High Martial Arts 2077: I Rely on Beast Taming to Cultivate While Lying Down

Chapter 122 Are you inviting me? Five people died - My condolences.

Zhang Yan was silent for a moment, then exclaimed, "What!?"

Her eyes widened: "Didn't you say compensation? You clearly said compensation just now!"

"Tsk, can't you be a little more ambitious?" Su Chen spread his hands, his tone nonchalant. "At your current pace, do you think you can't reach 1000kg? You already said you broke through the bottleneck in your Mountain-Opening Fist; don't you know how much your punching power has increased?"

Zhang Yan opened her mouth, only to find that she couldn't refute it.

"I—" she bit her lip, "I do feel that the Mountain-Splitting Fist is indeed stronger. But there's only a day and a half left!"

Su Chen was stunned for a moment.

Yes! It's Saturday now.

He bet with Zhang Yan for a week, and according to the normal timeline, the deadline is tomorrow night.

He quickly did the calculation.

Zhang Yan's favorability rating has reached 1v9, and the contract ends next Tuesday morning!

In other words, I have more than three days, so there's no rush at all!

But if Zhang Yan doesn't reach 1000kg in the next two days, she'll have to pay out five times the amount.

The chances of completing the task before Tuesday morning are still quite high.

Su Chen can get odds of 1 to 5 and complete the task to get the reward!

Two wins!

Su Chen's smile grew even brighter.

"What?" He deliberately made his tone irritating. "With so little time left, you've already lost confidence? Sigh, you still lack mental fortitude!"

Zhang Yan felt a lump in her throat from those words, her face flushed, and she stammered, "I—I will try my best!"

"Just do your best. It's just a few pills; calculating it so meticulously shows a narrow-minded approach!"

Just then, a tall, slender figure turned around at the end of the corridor outside the outpost.

Lin Xiyue was wearing her school uniform, carrying a cloth bag in her left hand and a breakfast in her right.

She handed breakfast to Su Chen and Zhang Yan naturally.

The morning light shone on her face from the side, making her skin glow with a warm, jade-like texture and a milky white color...

Su Chen secretly glanced down; from this angle of the sunlight, Lin Xiyue was quite well-endowed.

Fearing being discovered, he quickly changed the subject, smiling slightly, and said, "Your spiritual arts are incredibly powerful!"

Lin Xiyue returned a faint smile, then said sadly, "It's a pity... I can't protect everyone."

The sound was very soft.

Su Chen fell silent.

He knew she was referring to the girl with the bun hairstyle!

Last night on the fourth floor, Lin Xiyue's light blue chain flew out in an attempt to pull back the Nanhu University girl who had been swept away by vines, but...

late!

This girl was also the only one who died in front of everyone... she was cut into four pieces by the alien mold!

Su Chen recalled Zhang He's reaction at the time.

Zhang He and Xiao Wan don't seem to be in a romantic relationship, but their intense and out-of-control reactions are not something ordinary friends would have.

Unrequited love? A hint of affection?

He didn't think any further.

"You've done very well!" Su Chen looked into Lin Xiyue's eyes and said calmly, "In this world, countless people die every day. The more demons you kill, the fewer people will die!"

There was a pause.

Our goal is to become a top-tier university!

Lin Xiyue slightly raised her head, her eyes brightening in the morning light.

She looked at Su Chen and suddenly asked, "Xiao Yan said before that you hoped we could all get into the same top university, is that right?"

Su Chen was taken aback.

He glanced at Zhang Yan, who was quickly switching to gossip mode, her mouth tightly shut and her eyes scanning back and forth between them.

A look that says, "This is amazing, please continue!"

Su Chen withdrew his gaze and nodded seriously: "Yes. Will you change your mind about the Jiangnan Academy you previously chose?"

"Are you... inviting me out?"

Lin Xiyue's voice was very soft....

After asking her question, she looked at Su Chen quietly. The morning light made her pupils appear as a light amber color, as if she were waiting for an answer.

Su Chen felt a bit dry in her throat.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jiang Yunxin walking quickly toward him down the corridor in the distance, followed by Yang Xin, Wang Yichuan, and others.

His brain completed a two-second tug-of-war between "honesty" and "decency."

Then he said softly, "Well—I guess so."

Lin Xiyue's lips curved into a very subtle smile.

"I can't hear you very well," her voice suddenly took on a playful tone, "but—does it count?"

Su Chen looked at her expression, a rare and playful smile on her face.

Suddenly, a urge to act like a jerk welled up inside me.

He grinned, deliberately dragging out his words in a lazy tone: "Sigh, the world is so big, I'll have to keep looking ahead and see which beautiful women will be willing to accept my invitation in the future."

Lin Xiyue's smile did not disappear.

She simply blinked and casually uttered two words: "Okay~"

Then she turned and walked into the gate of the outpost with a composed gait.

Su Chen stood there, watching her figure disappear behind the door.

Zhang Yan suddenly grabbed his fist from the side and punched him on the shoulder. "Hmph! You'll get what's coming to you!"

"Forehead--"

Su Chen rubbed his shoulders.

What he just said was truly despicable.

Having lived two lives, he has experienced enough choices and regrets, and knows what to say and what not to say.

But he still said it... perhaps that was his truest thought.

In the era of advanced martial arts, the male casualty rate was consistently high. From before the apocalypse to after, the male-to-female casualty ratio remained at approximately four to one.

