Chapter 314: Chapter 313 Is Du Hao Coming? (Please Subscribe)
Inside the room, an oppressive silence prevailed as everyone’s gaze was fixed on the third brother.
"Third Brother, what do you mean by that? We can’t handle the murky waters of Anshan City? Is this Li Ping really that hard to deal with?" the woman asked.
Although Xie Ming and the others didn’t speak, their eyes conveyed the same meaning.
"It seems you don’t know much about this Li Ping."
The third brother wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Big Brother, could you please give me the computer? I’ll show you a video that will explain everything."
Xie Ming handed over the computer with some doubt.
The third brother tapped away on the keyboard for a while, found a video, and clicked the play button.
The video was less than a minute long, but they spent a full half hour watching it, their backs drenched in cold sweat.
They were somewhat familiar with the other person in the video, even though they hadn’t had direct dealings with him. His awakened superpower was explosive, making him one of the fiercest C-level Awakened in combat.
If they were in that situation, would they have survived that kind of indiscriminate explosion?
But Li Ping did.
He not only survived but also killed the other person in seconds.
This guy, is he really a C-level Awakened?
"Third Brother, good thing you know about this person. Otherwise, if we went to trouble him, it would be seeking our own death," the bearded man said, his face flushed red with embarrassment.
With that guy’s abnormal defense capabilities shown in the video, whether they could even hurt him was still a question.
But the other person could kill any one of them with just a point of his finger.
How could they fight?
"Big Brother, I also think Third Brother is right," the woman said with a pale face, "I think we shouldn’t stir up trouble in Anshan City. Let’s just stay here quietly; it’s not too bad."
"That’s right, Big Brother," the fat man reacted and said through gritted teeth, "I think that Yan Hao clearly had ill intentions. He must know how tough Li Ping is to deal with, and he deliberately wants us to fight with Li Ping so he can benefit from our mutual destruction!"
Upon hearing this, Xie Ming’s eyes instantly turned cold.
Damn it, he knew this wasn’t so simple.
So, this was the trap?
He clenched his fist until it crackled and said, "I’ll go to Anshan City and kill that bastard!"
"Big Brother, I’ll go with you!" The bearded man said, "That boy dared to plot against us; how bold. Does he think we’re easy to bully? If I don’t beat him until he cries, I’ll take his surname!"
"Wait, Big Brother." The third brother extended his hand to stop them and said, "I think, maybe we can turn the tables on him."
"Turn the tables?"
"What do you mean?"
Xie Ming and the others were stunned.
"Big Brother, think about it. Yan Hao plotted against us, wanting us to fight Li Ping, which is indeed hateful. But now that we’ve seen through his scheme, if we turn the tables on him and expose his plot to Li Ping, what do you think will happen?"
Xie Ming and the others widened their eyes, as if saying, can we really do that?
"What, what would happen?" Xie Ming instinctively asked.
"Third Brother, what exactly are you trying to say?"
"Just say it all at once, don’t keep us guessing," the bearded man and the others were getting impatient.
"Big Brother, if I guess correctly, Anshan City is currently in need of manpower. If we seize this opportunity, we might be able to gain a foothold in Anshan City, with a status not much lower than Fang Yun, Ma Sheng, and others."
"Explain more clearly." Xie Ming swallowed hard.
He seemed to understand a bit.
"Big Brother, look," the third brother pointed to the computer screen, "Anshan City, with hundreds of Awakened, has only two C-level Awakened. One of them is Hua Jun, whose combat power is just so-so. Anshan City is a small city, but only two C-level Awakened? Does that make sense?"
"No, it doesn’t." The fat man nodded.
"Exactly, even a small city should have at least four or five C-level Awakened, right? Otherwise, how would they deal with any sudden events, let alone a beast tide? Two C-level Awakened can’t defend the city.
And we have three C-level Awakened here. If we go directly to join them, normally people fear being overshadowed and may reject us, but now we have an opportunity before us, thanks to Yan Hao,"
The third brother sneered and said, "This guy should consider himself lucky he hasn’t been kicked out. Instead, he doesn’t know what’s good for him and tries to stir up trouble. We’ll turn the tables on him, record his plot, and at the right time, present concrete evidence to Li Ping. Our request for asylum would most likely be accepted. Big Brother, what do you think?"
Speechless, Xie Ming just kept giving him a thumbs up.
Brilliant, truly brilliant!
Being plotted against, all he thought about was killing the perpetrator to vent his anger.
The third brother, however, could use the situation to find a better way out for everyone.
No doubt, if they go there and do well, their future status in Anshan City could rival Fang Yun and Ma Sheng’s.
Much better than their current treatment by tenfold, no?
And Chairman Li, he’s also a strong figure, definitely not weaker than Yan Ming. Following him would be an honor.
