"Chi chi chi chi chi!"
Inside the alley, the big golden rat kept waving its paws frantically while squeaking at Zhao Xuan.
"What?"
Zhao Xuan's eyes sharpened.
"You want me to follow you somewhere? And that place has a lot of things I like?"
"Chi chi! (Yes, yes, yes!)"
The golden rat nodded rapidly.
"A lot of things I like?"
Zhao Xuan narrowed his eyes.
"Chi chi chi chi! (The kind of grass you were carrying around like an idiot before!)"
"Spirit herbs and medicines?!"
Zhao Xuan's expression changed instantly.
"A lot?"
"Chi chi chi! (A lot, a lot!)"
The rat nodded eagerly.
"Besides spirit herbs, is there anything else?"
As he spoke, Zhao Xuan took out a Life Stone and held it up.
"For example, this kind of stone?"
His eyes locked onto the rat.
Truthfully, Zhao Xuan no longer cared much about spirit herbs.
Compared to Life Stones, their value was much lower.
One ordinary Life Stone was worth a billion.
Most herbs were only worth tens of millions at best unless they were special.
"Chi chi chi chi! (This teeth-grinding stone? Yes, yes! Quite a lot of those too!)"
The golden rat responded immediately.
"Really?!"
Zhao Xuan's eyes lit up.
"Chi! (Really!)"
Joy surged in Zhao Xuan's heart.
But then—
Doubt followed.
"Wait. Hold on."
He frowned.
"Is this place dangerous?"
This was the City of Life.
An ancient city where Eighth-Rank Golden Guards roamed everywhere.
A place filled with herbs and Life Stones? Anyone with a brain would know something was off.
"Chi chi chi!"
The golden rat squeaked rapidly.
"You mean… for the old me, it would've been dangerous. But for the current me, it's not that dangerous?"
"Chi! (Yes!) As long as you're careful, nothing will happen!"
"In that case, lead the way."
Zhao Xuan said.
Then suddenly—
A thought struck him.
"Wait. Wait."
He stared at the rat.
"You can now judge someone's strength from the residual scent they leave behind?"
"Chi! (Yes!)"
"But didn't you say you needed to break through before you could do that?"
A bold guess formed in Zhao Xuan's mind.
"Don't tell me… you broke through?!"
"Chi! (Yes!)"
The rat nodded proudly.
"Chi chi! (I took a nap. When I woke up, my nose was stronger!)"
It lifted its head high, puffed out its chest, and wore an extremely smug expression.
"Damn it!!"
Zhao Xuan couldn't help swearing.
"This is ridiculous. I burned through 135 billion worth of resources and over ten hours to increase my strength, and you… you just slept and broke through?!"
His mental balance was shattered.
"Chi chi! (Naturally!)"
The rat looked like it was saying, basic operation, don't make a fuss.
So smug.
So unbearably smug.
Zhao Xuan's mouth twitched.
Then suddenly he said,
"Actually… I don't feel like going to that place anymore."
"Chi chi chi!!"
The golden rat panicked immediately.
"Not going. I'm emotionally hurt. I'm going back to train for a few more hours."
He opened the relic space entrance as if about to step in.
"Chi!"
A flash of gold.
The rat instantly blocked his path.
It squeaked pitifully, looking like it knew it had done wrong.
"Hah. Keep showing off now. Why'd you stop? Think I can't deal with you?"
Zhao Xuan grinned.
He already understood this rat's personality.
A classic case of no profit, no movement.
Normally, he had to bribe it with cactus flowers to get help.
But now?
The rat rushed over, said nothing about payment, and was this desperate to drag him there.
Zhao Xuan didn't need to think to know—
Besides herbs and Life Stones, there must be something there that the rat desperately wanted.
That was why he could make it surrender so easily.
"What could it be that makes you this desperate…"
Zhao Xuan wondered.
Then he smiled.
"Alright, alright. Lead the way."
The rat was overjoyed.
"Chi chi! This way! This way!"
It flew off immediately.
Zhao Xuan followed.
But they hadn't gone far—
When suddenly, a group of people appeared ahead.
Both sides froze for a moment.
Then—
The expressions of those six people instantly turned ugly.
"Zhao Xuan!"
"It's Zhao Xuan!"
"Run!!"
They shouted and turned to flee.
Zhao Xuan smiled coldly.
"Felimon, your luck isn't very good."
"I was planning to deal with the rat's matter first, and then slowly come find you one by one."
"But since you delivered yourselves to me…"
"That saves me the trouble."
"Perfect timing."
"I'll use you to test my current strength."
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