186: Chapter 186 Testing Identity

"You will die like this, my friend. Why are you unwilling to let down your guard and let me try to control your body? What would it hurt to try? It would make you instantly stronger. Besides, this is a dream; no matter the result, you should recover as if nothing happened after you wake up, right?"

The Phantom Demon tried to coax him, but unfortunately, Chu Xuan remained unmoved.

"Sigh, why bother?"

With a soft sigh, the Phantom Demon clearly did not want to sit and wait for death. Seeing the thick Smoke surrounding them, the Azure Dragon about to use Mind Reading again, and even the System notification that the talent time limit was about to expire appearing.

An unparalleled sense of fear emerged, no longer a slow oppression, but an instantaneous wave that swept over, turning Chu Xuan's vision completely dark.

Faintly, he heard the Azure Dragon's astonished voice: "Hmm? This is actually your dream..."

[Your consciousness has been erased.]

[Your health points have been depleted.]

[You are dead.]

...

...

"Never trust anyone!"

"..."

Chu Xuan woke up again. This time, 90 points of spirituality value were deducted, leaving 870 points.

"Damn it, you finally woke up..."

Still not letting Bai Yunfei say much, Chu Xuan directly demanded to leave this place immediately and then contact Ming Xiucheng.

This time, Chu Xuan did not wait for Ming Xiucheng to come over, using the excuse of being unwell to leave a step ahead.

First, he called Tang Zheng to meet at an internet cafe two kilometers away from the commercial street, and then he called Xinyue Fox to meet at Bafang Pawnshop.

On the way, [Future Tang Zheng] did not send any more messages. Chu Xuan knew that the other party must have been struck by lightning again and dared not send messages anymore.

However, Chu Xuan did not dwell on this. The current dilemma was the Azure Dragon; finding out the other party's true identity was an important Breakthrough.

The so-called preemptive strike—defensive counterattacks were too passive, far inferior to taking the initiative.

After pondering for a long time, Chu Xuan took out the spirit Pearl. At this moment, there were still 500 points of spirituality value inside.

Looking at the swirling mist inside and squinting his eyes slightly, Chu Xuan directly input spirituality value to refill it to 1000.

With 370 points of spirituality value remaining, Chu Xuan did not act rashly for the time being.

A moment later, in a small alley next to the internet cafe, after Tang Zheng saw Chu Xuan, he asked in great surprise: "Chu Xuan, why did you ask me to come here at this time? Old Zhang even said he was going to treat me to a late-night snack!"

Chu Xuan did not answer but asked instead: "Aside from Charm, what are your four attributes respectively?"

Tang Zheng was stunned for a moment and answered truthfully: "stamina 15, strength 19, agility 18, spirit 14."

"This is for you."

Chu Xuan handed the spirit Pearl to Tang Zheng and said in a deep voice: "Absorb all the spirituality value inside and add it all to strength and agility."

"So much spirituality value, you aren't joking, are you?" Tang Zheng gave Chu Xuan a very astonished look, but seeing that Chu Xuan's expression was serious and earnest, he didn't nag further.

After taking the spirit Pearl, he added the points directly.

First, he spent 60 points of spirituality value to raise both strength and agility to 20 points, and then spent 300 spirituality value to promote to level 3.

Then, he spent another 300 points of spirituality value to raise his strength and agility to 25. During this process, Tang Zheng naturally experienced quite a bit of pain and suffering.

"It won't work, I'm in an overloaded state." Tang Zheng was covered in sweat.

"Drink this." Chu Xuan was prepared and took out a potion [i just want to become stronger] and handed it to Tang Zheng.

"Is it that exaggerated?"

Tang Zheng was shocked for a moment, then tilted his head and drank it. After a while, he continued to add points, but this time it only cost 180 points of spirituality value, and he entered an overloaded state again after reaching 28 points.

"It won't work again, I feel like I'm going to die." Tang Zheng gasped for air, his whole body already soaked.

