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Chapter 192 - A Reward
🕑 Added 2024-12-12 07:00:05 +0000 UTCLeyvi snapped out of his fearful state and calmed down. He then secretly communicated with Anda about the mystical voice he had heard.
"If it claimed that it can devour everything in the lagoon, then it's either had grown extremely large, or all the coral polyps that exist here are all part of it. Either way, both cases are equally terrifying." Anda analyzed.
"Should we leave right away? This demonic coral polyp seems to be dangerous. Who knows what it might do?" Leyvi suggested.
"Hmm...I think it should be fine. This place has been around for a long time and from what we heard so far, it has never harmed any human unprovoked and only eats dead things. I think this coral polyp is very smart."
"It created this massive reef ecosystem, let humans and demonic beasts do whatever they want here, avoid any conflict, and harvest from others' conflict. Do nothing and keep winning. No wonder it could develop this far." Anda praised the coral polyp.
Leyvi also felt amazed by the creature's strategic approach to survival and how it grew up to this point. The most important key to this strategy was to be patient. Not everyone had the patience to lie low for so long. If it had no patient and attacked humans actively, Leyvi guaranteed it would cease to exist long ago. The humans would no doubt hunt it down.
Leyvi's fear of the demonic coral polyp had completely disappeared and was replaced by reverence. Do nothing and keep winning. What a nice phrase. He wanted to have a life like that, too.
"Hahaha! Do you ladies see that? That is just a fraction of the power that our Supreme Sage Coral Polyp has displayed. Not only it is powerful, it is also brilliant and wise. Look at the architectural design here. Everything was made so that we can travel with ease. The coral paths are wide and stable. The coral buildings can become a place to rest. Absolutely brilliant!"
Leyvi started praising and flattering the coral polyp out of nowhere, hoping to be in its good grace.
The ladies were speechless by Leyvi's sudden change in attitude. Weren't you thinking about eating it before? Now you gave it a Supreme Sage title?
Anda couldn't help but giggle witnessing this situation.
"Well well. This human is actually very sensible and able to recognize greatness. Supreme Sage is indeed a nice title, and it describes me perfectly. Since you have recognized my brilliance, I will reward you."
Leyvi heard the mystical voice again. This time, he didn't feel goosebumps anymore.
A reward? Leyvi's eyes brightened. He didn't expect that casually praising it would allow him to be rewarded. This coral polyp must have been very lonely for a long time and was starving for interaction. Leyvi wondered what it would do if it knew he could speak with it. No, no. I can't let it know. It might kidnap me and make me stay here forever.
While Leyvi was having an inner monologue, something suddenly floated near the coral platform they were on. Leyvi saw it and scooped it out of the water.
"What is this? It's pretty." Anda asked Leyvi.
A beautiful shiny blue gemstone the size of an apple lay on Leyvi's palm.
"A beautiful stone. Do you want this, Anda?" Leyvi asked. He guessed this must be the reward it talked about. He had no interest in jewelry, so he offered it to Anda. He knew she liked things like this.
The other ladies also saw the blue gemstone and praised it.
"What an ignorant human. I gave him such a cool treasure, but he wanted to give it away. That gem has a part of my power to create and manipulate corals. All you have to do is feed it with spiritual energy. Oh no, how should I tell these stupid humans? At this point, they are going to keep it as a random piece of jewelry." The mystical voice sounded restless.
Leyvi chuckled inwardly. This coral polyp was funny. It obviously wanted to show off based on how worried it became after seeing him clueless about how to use it.
Leyvi then relayed the information to Anda. He told her about the origin of the blue gemstone and how to use it.
Anda was astonished. Create and manipulate coral stones? This was an amazing treasure! They had experienced how tough the corals were themselves and how difficult it was to harvest them. Harvesting the coral stones made by demonic coral here required a specialist. As expected of her husband. He could obtain a great treasure like this just by flattering a coral.
A minute later, Anda started acting. She and Leyvi had to put up a performance so that the demonic coral polyp wouldn't realize that Leyvi could hear its voice.
"Eh? Leyvi, look at this! This gemstone has a special effect! I tried pouring my Qi into this gemstone and a red coral stone popped out! Look at this!"
A finger-sized red coral stone could be seen atop the gemstone on Anda's palm.
