Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 614 - 489: Eating Hot Pot

Chapter 614: Chapter 489: Eating Hot Pot

Sky.

On a plane.

The remote meeting was still going on.

The young lady in a long dress swirled her wine glass as she looked at the computer screen.

An excited voice came from the computer screen:

"To actually complete a day’s reincarnation task, it’s simply unprecedented."

"Ladies and gentlemen, aren’t you interested?"

"The rewards from the Naihe Bridge mission are unimaginable and might even include some of those legendary materials!"

The wine glass in the young lady’s hand paused.

She took a gentle sip with a hint of mockery on her face and said,

"Lion King, I remember that during the appeal earlier, you cast a dissenting vote."

The voice hesitated for a moment before becoming serious:

"I am the Combat King who wields the authority to eradicate evil and demons in the entire ’Virtual World.’"

"Now I suspect that the Honorable of All Worlds has abused public resources for personal gain, deceiving the ’Virtual World’ for high rewards, so—"

"I am going to meet him!"

"Who’s interested?"

A long silence ensued.

No one spoke.

The voice hummed dissatisfiedly, "Originally there were five Honorables, now there are six. The benefits we can get will be diluted—and yet, you are all afraid to approach him."

"Fine, let me weigh the true worth of this Honorable of All Worlds!"

"All his rewards are legendary treasures."

"He can’t monopolize them!"

...

"How pitiful you are to have such a tough job."

The woman added some tripe to the hot pot and, swishing it around, placed it into Wu Xiaode’s bowl, asking casually,

"Do you usually work 996?

Wu Xiaode sighed silently.

She seemed to really believe he was the Soul Hooker with the employee number 0962334.

However.

She also clearly knew exactly how many billion tons of gold he had.

"May I ask," he picked up some tripe, dipped it in sauce, and put it in his mouth, "with your strength, how come you didn’t notice that man approaching sooner?"

The woman raised her eyebrows and replied casually:

"I usually seal my own powers, otherwise I can’t live as a normal person, and that would spoil the fun."

Thinking of something, a smile appeared on her face as she said softly, "The first time I played violin on the street, someone came and threw money in the box, I didn’t know how happy I was at the time."

"Also, I was very happy holding a solo concert;"

"I was happy learning how to cook braised pork;"

"And I especially love driving. Once I save up enough money, I want to buy a small convertible and travel everywhere."

She leaned forward, a light smile on her face, pointing to her beautiful eyes.

"Look, when it starts to change, that means I’ve used a bit of my power."

Wu Xiaode glanced at her.

A faint golden light began to radiate from her eyes.

In an instant.

In the hot pot restaurant, everyone stopped talking; pedestrians outside stood still in confusion; a few cars on the street nearly collided.

The entire city fell silent.

—As if a divine being had appeared in the sky, out of an instinctive reverence, humans stopped any disrespectful actions.

The woman flicked her fingers gently through the air.

The cars slipped past each other and returned to their lanes.

Suddenly, the golden light in her eyes disappeared.

The noise in the hot pot restaurant returned.

People, unware of anything, continued their earlier conversations.

—In fact, everyone often naturally falls into pauses during conversations, so no one really minded the incident just now.

"Using power—even one thousandth will cause such an effect, so I usually don’t like to reveal my strength. I prefer to blend in with the crowd like this,"

the woman said.

Wu Xiaode nodded slightly.

Not bad.

She had a zest for life and liked the world of ordinary people.

In that case, he hadn’t made a mistake.

It was probably because she had sealed her own abilities that she could enjoy these ordinary pleasures.

In other words—

She rarely released her true power.

Just now, she had merely glanced at him and knew how much money he had.

But she didn’t look further.

—She subconsciously didn’t want to use her power.

So she believed he really was the Soul Hooker with the employee number 0962334.

Hmm.

What to do when the truth comes out later?

No, he would have to think of a solution for this later.

And speaking of which—

The hard work he was doing, where was the feel of being an Honorable of All Worlds, a controller of suppression and seal, a master of the Punishment Wand?

Could it be that Honorable of All Worlds is actually a euphemism for a working-class person?

Sigh.

There are still three more tomorrow.

Sigh. Sigh.

At this thought, Wu Xiaode couldn’t help but sigh continuously.

Seeing this, the woman couldn’t help but chuckle and picked up another chopstick of cooked meat for him.

—This guy really looked down on his luck, and it was quite amusing.

"I am Lan, but I have family in this world, so according to the traditions of this world, I have a surname. My full name is Jiang Shanglan."

"I am Wu Xiaode."

"Wu Xiaode?"

Wu Xiaode glared at her and said, "Martial as in martial arts, Xiao as in size, and De as in virtue."

