Chapter 74 - 71: Giving Roses Leaves a Lingering Fragrance!

Chapter 74: Chapter 71: Giving Roses Leaves a Lingering Fragrance!

While leisurely refining the Martial Arts Cultivation and Spiritual Power continuously surging within his body, Liu Zimo also noticed the abnormal changes in Yao Lingling.

He thought, "Why has this little bug suddenly become so quiet? This won’t do! If it just resigns itself to fate and lies flat, what use do I have for it?"

Liu Zimo raised an eyebrow, instantly understanding what this Soul-Devouring insect was thinking. A Soul-Devouring insect that wanted to slack off and whose thoughts had lost their liveliness was not what he wanted. He was still counting on this Master of All Things to bring him more practical information from the Illusion Demon Realm in the future!

Sensing that the little bug was so discouraged that it saw no hope of escape and even harbored thoughts of going into complete hibernation, Liu Zimo couldn’t help but shake his head slightly, a look of contempt in his eyes.

He thought, "And it has the nerve to call itself a prodigy among the Demon Race and wants to become the Soul-Devouring Insect King? It has absolutely no psychological endurance. It meets a little setback and immediately becomes discouraged, ready to give up and lie flat. Regardless of its true talent, this little bug completely fails when it comes to mental fortitude!"

Of course, this might also have something to do with the fact that it had never encountered a decent opponent. It was used to a smooth-sailing life, so suddenly facing an opponent it couldn’t control—one that could even threaten its life—left it completely flustered.

"But this is for the best," he thought. "If it were truly indomitable and had a tough mindset, I wouldn’t feel so at ease keeping it around like this!"

Liu Zimo cast a brief glance at the plump, white bug lying motionless in the Closed Space and decided he needed to give it some hope and stimulation. No matter what, he absolutely could not let this little chatterbox fall silent.

SWISH!

With a slight shift of his mind, Liu Zimo seized the moment when his Sea of Consciousness surged and vibrated to intentionally tear a narrow slit in the Closed Space. Instantly, a faint wisp of Spiritual Power seeped inside.

Although it wasn’t much, it caused Yao Lingling, who had already decided to give up, to jolt. The previously dormant fluctuations of its thoughts flared up once again!

It thought, "Hahaha! What is this?! The surrounding confinement actually cracked, and that pervert didn’t seem to notice or repair it in time!

"Hahaha! In the words of the human race, this is truly a case of finding a new village beyond the dark willows and blooming flowers just when it seemed like there was no way out! Ancestors bless me! I, Yao Lingling, am indeed the insect of destiny. Every time I meet with danger, it turns out to be a blessing in disguise!

"Although this human pervert has extremely high talent and progresses very fast, I, Yao Lingling, also have luck on my side and am favored by destiny. It’s not certain who will come out on top in the future! Yes, indeed! I must continue to work hard!

"I’ll use this spatial loophole to continue my cultivation, striving to break through my limits as soon as possible and completely control this Sea of Consciousness!

"Thinking carefully, although this pervert’s Sea of Consciousness Space is ridiculously huge, it is absolutely a godsend habitat for our Soul-Devouring insect clan! If one day I can take root and spin a web here to completely control this Sea of Consciousness, I will inevitably become an existence that surpasses my ancestors!"

Give it an inch, and the little bug would take a mile. It instantly became a hundred times more energetic, even starting to fantasize about completely enslaving Liu Zimo.

Seeing the little creature regain its vitality, Liu Zimo couldn’t help but nod slightly. He simply liked how this little bug looked when it was rebellious and actively plotting. He reserved a trace of Divine Thought in his Sea of Consciousness to constantly monitor and receive Yao Lingling’s thought fluctuations.

Withdrawing his main Divine Sense from his Sea of Consciousness, Liu Zimo continued to focus on refining the Qi and Blood Power and Martial Arts Cultivation that were still endlessly welling up within his body. This state lasted for a full two hours before gradually coming to a stop.

On the Celestial Terrace, all the Martial Artists had basically broken through and advanced once. Only when their Cultivation Realm hit a bottleneck and could no longer progress in the short term did they gradually stop eating and quiet down. At this moment, very few people could still persist in eating the barbecue. Only Lou Yuchen and Feihong, those two with Saint Level potential, were still going.

Most of the people were already stuffed. The Qi and Blood Power in their bodies was completely saturated, and they couldn’t eat another slice even if they wanted to. Yet, out of the roughly ten thousand kilograms of Regiment Level Vajra Tenderloin, not even half had been consumed. Looking at the vast majority of the remaining Vajra Tenderloin, the crowd clutched their stomachs and sighed in despair. The opportunity had already been brought right to their lips by Advisor Liu, yet they couldn’t fully grasp it. What a shame!

