Chapter 1122: Why Is It Smoking?
Luo Tianqing leaped over the academy with a single jump, crashing a huge crater into the wilderness, and vanished in an instant!
The new students touring the Sky Island were all shaken by Luo Tianqing's momentum, trembling in fear!
(☍﹏⁰。) "Boss Nan, who exactly was that person? We saw her once this afternoon, right?"
(･᷄﹏･᷅) "Such terrifying destructive power... this... this person seems to want to kill you, doesn't she?"
Jiangnan waved his hand carelessly.
(︶.̫︶٥)ﾉ "Just Huaxia's Strongest Diamond, no need to worry."
"Let's continue touring the island!"
The new students widened their eyes and shook their heads frantically. Touring? Like hell they would!
'Just'?
How exactly did you make Huaxia's Strongest Diamond develop such a strong desire to kill you?
If a fight breaks out, it'll be gods battling while mortals suffer!
So they all wanted to leave.
Jiangnan quickly tried to keep them:
(。ﾟ口ﾟ)ﾂ "Hey hey hey, don't leave yet! There's an Attack Power Test tomorrow!"
"I've got some good stuff here. Want to buy some? I'll give you a discount!"
As soon as they heard Jiangnan was selling stuff, the new students ran even faster, jumping off Sky Island without looking back.
Trusting you again would be a miracle!
How much money did we waste today?
Jiangnan looked worried. This can't go on, right?
There's big business tomorrow, but with this reputation, how can he sell anything?
Back at the villa, Zhong Yingxue and the others hadn't come home yet, still training hard in the cultivation room.
If they don't work hard, their levels will really fall behind.
Jiangnan could level up by roaming around, but Zhong Yingxue and the others couldn't.
Scratching his head, Jiangnan went to the kitchen to cook.
Jiangnan could actually cook.
Back when he was poor, cooking himself was cheaper than buying food. Although it was just home-style dishes, they were full of color, aroma, and flavor.
Soon he made a full table of dishes. He took a bite himself, then covered the rest.
When Xuexue and the others came back tired from training, they could have a hot meal.
After soaking in some Dali in the bathroom, Jiangnan returned to his room.
Today, through scamming and trickery, he'd sold about 470 million or so.
Low prices, high volume, and quite a bit sold by the end of the day.
Although most of it was taken as stall fees, the skill points converted were real.
Adding the previous ones, his skill points had now reached over 16 million.
Maxing out a spiritual art required over 11 million.
Now Jiangnan was saving skill points for his two future spiritual arts.
Not too far from the target.
The spiritual arts weren't even in hand yet, but they were already his.
The problem was, those two guys wouldn't hand them over!
Jiangnan was extremely worried. Should he pull a job tonight, tie them up, interrogate them with the Green Stick, then use the Little Gloves to make them forget?
Then pretend nothing happened?
But that seemed a bit inhumane. No, no, I, Jiang Devil, am a man of principles!
Better wait for the right moment.
So he started opening zodiac cookie blind boxes, stocking up for tomorrow.
He still had over 4 million resentment points. Jiangnan didn't draw lots, since he needed to keep some for daily expenses.
But on second thought, with his reputation, would he be able to sell tomorrow's goods?
As he thought, he actually opened a Sheep Cookie?
This was a treasure—keep it, keep it.
While opening, Jiangnan scrolled through his phone.
He suddenly found a forum called "Newbie Bar," filled with newbies participating in the academy selection tests.
✧*｡٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و✧*｡ "Ee-yay~ Passed all selections today. Hope for good luck tomorrow. This baby is super awesome!"
ꉂꉂ(ᵔᗜᵔ*) "Haha, I passed too. Everything's fine, except Boss Nan's goods are too much of a scam. Can't trust him!"
"Southern men are all big liars. The ancients didn't deceive me. Wasted so much money!"
"Definitely not buying his stuff tomorrow. I'll cut off my hands if I buy again!"
As Jiangnan scrolled the forum, the hot topics were all about today's scams and the Heavy Training Room incident.
Also, someone asked who the woman who appeared twice like the wind was.
Jiangnan looked worried. If this continues, isn't he screwed tomorrow?
(･᷄～･᷅) Sigh...
Looks like he has to drop some heavy bait.
So he created a small account. Account name: Battle Princess.
Sneaked into the forum and posted a thread.
Title:
Latest Intel! Tomorrow's Attack Power Test: Despair-Level Difficulty, An Unsurmountable Wall—Huaxia Dragon Armor!
...Click to read full text.
This title was absolutely lethal for the newbies.
So they quickly clicked, only to read:
"My brother is a senior student. He told me the Attack Power Test isn't a machine test—it's to attack the Huaxia Dragon Armor, Zhao Dezhu!"
"He's the tough guy who blocked a Diamond-level spirit realm with his body! Huaxia's Strongest Dragon Armor! The God of Tanks!"
"If you can't shake the Dragon Armor, you can't pass the test!"
Instantly, the newbies exploded.
"What? Are you kidding me? Seriously? Who can even scratch the Huaxia Dragon Armor? What kind of twisted test is this?"
"It's true. I heard about it too. A human testing machine—insanely tough!"
"We're screwed. I'm a tank. My attack power is pathetic. I'm done for tomorrow!"
