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Chapter 1654 'Key Figure' (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)
wilderness
He Ao lay prone on the vast snowfield, his body covered by a snow-white tiger-skin coat, concealing him in the white snow.

Beside him, Siwei's entire body was covered in snow, with only her small face, still bearing some cracks, showing. "Big guy, I feel like that uncle seems a little unhappy about all the demands we've made."

“He wasn’t upset. In fact, he was happy for us to make demands of him, the more the better,” Heo said casually. “He was just telling us that it was ‘difficult’ for him to do these things.”

"What does this mean?" Sisley asked, puzzled. "What's the point of him telling us this?"

"I guess you could call it a favor," He Ao said casually. "When you do something for someone, you have to show that it's a certain level of difficulty so that they'll feel that you've really put your heart into it and paid a lot of price, and that's when they'll acknowledge that they owe you a favor."

"If you finish it easily, others will think that you do these things very easily and that they don't feel they owe you a big favor."

“I don’t understand,” Siwei said, her eyes wide. “But if we owe him a favor and make so many demands, won’t he hate us and give us a hard time?”

“No, he actually hopes we owe him favors, the more the better,” He Ao smiled and glanced at her. “Sometimes, ‘accepting’ is better than ‘giving’ when it comes to bringing two strangers closer.”

“When you accept a gift, you have a reason to ‘repay’ the other person. The other person will accept your ‘repayment’ without hesitation, and may even want you to ‘repay’ them. In this back-and-forth exchange, the barriers and suspicions are weakened.”

"Is that so?" Siwei's eyes widened, she shook her head, and then buried her face in the snow. "You adults' affairs are so troublesome."

He smiled and said nothing more, instead focusing his gaze on the depths of the forest ahead.

They had been away from the city for some time, and the sun was gradually setting in the west. Snow piled up on the branches, outlining the white foliage.

The snowfield was so quiet, there were no birds, no human voices, and not even any animals that used to roam through the snow and trees.

He Ao lay quietly on the ground, motionless, as if he had completely blended into the surrounding snowfield.

And as he watched, a ray of sunlight slanted across the treetops, and a huge white creature slowly emerged from the forest.

Without hesitation, Heo grabbed the Spear of Vistara buried in the snow and shot out like an arrow, instantly reaching the white behemoth.

The enormous creature also sensed He Ao's presence and suddenly raised itself up. It was a huge, snow-white worm, about three or four meters wide, with its tail not visible at a glance.

Sections of snow-white bones covered its outer body, enveloping its entire form, and the part lying on the ground was indistinguishable from the snow.

"squeak--"

Upon seeing He Ao, the snow worm emitted a sharp, explosive cry. Under the shockwave, the surrounding trees, some twenty or thirty meters tall, instantly collapsed as if struck by a tremendous force.

He's skin and flesh were shaken, and many of his previously healed wounds were torn open again.

However, He Ao paid no attention to any of this. Under the surging sonic attack, his body moved extremely fast, and in an instant he was in front of the Snowworm and threw the Vestalar Spear in his hand.

The spear sliced ​​through the sky, piercing the snow worm's head in an instant. At the same time, He Ao also leaped into the air.

The snow worm struggled, trying to release sound waves again, but Heo in the sky had already grasped the Vestalar Spear that had pierced through the snow worm's body. He flipped his entire body in the sky, then suddenly plunged downwards, piercing the gap of the third vertebra on the snow worm's back with his spear.

puff--

As green blood splattered out, the enormous snow worm's body crashed to the ground with a deafening roar.

In the distance, in the snow, a little doll in a red dress was lying on the snow, quickly scrambling through the snow as if swimming, moving closer to He Ao.

As soon as He Ao drew his spear and jumped off the snow worm, she leaped out and stood beside him. "Big guy, all done?!"

"It's all set." He Ao nodded.

He raised his spear, dissected the snow worm's body, and began to follow the energy circuits that the snow worm had not yet completely dissipated, searching for the place where its energy was most concentrated.

He quickly removed the flesh and cleaned the ground.

Meanwhile, Siwei had already picked up several pieces of wood from the side and shoved them over.

He Ao took out an electric lighter and some accelerant, and started a fire.

Soon, flames rose up.

