Published: February 19, 2025
CHAPTER 9: Resources
After Xia Youhui finished speaking, Chen Chu curiously asked, “What is the cheapest resource for replenishing qi and blood?”
“The cheapest one?”
Xia Youhui thought for a moment. “Currently, there are seven types of resources suitable for our foundation establishment. The cheapest is the Blood Deer Antler from Tianyou Group, which costs only ten thousand yuan for one portion.”
“Taking one piece can sustain the consumption of qi and blood during the fifth transformation for a continuous five times. It’s quite cost-effective.”
Goodbye!
When Chen Chu heard that the cheapest qi and blood resource costs ten thousand yuan, he realized that this was not something he could afford.
In his family, only Zhang Xiaolan had a source of income.
As a grassroots manager at a metal company, Zhang Xiaolan’s monthly salary was around seven thousand yuan. After deducting insurance and family expenses, she could only keep a little.
This was still under the condition that the two brothers did not have to pay for their education, only needing to contribute to meal expenses.
Ten thousand yuan was nothing for wealthy families like Lin Xue’s, but it was a significant amount for Chen Chu’s family.
Not to mention, one portion of Blood Deer Antler could only maintain qi and blood transport five times; it was simply burning money.
“Old Xia, thanks for the reminder. I have things to attend to, so I’ll take my leave.” Chen Chu patted Xia Youhui on the shoulder and left with his shoulder bag.
Old Xia, am I that old?
Watching Chen Chu’s departing figure, Xia Youhui was in a state of confusion, unsure how he suddenly became 'Old Xia' to a youthful boy. I’m clearly quite handsome!
Chen Chu passed by the school playground, pondering over what Xia Youhui had said earlier.
Clearly, Xia Youhui had noticed that he had forcibly transported qi and blood earlier in the afternoon, and he was obviously very weak after practicing. He had specifically waited for him outside.
Although they had only known each other for a few days, they got along well and understood each other’s situations to some extent.
For example, Xia Youhui knew that Chen Chu seemed unfamiliar with many common cultivation practices, so he came over to remind him, hoping to prevent him from overexerting himself and harming his body.
At the same time, he informed Chen Chu that if he really wanted to speed up his cultivation, he could purchase some resources to replenish his qi and blood.
It was a pity that Chen Chu had no money.
Even without using resources, Chen Chu believed that he could establish his foundation in a month with his current steady progress.
However, he marked this good intention in his mind, treating this guy as a true friend, and his form of address shifted from 'classmate Xia' to 'Old Xia.'
There was no helping it; this guy just looked mature beyond his years.
After 5 PM, Chen Chu returned home carrying two shopping bags and first took a large plate of fish meat upstairs.
In the fish tank, the hexagonal salamander, now grown to twenty-two centimeters, raised its head to look at the piece of fish meat falling from the 'heavens', and bit down on it.
The taste perception of salamanders is different from that of humans. Chen Chu could feel the tender taste of the fish as it entered its mouth. Delicious…
Alright, it was the salamander's taste sensation that was delicious; a normal person would only taste the fishy and cold flavor of frozen raw fish.
After finishing a large plate of fish meat, the salamander clone expanded to twenty-four centimeters long, its head now as big as an egg, more than double its size from a few days ago.
Almost there. Glancing at the accumulated evolution points, which had reached seven, Chen Chu nodded in satisfaction.
“Brother, I’m back!”
Just after six, Chen Hu rushed into the house with his backpack, sweating profusely, clearly having been playing around with his friends on the way back.
“You’re back, huh?”