The deep green field spanned to the horizon . Black metal pieces and white rubble could be seen scattered everywhere . Some of these pieces and rubble were stabbed into the ground while some of them were laying by the bottom of the hill .

The evening red sunlight gleamed on a black metal piece which was about three meters tall from the west, casting a shadow on the small green field .

The sky was dyed red and layers of red clouds could be seen in the sky as well .

Between the layers of clouds, a black shuttle battles.h.i.+p slowly descended . Its hull, which spanned a few thousand meters, cast a huge shadow onto the ground .

The battles.h.i.+p looked like a torpedo s.h.i.+p . It was entirely black and had holes similar to that of a beehive . The wings at the back were slowly expanding as green flames spewed out from the bottom as a propellant .

Pew!

A humanoid Mech was ejected from one of the beehive-shaped holes . The Mech was black and both of its arms were heavy duty Pulse Guns while it had a s.h.i.+ny black circular s.h.i.+eld on its back . Both of its shoulders had a red stripe on both sides . Overall, it looked like a firefighter .

After the humanoid Mech, which was about four meters tall, came out of the battles.h.i.+p, a group of similar Mechs flew out as well . From afar, they looked like a swarm of bees that had just left their hive as they flew down .

Among them was a slightly larger Mech . It landed gently on the largest stone and scanned the surroundings through the red beams shooting out from its mask .

"Keep the battle under thirty minutes . Be wary of our surroundings!" a young man's voice came from within the Mech .

"Understood . "

The Mechs that had a Blackboard symbol on their backs started to spread out . Twenty of them started to search the area .

Blue flames burst out behind the Mech's legs as it moved about the field .

After a while, a signal came from one of the Mechs .

"I've found something! There's a hole here and someone is hiding inside! He's severely injured . "

"It's him?! How did this happen? Send him to back immediately!"

After a few minutes, a Mech dragged the dirty youngster back into the battles.h.i.+p and the remaining Mechs returned back to their respective beehive-like holes .

*************

Inside a dim small room .

Garen gently opened up the big sack in front of him . Inside it was filled with White Peac.o.c.k Stones of all sorts of size . He took one out and weighed it for a moment before placing it into another sack in his right hand .

The uncle sat in front of him as he watched Garen a.n.a.lyze the items quietly .

Garen took out the stones and weighed them one by one before placing them into the sack on the right . Garen's expression was calm as he did so at a moderate pace .

Suddenly .

Garen held onto one of the stones tightly and frowned .

"This… isn't the stone that I wanted, right?"

The car owner smiled as he immediately took away the stone from Garen's hand, "I must have made some sort of mistake… Hehe . "

Garen scoffed as he continued to check the remaining stones .

In no time, Garen found a few more counterfeits . The car owner's face turned worse over time as beads of sweat started to appear on his forehead .

"Have you mistaken it again? Why have you made so many mistakes?" Garen glared at him . "It seems like you're not interested in trading with me . "

"I wouldn't… It's unavoidable to make such mistakes with so many stones . . . You're looking at two hundred of them!" the car owner started to wipe away his sweat as he said so .

"There's a total of two hundred and fifteen of them . I will take them all for one thousand five hundred," Garen put away the last stone and offered calmly .

"What? A thousand five hundred?" the car owner was stunned . "Didn't we agree on…"

"I didn't agree that you were allowed to put in some fake ones," Garen b.u.t.ted in .

"But a thousand five hundred for this many… These cost at least four thousand!" the car owner started to sweat even more .

"Four thousand?" Garen laughed . "You can sell all of them if you can find someone who's willing to pay that much . " he casually leaned against the sofa as he looked at the car owner .

"Aren't you breaking your promise?" The owner started to panic and stood up .

"Promise? I had planned to keep my word if you didn't mix in some fake ones . You can't blame me for lowering the price once you'd done so," Garen's expression was calm . "Furthermore, your items are worth at most five points each . My price is more than just good enough . I'm fine that you're not willing to sell it to me because I can always find another merchant to buy from . "

The car owner calculated for a while and came to the conclusion that he would be selling each at 7 points for one thousand five hundred . He would still profit as his buying price was four points . It was just that he wouldn't be earning as much as he expected . Just as what the opposing party said, no one would be willing to buy such a huge quant.i.ty except for this student in front of him .

He gritted his teeth as he'd thought that the student in front was a black sheep of a rich family . He didn't expect him to slash the price to the point where he wasn't earning good money from this trade .

