Chapter 408: Filling Up The Liveliness

The best? What would that be?

Not even Boss Huang knew what the copper-faced man said . He was even more clueless about what the copper-faced man was trying to do . All he knew was that the Demon Infant had some kind of subtle connection with Tang Ling’s war seed .

After the copper-faced man extracted the seed from Tang Ling’s heart, he told Boss Huang to take care of the rest and left for the smithing room . Boss Huang was left alone with Tang Ling with his chest cut open and his beating heart exposed .

Take care of it? How the hell should I take care of this!?

Boss Huang ought to cry, but he failed to shed a tear . He suppressed the grievance and brought some anesthetic from his room to stop Tang Ling’s wound from bleeding . He then simply put a clean cloth over it .

Although Tang Ling’s heart was not hurt, it was still a grotesque scene to look at .

Even though the boss stopped the wound from bleeding, he did not need to sew the cut back together unless the copper-faced man did not want to return the seed to Tang Ling’s heart . Therefore, all Boss Huang did was cover the wound with a cloth .

…

“Done?”

The copper-faced man did not turn around when Boss Huang came into the smithing room . In front of the man was a transparent container that belonged to Boss Huang, but the contents were poured out and replaced by a light green liquid .

The crystalized Demon Infant was soaked in the liquid while the copper-faced man was holding a delicate-looking scalpel . It should have been one of Boss Huang’s collections as well .

After seeing the scalpel and his collection room opened, Boss Huang’s heart bled a river, but he could not vent his emotions . He asked with gnashing teeth, “How does it feel using my lousy collection? Are you happy with them?”

“Barely useful . This is all the Rebirth Liquid that I could concoct from your things . ” The copper-faced man did not even look at Boss Huang . The scalpel in his hand easily cut through the crystalized Demon Infant’s forehead and exposed the jelly-like red dot underneath . He then carefully put the little seed inside .

Rebirth Liquid?!

Boss Huang’s face turned pale . He dashed into his collection room like a fierce gale . The collection room was the mysterious storeroom that Tang Ling had set his sights on .

In less than 2 minutes, Boss Huang’s pitiful cry wailed from the room, “I’m done! I’m so done! I’m going to die of poverty! I’m poor now!!”

The copper-faced man tilted his head slightly . If he did not have the copper mask covering his face, he would have probably frowned disgustedly at Boss Huang’s reaction .

“My top-tier Universal Source Stone is gone! Argh! My Level 7 vicious beast refined blood is gone too! Aaah! I can’t live with this!” Boss Huang’s shrieks and squeals continued .

The copper-faced man finally lost his patience and bellowed, “Shut up!”

Boss Huang was instantly silenced . Half a minute later, he walked out of his room with a sad and vengeful expression . A bleak and hopeless aura enveloped him whole . Even the icon of Monty on his pajamas looked sad .

“I don’t care! You must give me a reasonable explanation! You have no idea how hard it is for me to collect all these and how much effort I put in to search for everything! It’s not something you can simply use!” Boss Huang had a handkerchief with Monty’s icon on it and he bit it begrudgingly while complaining .

“Disgusting!” The copper-faced man saw Boss Huang’s reaction and commented from the bottom of his heart .

Then, before Boss Huang could further complain, the copper-faced man added, “In regards to all the wealth that you’ve collected through your calculative means, you’re just trying to compensate and re-”

“No! I’m trying to live a wealthy life!” Boss Huang responded strongly with an unusual look . He anxiously stopped the copper-faced man from talking and denied what the man said .

The copper-faced man did not want to argue, so he stated, “Everything will be fine . You don’t have to worry . ”

“I don’t care!” Boss Huang turned away .

“This Demon Infant’s body is very valuable, but I only want the active substance inside . The substance can fill the liveliness that the war seed has lost through time . The rest of the boy is yours to keep . ” The copper-faced man did not continue the previous topic . Instead, he shifted it back to the Demon Infant .

“How much could the leftovers possibly worth?” Boss Huang was still upset as if he was on the losing side, but his gaze was concerned .

“Class 3 superalloy with Dark attributes, but you might only get 150 grams or less after refinement . ” The copper-faced man seemed to be more knowledgeable than Boss Huang .

“Oh? Hmm…It’s still a loss, a great loss!” Despite saying so, Boss Huang could not hold back the smile on his face . Only he knew whether or not he was on the losing side in this deal .

Thump!

A pouch was tossed at Boss Huang’s feet . He picked it up and opened it and his eyes shone brightly because there were 200 True Capital coins inside .

“Will it be enough? If it’s not enough, give the coins back to me first . I’ll owe you the full payment . ” The copper-faced man sounded calm as if giving away 200 True Capital coins was something common .

“It’s barely enough, but since you’ve already prepared the money, there’s no reason for you to take it back . ” Boss Huang smiled sinisterly and hugged the bag of money tightly .

The copper-faced man did not even look at the boss . He was looking at the little seed soaking in the red matter . Upon a closer look, the red seemed to have faded a bit .

…

It was 6 a . m . in the morning at Darkness Port .

