Zhan Kong: Has Some Social Graces, But Not Many!

"Soul Essence?" Li Xingze cried out in surprise. A General-Level Soul Essence was worth twenty million!

He had no Undead Vessel and was not an Undead Mage, so he had not noticed the tiny Soul Essence, no bigger than a firefly.

"Here." Zhan Kong flew down and handed Li Xingze an Undead Vessel.

Li Xingze's eyes lit up when he saw the Undead Vessel. "You're giving it to me?"

"What the hell are you dreaming about?" Zhan Kong refused without hesitation.

One Spirit-grade Stardust Magic Artifact was already enough to make his heart ache, and now Li Xingze wanted an Undead Vessel for free too? What a nice dream!

Did he think Zhan Kong was running a charity?

"Tch." Li Xingze snorted softly. He had thought he could freeload an Undead Vessel. "What about the Bone Spike Demonic Wolf's corpse?"

Without saying much, Zhan Kong stored the corpse directly in his Spatial Ring. "Once I sell the materials from this Bone Spike Demonic Wolf, I'll transfer your share to you."

"Ninety percent is enough. Consider the remaining ten percent your travel fee," Li Xingze said.

"You brat."

Zhan Kong was thoroughly convinced by this kid. He had some sense of social propriety, but not much!

"You can take this Soul Essence to a big city and sell it, but you must return the Undead Vessel to me. Of course, you can also choose to sell it to me for twenty million."

Zhan Kong continued.

If he took it to a major city like Magic City, he could definitely sell it for more than twenty million, but Li Xingze could not be bothered to run around.

So he simply handed it over to Zhan Kong. Li Xingze did not think Zhan Kong would cheat a student out of his things.

Messing around normally was one thing, but this was the most basic bottom line.

"Alright, it's time to talk about something more important."

After putting everything away, Zhan Kong did not immediately take Li Xingze back to the outpost. Instead, he spoke with an even more serious expression.

Li Xingze was full of question marks. What could be more important?

Could it be that his combat strength was too absurd, making Zhan Kong suspicious?

"Actually, that swordsmanship was also taught to me by that Old Taoist," Li Xingze said.

"That's not what I'm talking about." Zhan Kong shook his head and grabbed Li Xingze by both shoulders. "Do you also have the Space Element?"

"The Space Element?"

Li Xingze froze. When had he ever awakened the Space Element?

"Stop pretending. If you weren't a high-level Space Element Magister, how could you have such terrifying movement speed?" Zhan Kong said firmly.

He might not have the strength to protect Qin Yuer, but if it were Li Xingze, then it would not be impossible!

(Li Xingze: Aren't you afraid that my senior sister and I...)

How could Li Xingze still not understand that Zhan Kong had misunderstood? He explained, "That was just a Secret Technique, not the Space Element."

"Do you know about stepping on your left foot with your right foot and spiraling into the sky? It's roughly the same principle."

"Stepping on your left foot with your right foot..."

Zhan Kong suddenly realized that this world might not be as simple as he had imagined. This Secret Technique was even more absurd than the Zu Family's Curse Body Borrowing Technique!

However, after learning that Li Xingze was not a high-level Magister, Zhan Kong did not know whether he should feel relieved or disappointed.

Or perhaps it was half and half.

When they returned to the outpost, Li Xingze received the Spirit-grade Stardust Magic Artifact from Zhan Kong. As expected, it was one Zhan Kong had used before.

But that did not matter to Li Xingze. As long as it could hold up for another year, that would be enough!

With a Spirit-grade Stardust Magic Artifact, Li Xingze was confident that he could break through to the intermediate level within a year!

Besides the Stardust Magic Artifact, there were also an extra twenty million in his bank account—the payment for the Soul Essence.

As for the money from the Bone Spike Demonic Wolf's materials, he would have to wait until Zhan Kong sold them before it was transferred to his account.

In addition, Li Xingze received an "S"-Rank practical training evaluation. It was useless to him, though. There was no way he would be taking the Magic College Entrance Exam anyway.

"An S-Rank evaluation? Li Xingze, how did you do it?"

Xue Musheng stared at Li Xingze in shock. Li Xingze had always been outstanding, but earning an S-Rank evaluation in a single day was simply outrageous.

Mo Fan and the others were still suffering through their wilderness training just to get a slightly higher evaluation.

Tang Yue also looked at Li Xingze with her alluring fox-like eyes. This student was simply too exceptional. It would be even better if she could recruit him into the Judgment Association.

"I killed a demon," Li Xingze said briefly.

"It was that simple?"

Xue Musheng was stunned. With that powerful Summoned Beast of his, killing a demon should have been easy for Li Xingze.

Tang Yue did not think so. Zhan Kong had personally escorted him into the wilderness, so how could it have been an ordinary demon?

What demon it was did not matter. What mattered was that Zhan Kong was especially satisfied with Li Xingze—satisfied to the extreme!

Not simple!

"Mr. Xue, my field training is over. Can the school bus take me back first?"

At the moment, he was the only student in the entire station, and Li Xingze had no interest in staying.

"Uh..." Xue Musheng frowned. Didn't it cost money for the school bus to make a round trip?

Tang Yue, on the other hand, was very decisive. She nodded. "Since your field training is over, go back first and cultivate in peace."

"Thank you, Ms. Tang Yue." Li Xingze thanked her, then headed straight for the school bus.

After Li Xingze left, Xue Musheng spoke up. "Ms. Tang Yue, why did you agree to let Li Xingze go? Isn't he cultivating wherever he is?"

"Mr. Xue, Li Xingze is exceptionally talented. He might reach Basic Level 3 within a year. By then, whether it's Imperial Capital Academy or Pearl Institute, he'll be free to choose whichever he wants."

Letting Li Xingze return was only a small matter to Tang Yue. Since she could earn a small favor, why not?

As for the school bus driver, wasn't that exactly part of his job?

And there was even less need to mention the travel expenses. To Tang Yue, a Stardust Magic Artifact was pocket change. Would she care about this little bit of money?

Hearing that, Xue Musheng pondered it privately. That was indeed true.

Li Xingze was highly talented and might become Tianlan High School's star in the future. He had been a little too stingy.

Over on Zhan Kong's side.

"Chief Zhan Kong, when did you go out and kill a Bone Spike Demonic Wolf?"

The merchant glanced at the high-grade demon beast materials Zhan Kong had brought out and immediately recognized them as coming from a Bone Spike Demonic Wolf.

Although the pelt had been badly cut and scorched, the wolf claws and fangs had been preserved remarkably well. They were extremely rare magical materials.

Zhan Kong could not be bothered to explain. If he said that a Basic Level student had killed it, people would probably think he had gone mad.

If someone had told him the same thing yesterday, he would have thought that person was talking bullshit too.

"Cut the crap. One price: seven million!"

Zhan Kong was experienced and had a rough estimate of the value of magical materials, but he had deliberately quoted a somewhat inflated price.

"Seven million? Chief Zhan Kong, are you kidding me?"

The merchant was dumbfounded by Zhan Kong's price. There weren't even any treasures like exotic bones among the materials. He repeatedly shook his head. "All of this together is worth six million at most. It can't be any higher."

"Then six million it is!"

Zhan Kong agreed without hesitation. He had only been testing the waters in the first place.

"Chief Zhan Kong, I'm just running a small business here. Do you have to hit me this hard?!"

Only then did the merchant realize that he had willingly taken the bait!

"You said it yourself, so don't blame me!"