Heo placed the meat on the fire and roasted it, sprinkling spices on it as he did so. Siwei rolled over a large log to serve as a seat for Heo, and then rolled over another one for herself, watching the roasting meat and swallowing her saliva.

"Want some?" He Ao glanced at her and smiled.

"I can't eat anymore," Siwei patted her tummy. "I've had barbecue for several meals today."

They've already hunted down more than one strange beast this afternoon.

But as soon as she finished speaking, Siwei watched the roasted meat gradually cook and smelled deliciously charred. She swallowed and hesitated for a moment, then said, "A little bit is fine too."

He Ao smiled, cut off a new piece of meat, shaved a twig, stuck it on, quickly roasted it, and handed it to Siwei.

Siwei gripped the branch with both hands, stared wide-eyed at the roasted meat, and began to eat it in small bites.

He Ao also brought the large piece of roasted meat he had been eating to his mouth.

With the first bite he took, a rich energy, or rather, 'earthly energy,' flowed into his mouth.

Soon, this earth energy mixed with his weather energy, rapidly merging into his flesh and blood, condensing into a new divine consciousness, and quickly improving his physical attributes.

This is an improved version of the 'food supplement' method from the martial arts world, which he then incorporated into his own martial arts cultivation method. To put it simply, it involves killing creatures with high energy levels and directly consuming the meat from the place with the most energy.

He was not very skilled at first and tried several times before he found the place with the most energy.

Aside from its innate talent sequence, a beast's most essential energy might be concentrated in a small area. Consuming these parts and combining them with breathing techniques can purify a significant amount of energy.

However, although this method allows for rapid energy acquisition, it is still limited by the body's and one's own energy cap.

Simply put, it's about reaching a certain level.

He Ao has no issues with cultivation level, so he can directly convert as much energy from the flesh and blood as possible into his own body.

Soon, He Ao finished the barbecue and looked at his physical fitness level.

Physical fitness: 1630.

There are three C-rank alien beasts outside the city of Velens. This snow worm is the last one. All three alien beasts are quite strong, and they are among the top C-rank beasts. They provided Heo with more than 700 points of physical attributes.

Of course, this is also related to the cultivation method that He Ao came up with, which forcibly opens the energy circuit with divine sense, resulting in a very high energy conversion rate, as well as Loren's exceptional talent.

For a normal martial artist, improving by 300 would be considered top-tier.

Even so, He Ao's physical fitness still didn't reach the B-level threshold.

He turned his head and looked at the huge snow worm corpse beside him.

If he can finish eating the remaining snow worm corpses, he should be able to improve significantly.

But he really couldn't eat anymore.

He raised his hand, picked up the walkie-talkie on his chest, and pressed a button.

Soon, accompanied by the roar of machinery, snowmobiles and transport vehicles emerged from the snowfield.

Soon, a snowmobile stopped in front of them.

An elderly man with completely white hair, a short white beard, a silver suit, and a white brooch on his chest, who looked quite elegant, stepped out of the SUV.

He looked at He Ao, walked over quickly, and exclaimed, "Luo, you're much faster than I expected."

He glanced at the snow worm corpse beside him. "Such a powerful beast, and you killed it so easily."

Luo was the name of the false identity that Denon had prepared for Heo.

“It’s getting dark,” He said slowly. “I have to go home.”

“Alright,” the old man nodded with a smile. He took out seven small, finger-sized, strip-shaped metal cubes from his pocket, six red and one blue. “This is the reward we agreed on. These seven are hardware wallets, all containing cryptocurrency. The red ones are worth one million Federal Credits, the blue ones are worth 500,000 Federal Credits, and the three C-level alien beasts, for a total of 6.5 million Federal Credits.”

"Thank you." He Ao reached out and took the hardware wallet from his hand.

"Will you come again tomorrow?" The old man looked up and smiled at He Ao.

“They probably won’t be coming tomorrow,” He Ao shook his head, looking at the old man. “Are there any other Class C alien beasts around here?”

“No more,” the old man shook his head. “These are the only three Class C monsters with fixed habitats near Willens.”

He raised his head, looked at the vast snowfield behind him, and laughed, “Actually, it was the right thing for you not to come. Appropriate hunting helps stabilize the forest, while excessive hunting will cause the wilderness to fall into chaos, nature to collapse, and bring disaster to mankind itself.”

"Sounds like you're a conservationist?" He Ao tucked his hardware wallet into a fur-rolled pocket and glanced at the old man with some surprise.

