"Who was the one who caused me to make a fool of myself just now? Could it be…"
As he spoke, he cast his gaze towards the expressionless Fang Xuan.
"Big Brother, no matter how you think about it, it can't be this kid. He's just an F-rank country bumpkin. How can he be so capable? It's already not bad if he can understand cows."
Another lackey who had not been punished said obsequiously.
Sun Ming nodded in agreement.
"That's indeed the case. Not just any Tom, Sam, or Harry can mess with me. We have to eliminate this trash first."
Fang Xuan could not be bothered with such a fellow. In his opinion, this was no longer arrogance, but cerebral palsy.
It had to be said that talent and intelligence were really unrelated. Such a person could even be classified as an S-rank talent.
Fang Xuan would definitely believe that he would be tricked to death by someone with F-rank talent.
At this moment, he had already taken advantage of the fact that the focus was on Sun Ming and his lackeys. He then released the ant again.
Through the connection between his familiar and his master, he could feel that the ants were devouring matter.
He wanted to try and see if ants could devour any substance, such as leaves, rocks, and even the Spirit Ascension Monument. At the beginning, these ordinary substances were indeed slowly increasing the insect energy, but the effect was minimal.
Thinking of this, Fang Xuan secretly moved a few steps and arrived in front of the Spirit Ascension Monument.
He had to deliberately hide it. Otherwise, it would be a little eye-catching to have a five-centimeter ant on the empty stele.
There was a saying on the Blue Planet: Worms don't have the sharpness of claws and teeth. Their muscles and bones are strong. They eat abundant food and drink the netherworld. They have to put in the effort.
The ancients really did not lie to me. The ant had already begun to slowly devour the Spirit Ascension Monument, and the insect energy points were also increasing at a visible speed.
Eating this thing was much more than eating flowers and trees, but… wouldn't Teacher find out?
At this moment, in order not to let his teacher notice, he deliberately stood directly opposite his teacher, blocking a blind spot.
Moreover, Fang Xuan didn't know if this monument would suddenly stop operating after taking two bites. Who cares? The bold would starve to death while the timid would starve to death. If one wanted to achieve great things, one couldn't be soft-hearted.
Seeing that the bug could rise bit by bit, many small cracks appeared on the Spirit Ascension Monument. However, it was very difficult to notice them under Fang Xuan's deliberate dispersion.
He activated the Eye of Reconnaissance and could barely see the openings.
However, Fang Xuan did not dare to be careless. He was afraid that if he was discovered, not only would he be infamous, he might even expose the system. Therefore, he still had to carefully control it and observe if anyone noticed.
[Devouring Spirit Body Material. Insects can increase by 1.]
[Devouring Spirit Body Material, Insects can increase by 0.8.]
The bug energy notifications kept coming from his ears, making Fang Xuan very satisfied.
From the looks of it, it wouldn't take long for him to enter the next stage in the bug hive.
"Eh, why is this kid standing in front of that broken stone tablet without moving? Don't tell me he's really autistic. His behavior is abnormal."
Indeed, in the eyes of outsiders, Fang Xuan was like a walking corpse standing foolishly in front of the Spirit Ascension Monument. From time to time, he would even giggle foolishly.
Coupled with Fang Xuan's appearance when his primordial spirit left his spiritual space, it was inevitable that people would be suspicious.
"Hmph, watch me hurt this mutt a second time. Let him know that he can't touch my woman."
As he spoke, he walked forward.
At this moment, the lackey who had been beaten up by him spoke again.
"B-Boss, Miss Ning is about to undergo the talent test. Are we sure we still want to find trouble with that kid?"
Sun Ming raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He looked at Ning Lanqing, who was slowly walking forward, and nodded slowly.
"That's right. What you said makes sense. This trash is not on the same level as us at all. There's no need to bother with him. Qingqing's talent level is the most important."
"Qingqing, you can do it!"
Ning Lanqing acted as if she didn't hear Sun Ming's shout and sat down gently.
"What? Qingqing?"
"Could it be the daughter of the commander of the North Sea base, Ning Lanqing?"
"Damn, it's really her. I saw her during the Imperial Army's drill. She's an existence who once conversed with His Majesty face-to-face. Am I dreaming?"
Hearing the whispers around him, the corners of Sun Ming's mouth curled up.
Hmph, what daughter of the commander of the North Sea Base? Aren't you going to become my woman? Even the entire country will belong to our Sun family in the future. I'll let you pretend to be virtuous for a few more days.
Fang Xuan had probably heard what the outside world had said, so he could not help but be a little surprised. However, he had never heard of this so-called North Sea Base. It seemed like he had to find some time to study geography.
He was still carefully controlling the ants to eat the stone tablet bit by bit. This looked brainless, but it was a job with a high technical requirement.
On one hand, he could not let the ants eat too much of the same place. He had to change places with every shot.
On the other hand, there was no lack of powerful and talented people here, especially Leng Lingxiao, who was a few feet away from him. He had to hide the aura of the ant and block his vision.
Under the entanglement of these two parties, he had no time to interfere with the matters of the outside world.
Half an hour passed just like that, and Fang Xuan finally retracted his ant.
It was not because of any special reason, but because this side of the stone tablet had been gnawed on by his ant. If he continued gnawing, he would definitely be discovered. Therefore, he quietly recalled the ant and returned to the crowd.
Right now, he was just a country bumpkin who had broken the fastest awakening talent record. No one would pay much attention to him.
However, after half an hour had passed, Ning Lanqing was still in a meditative state. One could even faintly see the airflow swirling around her.
"Damn, it moved."
The woman who had been sitting cross-legged for half an hour finally opened her big blue eyes. A wisp of essence energy slowly flowed from her eyes.
"Ning Lanqing, the beast is the sperm whale, the daughter of the mutated talent sea, Grade S."
The voices of discussion were raised again.
"What, what, what? What is a mutated talent?"
"It's an unconventional talent. It's the kind that doesn't have any miraculous effects. Even the Ice Emperor Void is like this. Why don't you know anything?"
"D*mn! She has a good family background and is the daughter of a general. She's actually so talented. I don't want to live anymore!"
Sun Ming sneered. "Everyone, don't feel unbalanced. Some people don't have a good background. Even their talents and beasts are trash among trash. This is the difference in the world."
These words immediately pointed the spearhead at Fang Xuan.
The latter frowned. He did not understand what he had done to provoke this silly son of the landlord to actually target him in every way.
He didn't have any real skills, but he was good at stirring up trouble.
Leng Lingxiao nodded slightly at Ning Lanqing. "Send my regards to Commander Leng."
The latter agreed and left the stage.
Fang Xuan smiled at her. "Congratulations."