CHAPTER 295: CHAPTER 240: REVENGE AT DAWN

The Blood Saint’s legacy has been separated out, and to avoid complications, Ye Bai decided to quickly head to the Dark Auction House to auction it off.

He said this to the Paper Puppet.

The Paper Puppet just chuckled and extended her slender jade-like hand.

"Ye Bai, if you trust me, I can help you handle the Blood Saint’s legacy."

"It doesn’t necessarily have to be sold at the Dark Auction House."

"I have my own connections."

"And I guarantee you won’t be at a disadvantage."

After hearing it, Ye Bai smiled.

Paper Puppet has connections, that’s a good thing, saving him from taking risks himself.

The Dark Auction House supposedly has strong backing.

But once outside the Dark Auction House, there’s no protection.

Double-crossing happens frequently.

So when going in, it’s crucial to hide one’s identity,

If someone discovers your true identity, it’s likely to cause trouble when they come after you later.

Ye Bai directly threw the Blood Saint’s Legacy Stone along with the Divine Power Crystal to the Paper Puppet.

"We are family, so there’s no need for formalities."

"With you here, I feel at ease."

"Just handle it, the Divine Power Crystal is your reward."

The Paper Puppet took the two crystals, feeling their weight.

She sensed a sincere trust emanating from Ye Bai, a strong feeling of trust surged from within her.

She suddenly felt her heart begin to beat.

Papermen originally don’t have hearts, but now hers was beating, proving she had found her true self, bringing her close to ascending to Incense Fire God.

"Thank you for your trust, I won’t let you down."

The Paper Puppet said with unmatched elegance.

"Paper Puppet, let’s hurry and leave here."

"I always feel a subtle unease, as if destiny is watching us."

The Paper Puppet nodded.

She secured the items, transformed into a paperman, and floated onto Ye Bai.

Ye Bai then summoned the Space Pelican.

One person and one pet, they immediately used the spatial transfer capability.

They instantly broke through space, appearing at a location just outside the Imperial Capital.

To be safe, the Space Pelican and Ye Bai carried out successive space jumps.

Clearing space coordinates at each spot to prevent anyone from following.

Shortly after Ye Bai left, the dark corner of the room began to stir with shadows.

The shadow transformed directly into countless threads, forming a man in a black hood.

A golden needle floated around him.

"Run away?"

A hoarse voice emerged from beneath the hood.

"No problem, the needle will point the way."

The man again transformed into countless threads, sinking into the ground.

"The eternal needle will guide me, to find your trace."

Countless black streams flowed into the shadow, leaving the room in disarray.

At this moment, a paperman walked over from the doorway and knocked on the door lightly.

"Guest, please keep the noise down to avoid complaints."

But the paperman suddenly sensed no life in the room.

It pushed the door open, seeing a scene that made it feel shattered.

The room looked as if it had been ransacked; tables and chairs were messily scattered on the floor.

A pungent smell filled the air.

Damn it!

The paperman’s face nearly twisted.

Shit!

I’m about to get off work, and now I have to deal with this mess, making me work overtime.

The elementary resentful paperman with grievances soaring skyward.

"I’m going to put you on Lucky Inn’s blacklist!!!!"

The paperman clenched its hands tightly together.

It was extremely angry, wisps of smoke rising from its head.

It nearly set itself ablaze.

Ye Bai returned to the villa, nearly at dawn.

He slept soundly and woke around noon.

Ye Bai’s phone had a dozen missed calls, all from Zhang Lingxue.

He got up leisurely, after a good breakfast, he went to Zhang Lingxue’s lab.

This lab, as it turns out, is smaller than Shen Mountain Middle School’s lab.

Today, Zhang Lingxue had a completely different expression than usual.

This is the Zhang Lingxue Ye Bai kept in mind, a spirited woman.

"Ye Bai, guess what I discovered."

"Inside these Sword Spirit Insects, there are actually three more sets of genes compared to ordinary ones."

"I suspect, the key to Sword Spirit Insects reproducing lies in these three sets of genes."

Zhang Lingxue held a recently hatched Sword Spirit Insect, and upon genetic screening with the one Ye Bai provided, she discovered the three special sets of genes.

"This is quite a significant discovery, these gene data have already been uploaded onto the computer."

"Next, I’ll continue with genetic comparisons."

"Identify which set of genes controls the reproduction of Sword Spirit Insects."

The lab computers are not connected to the internet, to prevent leakage of stored data.

"It’s good as long as it works."

"Once this sword spirit insect evolves into a sword butterfly and lays eggs, spirit summoning will be free."

"This is a major historical discovery and one that can change the current situation significantly."

"Until the research is complete, do not leak any information."

"Teacher, is it safe here?"

Ye Bai suddenly asked Zhang Lingxue.

