Chapter 159
Hedgepa pulled out a notebook from under the table and handed it to her. “These are the techniques for handling the herbs needed for [Melting Time]. Take it back and study on your own.”
Study on my own? Just the other day, we were having one-on-one lessons!
Yu Xunge took the notebook with a strange expression. “Teacher, I didn’t expect our relationship to fade so quickly.”
Hedgepa flipped a page without changing his expression. “Wu Ren will definitely send someone to keep an eye on me. If you’re not afraid, then come.”
Yu Xunge stood up with the notebook in hand. “Teacher, I have something to take care of, so I’ll be leaving now.”
Hedgepa let out a cold laugh. “Didn’t expect our relationship to fade so quickly.”
Yu Xunge replied, “See? You’re getting anxious again.”
Hedgepa: ?
Yu Xunge was once again thrown out of the alchemy shop by a bottle.
She headed straight for the auction house. After glancing around for any S-level skills she wanted and finding none, she decisively left.
She teleported back to Yasi City, then went invisible—Phantom Shift—making her way to the volcano—returning to Blue Star.
It was a bit of a hassle, but with Phantom Shift, it was still manageable for Yu Xunge.
In the past, it took her just three minutes to get to the alchemy shop; now, she had to circle around the seabed and take the teleportation array, which took at least eight minutes, not to mention the five gold coins for the light path fee.
But for Yu Xunge, this trouble was worth it, as the volcano made her feel much safer than the restaurant.
**Chapter 205: A Natural Soft Rice Saint Body**
Yu Xunhuan had been in B City for nearly half a month. Whether it was the matter of Shen Yushi or the child in Yi Qiuguo’s belly, he hadn’t resolved anything and had lost a significant number of attribute points…
To be honest, he didn’t even know why he had come here. He was busy, but looking back, he realized it would have been better to not be busy at all.
Relying on equipment, skills, and various modern weapons, he was grinding away solo, leveling up, but his attributes were declining.
While others were playing the role of a pig to eat the tiger, what was he doing? A vegetable salad? Just a bunch of greens…
The only gain he had was trading for a small item from Han Qianhai—a rubber eraser (B-level).
This eraser wasn’t particularly useful for Han Qianhai, but Yu Xunhuan still had two items that Su Yitong hadn’t taken back: a pencil and an electric sharpener.
These three items could form a stationery set, which was an A-level item—[What I Think About When I Study].
With the eraser and pencil, it could temporarily modify all the text on his panel—not a disguise, but a real modification.
Whether it was attribute numbers, skill descriptions in the divine gifts, or even contracts, they could all be erased and changed.
However, being just an A-level item, it had a time limit; the duration of the modifications was measured in days, equivalent to his level.
Of course, it had no cooldown time, so the user could continue modifying after the time expired, ensuring there were no interruptions.
Unfortunately, this item also had a usage limit. Once the pencil or eraser ran out, the item would become useless unless he found a new eraser or pencil.
Yu Xunhuan hadn’t dared to use it yet, so he didn’t know how much the pencil would consume—whether it was like regular stationery or if it would depend on the amount of text modified.
Besides that, it had another important function: when he wrote his name on someone with this pencil, that person would completely obey his commands for ten minutes, with the duration affected by the target’s intelligence and mental resistance.
What a great item…
This A-level item hadn’t even warmed up in his hands before it was taken away by Su Yitong…
Every time he got an item, he had to report it to Su Yitong, unless she said to keep it for himself; otherwise, he had to hand it over. Each time he violated the contract, he lost an attribute point to Su Yitong.
If he continued to breach the contract after Su Yitong warned him, and didn’t change within 24 hours, he would lose 1% of his maximum health to Su Yitong.
If he still didn’t comply within the next day, he would continue to lose 1% of his health until he fulfilled the contract.
Of course, he could stubbornly keep the item and bear the penalty, but that would ruin their relationship, and an A-level item wasn’t worth that price.
If only the modification function had no time limit; if it could be a permanent change, he would definitely risk losing attribute points to alter his contract with Su Yitong! Then he could stay in B City and never return.
Aside from the items, another gain was that he had developed a decent relationship with the Han siblings.
Yu Xunhuan wasn’t clear on the details of the conflict between the Han and Yu families, but the fact that the Han family didn’t even know who they had offended led him to two conclusions: either the Yu family was extremely domineering and no one dared to provoke them, or the Han family was simply incompetent, otherwise they wouldn’t have offended someone and not even know who it was, and no one was willing to give them a heads-up.
