Chapter 19

"Bangzhu and Thirteenth Brother will definitely avenge me!" Meihua Twelve had no idea he had been tricked.

Zuan An took out a small notebook from his pocket and wrote down the names of Meihua Bang's Bangzhu and Meihua Thirteen: "I would have found them to settle accounts even if you didn't tell me." Since the person behind the scenes used Meihua Bang to kill me, I must go through Meihua Bang to find him.

By the time Meihua Twelve was overwhelmed by the fierce black wolves, he let out a final, bitter curse before dying:

"You f*cking bastard, you won't... have... a... good... death...!"

Anger value from Meihua Twelve: +1000!

He never imagined that in just one hour, he would end up saying the same thing as the Brother Tan he had previously despised.

"Who was it that said curses are the powerless rage of the weak?" Zuan An sighed, looking at the bloody scene below, feeling a chill down his spine. He couldn't bear to watch and quickly left.

He needed to collect 10 dog treasures, but so far, he had only one, leaving 9 more to go.

Forcefully attacking wouldn't work. Meihua Twelve had risked his life and only managed to kill 6, and he no longer had the strength to fight. Zuan An didn't think his newly cultivated self could match those who had fought their way up from the bottom.

Moreover, the leader of the fierce black wolves, from the looks of it, should be at least a third-rank. He wasn't even a match for it in a one-on-one fight, let alone with its large group of subordinates.

If it were another target, he might have tried with his dagger and poison bottle, but these were fierce black wolves. The image of Meihua Twelve's tragic end still haunted him.

Let's try drawing a prize to see if I can get something to deal with these fierce black wolves.

He brought up the keyboard and was surprised to see his anger value was as high as 7220!

Most of it was contributed by Meihua Twelve.

Zuan An couldn't help but sigh: "What a pity this guy died. I should have saved him."

If Meihua Twelve knew that the main reason for saving him was to further exploit his anger value, he would probably be so angry he'd come back to life.

Zuan An was filled with anticipation as he prepared to draw a prize.

He pressed the Enter key, and the cursor quickly stopped on the space bar:

"Thanks for participating!"

Zuan An's face darkened. Just as he was about to press again, he suddenly remembered something. Wait, did I forget a step?

I didn't wash my face!

So he paused the drawing and hurried back to the path, remembering that he had passed a small river earlier.

Although there was no evidence that washing his face would increase his chances of winning, it was a matter of ritual, and he couldn't skip it!

He washed his face at the river, scrubbing his hands several times, then started the drawing again.

He pressed the Enter key, and the cursor quickly spun, finally stopping on the number "0." A dark red pill appeared—Xishui Pill!

Zuan An jumped up excitedly. "I told you washing your face works!"

He continued drawing and got another dark red Xishui Pill. Zuan An couldn't stop smiling.

"Thanks for participating... Thanks for participating..."

Ding, another draw, number 0, Xishui Pill!

By the time he drew the fourth Xishui Pill, Zuan An couldn't help but think, "Is it all going to be Xishui Pills today?"

"Thanks for participating... Thanks for participating..."

He drew another dozen times, and it was still Xishui Pills.

Before he could complain, he heard a notification from the keyboard:

Ding, since the host has drawn enough Xishui Pills to reach the top level of potential, Xishui Pills will no longer appear in the drawing list. The store function is now open. The host can purchase Xishui Pills directly from the store in the future.

The "0" key will be replaced with a new item, stay tuned!

Zuan An was frustrated. "What's the new item? Just tell me directly, no need for 'stay tuned'!"

After complaining for a while, he started to observe the store function mentioned by the keyboard. He found a store-shaped icon on the virtual screen, but when he opened it, the only item available was the Xishui Pill!

What surprised him even more was the price of the Xishui Pill—10,000 anger points!

This doesn't make sense. Zuan An recalled his previous draws. Although sometimes his luck was bad, on average, he could get a useful item after a dozen draws. How could the store price be ten times higher?

It's a black market!

But thinking about the stores in games from his previous life, they always operated this way. They sold things at high prices and bought things at low prices. So, the high price of the Xishui Pill wasn't entirely unreasonable.

I don't need it anyway.

Zuan An thought, "The Xishui Pills I've drawn are enough to reach the top level of potential. Only a fool would spend this much money on them."

He still had 3,000 anger points left. He decided to eat the Xishui Pills first before drawing again. After all, he needed to feel them in his body to be reassured. Maybe his luck would improve with higher potential?

From his previous experience, he knew that eating Xishui Pills would force out impurities from his body, which would be dirty and smelly. Since he was in the wilderness, he had no clothes to change into, so he took off his clothes before swallowing the pills.

