Volume 1: Small Characters Chapter 125: Toad

  Lin San spent three whole days searching at the top of Tiancang Peak and finally didn't even see the shadow of the purple lotus flower or the thousand-year-old grass.

  "Gurgling...gurgling..." Suddenly, a sound of flowing water came from ahead.

  Lin San walked over curiously and found that deep in the forest, there was a small waterfall. The water was crystal clear, and small fish were constantly jumping out of the water and then falling back into it to swim around. The surrounding area of the waterfall was covered with flowers and grass, and the fragrance wafted through the air.

  "There's actually a waterfall here, what a miracle!" Lin San walked to the front of the waterfall, scooped up some water with his hands and poured it into his mouth: "Hmm, it's really sweet!"

  "Ding ding ding......" A burst of music suddenly sounded.

  Lin San took out his mobile phone from his pocket, turned off the alarm, and lightly jumped into mid-air. Lin San had set a special alarm on his phone, every time it rang, he would take out his phone to call Gu Jialan. Since there was no signal in the forest, Lin San could only fly up to mid-air.

  "Lin San, aren't you coming back yet?" An unsatisfied voice of Gu Jialan came from the phone.

  "Hehe...... things are not done yet, and it will take a few more days to delay." Lin San flew in mid-air for a while before finding a place with mobile phone signal.

  "I've noticed you've been acting mysteriously lately, have you run into some kind of trouble?" Gu Jialan's tone was full of suspicion.

  Lin San smiled: "Jialan, you're overthinking it. By the way, has anything happened in the company these past two days?"

  "No, the company is operating normally. Yesterday, a foreign businessman even found me and said he wanted to set up a joint venture with Ding Sheng Group to start an internet company... Lin San, let's talk about this later, I have a meeting to attend." Gu Jialan said, ending the call.

  Lin San put away his phone and flew back to the waterfall, stretching out his hand to catch a fish that had just jumped out of the water. At noon, Lin San decided to roast the fish for lunch.

  The fish in the waterfall have very big heads and their meat is very tender, they taste extremely delicious.

  After eating the roasted fish, Lin San sat cross-legged on a flat stone, starting to meditate. No matter how busy he was every day, Lin San would always take out some time to meditate and practice his immortal skills.

  Time is passing minute by minute and second by second.

  "Cheep! Cheep! Cheep!" A small bird, about the size of a fist, suddenly flew out from the woods. Its feathers were green, its eyes were small, and its beak was long. Its two small claws kept scratching restlessly. When it saw Lin San sitting on the flat stone, the bird was startled, hovering in mid-air, not daring to fly any closer.

  From the moment the little bird flew out of the forest, Lin San had already opened his eyes and curiously sized up the little bird in front of him: "What a beautiful little bird, come on, come here, let me take a closer look at you." As he spoke, Lin San raised his hand to beckon the little bird.

  "Cheep! Cheep!" The little bird cried out in alarm and flew towards the waterfall with its wings spread wide.

  Lin San was taken aback, then burst out laughing: "I didn't mean any harm, why are you running away... uh!" He spoke halfway, Lin San's eyes suddenly widened, and an incredulous expression appeared on his face.

  The little bird flew directly into the turbulent waterfall and disappeared instantly.

  Lin San furrowed his brow: "Does this little bird not want to live? How can it fly into the waterfall...?" Suddenly, Lin San's eyes lit up, and he stood up, rushing towards the waterfall.

  "Whoosh!" With a splash, Lin San directly plunged into the waterfall, and a square cave appeared before his eyes. Lin San smiled slightly: "Indeed, there is another world behind the waterfall." As he spoke, Lin San turned around and entered the cave.

  The cave is very humid, with water droplets hanging all over the walls. As you go deeper, the area of the cave becomes larger and the ceiling gets higher.

  "What's that?" Lin San exclaimed in surprise, quickly walking to a stone wall and carefully examining the small grasses growing in the cracks of the stone wall. Each clump of grass was not very large, and at the center of each one grew a small white flower.

  "Thousand-year grass?!" Lin San's face lit up with joy, and he reached out to grab a small clump of grass from the stone wall, holding it in front of his eyes for a closer examination: "It's correct, this is indeed thousand-year grass!" The shape, color, and size of this small clump of grass were exactly the same as those recorded in the book.

  The surrounding stone walls of the cave are densely covered with thousand-year-old grass, all of which are the same size. From a distance, the scene is very spectacular.

  Lin San used his immortal method to collect one-third of the thousand-year-old grass on the stone wall into his storage ring. With the thousand-year-old grass, the golden wound medicine recorded in the secret formula can be refined. After circling around the cave and finding no other abnormalities, Lin San left the cave.

  After flying out of the waterfall, Lin San began to search for the purple lotus flower around him. The book records that the purple lotus flower and the thousand-year-old grass generally grow in the same place, as long as you can find the thousand-year-old grass, you can find the purple lotus flower nearby.

