Martial Arts are Too Involuted, and If You are Not Careful, You Can Quickly Pass the High Martial Arts

102: Crystal of dead silence, Zhao Xiong, you old bastard!The Disciple guarding the Beacon Tower looked at the mission information on it, confirmed it was correct, and nodded, saying, ”Classmate, have a safe journey!”

The shadow nodded, then quickly left the Barren Bone Fortress.

It wasn’t until the shadow reached a location ten kilometers away from the Barren Bone Fortress that he let out a cheer.

”Woohoo, that place is all mine!”

The silver moonlight poured down from the sky, illuminating the shadow and revealing Ye Chen’s appearance.

Indeed, this shadow was none other than Ye Chen.

A fervent glint appeared in Ye Chen’s eyes, and he quickly rushed towards the location where he had carried out his mission during the day.

”Hehe, I didn’t expect there to be such a concentrated area of Deathly Still Qi in that place. Perhaps... there are even Deathly Still Crystals inside!”

Ye Chen laughed foolishly, almost drooling from the corners of his mouth.

Indeed... that sixth-tier Vicious Beast didn’t just appear there by chance; rather, there was a place containing a lot of Deathly Still power there.

Ye Chen had heard from Gu Yunfei that the Vicious Beasts in the Barren Bone Space were all born from a place filled with Deathly Still Qi deep within the Barren Bone Space.

It was precisely because of this that these Vicious Beasts were extremely sensitive to Deathly Still Qi, and Deathly Still Qi was even a huge temptation for them.

That sixth-tier Vicious Beast had entered that area because it sensed the presence of Deathly Still Qi there, and was then detected by people from Star River Academy.

Thus, this mission came about.

As for the sixth-tier Vicious Beast being controlled by people from the Scarlet Church, that was purely a coincidence.

These Vicious Beasts were extremely sensitive to Deathly Still Qi, but Ye Chen’s System was even more sensitive, so the moment he entered that forest, Ye Chen detected a dense Deathly Still Qi.

He even... learned of the existence of Deathly Still Crystals from the System’s prompts.

The reason Ye Chen didn’t report it was simply because Deathly Still Crystals were extremely precious. According to Star River Academy’s regulations, once Deathly Still Crystals were found, they had to be handed over directly.

Of course, after handing them over, the Academy would also provide sufficient academic credits as compensation.

But for Ye Chen, academic credits were secondary; what was most important was the Deathly Still Crystals!

Deathly Still Crystals contained a lot of Deathly Still Qi, even more concentrated than the Deathly Still Qi within a sixth-tier Vicious Beast.

If he could let the System devour them, he would be able to greatly advance the progress of his Deathly Still Sword Intent.

At that time, his combat power would become even stronger.

Thinking of this, the excitement on Ye Chen’s face could no longer be concealed. He rubbed his hands and quickly rushed towards the location of the Deathly Still Crystals.

However, what Ye Chen didn’t know was that just where he had left, Zhao Xiong’s figure slowly emerged.

”Hmph, I knew this brat had ill intentions. I want to see what kind of treasure it is!”

Zhao Xiong snorted coldly and quickly followed Ye Chen.

Soon, Ye Chen arrived at the place where he had previously killed the sixth-tier Vicious Beast. Deeper within that forest, it was incredibly silent.

It even... gave people an extremely desolate feeling.

Ye Chen seemed to not notice anything, quickly rushing inside. Soon, he could see that the surrounding trees began to age and yellow, and even deeper in, these trees had already withered.

It was as if... their vitality had been drained.

Ye Chen advanced excitedly, while Zhao Xiong, who was following behind Ye Chen, had a strange expression on his face.

”Such a place lacking vitality, could it be... Deathly Still Crystals!”

Zhao Xiong raised his eyebrows slightly. He now understood why Ye Chen had concealed the situation and pushed all the blame onto the Scarlet Church.

”Good kid, you’re trying to pull one over on me!”

Zhao Xiong smiled, took a deep look at Ye Chen’s figure, and quickly followed.

”He’s still Li Chengfeng’s Disciple. His personality... is exactly the same as Li Chengfeng’s back then!”

Soon, Ye Chen arrived at the deepest part of the forest. At this moment, only withered yellow leaves covered the entire ground, and beneath the thick leaves, wisps of black Qi slowly emerged, continuously merging into the world.

When Ye Chen arrived here, a caption immediately appeared before his eyes.

”[Deathly Still Crystals detected. Do you wish to devour them?]”

Seeing this caption, Ye Chen’s eyes instantly became incredibly bright. He wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and pushed aside the thick withered yellow leaves in front of him.

This revealed a pitch-black ground, and those wisps of black Qi were indeed rising from deep within this pitch-black ground.

Ye Chen punched the ground, and the black ground instantly cracked open with a hideous fissure. Through the fissure, he could see that beneath the ground, there were black crystals, quietly standing there.

The black Qi was indeed emanating from these black crystals.

