Super Gene Hunting Ground

Xie Lei, exasperated and seemingly unable to pinpoint Yang Xiao’s flaw, said:

”You?”

Monk Ben Yin quickly tried to smooth things over, saying:

”Brother Xie, we really can’t blame Brother Yang for this, he did advise you to use less chili just now, we all heard it.”

Zhang Hai also hurriedly stood up and said:

”Yeah, we all heard it, and besides, Brother Yang himself added chili just now and even tasted it. Maybe you should think of a way to deal with this problem quickly?”

Xie Lei was indeed filled with anger with no outlet; although everyone understood that Yang Xiao had intentionally provoked Xie Lei to add more chili, who made Xie Lei fall for it so directly?

Xie Lei was not usually so impulsive and gullible; it was just that today he was irked by that Space Ring of Yang Xiao’s, which affected his mood.

”Ah, spicy, spicy, spicy...”

Xie Lei was feeling terribly uncomfortable from the spiciness now, feeling as if the air he was breathing out was also fiery, his entire throat and nose were burning, and the feeling in his stomach was even more unbearable, as if he was being seared over intense flames.

Several junior brothers from the Kongtong Sect saw this and were frightened, but didn’t know what to do.

Seeing the commotion here, Lan Xin and Zhi Ruo among others also ran over to join the crowd; seeing the miserable state of Xie Lei, everyone laughed out of schadenfreude.

To be honest, except for the people from the Kongtong Sect, the others from the four sects were somewhat pleased inside their hearts; after all, Xie Lei was usually too dominant, and many people found him unlikable.

At this moment, Xie Lei didn’t care about the onlookers; he just felt as if he was being roasted on fire, with his body drenched in sweat. At this rate, he felt like he was going to pass out and die.

After all, Monk Ben Yin had a compassionate heart,

”Amitabha, Brother Yang, you just said you had a brother who also ate this divine oil from Yunpan Country; Amitabha, the chili from Yunpan Country,”

Yang Xiao was taken aback and looked at Monk Ben Yin with a strange gaze,

”Unexpectedly, master often uses the divine oil from Yunpan Country? So you’re that kind of ’wet’ master?”

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately grasped the meaning and looked at Monk Ben Yin with astonishment.

After all, the divine oil from Yunpan Country was well-known; Monk Ben Yin made a slip of the tongue and was caught by Yang Xiao, and immediately his face turned awkward,

”Amitabha, this old monk misspoke, my sin, my sin,”

Yang Xiao chuckled and said:

”You took a joke seriously? Alright, stop with the ’old monk’; aren’t you just three years older than me? Do you want to know how my brother managed to cope with the chili after that?”

”Indeed.”

”It’s simple, he just went to sit in the snow and ate snow, continued eating throughout the night, until it no longer felt spicy. However, I’m afraid my brother didn’t eat as much as Brother Xie did.”

Upon hearing this, Xie Lei really wanted to knock himself out; he was panting with his tongue out, his skin had already turned dark purple.

Zhang Hai said:

”This is the desert, although it’s quite cold, there is no snow.”

Yang Xiao pointed somewhere in the distance, saying:

”Isn’t there a lake over there? The lake water has frozen over. Brother Xie, you should just go and dig up some ice to eat. Oh, and the Sand Demon will be appearing soon, Brother Xie, you only have half an hour to dig the ice.”

Before Yang Xiao could finish his words, Xie Lei had already dashed off, leaving behind a command:

”Junior brothers of the Kongtong Sect, come help me dig ice.”

Monk Ben Yin gave Yang Xiao a look and said:

”Let’s go over and see; after all, we are all part of the martial arts fraternity, see if we can lend a hand.”

Yang Xiao smiled and said:

”Alright, the master is compassionate, but everyone needs to pay attention to the times when the Sand Demon appears; we can’t always be so lucky.”

Yang Xiao, Monk Ben Yin, Zhang Hai, Zhi Ruo, Lan Xin, and others walked towards the nearby small lake.

