Night enveloped the area, and the starry sky of the Gobi was as brilliant as ever, yet it revealed a vast emptiness.
The two looked at the stars, occasionally exchanging a word or two.
"This should be able to cure insomnia," Jiang Yuan said, pulling a light red small flower from his pocket.
"What is this?" Mu Ningjiao took it.
"I don't know what it's called either, but it can help you get a good night's sleep. Just smell its fragrance and you'll know," Jiang Yuan said.
Mu Ningjiao heard him, brought her nose closer, and sniffed.
A peculiar, faint fragrance wafted.
After only a few seconds, her head suddenly felt very relaxed, and she was enveloped by a strong drowsiness.
"So sleepy~" Mu Ningjiao murmured softly, closed her eyes, and became still as she lay on the stone.
"Huh?" Jiang Yuan was stunned.
No, was the effect of this flower really that good?
She could fall asleep instantly?!
Mu Ningjiao had fallen asleep, but sleeping on a stone was not ideal.
Jiang Yuan got up, picked up Mu Ningjiao, walked to the girls' tent, and then stopped.
With so many girls inside the tent, it would be too inappropriate for him, a man, to enter.
"Forget it, it should be fine to sleep outside," Jiang Yuan sighed, went into the boys' tent, took out his sleeping bag, and put Mu Ningjiao inside.
Even with such a big movement, Mu Ningjiao remained in a deep sleep, showing no signs of waking up.
That flower could directly hypnotize the soul; its effect was too powerful.
Looking at Mu Ningjiao sleeping so soundly in his sleeping bag, Jiang Yuan suddenly felt that his sense of morality was far stronger than Mo Fan's.
If it were Mo Fan, he would definitely take advantage first.
He would even brazenly go directly into the girls' tent.
Or, with the sky as their blanket and the ground as their bed, the two would cuddle together and sleep for an entire night.
How shameless, Mo Fan.
At this moment, in the boys' tent, as if sensing someone was gossiping about him, Mo Fan sneezed in his sleep, smacked his lips, turned over, and started snoring incessantly again.
The next morning.
The sun slowly rose, and the scorching sunlight fell on the Gobi Desert, causing the temperature to rise rapidly.
"Mmm~~~!!"
Mu Ningjiao woke up and stretched very comfortably.
She looked around; Jiang Yuan was sitting beside her, resting with his eyes closed. Seeing her wake up, he opened his eyes.
Their eyes met.
"I-I'm sorry, I was too sleepy yesterday and accidentally fell asleep. Did you stay outside all night?" Mu Ningjiao's face was slightly red, and she said apologetically.
"It's nothing, a small issue. It's good that you got a good night's sleep. If you have insomnia again in the future, you can smell that flower again," Jiang Yuan said, shaking his head.
"Okay."
Mu Ningjiao climbed out of the sleeping bag, carefully packed it up, and placed it in front of Jiang Yuan.
"You two stayed outside all night?"
A voice sounded; it was Jiang Shaoxu emerging from the tent. She covered her mouth, looking at the two with a gossipy expression.
"It was too hot in the tent, so we came out for some fresh air," Jiang Yuan said expressionlessly.
"Oh, oh, it's really too hot, really too hot," Jiang Shaoxu chuckled, her tone not very serious.
Mu Ningjiao became even more embarrassed, but she didn't explain anything, simply saying she needed to wash up and then left.
Jiang Shaoxu now felt even more strongly that there was something going on between the two of them.
This was too obvious!
Jiang Yuan continued to rest with his eyes closed, waiting for everyone else to wake up.
Later, Mo Fan and the others gradually got up, packed up their tents, had a simple breakfast, and began exploring the ruins.
"Why are there only stones, no good stuff at all?" After searching for a long time without finding anything good, Mo Fan complained.
This was far from what he had imagined.
"This place must have been visited by many hunters already, so even if there were good things, it wouldn't be our turn," Zhao Manyan said.
"Damn it, so we came for nothing!?"
Mo Fan was annoyed, his eyes unconsciously looking at the lightning storm in the center, and he suggested, "Why don't we go into that lightning storm? It's crackling in there, so the good stuff must be inside!"
"If you want to die, don't drag us along," Guan Yu rolled his eyes.
"It wasn't easy for us to come all this way, and we haven't found anything. Why don't we go in there and take a look? Maybe we can find a Soul Seed? That's at least hundreds of millions worth of treasure!" Mo Fan really wanted to go in, looking as if he would be very uncomfortable if he didn't.
"The storm inside here would require at least a Super-Order Mage to pass through safely. If we just go in like this, we're probably looking for death. Anyway, if you want to go in, you go in; don't drag us along to our deaths," Guan Yu said.
Hearing him say that, Mo Fan also felt a little apprehensive.
Only a Super-Level could withstand it; it was indeed very unsafe.
But since they had already come, not finding any good things was truly too unwilling.
Mo Fan looked at Jiang Yuan: "Old Jiang, you're the captain. You say whether we should go in and take a look."
Everyone looked over.
After this period of experience, they had truly and clearly felt how strong Jiang Yuan's power was. Even now, they didn't know how much of Jiang Yuan's power had not yet been exposed.
If Jiang Yuan decided to go in and take a look, they would be willing to try.
Moreover, Jiang Yuan was the captain; they would go wherever he said.
"Don't go in. Let's go somewhere else. South America has more than just this one place; there's no need to take this unnecessary risk," Jiang Yuan said after a brief thought.
Since the captain said so, everyone prepared to return.
This treasure land of South America has no shortage of various resources.
Many places that maintain their original appearance often have hunters striking it rich there, earning tens of millions annually is not a problem.
Hunter teams with extensive experience can sometimes even earn hundreds of millions annually!
Next, Jiang Yuan planned to lead the team into the primeval forest to help them acquire some resources.
After that, they would head directly to the Nazca Forbidden Land!
The return journey still had to pass through the Gobi Valley.
However, at this time, the Gobi Valley no longer had any Forbidden Moon Stone Demon, and even the few surviving ones were gone.
"There aren't any Forbidden Moon Stone Demon left here. Old Jiang, you're too ruthless," Mo Fan said, shaking his head with a "tsk tsk."
Jiang Yuan didn't respond but said, "In places where earth element giants live in groups like this, there should be many earth element treasures. Last time, we were busy going to the ruins and didn't have time to search in the Gobi Valley. This time, we can check it out on the way back."
"Treasures?! Why didn't you say so earlier!"
Upon hearing about treasures, Mo Fan's eyes lit up first, and without another word, he ran to the rock wall to search.
His luck was good; he pried off a piece of incredibly lustrous earthy-brown crystal from the walls on both sides.
"Holy crap, it's a Yuan Crystal!" Zhao Manyan exclaimed.
The others heard him and looked over, confirming that this was indeed a Yuan Crystal, even more precious than a Star River Vein.
A single Yuan Crystal could fetch over a hundred million at auction!
Having one Yuan Crystal proved that there were more Yuan Crystals nearby, and everyone immediately began a carpet search.
Jiang Yuan joined the team and made a show of searching, but he didn't diligently look for Yuan Crystals.
Otherwise, with his psychic power, he alone could find all the Yuan Crystals.
To be honest, a mere two billion wasn't very motivating.
In the end, almost everyone found one or two Yuan Crystals.
Now, resources were truly no longer lacking.