Chapter 7: The Reward Is an Inner Core

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

It was a small slip of paper.

At that moment, all the students who were very sensitive to the number 75 immediately turned their gazes to Chen Feng.

That was especially so for Li Qiang. At this moment, his eyes were glaring daggers at Chen Feng. He was seething with anger.

“I already warned you last night not to harass Leng Ruzhi, yet you’re still coming to bother her again?” he thought furiously.

Chen Feng felt somewhat helpless.

“All I want is to keep a low profile, but fate keeps pushing me into the spotlight,” he thought.

What made him the most speechless was Li Qiang.

Chen Feng did not have a say with regard to which lot to pick.

He could not believe that Li Qiang was even jealous about that.

Leng Ruzhi had a different reaction from the other students. She merely glanced at Chen Feng and nodded indifferently.

It was as if it made no difference to her no matter who her partner was.

Chen Feng felt a huge sense of relief.

Everyone was just teaming up for this mission.

It was best if they minded their own business and did not meddle in the other partner’s matters.

As for cooperation?

That was all the more unnecessary.

In any case, Chen Feng did not want to get first place. That would be too high-profile and attract too much attention. It would be best to get a modest ranking.

He was teammates with Leng Ruzhi.

However, neither of them had the intention of discussing tactics with the other party.

After all, one of them felt that she could get the first place all by herself.

As for the other person, he preferred to be idle and blend in with the others.

The atmosphere between them was a mix between awkwardness and harmony.

In just a few minutes, everyone had found their teammates.

The principal smiled.

He raised his hand and announced, “Since everyone has already formed a team, let’s prepare to set off!”

“Please remember that safety comes first. Don’t push yourself too hard.”

At this moment, a student raised his hand.

“Principal, can you tell us what the reward we’re vying for is?” he shouted.

“If you reveal what the reward is, it’ll boost the motivation in the students. If we don’t even know what the reward is, won’t we be running around aimlessly like a bunch of headless flies?”

“What if we mistake something else for a reward? Wouldn’t that be a waste of effort?”

The person who had spoken was none other than Li Qiang.

These words attracted the students’ attention. Many students chimed in with their agreement.

“He has a point. If I don’t know what the reward is, how should I judge whether I should take the risk?”

“Indeed, it’s better to know this in advance.”

“If we take the wrong item and get zero points, it would be a waste of our effort.”

Seeing that most of the students had agreed with him, Li Qiang’s face was filled with pride. He could not help but turn to look at Leng Ruzhi.

He was sure that his meticulousness, intelligence, and wisdom made Leng Ruzhi look at him in a whole new light.

Unexpectedly, Leng Ruzhi’s face did not show the slightest emotion. She was not even interested in what the reward was, and she walked straight into the forest.

In her opinion, no matter how difficult it would be to get first place, she had to do it. She had never gotten second place!

No matter how generous the reward for first place was, it was not a big deal to her. In any case, that reward was definitely lousier than the resources the Leng family had.

Seeing Leng Ruzhi walk into the forest, Chen Feng had no choice but to follow her slowly.

Although he was a little curious about the reward, it was not very important.

In any case, he was here to slack.

Since he had no intention of getting first place, the reward for getting first place naturally had nothing to do with him.

Li Qiang had a dark expression when he saw them leaving.

It was fine if Leng Ruzhi was not impressed by how thoughtful he was.

But he could not believe that Chen Feng actually dared to continue harassing Leng Ruzhi!

“Shouldn’t he take the initiative to ask for a change of partners? That way, he wouldn’t drag Leng Ruzhi down with him!” Li Qiang thought angrily.

A weakling like Chen Feng was not worthy of being in the same group as Leng Ruzhi, the goddess in every man’s heart!

Although Chen Feng could sense Li Qiang’s malice, he did not care at all.

Something else caught his attention.

Just as he was about to step into the forest, he heard the principal’s words from afar.

“What Li Qiang said makes sense. Then I’ll reveal what the reward is in advance.”

“All the rewards are placed in small boxes.”

“The wooden boxes are the third prize, the metal boxes are the second prize, and the gold boxes are the first prize.”

“As for the reward in the boxes…”

The principal stroked his white goatee beard and smiled.

“The rewards in the box are the inner cores of Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 dire beasts respectively!”

Upon hearing that, the students present were in an uproar.

Single dormitory building, Room 303.

In a dark corner, Chen Feng abruptly opened his eyes.

“The first prize is actually the inner core of Tier 3 dire beast?” he thought incredulously.

Indeed.

From the beginning to the end, Chen Feng, who was standing outside the forest, was just a clone.

The real Chen Feng had been absorbing dark elements in the dormitory since last night. He had never left the dormitory.

After all, his clone could not cultivate. He could just send his clone on unimportant errands.

To Chen Feng, cultivating diligently and improving his strength was the way to go.

After a night of cultivation, Chen Feng’s upper limit of dark elements had increased by one point.

Most people wanted to increase their strength, but the way to do it was tedious and boring.

They could become more powerful through cultivation, training, and actual combat experience.

Unless one was a genius, the speed of improvement was very slow.

However, there was another way to greatly increase one’s strength.

That was to consume the inner cores of dire beasts!

Furthermore, the higher the grade of the inner core, the greater the increase in strength!

Although this was a shortcut, it was extremely dangerous. After all, only the strongest dire beasts could condense inner cores. In a battle with these dire beasts, one could lose their life if they were not careful!

Therefore, the value of each inner core was extremely high.

The market price of Tier 1 inner core was only 1,000 yuan.

And the price of Tier 3 inner core was as high as 100,000 yuan!

It was almost impossible for an ordinary family to increase their strength by consuming inner cores.

However, this opportunity was placed before Chen Feng now.

At that thought, Chen Feng narrowed his eyes.

He had a code of conduct he lived his life by.

Safety and not revealing his strength would always be placed at the top.

However, if there were sufficient benefits, Chen Feng was willing to take a risk!

Having made up his mind, Chen Feng immediately transformed into a wisp of black fog and disappeared from the dormitory.

In the next moment.

Before most of the students could step into the forest, Chen Feng had already used the Shadow Escape technique and arrived at the center of the forest.

Although Chen Feng’s Shadow Escape had a distance constraint, his mana had doubled, so it would not be a problem for him as long as he did not leave the school perimeters.

The center of the forest was different from other places.

In the center was a large open space.

In the center of the empty space was a tree. Its trunk was so thick that it needed 10 people hand in hand to hug it together.

On the tree root lay a small box.

The golden box shone faintly under the sunlight.

Upon seeing that, Chen Feng was certain that this was the first-class prize box containing the inner core of a Tier 3 dire beast!

Chen Feng immediately took a step forward and picked up the golden box.

At this moment.

Five huge figures immediately walked out of the forest.

In an instant, they surrounded Chen Feng.

Chen Feng was a little stunned to see these fellows. He immediately used Shadow Escape again, transforming into a wisp of black mist and disappearing with the box.

After returning to the dormitory, Chen Feng calmed himself down and narrowed his eyes.

The dire beasts surrounding the first prize were superior-grade tier 3 dire beasts! Such beasts were known as Capricorn. Furthermore, five of them appeared at the same time!

It seemed that from the very beginning, Wang Wenfeng had no intention of letting anyone win the first prize!

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