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Chapter 257: Another 'Strike' Relic and the Most Important 'Stepping Stone'

[Minister] looked at Fang Yi with admiration in his eyes.

For the first time, the fat lion felt that they had met too late.

[This kind of person is really useful. His talent and intelligence are rare in the world. Unfortunately, he came at the wrong time. I don't plan to stay here anymore, so I have no choice but to sacrifice him.]

[I hope that after using that potion multiple times, he won't have any major brain problems before I complete my plan.]

After suppressing the emotion in his heart, the [Minister] told Fang Yi the conditions he had offered to Bud.

"My conditions are: a canal will be introduced into the venue of the [Martial Arts Tournament] to serve as a boundary between the two warring parties.

"That is to say, in this environment, with the blessing of the Imperial Gear, Riva, who has confirmed his participation, will become extremely powerful, so powerful that most people will not be able to defeat him.

"Esdeath's strength in this tournament is exceptional. To prevent those unlucky enough to encounter her and be quickly eliminated, she will participate in a special way.

"So, you have to find a way to defeat Liwa first and then climb into the finals."

Fang Yi nodded. He also guessed that only under such conditions would Bud agree to take away Yuan Qi's competition quota in exchange.

Liva is Bud's trusted deputy. After observing his moves, Fang Yi has a clear understanding of his strength.

As long as there is water, if you don't plan to escape but fight to the end, it will definitely be an extremely difficult battle.

With the blessing of [Imperial Weapon] [Water Dragon Possession·Black Marlin], the opponent's strength will undergo a qualitative change.

The attacks and defenses launched by manipulating water are not affected by "momentum".

In addition to the offensive and defensive [Imperial Weapon] in a water-rich environment, the opponent also has the "momentum" to the extent of [familiarity].

In Fang Yi's mind, this general's strength in this environment is stronger than Zhu Tian and Ling Lu who is going to die tonight.

If he wants to defeat his opponent as [Imperial Youth Fang Yi] without using consumables, he needs to make himself stronger through some means.

For example, repairing [Evil Ghost Haunting], advancing the progress of strengthening the skills, and improving "momentum".

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It was obvious that the [Minister] also understood that Fang Yi was definitely no match for Liva at the moment, so he explained to Fang Yi the reasons why he did this.

"Right now, due to some unknown factors, I have no choice but to reveal your identity in advance and provide you with more material assistance to catalyze your growth.

"Although Bud admires you very much, he must have noticed something of my plan. He will definitely have his men participating in the conference do their best to stop you.

"The best way I can do to improve your chances of winning is to change your potential opponent from Yuan Qi to Liwa.

"The rest depends on you. Improving your Momentum beyond [Slightly Successful] will basically depend on your own efforts. Perhaps Esdeath will have some techniques to teach you."

Fang Yi nodded to indicate that he understood.

The [Minister] gave Fang Yi a small note and a key, indicating that the flesh and blood of the dangerous species and the collection would remain in Fang Yi's residence.

The huge amount of gold and silver will be temporarily stored in a secret mansion, and Fang Yi can access it at any time.

After saying all this, the [Minister] hurried out of the door with Fang Yi's courtesy and began to discuss the relevant matters of the [Martial Arts Competition] with Bud.

Fang Yi plans to use the "telepathic communication" ability brought by the relic to get the "strategy" for his sister from Miss Assassin, and then he will prepare to participate in the first meeting of the Hunter.

He should be able to get some gold coins from the female general along the way.

After politely seeing the [Minister] off, Fang Yi returned to his residence and caught a glimpse of a strange yet familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.

Hooked nose, squinty eyes, and a body nearly two meters tall.

It was Yuan Qi who was using the [Human Pill Method] to investigate Fang Yi.

Fang Yi couldn't help but mutter a few words in his heart.

"You're Yuan Qi, right? You're collecting my information now? Do you value me so much?"

[This guy seems to be quite someone special. I'll have to ask Kohler for information later.]

Fang Yi pretended not to notice Yuan Qi and did not stay in the other's sight, but quickly returned to the mansion.

He first needed to study the Minister's alchemical potion, which was a bit strange and might be related to dangerous species.

At the same time, he made a "telephone call" with Miss Assassin to arrange tonight's hunting operation and obtain information about [Black Eye].

I also want Miss Shinobu Kocho to try to 'borrow' a few of my own medicine formulas and start working.

Finally, I have to meet the female general and meet with the members of the Hunters.

