Chapter 181 – Feelings Tainted by Money

Su Hao asked doubtfully, “Difficult?”

Xiao Bu stated matter-of-factly, “Of course. In three days, Huiyang City will hold the Autumn Harvest Festival. At that time, it will require the presence of our leader, Life-Seed, to preside over it. It’s like this every year, so you’ll be able to see him then!”

Su Hao nodded, thinking to himself, “Still have to wait three days? That’s not unacceptable!”

Xiao Bu asked curiously, “Brother Wei, do you admire our leader Life-Seed a lot?”

Su Hao nodded, “I guess so. He’s quite amazing!”

Xiao Bu’s eyes sparkled as she said, “Yeah, our leader Life-Seed is the guardian god of Huiyang City! Everyone says that without our leader Life-Seed, Huiyang wouldn’t be what it is today.”

Perhaps sensing the doubt in Su Hao’s eyes, Xiao Bu proudly explained, “Huiyang City wasn’t like this before. I heard that in the past, Huiyang was very chaotic. Many Evolved Humans would cause destruction and fight everywhere, day and night, and many people died every day. But ever since our leader Life-Seed arrived, Huiyang has changed. It’s become like you see it now. Isn’t it great? I really like it here!”

Su Hao nodded, “What about the other ‘Seeds’? Don’t they protect Huiyang in harmony with Life-Seed?”

Xiao Bu continued, “I don’t know. But I’ve heard others say that as long as our leader Life-Seed is around, the three leaders, Clarity, Chang Child, and Tranquility, all get along peacefully. However, our leader Life-Seed is very old now. I don’t know how much longer he can last! Hehe, I don’t really understand what that means either, I just feel our leader Life-Seed is very important.”

If power and spirit are not passed down, then everything that has been built will eventually fade with time.

The Eastern Mausoleum Pavilion wasn’t close, but Xiao Bu accompanied Su Hao, talking as they walked. She didn’t feel tired at all. Instead, she was very excited that Su Hao was willing to walk and talk with her, and her gaze towards Su Hao became increasingly fervent.

This gaze, akin to a mating display, made Su Hao feel quite uncomfortable. He unconsciously moved a little further away, but to his surprise, Xiao Bu stuck to him like glue, following him everywhere and impossible to shake off.

Perhaps, this is the trouble of being handsome!

The saying, “You run, he chases; with wings, you still can’t escape,” is indeed true.

After Su Hao toured the Eastern Mausoleum Pavilion with Xiao Bu, he couldn’t stand it anymore and immediately said, “Xiao Bu! Thank you for telling me so much today. We’ll meet again!”

With that, he turned to leave immediately. Xiao Bu panicked and quickly ran up, grabbing Su Hao’s sleeve and asking, “You haven’t told me where I can find you!”

Su Hao calmly pulled his sleeve back and said, “No need to look for me. I’ll be leaving Huiyang City in a few days!”

He then ignored Xiao Bu and disappeared into the crowd.

Xiao Bu stared blankly at Su Hao’s disappearing back, feeling an unspeakable sense of loss. She really wanted to cry; it was a feeling of being abandoned.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Bu felt someone pat her shoulder from behind.

She snapped back to reality and turned around to look.

“Brother Wei!?”

Xiao Bu could hardly believe who she was seeing. This feeling of joy from finding what was lost made her instantly regain her energy.

Su Hao handed her a bag of money and said calmly, “Xiao Bu, thank you for taking me so far today. This is your payment, please accept it!”

After speaking, Su Hao turned again and merged into the crowd, disappearing once more.

Xiao Bu, holding the money bag in her hand, stood stunned on the spot. She felt that her emotions had been tainted by money.

A moment later, she shook the money bag in her hand and felt a hint of smugness: “This is quite a lot! A double harvest today, I really made out!”

……

Waiting three more days was perfectly fine. Moreover, Su Hao still needed to find people to inquire further about the Life-Seed’s ‘Autumn Harvest Festival’ and couldn’t just rely on the unreliable words of Xiao Bu.

Although the results he got were not entirely consistent, two points were the same: there would indeed be an ‘Autumn Harvest Festival’ in three days, and it was highly likely that the ‘Autumn Harvest Festival’ would be hosted by the Life-Seed, as in previous years.

Su Hao realized that after he killed the Clarity of a major force in Huiyang City, the city should have fallen into chaos but it was quickly quelled, showing how strong the Life-Seed’s control over Huiyang City was. The events in Huiyang City were still dominated by the Life-Seed.

