Chapter 222: A Lesson
Chapter 222: A Lesson
Life-Gambling Bee.
It was the evolved form of the Fate-Gambling Bee. It looked weak, but in reality, it was a powerful Soul Pet.
The Fate-Gambling Bee got its name because its stinger sometimes produced deadly poison, and other times produced mucus that benefited humans and Soul Pets, depending on the time.
The Life-Gambling Bee, as an evolved form, was even stronger.
Its stinger only had a one in four chance of producing mucus that was useful to humans.
It had a one in four chance of producing deadly poison, a one in four chance of causing paralysis, and a one in four chance of causing unconsciousness.
That meant if it stung you, there was only a one in four chance you wouldn’t get hurt and would instead gain some enhancement.
But there was a three in four chance you would suffer.
That was where its strength lay.
At the same time, the Life-Gambling Bee was also an extremely rare type of Soul Pet.
And it had no further evolved forms.
Even though it was only an extremely rare quality Soul Pet, with the same Soul Power Cultivation, it could even defeat a King Soul Pet.
Of course, more often than not, it would be slapped away by a King Soul Pet.
Even with over a thousand years of Soul Power Cultivation, this Soul Pet was only about thirty-four centimeters in size.
Its only specialties were its speed and its unique racial life.
Its physical defense, strength, and so on were pitifully weak.
Seeing a Life-Gambling Bee snatch away the Toxic Treasure that Yun Feimo had worked so hard to obtain, the people by the lake were all stunned.
“It got stolen?” Yun Feimo was somewhat stunned.
Darn it, after more than ten tries, she finally succeeded once, and it got stolen?
“That didn’t seem like a wild Life-Gambling Bee?”
Shui Qingling said, “Could it have been taken by another student? There are no Life-Gambling Bees in our class. Probably students from another school?”
Mentor Yanshan had mentioned they might encounter students from other academies.
The Rock Spear Crab, which had landed on the ground, let out angry cries.
After finally using the Spear Fling Soul Skill to successfully fling back a piece of Toxic Treasure, it got stolen just like that?
The Rock Spear Crab immediately gave chase.
But its speed was much slower compared to the Life-Gambling Bee.
“Damn, that stinking bee!”
Yun Feimo couldn’t hold back. She personally ran along the lake shore to chase after it.
The classmates beside her also ran after it.
They were classmates, after all. They couldn’t just stand by and watch it get stolen.
Wang Che glanced at the vast Jade Moon Lake and followed along.
The Life-Gambling Bee, carrying the Toxic Treasure, flew quite fast and soon reached a group of students.
“Brother Nan, why is your Life-Gambling Bee carrying a Toxic Treasure?” one of the students asked in surprise.
The student called Brother Nan took a look and was quite surprised. The Life-Gambling Bee flew to him, and sure enough, he saw a Toxic Treasure.
“An unexpected gain? Too bad, this is only a Melon Toxic Frog’s Toxic Treasure.” Brother Nan thought for a moment. “Didn’t I tell it to look for a Toxic Foam Frog? It didn’t find a Toxic Foam Frog, but it found a Melon Toxic Frog’s Toxic Treasure. Looks like my luck is good today. I hope I can find a Toxic Foam Frog.”
As he spoke, he was about to put away this Toxic Treasure.
A free item—why not take it?
Just then, they saw a group of students running toward them from afar.
Leading them was a beautiful and spirited girl, who shouted furiously:
“Give that back to me!”
Yun Feimo had followed all the way and finally saw the Life-Gambling Bee’s Soul Pact Master. She immediately shouted.
Soon, the group rushed up to them.
“Which academy are you students from?”
Brother Nan looked at Yun Feimo and the others with some curiosity. “Give it back to you? Give what back to you? This Toxic Treasure? This was brought to me by my Life-Gambling Bee.”
“Nonsense!” Kong Shijin stepped forward and said, “We were collecting the Toxic Treasure, and your Life-Gambling Bee stole it when we weren’t paying attention!”
“That’s impossible!” Brother Nan shook his head. “My Life-Gambling Bee wouldn’t just take something that belongs to someone. This Toxic Treasure must have been unowned. That’s why it took it.”
Soul Pact Masters trusted their Soul Pets completely.
“That has to do with how we were collecting it.” Shui Qingling explained. “When Sister Yun was collecting it, she used the Rock Spear Crab to fling back that Toxic Treasure. While the Toxic Treasure was in the air, your Life-Gambling Bee snatched it.”
“But that Toxic Treasure was something Sister Yun worked hard to collect.”
“Rock Spear Crab?” Brother Nan looked at the Soul Pet next to Yun Feimo and smiled. “I don’t believe it. This Rock Spear Crab is terrified of water. How could it go to the middle of the lake to fling that Toxic Treasure? Can it even fly?”
“You can’t just say a few words and expect us to believe you.”
“Toxic Treasures are hard to collect. How could a Rock Spear Crab collect one? And fling it? Could it use mental control to make its spear fling it? Show us how?”
The students behind Brother Nan sneered and jeered.
“Sister Yun, what do you think?”
Shui Qingling frowned slightly and looked at Yun Feimo.
“Demonstrate my foot! It’s mine to begin with. Why should I have to prove it’s mine?”
Yun Feimo couldn’t help but snap. “Hurry up and give it back to me!”
The Rock Spear Crab had tried over ten times before succeeding once. Trying again now, who knew how many more attempts it would take?
