"Yes."
The old man knew what Liyu Zhen was thinking. After a pause, he said, "Han Sen did a better job than you did. So, he is better suited to take care of the star tree."
"That's impossible.
He didn't even manage to kill one thousand King class star beetles.
How could he do a better job than me? "Liyu Zhen asked in disbelief.
He knew that Han Sen had been hunted by the deified star beetles all day. How could he have done a better job than Liyu Zhen?
"Go take a look and see for yourself." The old man didn't explain much, and he allowed Liyu Zhen to see for himself.
After all, Liyu Zhen had been recommended. Even if he didn't care about Liyu Zhen's wishes, he still had to give him an explanation. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to explain himself. Han Sen wouldn't have a legitimate reason to take over the star tree.
"How many King class star beetles did you kill?" Liyu Zhen didn't look immediately. He turned to Han Sen and asked.
"Three thousand six hundred and fourteen," Han Sen answered casually.
"That's impossible. Even if you weren't hunted by a deified star beetle, you couldn't have killed so many star beetles in such a short time." Liyu Zhen didn't believe him.
Because he couldn't hurt the star tree, he couldn't use a geno art that had a large area of effect. He had to be very careful. Killing two thousand star beetles in one day was already very impressive. Han Sen's number of three thousand six hundred was impossible. Only a deified elite could do that.
Plus, it took him two hours to get there and back. In fact, he had spent less than a day on the hunt.
Han Sen smiled, but he didn't explain.
Liyu Zhen's face changed. He used Galaxy Teleport and went to the area Han Sen had been.
Soon, Liyu Zhen saw the star beetles that Han Sen had killed. But when he looked at them, he thought they were alive. They didn't seem to have been injured.
But the star beetles' lifeforce was gone. They were clearly dead.
Liyu Zhen frowned. He looked at the star beetle's body and noticed the wound on its forehead.
"One hit killed it, and it cut its nerves. It made the Star Beetle unable to struggle. What a powerful geno art. What a powerful control …" Liyu Zhen complimented.
But he still didn't believe Han Sen had been able to kill three thousand star beetles. A geno art like that required a lot of effort. There was no way Han Sen could use it while being chased by a deified star beetle.
Liyu Zhen quickly flew over. Soon, he saw more and more star beetle corpses lying on the branches and leaves. They had all died the same way. A finger had pierced through their foreheads and killed them.
Liyu Zhen asked himself if he could do this if he was prepared. But when he was being hunted down, there was no way he could do it so accurately.
After a while, he found more than three thousand star beetles. Liyu Zhen stopped looking, because he knew that number couldn't be wrong. After all, Han Sen couldn't have lied to the elder.
But now, Liyu Zhen suspected that Han Sen had cheated. He might have used a powerful treasure. Otherwise, how could he have killed so many star beetles while being chased?
Liyu Zhen went back to the old man under the tree. He bowed and said, "Uncle, can I take a look at the test video?"
"Sure," the old man said coldly. He didn't mind.
Liyu Zhen opened the video he had just recorded. One was Liyu Zhen's, and the other was Han Sen's. He didn't watch his own video, though. Instead, he opened up Han Sen's video and sped it up eight times faster. He watched the entire process of Han Sen killing the star beetle.
In the beginning, Liyu Zhen watched the video with the hope of finding evidence that Han Sen had cheated. But after a while, Liyu Zhen was shocked.
Under the pursuit of the deified star beetle, Han Sen killed the King class star beetles again and again. Then, he quickly changed his location. Everything happened smoothly, and it was very pleasing to watch.
After watching for a while, Liyu Zhen knew that Han Sen hadn't cheated. But the way he killed the deified star beetle was too weird. It was like he was treating the deified star beetle like a puppet. He was toying with it.
When Han Sen told it to go left, it went left. When Han Sen told it to go right, it went right. It looked a little stupid.
But Liyu Zhen knew that the deified star beetle wasn't stupid. In fact, its battle instincts were very strong. Even if Liyu Zhen used a deified treasure, he wasn't confident that he could kill it easily.
Han Sen hadn't used any treasures, and yet he had been able to toy with the deified star beetle. Liyu Zhen thought that was weird. That feeling of control reminded him of the deified elders of the Very High who practiced the Very High Sense, but it was different.
"You practiced the Very High Sense?" Liyu Zhen asked, looking at Han Sen.
Han Sen shook his head and said, "I didn't practice the Very High Sense. I used Sky Palace's secret knife skill, Under the Sky."
Exquisite nodded and said, "Yes. He used Sky Palace's Under the Sky knife skill."
Now that Exquisite had confirmed this, Liyu Zhen had no more doubts. Han Sen was Exquisite's silkworm, and he couldn't hide his thoughts from her.
But Liyu Zhen was very upset. He wanted to teach Han Sen a lesson so that he could learn how to behave. But instead of teaching Han Sen a lesson, Han Sen had stolen his chance to take control of the Star Tree.
Liyu Zhen regretted allowing Han Sen to take the test. If he had, he wouldn't have lost the right to take control of the Star Tree.
After watching Han Sen's video, Liyu Zhen didn't say anything. He bowed to the old man and left. He didn't want to stay any longer.
They were both ninth-tier Kings, but Han Sen had been hunted by a deified star beetle and killed a thousand more star beetles than he had. That was a big blow to Liyu Zhen.
But before Liyu Zhen left, he took Han Sen's video with him. Liyu Zhen didn't know what he was up to.
"According to our agreement, you can get thirty-six Star Fruits. I'll round it up and make it forty," the old man said with a smile.
"From now on, you will be responsible for taking care of the Star Tree. You can pick ten Star Fruits every month as a reward. I'll give you this month's share first. You can pick fifty Star Fruits this time."
Han Sen was happy. It had been a long time since he had been offered such a good deal. Han Sen quickly agreed.
All he had to do was take care of the Star Tree and kill some bugs, and he could get ten Star Fruits every month. It was like a free lunch had fallen from the sky. And killing star beetles was good for him, too.
After Exquisite explained how to pick the Star Fruits, Han Sen couldn't wait to fly up. He flew towards the Star Fruits that were like suns.