  After searching around for nearly an hour, Lin San finally found a large patch of purple lotus flowers in a mountain valley.

  Lanxi City

  Dingsheng Group Chairman's Office.

  A blond-haired, blue-eyed, high-nosed foreign man is boastfully bragging about his wealth.

  Gujalan sat in a chair, holding a cup of tea and drinking slowly, occasionally frowning her brow, with a hint of disgust on her face.

  "Former chairman, I have villas in over a dozen countries and dozens of luxury cars, the most impressive one being a limited edition Ferrari, which cost over 10 million..." The foreign man became increasingly proud.

  "Mr. Ham, are you here to discuss investment cooperation or to show off your wealth?"

  "Huh?" Hamm was taken aback, then laughed and said: "Sorry, Director Gu, I have a bad habit. Once I start talking, I just can't stop..."

  "Let's get straight to the point and discuss the cooperation." Gu Jialan said calmly.

  "Alright." Ham nodded.

  Gujalan pulled out two contracts from the drawer and placed them on the desktop: "This is the contract I drafted, Mr. Ham, take a look and see if there's anything inappropriate?"

  Hamm picked up a contract, glanced at it for a few moments and then covered it: "No problem."

  "Since there's no problem, then please sign, Mr. Hamm." Koralan said, taking a steel pen from the pen holder and handing it to Hamm.

  Hamm smiled: "Before signing the contract, I have a small request."

  Gujalan furrowed his brow, then relaxed: "Please, Mr. Ham."

  "I'd like to ask Director Gu to be my girlfriend." Hamu said with a smile.

  Gujalan was taken aback, thinking there was something wrong with his ears: "Mr. Ham, what did you just say?"

  "I'm a straightforward person, I say what's on my mind, one thing at a time, two things at a time, I never hide my words. Chairman Gu, I've fallen in love with you, be my girlfriend! Of course, if you're willing, I can propose to you right now!" Ham said with deep emotion.

  "Mr. Ham, I'm really sorry, but I already have a boyfriend."

  "I know, a girl as excellent as you, how could there not be pursuers around?" Ham said with a smile: "I'm an open-minded person, just break up with your boyfriend immediately and I'll get engaged to you."

  "Mr. Ham, I think you're mistaken, I love my boyfriend very much and I won't leave him." Gu Jialan's tone turned somewhat chilly.

  Hamm was taken aback, he hadn't expected Gu Jiaran to reject his advances. After all, how many women in this world dreamed of throwing themselves into his arms? Hamm licked his lips: "Chairman Gu, I hope you can consider it, I really like you!"

  "Never mind, Mr. Hamm," said Gu Jialan with a wave of her hand. "If you bring this up again, I'll have to terminate our cooperation." If it weren't for the fact that Hamm was an investor, Gu Jialan would have kicked him out long ago. A foreigner as ugly as him dared to pursue me? How ridiculous!

  Hamm hesitated for a moment and said: "Director Gu, your boyfriend is very rich?"

  "No." Gu Jialan shook her head.

  "That's quite an authority?" Ham asked again.

  Gu Jialan shook her head in denial.

  Hamm laughed: "Director Gu, I really don't understand, a penniless and powerless poor devil, how can he capture your heart? Have you been bewitched?"

  "Who's been spouting nonsense here!" A man's voice suddenly rang out from outside the office, and then the door was pushed open and a tall, handsome young man walked in.

  Seeing the young man, Gu Jialan's expression suddenly changed to joy, and he immediately stood up from his chair, walked around the office desk, ran over and hugged him: "Lin San, you're back."

  Lin San patted Gulan's shoulder lightly: "As soon as things were done, I rushed back immediately without stopping."

  Hamm gazed at Lin San with a hostile gaze: "You're that boyfriend of Director Gu?"

  Lin San glanced at Ham and slightly frowned: "Was it you who just scolded me in the office, calling me a poor devil with no power or money?"

  Hamm was taken aback, then nodded: "Was what I said wrong?"

  "This Mr. Han is a foreign investor, came here to discuss with me the establishment of an internet company, but halfway through the conversation, he suddenly said he wanted to pursue me, I had clearly rejected him, but he still wouldn't give up..." Gu Jialan was afraid Lin San would misunderstand, so she quickly explained the whole situation.

  "It turned out to be just an ignorant and arrogant toad. Lin San lightly released Gu Jialan, waved his hand at Ham, and said with disgust: "Foreigner, get out of here before I lose my temper!"

  Hamm's eyes snapped open and he said incredulously, "You're telling me to get out?"

  "Are you deaf? Fine, I'll repeat it again. You're not welcome here, get out of my sight now!" Lin San said coldly.

  "You poor devil, how dare you be so disrespectful to me? I'll make you pay for this... Ahh!" Hamm's eyes went dark and he was slapped hard in the face.

  Lin San stretched out his hand and grabbed Ham's collar, directly throwing him out of the office.

  "Bang!" Ham crashed into the wall and then slowly slid down to the ground.