"Whoo—"
Lu Sheng let out a long breath, feeling much lighter as if a weight had been lifted off him.
"Breakthrough!" Lu Sheng clenched his fist slightly and could clearly feel his vitality spiking sharply within his body.
"Vitality increase means my physical condition has improved, and I can continue practicing the Stellar Force. I estimate..."
Lu Sheng assessed and said, "I should be able to achieve six times the output now."
This meant his peak combat power rating would rise drastically once again.
But honestly, all of this was secondary. The biggest gain from this mountain climb was that he had finally understood the true application of Nature'sBreathControlTechnique Technique.
"Rapid recovery of stamina, greatly improving my endurance, continuously tapping into my potential...
This is useful during regular training, but if applied in battle, that's where the real terror lies..."
Imagine, with the Nature'sBreathControlTechnique Technique, Lu Sheng could recover his physical strength incredibly fast. His endurance would be several times, or even dozens of times, greater than an average warrior's...
During this process, his body would keep breaking its own limits.
In such conditions, not only would he be a match for opponents of the same level, but even those stronger than him could slowly be worn down.
It was simply a case of growing stronger the more challenging the opponent.
"Vitality breakthrough, and I've also found the fresh herb needed for the marrow-replenishing pill. My purpose in coming to Tree Sea City has been fully achieved."
Lu Sheng was in a good mood. He had come to Tree Sea City for the marrow-replenishing pill.
One of the ingredients for the pill needed to be freshly harvested, and that herb could only be found on Wild Fox Mountain.
Lu Sheng had come to Wild Fox Mountain for the herb, and on the side, had also decided to climb the mountain.
He hadn't expected the climb to also lead to a breakthrough in his vitality and Stellar Force.
When Lu Sheng first arrived, the path was steep and difficult to navigate, and no one usually walked it. There was no platform leading to the mountain peak.
Lu Sheng stood here, enjoying the view, feeling his stamina recover, and then began descending via a different route.
The descent was much slower than the ascent.
By the time he reached the bottom, a middle-aged man with dark skin, short and skinny, squatting by the ride smoking, immediately approached him.
"Young man, the herb you wanted has been gathered. It's just up ahead. Follow me."
Lu Sheng nodded and followed the dark-skinned man.
Because the herb Lu Sheng needed had to be freshly harvested, he had hired someone to gather it for him.
This skinny man was the one he hired for the job.
The man led Lu Sheng to a rather secluded spot where several bamboo baskets filled with herbs were placed on the ground.
Lu Sheng noticed four or five men standing a little further away, seemingly waiting for something, occasionally glancing over at them.
"The herbs are in the baskets," the man said casually as he picked up one of the baskets and handed it to Lu Sheng.
Inside the basket were purple herbs, some still damp with dew and soil, clearly freshly picked.
Lu Sheng was satisfied, nodding, "Alright, I want ten of them. As we agreed, five hundred per herb. That's five thousand..."
To his surprise, the dark-skinned man shook his head.
"No, it's a thousand per herb, and you'll need to buy all of them."
"What?!" Lu Sheng frowned.
The dark-skinned man smiled at him, revealing a mouth full of yellow teeth.
"Kid, you're not from Tree Sea City, are you..."
As he spoke, the several men who had been standing in the distance slowly walked over, their eyes filled with malicious intent. They clearly worked together with the dark-skinned man.
Lu Sheng narrowed his eyes, looking at the dark-skinned man. "You're trying to force a sale, aren't you?"
The dark-skinned man sneered. "Kid, let me teach you something for your parents: when you're out in the world, you need to know when to back down... Got it? Don't think about calling the police. There are no cameras, and no one around here. Even if the police come, they won't believe a foreigner like you. Pay up quietly, or we might not be so nice."
The men behind him showed their fierce expressions and began to encircle Lu Sheng.
Lu Sheng paused, bent down, and casually picked up a large stone, about the size of a fist.
It was the kind of large pebble used for paving r, which could be found anywhere.
"Still want to resist, little brat?" the dark-skinned man's eyes grew cold as he signaled for his men to move forward.
But the next moment, his expression froze.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Countless tiny fragments of stone began falling from between Lu Sheng's fingers.
As Lu Sheng's hand continued to rub, these fragments rapidly became finer and finer.
The dark-skinned man and his group stood there, stunned, eyes wide in disbelief, unable to say a word.
"What did you just say to me?" Lu Sheng asked calmly, looking at him.
"Nothing... Nothing..." the dark-skinned man quickly retreated a few steps, his dark face turning pale, stuttering as he spoke, "Take the herbs. You can have everything. No charge, not a single cent!"
Behind him, the other men looked at Lu Sheng as though they had seen a ghost, their eyes filled with fear.
Lu Sheng dusted off the dirt from his hands, revealing his clean palms.
He casually picked up a basket of herbs and approached the dark-skinned man, seriously saying, "Let me also teach you something for your parents. When doing business, you should always be honest and fair, without deceiving anyone."
After saying that, he turned and walked away.
The dark-skinned man and his companions stood frozen in place, staring dumbfounded until Lu Sheng's figure had long disappeared into the distance. Only then did one of them let out a stunned exclamation.
"Shit, are high school students really this freaky nowadays?..."
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