Chapter 136: Picky Eater
dicine Master Wen and the Bunny Heroine exchanged for a while, but apart from a stomachful of frustration, they didn’t get any useful intel. By this ti, Wu Qiu and Shi Dong had finished looting and laid a pile of tokens before them—most of them were First-Stage Tokens: Masked Helts.
The most precious, of course, were the two Marvel-Class Tokens stripped from Helan Que’s body: the ‘Soul-Severing Spear’ and the ‘Wave-Treading Boots’!
▶『Soul-Severing Spear』
「Grade: Third-Stage Marvel-Class」
「Durability: 42/150」
「Equip Requirent: 30 Vital Energy and Blood, 10 Spirit」
「Base Attack: 45~70」
「Effect · Sixty-Four Strikes: With every consecutive strike, the Soul-Severing Spear’s attack power continues to increase. After sixty-four consecutive hits, the attack power reaches its maximum, 1000% of base attack.」
「Effect · Forbidden Art: If you refrain from using the Soul-Severing Spear for 600 seconds, you may spend 100 Spirit to activate Forbidden Art. Your next sixteen strikes will have their attack speed increased by 200%.」
「Evaluation: It is said there existed a spear technique that could unleash sixty-four strikes in one breath, but it was never passed down.」
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▶『Wave-Treading Boots』
「Grade: Third-Stage Marvel-Class」
「Durability: 50/75」
「Equip Effect: 5 Dexterity」
「Effect · Wave-Treading: Harsh terrain has little effect on you. You can montarily step on swamps, water surfaces, snowy grounds, etc. You may spend 50 Spirit to activate Wave-Treading, which lasts for 120 seconds, allowing you to move as if on flat ground regardless of terrain.」
「Effect · Subtle Step: Your turning speed increases by 100%.」
「Effect · Swift Stride: If you remain in motion for thirty consecutive seconds, your Dexterity increases by 5. This effect is lost when you stop.」
「Evaluation: These are boots tailor-made for a master of light-footed techniques. Many believe wearing these boots may allow one to learn the footwork of such a master... perhaps they’re right?」
Wow—Yan Qing raised his brows.
Now that was more like it. Compared to these, the Third-Stage loot from Mansu Woodland was absolutely unsightly. He even felt a little regret over having destroyed his curved blade—he was decked in Marvel-Class gear, yet the blade was only a Rare-Class one. Needless to say, it must have had so extraordinary properties—perhaps sothing just as unique and powerful as the Seven-Step Buddha Recitation.
Upon seeing the Soul-Severing Spear’s attributes, Yan Qing imdiately understood why Helan Que had mastered a dual-wielding combat style.
The ‘Sixty-Four Strikes’ ability likely didn’t require the spear alone—it could probably be chained with other weapons. After all, a power that increased base damage tenfold was just too absurd. That made its second effect, ‘Forbidden Art’, seem like re garnish—likely usable only once at the start of a battle.
If it were Yan Qing, he would also have built his tactics around ‘Sixty-Four Strikes’.
The Wave-Treading Boots were excellent too—the first and third abilities were just extras; the core was ‘Subtle Step’, which doubled turn speed.
Just now, Yan Qing had noticed how swiftly Helan Que could turn and reposition. Despite both spinning in large motions, the Bunny Heroine, who was following his movents, was clearly slower. Though these boots didn’t directly boost movent speed, they drastically improved maneuverability.
But when comparing the two, there was no doubt—the Soul-Severing Spear was far more valuable than the Wave-Treading Boots. The latter was rely a supplentary accessory, while the forr was the tactical core.
So the Bunny Heroine said:「You take the Soul-Severing Spear, I’ll take the Wave-Treading Boots.」
dicine Master Wen blinked, then replied:「You want to give a share of the Thunderclap Overlord Spear? That’s unnecessary. You stepped in and helped this ti. All the loot here rightfully belongs to you.」
Thunderclap Overlord Spear—what kind of ridiculous na was that...
The Bunny Heroine said:「If Big Sis hadn’t smashed this villain’s turtle shell like a monster, I wouldn’t have been able to beat him. Based on contribution, you deserve half the loot.」
Monster? What does that even an...
dicine Master Wen shook her head:「But without you, I probably wouldn’t have been able to protect Wu Qiu and Shi Dong. The Thunderclap Overlord Spear is precious, but to , they matter even more.」
If it had just been her, dicine Master Wen wouldn’t have been captured in the first place. She could’ve simply hidden in the Thieves’ House—Zhou Kingdom wouldn’t even be able to find her. But that would’ve ant Wu Qiu and Shi Dong were dood... or worse than dead.