His schedule is really full.

But Fang Yi, who turned around and left, did not notice that Yuan Qi was looking at him with a slightly angry look not far away.
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Yuan Qi, who had just finished dealing with matters related to the dead guards and finally found an opportunity to get close to Bud, paid half of the "fuel" to start investigating Fang Yi, was caught off guard and suffered a loss.

Now, looking at Fang Yi who had just left after giving the [Minister] a gift, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

As Fang Yi stopped staying in his sight, a prompt sounded in his ears.

"Due to 'insufficient fuel', this exploration is in energy-saving mode."

"Warning, you are too far away from the target of exploration. The target of exploration has disappeared from your sight. The data collected this time is too little. The exploration is terminated."

After watching as the "fuel" that was luckily collected from the corpses of the guards was instantly swallowed up by the [Human Pill Method], but nothing was found.

Yuan Qi couldn't help but feel angry.

[This crappy relic was misjudged the first time I encountered it, causing me to waste a lot of time.]

Now they are using this ridiculous excuse of a 'strike'. How absurd!

But after just a few seconds, Yuan Qi calmed down.

He also knew that taking out his anger on this artificial intelligence-like [Human Pill Method] was a very useless and time-wasting behavior.

The life experiences of the past twenty-six years have taught him one thing:

Many times when doing something important, luck will not be on my side for someone with my luck and background.

Just like this failed exploration.

But this is the dividing point that divides people into "strong" and "weak".

Those who choose to go with the flow, waste time lamenting their bad luck, and start to feel sorry for themselves are undoubtedly "weaklings" who will be stepped on by themselves.

Those who, like me, try their best to seize every opportunity, break the shackles of luck and achieve their goals are the "strong ones".

In other words, as long as you can become strong enough, you can naturally reverse the so-called "luck" that is unfavorable to you.

Even in an unfavorable situation, without the blessing of luck.

But as long as you persist in fighting against fate and are not content with the status quo, you will never give up.

One day, fate will favor you and allow you to soar to the sky.

And then achieve your goals, step on more people and climb higher.

This is the "stronger the stronger the luck" theory that Yuan Qi has always believed in and practiced.

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Yuan Qi watched Fang Yi leave and felt something vaguely:

Although it cannot be confirmed 100%, the other party must be his hunting target.

But he had a strong premonition that this hunting mission might be the greatest "trial" in his life, one that could change his destiny. Killing the target and completing the "trial" would grant him the "relic" he possessed, which would allow him to enter a new realm of life.

This hunting target will be the most important 'stepping stone' in his life.

And now, this is the moment when so-called 'fate' favors him.

With an overwhelming advantage, I am facing a reincarnationist who has just left Rank 1. All I have to do is collect intelligence rigorously and not make any mistakes.

Wait patiently until 'halfway through the mission' to complete this hunting mission.

He still has this patience.

After all, such patience and waiting were commonplace in his past life.

It took Yuan Qi five years to transform his life from an orphan with no parents and an orphanage that was about to go bankrupt into a handyman in a pharmacy where he was bullied but could still make ends meet and occasionally learn martial arts.

During these five years, he used deception, robbery and other means to trample on several "weaklings" whom he regarded as "stepping stones".

Relying on the extremely foolish kindness radiated by these "stepping stones", he was lucky enough to become a handyman in one of Yuan Zhongli's many industries, a pharmacy.

It took Yuan Qi three years to transform himself from a clerk in a medicine shop whose life was predictable to him, to a servant with poor talent who could only practice horizontal training.

Of course, this time, there were even more 'stepping stones' to step on, so many that Yuan Qi could no longer remember the faces of those 'stepping stones' that he had killed and squeezed out of their usefulness.

It took him half a year to transform from a servant into a reincarnation, and then obtain the relic [Human Pill Method] to become a thug that Yuan Zhongli could trust.

At this point, eight and a half years of persistence have allowed him to make a leap in class and climb to a height that many people cannot reach.

And now, he will spend half of the mission world's time to complete this "trial" so that he can climb a little higher.

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After recalling his past experiences and controlling his temper, Yuan Qi began to think about his next plan.

"Based on the intelligence Kohler and I have gathered, many of the reincarnations in the main god space can basically be ruled out as suspects.

"Although Fang Yi is the most suspicious person, we cannot rule out the possibility that other reincarnations are hiding something.

