Kaori walked forward respectfully!
"President! Chen Daoyi has been waiting upstairs for you all day. Why don't you go discuss the cooperation first?"
Pepper was still staring intently at the Mother Vine, without even blinking!
As though she hadn't heard a thing!
"President? The Chen Family..."
Pepper impatiently waved her hand. "I know. Wait a little longer. I'll go up in a bit!"
Kaori looked troubled. "But..."
Pepper's face was rapt with obsession. "The Mother Vine is about to break through to Dao Tian! And the moment it breaks through is when its vine marrow will be at its most potent!"
"I've been stuck at Dao Heaven Level 5 for seven years. For a Dao Tian-level existence, even a one-star difference means a world of difference in strength!"
"This vine marrow can help me advance a star. I'm not asking for seven stars—six will be enough!"
"Do you understand how I feel right now?"
Kaori smiled wryly. "I do! But if you don't go up soon, Chen Daoyi is going to lose his temper!"
Pepper shook her head. "No... you don't understand! Let me keep watch for a few more hours. Maybe it'll break through soon!"
"Wait! Just wait a little longer!"
Kaori's eyes were full of helplessness. She could only stay nearby; otherwise, she'd get chewed out when she went back!
Zhang San tried to reason with her. "Why don't you just go back? We've already waited this long. What's a little longer?"
"The problem is, as long as you're standing here watching, we can't do anything to the Mother Vine!"
But Pepper remained completely unmoved!
Zhang San was speechless, so he went beneath the Mother Vine and dug a small hole.
Then he buried the coin in it!
Since the Mother Vine was here in the domed space,