Su Hao also noticed that more and more people were entering Huiyang City these past two days. Walking on the streets, it was almost shoulder to shoulder. If he hadn’t arrived three days earlier, he might not have even found a place to stay.

Furthermore, Su Hao’s radar detected an increasing number of powerful Level Six Evolved Humans.

This gave Su Hao a sense that something was unusual. He then recalled what the Earth Monarch killed in Linyuan City had said: the Life-Seed in Huiyang City was predicted to not have long to live, and they wanted to come and try their luck.

Now it seemed that not only Earth Monarchs from the Anliang City direction were coming to join the fun, but Earth Monarchs from the entire continent were likely gathering here, waiting for the Life-Seed to die.

Of course, it wasn’t just Earth Monarchs; other sequences of Level Six Evolved Humans had probably also come, anticipating the great battle and looking to profit from the chaos.

Don’t assume that because Su Hao’s evolution has always been smooth, it’s easy for ordinary Evolved Humans to evolve from Earth Monarch to Life-Seed. In reality, the mortality rate for ordinary Evolved Humans during evolution is quite high.

For them to evolve to the next level, they must continuously accumulate Blood Qi energy to a certain extent to use during the evolution.

Su Hao has a special way of accumulating Blood Qi, but people in this world do not. To accumulate and enhance Blood Qi, they must kill Evolved Humans of the same level and plunder gene fragments that enhance Blood Qi.

However, once they reach Level Six, it’s not easy to kill Evolved Humans of the same level. Some Level Six Evolved Humans can even stand still and withstand attacks without being harmed.

Therefore, for Level Six Evolved Humans, there are two major difficulties in evolving. The first is the accumulation of Blood Qi; if it doesn’t meet the standard, even consuming Level Seven flesh and blood will lead to death. The second is that after painstakingly accumulating enough Blood Qi, obtaining Level Seven Evolved Human flesh and blood is almost a pipe dream.

These two difficulties have halted the progress of the vast majority of Level Six Evolved Humans. Only the fortunate ones favored by destiny, commonly known as protagonists, can overcome these difficulties, ultimately achieve evolution, and successfully ascend to become Level Seven Evolved Humans.

Therefore, for those Level Six Evolved Humans who want to Evolve, the most important thing is to have access to information. They usually like to occupy a city, establish organizations to collect information for themselves, and then appear wherever there is activity.

Searching the world for opportunities to Evolve and achieve the continent’s top rank.

Su Hao sighed, “The ordinary people of Huiyang City hope that the Life-Seed lives well, but almost all the prepared Earth Monarchs hope that the Life-Seed dies.”

No matter how well he does, there will always be people who wish him well and people who wish him ill.

Su Hao has been doing nothing else these past two days, but has been traveling around, experiencing exotic customs and observing the myriad aspects of life.

The night before the ‘Autumn Harvest Festival’. In a study in the ‘Eastern Mausoleum Pavilion’.

An old man sat in the main seat. His head was shiny and bald, with short, curly, completely white beard. His face was full of wrinkles, and his skin looked dry and aged. The fine hairs on his ear tips had all fallen out. He looked like an ordinary old man, but his presence exuded an imposing aura, making it impossible to look him directly in the eye just by sitting there. Within this frail, aged body lay an unimaginable power, a power that once made countless Evolved Humans tremble in fear.

Even though he was old, no one dared to challenge his authority.

He was Huiyang City’s Life-Seed—Xiu!

Standing before the Life-Seed Xiu was a middle-aged man, his son, the Earth Monarch Ji.

The Life-Seed Xiu said nothing, merely pushing a tray forward.

The Earth Monarch Ji saw what was on the tray, his pupils contracted, and a jolt of electricity shot up his spine, immediately followed by an overwhelming sense of joy filling his heart. He knew this was the Life-Seed’s flesh and blood! By consuming it, he could Evolve into the ultimate form of the Shen Armor sequence, the Life-Seed, and he would become the new master of this city, a top figure in this world.

He had waited for this day for far too long.

However, the moment this excitement arose, he ruthlessly suppressed it, not daring to reveal the slightest hint. Instead, he feigned confusion and asked, “Boss Life-Seed, what is this…”

That’s right, as Xiu’s son, he didn’t even dare to call him father.

(End of Chapter)