Tiexin Shi asked curiously, "Are you retreating at the height of the rapids?"
"I'm advancing by retreating." As Shi Tiexin explained, he picked up the entire sixteen-pound lobster and put it on his own plate. "Don't rush. Let her emotions ferment for a while. No one values something that comes too easily. You have to make her anxious, make her crave it, make her search three times, five times, and only barely find it. That way, you seize the advantageous position from the very beginning."
Tiexin Shi immediately narrowed her eyes. "You're way too practiced at this. I'm more and more convinced you're not a good person. You're not planning to sell yourself later, are you?"
"Of course not." Shi Tiexin piled his plate into a small mountain and started toward the exit of the hall. "This body of ours, along with the chastity we've preserved for years, is not for sale at any price. It is only gifted to those fated for it. Come on. We'll reopen in half an hour. Food first."
He found a secluded spot and crunched through the lobster, shell and claws included. Its hard, spiny shell crumbled in his mouth as crisply as potato chips.
After eating more than nine thousand dollars' worth of food over the past few days, Shi Tiexin had finally saved up enough Origin Power.
An invisible howl erupted from his flesh. The strange cry was like the breath of some primordial beast, rushing in all directions before being dispersed into utter silence by the Limitless Wind surrounding him.
The complete Vast Overlord Physique had finally been unlocked again.
With the Vast Overlord Physique restored, along with the naturally mastered Limitless Tribulation Power, the most combat-capable part of the First Heavenly Layer had returned. Shi Tiexin finally felt a little