxue said disdainfully. “Moreover, you’ve displayed your combat capabilities in the Wang Consortium’s stronghold before, right? That news has long been spread. Everyone said you were a little slow at controlling metal and there wasn’t much you could do about that Dusk team.”

“Then what about you? You think you’re that powerful?” Vanilla stuck his neck out and shouted, “White Mask is over on the west side of the Sacred Mountains now, and we’re on the east side! Why don’t you walk through the Sacred Mountains to look for him then?”

When Zhou Yingxue heard this, she started having second thoughts, because she was not confident of crossing the Sacred Mountains by herself.

Of course, it was not that she was afraid of death. After all, even she was a little afraid of wielding her own powers. Zhou Yingxue was worried that if she walked straight through the Sacred Mountains, she might end up causing a huge commotion and disrupt her master’s plans as a result. If Vanilla knew the terrifying creeper vine in Stronghold 61 was in Zhou Yingxue’s possession now, he would probably change his tone too.

At this moment, Zhou Yingxue even felt a little smug as though she were a royal traveling incognito. Thinking of this, Zhou Yingxue got a little unhappy again. Her master had only randomly taken her around to collect exotic flowers and plants, but she ended up gaining something on the level of the creeper vine. Meanwhile with these people, she was only able to find a food crop after spending so much effort searching.

There must still be a lot more exotic plants in the Sacred Mountains, right? If she could only travel with her master into the mountains, couldn’t she collect the seeds with ease? And when she finally headed to the Northwest, the people of Fortress 178 would surely be amazed by her powerful ability.

She wondered if her master had any competitors in the Northwest. Power struggles should be very common in large and formidable organizations like Fortress 178, right? At that time, she could become her master’s right-hand woman and help him eliminate his enemies.

While Zhou Yingxue was letting her imagination run wild, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from the forest.

The footsteps sounded so orderly no one in the campsite could tell whether it was a person or a group of people approaching.