"A Vine Heart as big as a casserole pot?!"
Qin Siyang couldn't help swallowing at what he heard.
Hu Chan nodded. "Yes, President Qin. Of course, that's only an estimate based on my previous experience. I can't guarantee it."
Qin Siyang gestured with his hands to gauge its size. "My God, isn't that way too big?!"
Then he excitedly grabbed Hu Chan's shoulders. "Holy Son Hu, as long as you help me get this Vine Heart, I'll do my best to fulfill whatever requests you make afterward! And I'll wipe out everything you owe me!"
Hu Chan looked at the enormous bud beside them and felt helpless.
"President Qin, I can't help you harvest this Vine Heart."
"Why not?"
"This sacrificial giant vine is far too powerful. Even when I was sequence level five, it would only have taken a few lashes to kill me. Now that I've embarked on the Path of the Believer, I'm weaker when facing gods. I can't even beat an ordinary medium god. One lash from the sacrificial giant vine would use up my death-substitution skill. A second lash would kill me for certain."
Hu Chan's gaze fell on the dozens of slowly writhing vines. "If it were like the sacrificial giant vine last time, with only a dozen or so vines, I might be able to try dodging them. But if this one sent dozens of vines into a frenzy of attacks all at once, there'd be no way for me to dodge them. Even with my life-saving skill, I wouldn't make it out alive."
"So you'll have to get this Vine Heart yourself, President Qin."
Hearing Hu Chan's explanation, Qin Siyang found himself torn. "I thought bringing someone who'd done it once before would help. But now..."
"President Qin, that's what happens when