Chapter 400 - The Great Green Insect Containing a Universe Within It

Fang Ning was curious and slipped into the Alchemy Lab to spectate.

In the room, a fire crackled as it produced wisps of smoke, accompanied with a herbal scent.

“According to you, Chong Daqing was hurt by the Maxim of Causality. This black thing is just like a condiment that, at most, could be used as an appetizer. They have absolutely nothing in common…”

The System did not answer, but a system notification popped up.

System Notification: [The System consumed 1,700,000,000 experience points to raise Alchemy to Legendary-level.]

“Damn, how much experience points do you have? You’re spending so much. I’m telling you, I won’t be coughing up for this expenditure, you’re bearing this alone…” Fang Ning said in surprise.

“Oh, accounting for the 1.5 billion from beating the Zhi Nan avatar, after using this much, I have 3.08 billion experience points left. Actually, you could afford it, Billionaire Host. Your precious book is wandering in Zhi Nan’s Paradise Realm and currently has 1.2experience points. The more you hoard money, the more inflated it is, and it’s the same with experience points. So take it out and let me use them now.” The System immediately whined about being poor.

“You have so much more… I won’t give you now. Use your own, it wasn’t easy for my baby game book to save up all that experience, we have to save it for emergencies.” Hearing what the System said, Fang Ning was relieved.

He had to save up. The System never valued the bigger picture, it would squander the money as soon as it had any.

In many cases, storing power for future use was better than using them up.

In numerous warfare texts, it was said that one should disguise the weak points and appear weak where one was strong. The System’s strength was in storing its power to utilize when its enemies least expect it. Even Zhi Nan was blindsided by that.

“Dammit, being an honest system is so disadvantageous. I should’ve ignored a zero and said I only have 80 million experience points so you would sponsor me…” The System was not happy.

“Hehe, your method of ignoring a zero was just like you.” Fang Ning rolled his eyes.

While they were bantering, another system notification popped up.

[The System consumed 3,000,000 experience points, a tiny chunk of the rare item Boundless Ocean Stone, and many high-quality Vitality Herbs to create a legendary pill Empyrean Pill.]

[Effect: After consumption, the taker’s intellectual ability will achieve the ultimate state of ‘containment of an entire universe in one’s chest, the inhalation of mountains and rivers, understanding the study of the universe as well as the ground on which we stand’ for two hours.]

Fang Ning was curious. “This is not a digestion aid tablet, what can it do for Chong Daqing?”

“Of course it would help. You won’t understand until you eat it.” The System said in a mixed emotion of pride and distress, “I just don’t know what price to set it. That green insect is someone familiar, I shouldn’t loot a burning house.”

“You’re right. Even you understand that reasoning now, what a huge achievement in social intelligence.” Fang Ning was stressed about this change in the System.

It had only been a while, and he already needed to consider the System a changed system. ‘I need to keep up the constant vigilance so I could keep my advantages.’

“Stop sucking up to me. I’m different from you humans, it won’t work on me. What price do you think I should charge?” said the System discontentedly.

“Free, of course. The great green insect is so cute, how could you kick it when it’s down?” Fang Ning said nonchalantly.

System Notification: [The System saw through the Host’s wordplay and thought the Hose to have ulterior motives.]

“You’re doing it again.”

“Tell me the truth.”

“Stop sending me faux-notifications,” Fang Ning said helplessly. “I’ll tell you. Daqing’s new ability is very potent, however, it was limited by Daqing’s ability to digest. Questions that are too deep can’t be digested by it and would cause it to have a stomachache. But now, having your Empyrean Pill, can you imagine how bright its future is?”

“I knew you were thinking of something, but I don’t understand. Hint?” The System answered honestly.

“You can be so dumb sometimes! So many questions about science and cultivation… oh, that’s right. Asking you those questions is like talking to a wall, no wonder you couldn’t solve the questions.” Fang Ning seized the opportunity to tease the System.

“So what if that’s true? I’m not a scientist, and I wouldn’t get troubled by questions of cultivation as long as I have the experience…” The System whined.

“Hehe, if I say that after those questions are solved, it will open up the door to mountains of riches, would that concern you?”

“What? Mountains of riches? Oh, I know. I have to make the great green insect my follower. Mr. Big Spender, your foresight is always so accurate,” said the System in realization.

System Notification: [The System consumed a titanic amount of experience points and leveled up to level 55. Amount of Vital Energy increased, Health increased. The Followers limit was increased by 1, basic Aggro Bar increased by 2.]

[Followers limit is currently 7 with 6 occupied. The System refused XX, XXX, XX… as its Followers, the System accepted Chong Daqing as its Follower…]

“Hehe, this is so you. I’m just wondering what it meant by ‘titanic amount’? It had never shown up before.” Fang Ning asked.

“Don’t worry about it, you just wait for my report. I’m an honest system, I wouldn’t lie to you.” The System tried to change the subject.

“I know, you don’t lie, but you will distract me with some other expenditure,” said Fang Ning with an unimpressed look/

At this point, Chong Daqing trembled. When it looked at Vigilante A who was spacing out again, it felt as if he was much more familiar.

‘That’s weird, it had been a while since he had bought me food, but why do I feel that about him?

‘What a mystery, I can’t figure it out…

‘Oh right, must be because he had saved me.’

As the great green insect came to consciousness, Vigilante A had come out of his spaced-out state as well.

He was holding a black pill in his palm, and said with an unusually kind tone, “Daqing, this is an Empyrean Pill that has an incredible effect. After eating it, you will feel much better, much more intelligent like you are holding the knowledge of an entire universe in your chest. That difficult question just now would be easy to solve. After you have digested the question, you will no longer get stomachache because of indigestion.”

Chong Daqing stared at the jet black pill and quickly hid as it shook its head. “I don’t dare.”

“Oh, no choice then. When your stomach starts hurting again, you would want it naturally. Remember, you only have six hours.”

“Ah?” said the great green insect, “Great Azure Dragon, can you add a little honey or sugarcoat it or something?”

“The secular always liked to numb themselves from the bitterness of life and think that everything under a coating of sweetness is good. They never stopped to think that with a coat of sugar on top, the bitterness is gone, and so is the effectiveness of the pill.” Vigilante A shook his head.

Fang Ning asked curiously, “Sir, this is an easy job, why are you giving an excuse to not do it? This is probably something you got from the internet, isn’t it? We don’t even know if it’s real.”

“Isn’t it understood? The pill is already completed, if I put it back into the cauldron to make it a honey-flavored pill, not only is it spending my experience points, what if it messed up? A pill is three million experience points!”

“Hehe, I knew it.”

Bodhisattva Spirit King began to console Chong Daqing, “Daqing, good medicines are always the bitter ones. Don’t you remember how much pain you were in? You have a wide mouth, as long as you close your eyes and swallow it immediately, you wouldn’t taste the bitterness.”

“Fine, all of you were saying the same thing,” said the green insect, “I’ll eat it, alright?”

After saying that, it opened its mouth and immediately swallowed the black pill. Following that was an intense quietness.

Soon, the quietness spread all around the Divine Gate.

A mystical aura burst out of the insect the size of a palm!

Many powerhouses felt the aura and turned their gaze to the green insect, scanning with their spiritual sense.

A whirlpool with silver-colored strands appeared on the great green insect’s body.

It was the shape of the universe!

The great green insect was glowing with a universe contained within it…