"Did you hear about the Flame Queen? Even her terrifying attack power barely passed!"
The newbies were all worried.
Just then, Battle Princess updated another post.
"Three minutes later, I'll share a secret strategy! Stay tuned—my brother's exclusive big leak!"
As soon as this came out, the newbies went crazy, all glued to their phones.
"Damn? There's a strategy? Just tell us already!"
Expectation was maxed out. Those three minutes felt like three years.
When the time came, Jiangnan snickered secretly and uploaded a video clip he'd edited—from when he blocked the Diamond-level spirit realm gate in Clear City.
In the video, Jiangnan fought with red eyes, like a demon, but was overwhelmed by Diamond-level spirit beasts, bitten, scratched, and pierced.
The scene was exceptionally bloody.
The newbies' hearts trembled. Was this really the same Boss Nan who was selling stuff today in shorts and a T-shirt?
Why did it give them a split personality vibe?
Just then, the video paused and zoomed in. Jiangnan shoved a cookie into his mouth.
Then he went berserk, going full throttle and sending all the charging spirit beasts flying.
Smashing buildings, the scene was incredibly shocking.
"Hiss~ What treasure did Boss Nan eat? Is that a cheat? My god!"
Battle Princess: "This is the real deal. Horse Biscuit. It lets the user unleash their absolute limit—every strike is a full-power blow!"
"Also, there's Boss Nan's trademark Deadly Green Club. Drink it, and you can land critical hits!"
"Today, Boss Nan sold scam products. The real treasures he keeps for himself. So sneaky!"
"If you can get hold of these two items, the Attack Power Test is a done deal. Guaranteed pass!"
The newbies were all extremely excited now, since the video showed such amazing effects.
"Would Boss Nan sell them to us? Such powerful stuff must be precious, right?"
"Is anyone close to Boss Nan? Let's go talk to him tomorrow?"
"The wind rises, clouds soar": "I feel something's off. Could this Battle Princess be Jiang the Scammer's alt account? Everyone better be careful..."
Jiangnan: !!!
So you're the smart one, huh?
With that, he turned on his computer, fingers dancing across the keyboard.
He traced the forum account's IP address, hacked in, and instantly deleted the post. Then he did some crazy operations.
"There goes your machine!"
Meanwhile, in the temporary dormitory!
Bei Feng lay on the bed, smirking coldly.
(΄◞ิ.̮◟ิ‵) "Definitely his alt account. Advertising himself on the forum."
"Changge, get online! Let's expose his scheme together! I..."
Mid-sentence, Bei Feng frowned. His post had been mysteriously deleted.
What the hell?
(ꐦ•̀益•́)و "Damn! Deleting my post? Solid proof! Come on, let's go hammer him!"
Luo Changge was lying on the floor, dead tired. He hadn't slept in a bed for years.
(٥⁼̴～⁼̴) "Where do you get all that energy? Sleep. There's still the test tomorrow, okay?"
Just then, Bei Feng's eyes went wide as he furiously poked his phone screen.
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"Hiss~ Why is my phone black? What happened?"
Then Bei Feng felt his phone's battery area heat up.
Followed by smoke gurgling out from the charging port.
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"Siri! Siri! What's wrong? Changge, look! My phone is smoking! I only replied to a post!"
Luo Changge was too sleepy to open his eyes.
∠(⁼～⁼」∠)_
"Maybe Siri is smoking in there?"
Bei Feng: ???
What the hell—Siri smoking in there? What's it smoking? Hua Zi?
The next moment, with a "Boom!", the phone exploded.
Bei Feng jumped, his hand blackened, his blanket full of scorch holes.
Face full of ghost-seen expression.
(ʘ̆口ʘ̥̆‖)՞
What's going on?
Did Jiangnan do that? Could he blow up my phone to mess with me?
How?
Actually coming through the internet to hit me?
[Resentment from Bei Feng +1000!]
I don't have a penny to my name, and the only valuable thing I had was this phone, and you blew it up?
Damn!
[Resentment from Bei Feng...]
Jiangnan snickered, feeling satisfied. My maxed-out hacker skills aren't for show, you know?
Not sending your contact list your Sailor Moon photos was already merciful.
Watching the never-ending stream of resentment, Jiangnan fell asleep peacefully.
Late at night, Zhong Yingxue and the others tiptoed back to the villa, afraid to wake Jiangnan.
Sweaty all over, eyes full of exhaustion.
Then they saw the table full of dishes, and their expressions melted.
Xia Yao swallowed, didn't even wash her hands, grabbed a sweet-and-sour rib from the bowl, and started munching.
(˃᷄◡˂᷅ૂ๑)༡ "Giggle~ Little Nan's cooking! Super delicious!"
"Wow! There's white sugar watermelon too!"
With that, she picked up a piece of watermelon covered in white sugar and stuffed it into her mouth.
But the moment it entered her mouth, a series of firecracker pops came from Xia Yao's mouth.
Xia Yao's eyes bulged from the bang, and she fell straight off her chair, clutching her mouth and rolling on the floor.
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Tears burst out!
[Resentment from Xia Yao +555!]
Zhong Yingxue snickered secretly—were those Pop Rocks sprinkled on top?
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