The federal government allows polygamy; is there any potential in this?

If I bring this up, will my parents beat me to death?

Su Chen scratched his hair, trying to shake these jumbled thoughts out of his mind.

Now is not the time to think about these things!

He turned around and saw Zhou Chengjie walking towards him from a distance.

The two came into view.

Su Chen smiled, and Zhou Chengjie smiled too.

That smile needs no explanation.

Zhou Chengjie still doesn't understand why Su Chen wanted him to fire the signal flare, nor does he understand why Su Chen could predict the alien demon's teleportation landing point.

But since Su Chen didn't offer an explanation, and given his personality, he wouldn't ask any further questions.

"Our three teams," Zhou Chengjie stopped in front of Su Chen, raised his hand and gestured, "searched for the remains of two alien demons, as well as nearly a ton of various demonic materials."

"The scales and red phosphorus beads from the red phosphorus rats alone filled three large sacks! The fangs and claws from the Black Moon Demon Wolf filled two more sacks. And the bones and hearts of those Faceless Demons, although most of them were broken, which is a bit of a pity, can still be sold for a good price."

He paused, a smile playing on his lips. "Let's go! Let's go inside and see the exact amount, then discuss how to divide it."

"OK!"

"Add, 58000"

Without looking up, a young tutor continued typing: "It equals three million eight hundred and fifty-seven thousand seven hundred and fifty."

He suddenly realized that he was now a high school tutor! This was the harvest of a group of senior high school students.

He looked up and asked, "Where did you get so many treasures?"

His tone betrayed obvious surprise: "And fragments of an alien demon with the strength of a War General! Those two mutilated bodies are worth at least half a million!"

The alien demon's blood is as valuable as gold.

A single Warrior-level Alien Demon costs between 50 and 100! If you can dig out a Void Stone, it's like winning the lottery.

Unfortunately, the alien demon is extremely powerful and has bizarre abilities, making it difficult for it to leave behind a complete corpse.

Su Chen said calmly, "The distress signal last night was sent by us."

The young mentor paused for a moment, then his surprise turned into understanding.

"Oh! No wonder!"

He leaned back in his chair and looked at Su Chen: "It's dangerous, isn't it?"

"Yes, five people died."

The young mentor's smile vanished.

His lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he only uttered two words: "Please accept my condolences."

He then took a deep breath and said with a heavy expression, "Sigh, people die every year!"

"However, five deaths at once is a major incident for your school!"

Su Chen's expression was also grave, but his tone remained calm: "Not from No. 1 High School. Three adventurers, two college students."

The young mentor's expression froze for a moment.

He opened his mouth, then closed it, then opened it again.

He had a feeling that the guy in front of him was playing a trick on him, but it would be inappropriate for him to refute or complain about it.

The young mentor composed himself and coughed lightly: "Ahem~ The money will be transferred to your account shortly."

"That's a lot of money. Divide it well. Let's improve our strength as soon as possible and try to prevent this tragedy from happening again!"

"You are all students from No. 1 High School; you are talented and have a bright future!"

"The future belongs to you!"

Su Chen nodded solemnly, then he lifted the cloth bag full of various items onto the counter.

"Oh, right, Master, there's another spirit bone here. Take a closer look."

The young mentor opened the bag and peeked inside; his pupils dilated slightly for a moment.

He reached out and carefully took the bone out of the bag, placing it on the cushion on the counter.

The spine is nearly two meters long, from the first cervical vertebra to the last coccyx, forming a complete spinal structure.

The bone's base color is grayish-white, but its surface is covered with a dense layer of dark red veins.

When a fluorescent light shines on it, the dark red patterns glow slightly, and the light flows slowly along the direction of the patterns.

The young instructor took a palm-sized metal device from the drawer and attached it to the third vertebra of his spine.

A series of complex symbols appeared on the instrument's screen; these were readings of the federally recognized psionic frequency.

He stared at it for about ten seconds, his lips pressed into a thin line.

He looked up at Su Chen, his tone becoming more serious: "From what creature did it get it? What abilities did it possess at the time?" "A Black Demon Ape King, at the peak of elite level. Its ability at the time was... to control low-level demonized creatures." Su Chen's wording was concise, "With roars."

"Soul manipulation!" the young instructor exclaimed in surprise.

"A treasure! A dark red demonic abyss spirit pattern, a spirit pattern with divine soul attributes, extremely rare on elite-level demons! This one..."

The spine is over 90% intact, and the spiritual runes are not broken.

"If it's made into a pill, it can enhance the strength of your soul. You might not understand what I mean by that. Simply put, it can directly improve your spiritual affinity test scores!"

He looked up at Su Chen and held up one finger: "I can offer one million right now. After professional testing, the actual value will definitely be higher."

Dark Crimson Demon Abyss Spirit Mark!

Su Chen was startled.

The panel I see is: Spine - Dark Red Demon Abyss Spirit Pattern!

Also!

There are indeed many types of spirit runes, but some iconic spirit runes have names.

However, there are so many named spirit runes! There's simply no way to learn them all.

As for the buyback price of one million... that's only the initial offer!

Their team really hit the jackpot this time!

"OK!"

Another notification sounded, indicating that another million had been deposited into the account.

Su Chen glanced down at the balance number on his phone screen.

So satisfying!

Making money is so satisfying!

He then left with the others.