The other classmates felt the same. It was Yun Feimo’s to begin with. Why should she have to prove it?
“Then we can’t give it back to you.”
Brother Nan said, “I’m reasonable too. I don’t believe my Life-Gambling Bee would take something that belongs to someone. Moreover, even if it really happened as you said, and your Rock Spear Crab flung it up, you should have caught it in time.”
“If you couldn’t catch it, then while it was in mid-air, that Toxic Treasure was unowned.”
“That’s your own lack of skill. This isn’t school. We can’t just cater to you kids who just enrolled.”
“You guys are probably here to collect these materials for the first time, right? The wilderness isn’t as simple as you think. Do you know why your mentor didn’t step in?”
“Because they wanted you, who just left high school, to experience what the wilderness is really like.”
The students behind Brother Nan could tell.
Yun Feimo and her group were just newly enrolled college students, Soul Pact Masters who hadn’t yet experienced the harshness of society.
Hearing this,
Yun Feimo and the others were stunned.
They wanted to argue back, but couldn’t find the words.
Their faces turned red.
Wang Che, however, found it quite normal. This kind of experience was nothing to him.
Let alone in his past life.
Compared to those vicious Ghost Disciples, this group of students was as gentle as little kittens.
They were clearly third or fourth-year students from another college, doing a club activity.
Their strength levels were not low at all.
That Life-Gambling Bee had a Soul Power Cultivation close to two thousand years.
Then, Brother Nan laughed and said:
“To be honest, I went through something like your experience back in my freshman year. Know what I did then?”
“Very simple—I kept it to myself. That kind of experience and lesson will help you grow. Let me also tell you: in the wild, you might not be in life-threatening danger, but you still need to be extremely careful in everything you do.”
After saying this, Brother Nan turned and left.
After walking a short distance, Brother Nan waved his hand and tossed the Toxic Treasure away.
It landed right in front of Yun Feimo and the others.
The group stared in even greater shock.
“I dropped it by accident. I have this bad habit—once I drop something, I don’t want it anymore.”
Brother Nan said casually.
Then he left with the students around him.
Wang Che found this Brother Nan quite interesting.
After giving a lecture, he returned the item anyway.
Brother Nan clearly knew the truth of the situation.
However…
He wasn’t being kind-hearted.
“That guy doesn’t seem bad, does he?” Kong Shijin scratched his head. “He lectured us… but then gave the thing back to us?”
“He’s kinda cool, isn’t he?” one student couldn’t help saying.
Yun Feimo stayed silent for a few seconds, then walked over and was about to pick up the Toxic Treasure.
Right then, Wang Che spoke:
“Don’t pick it up with your hand—it’s poisonous. That Toxic Treasure has a small crack.”
Yun Feimo paused, quickly drew her hand back, and used a tool to pick it up instead, looking at it carefully.
Sure enough, there was a tiny crack in it.
As a crystal, the Toxic Treasure wasn’t poisonous before it broke.
But once it got even slightly cracked, the toxin inside would leak out.
It wasn’t deadly. If a Soul Pact Master touched it, only the contacted area would go numb and lose sensation. After treatment, it would return to normal.
But they’d be uncomfortable for a while.
“Damn! That’s so sneaky!”
Kong Shijin said angrily. “He must have deliberately cracked it when he threw it just now, while we weren’t looking! And here I thought he was truly nice enough to return it!”
It really was a lesson learned!
In an instant, everyone felt the dangers of the wild.
They had so much to learn.
Activity class was indeed not as simple as they’d imagined.
Situations could arise unexpectedly at any time out here.
“What’s going on over here?”
Just then, Mentor Yanshan came over and asked, “Anyone hurt? Mm… pretty good, you’re all fine.”
Mentor Yanshan glanced at them, a flicker of surprise in his eyes.
“Mentor, did you know what was happening with us?” Kong Shijin couldn’t resist asking.
“Correct,” Mentor Yanshan nodded faintly. “I did know. However, in activity class, you need to solve problems you encounter in the wild by yourselves. I’ll only ensure your safety and explain some basic knowledge.”
So what Brother Nan said was indeed true.
“You’ve already passed eighteen, you’re adults. Now that you’re in college, sometimes you’ll face unusual people and unusual situations.”
Mentor Yanshan looked serious. “After sophomore year, activity classes won’t have mentors—only assignment tasks. There won’t be a mentor accompanying you then; you’ll have to organize yourselves to come into the wild and finish missions. If you can’t handle even small incidents yourselves, there’s no way you’ll complete tasks.”
Many classmates fell silent. Soul Pact Masters had to learn to face everything on their own.
“For many things, unless you personally experience them yourselves, just learning from the teachers’ words and examples is meaningless.”
Mentor Yanshan continued, “So I didn’t intervene. In the wild, if you have questions I will answer, but as long as your lives aren’t in danger, I won’t interfere with your tasks.”
His Shanyu Eagle had been observing the area all along.
So he naturally knew what happened with Yun Feimo and the others.
“It seems Student Wang Che has quite a lot of experience in the wild,” Yanshan looked at Wang Che. “Learn from him—observe more, think more. In the wild, always consider the worst possible outcome. That way, when you face danger later, you’ll handle it better.”
“Otherwise, Student Yun, your hand might’ve been temporarily useless today.”
“Alright, those who obtained a Toxic Treasure can look around nearby. It’s already noon; we’ll return in the afternoon. If you’re interested, you can try getting another one.”
“Those who haven’t gotten a Toxic Treasure yet—keep trying.”