This guy was good…

He looked up and stared at Garen, who was sitting firmly and seemed to be very confident as he wasn't panicking at all . He was about to go rough on him but recalled that he had some martial arts experience . Furthermore, he was also a Blackboard Academy's student…

This student was very smart as he didn't slash the price to the point I would outright reject him . It would be reasonable to slash the price when a fake stone was discovered . He, a blackboard student, looked like he was tight on his money . Perhaps I could…

"I can sell you these for a thousand points," the car owner was determined .

"Oh?" Garen was stunned as he didn't expect the opponent would say so after being at a disadvantage . "What's your condition?"

"I wish to team up with you," the car owner sighed as he said softly . "You're a student at the Blackboard Academy . With your social status, I wish to work with you to obtain some rather special intel from within the academy… It's a win-win situation . "

"Intel? What kind of intel?" Garen was stunned as he didn't expect the fellow in front of him would have such a motive .

"Intel of celebrity students inside the Blackboard Academy," the car owner said seriously . "Frankly speaking, there's practically no one inside the academy who lacks money . It took me a long time to find a suitable partner and I hope that we can try it out . You have to understand that every outsider is very curious about the situation inside the academy . Furthermore, we can raise the celebrity students' reputations once we reveal their information . They would be able to obtain more power and this would be very beneficial to them . "

"A very good thought," Garen nodded . "However, other people would've thought of it since you're able to . Why do you think that there hasn't been any leak for such a long time? Have you thought of this?" he smiled as he stood up while carrying the huge package that he had sifted through a while ago .

He then used his Watch Terminal and sent over a thousand Universal Units .

"Here's the thousand points that you suggested . I have to go for now . Thanks"

The car owner was stunned by Garen's words as he realized what he meant from the hint displayed on his Terminal . As Garen was about to exit the place, he immediately stood up .

"Hey! Can you tell me your name?"

"Nonosiva . I will find you once more when I need you . "

"I'm Kendall! What's your number?!" the uncle quickly followed up with another question .

Garen looked at him and threw out a series of numbers . Although he was slightly dumb, he was able to make the right decision .

***********

After returning to the dorm, Garen immediately hung the do not disturb tag, pulled his curtains shut and started his training .

He switched on the light and poured all of the rocks onto a big piece of paper . Garen then took off his s.h.i.+rt and sat in front of the stones .

"With so many mixed grade White Peac.o.c.k Stones, I should be able to break through the second level, right?" he was looking forward to it .

Technically speaking, he had yet to practice a pure Living Secret Technique . In the Totem World, his journey had been interrupted and he'd taken a stray path and learned the Evil Technique instead . In the Vampire world, his Living Secret Technique had always been capped at the first grade .

He didn't expect that this world would have the precious ingredients that his Living Secret Technique required . Furthermore, it was treated as trash here and was completely worthless .

"This is the difference between this world and the rest…" Garen sighed emotionally as his mind immediately went into the records of the h.e.l.lfrost Peac.o.c.k Technique .

The first five grades of the h.e.l.lfrost Peac.o.c.k Technique were the foundations used to change his physical attributes . Only the final three tiers were considered the realm of mastering the basics . One could only enter the last three tiers after the seed of the Living Secret Technique had sprouted . With the pract.i.tioner's physical condition as the foundation, it could produce a unique technique that would be considered the strongest for Nonosiva's body . Hence, it was called the Derivative Level and he would be qualified for it once he had mastered the foundations .

"I wonder what will change when I enter the second tier," Garen slowly shut his eyes and gently pressed onto the white stones in front of him with his hands .

Inside the room, a cold breeze started to flow out from his body as his skin started turning blue .

On the other hand, the stones in front of him which was in contact with his hands started to crumble into dust . Quietly, the stones turned into a pile of white dust and as more dust was formed, Garen's hand turned even bluer than before .

The air inside the room turned cooler as cold winds kept revolving around Garen . A layer of ice started to form on the surface of the green cactus placed by the window .

As time pa.s.sed .

Garen focused on the changes in his body .

At the moment the impure White Peac.o.c.k Stones had been absorbed, he'd felt that the coolness in his body had gone into a frenzy as it kept pouring out from his hands and absorbing the pile of white stones .

A huge amount of viscous substance was absorbed into his body and was immediately swallowed by the cold blue lines . As the freezing lines kept swallowing the impurities, they became thicker, from the thickness of a hair to the thickness of a chopstick, and then the thickness of a finger .

