The white aqua dragon misunderstood Han Sen's command. He thought Han Sen wished to play, so it opened its mouth to say something.
Immediately, Han Sen grabbed the mouth of the baby dragon and clamped it shut. If it spoke, he believed he'd be very dead.
But it still believed Han Sen was playing, and so it used its hands to rub Han Sen and feel his skin.
"Ssshhh, be quiet." Han Sen knew there were creatures out there in the world that didn't always want to fight. And in particular, it was mostly the more intelligent ones that were likely to reason and not kill-on-sight.
Slowly, Han Sen lifted his grip and let go of the dragon's mouth. With his dongxuan aura, he covered the area to hide their lifeforces and movements.
He wondered if the dragon understood what he had told it. After removing his hand, it really did not speak. And all it did then was rub its nose against Han Sen, sniffing with curiosity.
Han Sen raised his hand and started falling back, afraid the dragon might have a change of heart if it were to get unintentionally spooked.
But when Han Sen fell back, the dragon followed. It followed Han Sen until the duo reached a tunnel, far from the sight of all other monsters across that subterranean sea.
Han Sen then had a greedy thought. "If I could lure it back with me, it could be a great help."
He then brought out a bottle of pet pills. He took one of the pills in his hand and presented it to the dragon.
The dragon seemed to take interest in the pill, after a long sniff-test. It tried to take a bite, and almost consumed all of Han Sen's hand.
Thinking hand-feeding might be dangerous, Han Sen resorted to chucking the pill into the dragon's mouth, just to be safe.
The dragon quickly swallowed the pill, and it wanted more.
Quickly, Han Sen held the dragon's mouth again. Then, he grabbed another pill and lobbed it deep down the tunnel.
Han Sen kept doing this for a long time, after. He did so until he had lured the dragon a long way away from the ocean where he had first encountered it.
"Okay, I've got him away from there, but... how do I leave this place?" Han Sen wondered, as he looked around for any sign of a passage that might lead him to the surface.
Han Sen had thought it best to follow a running stream earlier, but doing that was what led him to the ocean. Now, he had entered another tunnel far removed from anywhere that was familiar to him. He was well and truly lost.
"I will just have to keep moving." Han Sen chose a direction and stuck to it.
The dragon followed, with a clear desire for more pet pills.
Han Sen only had two bottles of the stuff, and he had already given them all to the dragon.
After a while of walking, the dragon stopped following him. Without any more pet pills, it wanted to return.
"Don't go." Han Sen had spent two bottles of pet pills on the dragon, so he wouldn't settle for it leaving him. If he was to invest in anything, he'd have to guarantee a worthy return.
But the aqua dragon ignored Han Sen's command, and it went off, returning to the ocean.
Han Sen opened the bear's blood and said, "I have no more pet pills, but have a whiff of this. This stuff is even better."
The dragon gave it a sniff, but wasn't interested. It carried on swimming back.
Han Sen summoned a water drop this time, and pleaded, "Don't go! How about you try this?"
The white dragon sniffed the waterdrop and licked it.
"Good boy. Now, if you follow me, there's plenty more to be had." Han Sen stroked the dragon's head, hoping the dragon would follow.
But then, Han Sen heard splashes from up the river behind them. A silver-scaled aqua dragon appeared, with lantern-bright eyes fixed on him.
When their eyes met, Han Sen froze.
Chapter 980: Wedding Dress Skill
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The silver-scaled aqua dragon was injured, and it was the one from earlier. It seemed as if its fight with Yaksha had been a brutal one. But even though it was injured, if it still sought to pick a fight with him, Han Sen couldn't use super king spirit mode or even hope to beat it.
"This kid is cute..." Han Sen patted the little dragon's head and looked awkward, all in an attempt to hide what he had been doing.
Roar! The silver dragon roared at Han Sen.
A gust of spittle and wind blew Han Sen back a few steps.
The saliva that now caked him made him sick, and an overwhelming stench of fish rolled over him.
Han Sen thought this signaled a need to fight, but all the dragon did was roar. It didn't do anything else, and perhaps that was because he had freed it from incarceration, earlier.
The baby white dragon happily ran over to the silver dragon and jumped on its back. It, too, then roared.
"It's nice to see you two have been reunited with each other. He looked lost in these tunnels, you see, and... well, I have an errand to run. I best get going!" Han Sen hoped to sneak away after the two were together again.
But then another gust of dragon-breath knocked Han Sen off his feet and sent him hurtling against the tunnel wall. A fresh layer of saliva gelled his entire body.
The silver dragon gave Han Sen one last look, then returned to the ocean with the small white dragon atop it.
From the silver dragon's back, the white dragon turned to shout at Han Sen one last time, too.
"I suppose I shouldn't be too greedy." Han Sen then started trying to wipe the slime of saliva from his body. For now, he was just glad the silver dragon had chosen to spare him, and there'd be no need for another fight.
