"But don't worry, brother. If I, Old Li, succeed in taking over the Liu family, I will definitely bring people to capture that big rat and skin him alive!"
Old Li stood up and carried the basket on his back.
Night was arriving. He had to return.
Qi Chen's eyes lit up as he thought to himself. This guy advanced to level two in just a day. He must have obtained something good.
Qi Chen stared at Old Li's basket.
"Brother, you're already dead. There's no point in keeping these things so why don't you let me take them? This is all in order to complete our great plan!"
After Old Li said that, he turned around and left.
Qi Chen could not help but sneer. This person had been talking for so long just to secure a dead man's fortune.
It was only because he felt guilty that he came to burn paper offerings.
Qi Chen charged towards Old Li.
With a gentle bounce, he jumped into the basket.
[The host has left the Dark Forest. Do you want to scan and install a new map?]
Scan
[Beep! Scanning the new map, downloading information 10%… 20%… 30%… 100%!]
Outside the Dark Forest, there was a small town where humans lived.
There were two big families in this town which were the Liu and Yang families.
Hehe. A mere level-two ant wants to dominate a big family. Dream on.
Qi Chen snorted and carefully rummaged through the basket.
Most of them were ordinary medicinal herbs, but there were also some good things.
"It's actually a Vermilion Fruit. Good stuff."
Qi Chen found a thoroughly red fruit and swallowed it whole.
[Beep! The host has consumed one two-hundred-year-old Vermilion Fruit, obtained 0.5 enhancement points!]
Unexpectedly, it was still a two-hundred-year-old fruit, but he only received 0.5 enhancement points. This was definitely related to reaching level three.
0.5 it is. Although it's a little less, it's much safer and easier than hunting demon beasts.
Qi Chen decided to follow Old Li first. If he could obtain an even older treasure, that would be a huge profit.
He continued to rummage through the basket. Unfortunately, apart from the Vermilion Fruit, there was nothing else good.
Let's use the enhancement point first.
Previously, Qi Chen had killed a level-two demon beast and obtained 0.5 enhancement points. In addition to the Vermilion Fruit he had previously consumed, he obtained another 0.5 enhancement points.
Currently, he had a total of 1 enhancement point that had not been used.
[Speed: 3/10]
[Defense: 3.2/10]
[Attack: 3/10]
[Enhancement Points: 1]
Defense +0.8, Speed +0.2.
Qi Chen's idea was very simple. Stack up the thickest armor and take the most vicious beating.
As long as others couldn't break through his defense, he could rely on his damage reflection talent and always have a chance to counterattack.
His status was refreshed again.
[Speed: 3.2/10]
[Defense: 4/10]
[Attack: 3/10]
[Enhancement Points: 0]
After adding the points, Qi Chen now had defense of level four.
[Prompt: Five hundred meters ahead, two level-two mutated beasts have appeared!]
[Prompt: Five hundred meters ahead, one level-three mutated beast has appeared!]
[Prompt: Five hundred…
Hearing the system notifications, it seemed that they had entered the little town.
After a while, when the surroundings became quiet, the system notification sounded again.
[Prompt: Five hundred meters ahead, one level-six mutated beast has appeared!]
Qi Chen's heart skipped a beat and he was on guard.
Level six was the highest level he had seen so far.
"Where's the thing? Did you bring it?"
A hoarse voice sounded.
"Two hundred thousand, plus a two-hundred-year-old Vermilion Fruit, they are all here. Where is the thing I want?"
Old Li suppressed his voice.
"Here, hand it over."
When Qi Chen heard this, he immediately used Shadow Ambush and got out of the basket.
His body was too eye-catching and could not be hidden in the basket.
When Shadow Ambush was used, it could hide his figure and noise very well.
Qi Chen slipped out quietly under their eyes.
Old Li put down the basket and searched carefully, but his expression changed drastically.
"How dare you trick me!" That person kicked Old Li away and said coldly, "I'll spare your life on account of you being a dog of the Liu family. If you dare to look for me again, I'll definitely kill you!"