Her pride would never allow her to abandon the two maids who’d followed her all this way. She was soone with grand ambitions—how could she fail to protect even her only two subordinates?
Perhaps, in her heart, there was also an indescribable obsession: as long as she wasn’t all alone, she was still the daughter of the Duke of Jin, still a mber of the dicine Master Family of Bashui. She could still aim to restore the clan. But if everyone else died and she was the only one left, even if she revived the Bashui lineage, who would be left to share the glory?
「My brother says that the greatest value in fair division is that if the other party resents you in the future, you can still kill them with a clear conscience and sleep well at night. If you were my brother, I’d just take it, and even if I had to chop him, I wouldn’t feel bad. But I don’t know you guys well. If I took everything, I’d feel a bit guilty—might lose sleep.」The Bunny Heroine added:「I got this tall because I sleep soundly every night!」
「You can think of it as a gift from .」
「That’s even worse. My brother says, ‘No such thing as free kindness—flatterers are either schers or thieves.’ If I dare accept valuable gifts from strangers, he’ll make eat Bitter lon.」
The maids looked like they wanted to speak but held back. Though the Bunny Heroine's logic sounded reasonable... it still felt oddly off.
Even after knowing her for less than a quarter-hour, they couldn’t help but be curious about her so-called ‘brother’—just what kind of person taught his sister like this? He taught her well. Please don’t teach again.
dicine Master Wen wasn’t one to dwell on formalities. Since the Bunny Heroine insisted, she picked up the Marvel-Class spear. She didn’t even have a suitable spear token—whenever she entered Secret Realms, she’d borrow one from the military treasury. Usually, she used the standard military-issued steel spear, which would beco unusable after a few battles. The Soul-Severing Spear was just what she needed most.
「Then this Thunderclap Overlord Spear...」
「Soul-Severing Spear.」the Bunny Heroine said:「This is a good spear—don’t use such a tacky na.」
dicine Master Wen blinked. Though she also thought it was tacky, it was the na given by the Helan Family, and it matched the weapon’s attributes. But the Bunny Heroine insisted on calling it Soul-Severing Spear—had she seen this token sowhere before?
‘Soul-Severing Spear’ certainly sounded better, so dicine Master Wen went with the flow:「The Soul-Severing Spear is mine, then these Masked Helts...」
Halfway through, she realized the problem: even though they were just helts, they took up considerable space. The Bunny Heroine herself wasn’t much larger than four helts stacked together. Even if she took them all, how many could she carry?
「I can hold onto the helts for you for now. Maybe we can find a place to exchange them for Spirit Jade when we reach Shu Mountain. How about it?」
「No need for that.」
The Bunny Heroine lightly touched them—and all ten helts on the ground disappeared.
The maids were stunned. Those were ten tokens—was her storage token really that large?
「Let’s go!」the Bunny Heroine chirped:「Next stop, Shu Mountain!」
With soone else leading the way, Yan Qing could rest easy leaving the Bunny Heroine in their care. He opened his storage and began listing items—ten Masked Helts. He would try selling two today to test the market.
Knock knock, soone rapped at the door. Yan Qing wasn’t surprised. He swiftly wrapped a bandage around his head, tucked Bingzi Pepper Forest into his waist, and stepped out.
Outside, Shang Xinlei had already laid out the dishes on the stone table. Arms crossed, she shot him a sidelong glance and said, “What a big shot. I knocked and everything, but you didn’t co help—do I have to serve the soup too?”
“...Next ti I’ll wrap the bandages in advance.”
“Can’t you just co out like a normal person?” she grumbled as usual, sitting down and asking, “Today’s desserts are red bean ice and pineapple ice. Which one do you want?”
“Either’s fine.”
“Maybe I’ll bring stinky tofu next ti and see if that’s fine too...” she muttered.
Just as Yan Qing was about to pick up his chopsticks, one of the dishes on the table made him freeze. Shang Xinlei noticed his gaze, looked over, and said, “Well? Looks delicious, right? This is a signature dish from Jiangnan’s Unmatched Pavilion—Stir-Fried Bitter lon with Beef! ”
Without hesitation, she popped so bitter lon and beef into her mouth, then looked at Yan Qing with a smirk in her eyes: “Don’t tell you don’t eat bitter lon?”
Yan Qing: “……”
Even the mysterious leader of a shady organization should have the right... to be a picky eater, right?
Thanks to “Cheng Cai” for the alliance leader support.
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