The people from the Special Affairs Bureau didn’t seem willing to inform the Han family either, which made Yu Xunhuan lean towards the second reason.
Yu Xunhuan hadn’t thought about having any ties with the Yu family; he hadn’t received anything good while his grandfather was alive, and now that his grandfather was gone, it was even less likely. Besides, he was currently representing Su Yitong, and if he dared to stick his neck out for others to step on, Su Yitong would definitely take him down.
Since he didn’t plan to have any connection with the Yu family, Yu Xunhuan didn’t hide anything from the Han siblings…
In fact, he suspected that the Yu family was also quite troubled, because he had asked Su Yitong, and the Yu family hadn’t instructed her not to tell the Han family who was behind their troubles…
You’d think the Yu family would have someone inform the Han family! It was one thing for the Han family to be unaware, but they were actually out asking around!
It was like hitting someone halfway and then asking them if they knew who you were; not only would they say they didn’t know, but they’d also be asking passersby, “Who is this person?”
From Yu Xunhuan’s perspective, upon learning that the Han family had offended the Yu family, the first reaction of the Han siblings wasn’t confusion or grievance, but rather a sudden realization.
Yu Xunhuan understood that they were aware they had offended the Yu family, but had simply not taken it to heart before.
Yu Xunhuan tried to be friendly, and the Han siblings responded positively, but not because of his hints.
The three most important reasons were:
His grandmother was Shen Yushi;
His sister was Yu Xunge;
His wife was the eldest daughter of the Su family in S City.
He truly was a natural soft rice saint.
In short, Yu Xunhuan had a decent private relationship with the Han siblings, though they acted rather indifferent on the surface.
However, in recent days, Yu Xunhuan noticed that the Han siblings’ tempers had suddenly become very irritable. They walked around with long faces, sometimes chatting in a corner using game private messages, their expressions a mix of disbelief, anger, and anxiety, wanting to go crazy but lacking the courage to do so.
Their heads and eyes were fixed straight ahead, drawing circles as if doing neck exercises, but Yu Xunhuan could tell they were meticulously examining every word and button on the game panel.
It was as if they were searching for the game’s customer service… or a complaint button.
Yu Xunhuan: … How should he put it? This state looked a bit familiar.
He and Su Yitong… and Lin Chengze and Lan Cheng had all gone through this exact process before…
No need to ask; it must have been that person who came to steal from him and inadvertently took them as well.
Yu Xunhuan silently pulled out his phone and booked a flight for the night of the 13th.
This place was no longer bearable; it was pointless.
Before leaving, he wasn’t sure if it was guilt or a reminder of Su Yitong’s advice, but to leave a good impression with the Han siblings, he told them about the magical spoon he couldn’t afford, hinting that if they wanted to please Shen Yushi, they could buy the spoon as a gift.
**Chapter 205: Time-Space Walk**
On the morning of the 14th, disguised as Han Shi, Yu Xunhuan listened to Su Yitong after the Hope Anthem performance, and then he headed back to Zelan. He wanted to see if the auction house had anything good to ensure Yu Xunhuan got the Flood Dragon.
After obtaining [Furious Moon], she was even more cautious about the full luck value.
If she could be so lucky, digging up an A+ level item from an E-level one, what about Yu Xunhuan?
Perhaps fate, even if it wanted to give him something to resist Su Yitong, would wait until Su Yitong had contracted the Flood Dragon; or maybe, even if Yu Xunhuan longed for the Flood Dragon, fate would find a way to make him miss it. Their luck was just like that.
She had regretted more than once why she hadn’t held back at the beginning; how great it would have been to steal Yu Xunhuan’s luck.
Although the main forces bullying her were the three women—Su, Liang, and Han—and Yu Xunhuan’s brothers, her hatred for those eight people combined didn’t compare to her hatred for Yu Xunhuan.
She hated the knife, but what she hated most was always the one holding it.
The Flood Dragon, a thing that could torment and humiliate a person in every way, was something she absolutely wanted to reserve for Yu Xunhuan.
But the reason Yu Xunge truly began to worry wasn’t just about the luck value of 10.
Because she recalled the scene she had seen through the skill crystal—Yu Xunhuan stripping Lin Chengze of his talents in the Su family’s basement.
If Yu Xunhuan really became the Flood Dragon’s slave and toy, the Su family would definitely abandon him at the first opportunity!
Under what circumstances would the Su family continue to accept him, even allowing him to qualify for access to the Su family’s treasure vault, a core area?
The matter of the Flood Dragon would undoubtedly face obstacles; it wouldn’t develop entirely as Yu Xunge had imagined.
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