"Hold on, again!" Chu Xuan took out another potion, still [i just want to become stronger].

"Damn!"

Tang Zheng's scalp tingled, but in the end, he took the potion and drank it again, spending 120 points of spirituality value to raise his strength and agility to 30 points.

"It really won't work, I feel like I'm about to explode, overloaded again!" Tang Zheng's face turned red, he was almost exhausted, and felt like his whole person was about to be ruined.

"Drink one more potion, then add 1 point each to spirit and stamina. The forum mentioned that the difference between the strongest and weakest attributes should not exceed two times."

Chu Xuan glanced at the little remaining misty energy inside the spirit Pearl. He had just calculated that there were still 40 points of spirituality value left inside.

Hearing this, Tang Zheng finally let out a sigh of relief. After drinking the potion and finishing adding points, he immediately became full of vigor again.

"Hehe! I'm good again..."

Tang Zheng stretched his body, full of joy, and then leaped more than two meters high, rotated 720 degrees in the air, and slammed his knees onto the floor in front of Chu Xuan, kowtowing three times directly, and said excitedly:

"Foster father is above, please accept this bow from your child. From now on, I will follow you wholeheartedly, even if you want my ass, I won't have any objections."

"Keep your ass for now, I have something to tell you, listen clearly..."

Chu Xuan waved his hand, having no mood to joke.

Since he didn't have a good way to deal with the Azure Dragon here, he might as well try to start from Tang Zheng.

The other party's talent was to increase strength and agility attributes by a major stage; the stronger the foundation, the stronger the power after the increase naturally.

Anyway, the spirituality value absorbed by the other party in the dream would be returned after waking up, so why not try to see if Tang Zheng could deal with the Azure Dragon after increasing his strength.

Seeing that the time in this dream was running out, Chu Xuan took Tang Zheng straight to Bafang Pawnshop two kilometers away.

With their current body attributes, without even using their full strength, in just over a minute, they had crossed the two-kilometer distance and arrived at Bafang Pawnshop.

The subsequent progress was also very smooth. After meeting Xinyue Fox, through some negotiations, they entered the pawnshop.

Already knowing that Xinyue Fox's assets had been emptied, Chu Xuan did not gamble with Xinyue Fox this time.

Chu Xuan first accepted the other party's probe, letting the summoned Specter enter his body to be devoured by the Phantom Demon, increasing his spirituality value by 30 points.

[Current spirituality value: 400]

Then he had Tang Zheng use the Specter summoned for the second time for Spirit Washing. According to previous experience, Chu Xuan could profit 55 spirit money from this.

However, this time, no spirit money appeared in the copper bowl for a long time.

This was completely different from the previous dream!

A sense of alarm rose in Chu Xuan's heart.

"Hmm?" Xinyue Fox frowned: "Why is there no reward for guiding a newcomer?"

Wisps of Smoke penetrated through the gaps and condensed into a humanoid Smoke. At the same time, a faint voice sounded: "Chu Xuan, it seems it should be you..."

"It should be your grandfather!"

A roar resounded, accompanied by dynamic background music, Tang Zheng rushed toward the Smoke figure with light radiating from his whole body, instantly blasting it apart, and then it condensed again not far away.

"Hmm? How are you still conscious..."

The humanoid Smoke suddenly stared at Tang Zheng's bloody palm, and then looked fiercely at Chu Xuan, as if understanding something: "Knowing that I would use Heart Bewitchment, so you were prepared... Is it [Heavenly Secret]?"

"Zhao Hongchan, I know it's you, no need to hide anymore." Chu Xuan said with a calm expression, speaking coldly: "I am guided by Heavenly Secret, today I will kill you!"

"Hehe, you guessed wrong."

A middle-aged man's voice sounded from the Smoke, this was Zhang Qiang's voice: "Kid, your Heavenly Secret doesn't seem very accurate either!"

"Old Zhang?"

Tang Zheng was even more furious, roared again, and blasted the Smoke apart.