"If the dragon came back, that must mean it won. I wonder if that Yaksha was killed, then?" Han Sen hoped he was dead, for only then would he truly be safe.
Han Sen continued through the tunnels and started following more and more waterstreams in the hopes one would lead him to the surface. The rivers were still too long, and the labyrinth was still too complex for him to navigate. All he could do was guess a direction and hope for the best, because he had no idea where he had come from and where he was going.
But then, suddenly, Han Sen saw a white shadow appear. Much to his relief, it was the Red-Eye Rabbit king.
Han Sen was made very glad, so he decided to chase after it.
This couldn't have been the first time the rabbit had come here, and surely it wouldn't be lost like he was. By following the rabbit, he thought he might have a chance of getting out.
The rabbit king was on its way someplace, and it moved steadily. As such, Han Sen keenly followed.
After a long while of walking, he finally encountered other rabbits, and this told him he'd soon be free of the place.
The rabbit eventually led him out of the caves, and once again, Han Sen found himself in the canyon from before. He had come out a different way than he had gone in, though.
But after exiting the cave, Han Sen frowned. Scattered all about were the corpses of countless dead rabbits.
All the dead bodies had a hole in their head, as if something had bored through their heads to consume the brain and nothing else. The corpses were just left behind to rot.
"Is this Yaksha's doing? Was Yaksha not killed?" Han Sen felt as if his presence there had left a dark imprint, and it made him shudder. As disappointed as he was in the thought that the man might still be alive, he knew he'd now have to exercise more caution.
Fortunately, Han Sen couldn't feel him in the nearby vicinity. It must have left the area, and for that, Han Sen was thankful.
Then, as if it was greatly upset, Han Sen saw the white rabbit hopping and skipping between all the murdered rabbits. Feeling bad for the creature, he decided to pick it up.
"Follow me home; at least you won't have to worry about being killed." Han Sen held the rabbit and left the canyon.
The rabbit seemed useless, but at least he could keep it around as a sort of pet. Leaving the clumsy thing here, it would surely not last very long.
Han Sen made his way back to the shelter, but throughout his return, he was in a constant state of alert. He didn't want to run into Yaksha again, and fortunately, he didn't.
Han Sen did not dare leave the shelter again, in fear of Yaksha, who would relish the chance to finish him off. For now, he wanted to focus on his Dongxuan Sutra and open more of its gene locks.
He had the ability to unlock four now. His fitness level had gone up quite a bit, and it had quickly outpaced his opening of gene locks.
He entered the teleporter with the rubix cube in hand. Much to his surprise, he was able to bring it with him.
He scanned the computer and tasked his computer with figuring it out for him. It would have been an extremely difficult task for him to do, so it was far easier for him to just allow the computer to sort it out.
Not long after, the rubix cube was done. There were six sides, each containing a different picture and words from an ancient language.
Each picture contained a different naked woman, and red and blue lines were drawn across each of their bodies. They were like arteries and veins, almost.
But upon closer inspection, the pictures told a different story.
Han Sen did not know what the lines meant, but the ancient words were too small for him to see, and he had to zoom-in to read them.
The ancient words were similar to that of the Dongxuan Sutra. Fortunately, he had spent time studying and learning ancient languages recently. Luckily, he could now read it.
After reading the words upon the rubix cube, Han Sen's face contorted a little. He was perplexed. It was an ancient Qi Gong, transcribed across the puzzle, and it was called Wedding Dress Skill.
The Qi Gong seemed powerful, and there were ten gene locks to open with it. But it was different from the Dongxuan Sutra, in that there was only one function and it remained at the same tier no matter how many gene locks were open. After reaching new tiers and opening more gene locks, the Dongxuan Sutra provided its user with new skills and improved pre-existing skills. Therefore, Wedding Dress Skill was indeed quite different. Still, it was clearly an improvement over the Dongxuan Sutra.
The max number of gene locks to open with Wedding Dress skill was ten gene locks. The Dongxuan Sutra had more than that though, and that was the difference.
As a surpasser, Wedding Dress Skill was clearly the best you could get. There were only five known hyper geno arts that could allow the opening of at least ten gene locks.
Those five skills did not include the Dongxuan Sutra or the Blood-Pulse Sutra, either. But now, there was another, and that was called Wedding Dress Skill.
It was a strange skill, though. It was said only a woman could practice it, and only virgins, too.
What was even stranger, if a woman was in the process of learning it, they could jump straight to the tenth gene lock if it meant ensuring a man who was committing a Life-and-Death Breakthrough would succeed. But after that, the skill would be destroyed, and the memory of its learning would be gone.
Chapter 981: Tutor
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Life-and-Death Breakthrough was something Han Sen had heard of before, but he did not really know what it meant. He believed doing that could enable him to become a demigod, allowing him to practice the next Dongxuan Sutra.
