When system cheat becomes rampant!

Xiang Beifei, on his way home, noticed countless paparazzi squads staking out, obviously aiming to capture his private life in order to earn a substantial economic benefit.

They thought they were well-hidden, but in fact, none could escape Xiang Beifei's discerning eyes.@@novelbin@@

No matter how the paparazzi hid, their system interfaces always shone brightly, like guiding lamps in the darkness, leading Xiang Beifei to them. Dealing with these people, Xiaohei needed only to bark once to shield them.

If Xiang Beifei wanted to keep a low profile, he could wield Ye Changfeng's Ronin Sword and become a Ronin Swordsman, without worrying about being recognized.

Ye Changfeng's Ronin Sword, though only of SR rank, could typically be seen through by SSRs above the God Refining phase.

However, for Xiang Beifei, such system-level suppression did not exist.

Even if a UR Awakener came, they couldn't see through the disguise of the Ronin Sword!

He imbued the power of the Ronin Sword onto his grandfather, so there was nothing to worry about.

They quickly moved houses, leaving the urban village behind. The move was simple, Xiaohei could package all the furniture with just a bubble, negating the need for a moving company.

After moving into the new house, the space was much more spacious—a three-bedroom and one-living-room apartment Xiang Beifei had rented. It was in the same complex as Kong Daming's, just one floor apart.

Meanwhile, Kong Daming's store was also reopening. He was busy with the shop these days, arranging the work schedule for the staff who had been off duty. As a hero protecting the city, Kong Daming's store received great attention, and many people had praised it. Some netizens even planned to make a special trip from other states to support the reopening day.

Xiang Beifei had been waiting for Xiao Sheng to come to work so he could investigate his system log, but the guy didn't show up.

"He said something came up and asked for a few days off," Xiang Qingde said while busy checking the inventory list. Due to the previous desolate beast attack, the food supplies in the store had been destroyed, necessitating the purchase of fresh food supplies.

Having once sold vegetables in the market, Xiang Qingde was relatively familiar with the procurement of food supplies, so sometimes he would personally take charge of it.

Xiang Beifei planned to accompany him, because with his recent fame, if he didn't, Xiang Qingde might be followed by a crowd as soon as he stepped out the door.

"Why aren't you practicing at home and insisting on going to the wholesale market with me?" Xiang Qingde asked.

"College students are required to write a social practice report each semester; I need to find some materials," Xiang Beifei calmly replied while looking at a reporter squatting inside a van, raising a camera, ready to stake out.

This reporter had awakened the "R-rated Scoop System" whose strength grew by exposing others' secrets—a veteran gossip journalist.

The journalist was eagerly waiting for Xiang Beifei and Xiang Qingde. He had already been to Xiang Beifei's house in the urban village yesterday, but it had been empty, and they still did not know where Xiang Beifei had moved to, so he was staking out at Kong Daming's place, hoping to observe Xiang Qingde.

Xiang Beifei paid no attention to these and boldly walked past right in front of the reporter.

The wholesale market was some distance away, in Jizhou. Xiang Beifei's place was not far from the border between Liangzhou and Jizhou, approximately an hour's drive to Jizhou.

There was a large trade market, the richest market in the region, with an assortment of fruits, meats, various livestock... everything one could need, attracting many purchasers.

The market was indeed vast, a crowded street stretching two to three kilometers long, lined with various goods and shops. The wholesale food was diverse and peculiar, akin to another magical world.

The first shop had a prominent sign that read "Professor Liu Dalong from the Elite University's SR-ranked Botany Expert Team Cultivated 'Earth Dragon Fresh Livestock Wholesale Department'."

They sold various improved breeds of meat products, allegedly using "Multi-Dimensional Breeding Technology" to raise various cows, sheep, poultry in SR-ranked multi-dimensional spaces, from one to thirty-two dimensional system spaces, each offering different meat qualities.

The store's flagship was the Nine-Dimensional Space farm, as the meat quality from that dimension was most popular. They cultivated poultry with nine pairs of wings, where each pair of wings tasted distinct, becoming the supplier for the Jiuzhou's chain barbecue restaurant "Nine-Winged Chicken."

There was a store on the left energetically demonstrating their SSR-ranked botanist's cultivated fruits and vegetables, grown using anti-gravity technology, leading to unconstrained growth of the plants—a single pea could rival an apple in size.

Another seller on the opposite side showcased "SSR Marine Expert Zhao Haier Brothers' Alternate Space Deep-Sea Farm," selling a variety of exotic sea products, cultivated in spatial systems constructed within their systems.

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Xiang Beifei curiously looked at these shops. He had only ever browsed through ordinary vegetable markets, but he seldom visited wholesale markets like this.

Xiang Qingde stopped in front of a shop labeled "SSR-level Super System Fruit House," where a bald man was promoting their newly arrived fruits, and Xiang Beifei listened carefully as well.

"Yes! We have recently introduced a new, improved 'Seven-Fruit Gourd Vine,' which can bear seven fruits on a single vine! Piltover Apples, Stormy Green Pears, Wild Bananas, Dragon Blood Strawberries, Dawn Pineapples, Twisted Flat Peaches, Ugly Tangerines! Each fruit can even replenish the loss of Spiritual Power in the body.

