Don't Come Again, I'm Begging You!

Yuchi Yu painfully took stock of the inventory in the cold storage.

"Good grief, this water wyrm's tail—why is its martial sense down to zero too?!"

"Chu Wen... that brat is such a spendthrift! These were all insanely expensive things!"

Yuchi Yu was so furious he beat his chest and stamped his feet, his heart aching terribly.

"Maybe I should sell one. The premium is so high anyway."

Yuchi Yu looked at the one Rox had given him. He might once have been thrilled, but now, the one his grandson had given him seemed rather ordinary in quality?

"Selling one for fifty billion wouldn't be excessive... I wonder whether the Yatu Family would buy it..."

Yuchi Yu began to agonize over it. Then, suddenly—

The laboratory door opened, and someone in a lab coat walked in.

"Chu Wen? What is it this time? I gave you the access key, not so you could wander in here whenever you pleased."

"Teacher Yuchi, I'm a sponsor," Chu Wen reiterated.

Yuchi Yu could only wear a defeated expression as he patiently said, "Research doesn't happen that quickly. Chen Dai is still recovering from his injuries, and I'm short on manpower."

Chu Wen grinned ingratiatingly. "Ah, Teacher, I'm not here to rush the progress. I'm not that heartless. I just... want to go into the cold storage one more time."

Yuchi Yu's mouth twitched. Like a mother hen protecting her chicks, he blocked the doorway. "What are you planning to do?!"

"Teacher, don't be so stingy. We can just sell one Blood Bodhi fruit."

Yuchi Yu gave a dry cough and naturally stepped aside. "Then it's settled."

Chu Wen shot Yuchi Yu a disdainful look. This fellow really was an old fox. It seemed he had long been planning to sell a Blood Bodhi fruit.

Chu Wen calmly entered the cold storage.

This time, I should be able to drain it dry.

Once he left this place, the Primordial Source Pearl would likely have a hard time finding another place where it could eat all it wanted.

One freezer door after another opened, and the blood energy within his body began to rise.

This time, the increase was not as rapid as before. It had clearly slowed down.

Yet it still reached 1000/1000.

Immediately afterward, his potential points began to increase—still one potential point for every ten points of blood energy.

But before long, the increase in potential points stopped. It flickered at 781 and did not move again.

"Eh... it's finished absorbing?"

Chu Wen held strips of demon beast flesh that looked like cured meat, his face full of regret.

Yuchi Yu slumped in his recliner and watched Chu Wen push out two large carts of demon beast meat.

As though he still had not had his fill, Chu Wen smiled. "Teacher, is there any more?"

"Don't come again, I'm begging you, don't come again!" Anger burned in Yuchi Yu's eyes, but he truly had no way to get angry.

Who would have thought that this Chu Wen was such a rascal? Super genius, my ass—what did he take this place for?!

How had he gotten entangled with him in the first place?!

"Teacher, do you know any other places with this much frozen meat?"

"Y-you go out into the wilderness yourself! My stockpile is much larger than Kyoto Martial University's, and you actually used it all up!"

"What exactly is going on with your martial sense improvement?"

"How about you cut off a piece of flesh and leave it here? I really need it."

Yuchi Yu's eyes glowed with resentful blue light.

Chu Wen gave an awkward smile just as the laboratory door opened again.

"Chu Wen, you were hard to find. I looked everywhere and couldn't find you. Luckily you're here—the confidentiality work is much easier this way."

Rox walked in. From the corner of his eye, he caught his grandfather's resentful gaze, then saw the dried demon beast meat scattered across the floor.

"Your crappy hypothesis—how many Beast King-grade materials is it going to use? That's all money! These might not be the primary materials, but they still have research value. Why did you clear out the entire storeroom?"

Rox was somewhat displeased.

Yuchi Yu tossed him a Blood Bodhi fruit. "Good grandson, our funds are tight. Why don't you consider... selling it back to the Yatu Family? We can make it a little cheaper..."

Rox suspected there was something wrong with his ears. Then he looked at the Blood Bodhi fruit in his hand.

Sell it back?

Then what had he gone through all that trouble to buy it for?!

"Grandpa... you... Forget it. If we're selling it back, then sell it back."

Thinking of how the laboratory was full of Blood Bodhi fruits, Rox did not object. What did they need so many for?

But something still seemed off. Hadn't he paid for this with his own money?

Rox looked coldly at Chu Wen and even wanted to punch him, but reason told him: Hold it in!

"This is the contract Chaos Martial Arts Hall has prepared for you. Your improvement this time made everyone's jaws drop."

"For a special-grade genius like you, Chaos Martial Arts Hall will naturally look after you, lest other forces poach you."

Rox took a thick stack of contracts from his briefcase. After searching through them for a while, he pulled out two sheets of paper.

Chu Wen sat down at the square table as well. The contents of the contract were very straightforward.

[During Chu Wen's studies at Xinhang Martial University, he will receive additional support from Chaos Martial Arts Hall.]

[One custom combat blade, one combat suit, and one pair of multifunctional combat boots. (Received immediately.)]

[One set of Chaos Combat Method, including: Chaos Fist Technique, Chaos Blade Technique, Chaos Flash, and Chaos Breathing Method. (Received immediately.)]

[Starting funds: 10,000 Chaos Martial Arts Hall points. (Received upon reaching high-rank Battle General.)]

[Nomination eligibility for Longyu Special Training Camp. (Received upon reaching junior Battle King.)]

[All additional rewards must be attained before graduation. Upon signing this contract, the "received immediately" clauses take effect.]

[Party B's sole responsibility: after graduation, they must join Chaos Martial Arts Hall and may not enter any other organization (excluding honorary generals of the Dragon Nation military). In the event of a breach, they will be blacklisted and subjected to sanctions from Chaos Martial Arts Hall.]

The only requirement for Chu Wen was that he join Chaos Martial Arts Hall exclusively!

It was practically a complete buyout!

"Longyu Special Training Camp nomination?" Yuchi Yu secretly glanced at it too, astonishment rising in his heart.

"That's right, Longyu Special Training Camp—the War God training camp for the entire Blue Star Alliance. Any martial artist who enters it, so long as they do not die, is certain to become a War God in the future. But the mortality rate is very high. It would already be good if twenty percent graduated alive."

"The road to becoming a War God is fraught with difficulties," Rox said calmly. "I joined Longyu when I was sixteen. At eighteen, I became a War God before graduating. And a high-level War God at that."

This seemed to be the only place where Rox could salvage some pride. It was the first time he had been so humiliated before someone his own age!

"Of course, this is only a nomination. If there are too many geniuses then, you might not even make the cut."

Chu Wen nodded and swiftly signed his name.

The agreement took effect.

Rox saved a copy in his optical computer, then retrieved the paper copy.

"You keep one copy as well. Take good care of it. If you breach the contract, you're finished."

"Your physical data is already stored in the optical computer. In a week, the blueprints for your custom equipment will be sent to you. Once you confirm them, the armory will create the molds and forge them for you."

"Custom equipment is definitely the best. Like the Mandarin-Duck Twin Halberds Lin Wei used that day—they were made from SC-grade materials. Only the Lin Family can afford to be that extravagant. Your materials this time are SC-grade too, so don't lose them. The price of that thing alone would be enough to buy your life."

SC-grade! That was a material grade above SSS-grade!

Its value was truly astronomical! At that level, they likely could only barter one item for another!

"Of course, no one would dare steal someone else's SC-grade equipment. So long as they are discovered to have taken it by force, the Blue Star Alliance will show them what it means to beg for death and be denied it."