The ladies immediately surrounded Leyvi and Anda, looking more interested in the blue gemstone.
"Madam, can you change the shape?" Valenia asked.
Anda smiled. Good job Val. Nice timing. Now it wasn't just a two-people performance anymore.
"Let me try," Anda said.
She poured more Qi and tried to figure out how the coral manipulation works. A few minutes later, she grasped the method to do it.
"It is similar to how we conjure things using our Qi. Like how I conjure and manipulate fire, like how Lilian conjures and manipulates her plants, like how Nala conjures and manipulates water. The differences are that our Qi must pass through this gem and the coral stones created and manipulated using this will stay permanent, not disappearing afterward."
Anda produced a beautiful fire-shaped coral as she explained the process to them.
"Hahaha! What a good treasure! Let me try!" Leyvi grabbed the gemstone from Anda.
However, Anda, Lilian, Valenia, and Nala looked at Leyvi pitifully. They could already guess what would happen.
"Huh? Why are you ladies looking at me pitifully like that? Watch me create a cool-looking coral combat armor!" Leyvi bragged.
Ten minutes later, Leyvi finally understood why his women gave him pitiful looks. He forgot that he was terrible at Qi manipulation. The cool-looking coral combat armor he envisioned ended up being a deformed white skeleton of some unknown creature.
Leyvi fell on his knees and hit the platform, acting depressed. "My cool combat armor...why...."
"Hahaha! This human is so funny! What was his name again? Ah yes, they call him Leyvi. I gave him a treasure, but he didn't have the talent to use it properly. So funny! But now I feel bad for him. Should I give him another treasure? Em... No no. They might get suspicious if multiple treasures appeared suddenly. Sorry human Leyvi. Maybe next time."
Leyvi's ears twitched after he heard the mystical voice laughing at his suffering. For a moment, Leyvi's hope rose when the voice mentioned giving him another treasure, but it was instantly crushed.
He looked up and saw Anda and the ladies were still giggling at his misfortune.
He stood up again and said, "Hmph, I won't give up! Let me try again."
Hmm, what should I try this time? Leyvi thought for a bit while holding the blue gemstone.
Leyvi suddenly remembered about the Clay Golem Army martial skill he learned recently. He had no problem creating a clay golem based on himself because he was familiar with his body. Maybe he could try something similar to it.
Leyvi immediately poured his Qi into the gemstone and manipulated it while imagining himself.
A few seconds later, a hand-sized white coral sculpture of himself with the complete outfit was created. It looked exactly like him.
"Hahaha! Look at this! I did it. You can't laugh at me anymore! Look at my masterpiece! Call me sculptor Leyvi from now on!" Leyvi gloated.
The ladies had long stopped giggling because Leyvi's work was truly impressive.
Suddenly, Anda snatched the sculpture and said, "It's mine now."
"Darling! Darling! I want one too! Make a naked one! Hehe." Nala excitedly requested.
Leyvi rolled his eyes. "No." He flatly rejected.
"Oh nooo... okay okay. A normal one, please darling!" Nala shook Leyvi's hand.
"Alright alright. Wait a second."
Leyvi proceeded to create another one of his coral sculptures and gave it to Nala.
Just as he was about to stop, he saw the burning desire in Valenia's eyes. It seemed like she wanted it too, but she didn't want to say it aloud. Only Lilian looked like she didn't care about his sculpture.
"Okay okay. I'll make one for everyone to be fair." Leyvi said. He then looked at Sawi and the three ladies, and joked while smiling. "You guys want my coral sculpture too?"
Lina, Rosa, and Terra shook their heads while blushing. At this point, they knew Leyvi liked to joke around, so they didn't take it seriously. On the other hand, Sawi nodded vigorously. She wanted Leyvi's sculpture for herself.
"Hahaha! Good! I will make one for you too, Sawi. An array master like her recognizes how great my sculpture is. In the future, it can be sold for billions of spirit stones. You three ladies have missed greatness." Leyvi spoke nonsense again.
The three ladies rolled their eyes at his joke.
Leyvi then created three more coral sculptures of himself and gave them to Lilian, Valenia, and Sawi.
Just as he was about to keep the blue gemstone, a massive aura descended from above.
Shit! Leyvi felt alarmed.