”One, two, three... nine!”

”Hahahaha, I’m rich, I’m rich!”

”Nine crystals, if I hand them over, that would be 900,000 academic credits!”

Ye Chen couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

At this moment, a faint voice sounded.

”Indeed, you’re rich. Go back; the Academy will give you 900,000 academic credits!”

Hearing this voice, the smile on Ye Chen’s face instantly became incredibly stiff. He turned his head with some difficulty and saw Zhao Xiong, who had appeared behind him at some unknown time.

At this moment, he was staring at Ye Chen with a half-smile.

”Teacher... Teacher Zhao!”

Ye Chen forced a stiff smile onto his face.

”Hahaha, good evening, Teacher Zhao. You’re also out for a stroll, huh!”

As Ye Chen spoke, he continuously kicked at the leaves with his feet, trying to hide the nine Deathly Still Crystals.

However, Zhao Xiong looked at Ye Chen and said with a smile, ”You’re quite something, strolling for three hundred kilometers. What good person is like you!”

Ye Chen fell silent. After a moment, he revealed a pained expression and said, ”Do I really have to hand over all of them?”

”Absolutely, no room for negotiation. Do you know how harmful Deathly Still Crystals are to the human body before they are purified?”

Zhao Xiong said unceremoniously.

”Moreover, Deathly Still Crystals have great research value, and each piece is an extremely rare item. The Academy still needs to use this stuff to research some things.”

”Besides... haven’t you been compensated with academic credits?”

Ye Chen fell silent. Yes, the Academy would compensate him, and the compensation wasn’t low, but for Ye Chen, these academic credits wouldn’t advance his Deathly Still Sword Intent.

The value was completely different, okay?

”How about this, I’ll keep half!”

Ye Chen haggled.

Zhao Xiong shook his head slightly.

”Three! I’ll just keep three!”

Zhao Xiong still shook his head.

”Two! Two should be fine, right!”

Zhao Xiong still shook his head.

”Hiss!”

Ye Chen gasped, his face showing a fierce look.

”Teacher Zhao, one! I have to keep at least one!”

Zhao Xiong looked at Ye Chen’s fierce expression and found it somewhat amusing.

”What? Are you perhaps thinking of attacking me?”

Ye Chen looked at Zhao Xiong, took a deep breath, and then said fiercely, ”Although I can’t beat you now, in the future, I will be able to beat you.”

”Teacher Zhao, think about it. Is it better to be given a hard time by me in the future or to let me keep one now?”

Ye Chen lifted his chin and said.

Zhao Xiong fell silent, sinking into deep thought.

He had thought Ye Chen had some other tricks up his sleeve, but it turned out... he was actually threatening him.

Zhao Xiong rubbed his fists and said with a smile, ”Before you can give me a hard time, it seems... I can give you a good beating.”

Ye Chen was stunned, then blurted out, ”Damn it, I almost forgot that move!”

Ye Chen quickly retreated, shouting, ”Zhao Xiong, you old bastard, however you treat me now, I’ll return it a hundredfold in the future!”

”If you punch me once, I’ll punch you a hundred times later. You’d better think carefully!”

”Also, my teacher is Li Chengfeng!”

Ye Chen retreated while shouting.

A line of black lines instantly appeared on Zhao Xiong’s forehead. He stared fiercely at Ye Chen.

”Such a promising Prodigy, and this is his character...”

For a moment, Zhao Xiong didn’t know what to say about Ye Chen.

In his helplessness, Zhao Xiong said, ”Alright, alright, I’ll let you keep one, alright!”

Zhao Xiong was truly getting fed up with Ye Chen and finally agreed.

Ye Chen’s eyes lit up. He quickly picked up a Deathly Still Crystal and said with a chuckle, ”Teacher Zhao, I’ll remember you. I’ll definitely treat you well in the future.”

Zhao Xiong’s mouth twitched slightly, and he slapped Ye Chen on the back of his head.

”Alright, now that you’ve got your stuff, get back. I haven’t even bothered with you sneaking out; don’t bother me here anymore!”

Ye Chen felt the pain but didn’t care. He chuckled, hugging the Deathly Still Crystal, and walked contentedly towards the Barren Bone Fortress.

Zhao Xiong watched Ye Chen’s departing figure, silent for a long time, and finally smiled.

”Heh heh, this brat’s personality... might just give that guy Li Chengfeng a good headache.”

”Tsk tsk, interesting, interesting!”

After speaking, Zhao Xiong stopped talking nonsense, put the remaining eight Deathly Still Crystals into his mystic ring, and also left the place... The next day, Gu Yunfei woke up to see Ye Chen sleeping beside him, hugging a Deathly Still Crystal, with a foolish smile on his face.

”Heh heh, crystals, mine... heh heh...”

Mutterings came from Ye Chen’s mouth, causing Gu Yunfei to fall silent. But soon, Gu Yunfei reacted.

”Wait, where the hell did this Deathly Still Crystal come from!”