Chapter 2663 - Twice the Benefits (1/2)

“I suppose you’re correct, but I still think there might be a problem with this plan,” Han Sen quietly said.

“What could go wrong? Aren’t you happy about being able to receive twice the resources?” Exquisite thought about it a bit, and then said, “If you become Li Keer’s silkworm, you can even receive more star fruit.”

“But the elder is no longer here. I thought the star tree would stop giving out fruit,” Han Sen said.

“I’m just giving you an example. There are many more resources like the star tree on the path ahead, and you will be receiving a double portion,” Exquisite said. Then, she clapped a hand on Han Sen’s shoulder and teleported away. They went straight to the altar where Han Sen had signed his contract with Exquisite.

Han Sen signed another contract to become Li Keer’s silkworm.

Because Exquisite was there, though, Han Sen kept his mind carefully blank. He waited until he was alone, out of Exquisite and Li Keer’s range of connection, before thinking things over some more. He was in a bad situation.

“I wonder if the small jade figure can absorb two marks. If it can’t, I’m going to be exposed.” Han Sen quickly brought out the small jade figure as he mulled over his situation. He moved to transfer Li Keer’s branding onto the small jade figure.

Fortunately, Han Sen’s biggest worries didn’t come to fruition. The mark was successfully applied to the small jade figure.

“Since the jade figure managed to absorb the additional mark, this situation is a good thing, I suppose. It makes little difference if I’m watched by one person or two. And if it means I can earn double the resources, where is the harm in that? I guess this is a lucky turn of events?” Han Sen still couldn’t convince himself that this was a good thing, though. He felt as if there was something dangerous about the situation, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on what it was exactly.

“Exquisite has been talking a lot about these rewards that I’ll be earning. I wonder what they are? I hope I can get my hands on some deified xenogeneic genes,” Han Sen thought to himself.

In the meantime, Exquisite and Li Keer were standing in a hall, signing Han Sen up for the silkworm bouts. That was the rewards Exquisite had been talking about.

The silkworm fights provided many resources to the victor, but the silkworm had to earn them. The higher rank they were, the more resources they would receive.

There were 13 Very High students and 12 silkworms. If someone ended up outside the top 10, their rewards would be practically nothing.

Ranks five to ten weren’t much better. Their rewards were fairly small, but things got much better for those in the top five. Going up sequentially, each rank gave double what the last received.

The prizes had been structured in that way to inspire the silkworms to work their hardest in battle. The Very High wanted them to bring out everything they had.

It was important for the young Very High to feel the life and death fights of their silkworms. They needed to feel every ounce of emotion such battles could draw out. And they could do it all from the comfort of their seats. They could experience the dire straits of mortal combat without ever putting themselves in danger. Only the Very High had a system that allowed their students to do such a thing.