Chapter 232 - A Stubborn Heart (2/2)

Zhuo Fan’s hand shined and revealed a purple leaf.

“Another 5th-grade ingredient!” Gu Santong was overjoyed, eager to dig in since the smell was intoxicating.

Without preamble, he bit into it as he praised Zhuo Fan, “You’re not bad at all. Far better than the others. Those four couldn’t get one in three days, but you found one in an instant! Ha-ha-ha, you did well. I won’t forget it!”

“Oh, and how will you repay me?” Zhuo Fan smiled.

Gu Santong hesitated, his eyes darting all over before holding out two fingers in all seriousness, “I’ll give you two more attempts. You just have to defeat me once and I’ll let you all go. With the old guy using one, you are left with eleven!”

“Ha-ha-ha, so this is your reward!”

Zhuo Fan chuckled and shook his head as he cursed the brat in his head.

[This punk was corrupted by the strongest Immemorial Sage alright, giving fake rewards. Blast it, if I could beat you, what need do I have of you to let me go? We’d be leaving anyway!]

[But since we can’t, more attempts only means getting beaten by you even more. Are you taking us for fools?]

[You’ll get yours, oh don’t you worry. In a jiffy, I will put your cheeky ass in place. I’ll show you how it’s really done!]

Zhuo Fan snickered, “Then I’ll be going to get more and more attempts!”

“Go, go! Work hard now!” Gu Santong waved him off, as if Zhuo Fan was nothing to him but a precious ingredient dispenser.

Zhuo Fan left with a smile and returned fifteen minutes later to Li Jingtian. The Four Scheming Demons rushed to beg for mercy, but Zhuo Fan didn’t even spare them a glance, “Elder Li, the kid’s only redeeming feature is his brawn. Easy to handle!”

“Eh, what do you mean?” Li Jingtian’s asked eager.

Zhuo Fan showed two items. One was the Bloodworm gourd, the other, a glowing ingredient more precious than a mere 5th grade.

Zhuo Fan took a Bloodworm from the gourd and placed it on the ingredient. The worm then disappeared deep inside it.

Li Jingtian still didn’t understand, but Zhuo Fan explained, “In your fight with the kid, I noticed how he never used Discerning Field despite being in the Radiant Stage. So I tested him again with a 5th grade ingredient. Seeing him gobble it up like candy, we’ll give him this Bloodworm spiked ingredient and then…”

The two shared a look and sank into a choreographed evil snicker.

In the middle of the four’s cries Wimp Demon was about to say something but Violent Demon’s glare cut him short.

The other two demons along with Violent Demon snickered. But their mockery of the pair didn’t sound much different from their wails making it fall under Zhuo Fan and Li Jingtian’s radar…

Whoosh!

Zhuo Fan went to Gu Santong again.

Gu Santong was suspicious now, “How are you so fast? Did you get another one?”

“Yep!” Zhuo Fan nodded.

Gu Santong was overjoyed, “You’re the very definition of an expert, not like those four snails. Give it here and I’ll give you… ten attempts!”

“Ha-ha-ha, much obliged!”

Smirking, Zhuo Fan presented the ingredient and Gu Santong cried in joy, “It’s a 6th-grade ingredient. You’re incredible!”

Zhuo Fan only smiled, but he mocked him inside.

[To make you take the bait and drop your guard, I’m even giving you a 6th-grade ingredient! Curses, I didn’t even get that many off of Drifting Flowers Edifice!]

[But it’s fine. Using it in exchange for such a powerful expert is bloody worth it!]

His eyes shining, Zhuo Fan licked his lips, staring closely at Gu Santong. As long as the brat ate it, then he would have the strongest in Tianyu at his fingertips.

Even Zhuo Fan couldn’t control his excitement as his heart hammered in his chest.

But Gu Santong didn’t eat it and frowned, “Eh, there’s something off about this ingredient!”

Bam!

Zhuo Fan’s heart hit rock bottom, watching on nervously. [Did the brat find out…]