Of course, that was just him guessing.
In the Dongxuan Sutra, committing a Life-and-Death Breakthrough was incredibly dangerous. Even the most powerful of people could die using it, and traditionally, there was only a ten percent chance of survival when doing such a thing.
Dongxuan Zi explained that when he created the Dongxuan Sutra, he ensured its Life-and-Death Breakthrough had a higher success rate, though. It was apparently over fifty percent.
The Wedding Dress Skill said that if a woman was willing to sacrifice her learning of the skill, it'd allow a man to perform a Life-and-Death Breakthrough with a hundred percent success rate.
In Dongxuan Zi's era, people who survived Life-and-Death Breakthroughs were regarded as gods.
Dongxuan Zi himself was the only known person to have performed one successfully.
The Wedding Dress Skill could enable a person to do what he did. It was a dizzying feat, and the entire concept was quite sweat-inducing.
"It may be a Qi Gong, but this thing is useless to me." Han Sen downloaded the details and removed it from his PC.
He then returned to the shelter and hid the rubix cube there.
Han Sen: Super Body Super King Spirit
Level: Surpasser
Lifespan: 400
King Body Evolution Requirement: geno 100
Owned Geno Points: ordinary geno points = 100; primitive geno points = 100; mutant geno points = 74; sacred-blood geno points = 14; super geno points = 5.
Super King Self-Spirit Points: 118
Han Sen's fitness was not bad, and he had been doing well so far. But for now, he wanted to open more gene locks.
He did not leave the shelter in fear of meeting Yaksha again.
One day, while Han Sen practiced his Dongxuan Sutra, he received a notification that Qin Xuan was looking for him.
"Team Qin, long time no see." Han Sen smiled, looking at her in the video.
"Han Sen, do you have Taia?" Qin Xuan asked seriously.
"Liu Meng gave it to me. Is that a problem?" Han Sen asked.
He was surprised, and he was now witnessing firsthand how serious the Qin family took this business with the Taia sword.
"If you're looking to sell it, would you mind selling it to us?" Qin Xuan asked.
"Do you mind telling me why this sword is so special?" Han Sen knew this sword was nothing ordinary.
Qin Xuan said, "This sword just means a lot to us, and it is a secret that pertains to our family. What I can tell you, though, is that it's useless in the hands of others."
Han Sen nodded and said, "Well, if I want to sell it, I'll come looking for you."
Han Sen did not mind doing her a favor, but Taia was his primary weapon for the time being, and he needed it to kill creatures. Until he found a better replacement, he had to hold onto it.
"Thanks a lot." Qin Xuan sounded relieved. Then she proceeded to say, "Let's talk about something else for the time being. I would like you to know I am establishing a training class for the Special Security Team. Would you mind being a tutor?"
"Nope; I can't teach." Han Sen was surprised at the sudden request.
"It's not like you'll be teaching directly from a textbook. And you'll only need to do it from Skynet. It'll take one hour each day for a month. If you are busy, we can schedule a replacement for certain days. We can fit it around your timetable." Qin Xuan smiled.
"When does it start?" Han Sen asked.
"Day after tomorrow. Over twenty thousand people have signed up," Qin Xuan said.
"I'll teach archery, then." Han Sen was only spending his time practicing the Dongxuan Sutra each day, so squeezing in an hour to do something else would be fine.
Han Sen was still a member of the team, too. He was still being paid wages, despite not having done anything for the longest time. And being a teacher for newbies might be fun.
"When are you free, then? I need to sort out the rota." Qin Xuan was visibly delighted at hearing Han Sen could join.
After their discussion on that, they chatted about their lives for a while.
Qin Xuan did not want to become a surpasser yet. Ever since the discovery of super genes, many people wanted to focus on maxing out their level with the new genes before ascending to the next sanctuary.
Some people managed to collect the eggs of super creatures, to obtain their super geno points.
But there weren't many eggs, and if that is how they were to focus, it was likely only one person could max out their super geno points in a century.
People in the Alliance believed Han Sen had a different method of obtaining super geno points, but Han Sen was Han Sen; they didn't dare do anything to offend him.
If they tried making a move on Han Sen, they feared Godslayer Luo would unleash his wrath upon them.
That aside, he was Ji Ruozhen's son-in-law. As such, no one dared touch him.
It would have been even more difficult to get to Han Sen in the sanctuary, too.
"Han Sen is to be the tutor?" In a mansion someplace, a man read a list of names. When he saw Han Sen's name there, he was surprised.
"Which Han Sen?" a red-haired man asked, looking back.
"There is only one Han Sen. It's the Han Sen," the man responded.
"What is he teaching?" the red-haired man asked.
"Archery," the man answered.
"I previously had no interest in going, but I can't miss this." The red-haired man lifted his eyebrows