Our breeding technology has applied for a league patent, with fruits containing 5% Spiritual Energy. Five percent! Think about what that means! All major university cafeterias have already reserved these gourd vines for their martial arts students. At Jizhou University, an R-ranked student who ate our citrus from the vine managed to break through to the late phase of Qi-Controlling in just one year of enrollment. An R-ranked student reaching late Qi-Controlling phase in one year, unprecedented!"

The middle-aged man peddling his family's gourd vines was spitting and spluttering away, extolling the virtues of his products to the heavens, and had even come up with all sorts of names for the seven fruits of the gourd vine, attracting quite a few buyers to stop and watch.

Normally, only S-level students might step into the late stage of Qi-Controlling within a year in the Awakening System. It would normally take at least three to four years for those who are R-level!

But with this fruit, R-level Awakeners can reach the late stage of Qi-Controlling within a year! This is very rare, and many people became interested in this fruit.

Xiang Beifei looked at the gourd vine skeptically, what he didn't understand was why, out of the seven types of fruits, the vine didn't produce the one thing it was supposed to—gourds?

A gourd vine that doesn't bear gourds?

Even more exaggerated was the price of the fruits from the gourd vine—one pound sold for five hundred!

Could eating these seven types of fruits grant immortality, or the ability to breathe fire, spray water, become invisible or change size at will?

"The Seven-Fruit Gourd Vine looks pretty good, the fruits contain five percent Spiritual Energy, while most fruits don't even have one percent. You're following the martial path; I'll buy some for you," said Xiang Qingde.

Xiang Qingde had quite a knowledge of these fruits' contents, and martial practitioners who came to the restaurant liked to order food rich in Spiritual Energy to aid absorption, so he also knew a lot about various ingredients.

"No need, that's way too expensive," Xiang Beifei shook his head.

"Don't worry, as long as it's helpful for your cultivation, I'm willing to pay a thousand per pound for you. You are cultivating in Liangzhou University, you shouldn't shortchange yourself."

Xiang Qingde had always been frugal saving money just to spend on Xiang Beifei, because the expenses required by a martial practitioner were enormous, requiring large sums of money just for daily sustenance.

But when it came to spending money on his grandson, Xiang Qingde never hesitated.

Xiang Beifei chuckled and shook his head, "I cultivate by eating sunflower seeds, not fruits."

"You cultivate by eating sunflower seeds? Which brand? I'll go buy some for you! Is it the currently best-selling Fool's Sunflower Seeds?" asked Xiang Qingde.

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Fool's Sunflower Seeds?

The name of the brand sounded quite odd.

Xiang Beifei didn't explain in detail, just saying, "Grandpa, don't worry about it, my school has special supplies for me."

The sunflower seeds that Xiang Beifei usually ate were exclusively available to big shots on Idle Fish; they couldn't be bought by outsiders, and even less so be eaten by anyone else.

"As long as it helps with your cultivation, don't worry about the money," Xiang Qingde said.

"It's not about that, this fruit isn't worth the price; it's a bit of an exaggeration in their advertising," Beifei said after taking a close look at the gourd vine. "Its Spiritual Energy content is masked by the system; it's hard to absorb. This fruit's Spiritual Energy content is, at most, 0.5 percent. Don't get scammed when you're buying something, Grandpa."

He had a sharp Perception of Spiritual Energy, especially for things that were enhanced by system abilities, which he could see through at a glance.

The fruits on the gourd vine had been affected by an SR-level system ability that had disguised their Spiritual Energy content, but they weren't likely to be absorbed by the human body.

Similar to the Beast Pills, the fruits of plants contained Spiritual Power, but the Spiritual Power in regular plant fruits was very scarce, not nearly as pure as that of Beast Pills. Those cultivated artificially were even less likely to contain much Spiritual Power.

Furthermore, the Spiritual Power in fruits wasn't necessarily fully absorbed by the body, and its effects could vary from person to person.

As he finished speaking, a middle-aged man nearby hurriedly asked, "Young friend, are you serious about what you just said?"

Xiang Beifei looked at the man's system interface; the man, named Zheng Xing, had awakened the "N-level Brocade-clad Guardian System." It sounded imposing, but in reality, he worked as a security team leader.

"You patrolled the company's third floor, all was normal, guardian value +1."

"You verified the identities of the hotel guests entering, with no dangerous auras detected, guardian value +1."

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Zheng Xing had just gritted his teeth and bought two pounds of gourd vine fruits, but as soon as he finished paying, he heard what Xiang Beifei said, which immediately caused him to feel conflicted.

"Young friend, not to hide from you, I overheard your conversation with your grandfather. Are you from Liangzhou University? I am like your grandfather; however, I am buying it for my son. He just awakened his system last year and managed to get into Jizhou University with great difficulty, but his cultivation progress isn't fast. I was thinking of letting him try this. If it doesn't work, then I've wasted my money. So I want to ask, do you have a system ability to authenticate fruits?" asked Zheng Xing tentatively.