Taking Stock of the Spoils

"Stop the car!"

The car had barely gone a block when Lin Chuhan suddenly spoke.

Wang Teng did not stop. Turning his head, he asked, "Where do you live?"

"I want to get out. You don't need to take me home—I can go back myself," Lin Chuhan said.

"That's not very nice of you, is it? Throwing away the donkey once it's done grinding the mill!" Wang Teng said with a smile.

"W-Who's throwing away the donkey?" Lin Chuhan felt a little guilty.

"I just helped you get rid of those two nuisances once and for all, and now you want to kick me aside. If that isn't throwing away the donkey once it's done grinding the mill, what is?" Wang Teng retorted.

"I want to get out," Lin Chuhan said. Unable to outargue Wang Teng, she unfastened her seat belt and spoke resolutely.

"If you don't tell me where your home is, I'm driving back to mine," Wang Teng said with complete indifference.

Lin Chuhan: "..."

In the end, she still lost!

She lost to Wang Teng's shamelessness.

Wang Teng took her home.

Lin Chuhan lived in a cluster of residential houses. It was hard to imagine that East Sea City still had a place like this.

Before them lay a pitch-black alley.

Once they arrived, Lin Chuhan refused to let him take her any farther, no matter what.

Besides, the car could not drive in, so Wang Teng had no choice but to give up.

He lifted Lin Chuhan's Little Lamb out, then hung the milk tea from its handlebars.

"All right, go back by yourself," Wang Teng said.

"Your milk tea." Lin Chuhan frowned.

"If I drink milk tea at night, I won't be able to sleep," Wang Teng said.

"So you want me to be unable to sleep?" Lin Chuhan said speechlessly.

"Hahaha, if you can't sleep, you'll think of me," Wang Teng said with a hearty laugh.

"Get lost~"

Lin Chuhan fled in embarrassment, riding her Little Lamb into the pitch-black alley.

The alley was truly long and dark. Even with her headlights on, the distance she could see was extremely limited.

She drove carefully.

Suddenly, a beam of white light lit up behind her.

She looked back and saw that Wang Teng had turned his car around and switched on the headlights, illuminating the entire alley for her.

"That guy!"

Lin Chuhan's heart stirred, but she quickly shook the feeling away and lowered her head as she rode her Little Lamb onward.

Only after Lin Chuhan was completely out of sight did Wang Teng drive away.

By the time he returned home, it was already eleven o'clock.

Wang Teng could not help smiling bitterly. He had originally wanted to hurry back early, but he had still been delayed until this hour.

Women!

They were trouble by nature!

The house was quiet. Wang Teng shut the door and went upstairs.

It looked like Li Xiumei was already asleep.

Without making a sound, Wang Teng put tonight's gains back in his room, then took some clothes and went to shower.

After showering, he dried his hair.

Locking his bedroom door, Wang Teng rubbed his hands together, sat cross-legged on the floor, and took everything out to inspect it.

One coin, one Zippo lighter, half a pack of cigarettes, and two phones!

They were all ordinary items.

But if possible, it would be best to crack the passwords on the two phones.

There had to be information inside that he needed, including the identities of those two dead Martial Warriors.

There was also a pair of gloves and a battle sword.

Both were Rune Weapons!

Runes had been inscribed on both the gloves and the battle sword, making them look mysterious and extraordinary.

Wang Teng searched online according to their appearance.

The purple-black gloves were a One-Star High-Grade Ice Weapon from the "Shadow" series, with a market price of around two million.

The battle sword with crimson runes belonged to the "Crimson Flame" series. It was a One-Star Top-Grade Weapon, listed on the market for a full three and a half million.

That price!

Wang Teng only wanted to sigh that Martial Warriors truly were filthy rich!

Fortunately, as a Rich Second Generation, he was not completely inexperienced. He would not make a huge fuss over a few million.

Still, this saved him the trouble of finding weapons elsewhere. These two weapons would be enough for him for the time being.

Lastly, there was that Egg!

Wang Teng took it from his Backpack and carefully examined it beneath the light.

Judging from the surface alone, it was impossible to tell what kind of animal's Egg it was.

"Still, this Egg should be the root cause behind those two Martial Warriors fighting so fiercely."

"If that's true, then this Egg definitely isn't ordinary."

He compared it with images of all kinds of eggs he found online and continued observing it for over half an hour.

