Whale Glue and Top-grade Rutilated Quartz

"Option 2 [Black]: The real treasure is in the box on the shelf behind the counter. Take all the hidden Whale Glue inside.

Reward: Special Soul Skill: Size Manipulation.

Description: Allows you to enlarge or shrink your physical martial soul at will..."

Looking at the two options that popped up, Du Hao pondered for a moment before choosing the second one.

It seemed there shouldn't be any major issues with the second option this time; besides, Flender probably had no use for the Whale Glue anyway, so it might as well go to him.

"Hao, why haven't you chosen yet?" Zhu Zhuqing had already picked out a black bracelet-style Storage Soul Tool from Flender's collection that she liked.

"You brat, hurry up! If you keep dawdling, I'm taking it all back." Flender looked at his precious collection with some displeasure.

His heart was filled with regret!

If he had known, he should have taken a look at these people before letting them in; perhaps he could have avoided being bled dry like this.

"Headmaster, I don't need anything. You can take it back."

"It's a deal, no backing out!" No sooner said than done, Flender immediately snatched everything back.

Before anyone could react, he had stuffed it all securely into his inner pockets.

"Hey, Brother Hao, why did you do that?" Xiao Wu was instantly anxious. She hurried to Du Hao's side and tugged on his hand. "If you don't want it, you could have given it to me."

Seeing the little rabbit's anxious expression, Du Hao gently patted her hand.

"Don't worry, I just didn't care for those things."

Zhu Zhuqing, standing to the side, pulled Xiao Wu back. "Alright, Xiao Wu. Hao has his own judgment; don't go making trouble here."

Based on her understanding of Du Hao, he wasn't the type to suffer a loss; he was definitely up to something.

Sure enough, before Flender could continue rejoicing, Du Hao, who was nearby, walked behind him, took a box off the counter, and held it in his arms.

"Headmaster Flender, I feel a connection with this box. How about you give this to me?"

"This box is..." Flender frowned, staring at the box in Du Hao's arms. After thinking for a moment and failing to recall what it was, he waved his hand dismissively.

"Take it, take it." He didn't even know when he had put this box up there; it had likely been there for years.

Since he couldn't remember it, it probably wasn't anything valuable.

Compared to his other treasures, giving it away was fine.

"Thank you, Headmaster. I'll take this crystal, too, as a gift for Tang San."

"You brat—fine, take it, take it..." Flender was out of options and simply waved his hand, preparing to shoo them out.

Seeing the three of them reach the door, Flender didn't forget to remind them, "Remember to report to Shrek tomorrow!"

"Understood, we'll be there on time tomorrow. But Headmaster, are you really not going to give me anything else? I'm not greedy, just one more..." Before Du Hao could finish, the door slammed shut with a boom.

Flender's exasperated voice came from inside.

"Get as far away from me as you can!" Then, the sound of a bolt sliding into place echoed from within. It turned out Flender had locked the door from the inside.

"At his age, he still can't keep his cool," Du Hao said, shaking his head.

"Brother Hao, is the box you took and that crystal actually something good?" After they were a short distance from the shop, Xiao Wu asked curiously.

She knew that Du Hao wasn't the type to lose out, so there must be a deeper meaning to him choosing these unremarkable items.

"Yo, the rabbit brain is getting smarter?" Du Hao teased, looking at Xiao Wu in surprise.

"If you call me stupid again, believe it or not, I'll bite you!" Xiao Wu was instantly furious, baring her white teeth in a show of intimidation.

"I didn't call you stupid; you said that yourself."

"Ahhh! I'm going to bite you to death!" With that, she lunged toward Du Hao.

Du Hao, quick-witted and fast-moving, sidestepped. "Eh, eh, eh, can't catch me! Are you mad? Are you mad?"

"You stand still!"

"I'm not stupid, why would I stand still?" Du Hao said, running toward the hotel.

Zhu Zhuqing stood where she was, watching the scene with a smile, and walked toward the hotel at a leisurely pace.

By the time the three returned to the hotel, it was evening, and the hotel lights had shifted to a warm yellow.

"You two go back to your room and wash up first. I'll take Tang San's gift to him."

"Okay~"

After the long chase earlier, Xiao Wu's energy was completely drained.

"Come back and rest early, don't stay out too late," the cool-voiced Zhu Zhuqing said, before wrapping her arms around the limp Xiao Wu and heading toward their room.

Once the two girls had left, Du Hao arrived at Tang San's door and knocked. "San, are you asleep?"

"Coming, coming! What's the matter?" Before long, Tang San opened the door, looking curiously at Du Hao standing outside.

"Nothing, can't I come over just because there's nothing wrong?" As he spoke, he shook the box in his hand. "Look at what I brought you."

Tang San took the box and curiously opened it. "This is... Hair Crystal!"

The moment he saw the crystal, Tang San's gaze was firmly locked onto it!

He instantly perked up!

He pulled Du Hao into his room and sat down wherever he could find a spot.

"Brother Hao, where did you find this thing?" Tang San asked excitedly, staring obsessively at the crystal.

One had to know, in his memories, this was a natural hidden weapon! He never expected to encounter it here.

It was simply a surprise from the heavens!

"Didn't you brag about how amazing it was when you were a kid? I remembered it at the time, and when I happened to see something similar, I brought it back for you," Du Hao explained.

After all, the young Tang San had been completely uninhibited, talking about everything, so it would have been hard for him not to remember.

Hearing Du Hao say this, Tang San didn't suspect a thing and continued to obsessively stroke the surface of the crystal.

"Such a top-grade Hair Crystal! Brother Hao, you've really struck gold!" His level of obsession was as if he had encountered a lover.

"Alright, didn't you say when you were a kid that there was some dragon-something needle inside the Hair Crystal? Why not open it and see?"

"Right! It's time to show off my skills!" Tang San was decisive, and a hammer suddenly appeared in his hand.

He smashed it fiercely toward the Hair Crystal!

Bang!

The floor of the room shuddered, as if the entire hotel were shaking along with it.

A crisp sound of shattering glass rang out, and cracks instantly spread across the entire crystal!

Immediately after, in the eyes of the two, the entire crystal shattered into powder and flew outward, instantly making the room shine with a dreamlike golden radiance.

After waiting a moment, the golden light gradually fell toward the ground, with specks of light landing on the floor.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!" x2

"San, you damn... you really smashed it well!" Du Hao kept rubbing his eyes.

"Brother Hao, I didn't expect this either!"