Liu Zimo’s gaze swept over the Martial Artists who had successfully broken through to the Iron Bone realm one by one. Seeing that they were all stuck at either the initial or middle stages of the Iron Bone realm with no further progress, he couldn’t help but shake his head slightly. Their talent was limited, and no amount of resources could completely make up for it. Moreover, the Vajra Tenderloin could only replenish Qi and Blood Power; its effects were too singular. Once the Qi Blood Energy in these people’s bodies reached saturation, eating more would simply be a waste.

He thought, "However, this isn’t bad! It’s still only the early stage of the cataclysm, after all. For Luozhou City to produce so many Iron Bone realm Martial Artists all at once is enough to stabilize the situation and safely get through the upcoming crises!"

Liu Zimo retracted his gaze and stopped dwelling on it. After another ten minutes or so, when Lou Yuchen and Ye Feihong also stopped eating, Liu Zimo finally spoke, giving instructions to Liang Luojun.

"Director Liang, temporarily store the rest of this Vajra Tenderloin and the bile in the Military Supply Depot. In the future, whenever anyone breaks through to the Copper Skin realm, they can use Military Merit to exchange for them."

Upon hearing this, Liang Luojun’s eyes lit up, and he quickly bowed in agreement. He had already personally experienced just how outrageous the effects of this Vajra Tenderloin were. A small, palm-sized piece was enough to let him advance directly from the initial stage to the middle stage of the Copper Skin realm. If it weren’t for his Qi Blood being saturated, making it impossible to eat any more, he might have even been able to push through to the peak of the Copper Skin realm in one vigorous effort!

Therefore, hearing that Advisor Liu actually intended to store the remaining ten thousand pounds of precious ingredients in the Military Supply Depot, Liang Luojun, as the top leader of the Military Staff Department, was naturally more than willing.

"Advisor Liu is truly righteous!" Liang Luojun said loudly. "Rest assured, everything will be done according to established rules. The Military Supply Department will inventory this Vajra Tenderloin and bile in exchange for Military Merit. Not a single point of the Military Merit owed to Advisor Liu will be missing!"

With that said, Liang Luojun personally stood up and led a group of subordinates to transport all the remaining ten thousand pounds of Vajra Tenderloin down from the Celestial Terrace.

Although there was currently a lack of electricity and cold storage facilities were completely useless, preserving this excess Vajra Tenderloin intact wasn’t a difficult task. Whether through traditional curing processes to make bacon or deep-frying for storage, the spoilage of these tenderloins could be effectively delayed. However, Liang Luojun was not prepared to use these traditional preservation techniques to handle such precious Vajra Tenderloin. He couldn’t be sure if the Qi Blood Energy within the Vajra Tenderloin would remain after being salted or deep-fried at high temperatures, and he didn’t dare take that risk.

Therefore, before transporting the Vajra Tenderloin down from the Celestial Terrace, he had already ordered someone to find the Superpower team and invite back the two Superpower Users who had awakened the Ice Superpower! With these two capable of continuously generating cold air and ice blocks, the Vajra Tenderloin would certainly be preserved in the most optimal way possible!

On the Celestial Terrace.

The barbecue banquet had come to an end. Except for a few who were still in Meditation and hadn’t woken up, everyone who attended the banquet had bowed to thank Liu Zimo before dispersing and leaving.

During this time, every Martial Artist who came to thank Liu Zimo and say goodbye received a set of higher-level Martial Arts Techniques and Breathing Techniques from him. This made the Martial Artists even more grateful, bowing to Liu Zimo repeatedly. Just like Lou Yuchen when he first met Liu Zimo on the Celestial Terrace, they bowed low to the ground with deep trepidation and utmost reverence.

In their eyes, Advisor Liu of the Military Staff Department had practically become a selfless Saint and a gentleman who bestowed favors without expecting anything in return. No matter how respectful they were to him, it wouldn’t be excessive.

Liu Zimo responded to all of this with a smile. At the same time, he took the opportunity to encourage everyone, delivering some heavily clichéd, chicken-soup-like advice about how they must cultivate diligently in the future, strive to break through and advance as soon as possible, and not waste their prime years. He looked exactly like a boss painting grand illusions and pumping up his employees.

It was just as the saying went: the rose’s fragrance lingers on the hand that gives it. The opportunities and benefits he gave out would soon continuously turn into tangible Martial Arts Cultivation and Spiritual Power, returning to him doubled or even multiplied. Strictly speaking, he wasn’t bestowing favors; he was doing business! Moreover, it was a highly profitable business with absolutely no risk of loss!

He didn’t even care if the Martial Artists he personally trained would harbor ulterior motives and betray him in the future. Anyway, no matter how much these people improved, their progress in the Martial Dao could never be faster than his. If there really came a day when someone was blind enough to return his kindness with enmity and try to plot against him, Liu Zimo wouldn’t mind taking the opportunity to harvest another crop of fine leeks!