In the end, he came to a shocking conclusion.

"This is an avian egg!"

"That's right, it must be!"

Wang Teng nodded to himself, then stuffed the Egg back into the bag, covered it with weeds, zipped it shut, and hid it in a corner beneath his bed.

"No matter what it is, I'll leave it there for now."

"Once I figure out where it came from, I'll see if there's a way to hatch it."

Next, Wang Teng turned his gaze to the Attribute Panel.

Comprehension: 83

Spirit: 12.1

Talents: Elementary Fire Talent (10/300), Elementary Ice Talent (12/300)

Primal Force: 6/100 Fire (One-Star War Soldier Level)

4/100 Ice (One-Star War Soldier Level)

Cultivation Methods: Crimson Flame Art (Entry Level 1/100), Profound Ice Art (Entry Level 1/100)

Combat Skills: Basic Combat Skills (Fist, Sword, Blade, Movement Subtlety), Gun Technique (Small Success), Fire Scale Sword Art (Entry Level 10/100), Illusory Ice Fist (Entry Level 8/100)

Knowledge: Basic Subjects (Perfect Score)

Comprehensive Combat Strength: 135

Looking at the rows of attributes, Wang Teng suddenly felt a sense of satisfaction.

Martial Warrior!

He had finally become a Martial Warrior!

Although the time he had spent going from martial arts training to becoming a Martial Warrior was far shorter than that of others, he had experienced no fewer things than they had.

He had even faced life-and-death crises along the way!

Fortune was sought amid danger!

It was worth it!

Afterward, Wang Teng compared the Attribute Panel before and after its changes.

Back on Baoan Mountain, he had not had the time to study it.

Now that he examined it again, he discovered that the Attribute Panel had indeed changed greatly from before.

First, there was Spirit.

Its meaning was not difficult to understand from the word itself.

Spirit, or soul, represented a person's consciousness. It was a rather profound and mysterious concept.

Most likely, he had obtained the Spirit Attribute from that dead Fire Element Martial Artist, which was why it had been activated.

Further down, the original physique had disappeared and been replaced by Talents.

Wang Teng knew about Talents. Once a Martial Warrior's physique met the required standard, they would undergo testing with specialized equipment to determine which elemental Talent they possessed, then choose the corresponding Primal Force Cultivation Method and Origin Power Combat Skill.

This was the greatest difference between Martial Warriors and Martial Apprentices.

After thinking carefully, Wang Teng shuddered in alarm.

"Come to think of it, I only gained Fire and Ice Talents by picking up Attribute Bubbles. Doesn't that mean I originally had no Talent at all?"

He had looked it up before. Most people possessed Talents, and as long as their physique met the requirements, they could cultivate Primal Force Cultivation Methods.

But there was also a tiny number of people who possessed no Talents whatsoever.

Exceptional Talent and no Talent at all were two complete extremes.

Both were exceedingly rare.

He had never expected that he would be one of them!

"Good thing I have the system boss!"

Wang Teng felt immensely fortunate. Poor Talent was not frightening; what was truly frightening was having no Talent at all, because that meant every possibility had been cut off.

Just imagine it: after cultivating so painstakingly, with only one final step before the door, you were suddenly told that you had no Talent. What a terrifying blow that would be!

Someone without sufficient resolve might never recover from it!

Wang Teng shook his head.

Next was Primal Force, which represented a Martial Warrior's level.

Wang Teng was currently a One-Star War Soldier Level Martial Warrior. However, he possessed both Ice and Fire Primal Force, so in terms of quantity, he was undoubtedly much stronger than a single-element Martial Warrior.

He had looked it up online. Single-element Martial Warriors were the most common, while multi-element Martial Warriors were extremely rare.

Dual-element Martial Warriors could occasionally be seen, but triple-element ones were practically nonexistent. As for four, five, or even six elements, they had never appeared at all.

There had not been much change to his cultivation methods and combat skills, aside from gaining two additional Primal Force Cultivation Methods and Origin Power Combat Skills.

Lastly came combat strength.

Combat strength should be a combination of all his attributes, including physique, strength, speed, Primal Force, combat skills, and so on.

That was good too. It allowed his strength to be displayed in the most intuitive way.

After sorting through everything, Wang Teng could not help yawning. Drowsiness washed over him. He closed his eyes and gradually drifted into sleep...