452: The fewer words, the bigger the story

"Good!" Mo Li slammed the table, startling Cheng Xiao, who was sitting next to him.

"Good lad! I really admire this attitude of yours! Young and reckless, if you're not convinced, just fight!"

Mo Li stood with his hands on his hips, looking refreshed and spirited.

"If you're not reckless, can you even call yourself young?" Pan Han also stood up, smiling at Mo Li with burning eyes.

"Catch the potion!" Mo Li lifted the case and placed it steadily into Pan Han's hands.

"Thanks, Big Brother!" After taking it, Pan Han slowly opened it. A wisp of white mist emerged. Once it had all dissipated, a delicate little glass bottle lay inside.

The bottle was filled with a red potion; Pan Han had never seen such a pure red before.

The potion seemed to sense Pan Han's gaze and actually surged a few times, as if it had come to life.

"Good stuff!" Pan Han marveled. A hot current surged within him, as if his entire blood supply had been summoned back to life by the potion.

How magical!

"Brother Pan, you must keep it safe! My handover is complete here; if any problems arise, you'll have to take responsibility yourself." Seeing Pan Han so captivated by the potion that his hands were starting to tremble slightly, Mo Li quickly steadied him and said.

"Oh, right! Okay, Big Brother." Pan Han finally came back to his senses, closed the lid, and handed it to Cheng Xiao.

"Go put this in our safe."

"Okay!" Cheng Xiao nodded and left with the box in her arms.

"Big Brother Mo, what's the next procedure?" Pan Han asked after seeing Cheng Xiao off.

"That's it! Once the handover is done, it's over." Mo Li started eating an apple, crunching away, his mouth full of juice.

"Huh? Is it that sloppy? No way." This answer was completely unexpected for Pan Han; he had assumed there would be other things to go over.

"Brother, the fewer the words, the bigger the deal. Haven't you heard that?" Mo Li gave a lewd smile.

"Alright. Then how long do you plan on staying, Big Brother? So I can make some arrangements."

"I'm not in a rush to go back, it depends on your arrangements. I was dragged out of my sleep to deliver this potion to you, so you really ought to treat me well."

"Hehe! No problem, Big Brother."

"Mm, call me that a few more times. After you evolve to an Advanced Evolver, if you call me Big Brother, I won't be able to handle it."

"What are you talking about? You'll always be Big Brother no matter what!"

"Don't, I really can't handle that. Advanced Evolvers are too terrifying; I don't want to be your Big Brother." Mo Li put away his smile and said seriously.

"Haha! Then is there anything special you need, Big Brother? I'll prepare it for you."

"Have you gotten any fresh new things lately?" Mo Li looked at the items on the table, having lost interest in them.

"Hehe! Yes, yes, I do, but you'd better use this stuff with your wife." Pan Han instantly thought of those toys in the room.

"Damn it! What kind of person do you take me for?" Mo Li instantly blushed to the roots of his ears.

"No way, Big Brother. You're an Intermediate Evolver, after all; why are you acting like a pure virgin?"

"Stop messing around, your sister-in-law and I are childhood sweethearts!" Mo Li started explaining inexplicably.

"Rare! I'd like to have childhood sweethearts too, but unfortunately, I don't have Big Brother's good fortune!"

"Alright, stop acting like you're suffering when you've got it good. With so many beauties surrounding you now, you're still not satisfied. Anyway, what's this about 'using it together' you mentioned earlier? I'm just curious, no other intentions." Mo Li changed the subject, pretending to be calm, but his eyes kept glancing at Pan Han.

"It's like this..." Pan Han leaned into Mo Li's ear and began to explain.

"Damn!"

"No way!"

"That works too?"

As the explanation went on, Mo Li kept making sounds of surprise.

"That's all there is to it. I'll pack a set for you to take back later." A few minutes later, Pan Han patted Mo Li's shoulder, telling him not to worry, this was on him.

"Not bad! This is it." Mo Li happily blew a smoke ring.

"As for the cigarettes, alcohol, tea, and sugar, don't worry, Big Brother, I'll definitely arrange everything perfectly. I see the plane you came in isn't small, I'll pack you plenty."

"Hey! Good, good, good." But the smile vanished in an instant, and he added, "Do you really have confidence?"

"What?" Pan Han was dumbfounded by the question.

"Do you have confidence in evolving to Advanced?"

"This... didn't you just say the potion chooses me? Why are you asking me now?"

"It chooses what it chooses, but whether you have confidence in yourself is your own business. Sometimes, it might just come down to that little bit of faith."

"Damn, Big Brother, is this a walkthrough cheat code?" Pan Han quickly leaned in to listen, almost taking out a notebook to write it down.

"It's not exactly a cheat code. A long time ago, the top leader of the Twelve Palaces tested the Advanced potion on many people. The success rate of the first-generation potion was only 1%, and after hearing that, nobody was willing to try."

Mo Li spoke slowly, recounting a story from a long time ago.

"But whoever the top leader pointed at had to take the potion forcibly. In the end, dozens of people died. Only a few succeeded. Later, it spread that they all held a determination to die, and unexpectedly, that's what made them succeed."

"So, there's this legend that you must firmly believe you can succeed. Although there's no proof it works, perhaps this is a necessary quality for an Advanced Evolver."

"What quality?"

"Wishes coming true, words becoming law!"

Upon hearing these eight words, Pan Han felt as if he had been struck by lightning!

He thought of Number 5 Baldy, who could control people's minds at will, retrieve objects from a distance, and heal wounds.

Isn't this just like the cultivators in xianxia novels? The laws of heaven and earth, used for one's own purposes.

It's just that unlike science, these rules haven't been discovered by physicists or chemists yet.

But wouldn't today's airplanes be considered immortal artifacts two hundred years ago?

"This whole thing sounds increasingly mysterious." Pan Han sighed.

"Advanced Evolvers can already wield the laws of heaven and earth. Of course it's mysterious." Mo Li also agreed with Pan Han's point of view.

"In that case, your top leader must truly be a powerful figure!"

"Oh, don't say that! Our Great Leader absolutely cannot be discussed; shut your mouth immediately." Mo Li reached out and covered Pan Han's mouth.

"Mmph!" Pan Han thought to himself, even from this far away you can't talk about it, is it really that scary?

"I'll let go, but you can't talk about it! If you understand, blink three times." Mo Li said with a serious face.

Pan Han was speechless and could only blink three times; only then did Mo Li slowly remove his hand.

"By the way, if you successfully evolve to Advanced, what do you plan to do?" After waiting a few seconds and seeing that Pan Han had no intention of continuing the discussion, Mo Li asked.

"Haha! Hahahaha!" Unexpectedly, Pan Han burst into laughter and couldn't stop at all.

"What's wrong? Hey, wake up, you haven't succeeded yet!" Mo Li shook Pan Han a few times hard.

"Big Brother! You might not believe it if I tell you!" Pan Han said after coming back to his senses.

"Just say it, are you going to poke a hole in the sky?"

"I plan to do whatever I want!"

"Do whatever you want?"

"That's right, do whatever I want!"

In his mind, Pan Han was already imagining the scene of 11 pillars of black smoke rising from the sea.

Meanwhile, Mo Li stroked his chin, remaining silent.

"He's not planning to flip the table, is he?"