Eating bizarre things in public upgrades my status; the Special Affairs Bureau wants me to join them

"You want to take on everyone single-handedly?"

"Okay, we'll grant your request; we just hope you don't lose too badly!"

After a brief moment of shock and anger, Hong Tian nodded in a deep voice.

He Li shrugged and did not respond.

He turned and left immediately, saying, "Let me know when everyone has arrived."

Watching him leave the meeting room, the others finally couldn't help but start discussing He Li's arrogance and how he planned to carry out the plan...

"That kid is incredibly arrogant!"

"Taking on everyone one-on-one?"

"He didn't even consider how many investigators came to the Five Cities Conference this time."

"How many of them are high-level martial artists, and how many are investigators who have awakened high-grade supernatural abilities? Even if he is powerful, those people's supernatural abilities are all kinds of strange and wonderful."

"Does he want to beat all the investigators?"

"Hmph, what a pipe dream!"

"Let's not even talk about whether he can win or not."

"The key question is, how do I do it?"

"The rules of the Five Cities Tournament can't be changed arbitrarily. Just because He Li requested it, we're going to change the rules and force them to fight? That would probably... incite dissatisfaction among the participants, wouldn't it?"

Hearing these words, Hong Tian shook his head.

"It's fine, just give those players some benefits."

"For example, elixirs and meritorious service."

"Anyway, they're just sitting around doing nothing, and they won't refuse something that offers them a benefit."

"Of course, don't give too much."

"Our Chengdu city isn't running out of food either!"

Upon hearing Hong Tian's words, the others nodded.

They then began to operate.

Inside the watches of all the contestants...

I also received a notification...

[Temporary Notice: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Five Cities Tournament will commence in half an hour with a one-on-one competition initiated by He Li. He Li will face off against all of you participants...]

Upon seeing the news, the investigators who had traveled thousands of miles to attend the Five Cities Conference were both angry and amused.

"Damn it, taking on everyone one-on-one?"

"How much does this kid look down on us?"

"Heh, we all know how arrogant he is. Besides, news just came from the Rongcheng Special Bureau that He Li might not be a normal human being."

"I've heard his soul is somewhat like a ghost, but we can't be completely sure about that yet..."

"Strange? Interesting."

"No wonder that guy was so powerful; so he's also a monster disguised as a human? Hmph, since he's a monster, we can't let him get away with this one who's courting death!"

"That's right, and besides, I've had my eye on that kid for a long time and have been waiting for my chance to teach him a lesson..."

"Stop talking nonsense, let's go to the scene!"

"He's courting death, so we'll grant him his wish..."

……

The sudden notification not only angered the contestants, but also gave many people who envied and were jealous of He Li's brilliance an opportunity to smear him.

The matter was likely a strange or bizarre one, and thus it spread rapidly and uncontrollably.

Many people began to doubt He Li...

They even started to harbor malice towards him.

Yu Ji and the others were also affected.

They also began to be viewed with hostility by many people.

Walking on the street, they could clearly feel the malicious gazes coming from all directions.

Being watched by those eyes...

Zhao Hu couldn't help but say, "These people are really something; they believe whatever others say."

"Especially those ingrates from the Rongcheng Special Bureau. If we hadn't helped them solve the Soul Qi case, they wouldn't have been able to escape responsibility once things got out of hand."

"But they don't remember a single bit of kindness they've shown us..."

"Do you still think that way about us now?"

"Don't they realize that if Brother Li were a monster, they'd still be alive and well?"

Hearing this, He Li shook his head.

Ignore those idiots.

"Let's go, we've got the merit points, let's exchange them for some things first, and then after my competition, we'll head to Emei!" He said, turning on his wristwatch...

[Ding! Your 20000 merit points have been credited!]

After glancing at the pop-up earnings information, He Li quickly opened the watch shop and, taking advantage of his current high merit points, directly filtered for items worth five figures to examine...

Item Name: Beginner's Elixir Manual

[Effect: Records 100 different elixir recipes!]

[Exchange Price: 10500 Merit Points]

……

【Item Name: Spirit Gathering Fruit】

[Effect: Contains a massive amount of spiritual energy!]

[Exchange Price: 15000 Merit Points]

……

【Item Name: Condensing Aperture Pill】

[Effect: Increases the success rate of condensing the elixir core by 10%!]

[Exchange Price: 22000 Merit Points]

……

Five-figure items are indeed better.

After looking at it over and over, He Li finally chose the Spirit Gathering Fruit.