Since it was winter, the sky remained dark, but the unique chilliness of the sea at dawn had blanketed the entire Darkness Port with the sea breeze .

Tang Ling’s body clock was always accurate, and he had woken up ten minutes ago .

He was looking at Boss Huang who was in a delightful mood . The boss had a bright smile and was looking as kind as he could while holding a bowl of porridge of some sort and being determined to feed him .

Tang Ling was as confused as he was in doubt .

“Come on, I made this for you . It’s good for your recovery . ” Boss Huang was persistent as he tried to shove that spoon with porridge into Tang Ling’s mouth determinedly . However, Tang Ling tightly shut his mouth and refused to eat .

How could he eat without a doubt? How could he not be confused? He woke up with intense pain on his chest and his shirt was bloody . There was even a piece of bloody cloth beside him .

He undressed and found a freshly sown scar on his chest . To his confusion, he could not wrap his heads around what happened and could not find the words to describe it . What happened? Why would he have a fresh scar on his chest? The thought alone sent chills down his spine .

On top of that, Boss Huang had made him porridge! However, the rice was still hard and the water looked nothing like boiled food .

“Are you eating or not?” Boss Huang was losing his patience . If Tang Ling had not been the reason for his scrumptious payment last night, he would never have tried to suck up to the kid .

“I’m not eating if you don’t tell me what happened . ” Tang Ling pointed at his scar .

“Fine . If you don’t want to eat, don’t!” Boss Huang answered haughtily .

“I won’t smith anymore . ”

“Don’t touch the hammer if you don’t want to smith . ”

“I’ll purposely lose in the Hell Ledge Challenge . ”

“Whatev-” Boss Huang’s haughtiness did not last three minutes . He quickly switched a different approach and put on a smile . “Fine, I’ll talk . Please don’t lose . ”

“What happened? Did I get ripped apart? What the hell?” Tang Ling felt extremely wronged .

“Actually, how do you feel about me? As a person, me, Huang Dao, your beloved Boss Huang, who do you think I am?” Boss Huang suddenly looked dismal .

“Skip to the point!” Tang Ling could not keep up with Boss Huang’s self-aggrandizing bullsh*t .

“Okay, fine . The point is that I’m a man who tends to keep a low profile . I never like claiming credit for my work and I’m not greedy for merits . I suddenly realized how to use the Demon Infant body and it’s good for your war seed, so I did it .

“I had to work the whole night to finish up everything . I didn’t even care about my tired body when I extracted the war seed from you . I was afraid that you’d be hurt and out of love and protection, so I stayed on despite my exhaustion . I made porridge for you and you suspect me? You threaten the great me?!” Boss Huang blurted everything out in a single breath .

His words were not entirely true, but they were not exactly a lie either . Although he was not the one who performed the operation, since the copper-faced man requested him to take credit for everything, he had to . Otherwise, it would not make sense .

As a matter of fact, the cell regeneration serum could heal one’s injuries quickly and even if it would leave a scar, it would not be that obvious . However, under normal circumstances, cultivators were unwilling to overly rely on cell regeneration serum to heal . They would rather replenish their bodies with sufficient nutrition and energy to recover naturally .

After all, the effect of the cell regeneration serum might defy even logic, but from a certain aspect, it exhausted the potential of the cells .

Tang Ling always got hurt, but due to his background, he only used a handful of cell regeneration serums . He relied mostly on a large amount of food and his transformation to recover his body .

Therefore, both the copper-faced man and Boss Huang agreed to not use the cell regeneration serum on Tang Ling to heal the wound after the operation . As a result, a reasonable excuse was necessary .

Is he for real?

Tang Ling sized the boss up from top to bottom with a dubious gaze . He did not buy a single word that came out from the boss’s mouth . However, the Demon Infant’s body was gone and when he tried to call the little seed, the little seed did not respond . That was a first .

Tang Ling clearly felt the seed inside his heart, but it seemed to be in some kind of deep slumber . That was also the first time ever since his little seed had gained consciousness . The little seed’s condition felt slightly different as well .

Tang Ling could not put the difference into words, but it felt like a baby always sleeping because of the lack of liveliness . Now, the little seed’s liveliness felt a little more concentrated and was no longer scattered that easily .

He did not know whether feeling that way was right or not . What would happen after the little seed woke up? The feelings were proof that Boss Huang was not lying about the little seed .

“I’m not lying . ” Boss Huang did not look guilty at all .

Tang Ling frowned as he tried to recall what happened last night . He seemed to have dreamt of the copper-faced man smashing him into bits .

Soon enough, Tang Ling denied the thoughts because why would the copper-faced man appear in his room? Why would the copper-faced man help him? Moreover, it was just a dream . Could it have been…real?

Despite being baffled by doubts, Tang Ling did not press the question . Boss Huang might be a sleazy bastard, but if he decided not to talk about it, no one could make him spill a word .

“I don’t want your porridge . I want Ding Ling’s cooking . ” Tang Ling ceased the questions about his chest, but he still rejected the porridge with furrowed brows .

Just when Boss Huang wanted to argue more, the street outside Dvesha Moha started to get clamorous .

It was just a little past 6 in the morning, so what could have caused the noise?