âTeacher, absorb energy from the sword first.â Li Hao ran through a boxing technique as they conversed. âWe can go to the ruins and figure something out if thatâs the end of it. There should be a way to replenish the weapon.â
The energy in the jade sword seemed to be running out, but there should still be a little left. Yuan Shuo hadnât absorbed it all, possibly out of concern that theyâd be unable to refill the weapon once it was empty.
âThereâs no rush!â The professor was also running through a boxing routine. âI wonât die that easily. This way is better, so we should maintain this condition for a few days. Hao Lianchuan is able to discern a thing or two. Itâd raise his suspicions if Iâm suddenly recovered.â
With that, Li Hao dropped the topic as well. They finished their morning training and ate the breakfast that the Institute delivered. After that, Li Hao received a call from Liu Yanâsomeone had come from Night Watcher headquarters.
Huang Yun!
The old man from White Moon City whoâd been scared off by his teacher. To think that the Night Watchers really would send them rewards. How rare!
Li Hao looked at his sunbathing teacher after he hung up. âTeacher, will you be paying a visit to the Inspectorate?â
âLetâs go. We still need to show Hou Xiaochen face, given that he sent someone with the items,â Yuan Shuo laughed. âBut he has nothing good to give, I know all of the treasures that the Night Watchers possess. I personally dug many of them up and theyâre not useful to me.â
Neither teacher nor disciple held high hopes, but they would accept whatever it was since itâd been delivered to their doorstep. It was an unnecessary waste otherwise!
......
At the same time.
The law enforcement building.
Hao Lianchuan was rather surprised. He couldnât help but look at Huang Yun and growl with curses. âThose guys didnât listen to orders and went rogue, but Director Hou is rewarding them so richly for it? Isnât that encouraging them to do the same thing next time??â
Blood pearls, and five of them! There was even one belonging to a Solar being given away!
Hao Lianchuan knew a little about them. Some Red Moon powerhouses carried them on their body, but they were very hard to locate and extremely difficult to extract. Heâd speculated that their Brokensky owned one, but didnât have the ability to retrieve it. Only Director Hou could with the origin weapon, but the director never left White Moon City. So while Hao Lianchuan thought there was likely to be one on the Red Moon powerhouse, he didnât think of trying to claim it.
The Night Watchers held very few of them in storage. This one from a Solar was the only one of its level.
The agency used this material to nurture new talent. They gave Darkmoon blood pearls to rookies, facilitated their breakthroughs to Slayer, then crossed over to the supernatural domain. Most directly entered Darkmoon and saved everyone a great deal of time.
Take Wang Ming, for instance. Heâd received a Darkmoon blood pearl at the beginning, though he hadnât known what it was. Director Hou was rewarding the Silver City branch with so many!
âI donât know, '' replied an innocent Huang Yun. âManager Yu wanted me to deliver them, so here I am, the errand boy.â
âItâs nothing to do with you!â Hao Lianchuan retorted with dejection. How should he assign them? Although Director Hou hadnât given instructions, he knew that the Solar level one had to go to Yuan Shuo.
The Sunflare one must be for Liu Long. As for the three Darkmoons... supernaturals didnât have much use for them, so they were probably meant for Li Hao, Liu Yan, Wu Chao, and Chen Jian. But what was the point of only providing three blood pearls? There should be four!
Hao Lianchuan suspected that Director Hou didnât know that Li Hao had become a martial master, or that he knew and hoped that the young man would make the crossover in the future. That was why he didnât send one for Li Hao, out of concern that the lad would find it difficult to ascend after he improved as a martial master.
âSo this means that the director wishes for Li Hao to become supernatural, and not to advance further on the path of martial dao?â Hao Lianchuan thought rapidly. Although Director Hou hadnât said anything, he could more or less guess the directorâs meaning.
Did he think well of Li Hao or not?
Liu Long and the others arrived as Hao Lianchuan mused over the possibilities. Wang Ming beamed radiantly when he saw Huang Yun. He was very familiar with this particular Sunflare as theyâd carried out missions together. It was also Huang Yun who sent him to Silver City.
What a good man he was!
Although Silver City was a bit disorderly and killed people left and right, Wang Ming had obtained 120 cubes after killing someone. He needed to thank Huang Yun for sending him here!
The current Wang Ming didnât even want to return to White Moon anymore. Although unexpected gains occasionally took place at headquarters, they were in the form of one or two cubes for a small mission. It was a tidy sum over the course of a year, but couldnât hold a candle to 120 cubes at once after killing a Sunflare.
Pangs of guilt struck Huang Yunâs conscience to see Wang Ming and the others. He hadnât thought battle would break out in the city so soon after he sent them here. But when he saw Wang Mingâs brilliant smile, he took a second guess. Was the boy actually satisfied with these arrangements?
He couldnât tell!
The door swung open as he guessed at the answer; Li Hao walked in supporting Yuan Shuo.
Huang Yun swiftly got to his feet, petrified of giving offense. The old demon was growing ever more domineering and Director Hou had said that heâd possibly fought another Solar. Damn, the old man was terrifying!
âDirector Hou sent Huang Yun with rewards.â Hao Lianchuan skipped the pleasantries. âFive blood pearls! Theyâre a precious medicine that can enhance a martial masterâs internal force and enhance their physical body! Yuan Shuo, Liu Long, Li Hao, Wu Chao, and Chen Jian will each receive one!
