Chapter 113 - Purple Rock
A purple rock sat on the center of the plate. It was shiny and slightly larger than an adult’s fist.
“Purple Heart of Spirit.”
“My goodness; it’s massive.”
“Such a thing actually exists? I thought it’s just a legend.”
After a few quiet moments, everybody got riled up as their greed grew, drooling as they stared at the purple Heart of Spirit.
“Hearts of Spirit can be purple?” Xia Fei asked Phantom in his consciousness.
Phantom seemed to have been reminded of something as he replied with a tone of sadness, “Yes, Hearts of Spirit can be blue or purple. Apparently, purple Hearts of Spirit contain one hundred to one hundred fifty times more energy than their blue counterparts and are exceedingly rare, though purple ones are a lot more volatile than blue ones, so they don’t really have much use. They’re usually collected as rare minerals.
“My master had a purple Heart of Spirit, too. He would always fiddle with it and would never let it out of his sight. My master once told me that blue and purple Hearts of Spirit contain the energy of the universe, but the purple ones are closer to the true face of the universe, mysterious and full of intense energy.
“Hey, you’re not going to work for that guy, right?” Phantom asked in his consciousness.
Xia Fei laughed. “Heh, do I even have a choice? Just look behind me.”
Phantom looked back after that and saw two massive blokes walking behind Xia Fei suspiciously.
“I think, in order to make sure that they have enough firepower, everyone with a warship in Red Rock Base is on the Ning clan’s list. It’s just that I’m an outsider, so that sly old man back there doesn’t trust me much, so he invited me over to test me personally.
“Did you notice that while Ning Baichen was addressing everyone, he would look at me from time to time? That old man sure wasn’t easy to deal with.”
Phantom was silent for a bit. He did notice everything Xia Fei had just mentioned, but he did not analyze it as thoroughly as Xia Fei did.
“What do we do now?”
Xia Fei started peeing shamelessly at a wall, observing the two burly men behind out of the corner of his eye. Indeed, the two stopped and pretended to chat while looking out of the corners of their eyes from time to time.
“I remember that you said the energy waves from the base can very well come from a Heart of Spirit. Since a blue Heart of Spirit greatly increases my ability to absorb medication, allowing me to increase my growth rate, won’t a purple Heart of Spirit be even better?” Xia Fei asked as he pulled up his pants.
“It’s merely a possibility. I can’t guarantee the success of that.”
“It’s taking longer and longer to absorb the medication every time I take it. At this rate, when will I actually become strong? I can’t give up an opportunity to improve myself no matter what. Since I’ve encountered the purple Heart of Spirit by chance, there’s no reason for me to give it to anyone else,” said Xia Fei with his determination filling eyes.
Phantom could hardly believe what he was hearing. “Xia Fei, I seem to have underestimated your determination to improve.”
Xia Fei rubbed his head. “It’s not as serious as you made it to be. I just think that opportunities don’t always present themselves, so I must try and grab hold of them every time.”
Xia Fei was now at the residential area where Allen lived. Before entering, he saw through his peripheral vision that the two men were still down on the street with no intention of leaving. Evidently, they were ordered here by the Ning clan.
Allen uncharacteristically filled the table with great dishes and a few bottles of beer. He welcomed Xia Fei back with open arms and a smile on his face.
“Something’s wrong with the old man today; just ignore him,” Sarah said as she stuffed her face with sausage.
Allen ignored Sarah as he enthusiastically dragged Xia Fei to the table and filled his plate with food. Xia Fei sensed that this was completely out of the ordinary. Allen was usually very stingy; every meal Xia Fei had at his house was all so-called pudding made from weeds. He would have lost his mind if it had not been for the leftover food in his spatial ring.
There must have been something wrong. Xia Fei kept his eye on Allen as he ate. The latter urged him to drink some beer, but Xia Fei refused in hopes of finding out what he was planning.
After a few rounds of eating and drinking, Allen’s face was bright red. “Sarah, go back to your room; I have something I want to discuss with Xia Fei.”