pappabearbooks Chapter 415 - 381: My Tiger Is Gone, Resources Secured, Who Needs Pills With Cheats?
Chapter 415 - 381: My Tiger Is Gone, Resources Secured, Who Needs Pills With Cheats?
At the same time.In the Grandmaster’s residence at the main campus of the United University in Fengtian City.
Passing through the vermilion gate guarded by twin bronze tiger statues, deep inside, Shang Ruyi sat in a quiet chamber.
Centered on his sitting position, within a radius of ten zhang, a colorful fierce tiger lay or stood, slowly rising and falling with his practice posture.
Gradually, an invisible ripple spread out.
It reached the body of this colorful fierce tiger, causing faint ripples.
Immediately after, the tiger’s body trembled violently, like a frozen screen on a TV.
The tiger stripes turned into streams of light, crumbling inch by inch, then vanished without a trace.
"...What’s happening? Could it be that I’ve made a mistake in my practice?"
Shang Ruyi suddenly frowned, once again operating his mental cultivation method, with the majestic presence of a tiger surrounding him.
Moments later, he opened his eyes, and the tiger was still nowhere to be seen.
He stood up, staring intently at the painting on the wall.
If Meng Chuan were here, he would surely recognize it.
The fierce tiger in the painting was the smaller version of the dead tiger in the mountain forest imagery world...
But this entire unknown Beast King Map was unimaginably more grand and magnificent than the scenes in his imagery world.
The tiger in the picture occupied more than half of the scroll.
Even the Three Mountains and Five Peaks were trampled under its feet, the mountains appearing to be crumbling, as if barely holding on.
What a terrifying Elephant Form intention...
Shang Ruyi gazed for a moment, murmuring to himself:
"Why is my connection with the Mountain Master... suddenly broken?
Indeed, it is the unrivaled divine skill of the Tiger Form; I must be lacking in skill..."
He tried to communicate a few more times, but the Mountain Master did not respond to him.
After a futile attempt, he took out his phone and dialed a number.
Shang Ruyi’s call was to the person who held the title of king in the Tiger Form lineage.
[Tiger King · Liu Ruixiang]!
The phone connected, and Shang Ruyi apologetically said:
[King Liu, sorry to bother you again. I’d like to ask for your advice...]
...
Three days later, at Lishan Mountain in Yong’an.
The items Meng Chuan ordered from the Merit Armory had arrived.
Due to the high value of the exchanged items, the Merit Department specifically commissioned the Martial Arts Association to personally deliver them up the mountain.
At the gate of the United University.
Meng Chuan stood, watching as someone carrying a large suitcase approached.
He pulled out his phone, displaying his electronic personal identification.
"I am Meng Chuan, in person."
The staff member took the phone, carefully checked and verified it, then smiled and handed over the item.
"Hello, I am a business representative of the subsidiary brand of the Martial Arts Association, Always Delivery, accepting insured transport of valuable items.
We deliver your mission to the ends of the earth. This is my business card; contact us if you need to place an order."
"Okay, thank you..."
No wonder they could climb the mountain to deliver; it’s indeed "Always Delivery"...
He coughed, put the business card into his pocket, and then opened the suitcase on the spot to check the items.
After confirming everything was correct, Meng Chuan nodded and thanked the staff member.
"So, the delivery... I mean, what’s the travel fee?"
"As a Silver Medal holder, the Merit Department has already covered it for you, and if you use Always Delivery for future shipments, you can still enjoy a 10% discount.
Additionally, we send out limited big discount coupons on our app every day, which can expand, or even exempt charges.
Come, let me help you register an account, and you can try your luck at a draw..."
"..."
Just in case it comes in handy later. Following the representative’s guidance, Meng Chuan spent two minutes registering.
"Good luck, full 38,000 discount of 180!"
"...Thank you."
...
Meng Chuan finally got rid of the representative and carried the case back to Huaqing Pool.
Inside the villa.
