Chapter 233 - Complete Loss (1/2)
“How can a genuine 6th-grade ingredient have problems?” Zhuo Fan scratched his nose as worry crept in his heart.
Scrunching his nose, Gu Santong frowned and split the ingredient in two with his fingers. A red worm was seen wiggling further into the ingredient, but Gu Santong picked it up.
“What is this?” Gu Santong’s set his eyes on Zhuo Fan.
Zhuo Fan was shocked inside, but didn’t show it. If the kid found out, he’d be pulverized with a flick alone!
Zhuo Fan knew he couldn’t admit it even in death. He had to play innocent, “Strange, how did a worm get inside an ingredient?”
“Yeah, ingredients are worldly treasure so how could this grand 6th-grade ingredient caught a worm?” Gu Santong stared Zhuo Fan down. But could only shake his head in the end having not detected any abnormalities. He killed the bug and ate the ingredient, “Whatever, anything is possible in this world! But be more careful next time you go pick ingredients.”
Zhuo Fan nodded, and hightail it out of there with a soaked back.
How did this kid, without a Discerning Field, find out about the Bloodworm?
Luckily the kid didn’t doubt him or he’d be a goner!
Recalling Li Jingtian’s heavy wounds after a mere throw, Zhuo Fan swallowed dryly as he flew away.
Yet Gu Santong still sat there on the cliff, chewing ingredients with a frown. [How is it that an ingredient caught a worm?]
Whoosh!
Zhuo Fan returned like lighting to Li Jingtian. The latter was eager to know the result, “Steward Zhuo, how was it?”
“Can’t you tell from my face?” Zhuo Fan spoke glumly.
Li Jingtian knew Zhuo Fan was depressed, “You mean the kid used the Discerning Field for the first time?”
“As if!”
Zhuo Fan shook his head and sighed, his brow in a constant frown, “And this is what worries me. Without using his soul to investigate, how the hell did he find the hidden worm? If I can’t understand this, any future attempts will be pointless!”
Li Jingtian sank in thought as well. The four demons suddenly stopped yelling as they tried muffling their laughter. But the pain got too much and soon resumed their tenor symphony.
Zhuo Fan couldn’t care less, however.
“Steward Zhuo, should we try with eggs?” Li Jingtian proposed, “We may not know what trick he used, but not even Discerning Field can find the eggs. I refused to believe he is any different!”
Zhuo Fan slapped his thigh, “We’ll do it like you said Elder Li! But this time it will cost me heavily!”
Gnashing his teeth, Zhuo Fan’s hand revealed a three-foot-long red and white root.
Li Jingtian shouted in shock, “7th-grade ingredient, Yin Yang Moon Fire Root!”
“Correct. This ingredient is hot on the outside but cold inside. This is one of the few ingredients with yin and yang in harmony. Because of it’s rarity, it is even valued higher than an 8th-grade ingredient.”
Stammering, Zhuo Fan caressed the red hot root yet ice cold whiskers with a bleeding heart, “I got it when I was in Drifting Flowers Edifice and couldn’t bear the thought of using it in the competition. Yet, I am now using it to house some worm eggs. When the kid takes it, it’s the same as eating a Spring Pill, quickening the growth of the worm!”
Seeing him so reluctant, Li Jingtian patted his shoulder, “Steward Zhuo, you know what they say, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Think about it, a 7th-grade ingredient in exchange for the Invincible Scamp, no matter how you see it, it’s totally worth it. I’m sure you can see it with your cunning mind!”
Zhuo Fan’s gaze hardened and nodded, “Yes, this is not just a mere exchange but a great deal!”
Zhuo Fan let a Bloodworm into the ingredient, then soon after put it back in the gourd.
Now the ingredient was filled with Bloodworm eggs.
Taking a deep breath, he looked at the ingredient with hope and smiled, “Everything rests on you now!”
“Good luck, Steward Zhuo!” Li Jingtian cupped his hands.
Zhuo Fan nodded and flew to Gu Santong.
He was there in a flash.
Startled, Gu Santong turned to Zhuo Fan, “You’re damn quick, you know that? Those four fools have nothing on you! What did you find this time? Take it out…”
But he couldn’t finish as the sight of the ingredient in Zhuo Fan’s hands had him wide eyed, “7th-grade ingredient! You actually found a 7th grade ingredient?”
“Just lucky, I guess!” Zhuo Fan nodded.
Gu Santong took it and drooled. He was moved to tears, “A 7th-grade ingredient, oh I haven’t had one in three centuries. Those bastards in yellow only know how to starve me with wretched 1st and 2nd grade ingredients. It took me three hundred years to reach the 2nd layer of Radiant Stage…”