Lin Zhan looked at the four fist-sized, golden, fragrant pills in his hand.
He couldn't help but nod slightly, "Hmm, when it comes to important matters, the system is quite reliable."
But what he didn't expect was that the last time he affirmed the system was when it turned him into an idiot.
"System, what's the price of this stuff? Make it affordable. Don't rip me off again."
The system, with a righteous demeanor, said:
"What are you saying? Am I that kind of person? This stuff only works on spirit pets below the Lord level, but it's not cheap. Two quasi-king-level crystal cores for one portion of pills."
Seeing Lin Zhan about to bargain, the system quickly added:
"But this time, I'll give it to Brother Zhan for free. Consider it my apology for what happened last time."
Lin Zhan, who had been planning to bargain down seventy percent, was suddenly speechless after hearing the system's words.
At the same time, he said to the system with some concern:
"System, doesn't this thing have any hidden fees? You can't just give me a pill for free and then charge me hundreds of thousands or millions for something else."
The system rolled its eyes but knew this kid had been tricked too many times by it:
"There are no hidden fees at all, you can rest assured. By the way, I know Xiao Jin and the others have king crystals. When they evolve after eating the pills, have them place the king crystals beside them. The higher the energy provided for bloodline evolution, the greater the achievement."
After speaking, the system took out four more crystal stones with runes:
"These are the rune armament advancement crystal stones, also my latest products. While you're at it, upgrade the rune armaments for Xiao Jin and the others."
Then, it transferred a set of golden silk soft armor to Lin Zhan:
"Host, this is a soft armor woven with eternal golden silk. It can continuously devour high-grade alloys to upgrade. It is currently at the king level, meaning it can resist king-level attacks. You can let it devour some alloys produced by emperor-level iron-eating beasts to upgrade."
Lin Zhan looked at the system, completely bewildered, feeling that the system's actions today made him unable to understand it:
"System, what you're doing today is making me very anxious. Did you run out of money? Tell me how much you need. I can still come up with three or five hundred million."
Lin Dashao said generously, which was rare.
"What are you talking about? Between us brothers, what's there to say? This is all small change. Just use it with peace of mind. I don't want a single cent. It's all a gift to you." The system said righteously.
"As for the pills for Old Leng, they will take a few more days to arrive. Please wait a bit. We'll leave it at that for now. I'm leaving. If you need anything, send me a leaf, and I'll rush over."
Lin Dashao looked at the disappearing system and then up at the sun in the sky with a stunned expression:
"That's right, the sun is rising from the east. Forget it, let's not think about it for now. When I have time, I'll find a good doctor and take the system to see. This old fellow seems to have a serious illness."
Who truly had the serious illness was unknown, and what kind of doctor could treat a system that couldn't be seen or touched was also a mystery.
On the other side, in a special space, the system transformed into a little boy wearing a red bellyband and looked at the large screen in front of him:
An old man wearing black sunglasses, disguised as a blind man, appeared on the screen. The system quickly said to the old man:
"Ancestor, you can't be mistaken, right? Will my host really face a bloody disaster in the war of ten thousand races?"
The old man quickly took out a fortune-telling banner, on which was written: "Happy with one's lot, thus free from worry. Fortune-telling and divination, accurate as iron."
"See? You little brat, your ancestor is professionally trained, and there's no mistake. Quickly prepare more life-saving means for this kid. With the protection of his family elders, he should be able to safely overcome this bloody disaster."
After the old man disappeared, the system fell into deep thought: "Why does Old Ancestor's appearance feel so familiar?"
At noon, Lin Zhan sat at the dining table and said to Zhang Lingxiu, who had returned from school:
"Wife, you've been at the Golden initial stage for some time now. When can you level up again?"
Zhang Lingxiu was taken aback and then said:
"It's coming soon. In about half a month, I'll be able to advance to the Golden middle stage. Husband, why are you asking about this?"
"I just remembered when I avenged my grandfather by conquering the Bone Demon tribe last time, I dueled with the king's bloodline descendant of the Bone Demon tribe and directly chopped off that skeleton."
"Last time, during the war of ten thousand races, I captured Rommel alive. Once this war starts, there will definitely be royal bloodlines from other races challenging me. Don't I need to improve my strength as well? We can't lose face for the human race, nor can we lose the face of the Lin family."
As the daughter of Zhang Zhen, Zhang Lingxiu had grown up listening to stories of the battlefield. Although she was worried about Lin Zhan, she couldn't say much:
"Husband, levels aren't something you can just gain. What are you thinking about?"
Seeing Zhang Lingxiu's forced smile, Lin Zhan knew she was worried about him.
After all, throughout history, "Hunters' hounds must eventually perish on the mountain, and generals are bound to die on the battlefield."
Moreover, quite a few members of the Lin family had died on the battlefield. Lin Zhan knew from a young age that he would eventually embark on this path.
"Don't you believe in your husband's strength? Don't forget, I'm a beastmaster. Those four scoundrels, Xiao Jin and the others, should have upgraded long ago, but they are forcefully suppressing their levels. I just want to use their upgrade to also increase my level."
Lin Zhan crossed the dining table and embraced Zhang Lingxiu, saying:
"When that time comes, with the four of us stacked, we won't fear fighting two levels above us. Among the ten thousand races, my peers are at most at the Platinum level. They'll just be sending me heads."
"Besides, I have the protection of all the old ancestors. Which old fellow would dare to break the rules and attack me? Unless they are not afraid of their entire race being wiped out."
Zhang Lingxiu didn't know how to respond. She was reluctant to see Lin Zhan go to the battlefield again, but she couldn't stop him. She could only hold him tightly.
The story branches out.
The little Taoist priest Zhang Haoming, who was bringing warmth to Ying Zheng and Zhang Qingxuan, arrived at the secret base for the production of No. 5 with Xiao Bao.
Xiao Bao immediately spotted the two Iron-Eating Beast Kings and hurried over, saying:
"You two, stop dawdling here."
The two Iron-Eating Beast Kings, upon seeing Xiao Bao, exclaimed in surprise: "Uncle, Uncle, is that really you? When were you released?"
Seeing their confused expressions, Xiao Bao said to everyone:
"When I was young, my ancestor forcibly sealed me. Later, I met Lin Zhan and joined him. These two brats are the children of my elder brother. Although I am still in my growth period, in terms of seniority, I am their uncle."
The two Iron-Eating Beast Kings quickly nodded and said:
"That's right, this is our real uncle. If you had told us earlier that this job was for our uncle's family, we wouldn't have caused those problems."