"Oh... Right, today you’re supposed to ferry three souls, so how does someone like me who’s been resurrected count?" Jiang Shanglan asked.

"As long as your issue is resolved, that means my task is complete. Oh right, the task—"

Wu Xiaode’s eyes lit up, he moved the beverages and dipping sauce dishes aside, flipped open a notebook, and looked down at it.

Lines of small print had already emerged:

"Based on today’s task completion status, you have received double the reward."

"Details as follows:"

"One Holy Prison White Orchid Crystal, three Flowers Gems, and one bone from the Eternal Night."

Wu Xiaode was stunned.

What in the world is this?

I don’t recognize any of it! Right, even though I can’t summon the Book of the Dead, I can still use it in my sea of consciousness.

His mind willed it.

The Book of the Dead instantly unfolded within his sea of consciousness, revealing several lines of icy characters:

"These are rare treasures, only life forms of extremely high levels in the world category know how to use them."

"Neither the book nor the Bonephone 3 can decipher them."

—No good.

The gap is too large, I don’t even recognize them.

Did I do all this work for nothing?

While Wu Xiaode was trying to figure out a solution, he saw a pair of delicate and pretty fingers gently pull the notebook away from the table.

Across the hotpot, the lady opposite him smiled and said:

"Did you get paid?"

She glanced at the notebook, then at Wu Xiaode.

"That’s rough... tsk tsk, all junk items..."

"Kid, let me have a look at your world. Forget it, I’m fed up with your pretense. I’ll do it myself."

Jiang Shanglan snapped her fingers with a "pop."

A white jade riddled with cracks suddenly appeared next to Wu Xiaode.

"Your world is even more miserable than you! Tsk tsk, how do you even manage to get by."

Jiang Shanglan shook her head and casually made a hand gesture.

In an instant.

An invisible aura fell upon both Wu Xiaode and the white jade.

Wu Xiaode was slightly startled.

He found that he could no longer sense the aura of the white jade, nor could he sense his own aura.

The opponent’s skills were too advanced.

He couldn’t see through them at all.

He extended his chopsticks to pick up a meatball for her and asked:

"What did you just do?"

Jiang Shanglan disdainfully placed the meatball back into Wu Xiaode’s dish, saying:

"Don’t give me meat; I’m on a diet—What I just did was hide your strength, otherwise someone with terrible abilities like you would definitely get bullied."

She looked at him, growing more convinced of his identity.

"No one with strength less than mine will be able to see through you. That’s a bit of protection from me, consider it thanks for bringing me back to this ordinary life."

"...Thank you." Wu Xiaode said.

"Call me sister." Jiang Shanglan giggled.

"Cut it out, we are peers. Don’t look so dissatisfied, I’m paying for this meal." Wu Xiaode glared at her again.

"Yay! The kid is getting it." Jiang Shanglan expressed her satisfaction.

She pointed gently at Wu Xiaode’s white jade from afar.

In an instant.

Lines of icy characters suddenly sprouted on the Book of the Dead:

"???? has used the reward items you obtained."

"With incomprehensible skills and magic, your world: broken jade is gaining growth."

"Current effect generated:"

"Crimson Ya."

"Your world can replenish power through slaughter and achieve growth."

Jiang Shanglan frowned and said, "This power isn’t good, but luckily you have three Flowers Gems. We’ll think of something else—"

She made another hand gesture.

Once again, lines of icy characters emerged on the Book of the Dead:

"The other party has used up all the Holy Prison White Orchid Crystals and the bone from Eternal Night, and also spent three Flowers Gems to grant your world the following attribute; please choose:

"1, Crimson Ya."

"As previously stated."

"As the World Master, you will have the same effect: Bloodsuck."

"If you inflict damage on the enemy, you will receive an equivalent healing effect."

"2, Resilience."

"Your world will become tough and flexible, unaffected by any cracks and not easily shattered by ordinary attacks."

"You gain the same effect: Iron Body."

"Any power that kills you will put you into the ’Iron Body’ state, immune to all control effects for 10 seconds, and you will not die."

"3, Levitation."

"Your world will unleash unpredictable magic in combat to attack your enemies."

"You also gain the same effect: Summon Evil Spirit."

"During combat, you will randomly summon evil spirits to assist you in attacking."

Wu Xiaode quickly read through.

World-category beings actually possess such powers!

—The strength of a world brings additional special skills, greatly enhancing the combat power of world-category life forms!

Jiang Shanglan took a sip of her drink and said indifferently, "You know which one to choose, right?"

"I do," Wu Xiaode replied directly, "I choose 2."

No sooner had he spoken than the various cracks on the white jade began to slowly close and numerous ones disappeared on the spot.

With the "Resilience" world attribute—

It was healing!