He swallowed one pill, waited for the effects to fully digest, and then swallowed the second. As a keyboard warrior, he had to be cautious. If he swallowed them all at once, his small body might not withstand the intense effects and he would die.

He felt his body start to heat up, and then visible impurities began to seep out of his pores. Zuan An jumped into the water, washing away the impurities as they appeared to avoid feeling disgusted later.

However, he underestimated the effects of swallowing four Xishui Pills. At first, he felt comfortable, but then the heat became more intense, as if every cell in his body was breaking and reorganizing. His bones, muscles, and skin felt like they were about to burst.

"Damn!" Zuan An felt a surge of fear, and the intense pain made him lose consciousness instantly.

He didn't know how long he was out. When he woke up, he found himself still in the water, held back by a large rock on the shore. The surroundings were unfamiliar, indicating that he had been carried away by the current to some unknown place.

"Thank goodness I wasn't eaten by some strange fish while I was unconscious." Zuan An quickly checked his body, relieved to find all his limbs intact.

The intense pain had disappeared, replaced by a light and ethereal feeling. He could clearly sense that his body was different, but he couldn't pinpoint exactly what had changed.

Taking a deep breath, he felt the air was unusually sweet.

"Hey, the third array is already full?"

Previously, the third array was almost full, so he was technically at the second rank, third level.

It seems that higher potential makes a difference. Even breathing the air seems to slowly increase the golden substance in the array.

Zuan An wondered what his current potential was. Previously, it was at the lowest level, which would be D- in his previous life's terms. He had taken five Xishui Pills. If each pill raised his potential by one level, it would be D, D+, C-, C, C+. But that's not right. According to the keyboard's notification, his potential had reached the top level. So, each pill must raise his potential by more than one level. His current potential should be A+ or S.

Is there an S+ above S?

He didn't know what the top level of potential was in this world, so he would have to find out later.

Looking around, he felt the world seemed different. He could see the wind moving the leaves, butterflies flapping their wings, ants twitching their antennae, and a beautiful girl slowly emerging from the water, fish chasing shrimp...

Wait, something seems off?

He turned his head and saw a young girl a few meters away in the water. The large rock had blocked her from view, and he had been floating unconscious, so they hadn't noticed each other.

The girl was mostly submerged, only her delicate, round shoulders and the white, milk-like skin of her chest were visible. She hummed an unknown tune, her voice as sweet as a nightingale.

Her white, jade-like arms lifted slightly, and a handful of water slipped from her palm, the droplets sliding over her tender skin and finally landing on her delicate, cute face. Zuan An, with his improved constitution, could clearly see the small water droplets on her eyelashes, making her eyes even more bright and captivating.

Gulp~

Zuan An couldn't help but swallow. Did improving his potential also increase his luck with women?

"Who's there?"

Clearly, his voice had startled her.

Zuan An instinctively hid behind the rock. He couldn't help but be cautious. In his previous life, if he encountered such a situation, the girl might just scold him. But this was a world of cultivators, and who would come to the dangerous wilderness?

His cultivation level was at the bottom of the cultivator world. The probability of encountering someone stronger was much higher than encountering someone weaker.

If he met someone ruthless, he would end up like Meihua Twelve, which would be a tragic end.

"Miss, can you believe I was just passing by?" Zuan An knew that burying his head in the sand wouldn't work. He needed to explain quickly, especially since he was innocent.

"You... who are you?" The girl's voice was soft and trembling.

Hmm, this girl seems quite timid.

Zuan An's eyes darted around and he replied, "I came here to gather herbs. I was chased by a fierce beast and fell into the river, passing out. When I woke up, I was here."

"Gathering herbs, what herbs?" The girl's voice came from the other side of the rock, clearly using it to shield herself.

Zuan An was taken aback. "Miss, are you focusing on the wrong thing? In this situation, you're asking about herbs?"

Despite his thoughts, he answered, "I'm collecting dog treasures." He had been in this world for too short a time to know the names of other herbs.

"Was the beast that chased you a fierce black wolf?" The girl's soft voice came again.

"Yes." Zuan An was surprised. This girl looked young but knew a lot.

"The Wolf Valley is not far from here. If you dared to collect dog treasures, you must be very strong, right?" The girl asked.

Zuan An smiled awkwardly. "I'm pretty good." Others pretended to be weak to catch the strong, but he had to pretend to be strong to make her wary.

The girl said, "Oh," and then fell silent. After a while, she continued, "I'm going to get dressed. Can you... can you close your eyes?"