These freezing lines kept circling within his body and a layer of frost formed from where ever it had traveled .

The deep green field spanned to the horizon . Black metal pieces and white rubble could be seen scattered everywhere . Some of these pieces and rubble were stabbed into the ground while some of them were laying by the bottom of the hill . The evening red sunlight gleamed on a black metal piece which was about three meters tall from the west, casting a shadow on the small green field . The sky was dyed red and layers of red clouds could be seen in the sky as well . Between the layers of clouds, a black shuttle battles.h.i.+p slowly descended . Its hull, which spanned a few thousand meters, cast a huge shadow onto the ground . The battles.h.i.+p looked like a torpedo s.h.i.+p . It was entirely black and had holes similar to that of a beehive . The wings at the back were slowly expanding as green flames spewed out from the bottom as a propellant . Pew! A humanoid Mech was ejected from one of the beehive-shaped holes . The Mech was black and both of its arms were heavy duty Pulse Guns while it had a s.h.i.+ny black circular s.h.i.+eld on its back . Both of its shoulders had a red stripe on both sides . Overall, it looked like a firefighter . After the humanoid Mech, which was about four meters tall, came out of the battles.h.i.+p, a group of similar Mechs flew out as well . From afar, they looked like a swarm of bees that had just left their hive as they flew down . Among them was a slightly larger Mech . It landed gently on the largest stone and scanned the surroundings through the red beams shooting out from its mask . Keep the battle under thirty minutes . Be wary of our surroundings! a young mans voice came from within the Mech . Understood . The Mechs that had a Blackboard symbol on their backs started to spread out . Twenty of them started to search the area . Blue flames burst out behind the Mechs legs as it moved about the field . After a while, a signal came from one of the Mechs . Ive found something! Theres a hole here and someone is hiding inside! Hes severely injured . Its him?! How did this happen? Send him to back immediately! After a few minutes, a Mech dragged the dirty youngster back into the battles.h.i.+p and the remaining Mechs returned back to their respective beehive-like holes . ************* Inside a dim small room . Garen gently opened up the big sack in front of him . Inside it was filled with White Peac.o.c.k Stones of all sorts of size . He took one out and weighed it for a moment before placing it into another sack in his right hand . The uncle sat in front of him as he watched Garen a.n.a.lyze the items quietly . Garen took out the stones and weighed them one by one before placing them into the sack on the right . Garens expression was calm as he did so at a moderate pace . Suddenly . Garen held onto one of the stones tightly and frowned . This… isnt the stone that I wanted, right? The car owner smiled as he immediately took away the stone from Garens hand, I must have made some sort of mistake… Hehe . Garen scoffed as he continued to check the remaining stones . In no time, Garen found a few more counterfeits . The car owners face turned worse over time as beads of sweat started to appear on his forehead . Have you mistaken it again? Why have you made so many mistakes? Garen glared at him . It seems like youre not interested in trading with me . I wouldnt… Its unavoidable to make such mistakes with so many stones . Youre looking at two hundred of them! the car owner started to wipe away his sweat as he said so . Theres a total of two hundred and fifteen of them . I will take them all for one thousand five hundred, Garen put away the last stone and offered calmly . What? A thousand five hundred? the car owner was stunned . Didnt we agree on… I didnt agree that you were allowed to put in some fake ones, Garen b.u.t.ted in . But a thousand five hundred for this many… These cost at least four thousand! the car owner started to sweat even more . Four thousand? Garen laughed . You can sell all of them if you can find someone whos willing to pay that much . he casually leaned against the sofa as he looked at the car owner . Arent you breaking your promise? The owner started to panic and stood up . Promise? I had planned to keep my word if you didnt mix in some fake ones . You cant blame me for lowering the price once youd done so, Garens expression was calm . Furthermore, your items are worth at most five points each . My price is more than just good enough . Im fine that youre not willing to sell it to me because I can always find another merchant to buy from . The car owner calculated for a while and came to the conclusion that he would be selling each at 7 points for one thousand five hundred . He would still profit as his buying price was four points . It was just that he wouldnt be earning as much as he expected . Just as what the opposing party said, no one would be willing to buy such a huge quant.i.ty except for this student in front of him . He gritted his teeth as hed thought that the student in front was a black sheep of a rich family . He didnt expect him to slash the price to the point where he wasnt earning good money from this trade . This guy was good… He looked up and stared at Garen, who was sitting firmly and seemed to be very confident as he wasnt panicking at all . He