NOVPUB"For me?" Shang Lu was overjoyed.
"Of course, first try to see if you can get it to germinate, but it’s best not to use soil from the mining area. Use your artificial cultivation liquid instead."
Shang Lu asked, "Why is that?"
"To control its growth rate. Evolution requires the absorption of a large amount of energy, possibly that of other plants’ vitality."
Tang Xian’s face turned serious as he continued, "So you need to ensure it is in a sealed environment, isolated from other plants."
"At the same time, find a way to clone it. There’s a lot of risk involved, and for the next few days, I’ll be with you fiddling with this flower seed."
Shang Lu understood the gravity of Tang Xian’s words and knew this plant was extremely dangerous. He nodded and said,
"I’ll give it a try. Will you help me, Xian?"
Tang Xian nodded and said, "Due to certain reasons, I’m being sought after by the whole world, but I can’t show up now because that would reveal my identity."
"I’m also helping you out. In the field of botany, your expertise is no less than mine. If there’s a problem, then I’ll step in. Consider my coming here as finding a place to lay low."
Shang Lu could sense the situation might be serious and couldn’t help but ask,
"Xian, what’s this about? Are you in trouble?"
"Just a little trouble."
"What if people from the Li family come looking for you?"
Tang Xian frowned, that was precisely the troublesome point.
Even though he wasn’t present at the scene, Tang Xian could easily guess that Li Zheng would associate him with the Masked Chopper Hero.
Tang Xian didn’t want to expose himself now, as each identity had a different mission.
"I will see no one but Li Xiaoyu. If anyone comes looking for you, I’m not here unless it’s Li Xiaoyu, understand?"
"Should I inform Miss Li?" Shang Lu asked.
"No need. Just continue as usual, not leaving the lab unless you’re starving. She’ll figure it out and come to you on her own. Of course, she can’t figure it out just yet. You’ll have to wait."
Shang Lu was completely bewildered, thinking that Xian always had too many thoughts in his mind.
He decided not to ponder further and prepared to continue his research on plants, but then another question suddenly occurred to Shang Lu.
"Xian, this is a seed from a boss-level creature, how did you get it? Did you kill a boss-level creature?"
"I didn’t kill it, but it doesn’t matter; it all counts towards me anyway."
Shang Lu was even more shocked than when he first saw the seed:
"Then... what about the crystal from the boss-level creature?"
"I have it here, do you want to see it?"
Shang Lu nodded, finding his whole body slightly stiff.
Tang Xian looked natural, and with a casual touch, he brought out a purple glowing bead.
Shang Lu staggered back several steps, nearly losing his balance. 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓅𝓊𝓫.𝒸ℴ𝓶
"This... With this bead, isn’t it... isn’t it..."
Even the academically obsessed Shang Lu knew the value of this bead.
He didn’t understand Xian’s thought process.
Why not take the bead straight to the Li family, instead of coming here to study plants?
Shang Lu asked in a trembling voice,
"How... How did you get it?"
Tang Xian replied with a smile,
"Calm down, although this thing is precious, it’s also hot property. I snatched it from a wanted criminal. To avoid being considered a fugitive myself, I need to wait for the right opportunity."
Shang Lu was confused. After a long while, watching Tang Xian play with the Soul Crystal of a boss-level creature as if it were a mere glass bead, he gradually calmed down.
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For the next three days, Tang Xian really never left Hua Science Academy.
He turned off his phone. He holed himself up inside Hua Science Academy, keeping the company of flowers and plants, occasionally picking a giant aubergine to barbecue.
Hua Science Academy seemed no different than usual, but the staff there realized that Shang Lu had broken his own record.
His previous record was four days without leaving the lab, now it was the sixth day.
He had already been there for three days before Tang Xian’s arrival. Continue reading on freewebnovel.com
During these three days, although everything seemed normal to Shang Lu, many significant events had occurred outside.
The first was the forced cancellation of the hunting event.
When people learned that a boss-level creature had appeared in the blue zone, all reactions were of disbelief.
Everything was as Tang Xian had said, humans like to give themselves a psychological comfort zone.
As long as they are within this zone, they feel safe.
This sort of mental comfort zone is also reflected in many aspects of life.
This is why, despite knowing that mining areas shouldn’t be simply divided by color for safety levels but should be defined according to the actual situation, people still insist on this categorization.
Because of the sudden emergence of a boss-level creature, the hunting event was cancelled, and the public accepted this reason.
But for the average citizens, finding out who would have been the "best hunter" of the event was still of greatest interest. They wanted a resolution, even though the event lasted less than three days.
So the second significant event occurred.
It was confirmed who led the battle on the Yuepela Plains.
Song Que, the eldest son of the Song Family, a genuine chosen one with ten talents, performed outstandingly in this hunting event. He turned the tide and saved all the hunters in the fortresses.
All hunters of the Human Federation were deeply grateful to Song Que.
Especially when Song Que revealed that the hunting area had almost tons of crystals, the entire human camp went wild.
Since ancient times, people have been willing to worship heroes.
They didn’t witness the battle firsthand, didn’t know how brutal it was.
But the outcome was clear, Song Que returned to the human world with treasures from another world.
