Chapter 311: Chapter 268: The Truth from the Mother Tree

These shovels, hoes, sickles, and so on weren’t artifacts, but the materials used to forge them were extraordinary. They had only two characteristics: hardness and sharpness!

Mr. Ya swung the shovel, unable to put it down.

He had used this shovel to dig before and found it remarkably easy to handle.

"Boss, can you give me this shovel?" Mr. Ya asked.

"What use do you have for this thing?" Su Ze asked, puzzled.

"As a weapon! I think this shovel handles better than that crescent blade you gave me last time," Mr. Ya said excitedly.

"A shovel as a weapon?" Su Ze was taken aback for a moment, picturing Mr. Ya assassinating someone with a shovel.

’A shovel assassin?’

He took a sickle from his Storage Bag and handed it to Mr. Ya. "Try this. A sickle is more reliable than a shovel."

Mr. Ya took the sickle, swung it a couple of times, then handed it back. "The shovel just feels better."

"Fine," Su Ze said, shaking his head helplessly.

’There was no saving Mr. Ya from his own peculiar style.’

...

The day after returning to Dongli University, Su Ze contacted Xu Sheng and asked him to come over to "collect some junk."

Xu Sheng had been promoted again and was now a regional manager for Evolutionary Technology, in charge of the company’s stores across half of Dongli.

But even with his promotion, a single call from Su Ze had him scrambling over personally.

He knew exactly who he had to thank for his current success.

Inside a private room at a coffee shop near the university entrance.

Upon seeing Xu Sheng, Su Ze tossed two Storage Rings over to him, letting him appraise them himself.

Xu Sheng glanced at the contents of the Storage Rings and felt his heart skip a beat.

It seemed that every time, the items Su Ze produced were more valuable than the last. Even though he had mentally prepared himself, he was still shocked.

"This transaction must be kept confidential," Su Ze said.

"Rest assured, sir. After this transaction is complete, you will be upgraded to a diamond-tier member of Evolutionary Technology. All of your related transaction information is absolutely confidential. Fewer than ten people in the entire company have the authority to view it, and they are all major shareholders who would never do anything to harm the company."

Su Ze nodded.

In the end, the items were appraised for a total of over 400 billion!

Once the transaction was complete, over forty million Evolutionary Technology Points were immediately added to Su Ze’s account.

"Oh, right." Su Ze suddenly remembered something. "You’re in charge of more stores now. Pick a day and gather all the high-grade evolutionary materials from the stores under your command in one place. I want to go and pick out some items in person."

Xu Sheng had done this once before, but back then he was just a provincial manager for the Dongli Kingdom, overseeing far fewer stores than he did now.

Xu Sheng smiled obsequiously. "Of course, sir. Just give me two days’ notice whenever you’re free, and I’ll make sure everything is arranged perfectly for you."

Su Ze was doing this, of course, to select materials that could strengthen and upgrade his skills. However, he didn’t plan on going right away. He intended to wait until he reached Saint-level, at which point he would perform a massive, comprehensive enhancement of all his abilities.

He also planned to finally visit the Dongli National Treasury, a place he had long wanted to go but hadn’t. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Once he became Saint-level, he would be part of the Dongli Kingdom’s core circle of power. The kingdom’s few hegemons would surely not refuse his requests.

...

Su Ze’s biggest gain from this trip wasn’t the forty-million-plus points now in his account, nor the fifth-tier extract, but the Mother Tree’s promise.

He had successfully completed the Mother Tree’s commission, and as a thank you, she had promised to help him remove the hidden danger within the Bloodline Crystal.

Then, Su Ze would be able to obtain a pure Bloodline Crystal.

He had already had Mr. Ya dig up the Bloodline Crystal that was buried underground, ready to make a trip to the Miracle Oasis at any moment.

However, news from Ju Han indicated that a major figure from the Sovereign Country had gone to the Miracle Oasis, so she advised Su Ze to wait a while before heading over.

Su Ze’s purpose for this trip wasn’t just the Bloodline Crystal.

The Mother Tree likely knew something about the universe, the Divine Dice, and the Bloodline Crystal. She had previously told him to seek her out after reaching Saint-level, but now, Su Ze was just one step away.

He planned to use this visit to ask everything he needed to know and wanted to know, to get a clear picture.

’I also need to understand why the Mother Tree is investing in me. What does she ultimately want me to do?’

Of course, he had another objective: to freeload off the spaceship.

His previous communication with the spaceship’s control hub had taught him the functions of its various areas. He also learned that its "training room" had the miraculous effect of accelerating the digestion of extracts.

’There’s no way I’m missing out on that!’

The fifth-tier extract currently in his body was digesting far too slowly; at the fastest rate, it would still take five or six months to finish.

And that was with the help of Swan Dance 2.0 and evolutionary medicine.

But if he could use the spaceship’s training room to speed things up, that time could be drastically reduced.

Furthermore, the spaceship’s training room was spacious enough for him to perform Swan Dance 2.0 freely without worrying about being seen.

...

Every day, Su Ze took the Heart-shaped Fruits he had gathered from the spaceship while performing Swan Dance 2.0 to digest the extract as quickly as possible.

He had to admit, the Heart-shaped Fruits were indeed more effective than the Ten Thousand Miles Ginseng he had used before. Five fruits, used over five days, were equivalent to more than half a month of his usual progress.

Just then, he received a message from Ju Han. She said that the people from the Sovereign Country had concluded their talks with the Mother Tree and left. Su Ze could go over anytime.

Su Ze had been waiting for this news. He and Mr. Ya immediately set off for the Miracle Oasis.

The two of them traveled discreetly again. Not only did they disguise themselves, but they also didn’t use any vehicles, relying entirely on Mr. Ya’s Earth Escape to travel.