bookandnovel Chapter 26 The Hegemon of Western Chu - Mythical Fruit!
Chapter 26 The Hegemon of Western Chu - Mythical Fruit!
Outside the training field.
Behind a patch of greenery on the side of the teaching building.
There were no surveillance cameras, no pedestrians, only a few crooked willow trees and a row of trash cans.
Zhang Yan walked ahead, her steps hurried, glancing back every now and then to make sure no one else was coming.
Su Chen followed behind, becoming even more curious as he watched her guilty-looking demeanor.
I'm itching to get back to work.
and many more……
"Could this guy be the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord, turning the tables and planning to find a corner, seize the opportunity to punch him to death, and bury him?"
No! No!
I can see her profile screen.
The system's rank should be far higher than that of the mere Thousand-Faced Demon Lord.
Zhang Yan stopped under a willow tree, turned around, and took a deep breath.
Her expression was serious, even somewhat nervous.
Su Chen was also a little flustered by her appearance.
There was a long silence.
Zhang Yan finally composed herself and spoke up: "I already said that, didn't I?"
"Okay, go ahead and tell me! I'm pretty good at keeping secrets."
"Wasn't last week's ten-school joint exam's practical assessment held at Bailingjiang, outside the South City?"
"Um."
"Back then, I was in a group of seven with Sister Xiyue and others, mainly hunting down scattered monsters. Later..."
She went on and on, going into too much detail.
"Can you get to the point..." Su Chen couldn't help but interrupt her.
Zhang Yan pouted unhappily, but still skipped the prelude and went straight to the point.
"Simply put, I smelled a unique fragrance, then made an excuse to temporarily leave the group. Inside a cave with an underground river, I found a blood-red sapling with three fruits on it!"
"The aroma of this fruit is very unique, and it has a very special appeal to me."
Su Chen's eyes lit up.
My darling!
Anything that can generate an attraction sensation in a martial artist must be a rare and precious treasure! It is something that can only be encountered by chance and cannot be sought after.
This is definitely good stuff!
"And then? You took it secretly without telling anyone?"
"How could that be!" Zhang Yan glared at him. "This kind of treasure must be guarded by a spirit beast. How could I possibly dare to go and take it alone?"
"Huh? You told the rest of the team?"
"Yeah! Seven of us went to get it together." Zhang Yan counted on her fingers, "Sure enough, there was a red python guarding it, a peak elite-level one, and we wore it down to death together."
Su Chen fell silent.
After a long pause, he finally spoke: "So, seven people know about this?"
"Hmm! You're the eighth one."
"Um... don't be so sure. I feel like there are at least a hundred."
"How could that be!" Zhang Yan exclaimed anxiously, "I only told you."
"..."
Su Chen didn't want to explain to this idiot.
A secret that only seven people know is no longer a secret.
Seven mouths, seven lives, seven favors, seven different considerations of interest.
If any link in the chain goes wrong, it will cause a huge uproar.
But he didn't continue that topic; instead, he asked a more crucial question: "Do you recognize what this thing is?"
"I recognize it!" Zhang Yan's voice was very low, almost a whisper. "It should be a mythical spiritual fruit related to Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu."
"What! A mythical spirit fruit!?"
"Shh!" Zhang Yan quickly covered his mouth, then quickly pulled it back, glancing left and right. "Don't speak so loudly!"
Su Chen took a deep breath and suppressed his surging emotions.
Mythical Spirit Fruit.
Level 1 controlled resources.
According to federal law, the discovery of mythical fruits must be reported!
After the report is submitted, the federal government will send specialists to identify, evaluate, and register the information, and then decide on the subsequent allocation plan based on the specific circumstances.
It is illegal for individuals to keep the money for themselves.
If caught, the consequences could range from confiscation, fines, and a demerit, to more serious offenses...
No wonder Zhang Yan was so cautious!
It turns out it was a crime.
Su Chen didn't think any further.
He glanced at Zhang Yan and asked, "So how did you divide the spoils?"
"There are three of these mythical spiritual fruits," Zhang Yan said in a low voice. "Only one other person and I can smell their fragrance. The fragrance I smelled was very strong, so it must be a high compatibility. Because I was the first to discover them, I received one."
"That girl also received one, but she will have to pay a certain percentage of points or cultivation resources to others later."
I can't tell you who this person is.
Su Chen wasn't interested in who this person was.
"What about the last one?"
"Hmm..." Zhang Yan hesitated for a moment, "Our team is discussing selling this on the black market."
"Selling them to the black market?" Su Chen frowned. "That's an even bigger crime! Besides, can you students even understand the black market?"
He silently added in his mind: "Only a protagonist like me is suitable to go."
"So... we haven't sold any yet."
Su Chen remained silent for a moment, his mind racing.
To put it bluntly, this matter falls into a gray area.
If Zhang Yan and others are caught red-handed during the ten-school joint exam, and the leaders of No. 1 Middle School want to protect them while the other nine schools don't cause trouble, then there is room for manipulation.
They covered it up, didn't report it, and then privately criticized and educated the perpetrators afterwards.