"Three of us, if, I mean, if by chance," the fat man hesitated, "we do all this, and Chairman Li doesn’t want to accept us, what do we do then?"
Suddenly, the air grew still.
"Ahem."
The third brother coughed twice and said, "Then we can only accept our fate."
Even if they could defeat Li Ping, it would come at a high cost, making it not worthwhile.
"Big Brother, I’ve said all I needed to say. The decision is yours."
Upon hearing this, everyone turned their gaze to Xie Ming.
Xie Ming took a deep breath and said, "Let’s do as Third Brother suggests."
"But Big Brother..." the bearded man hesitated to speak.
If they end up being snubbed, it would be embarrassing.
"Let’s give it a try." Xie Ming said, "Even if we get rejected in the end, we won’t lose anything, maybe just some time and effort. But if we succeed and Chairman Li accepts us, our future will be much better than here."
The third brother nodded and said, "Big Brother is right, just do our best and accept the outcome."
After exchanging glances, the other three also made up their minds.
"Alright, since Big Brother has decided, let’s do it. Tomorrow morning, we’ll go to Anshan City, get that guy’s words, and tie him up, bringing him directly in front of Chairman Li."
"Hmph, Yan really dares to trick us, he’s living on borrowed time."
"Tomorrow, we’ll make him pay for his actions!"
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In the alchemy room, Chen Fan consumed the newly produced two furnaces of True Qi Pills.
He glanced at the time; it was already past six in the morning.
"I didn’t realize time flew by so fast," Chen Fan sighed.
He had spent the whole night refining True Qi Pills, 32 furnaces in a span of eight hours.
The potential points had increased from the initial 1.5 billion up to 4.6 billion.
Realm: True Essence Realm·First Realm (+)
True Essence: 1764/210 (+74%)
The Primordial True Essence had also risen from the previous 138 points to 210 points.
This significant improvement came through the method of circulating True Essence.
But now, the effect of this method was no longer as prominent; it required half an hour of meditation to gain half a point of Primordial True Essence, unlike at the beginning when circulating True Essence once or twice would increase a point.
Meanwhile, half an hour of alchemy could yield two furnaces of True Qi Pills, nearly two billion potential points.
"4.6 billion potential points, I wonder if they can elevate my realm to the Second Realm of True Essence. Even if not, the True Essence within me is substantially increased. Alright, let’s enhance first, then go hunting," Chen Fan decided, clicking the plus sign.
One billion potential points disappeared instantly.
True Essence: 1781/212.1 (+740%)
Primordial True Essence rose by 2.1 points, with a total True Essence increase of nearly 20 points.
Bear in mind, 20 points of True Essence equals 2000 points of True Qi.
"I wonder what the potential points requirement will be for the next upgrade," Chen Fan clicked tentatively.
"Do you want to consume one billion potential points to increase Primordial True Essence by 1%?"
"Still one billion potential points?"
Surprised, Chen Fan’s face broke into a smile.
That was good news.
Because each 1% increment was based on the previous total, meaning with each addition, subsequent increments would be higher.
However, reaching 100% True Essence would require nearly 120,000 points of True Essence, and each 1% increase in Primordial True Essence would take several points.
Chen Fan sighed, having a high True Qi value brought its own troubles, and achieving the formation of the Martial Arts True Pill would be several times if not hundreds of times more difficult for him.
Who knows what quality Martial Arts True Pill he’d eventually form.
Middle Three Grades?
Top Three Grades?
Or perhaps even First Grade Martial Arts True Pill?
"Whatever, keep going," he decided, clicking yes.
The True Essence within him expanded once again.
In this manner, potential points continued to be consumed one billion at a time.
After the final click, less than thirty million potential points remained.
Chen Fan looked at the panel,
Realm: True Essence Realm·First Realm (2.4%) (+)
True Essence: 2779.4/330.8 (+740%)
Primordial True Essence had reached 330.8 points.
His total True Essence had exceeded 2700 points, more than doubling.
points of True Essence equaled 270,000 points of True Qi, enough to perform the fifth strike of Windward Slash with ease.
However, his cultivation progress was just at 2.4%.
"The road ahead is long," Chen Fan smiled wryly.
Just then, his phone on the table suddenly rang.
"Is it Hua Jun?" Chen Fan frowned, thinking it might be about today’s relocation; it seemed reasonable for him to call. But such a trivial matter, did it really need his attention?
"Wait, it’s the other phone ringing."
Chen Fan moved swiftly, picking up the vibrating phone, seeing the name on it: Meng Yu.
His expression turned serious.
Because this call might be from Meng Xue, indicating she has important intel to report.
"Is Du Hao the one coming?"
Chen Fan’s eyes flashed with killing intent as he answered the call.