"You can be assured of that."

"This is one of your grandmaster’s exclusive laboratories."

"The safety is very high, and starting from last night, I have also dispatched my pet beast to continuously release a barrier 24/7."

"On the surface, this lab seems ordinary, but in reality, it harbors hidden schemes."

"After my Poison Dragon Butterfly advanced, I became a Tier Six powerhouse. If anyone tries to infiltrate, they would be quickly discovered by my pet beast."

Zhang Lingxue was quite proud of the security of the laboratory.

"By the way, I found the sword spirit insect in the Ironwood Forest."

"These iron trees are likely the key to cultivating the sword spirit insect."

Ye Bai summoned the Space Pelican.

In the Secret Realm, the Sunflower Emperor collected resources like locusts overrunning the fields, and after contracting the Space Pelican, Ye Bai stored them in the Space Pelican’s space bag.

He knew the growth of the sword spirit insect was very dependent on its environment.

So the Sunflower Emperor uprooted the entire Ironwood Forest.

"These iron trees are well-preserved."

"I will replant them."

Zhang Lingxue waved her hand, and the iron trees vanished.

At this point, Ye Bai remembered that Zhang Lingxue had a Personal Secret Realm.

The sword spirit insect was raised there by Zhang Lingxue.

"The growth cycle of the sword spirit insect is not slow; if more resources are available, its growth cycle can be shortened."

"What we lack the most now is time."

Ye Bai raised his eyebrows.

"The resources are at my disposal, completely up to me."

"In their effort to flatter me to death, they haven’t restricted me in this aspect."

"The more resources I spend, if I don’t produce any results, they will naturally use it against me."

"Now that I have the answer from you, I won’t cater to them."

Zhang Lingxue’s eyes flashed with cunning.

Now that she’s out of the trap, the sharp-witted Zhang Lingxue plans to use this opportunity to set a trap for them.

As long as the sword butterfly propagation experiment succeeds, she’ll have executed a beautiful counterattack.

"Ye Bai, I’m going to continue my research."

"The sooner I complete the research, the sooner I can avenge this grievance."

"Use whatever resources from the Imperial Capital Research Institute as you wish."

"If you lack anything, just order it through the computer."

"It will be delivered to you by dedicated personnel."

Zhang Lingxue spoke relaxedly to Ye Bai and then went into seclusion in the Secret Realm.

As for the research on the new type of spirit summoning potion, Ye Bai felt he first needed to master the original spirit summoning potion formula.

At the same time, Ye Bai also summoned the True Dragon Sword and the Sunflower Emperor.

The True Dragon Sword is an equipment-type exotic beast, and the spirit summoning potion can enhance its spirituality.

And the two blades of the Sunflower Emperor have initially formed spiritual sense, giving Ye Bai this opportunity to allow it to evolve into a true equipment-type exotic beast.

But this requires the ability of a pet beast, the Mandala Grass Emperor enslaved by the Sunflower Emperor, which is Bai Luo’s ability.

Bai Luo has a very special ability, which is to simulate the properties of medicinal herbs of the same tier.

In other words, whatever medicinal herb is lacking, just tell Bai Luo, and it can naturally simulate it.

Of course, Bai Luo needs to devour the medicinal herbs to correctly simulate their properties.

Imperial Capital Research Institute.

Director’s Office of the Logistics Department.

The room is luxuriously decorated.

An elderly man with a square face is reading a newspaper there.

Beside him, a beautiful secretary is making tea.

Suddenly, he put down the newspaper and looked at Secretary He beside him.

"Zhang Lingxue has been researching for over a month now. How is the progress?"

Secretary He smiled and adjusted her glasses.

"Currently, she has made no progress, but she has taken all the sword butterfly eggs from the Imperial Capital Research Institute."

"Truly worthy of Director Liang, this move is indeed high-level. How can Su Qingxian compete with you for the position of deputy director?"

"Once Zhang Lingxue fails to make any breakthroughs, this genius girl will fall from grace."

"The higher we raise her, the greater her backlash. This involves a competition between nations."

"And we didn’t force her; she volunteered."

"Director, this move of yours is high, really high!"

Secretary gave a thumbs up!

Director Liang snorted coldly, his lips slightly curved: "You must constantly monitor the progress at the laboratory."

"Whatever she wants, we give her the best."

"When she can’t accomplish anything, that’s when we settle the score."

"Su Qingxian is bound to be pulled down from her pedestal."

"Hmph, wanting to compete with me for the deputy director position!"

"One must rely on connections, on relationships."

"Being a bookworm and pretending to be aloof won’t get you far."

"When Zhang Lingxue’s reputation collapses, that’s when I will ascend to become the vice principal of the Imperial Capital Research Institute."

"Xiao He, I won’t treat you unfairly then."