He slowly opened the case and took out the items he had exchanged for with four thousand battle credits.
A delicate little red gift box and a jade-green candle the length of a forefinger.
"It’s so easy to spend money, yet so hard to earn it..."
Most of the results from his week-long battle in the Demon Nest were here.
He opened the gift box, revealing ten pills separated and wrapped in silk cloth: [Moistening Vein Spirit Pill].
Each one was white as jade and full like a pearl.
He intended to try one for the effect.
Unfortunately, the last batch of Moistening Vein Spirit Pills at the school apothecary had sold out, and the next batch was still being prepared.
In the Merit Armory, a gift box set of ten was offered at a 95% discount, which for half a pill would still cost several million.
Meng Chuan thought for a moment and decided that it was a bargain to take.
He picked one up and smelled its fragrance; amidst the scent like a hundred flowers blooming,
A hint of fishy beast air suddenly appeared in the mix.
This was caused by the residual power of the Celestial Demon’s True Spirit within the pill.
Anything made with Celestial Demon materials would retain some of this essence.
It needed to be dispelled using the aura of a martial artist or special techniques; otherwise, it could affect the efficacy of the pill or even backfire on the user’s heart spirit.
If he were at an initial limited stage, he might have been intimidated.
Now, Meng Chuan snorted coldly; his aura surged like blazing fire, and the blood-red canopy suddenly pressed down.
Before it could cause chaos, it was crushed into black smoke in an instant.
With a casual wave, the remaining nine pills’ residual spirits dispersed entirely.
No need to engage in a war within his heart spirit; his aura alone could already cleanse the impurities from these pills.
He closed the gift box, having completed his mental cultivation circulation for the day; he’d test its effects tomorrow.
Additionally, he had purchased this green incense.
Meng Chuan took it and brought it to his nose to sniff.
"..."
Without lighting it, there was indeed no divine manifestation.
"This [Incense of Enlightenment] aside from its green color, looks quite plain otherwise.
Whether its effects are truly as advertised by the Merit Armory is unknown..."
This incense appeared unimpressive.
In reality, it was made from the corpse oil of an unusual plant-type Celestial Demon, boiled with an Upper Rank Shadow Demon’s core, and further consecrated by a high monk...
The manufacturing process was complex, and the materials rare.
Therefore, its price was equivalent to half a set of Moistening Vein Spirit Pills, which he reluctantly acquired...
Once ignited, it could burn for about half an hour.
Meng Chuan had other purposes for it in the future, so he couldn’t afford to waste it now by lighting it.
He stored his haul carefully; the case was quite exquisite and could still be used to store things, which Meng Chuan also put into the cabinet.
Previously thought about in the Demon Nest, an advanced version of the Five Elements Soup, Meng Chuan ultimately couldn’t bring himself to buy it.
Battle credits were hard to earn, and he first wanted to see if there were other channels besides the Merit Armory to acquire it.
Besides, his Five Elements martial principles could still improve with the progress of [Five Qi Chaoyuan].
Perhaps in not too long, he would no longer need this item.
After all, with "connections," who would still need to take drugs?
Of course, he was mainly concerned about buying more than necessary.
If the effects were good, taking one or two might not hurt...
With this in mind, Meng Chuan pondered;
"Just in time, I have a trial lesson with Taoist Qi tomorrow, and I can ask him how effective the Five Elements Soup is for martial arts practitioners..."
Taoist Qi was the newly appointed Xingyi Martial Arts Master at United University.
Meng Chuan was convinced that Taoist Qi had definitely taken such soups, as Taoist Qi’s reason for coming down the mountain was to earn martial arts resources and break through the four limits to become a Grandmaster.
Only yesterday, Meng Chuan heard from Master Dong that as a peak master, Taoist Qi charged a steep price.
Human resources had been negotiating the contract with him for half a day without coming to an agreement, almost giving up.
Later, it was Principal Yang who heard of his expertise in the Five Elements Fist.
Only then did he personally step in and finalize the deal.