"When the 'fuel' of the [Human Pill Method] is insufficient and can only be used for one exploration, and there's no way to replenish it without killing someone, we need to find a way to get close to the enemy and explore their background.

"[Martial Arts Tournament] is a great way to not only avoid arousing suspicion, but also to force out some details about the opponent through fighting, and to get a close look at the opponent."

Yuan Qi looked at Bud who was talking with the [Minister], and something in his heart moved.

“I remember Budd said that as long as one is qualified, one can choose different opponents or designate a test officer to challenge during the audition stage.

“You can advance if you win a certain number of matches within the specified time.

“The opponent cannot refuse my challenge. If he refuses to fight, he will be disqualified.

"So this is a good opportunity to check out each other."

Yuan Qi looked at Bud and the [Minister] walking away and felt that he was safe.

At this moment, he still had no idea that the next thing the [Minister] was going to discuss with Bud was to disqualify him from the competition.

At the same time, a hidden instruction like this was running in the [Human Pill Method] which looked like a microchip in his personal space.

[In accordance with Rule 3, the second attempt to detect a high-privilege user by a low-privilege user was rejected by showing reasonable grounds to the low-privilege user.]
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It was noon on the sixth day of entering the mission world.

Fang Yi cooked a piece of the flesh and blood of the dangerous species brought by the [Minister] and felt the unique flavor of the flesh and blood of the dangerous species.

After applying the buff [Greatly Increased Speed ​​of Practicing Horizontal Training Techniques].

He took out another [Epic] quality pill that he had obtained after the female alchemist's fierce "knock bones and suck essence" and swallowed it in one gulp.

两相叠加之下，成功让自己的【虎啸金钟罩】提升至【lv4】等级所需求的庞大积分削减到了50000积分，并让积分-1、-1、-1的速度再度加快。

After completing these routine tasks, Fang Yi began to investigate the 'precious' alchemical potion that the [Minister] had given him directly.
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【Dotya's Flesh and Blood Restoration Potion】

Category: Supplies
Quality: Second-class excellent

Origin: Unknown world, developed and produced by alchemist [Dotya].

Conditions of use: oral, external application

Effect 1:

After swallowing it, the user can quickly recover from limb damage and heal his own injuries.

[Unknown effect, requires mastering a higher level of [Medicine Making] skills to identify.]

Effect 2:

[Unknown buff effect, requires higher-level [Drug Analysis] talents and traits to identify.]

Summary:
The application of the alchemist Dotya's many years of research results seems to have applied knowledge related to alchemy.

This drug has unknown functions that drug developers have never thought of.

Evaluation:

[Unknown full picture, no comment]
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It cannot be said that the display properties of space are completely useless; it can only be said that they are completely useless.

It’s as good as saying nothing after sending a few messages.

Obviously, the [unknown effect] of this somewhat "weird" medicine is likely to be something deceptive like [Ryomen Sukuna's Finger].

Fang Yi felt that it would be better to find an opportunity to let Shinobu Kocho, the alchemist and drug development expert, make a judgment on this matter.

Professional matters should be left to professionals, and he only needs to be responsible for "controlling" professional talents.

After finishing the work at hand, Fang Yi felt that it was time to communicate with the assassin lady, and at the same time see if the formula he mastered could be quickly "lent" to the female alchemist through [Diligent Learning and Improvement].

Soon, Fang Yi used [Relics] and [Severed Bonds] to activate [Two Hearts Separated] and made a 'mind communication' call to the assassin lady in the far suburbs.

Then, after two connection prompts, Miss Assassin quickly answered the 'phone call'.

Feeling that the other party's wrist was a little tired, Fang Yi, whose [Breath of the Sun·Strength] was also "borrowed", quickly realized that the assassin lady was practicing swordsmanship.

Therefore, he chose to get straight to the point.

“I need your help.

"Tonight, I will once again 'return evil'."

He did not ask Fang Yi who the enemy was, nor did he ask Fang Yi how strong the enemy was.

As soon as Fang Yi finished speaking, Miss Assassin gave her response without hesitation.

"Okay, time and place, I'll come to the appointment."

Fang Yi couldn't help but sigh, and then passed on another message.

"I will meet your sister this afternoon.

“I have already obtained the prescriptions for the medications she is taking, and I also have corresponding solutions for the various ailments she has.

"How can I approach her and gain her trust?"

The assassin lady on the other end of the call did not respond immediately, but fell into a rare silence.

(End of this chapter)