novelraw Chapter 661 490: "It's not the swordsmanship that's better than you, it's me!" (Long-awaited 6K)
Chapter 661 490: "It's not the swordsmanship that's better than you, it's me!" (Long-awaited 6K)
Zhang Yue's blunt and somewhat vulgar words of rejection did not incite Xu Ying's displeasure.
On the contrary, she understood that the other person knew exactly why she had come to see her.
"I was being too presumptuous."
Nodding slightly, Xu Ying returned to sit beside Liu Jiale and took out her fishing rod to bait it.
Since she had been rejected, staying here any longer would be pointless.
"Tsk~ Is this really Xu Ying, the Lord of Penglai?"
Wang Er Zhu sat cross-legged with a hint of mockery at the corner of his mouth: "And she wants to poach our Starting Point? Who in their right mind would give up a daily increase of ten percent and go mess around in one of their bottom-ranked legions?"
"Will it kill you to say less?" Tian Liuya slapped him, almost sending him into a volcano.
Wang Er Zhu rubbed his shoulder, his face contorted in pain: "But I'm not wrong."
Tian Liuya: "Even if it's true, you shouldn't blurt it out. Look at Sister Chun."
She motioned with her eyes for Wang Er Zhu to look at Li Chun.
Sitting at the edge of the volcano, she appeared to be watching the float, but her gaze was unfocused.
"What's the matter?"
Zhang Yue moved next to Li Chun and gently nudged her shoulder, asking softly: "What are you thinking about?"
Li Chun's thoughts were interrupted, and she turned her head as if waking from a dream: "Ah? Oh... nothing really."
Zhang Yue observed Li Chun's somewhat youthful face, sighed, and said: "This world is just like that, everyone has their own life. You can't let changes in positions create a rift with old friends."
"Oh come on, Sister Yue Yue, I'm not a child anymore. I understand these things," Li Chun realized Zhang Yue mistakenly thought she was troubled about Liu Jiale joining Penglai.
The news of Liu Jiale joining Penglai was known to Li Chun on the very day Starting Point was established.
The only reason she was reluctant to talk to him earlier was her aversion to the word "business" he mentioned.
As for staring at the float and daydreaming, it was entirely because of the Empty Treasure Chest she had just put away.
To others, the attributes of the treasure chest seem unremarkable.
But with the Prel's Eye, she saw another line of attribute information.
[Forgotten Treasure Chest
Level 5
Special Fish Catch
Status: Opened (Contents are empty)
Function: Can load a High-Energy Core for a one-time realm transfer.
Note: Once loaded, this item enters the legion transfer space and self-destructs after twenty seconds.
If the bearer is still in the transfer space upon destruction, the High-Energy Core forcibly exits the bearer's private space and returns to the previous realm.]
The terminal collectively refers to the items produced after all bosses are decomposed as "High-Energy Cores," and judging by the tier, they do match the definition of 'high energy.'
But if Li Zheng got his hands on them, he might complain about how unreliable the terminal's setup is...
Apart from this attribute that's invisible to others, the system terminal also gave her a notice when she contacted the treasure chest.
It stated that the Empty Treasure Chest can be decomposed into pure Orichalcos.
Judging from the acquired weight, it weighs around ten kilograms.
However, based on the usual unpredictability of the terminal, getting 150 grams would be a pleasant surprise.
Yet, the value of this treasure chest lies not in its material, but in its ability to transfer the High-Energy Core.
With this effect, the item Li Zheng secretly entrusted to her can escape the confines of the Lava Mountain Range and be sent to other regions.
If used well, it might have the effect of a "secret weapon."
During her earlier "daze," Li Chun had already stored the core of the Lava Sprite, Saphiro, into the Empty Treasure Chest. The chest seemed to have some unique spatial properties, shrinking to the size of a small box after the storing process.
"It's good that you're thinking positively." Zhang Yue's grip on the fishing rod tightened, and now it was her turn to get a bite.
"Fish on! Fish on!"
"Quick, quick, quick! Everybody come help!"
A crowd gathered rowdily around, eager to see Zhang Yue bring the fish in.
Even as newbie anglers, these folks mastered the essence of a basic-level fisher.
Which is to eagerly crowd around and help clumsily when someone has a fish on the line.
Or sit back and watch.
...
"Time's up!"
Half an hour of frozen time passed in the blink of an eye, and Li Zheng stood up to stretch out his body, saying to Mirel: "I have to hurry to the next venue. Are you coming with me or staying at the transfer station?"
Mirel pondered for a moment and said: "Send me to the beach, it's just about lunchtime too, and you can leave the stove there so I can practice some cooking."
"That's fine."
Li Zheng nodded in agreement, he was feeling a bit hungry as well, so he headed towards the Teleportation Gate leading to the Endless Ocean, simultaneously sending a message in the legion channel, pinging Li Chun to tell Liu Jiale to find him at the Endless Ocean.
Stepping through the Teleportation Gate, Li Zheng reappeared on the beach at the Endless Ocean.
The salty sea breeze, clear skies, and golden sand greeted him.
Blue sky, ocean, white clouds, sunshine, waves, and sand.
Without the crowded interference from last time, Li Zheng almost felt like he was on vacation.
His mind and body relaxed like never before, easing his previously tense nerves.
After the humpback whale had been slain, the seafood left on the beach by the receding tide had been cleaned up by the people from Starting Point.
Hundreds of campfires were now burning on the vast beach, and around each campfire sat groups of people.
It was mealtime, and everyone simply used available resources to barbecue the seafood that had perished during the battle.