was about to go rough on him but recalled that he had some martial arts experience . Furthermore, he was also a Blackboard Academys student… This student was very smart as he didnt slash the price to the point I would outright reject him . It would be reasonable to slash the price when a fake stone was discovered . He, a blackboard student, looked like he was tight on his money . Perhaps I could… I can sell you these for a thousand points, the car owner was determined . Oh? Garen was stunned as he didnt expect the opponent would say so after being at a disadvantage . Whats your condition? I wish to team up with you, the car owner sighed as he said softly . Youre a student at the Blackboard Academy . With your social status, I wish to work with you to obtain some rather special intel from within the academy… Its a win-win situation . Intel? What kind of intel? Garen was stunned as he didnt expect the fellow in front of him would have such a motive . Intel of celebrity students inside the Blackboard Academy, the car owner said seriously . Frankly speaking, theres practically no one inside the academy who lacks money . It took me a long time to find a suitable partner and I hope that we can try it out . You have to understand that every outsider is very curious about the situation inside the academy . Furthermore, we can raise the celebrity students reputations once we reveal their information . They would be able to obtain more power and this would be very beneficial to them . A very good thought, Garen nodded . However, other people wouldve thought of it since youre able to . Why do you think that there hasnt been any leak for such a long time? Have you thought of this? he smiled as he stood up while carrying the huge package that he had sifted through a while ago . He then used his Watch Terminal and sent over a thousand Universal Units . Heres the thousand points that you suggested . I have to go for now . Thanks The car owner was stunned by Garens words as he realized what he meant from the hint displayed on his Terminal . As Garen was about to exit the place, he immediately stood up . Hey! Can you tell me your name? Nonosiva . I will find you once more when I need you . Im Kendall! Whats your number?! the uncle quickly followed up with another question . Garen looked at him and threw out a series of numbers . Although he was slightly dumb, he was able to make the right decision . *********** After returning to the dorm, Garen immediately hung the do not disturb tag, pulled his curtains shut and started his training . He switched on the light and poured all of the rocks onto a big piece of paper . Garen then took off his s.h.i.+rt and sat in front of the stones . With so many mixed grade White Peac.o.c.k Stones, I should be able to break through the second level, right? he was looking forward to it . Technically speaking, he had yet to practice a pure Living Secret Technique . In the Totem World, his journey had been interrupted and hed taken a stray path and learned the Evil Technique instead . In the Vampire world, his Living Secret Technique had always been capped at the first grade . He didnt expect that this world would have the precious ingredients that his Living Secret Technique required . Furthermore, it was treated as trash here and was completely worthless . This is the difference between this world and the rest… Garen sighed emotionally as his mind immediately went into the records of the h.e.l.lfrost Peac.o.c.k Technique . The first five grades of the h.e.l.lfrost Peac.o.c.k Technique were the foundations used to change his physical attributes . Only the final three tiers were considered the realm of mastering the basics . One could only enter the last three tiers after the seed of the Living Secret Technique had sprouted . With the pract.i.tioners physical condition as the foundation, it could produce a unique technique that would be considered the strongest for Nonosivas body . Hence, it was called the Derivative Level and he would be qualified for it once he had mastered the foundations . I wonder what will change when I enter the second tier, Garen slowly shut his eyes and gently pressed onto the white stones in front of him with his hands . Inside the room, a cold breeze started to flow out from his body as his skin started turning blue . On the other hand, the stones in front of him which was in contact with his hands started to crumble into dust . Quietly, the stones turned into a pile of white dust and as more dust was formed, Garens hand turned even bluer than before . The air inside the room turned cooler as cold winds kept revolving around Garen . A layer of ice started to form on the surface of the green cactus placed by the window . As time pa.s.sed . Garen focused on the changes in his body . At the moment the impure White Peac.o.c.k Stones had been absorbed, hed felt that the coolness in his body had gone into a frenzy as it kept pouring out from his hands and absorbing the pile of white stones . A huge amount of viscous substance was absorbed into his body and was immediately swallowed by the cold blue lines . As the freezing lines kept swallowing the impurities, they became thicker, from the thickness of a hair to the thickness of a chopstick, and then the thickness of a finger . These freezing lines kept circling within his body and a layer of frost formed from where ever it had traveled .