Old Li carried the basket on his back in fear and hurriedly ran away.
Qi Chen took advantage of Old Li's lack of guard and returned to the basket.
He could not understand how someone like him had managed to survive until now.
Old Li ran out onto the streets and heaved a sigh of relief.
"Where's my Vermilion Fruit? How did it disappear? Did that bastard eat it again?"
He thought of his hundred-year-old ginseng and his expression turned ashen.
Old Li was about to rummage through the basket when a cold voice rang out.
"Old Li, I told you to go out and gather herbs. What are you doing on the streets?"
"Manager… Manager, I just came back from harvesting."
"Then quickly put the herbs in the warehouse!"
"Understood!"
Old Li didn't dare to stay any longer and went straight to the Liu family's warehouse.
Qi Chen, who was hiding in the basket, smiled to himself. He had succeeded in sneaking in.
Additionally, he had caught onto a very important piece of information—the warehouse!
The warehouse where the herbs were stored most likely contained good stuff.
Qi Chen felt that this person was really his lucky star.
Ever since they met, he had provided him with a hundred-year-old ginseng and a two-hundred-year-old Vermilion Fruit. Now, he had even brought him into the warehouse!
What a great person.
Old Li had just put down his basket in the warehouse when he was pulled to a corner by someone.
"Where's the poison?"
That person asked softly.
"Chief Steward Lin, the ginseng is gone. The deal is canceled."
Old Li said guiltily.
"I gave you a chance to take over the Liu family. You're useless!"
That person's voice turned cold.
"I… I'll think of another way!"
Old Li said with a trembling voice.
"Let's drop this matter here. You better watch your mouth. If you dare to leak this information, I'll make you wish you were dead!"
"I will never spout nonsense!"
Old Li sounded very terrified.
"I see." Qi Chen suddenly understood. "With this person's courage and ability, how would he dare to take over the Liu family? It turns out that someone had guided him."
After Chief Steward Lin warned Old Li, he left in a hurry. As Old Li was afraid of being discovered, he didn't have time to look for the lost Vermilion Fruit in the basket and hurriedly left the warehouse.
Treasure! Here I come!
After the two of them left, Qi Chen jumped out of the basket and crawled into a corner of the warehouse. He ran towards the pile of herbs that had yet to be tidied up.
[Beep! The host has consumed one hundred-year-old Lingzhi!]
This time, the system did not indicate that he had obtained an enhancement point.
As I expected, the hundred-year-old treasures will no longer be able to provide enhancement points after I reach level three.
According to his previous experience, he could obtain 1 enhancement point for consuming a hundred-year-old treasure at level one, and 0.5 enhancement points at level two.
By the time he reached level three, a hundred-year-old treasure was already useless.
It's okay, there are many good things here.
Qi Chen dived into the mountain of herbs.
[Beep! The host has consumed one two-hundred-year-old Guillotine Grass, obtained 0.5 enhancement points!]
[Beep! The host has consumed one three-hundred-year-old Paddy Blossom, obtained 1 enhancement point!]
[Beep! The host…]
Qi Chen was eating happily when something unexpected happened!
[Prompt: Five hundred meters ahead, five level-seven mutated beast has appeared!]
[Prompt: Five hundred meters ahead, one level-ten mutated beast has appeared!]
[Prompt: Numerous mutated beasts you cannot deal with are approaching quickly. Please take note to hide!]
What is happening?!
Qi Chen was so scared that he didn't even eat the treasure that was about to reach his mouth. He turned around and rolled out.
Night had already fallen.
He was only the size of three adult's fist. From afar, he looked like a big rat. As long as he ran fast, no one would notice him.
System, use the enhancement points to level up!
Qi Chen could no longer care about the problem of enhancement points dropping after the upgrade.
This was a matter of life and death. He had to raise his strength as soon as possible so that he could have an additional guarantee of survival.