Chapter 242: Chapter 241: The Amazing Effects of Cloud Jade Fruit (Please Subscribe)
Watching Chen Fan leave without turning his head, the man returned to the president’s office on the second floor with a sullen face and recounted the events in detail.
"You didn’t tell him that I have a business deal worth hundreds of thousands of points to discuss with him?" the middle-aged man squinted his eyes and asked.
"I did."
The man hurriedly said, "I told him immediately, but he didn’t even consider it for a second before rejecting it."
"President."
He glanced cautiously at the middle-aged man and said aggrievedly, "I really tried my best, but that Li Ping, he’s so stubborn. President, if you don’t believe me, you can ask anyone. Many people saw it at the time."
The atmosphere in the room fell silent.
The middle-aged man’s face grew dark.
After a moment, he spoke, "Understood, you may leave."
"Yes, yes."
The man hurriedly bowed and backed out, not forgetting to close the door softly behind him.
"This Li Ping really has a bad temper," Gao Jinming said coldly, "No wonder he made such a big mess in Stone City."
"Do you want me to teach him a lesson?" He Changshu asked from the side.
Gao Jinming frowned, then quickly waved his hand, saying,
"Forget it, ignore him. He’s just a freak."
The branch secretly manipulating the arena matches in the C-level Awakened ranks is no secret. Anyone with eyes can see what happened in Stone City.
Clearly, it was a mutually beneficial situation, but Li Ping insisted on acting like a pure and noble lotus, as if he were the only sober person in a drunken crowd.
If that’s not a freak, then what is?
And this time, the fact that the guy showed up here was probably just a coincidence, to pick up a package, and he might leave by tomorrow.
"By the way,"
He suddenly remembered something and asked, "Has Guan Dehua not returned yet?"
"No."
He Changshu shook his head.
"Not only him, but the several Martial Artists who went with him haven’t returned either."
"That’s odd."
Gao Jinming got up from his chair and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking down at the scene below, "If I remember correctly, they should have set off at dawn, right? It’s already nighttime, and they still haven’t returned?"
"Could it be that something happened?" He Changshu’s face showed a trace of seriousness.
"That’s unlikely."
Gao Jinming instinctively denied.
Guan Dehua’s strength was not considered strong among them.
But he had several loyal Meridian Refining Martial Artists protecting him, and his superpower was quite unique. Plus, he had two or three special items on him.
Even if he did encounter danger, escaping shouldn’t be a big problem.
Unless he was simultaneously besieged by several C-level Awakened.
"I don’t think it’s very likely either."
He Changshu nodded, frowning slightly, "But if something really happened to him, it could significantly affect our plan three days from now."
"Hmm."
Gao Jinming snorted.
In three days, the Celestial God Fruits will mature.
This time, there will be more than ten of them.
According to the association’s calculation, each Celestial God Fruit is worth fifty thousand points, ten fruits are worth half a million points!
However, these fruits are not easy to pick.
First of all, the Celestial God Tree is located deep in the wilderness, with many Fierce Beasts around. Even elite-level Fierce Beasts are not uncommon. The closer you get to the Celestial God Tree, the more elite-level Fierce Beasts there are, because the Celestial God Fruit is a treasure for Awakeners to enhance their Spiritual Power. It also has a unique allure for those powerful elite-level Fierce Beasts.
So, to pick the fruits, one must first deal with the Fierce Beasts.
Secondly, the Celestial God Tree is not an ordinary tree. It has mutated, making the tree itself incredibly hard, and it can launch attacks from underground using its roots with incredible speed, catching even C-level Awakeners off guard.
In the early years after the mutation, many people or beasts were fooled, getting within a hundred meters of the Celestial God Tree, being pierced by its roots, and having their Essence Blood absorbed as nutrients for the tree.
Later, whether people or beasts, learned their lesson.
Upon seeing such a tree from afar, they would keep their distance.
Thus, the Celestial God Tree produced the Celestial God Fruits to attract people or beasts.
Getting close to the fruit is just the first step; picking the fruit is the real challenge because the tree can influence the person’s spirit through the fruit, making it difficult to succeed.
And it’s not just the Celestial God Fruit; other types of fruits have similar characteristics.
So, at this moment, the harvester faces attacks from both the Fierce Beasts and the Celestial God Tree itself.
The latter attack is unavoidable, unless you choose to give up.
The former can be diverted using people.
This is where Guan Dehua comes in, or more specifically, the Meridian Refining Martial Artists he controls.
They can be used as cannon fodder to attract the elite-level Fierce Beasts’ attacks. During this chance, they can quickly pick the fruit and use Instant Teleportation Items to escape.
Therefore, if something happens to Guan Dehua, who will distract the elite-level Fierce Beasts’ attention three days later, giving them precious time?
