[Congratulations! You have spent one thousand resentment points to purchase 'Increase all attributes by one point' x10!]
[Your current attributes are comparable to a Level 38.36 Spirit Master with a prominent single attribute.]
Although Ye Yin was a Support-type Spirit Master, his physical attributes had increased significantly. If he continued to boost his stats like this, he would eventually become a pure stat monster, powerful without even relying on his strange abilities.
After purchasing the attributes, Ye Yin's gaze fell upon the lottery again. He had tried the ten-consecutive-draw option five or six times before, but the results were usually disappointing. Most of the time he received cans of useless surströmming, and only twice had he been lucky enough to get Marrow Cleansing Fruits.
Over time, Ye Yin had discovered the marvelous uses of these fruits. Eating one was somewhat like gaining a level—it made his mind sharper, his thoughts more agile, his comprehension stronger, and his physical recovery faster. The changes weren't obvious in the short term, but over a long period, the benefits were undeniable.
"Ten consecutive draws!" he commanded the system.
[Congratulations! You have received Surströmming x8!]
[Congratulations! You have received Marrow Cleansing Fruit x2!]
[Reward: Surströmming and Marrow Cleansing Fruit have been added to the Special Shop.]
Two Marrow Cleansing Fruits! And they were now available in the shop! Ye Yin's eyes lit up instantly. He could finally buy them directly. Forgetting to eat the fruits for a moment, he immediately opened the shop to check the prices.
╭─── Resentment System ───╮
Special Shop
Surströmming: 10 resentment points.
Marrow Cleansing Fruit: 50 resentment points.
╰────────────────╯
Ye Yin stared at the two items and fell silent.
Ding!
[From Ye Yin's resentment +99!]
The system was such a scam. A ten-draw cost one hundred points. Even if he won ten Marrow Cleansing Fruits, which cost fifty points each, he would still lose five hundred points. And that was the best-case scenario. More often, he won multiple cans of surströmming, resulting in a ninety-percent loss!
Ye Yin let out a long breath and began to eat the fruits. He consumed the two he had just won, then bought another and ate it, and then another. He continued this process until he had eaten his ninth fruit. Suddenly, he found he couldn't eat anymore.
The phrase "couldn't eat anymore" was literal. The fruit, which had been sweet and delicious just moments ago, now gave off an extremely foul smell. When he forced a piece into his mouth, his body instinctively rejected it, making him spit it out.
"Did this one go bad?" he wondered.
He bought another one, but the result was the same. "There must be an upper limit to how many Marrow Cleansing Fruits a person can consume," Ye Yin thought. "It seems I've reached my limit."
To verify his guess, Ye Yin went and knocked on the door to Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong's dorm. "Xiao Wu, can you come to my dorm for a moment?"
"Yin Ge, what's up?" she asked, bouncing into his room.
Ye Yin held out a Marrow Cleansing Fruit. Xiao Wu's eyes lit up at the sight of the tempting treat. "Yin Ge, is this for me?"
Ye Yin nodded. Xiao Wu happily took the fruit and devoured it in two or three bites. "It's delicious!" she exclaimed. "Yin Ge, do you have any more?"
Ye Yin took out another. "I do. You can have as many as you want."
After she had eaten her third fruit, however, her expression changed. She frowned at the next one he offered. "Yin Ge, is this one bad? It smells awful."
Ding!
[From Xiao Wu's resentment +15!]
This confirmed Ye Yin's suspicion. Xiao Wu's limit was three fruits. Everyone's innate condition was different; her natural attributes were already excellent, so three were enough for her. But since she had just consumed one hundred and fifty of his resentment points, he had to earn them back.
Ye Yin held the foul-smelling fruit and playfully tried to stuff it into her mouth. He didn't actually need to feed it to her; just the motion of rubbing it against her lips was enough to annoy her. "It's not bad, hurry up and eat it."
Ding!
[From Xiao Wu's resentment +16!]
"No, I won't eat it!" she protested, shaking her head. "I won't! It's all gone bad!"
Ye Yin gently pushed her onto the bed and continued to tease her with the fruit. Xiao Wu kept squirming and waving her hands to block him. Finally, after she was exhausted and he had earned back enough resentment, he stopped. He could have continued, but the resentment points he was earning were starting to diminish. It was time to switch tactics.
"Yin Ge, you're so annoying," she pouted.
Ding!
[From Xiao Wu's resentment +20!]
...
Meanwhile, in another dorm room, Zhao Wuji began to wake from his deep sleep.
"That was such a comfortable sleep," he murmured, feeling more rested than he had in a long time. He stretched his limbs vigorously on the bed, but then his body suddenly froze.
Why did the bed feel so... sticky? It was like he was lying in a swamp.
Memories from before he passed out began flooding his mind. His expression grew increasingly stiff. Something's not right! No way... It couldn't really be like that, could it?
Zhao Wuji swallowed hard and slowly looked down. The sheets beneath him were stained a disgusting yellow. In fact, the entire bed was yellow. Because he tended to roll around in his sleep, he had managed to cover the whole bed in the filth his body had expelled.
Zhao Wuji's face turned as dark as a thundercloud. How had he slept through all of this? Had he been sleeping and defecating at the same time?
"Ye Yin," he growled, his voice trembling with rage. "I am not done with you!"
Ding!
[From Zhao Wuji's resentment +55!]
The resentment notifications began to flood Ye Yin's system, but he was completely unaware of the chaos unfolding in his teacher's room.
Zhao Wuji let out a long sigh. Thankfully, no one else knows about this, he thought, trying to salvage some shred of dignity. Otherwise, I would be utterly humiliated.
Just as he had that thought, a deep, powerful voice echoed through his room.
"Zhao Wuji!"
The single sentence almost made the beleaguered Spirit Saint faint from shock. "Cough, cough! Who's there?!" he exclaimed. No longer caring about his filthy state, he leaped from the bed. "Come out!"
A faint aura locked onto him. Zhao Wuji immediately chased after it, his rage fueling his movements. He stopped in the forest just outside Shrek Academy's grounds. A man dressed in a worn, black robe slowly stepped out from behind a large tree.
Ding!
[From Tang Hao's resentment +15!]
As soon as Tang Hao saw Zhao Wuji, he was hit by an incredibly foul odor. He looked at the man's body, which was covered in filth, and his brow furrowed in deep disgust. Is Zhao Wuji really this... dirty?
He had originally come here to teach Zhao Wuji a lesson for bullying the younger generation, after which he would have instructed the teacher to protect Tang San. But now... how could he possibly lay a hand on him? He couldn't. Zhao Wuji was covered in grime from head to toe. Forget about hitting him, even standing this close was an assault on the senses. The old saying was true: sometimes, you don't hit someone simply because you're afraid of dirtying your hands.
"Who are you?" Zhao Wuji demanded, too furious to notice his own condition. Seven brilliant spirit rings rose from beneath his feet, bathing the clearing in their light. "I asked, who are you?"
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