The Desert Lake was near a small grove of trees, about 2 kilometers away from the Genetic Store. When everyone ran over, they saw Xie Lei chomping on a piece of ice desperately, crunching loudly. Listening to the sound of his chewing, he seemed quite content, which reminded Yang Xiao of eating potato chips.

The ice on the small lake wasn’t very thick, only about twenty centimeters, below it was icy water.

A few disciples of the Kongtong Sect were cutting ice blocks with their swords by the lake, while Xie Lei stood by the lake eating the ice blocks.

Xie Lei ate several large chunks of ice, which somewhat soothed the fiery sensation in his belly, but as soon as he stopped eating ice, that burning feeling came back immediately. It was like boiling a pot of water dry, each time only adding a small cup of water, which would quickly evaporate. Continuous pouring was the only way to keep the pot from burning dry.

Yang Xiao said with a chuckle:

”Bro Xie, feeling much better now? The way you eat ice reminds me of the sound of munching on chips.”

Xie Lei glared at Yang Xiao angrily and said coldly:

”I have you to thank for all this!”

”You see, you’re still blaming me. I should have never told you to come to the ice lake. It’s hard to be a good person!”

Yang Xiao feigned grievance.

Xie Lei, filled with frustration and nowhere to vent, could only crunch on ice more noisily than before.

Zhang Hai commented:

”Man, watching this makes me want to try some ice, did they put sugar in it or something? It looks kind of tasty.”

Xie Lei replied irritably:

”Then come down and try some. I can’t finish all these ice blocks in the lake by myself.”

Everyone laughed.

Monk Ben Yin said:

”Bro Xie, hurry up and harvest the ice to take back to the Genetic Store. Sand Demon is about to come out.”

Hearing this, fear crept into Xie Lei’s heart, and he said to his junior brothers:

”Let’s act quickly and cut more blocks to take back.”

Monk Ben Yin leaped onto the ice surface and said:

”Everyone come down and help cut some ice blocks to take back. I reckon Bro Xie is going to need them all night.”

Xie Lei, with a pitiful look towards Ben Yin, said:

”Monk Ben Yin, are you cursing me? Can’t you wish for something good to happen to me?”

Ben Yin replied:

”Then I won’t bother cutting ice blocks, assuming you’re already better?”

Xie Lei quickly stated:

”No, no, no, Brother Ben Yin, forgive my sharp tongue, please don’t take it to heart. I still need your help cutting a few blocks, just in case I run out later, or I’ll be waiting for death.”

Ben Yin smiled, drew out Longsword, and sketched a square ice block about a meter in size, then lifted it out with his hand.

Seeing this, the others reluctantly jumped down onto the ice to cut blocks as well.

Lan Xin was about to jump down but was stopped by Yang Xiao grabbing her hand.

Lan Xin: ”?”

Yang Xiao laughed and said: ”If everyone jumps in the same spot and breaks the ice, do you really want to take a bath in the ice lake?”

As Xie Lei was munching on ice, he kept an eye on Yang Xiao and seeing him holding Lan Xin’s hand, jealousy burned within him. He sneered:

”Yang Xiao, if you want to be lovey-dovey, find a place with some privacy.”

Lan Xin’s face turned red with anger:

”I was going to help you cut a block of ice, but since you’re speaking like this, I can’t be bothered to help you. Let’s go.”

After saying that, she turned around and walked away with her junior sister Xiao Lan.

Yang Xiao looked at Xie Lei, feeling both amused and annoyed:

”You just keep it up. If tonight you end up short by those two blocks Lan Xin could’ve cut, you’ll be in for a world of suffering.”

”Damn, is it really just short those two blocks?”

(In the afternoon, there will be three more updates. Thanks to book friend sergio for the 100 Qidian Coin gift, and to the low-key reader for another 100 Qidian Coin gift. Thank you all for your support, and I would like to reiterate that this book will not be dropped and will continue with four updates a day. Occasionally, if unexpected events occur, there will be 2 or 3 updates.)