11: Beef tendon, what kind of new natural treasure is that? The principal was dumbfounded.

“Something's not right!”

In the Principal's office, on the neat desk lay a stack of papers. A closer look revealed the name Han Lie, along with terms like 'data verification,' 'Nth test,' 'family history,' and so on.

Principal Huo Kun's brow furrowed, forming a deep crease that could squash a fly. He rested his hand on his chin, deep in thought.

“Is this child even logical?”

Admittedly, he had traveled north and south for decades, even leading armies to enemy planets. What kind of human genius hadn't he seen, what kind of foreign prodigy hadn't he heard of?

Someone like Han Lie,

a genius with all-around enhancements and no weaknesses,

existed, and not just a few.

But would such a person truly appear from a family so poor, with both parents deceased?

Awakening a unique physique was rare in one school, but not uncommon nationwide. Yet, upon closer inspection, almost every person's awakening only strengthened one aspect, like Wang Yang's rapid growth in Vitality.

Actually, these things were all interconnected. If one could quickly replenish a large amount of energy when Vitality was growing rapidly, one could swiftly enhance physical strength.

Rapid Vitality growth also facilitated the consumption of fierce beast essence blood, better leveraging the catfish effect to improve Vitality quality.

Therefore, geniuses with money and no lack of resources could achieve parallel advancements.

But all of it required money.

What about Han Lie?

He practically had 'poor' written on his forehead. To put it bluntly, he probably didn't even have a few thousand yuan in his pocket. Could such a child truly achieve comprehensive enhancement?

If all the data was accurate and no one had tampered with it, it meant that Han Lie was still aWaste a month ago, and now his explosive…

“Explosive” might even be an understatement.

This rate of strength increase

was practically a monstrous development.

“Could it be…”

Huo Kun's eyes deepened. “This child awakened an unprecedented unique physique, but damn it, that doesn't explain it either. How can a precious flower bloom in barren soil? Where does the nourishment come from?”

According to experts,

there were lucky individuals who might awaken a one-in-ten-thousand unique physique, just like the Barbarian Race, overlords in the universe, who could cultivate autonomously from birth as easily as drinking water.

But even they,

in the early stages of cultivation, would need to consume food to supplement their body's needs, right? Would energy just appear out of thin air?

“This, this…”

The Old Principal, who prided himself on his extensive knowledge, was a bit stumped now. The only possible explanation at this point was—

Han Lie was hiding something.

“Could he be… an extraterrestrial spy?”

The Principal's suspicion did not wane. Perhaps it stirred some unpleasant memories. When he considered the possibility of Han Lie being a spy, energy surged from nowhere, and the sturdy office desk began to tremble.

And just then—

“Knock, knock, knock!”

“Principal, it's Han Lie!”

“Alright, come in!”

..................

On Han Lie's side, having just escaped the crowd's encirclement, he was informed by the Dean of Students that the Principal wanted to have a chat with him.

They said it was to finalize his future welfare benefits, but Han Lie felt it wasn't that simple. There shouldn't be a genius in this world as genius as him.

Otherwise, his cheat would be for nothing.

Moreover, his cheat was a bit outrageous, treating the entire High Martial World as a game and finding an exploitable bug within it.

So, the Principal definitely had something else in mind when he called him.

Not thinking too much,

Han Lie gently knocked on the Principal's office door. After receiving permission, he pushed the door open and was met with a kind, smiling face.

“Han Lie, sit here!”

Han Lie acknowledged, sat down, and looked directly at the Principal with a smile, an expression that said, 'I'm a good student, Principal, ask away.'

“You've performed very well!”

“Our school hasn't produced such a monstrous dark horse like you in decades. In you, I seem to see…”

Huo Kun praised him sincerely. Such talent indeed deserved commendation. In response, Han Lie merely nodded slightly with a smile, indicating, 'You speak, I listen.'

“Oh no!”

The more composed he appeared, the more the Old Principal felt that the other party was not an ordinary teenager, but…

Conversely, the less he seemed like a spy.

A three-minute long praise session elevated Han Lie to the position of “Son of Tomorrow.” Finally, the conversation took a turn.

“It's hard to imagine you achieving such a leap in progress within a month. How about it, I mean, is there anything unusual about your body?”

Here it comes!

Han Lie knew he would ask him these things.

Before coming, he knew that there were billions of races and thousands of spiritual treasures in the universe. These things, when combined with humans, produced countless miraculous changes, so he could feign ignorance and muddle through.

At the same time, simply answering “I don't know” would definitely not fool a martial arts powerhouse like the Principal.

According to Cui Dazhi, a martial artist about to enter the seventh rank could awaken mental and even spiritual power, using it for a lie detector would be like using a cannon to shoot a mosquito.

The truly smart approach was to

speak the truth,

while deliberately concealing some things.

“Nothing unusual at all!”

“But Principal…”

Han Lie showed a curious expression. “I don't know why, but after I ate beef tendon, I felt my Vitality surge incredibly fast, like the refreshing feeling of consuming Mighty Bull Essence Blood!”

“Indeed!”

The Principal knew this kid must have accidentally eaten some kind of heavenly material and earthly treasure. It seemed he really wasn't an extraterrestrial spy.

However, the next second he realized something was wrong. “beef tendon, what's that?”

He had a bad feeling.

“It's just that little snack sold at the school's convenience store for three yuan fifty a bag! After I ate it, I felt my Vitality surge. Cui Dazhi… ah, that's my friend who got recommended to Tsinghua and Peking University, he said I seemed to have consumed Mighty Bull Essence Blood, hahaha!”

“?”

The Old Principal, over fifty years old, slowly formed a question mark above his head. Are you kidding me?

“Not just that…”

Han Lie continued, “Today at the cafeteria, I ate less than one serving of pork belly and was full, couldn't eat anymore. I strongly suspect that the pork had Grade Two fierce beast Chilie Pig mixed in!!”

“???”

The Principal's eyes widened uncontrollably. He thought, 'What do you mean? They mixed immortal pills into cheap pork and sold it to you, is that it?'

Is the school your dad!!

“Principal, I also don't know why…”

Han Lie was equally troubled.

“I just ate and drank, and what I ate was all junk food that others looked down on. I didn't do anything, and suddenly I became a dark horse!”

“Hey, you think…”

“I won't be captured for research, will I?”

Look at that,

is that even human language?

The Principal's face darkened a bit, but he immediately explained, “No, you can rest assured. There are countless miraculous physiques in this world. If every abnormality were to be researched, wouldn't people be panicking?”

“Phew—”

“Then I'm relieved!”

You're relieved?

I'm not relieved yet!!

The Principal felt like a thousand alpacas were stampeding in his heart. Through their conversation, he realized that everything Han Lie said was true.

In other words, the increase in strength wasn't a month's change, but a day's change?

Huh?!

…Is this reasonable?

Without further doubt, he'd know if it was true by trying it. He immediately dialed a number.

“Send all the beef tendon over!”

“……”

The person on the other end of the phone said something unknown.

“Not much? Get it in!!”

“Also, send me a bag of all the other snacks too, quickly!”

.............

Han Lie could already imagine how panicked and bewildered the unapproachable staff member at the convenience store must be right now.

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