Hearing Li Hao's boastful words, Xu Yifeng did not laugh at him for overestimating his abilities, but simply shook his head self-deprecatingly.

Despite being only an A-rank, he didn't even get a chance to participate in the major battle outside the city. He was well aware of the gap between himself and a true veteran A-rank Awakened.

Xu Yifeng then asked:

"Young Master Li, what is the background of this Young Master Wang? Even you haven't found out?"

Li Hao shook his head helplessly.

"All I know is that his name is Wang Zheng. All other information is top-secret. However, based on the information he revealed himself, I can roughly guess some things."

Upon hearing the top-secret information, Xu Yifeng felt a chill run down his spine. He cursed inwardly that Li Hao was no good either, and that he was wicked!

Such important information was not mentioned beforehand; they only focused on the fact that the other party was generous and might have an extraordinary background.

'I bet this kid was hoping I'd test Wang Zheng's abilities, but luckily I played it safe!'

Xu Yifeng secretly rejoiced, while urging Li Hao to continue speaking.

"Tell me about it!"

"Wang Zheng himself said that Moutai is not as good as Yanghe. Yanghe is a famous wine in Jiangnan. So we can basically confirm that he is from Jiangnan Province."

Living in a military region means he's connected to the military. Plus, someone had previously seen Chu Tianxing, the principal of Jingnan University, at the Adventurers' Guild. So, Wang Zheng is most likely from the Jingnan Military Region!

However, their specific family background couldn't be found out, but to have a top-tier expert like Principal Chu providing close protection, they must be extremely wealthy and powerful!

Upon hearing this, Xu Yifeng broke out in a cold sweat again. Chu Tianxing? Which A-level Awakened in the entire country hadn't heard of him?

The thought of how he had almost been electrocuted into a charred mess by Chu Tianxing filled him with lingering fear.

'Or maybe we should just go back and break Shi Zhi's legs, and then lock him up at home from now on, forbidding him from going out!'

At this moment, Wang Zheng had no idea that his speculation about Wang Zheng's background almost led to Xu Taibao of Chuncheng turning against his own family for the greater good.

He was now sitting cross-legged on the red cloud, opening the box that Xu Yifeng had given him.

Looking at the 20 spirit crystals neatly arranged inside, Wang Zheng was barely satisfied.

Although it differed somewhat from my expectations, the final result wasn't too bad; at least I made some money.

Wang Zheng originally planned to deliberately provoke the other party with arrogance, so that the other party would attack in anger, and in the end, he would slap them in the face and kill them, and then... cough cough... reasonably demand some compensation.

However, Xu Yifeng was unexpectedly uncooperative and did not follow the script.

Overall, the result was still pretty good, and they even managed to hide their true strength.

The thought of having a spiritual energy limit of around 3000 here made Wang Zheng chuckle.

However, given that he was above the clouds on this dark and windy night, his eerie laughter sounded somewhat terrifying.

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Time flew by, and three more days passed.

Over the past three days, Wang Zheng has increased his Strength, Constitution, Intelligence, and Agility by a little each. As for the 20 spirit crystals he picked up for free, he hasn't used them yet.

In Wang Zheng's view, if it's just about adding points to upgrade attributes, the current spiritual energy is more than enough.

As for innate abilities, the first three have been basically maxed out, and Fierce Battle Roar and Cloud Flight are too expensive, so these crystals aren't enough.

Since it wouldn't bring any significant improvement, he figured he should save it up first. After all, once Old Man Chu returned, he could go hunting exotic beasts, so there was no need to rush the absorption of spirit crystals.

After Wang Zheng added points, his stats improved slightly.

Stamina: 800/800

Spiritual Energy Value: 2599/2599

Physical condition: 80

Strength: 99 [158 (62+96)+]

Intelligence: 62+

Mental state: 62+

Agility: 62+

His body is still adjusting after the treatment, but Wang Zheng now basically doesn't go out for any activities except for meals, and is concentrating on standing meditation in his room.

During this time, Shi Zhi had already resigned from his job at the municipal government through his brother-in-law's connections, and had also come to the military region to apologize to the young soldier who had previously been on duty.

The young man was somewhat bewildered to see a well-known figure from Kunming personally come to apologize to him.

However, when Xu Yifeng suggested meeting Wang Zheng, the young man realized that it was Lieutenant Wang Zheng, whom he had met once before, who had stood up for him, and he was touched.

Wang Zheng eventually met with Xu Yifeng within the military region. Seeing that the other party only offered verbal apologies and idle chatter, Wang Zheng quickly lost patience and sent him away.

If Xu Yifeng had guessed his intentions, Xu Yifeng would have been extremely aggrieved.

They would definitely think to themselves: Even if I really wanted to give a gift, I wouldn't do it directly within the military region, would I? Do they think military discipline doesn't apply to them?

Moreover, after this incident, news of Wang Zheng helping his brother vent his anger outside Chuncheng had already spread within the military region.

Of course, his heroic deeds of being able to lift mountains and overcome all obstacles, and throwing a cart across a natural chasm with his bare hands, also spread far and wide.

Upon hearing this news, Xiong Hui, the burly man from before, was quite angry, feeling that he had been tricked by Wang Zheng.

As a result, this simpleton would come to the reception desk and block the door every day, which annoyed Wang Zheng to no end.