âThe others will go without for now since these treasures are ineffective for supernaturals.â
Wang Ming and the others didnât mind; Li Hao stayed silent. It was fine that he didnât receive any. He didnât really care.
But when Hao Lianchuan took out the flasks in the box, Li Haoâs eyes darted around. Yuan Shuoâs pupils shook as well when he sniffed the fragrance. The professor wasnât familiar with blood pearls because heâd never received one, but he was rather surprised in this moment.
Blood pearls?
Their presence... seemed a bit like the unique energy ripples stemming from scarlet shadows. He could also sense one of them particularly brimming with energy. It was richer than the scarlet shadow that Li Hao had absorbed last time.
âWhat is this?â Yuan Shuo couldnât help but ask. âWhere is it from?â
âDirector Hou expended a lot of effort to obtain them,â Hao Lianchuan answered curtly. âOrdinary people canât extract it. He even utilized an origin weapon to secure them! Use them well, Professor Yuan. This is the only Solar level blood pearl in all of the Night Watchers!â
Solar level?
Blood pearl?
Yuan Shuo mused deeply, first glancing at Hao Lianchuan, then at Li Hao. He had some guessesâperhaps... these came from Red Moon. Hou Xiaochen once killed a Red Moon executive outside White Moon City. Was it then that he obtained their scarlet shadow?
Origin weapons...
If ordinary people were unable to extract blood pearls, they might be able to when equipped with origin weapons. Of course, Red Moon might have their own unique methods.
This was a marvelous item! Last time Yuan Shuo was heavily injured, heâd used both sword energy and scarlet shadow energy to recover. The latter was even more effective when neutralized by sword energy.
The professor had found it quite regretful when the scarlet shadow energy was exhausted, so to think that Hou Xiaochen would send over a Solar level treasure at this time! Not only that, but there was another one that looked to be Sunflare.
Yuan Shuo glanced at Liu Long and suddenly said, âLiu Long, you donât need yours. Iâll buy it off you for three hundred cubes.â
Liu Long was a Dominator. A Sunflare scarlet shadow was additional splendor to his strength, but not much use. Therefore, Yuan Shuo wanted to give it to Li Hao. If the young man absorbed it, he might swiftly progress to mid or late Sunderer!
Added to that the effect of aura, that would propel Li Hao into Dominator faster.
âProfessor Yuan, you cannot force a transaction...â Hao Lianchuan frowned.
Three hundred cubes of mysterious power was a lot! However, Director Hou plainly wished for Liu Long to utilize the blood pearl to set foot into the Dominator level or heal his old wounds. The item was also very useful for latent injuries.
It was very normal for a veteran Sunderer like Liu Long to have accumulated wounds. The blood pearl would enable him to make a full recovery and enter Dominator of Thousands.
Liu Long didnât know about the benefits of this item and wouldnât care if he did. His injuries were healed.
âItâs fine.â He nodded. âTake it if you like it, Elder Yuan. I donât care about mysterious power...â
âNow that would be robbery,â Yuan Shuo chuckled. âThree hundred cubes it is. Itâs worth this amount. The itemâs effects are different from person to person, but just know that it wonât be that effective for you.â
âI trust Elder Yuan.â
Hao Lianchuan had to interrupt. âDonât agree so easily, Liu Long. He wonât dare do anything while Iâm here! This item can heal your wounds and help your cultivation take a step forward. Itâs much more valuable than mysterious power for you!â
It was one thing if he didnât know, but once he did, Liu Long cared even less about it. Iâve already broken through! No wonder Elder Yuan says it wonât be effective.
âThank you, Director Hao, but I donât need it. Iâll find a way to progress myself...â
Idiot! Hao Lianchuan cursed. These Silver City people were completely intractable! Liu Long didnât understand a word he said, so it was his own fault for being tricked by Yuan Shuo!
I wash my hands of this!
He passed three blood pearls to Wu Chao, Chen Jian, and Liu Yan. He tossed the remaining two to Yuan Shuo and walked downstairs. âIâm going back, you guys do as you wish!â
A place like Silver City gave him high blood pressure every time he visited.
Huang Yun hastily caught up to the director. He didnât want to be alone with Yuan Shuo.
Laughter traveled out of the office when they left.
âLooks like Director Houâs ticked off,â Liu Long chortled.
Yuan Shuo chuckled as well, then reminded the team, âDonât brashly eat the blood pearl. Fatty and skinny, you two need to think carefully. Youâll easily break through to Sunderer if you take it, which means ascending to the supernatural will be very hard for you. You need to consider things carefully!â
With that, he clapped Li Hao on the shoulder. âWeâre going back!â
Blood pearls formed from scarlet shadows!
Yuan Shuo was in a very good mood. His injuries might be healed if he took the Solar level one. Of course, heâd rather use sword energy if there was enough of it. His student wouldnât be able to digest the Solar blood pearl. If he could neutralize it with sword energy, it might launch him one step forward on the path of Dominator.
Hou Xiaochen really had given them a good treasure this time!
Yuan Shuo quickly descended the stairs with Li Hao in tow. The young man was also worked up. The Sunflare blood pearl was likely for him. So... did this mean he could grow stronger again?n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om