**Chapter 30: Did you expect this? This is my escape route!**
The moment Yun Zhonghe obtained the black stone, he felt a warm power spreading in his palm.
This stone was definitely not ordinary!
Yun Zhonghe had anticipated this; after all, it was selected by Huang Aotian. As a son of the realm, randomly picking up treasures was just a normal operation. That’s why he let Huang Aotian buy whatever she wanted for him.
In the game, most items spawn at random, with only a few fixed ones appearing in specific locations, which Yun Zhonghe could easily obtain based on his experience.
But for those randomly spawning items, he couldn’t rely on gaming experience at all.
However, if it was Huang Aotian making the purchase, that was a different story; what she bought was either a treasure or at least a useful item.
So, when he let Mu Jixue buy stuff casually, it wasn’t just a wild guess.
After all, they’re good buddies! Can’t let a little luck go to waste, right? Just borrowing your fortunes for a bit!
Bring it on!
At first glance, it seemed like Yun Zhonghe wasn’t profiting much, but in reality, he was cashing in like crazy.
With a subtle infiltration of his spiritual energy, he uncovered the secret hidden within.
The Book of Prophecy not only had the ability to foresee the future and notify the host but also came with a boost to the host’s spiritual energy. Yun Zhonghe’s perception was definitely stronger than Mu Jixue or Lin Zhongyu’s.
What they couldn’t perceive, he could sneak a peek at. He realized it was actually a memory stone recording a fragment of a sword technique.
The Infinity Sword Technique, a mid-tier earth-level mystical skill, contained a total of thirty-six moves!
Whoa!
Yun Zhonghe’s heart jolted.
Mid-tier earth-level mystical skill?! That’s in the fourth-grade realm, and there are thirty-six sword moves—double the Eight Desolate Sword Technique!
He felt his scalp tingle; as expected of Huang Aotian, even her random finds were top-notch.
But how could such a lowly newbie village produce a fourth-grade item?
In the next second, he relaxed; it turned out this Infinity Sword Technique wasn’t the complete version but a fragment, and it was broken to the point of being nearly useless. The memory stone retained only the first twelve sword moves.
Just one-third of the original.
Given its incomplete state, it likely rated as a high-quality yellow-grade technique, barely stronger than Yun Zhonghe’s Sky Piercing Nine Swords.
However, since it was an earth-level sword technique, the consumption was huge, making it not very practical.
“But I still have to admire Huang Aotian’s luck.”
After all, it was still a fragment of an earth-level sword technique—even the Yun family didn’t possess half of one.
Indeed, sticking with Huang Aotian guaranteed some meat to eat; even before they became real friends, he was already savoring the sweetness. Who knows what’s next?
One day, this yellow-haired fellow will be your affectionate friend!
At that moment, Yun Zhonghe’s eyes sparkled with excitement, unable to suppress his joy in his expression.
Mu Jixue, feeling a bit bashful after giving a gift to a guy, turned her face away and didn’t notice anything.
Only Lin Zhongyu, who had been watching Yun Zhonghe closely, sensed something was off.
All along, when they hung out, Yun Zhonghe always wore a nonchalant expression, but today he had the look of genuine happiness on his face.
“Yun bro… he’s so happy?”
Lin Zhongyu couldn’t help but mutter to herself. It was her first time witnessing Yun Zhonghe’s joy.
Suddenly, she started feeling a strange and complex emotion creeping into her heart.
How odd, it should be a good thing that Jixue is apologizing, and Yun bro accepting it should be a relief for everyone. So why couldn’t she feel happy?
She felt as if something was being lost.
Lin Zhongyu fell silent, confused about her feelings. Both Mu Jixue and Yun Zhonghe were the most important people to her.
They should be happy together; she ought to be the one feeling the most joy.
Not understanding, Lin Zhongyu felt she shouldn’t dwell on this, or she’d come off as petty. She should shake off this wrong thought.
After gathering her emotions and looking at Yun Zhonghe again, she found him back to his usual distant demeanor.
Hmm… maybe she just misread the situation.
“I really like this; I’ll treasure it even more.”
Just as he recovered from his moment of joy, he quickly composed himself, expressing his thanks and tucking the black stone away.
When Mu Jixue saw that he had truly accepted it, she couldn’t help but wiggle her dainty pink nose, looking a bit proud: “It’s just a slightly spirited stone, no need to be so rarefied.”
“Not at all! This is my first gift, and I’m so happy! So, these dan pills are my return gift; you must take good care of them!”
Saying that, Yun Zhonghe pulled out a large bottle of dan pills from his robes.
Both Mu Jixue and Lin Zhongyu were dumbfounded.
Yun Zhonghe chuckled inwardly: Did you expect this? This is my real intention!
Under the pretext of a return gift, he handed out dan pills. How could Huang Aotian’s leveling up be slow now?
Everything is part of Yun Zhonghe’s scheme.
He stuffed the large and small bottles of dan pills into Mu Jixue’s hands, making sure not to forget Lin Zhongyu. If Huang Aotian got gifts, the female leads should definitely have theirs too!
In that moment, Mu Jixue and Lin Zhongyu were like: O.O??
Vitality pills, Qi gathering powder, pure spirit liquid… all precious pills that enhance cultivation or speed up training—worth their weight in gold!
Lin Zhongyu panicked and hurriedly tried to return the dan pills to Yun Zhonghe.
“Yun bro, this is too much! We’re apologizing; we can’t accept such a precious thing from you…”
Even Mu Jixue was stunned. Though she had already been designated as an Xuantian Sect disciple, she had never received so many dan pills.
The game’s design usually didn’t hand out too many dan pills for free; players needed to earn their resources by battling monsters.
But Yun Zhonghe wasn’t interested in waiting. He intended to fill Mu Jixue up with dan pills so that foundation establishment liquid would overflow from her body!
So, this was just the beginning; if he had known Huang Aotian would come to apologize, he would have prepared more and better dan pills—giving them one-grade stuff for candy wouldn’t be a problem since he could afford it!
And now Lin Zhongyu and Mu Jixue wanting to return them? Not a chance!
Yun Zhonghe narrowed his eyes, his tone throbbing with authority, almost to the point of being a command: “I don’t accept returns on things I gift. If you insist, then you look down on me, Yun Zhonghe!”
At that moment, he was nailing the villainous role perfectly.
But… Mu Jixue and Lin Zhongyu couldn’t get mad.
Seriously, is this how we play the game?
But Lin Zhongyu already unconditionally accepted it.
This is how Yun bro should look!
Poor kids, brainwashed by Yun Zhonghe’s disguise, and now their good friend was also caught in the mess.
“Jixue, let’s just accept it quickly, or else Yun bro will definitely get mad, and all your efforts to apologize will be wasted.”
“Ah?”
Lin Zhongyu remembered being scolded by Yun Zhonghe at the back mountain and quickly tugged at Mu Jixue.
Mu Jixue was entirely baffled.
Inside her head, Mu Jixue was like: Wait… what kind of new game is this? Why can’t I make sense of it at all?
