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48: Got the Wudao Ancient Tea Tree!Are you sure you want to bet thirty thousand Spirit Stones on Xiao Fan defeating Lin Zhou in three moves?

The bookmaker looked at Wang Teng, a playful glint in his eyes.

Xiao Fan was, at best, a rising star, while Lin Zhou was the undisputed number one among his peers at Black-White Academy.

Forget about Xiao Fan defeating Lin Zhou in three moves; it would be good enough if Xiao Fan could even last three moves against Lin Zhou.

”I’m sure!” Wang Teng said.

”Alright! Keep your betting slip, and I hope you make a fortune!” the bookmaker said with a smile.

Inwardly, he was overjoyed, directly seeing Wang Teng as a big sucker, someone who had come to give him money.

”I do hope to make a fortune!” Wang Teng also showed a slight smile, then turned and left.

The Vice Palace Master’s medicinal garden at Black-White Academy was located in the southeast corner, spanning over a thousand acres.

At the garden’s entrance, a light green spiritual mist swirled like a veil, and underfoot was emerald moss glowing with a faint light.

The air was filled with a rich but not pungent medicinal fragrance; a single breath made one feel refreshed, and the Qi in one’s Qi Sea became active.

The scenery inside the garden was even more astonishing.

On the left, in a waist-high field of Spirit Medicine, ’Night-Luminous Grass’ with seven leaves spread its blades, golden-red patterns flowing at the tips, rustling softly when the wind blew, shaking off specks of starlight-like spiritual light.

On the right was a body of water, with ’Ice Heart Lotus’ the size of bowls floating on the surface, its pristine white petals layered, a pale yellow stamen at the center, and tiny ice crystals condensed on the edge of each petal, emitting a refreshing coolness.

Besides Night-Luminous Grass and Ice Heart Lotus, there were many other invaluable medicinal herbs in the garden.

Among them, the most eye-catching was an enlightenment ancient tea tree in the center of the garden.

However, the main trunk of this enlightenment ancient tea tree was already cracked like an old turtle’s shell, filled with a decaying aura, showing no signs of life, having been dead for a long time.

But on its dark brown branches, a few new green shoots stubbornly poked out.

The curled buds were now carefully unfurling their tender petals, the leaves not the usual emerald green of ordinary tea trees, but with a slight amber-like luster, faintly translucent in the sparse sunlight.

In the mottled parts of the tree, a few clumps of moss quietly spread, adding a touch of moist vitality to this ancient life.

This ancient tea tree, once almost withered, was slowly awakening from the dust of ages in its unique way.

Around the medicinal garden, countless runes could be vaguely seen flowing in the spiritual mist, forming a natural barrier that isolated everything from the outside world.

If only he could take this entire medicinal field, but Wang Teng knew that was impossible; his only goal now was the enlightenment ancient tea tree.

Subsequently, Wang Teng hid in the shadows, quietly waiting for an opportunity.

Before long, a student responsible for the medicinal garden left with an excited and joyful expression, simply because the dead enlightenment ancient tea tree had sprouted, and he wanted to tell the Vice Palace Master this good news immediately.

Wang Teng seized the opportunity, secretly killed him, and changed into his clothes, also acquiring a token exclusive to medicinal garden students.

Possessing this token was the key to freely entering and exiting the medicinal garden.

Wang Teng arrived at the entrance of the medicinal garden, shook the token in his hand, and the runes at the gate churned; he successfully infiltrated the medicinal garden.

The defenses within the medicinal garden were not particularly strict.

One must know that this place was within Black-White Academy, and to enter Black-White Academy, one had to be a teacher or a student.

Furthermore, this medicinal garden belonged to the Vice Palace Master of Black-White Academy; who would dare to cause trouble? They would surely die without a burial place.

Therefore, this also allowed Wang Teng to infiltrate the medicinal garden relatively easily.

Subsequently, he went straight towards the enlightenment ancient tea tree.

Wang Teng looked around.

Many students in the medicinal garden were busy working, and no one noticed Wang Teng.

Wang Teng grasped the trunk of the enlightenment ancient tea tree, and without attracting anyone’s attention, quietly pulled up the enlightenment ancient tea tree, directly put it into his Storage Ring, and quickly left the medicinal garden.

After some time, a medicinal garden student who was busy working straightened his back, stretched his neck, and then prepared to continue working.

However, his body suddenly stopped; something seemed to be missing from this medicinal garden?

”The... the enlightenment ancient tea tree... the enlightenment ancient tea tree is gone!” The medicinal garden student pointed to the center of the garden, exclaiming in surprise.

”What? The enlightenment ancient tea tree is gone?”

”Are you kidding? This is Black-White Academy; who would dare to cause trouble here? Are they seeking death?”

”It’s... it’s really gone; the enlightenment ancient tea tree is truly gone!”

”...!”

Initially, the students in the medicinal garden did not believe that the enlightenment ancient tea tree would disappear.

But after seeing the large pit in the center of the medicinal garden, he had no choice but to believe that the enlightenment ancient tea tree had been uprooted.

At this moment, all the medicinal garden students panicked.

This was because the enlightenment ancient tea tree, which had been dead, had sprouted and gained vitality today.

Some people had even gone to tell the Vice Palace Master this good news.

But now, the enlightenment ancient tea tree had disappeared; how would these medicinal garden students explain themselves to the Vice Palace Master later?

Subsequently, these medicinal garden students spent some time in tension and oppression.

”Strange, why hasn’t the Vice Palace Master arrived yet?” The medicinal garden student wondered, and then another student went to report the news to the Vice Palace Master.

”What? The enlightenment ancient tea tree has sprouted and regained its vitality? And then it was stolen?” The Vice Palace Master felt a surge of joy upon hearing the first part of the news.

But the latter part of the news almost made him spit out a mouthful of old blood.

He had paid a huge price to make the enlightenment ancient tea tree regain its vitality.

He never expected that now that the enlightenment ancient tea tree had come back to life, it would be stolen by someone.

”What exactly are you medicinal garden students good for? You let the enlightenment ancient tea tree be stolen right under your noses?” The Vice Palace Master roared in fury.

The student reporting the news turned pale and trembled.

”Investigate... go investigate for me... forget it, I’ll investigate myself!”

”I want to see who is so audacious!” The Vice Palace Master was furious and immediately set off to the medicinal garden to investigate.

Meanwhile... the battle between Xiao Fan and Lin Zhou had already ended.

To everyone’s disbelief, Lin Zhou, the number one among his peers at Black-White Academy, was defeated by the rising star Xiao Fan in just three moves.

Even when he fully activated his Great Desolation Battle Body, he couldn’t turn the tide, eventually suffering severe injuries and being carried off the arena, which was beyond everyone’s expectations.

No one had expected Xiao Fan to be so strong; Lin Zhou couldn’t even last three moves against him.

Wang Teng, with a smile on his face, came to the gambling stall and took out his betting slip.

”Boss! This is my betting slip for thirty thousand Spirit Stones. Now that Xiao Fan has defeated Lin Zhou in three moves, with a hundredfold payout, a bet is a bet. Hand over the Spirit Stones!” Wang Teng looked at the bookmaker, who had a long face, looking worse than crying, and spoke directly...