Published: February 19, 2025
CHAPTER 80: True Power Tempering
At ten in the morning, Chen Chu was awoken by a phone call.
"A Chu, I just received a transfer message for three hundred forty thousand, with a note saying [For Classmate Chen Chu], what’s going on?" Zhang Xiaolan sounded a bit flustered on the other end.
She had no idea what Chen Chu had done for someone to transfer such a large amount of money to him so suddenly.
Li Hao transferred the money for the mutated black bull so quickly.
Somewhat surprised, Chen Chu comforted her, "Mom, don't worry. This money is from hunting a mutated beast with my classmates yesterday, it’s completely legitimate."
"Hunting a mutated beast?"
Zhang Xiaolan was taken aback and even more surprised, "Weren't you in the Keluoya Trial? How did you end up hunting mutated beasts? You weren’t injured, right?"
"I wasn't injured. The mutated beast was just a coincidence; we encountered it while on a mission and killed it on the spot."
"That's good." Zhang Xiaolan sighed in relief.
Knowing that the source of the money was legitimate, her mood brightened, and she suggested, "A Chu, I’ll help you save this money for when you graduate and want to buy a house and get married."
"Uh... you're thinking too far ahead," Chen Chu said, a bit amused.
Marriage felt too distant for him.
However, he recalled hearing a woman say the same thing before, advising him to save his salary for buying a house and getting married.
Thinking of this, Chen Chu felt a slight flutter in his heart.
After a moment of silence, he spoke softly, "Mom, you don’t need to save this money. I think you could find someone to renovate the house inside and out."
"For instance, repair the areas where the exterior tiles have fallen off, and fix the plaster and cracks in the living room walls."
"And the washing machine broke down twice last month; just replace it, along with other old appliances..."
Before he could finish, Zhang Xiaolan interrupted, "Renovating is not necessary; it’s fine as it is. You’ve worked hard to earn this money; you shouldn’t waste it."
Chen Chu advised, "Mom, you don’t need to be frugal with this money. I’m already at true martial second heaven, and in less than two months, I will break through to the third heaven."
"By then, when I reach the second year of high school and participate in the mutated beast trial, killing a mutated beast will yield several hundred thousand. This amount is nothing."
"Moreover, Ah Hu has been eating more recently; let’s improve our meals for him."
"When my strength increases, I'll let him eat mutated beast meat every day, laying a solid foundation for his cultivation, so he can get ahead of his peers in high school."
Chen Chu had once wondered why Xia Youhui and the others had such high initial qualities; the reason was that they started consuming mutated beast meat early on.
Of course, they were eating the varieties that contained milder energy.
Eating strong mutated beasts would cause ordinary people to have digestive issues, potentially leading to death.
Also, due to not being cultivators, ordinary people had poor absorption abilities and needed to consume it for a long time to slowly improve their physical quality, which was why mutated beast meat was so expensive.
Under Chen Chu's optimistic description of the future, Zhang Xiaolan finally agreed to his request to renovate the house.
Once she returned to the office, the smile on Zhang Xiaolan's face was so evident that even a blind person could see it.
Sitting across from Zhang Xiaolan, Sister Wang couldn’t help but ask, “Xiaolan, did something good happen? You seem very happy.”
Zhang Xiaolan replied excitedly, “I just received a text message with a transfer of more than thirty thousand, which shocked me.”
“What? Thirty thousand!”
“Xiaolan, where did the money come from?” Several colleagues exclaimed in surprise.
Zhang Xiaolan chuckled, “I was shocked too. Since the transfer note had my son’s name, I called him.”
“Then I found out it was money he earned from killing a mutated beast with his classmates, and A Chu said he would break through to the third heaven in a few months.”