At the same time, all three mythical spirit fruits have been handed over, and there will be no reward.
However, if it gets leaked and causes public outcry, then there will be disciplinary action.
The disciplinary action is on record; it's a dark history!
In serious cases, imprisonment.
However, Zhang Yan, Lin Xiyue, and others are all top students, so the punishment probably won't be too severe, but it will definitely have an impact.
However, even mythical spiritual fruits can be fatal.
In the Huaxia Federation, anything that results in death is difficult to resolve.
For example, if it's sold on the black market, and it changes hands multiple times, eventually leading to a death, then the investigation will gradually uncover the truth, and the trouble will be immense.
Conversely, if Zhang Yan and others were to approach the school teachers now and proactively explain the matter, the school would most likely only choose to reclaim the remaining fruit, give them a reprimand, and absolutely not make a big fuss about it.
The school has a reputation!
Top students shouldn't be hit.
Su Chen glanced at Zhang Yan.
She was watching him cautiously, her face conveying a "don't tell anyone I did something wrong" expression.
Su Chen wanted to laugh.
She was too inexperienced; she only felt that she had done something wrong and broken the law, and was trembling with fear. She found it difficult to understand many deeper things.
Su Chen knew in his heart...
Now that we've already intercepted these three mythical spiritual fruits, there's nothing to fear!
The only thing to do now is to make these three spiritual fruits disappear from the world completely.
Don't cause any trouble, especially not loss of life.
Once the thing is completely gone, everything will be fine!
When they came afterward, the punishment was very light.
"How about selling it to me?" Su Chen suggested. "My family is financially well-off. The price we'll offer certainly won't be low."
"You?" Zhang Yan's tone carried a hint of surprise, but more than that...
I breathed a sigh of relief.
In reality, she now felt that the remaining mythical spirit fruit was a hot potato.
I really want to sell it, get some money, and quickly share it with others.
In this way, everyone benefits, which puts people at ease.
"Actually..." Zhang Yan's voice lowered, "I'm telling you this because I want to sell this thing to you."
"But can you handle it? Will anything go wrong?"
Su Chen said confidently, "Don't worry! I'll use it myself."
"Huh? You're using it yourself?" Zhang Yan's eyes widened. "Mythical Spirit Fruits are very dangerous. And... another girl who ate a Mythical Spirit Fruit only took a small bite, and she seemed to be having trouble handling it. Her Overlord Body Technique reached the third stage—a slight success—three months ago!"
She paused, then added, "Oh, right! We discovered that this spiritual fruit is likely closely related to the Overlord Body Technique."
"Even those in the team who have reached the peak of the second stage of the Overlord Body Technique cannot smell the spiritual fruit."
"You've only just begun to understand, so you definitely can't eat it!"
"You need to understand this logic," Su Chen said, "I definitely won't let myself get myself killed!"
"If I buy it and can't use it, I'll just keep it and I definitely won't sell it."
"After all, my parents run a legitimate business and aren't short of money. The mythical spirit fruits you can consume aren't outrageously expensive. My family is just treating it as spending money to buy a collectible, isn't that perfectly normal?"
Zhang Yan hesitated for a moment, biting her lip as she thought about it.
"I'm convinced. But I need to ask other people for their opinions and see how much I'm willing to sell it for..."
"No problem! Let's get started sooner rather than later," Su Chen said. "Once you've already eaten it, even if the school finds out later, there's nothing they can do. What's done is done; who can take the fruit out of your stomach?"
"Besides, to be honest, who among those who grows into a powerful figure hasn't had a fortuitous encounter? Do you think they would hand over their fortuitous encounters and wait for the Federation to allocate even better treasures?"
"That's what I meant too! That's why I'm so eager to sell them." Zhang Yan nodded repeatedly.
"Tsk, you didn't sell it on the black market, so you still came to me. You're not stupid."
"snort!"
Zhang Yan snorted, but her expression clearly showed a smug look of being praised.
Looking at her expression, Su Chen went through the whole thing again in his mind.
The practical assessment for the joint entrance exam of ten schools was last Friday.
Seven days have passed since then.
Zhang Yan said that the girl who ate the mythical spiritual fruit couldn't handle it after only taking a small bite.
But Zhang Yan must have eaten the whole thing!
Her Overlord Body Technique jumped directly from its original level to lv6, and her experience progress was already more than halfway there: 3633/6000.
In other words, this mythical spiritual fruit not only allowed her Overlord Body Technique to break through to the fourth stage - Fusion, but also directly increased her experience by nearly four thousand points.
Seven days, at least four thousand points!
"Damn it..."
Su Chen sighed inwardly.
Even my cheats can't maintain this level!
What's more, this is a paid feature, which requires energy points to support it, and energy points can only be obtained by completing tasks.
And those geniuses who have fortuitous encounters, talent, and resources...
What kind of pervert is this?
"Let's go!"
Zhang Yan's voice pulled him back from his thoughts.
The two emerged from the greenery on the side of the teaching building and circled around to the main road.
The sun was shining brightly, its warmth comforting my face.
Then...
They ran head-on into Wang Yichuan.