Chapter 73

After returning to his residence, Qin Huang and his two brothers analyzed the situation for a long time but couldn't figure out what had happened today.

Logically, the guy's accidental death, which didn't require their own hands, was undoubtedly a good thing. However, he had no idea what kind of secrets and conspiracies lay behind it.

In the end, they could only decide to wait and see. After all, they didn't kill the person, so the fire wouldn't burn them.

The next day, Qin Huang went to class as usual. Until the afternoon classes ended, he didn't notice any unusual activity.

On the third day, everything was peaceful. The only thing that happened was that Vice Principal Zhao Changqing's name quietly disappeared from the list of school leaders on the school website.

On the fourth day, everything was calm.

...

A full seven days passed, and the school administration showed no reaction at all. It was as if there had never been such a vice principal or a federal brigadier general in the school.

Seeing that the matter hadn't caused any waves, Qin Huang decided to stop worrying about it and focus on his own cultivation and improvement.

His daily schedule was packed. Besides the required school courses, he spent two hours in the cultivation room and several hours working for Sha Zhenghai, leaving him barely enough time to sleep and rest.

During these days, he followed Qilan's advice and deliberately slowed down the rate of his source energy index increase, focusing instead on purifying the quality of his source energy. With the assistance of the Alaya Vijnana mind technique, his efforts were extremely effective.

He had privately tested with Wu De. Without using any combat techniques, just comparing source energy, even if he deliberately suppressed his strength to match Wu De's level, the latter wouldn't last half a minute before being defeated.

This greatly hurt Wu De, who had been working hard recently. With ample resources, his source energy index had reached 15.7, but he couldn't last a few rounds against Qin Huang.

"One hundred bottles of Sand Rhino Golden Berry juice, twenty Star Beast Chenlong pills, two hundred bottles of Orchid Essence, thirty-five boxes of organic concentrated nutritional supplements, and..."

In the school's internal supermarket, Qin Huang rattled off a long list of numbers, all high-level cultivation resources, which made the receptionist's face change slightly.

She had seen many generous students come to buy things, but apart from the relatively cheaper organic concentrated nutritional supplements, which could be bought by the box, the other potions were usually bought in smaller quantities. After all, even the landlords didn't have extra grain.

Without mentioning other things, just one bottle of Sand Rhino Golden Berry juice cost 3,000 star coins, and the most expensive Star Beast Chenlong pill cost 10,000 star coins each. Even students with family backing like Yuan Beibei and Xu Dezhi couldn't spend so freely, but this young man bought them in bulk as if they were cabbages!

Where did he come from? How could he be so wealthy? Even the senior instructors couldn't compare to him!

Taking a deep breath, she looked down at her optical brain to tally the total, then looked up and smiled.

"The total cost is 754,000 star coins. Of course, with your current status, you can get a certain percentage discount, so you only need to pay 643,300 star coins!"

"Then let's pay!" Qin Huang nodded, ignoring the shocked looks of the surrounding students, and took out his ID card.

After the transaction, he carried the most valuable items with him and entrusted the rest of the large items to the school's security to deliver.

"Boss, do we really need to buy so much stuff?" Outside the supermarket, Wu De carefully held two boxes of Sand Rhino Golden Berry juice and asked him.

Qin Huang stroked the nine-tailed fox in his arms and said, "In a little over a month, it will be the selection exam for the Elite Seed Mobile Warriors. There are only fifteen spots this year. If you two don't work harder, it will be hard to pass!"

"I'm just preparing sufficient cultivation resources for you. How you perform is up to you!"

Wu Neng pondered and said, "Based on past years, students who earn spots usually have a source energy index of a second-stage mobile warrior. Even if they don't meet this standard, their actual combat ability must be outstanding to be selected by the school."

"I have to admit, our strength is still lacking. It might be difficult to make it. But since you've thought of us like this, we can't let your help go to waste!"

"Right, even if we have to fight to the death, we must secure two spots!" Wu De declared firmly.

"Good! As long as you understand," Qin Huang smiled.

After sending the items back to his residence, Qin Huang remembered it was the weekend and was concerned about the nine-tailed fox's food. He hurriedly gave them some instructions and left again, heading straight for the Skylark Community in Maple Leaf City.

