Chapter 354 Stone Pill
Summer is almost over and the days are not that long anymore. At eight o'clock in the evening, it is already dark and the antique iron street lights outside the college wall are lit up.
The West Gate is a side gate of Sunset College. It is not as grand as the main gate, but it is not small either. Zhou Wen showed his pass to the soldier guarding the gate. After walking out of the West Gate, he saw a garden path about three meters wide outside. Li Mobai was standing under a street light, holding a mobile phone in his hand, and it was unknown what he was looking at.
"Li Mobai, what exactly do you want from me?" Zhou Wen walked up to Li Mobai and asked directly.
Li Mobai put down his phone, looked at Zhou Wen and said, "Wang Mingyuan betrayed humanity and entered another dimension. Although this was his personal choice, it has implicated the Wang family and several of you students. It's okay to have the An family protecting you in Luoyang, but you can't stay in Luoyang forever, nor can you live under someone else's roof forever. Once you leave Luoyang, I'm afraid your future will not be so easy. No matter what you do, you will be labeled a traitor student. Everyone will look at you with prejudice, and no matter what you do, it will be more difficult than others."
"Can't I stay in Luoyang forever?" Zhou Wen said lightly.
Although he did plan to leave Luoyang after graduation, he naturally couldn't say this to Li Mobai.
Li Mobai smiled slightly. "If you were that kind of person, you wouldn't be my third brother's friend. My third brother has a terrible eye for people, and everything he does is muddled. He thinks he's free and easy, but in reality, he's just avoiding problems. There are only two kinds of people who are willing to be friends with him. One kind covets his status as the third young master of the Li family and wants to take advantage of him; the other kind truly doesn't care about anything else and just wants to be his friend."
"If you want to take advantage, you should take advantage of the An family, but you didn't do that. Although I don't want to believe that the third brother can have such good luck, you do belong to the latter. How can a person who doesn't want to take advantage stay in Luoyang?" Li Mobai said.
"What you said is the same as not saying anything. Most people's friends are of two kinds, either one or two." Zhou Wen said.
Li Mobai shook his head and said, "It seems that you are as innocent as Li Xuan. No wonder you two can become friends. In fact, apart from playmates who grew up together, the friends a person can make after entering society are all based on interests. In other words, you must have value that others value before others will choose to approach you, and then slowly build so-called friendships. The third brother has always been confused in his actions, thinking he is smart, but in fact he is just trying to cover up his mistakes. If he continues like this, no truly powerful people will be willing to interact with him, and naturally, it is impossible for them to become friends. Most of those who are willing to approach him are just greedy for his wealth and power."
"Can't we have friends who share the same hobbies and interests?" Zhou Wen said.
"Of course. If it's a ball-playing friend, then you must first be able to play ball before others will look for you. This is your value. If it's an antique collection circle, then you must first understand collecting or have collections before you can enter that circle. This is also your value. If you have no value at all, why would others look for you to play ball, why would they talk to you about collecting?" Li Mobai said.
"What exactly do you want to say?" Zhou Wen frowned slightly. What Li Mobai said was not wrong, but Zhou Wen always felt as if something was wrong and could not fully agree with it.
"Just a casual chat. I invited you here today mainly because I want to make a deal with you." Li Mobai said.
"What deal?" Zhou Wen asked.
"Our Li family has some connections in the federal high-level officials, and we happen to know some information about the Zhuolu battlefield. If you are interested in this information, I would like to ask you for a small favor." Li Mobai said with a smile.
"Tell me what you want me to do first." Zhou Wen didn't ask what the news was about Li Mobai.
Li Mobai smiled and said, "Let me give you a brief account first. Back then, before the dimensional realm of the Zhuolu battlefield was opened, someone discovered a stone artifact with a pill inside. The Federation's top brass tested the pill, and with just a small amount of the pill powder, they were able to elevate a mortal-level companion pet to the legendary level."
After a pause, Li Mobai continued, "I'm sure you've heard a bit about the methods used by those in the Federation. Soon, someone recruited so-called volunteers for a human experiment, and the results were dramatic. An elderly man, who had never practiced cultivation, seemed to have regained his youth after using a small amount of pill powder. His hair darkened, his skin tightened, and after testing, his bone age seemed to have returned to around 30 or 40 years old. All of his physical parameters improved significantly, reaching the peak of the mortal level. And the pill powder he used was so tiny, almost negligible. How could anyone not be tempted by something like this? But at that time, the Zhuolu battlefield hadn't yet opened up its dimensional space, so the Federation's top brass sent people there to try to find the location of the stone tool to see if there were more. But Zhuolu is so large, it's impossible to just dig around randomly, so a team of experts, including Mr. Ouyang, was formed."
Zhou Wen just listened quietly. What Li Mobai could tell him now should not be considered a secret.
As expected, Li Mobai paused and continued, "The investigation team has actually been in Zhuolu for a long time and has made some gains. Mr. Ouyang once returned to Luoyang during the trip. According to my investigation, after returning to Luoyang, he didn't even go to Anjia, but only went to one place."
"Xiyuan Crystal Shop?" Zhou Wen stared at Li Mobai and said.
Li Mobai nodded. "Yes, so I also did some research on the Xiyuan Crystal Shop and found some interesting things about Mr. Ouyang and the companion pet on the fourth floor. If you are interested, just do me a small favor and I can tell you all my findings. I guarantee you will be interested. You can also ask the An family to help you investigate, but many clues were deliberately erased when I went to investigate, and I did the same thing. Even if it is the An family, I am afraid it is not so easy to find anything now."
"What do you want me to do?" Zhou Wen asked with a frown.
"It's very simple. Cut off your relationship with Li Xuan. Your relationship will only be that of classmates." Li Mobai said.
"It seems there is no need for us to continue talking. Goodbye." Zhou Wen turned and walked towards the west gate of the academy. Although he was very interested in knowing the secret of the companion pet of the old fourth floor, he did not want to be manipulated by Li Mobai because of it.
Even if it wasn't for Li Xuan, Li Mobai's plan almost killed him. If he hadn't been careful enough and had a certain amount of strength, he would have died with Li Xuan a long time ago.
"Mr. Ouyang went to Zhuolu a long time ago. The companion pet on the fourth floor of Xiyuan Store was probably brought back by him from Zhuolu." Li Mobai suddenly said.
(End of this chapter)
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