Although he wanted to exchange for the alchemy manual, since mastering it might allow him to refine spiritual energy pills himself, he felt that even if he exchanged it, he wouldn't have time to learn it.

So... forget it.

"Instead of exchanging for pill manuals, why not exchange them for Spirit Gathering Fruits to raise your cultivation level, complete more missions, and earn more merit points? Then you can exchange them for whatever you want, right?"

With this in mind, after the exchange was completed, He Li and Yu Ji went to collect their respective items.

Once the fruit arrived, He Li didn't even examine it closely.

He simply opened his mouth and swallowed it.

Hong Tian needs some more time to convene.

He needs to use this time to digest the fruit...

As He Li ate the Spirit Gathering Fruit, an incomparably pure and vast spiritual energy erupted in his abdomen and gushed out from his mouth and nose in an instant.

He Li tried his best to shut his mouth and hold his breath to absorb the spiritual energy, but the amount of spiritual energy was simply too enormous.

Even though his body is different from ordinary people...

It's impossible for the root to be completely blocked inside the body.

A lot of pure, light green spiritual energy emanated from his mouth and nose, making those around him envious.

"What did this guy switch to this time?"

"Is there so much spiritual energy in his body that it can't be contained?"

"It seems... to be a Spirit Gathering Fruit!"

"Damn rich bastard, he just traded away a Spirit Gathering Fruit worth tens of thousands of merit points like Pigsy eating a ginseng fruit, taking one bite and losing all the flavor without even tasting it properly..."

"Damn! Tens of thousands of merit points for a Spirit Gathering Fruit, that's equivalent to thirty or forty bottles of Spirit Qi Pills, right?"

"This guy is probably about to break through again!"

"Thirty or forty bottles? That's conservative, bro."

"As far as I know, the Spirit Gathering Fruit is a spiritual plant from another dimension that grows by absorbing spiritual energy year after year. The quality of the spiritual energy inside this thing is far higher than that outside, and the quantity is also particularly large."

"This one must be worth sixty or seventy... no, no, it might even be worth eighty or ninety bottles of Spirit Qi Pills!"

People discussed it, and were incredibly envious.

Especially seeing He Li radiating spiritual energy...

His body began to shimmer with a faint light, as if his spiritual apertures were filled.

Upon closer inspection, the light on his body flashed five times.

This means that he has opened all five spiritual apertures.

"Holy crap! Five acupoints opened in one go!"

"How much spiritual energy does this contain? And I heard this guy's physique is different from ordinary people, requiring even more spiritual energy to break through, right? Does that mean we can open more than ten acupoints at once?"

"Aaaaaaah!!!"

"What a waste! What a waste! If only I had that Spirit Gathering Fruit..."

"This is equivalent to so many years of cultivation!"

"Exactly! I heard this guy might be a monster, so giving it to him is probably a waste of money, but for us, it's a real boost in combat power!"

"Damn it, the bureau shouldn't have given him that honor!"

Seeing He Li break through continuously...

Seeing that his aura was becoming increasingly terrifying...

Many of the investigators present were so jealous they were jumping up and down.

He Li paid no attention to their voices. After absorbing the spiritual energy of the Spirit Gathering Fruit, he opened his eyes with a look of joy on his face, as if his strength had increased once again.

"Based on the previous ratio, opening one of my spiritual apertures would roughly increase my strength by a hundred tons."

"That's another five hundred tons of force."

He Li secretly made his own plans.

His own calculations weren't actually very accurate.

So he had long planned to find a machine to test it out, preferably to see how much punching power he could generate after charging up his punch. Unfortunately, there was no machine here that could directly test the force of 10,000 tons.

However, he had heard before that there was a laboratory nearby that could measure 10,000 tons of force.

"I'll get tested on my way out later."

As he was thinking, his watch began to vibrate...

Beep beep beep!!

Sensing the movement, He Li glanced at his watch...

[All participants for the one-on-one tournament have arrived!]

All complete? Very good.

He Li's lips curled up.

"Let's go, get ready to go to Emei!"

He turned off his watch and started walking, saying this.

Yu Ji and the other two quickly followed.

"Your match..." she asked subconsciously, but He Li didn't even turn his head and just said indifferently, "The match? It's something that can be resolved in the blink of an eye, nothing to worry about."

Ah? ? ?

Something that can be solved with a snap of the fingers?

Why don't you listen to what you're saying?

The investigators who were also rushing to watch the game rolled their eyes when they heard He Li's words...