“Actually, I am a botanist,” the old man smiled, looking at Heo, “and a believer in the forest.”

“A follower of the forest?” Heo raised an eyebrow slightly.

“An organization that worships forests. We are dedicated to protecting forests and nature, maintaining the stability of the natural order, and preventing forests from collapsing due to human expansion,” the old man smiled. “I can sense that you are also a kind person. Would you be interested in learning more about our organization?”

"Then forget it," He Ao said with a smile, shaking his head. "I rarely join organizations."

He turned his gaze to the people who were using a crane to lift the snow worm carcasses onto trucks, and said with some doubt, "But if your purpose is to protect nature, why are you doing something like buying and selling alien beast carcasses?"

“Appropriate killing is also part of the forest's order,” the old man said with a smile, glancing at the people behind him dealing with the beast carcasses. “Besides, if we don’t do it, someone else will. While we’re doing it, we can also use methods to limit the killing and better handle the aftermath, preventing secondary disasters from causing real damage to the forest. Of course…”

He smiled and looked at He Ao, "As an organization, we also need operating funds. Doing these things can also alleviate the organization's financial pressure."

“That sounds reasonable,” Heo smiled, looking at the old man, and casually asked, “So, does your organization have a god it worships?”

Upon hearing this, the old man paused for a moment, then simply gazed at He Ao and said gently in a meaningful tone, "Gods exist simply because you believe. If you believe, then He exists."

“That sounds philosophical,” He Ao nodded slightly. He looked up at the sun, which was already sinking below the horizon. “It’s about time. I have to go.”

“Alright, I’ll have my convoy give you a ride,” the old man waved, and a snowmobile drove up. He looked at He Ao and smiled, “We’ll meet again someday. If you’re interested in our organization, feel free to contact us anytime.”

"Until we meet again." He Ao nodded slightly and waved goodbye to the old man.

Siwei climbed onto his shoulder, waved goodbye to the old man, and the two got into the SUV together.

"Sir, do you think he is kind?" Seeing He Ao get into the snowmobile, the driver of the snowmobile parked behind the old man got out, watched the vehicle drive away, and asked with some doubt.

“Of course he’s merciful,” the old man said with a smile, shaking his head. He turned to look at the snow worm beside him, at the wound that pierced through it. “He acted quickly and decisively, giving the beast almost no time to suffer. His killing was only because his current situation required it, not because he was passionate about killing.”

He shook his head and slowly walked towards the transport vehicle. "He is actually much more kind than many people."

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Willen's Red Willow Neighborhood

He Ao glanced at the location on his wristband, then looked up at the somewhat secluded old coffee shop in front of him.

He pushed open the slightly discolored glass door and walked into the coffee shop.

The café was unusually spacious and simple, with only a few customers. He Ao's gaze quickly fell on a man in the corner, whose face was covered by a coat and a bowler hat.

He walked over and sat down opposite the man, placing Siwei on the chair next to him. He looked at the man and smiled, "You're dressed like a spy coming to make contact."

“Proper secrecy is very important.” Denon looked up at Heo and smiled.

He pulled out two mithril test tubes from his pocket and handed them to He Ao, saying, "This is the life-enhancing potion you requested, three million Federal Credits per tube."

"How much?" He Ao's eyes widened slightly.

“Three million,” Denon seemed to have guessed Heo’s expression. He smiled and said, “I didn’t make a profit from your price difference. That’s the price the seller quoted me. Moreover, this drug is not the officially released version; it’s an experimental product. The seller gave me a 50% discount, even at a loss.”

He Ao took the test tube and looked at the upside-down starry sea logo printed on it. "Made by Qunxing Pharmaceuticals?"

"Yes, it's said to be made using a technique for extracting the flesh and blood of alien beasts within their organization. This technique isn't fully mature yet, so they don't produce many potions. These two are newly made."

Denon looked at He Ao, who seemed hesitant, and laughed, "Have you seen some news about Starry Sky Pharmaceuticals' 'human experiments'? You can trust me, their drug should indeed be extracted from the body of a monster. They won't lie to me."

“Alright,” Heo glanced at the potion, put it away, and looked at Denon. “Shall we talk about the key figure in that anomalous cult you’re looking to capture?”

It got stuck for a bit, a little later