When Han Fei woke up the next day, Tang Ge had gone.
He Xiaoyu was still eating barbecue and when she saw that Han Fei had woken up, she shouted, “You’re awake! Wanna have some breakfast?”
Han Fei asked, “He Xiaoyu, have you eaten all night?”
He Xiaoyu replied, “No! I just started eating.”
Han Fei looked at the pile of skewers in front of her and sighed. “Did I starve you or what? Hurry home. A-Gang needs to go back to work.”
He Xiaoyu pouted. “Tang Ge asked me to take care of you and not let anyone kill you.”
Han Fei was a little incredulous. “You? Take care of me? Do you think you can beat those I can’t?”
He Xiaoyu defended herself, “Well, I… I can have Cardinal fight for me. The angel once said that Cardinal could be very strong.”
“But it’s only level 0 now. Ask your father to help you upgrade your Cardinal at once. Otherwise, he might be bitten to death by someone else’s Yellow Fish!”
He Xiaoyu shouted back, “That’s impossible! A spiritual beast will never be killed by an ordinary demonic fish unless by special means. And even if a spiritual beast is dead, there is a chance to summon it back from the spiritual sea.”
“Spiritual sea?”
He Xiaoyu explained, “Well, it’s, it’s… An invisible sea! It is said that all spiritual beasts were born in the spiritual sea.”
Han Fei hadn’t heard of it before, so he simply said to He Xiaoyu, “Now go home. Otherwise, your father will think you were abducted by me. What if he comes here to hold me accountable?”
“Humph, fine! I’m leaving. I’m going to ask my dad to help me upgrade Cardinal.”
“I’m here to pick you up.”
He Mingtang’s voice suddenly sounded from a short distance away.
Noticing that his daughter seemed greatly changed and her face glowed with vigor, He Mingtang smiled. “Xiaoyu, come home with me. You’ve just gotten your spiritual beast, and not to mention, an exotic fish. You’ve gotta treat it carefully.
“Dad, can Han Fei come home with us?” He Xiaoyu pleaded.
“No…”
“No…”
He Mingtang and Han Fei spoke in unison.
“Cough, cough…”
He Mingtang said, “You can be rest assured. Last night, the leader of the Tigers, Li Jue, was seriously injured and may not be able to engage in any physical fights for at least six months. Now some people have begun to rectify the public security in the eastern port and the development of the Tigers have also been restricted. I am afraid that it will take at least a few months for Li Jue to recover.”
Han Fei thought to himself, Was Li Jue seriously injured?
He Mingtang took a deep look at Han Fei. Why would he be seriously injured? This was probably done by Tang Ge before he left, who feared Li Jue would hurt Han Fei. But everyone wondered why Tang Ge didn’t kill Li Jue. It stood to reason that even if Tang Ge wiped out the Tigers, no one in Heavenly Water Village would stand up for them.
Han Fei laughed. “That’s great. He Xiaoyu, just go home! Now the Tigers are no longer a threat and I’m going to work as an apprentice in the plantation. You can’t keep following me.”
He Xiaoyu said, “Humph, then I’m leaving. When you see me next time, my Cardinal will have become very powerful!”
…
After He Xiaoyu left, Han Fei took a deep breath. Finally, they had all left.
At the door of his cottage, Han Fei summoned the Twin Yin-Yang Spirit Swallowing Fishes. The two little fishes played and swam back and forth. The white one suddenly stopped and seemed to be ‘looking’ at Han Fei, whereas the black one dove straight to the bottom of the tank.
Crack!
Han Fei was stunned to see that the shell of a large sea clam at the bottom of the water tank was bitten through and the black fish was drilling into the shell. Within a few minutes, the sea clam shell was all that was left.
But this little guy wasn’t full yet and bit through another big sea mussel’s shell.
“Wow, the black fish is so fierce… Little White, I will call you Little White from now on. Little Black is too fierce. Let’s not play with him.”
Unexpectedly, as Han Fei just finished saying this, and with a whoosh, the black Spirit Swallowing Fish suddenly jumped out of the water and spat at Han Fei.
Han Fei was dumbfounded. “Hey, it’s just a joke. Do you have to be so angry? Fine, we’ll play with you, alright? Little guy, you’re pretty grumpy.”
Han Fei thought to himself, Sea clams are not very nutritious. Should I go to the sea to catch some better food to feed these two little guys?
Forget it, it’s been a bit painful to suppress this breakthrough these past few days. Let me make the breakthrough first.
…
Han Fei entered the cave and sat down.
But the first thing he did was not make the breakthrough but upgrade his spiritual heritage. He had waited for half a month and now the people who could detect that something was wrong with his body should have disappeared. He could finally upgrade safely.
Upgrade.
With a thought from Han Fei, in a split second, his body was enshrouded with spiritual energy. He immediately felt his bones numb and then a needling pain. At the same time, impurities began to ooze out of his pores and after a while, he felt his bones become a little stiff but more powerful.
At this time, Han Fei was glad that he didn’t choose to upgrade in front of Fang Ze. Otherwise, such an obvious situation of his tendons washing and marrow cleansing would definitely be noticed and then he wouldn’t even know how to explain it.
About half an hour later, the spiritual energy enshrouding him was mostly absorbed and no impurities oozed out anymore. At this time, Han Fei looked at his own data.
: Han Fei
: Seven (Advanced Fisher)
: 100 points
: Level Two, Mid-Quality (Upgradable)
: Twin Yin-Yang Spirit Swallowing Fishes
: Purple Bamboo Rod