He initially wanted to recruit Chen Fan for this purpose, but unfortunately, the latter didn’t buy it.
"How about this."
Gao Jinming quickly came up with a countermeasure, "If he hasn’t returned by noon tomorrow, I’ll ask Meng Xue to find out where he went."
"That’s the only option."
He Changshu nodded.
Perhaps they were overthinking it.
...
Chen Fan returned to the previous shadowy spot, confirming that no one was tailing him, and restored his appearance.
He stretched his muscles and recalled the events when he left the Awakened Association, a cold laugh escaping his heart.
A business deal worth hundreds of thousands of points?
Even if it were true, with the selfishness of those C-level Awakeners in Anshan City, how much benefit would drop into his lap in the end?
If he wasn’t careful, he might even end up being their cannon fodder.
Besides, what he lacked more than Potential Points was Experience Points.
Back in the lounge, Chen Fan opened the package, revealing a white box with a lock and an instruction manual.
Chen Fan didn’t rush to open the box but read the manual first.
It stated that the password box had a self-destruct program, where if the password was entered incorrectly three times, its contents would be destroyed.
Additionally, the manual warned that for those without True Qi in their body, only one-eighth of the fruit should be consumed. A smaller amount might not be effective, while a larger amount would significantly increase the risk.
"So, a Cloud Jade Fruit can be consumed by up to eight people?"
Chen Fan concluded.
He entered the password from the email and opened the box.
A fist-sized yellow fruit lay quietly inside, looking like a cross between an apple and a pear.
A faint fragrance wafted out.
"This is the Cloud Jade Fruit, capable of enhancing a Martial Artist’s True Qi."
Chen Fan swallowed his saliva.
Twenty thousand points!
Even an elite-level Fierce Beast had a purchase price of just over ten million from the Martial Arts Association, equivalent to a thousand points from the Awakened Association.
This fruit would surpass twenty ordinary elite-level Fierce Beasts in value!
"I wonder how much True Qi it can increase."
Chen Fan took out the fruit and bit into it.
Juice burst from the pulp, filling his mouth with sweetness.
Chen Fan’s eyes lit up; the fruit’s taste was unexpectedly good.
At that moment, he felt the True Qi in his meridians begin to change.
First, a few strands appeared, then it coalesced into one, and soon there were several, then over a dozen.
Chen Fan’s eyes widened with excitement.
Just after this one bite, his True Qi increased by more than ten strands—over a hundred points of True Qi?
Even after deducting the extra Heart Method bonuses, the increase in Primordial True Qi was still significant.
Realizing this, he took several more bites, and within seconds, the entire fruit was finished, leaving only the core.
The True Qi within him continued to increase.
Nearly a minute later, the surge finally calmed down.
[Primordial True Qi increased by 56 points]
[Primordial True Qi increased by 49 points]
[Primordial True Qi increased by 65 points]
...
A series of messages appeared in his mind.
Chen Fan calculated the increase and found that his Primordial True Qi had gone up by nearly a thousand points!
With a verification mindset, he turned to the panel,
True Qi: 4584/3056 (+50%)
Sure enough, his total Primordial True Qi had jumped from 2140 points to 3056 points, nearly a thousand
in one go.
Total True Qi had reached 4500 points.
"I didn’t expect a single fruit to increase so much True Qi, and it’s Primordial True Qi, almost like upgrading an entire meridian. Twenty thousand points really were worth it."
Chen Fan was exhilarated.
If he had more points now, he would undoubtedly purchase more immediately.
Of course, this kind of fruit, like others, had diminishing returns.
The first fruit had the most potent effect. After that, each subsequent one would have reduced效
until it became entirely ineffective.
For now, though, that wasn’t Chen Fan’s concern. Even if the second fruit had only half the effect, giving him 500 points of Primordial True Qi, he would still consider it worth it.
A third and fourth fruit yielding 250 points and 125 points respectively would still be acceptable
Since, theoretically, as long as he learned enough Heart Methods, the additional True Qi percentage would be high.
So, even a hundred points of Primordial True Qi could convert into a thousand True Qi points!
"Time to record the alchemy video. Once I send the email, I’ll continue training Basic Martial Arts."
He stored the package inside one of his Space Items and headed outside.
Without a sparring partner, practicing body techniques was easier, while improving fist and foot techniques was slower. But there were alternative methods.
He had found that practicing fist and foot techniques under heavy load significantly sped up his improvement in Basic Martial Arts. Although the progress wasn’t as fast as actual combat, it was still a good approach.
More importantly, he had two opportunities left to use the gravity training room.
This, combined with the training, should considerably speed up his Basic Martial Arts progress.