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Chapter 435 - 106: The Teacher’s Kindness

Chapter 435: Chapter 106: The Teacher’s Kindness

Gu Pan rolled her eyes.

The way the other person clung to the gift she had given was, to speak or not to speak, actually quite pleasing and filled one with the joy of helping others.

But his revealed true self greatly displeased her.

"Oh, calling me ’teacher’ when asking for help, but using my name directly once you have what you want, right?"

Such impolite behavior.

A backstabber after crossing the bridge!

As she fumed over these thoughts, she saw Xu Shu open the Promotion Drive and operate it for a while before he stared intently at the screen, showing a grief-stricken expression.

"What’s wrong?" Gu Pan asked curiously, wanting to lean over and see what had happened.

However, Xu Shu decisively turned away, preventing her from peeking and simultaneously showing an utterly disheartened face, "Nothing, just suddenly feeling the highs and lows of life, struggling hard for decades, only to return to square one overnight."

"What?"

Gu Pan wrinkled her nose, thinking to herself that he was only eighteen, where did all this melodrama come from?

In a flash of thought, she noticed a mystical light falling in front of Xu Shu, which then unexpectedly materialized into a palm-sized little incense burner.

It was exquisitely charming and quaint, engraved with rows of inscriptions on the side of the burner, densely packed, forming dizzying patterns;

Two sticks of sandalwood waiting to be lit were inserted inside, about a foot long.

Because it appeared out of nowhere, it seemed both mysterious and eerie.

"Could this be... the Heart Fire Incense Burner used to enter the ruins?"

With her extensive knowledge, Gu Pan guessed mostly right in an instant.

However, Xu Shu shook his head, "Almost, but not entirely, this thing only has half the function of the Heart Fire Incense Burner."

Seeing the Contribution Points he had worked so hard to accumulate over half a month drop directly from 186 to 86, reducing by a full 100 points, Xu Shu’s heart was filled with indescribable sorrow.

It hurt so much, really!

But at this moment, the circumstances were special; this was a necessary expenditure.

Consider it an investment in himself.

Xu Shu consoled himself in this way, picking up the brand new blue talisman Gu Pan had given him, along with the old little sword mark, he solemnly said, "Great kindness does not require thanks; I will definitely repay you in the future. Let’s not talk about that now, teacher, I’ll leave the night watch to you!"

"Eh? What are you going to do now?" Gu Pan suddenly felt suspicious.

"It’s almost dawn now, no time to explain, you’ll understand once it’s done, just wait and see." Xu Shu finished speaking and ran up to the quiet little room upstairs.

Seeing his mysterious reluctance to explain, Gu Pan had to sit reluctantly by the campfire, cursing silently in her heart, "Damn, calling me ’teacher’ again now that you need something from me, huh? Opportunistic jerk, speak half and I wish your son is born without an asshole!"

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On the second floor, having found a vacant room, Xu Shu locked the doors and windows and cleared a clean area on the abandoned old bed before sitting down.

"Unexpected, unexpected, Gu Pan is actually so wealthy; I underestimated her before."

"Yes, thinking about it, she must be following the path of a martial artist, and probably this mark was originally prepared as her family’s material for advancement. It just so happens she fortuitously obtained an Epic Curse Seal, leaving this thing available."

"Heh, with this thing, Wang Teng’s material for First Rank advancement finally has a foolproof method!"

Xu Shu’s "Dao Mark" Wang Teng had long been stuck on the threshold of First Rank due to the lack of a suitable Martial Artist Curse Seal.

He originally planned to try using the Epic Doctor’s Curse Seal combined with the Mystical Chapter [Blood Kinship] for synthesis, but doing so introduced great uncertainty as both terms were of Epic grade, resulting in a result that certainly wasn’t a pure Martial Artist Curse Seal.

So, Xu Shu had been thinking all along to save enough Contribution Points to buy one, yet he found that he could never spot the Purple Curse Seal in the trading area.

Unexpectedly, Gu Pan just happened to have one, like finding a pillow when one is about to sleep, solving an urgent need.

Using a lower quality Purple Curse Seal combined with a golden Mystical Chapter to upgrade to a golden-grade Curse Seal would result in a 100% pure Martial Artist Curse Seal.

For Xu Shu, this was already a relatively good choice.

Although it wasn’t a Legendary Curse Seal, because Wang Teng inherently possessed the "Born Vajra" fate, he precisely didn’t need a Legendary Curse Seal.

"Just need to use this for Curse Fetus Wang Teng, then I can proceed with my original plan to operate and obtain the desired materials; this way, that way, just a day’s work, won’t I have directly advanced? In this Wasteland, power is everything..."

Xu Shu was eager to try, his eyes shining with anticipation.

Of course, this "this way, that way" sounds simple, but the actual operation is very complex and might not succeed at once.

But at this point, Xu Shu naturally wouldn’t let go of even a slim chance.

Anyway, the first step was foolproof; as for the second step, he would deal with it when the time came!

Thinking this, he no longer hesitated, immediately taking the quaintly styled little sword mark and holding the talisman, remarkably similar in function to a Curse Crystal, he carefully and seriously inserted the little sword into the talisman.

In the field of synthesizing Curse Seals, Xu Shu was no longer a novice, but an "experienced veteran."

Following his own experimentally derived "chemical" formula, mark + talisman or Curse Crystal, it equated to a complete Curse Seal.