Since it was still early, Qin Huang found a café and sat for a while, estimating the time before leaving.

A moment later, he found his target.

The melodious music still played, and the exquisite silver flower cart moved slowly. The green vine basket was filled with various shapes and colors of beautiful bouquets.

Compared to last time, there seemed to be a few more bouquets in the basket, and they were all new varieties, not repeated.

Actually, those who were familiar with the flower-selling woman knew that the same bouquet would not appear more than three times on her cart, a rule that hadn't changed for many years.

Of course, they were just not openly sold. If someone passed her test, they could still get the previous varieties.

"She's coming, let's say hello..."

Qin Huang looked down at Qilan in his arms, but found the nine-tailed fox trembling, her golden eyes full of fear, as if she had encountered something extremely terrifying.

"Uh... What's wrong with you?" he asked in surprise.

Qilan's face turned pale as she shouted at him, "So this is the friend you were talking about? If I had known, I... I..."

Qin Huang was taken aback. From her tone, it seemed she had met this woman before?

At this moment, the woman pushing the flower cart saw Qin Huang and the terrified nine-tailed fox in his arms.

"Handsome young man, we meet again!" Her sweet and soft voice floated over.

"Uh! Beautiful sister, hello!" Qin Huang quickly greeted her.

Nüying nodded slightly, glanced at Qilan, and a strange smile appeared on her round face.

"And this cute little fox, did you enjoy the last reception? Are you still thinking about it and want to experience it again today?"

At this point, the nine-tailed fox tried to calm down, snuggling closer to Qin Huang and said with a stiff face:

"You vicious woman, I just ate one packet of seeds from you last time, and you dared to hit me! If my family finds out, my grandfather and the others won't let you off!"

"Ha ha!"

Nüying smiled sweetly and said, "I did hit you, but so much time has passed, and I haven't seen anyone from your family come to your aid."

"Oh, I seem to have forgotten that Cang Yueli, that old rascal, hasn't fully recovered from his injuries and is in seclusion. I guess your family won't bother to bring him out for such a small matter, right?"

Qilan glared at her angrily but didn't dare to say anything more. She was truly afraid of this woman with unfathomable strength.

Qin Huang cleared his throat a few times and said apologetically, "Beautiful sister, Qilan is now my friend. I promised to help her buy some flowers and fruits for food, so..."

"So... you're willing to work like a slave for this cunning little fox?"

Nüying's smile turned cold. "Do you know what she is? Do you know how many troubles she has caused outside by cheating and deceiving? Do you know she's just using you? Taking her as a friend? You might not even know when she sells you out!"

"You're lying, I didn't!" the nine-tailed fox angrily retorted.

"Didn't? Ha ha!"

Nüying looked at her meaningfully and said calmly, "If you didn't, that's fine. But let me make it clear, I don't care what you do outside. If you ever run into me... you're on your own!"

She then turned to Qin Huang, "Since you want to buy something from me, let's follow the rules!"

With a wave of her hand, a list with a beautiful glow appeared, filled with names of various flowers and plant fruits.

"Cloud Luo Green Leaf Ginseng, Rain Star Twisted Bamboo, Gold Tin Stone Dragon Flower, Pond Flower Leaf Orchid..."

Qin Huang looked through the list but didn't recognize any of them. They were all rare and unheard-of varieties!

After some thought, he said to Qilan, "I don't understand these. Why don't you choose?"

The nine-tailed fox glanced fearfully at Nüying and then said hesitantly, "I want... Maple Song Orchid. Can I?"

Qin Huang saw that Maple Song Orchid was listed at the bottom of the list, one of the most precious varieties.

"This little guy is quite picky!"

He thought to himself and then looked at Nüying, asking respectfully:

"Alright, I'll choose Maple Song Orchid. What test do you want me to take, beautiful sister?"

"Maple Song Orchid? Are you sure?" Nüying's dark eyebrows knitted together, and she looked at him with a smile that wasn't quite a smile.

Qin Huang felt a sense of unease, but since he had spoken, he couldn't back out. He continued, "Yes, that's it. What price do I need to pay?"

"Very simple, one pound of integrity!"

Nüying's smile was sinister. "Bring me one pound of integrity, and this thing is yours!"

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