Chapter 48 - 46: A Secret Deal with Teacher Su

What does a worst era look like?No poetry or distant places, you must fight desperately, you must strive, you must shout yourself hoarse.

You must use every ounce of strength to survive, otherwise you might be drowned by the tidal waves of the era, worthless as grass, humble as a speck of dust.

What does the best era look like?

No matter which level of society you’re in, as long as you’re not resigned, as long as you’re willing to fight, you have a chance to rise, a chance to counterattack, a chance to shine brightly!

The future is both the best and worst of times.

Whether Bald Qiang and company can counterattack is currently hard to say.

Hang Yu doesn’t really care, the investment isn’t too big, even if he fails it won’t be disastrous, and what if by chance he creates a surprise? In any case, this situation won’t bring him any harm.

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Fatty Brother’s Food Studio.

The main ingredients Hang Yu harvested last night in the subway have been cooked.

"Pan-seared Blade Sheep Leader Chop," Level 3 high-quality food, Spiritual Qi +5, digestion cycle of Spiritual Qi twenty-four hours.

"Roast Blade Sheep Leader Leg," Level 3 high-quality food, Spiritual Qi +6, digestion cycle of Spiritual Qi twenty-four hours.

"Spicy Fried Lamb Kidney," Level 3 high-quality food, Spiritual Qi +8, Strength +3, lasts thirty minutes, digestion cycle of Spiritual Qi thirty-six hours.

The lamb chop and lamb leg are quite normal.

Lamb kidney not only has high Spiritual Qi.

It can temporarily boost Strength by 3 points!

Is this a lamb kidney or a mighty pill?

Fatty’s Spirit Chef talent skill is quite special, with a certain probability of causing food to mutate during cooking, resulting in such additional attributes. It’s a super cool ability!

The lamb kidney triggered this effect during its preparation.

"Hey, this is the most amazing lamb kidney I’ve seen in my life," Pang Dahai snickered lewdly, "I suspect it might have hidden attributes like some miraculous endurance, like lasting through seven rounds in one night, I’m saying after you, a single, eat it, can your body handle it? Otherwise, let me have it for some replenishment."

"Don’t even think about it!"

No matter how much the lewd fatty drools over the lamb kidney.

Hang Yu is definitely keeping the lamb kidney for himself, and not eating it now.

No matter if there is any kidney strengthening effect or not, the 3-point strength boost can be greatly useful at critical moments.

"So stingy, it’s just a lamb kidney, Fatty Brother is robust and powerful, doesn’t need it at all. Since you do, take it," Pang Dahai said, suddenly inquisitive: "But seriously, where did you get so many good ingredients, especially these few, I’ve never seen ones with such high Spiritual Qi."

Hang Yu didn’t hold back: "Underneath Jiangbei Subway Station you can hunt Blade Sheep; these ingredients were collected from inside the subway station."

"There are monsters under subway stations too?"

"Not only this subway station, but monsters might appear beneath every subway station."

Pang Dahai slapped his thigh: "I was wondering, when I passed by the subway station this morning, why there was a SWAT vehicle parked at the station entrance. I guess the authorities are already sending people in to clean up."

Clean up? Won’t work.

The monsters will refresh, how can you kill them all?

You think it’s still the old days?

The era where humans recklessly ate species into endangerment is long gone.

Pang Dahai said: "Oh, by the way, today someone from the Spirit Relief Association came and invited me to attend a meeting they’re holding. Do you think I should go? He left a business card."

Pang Dahai took out a business card.

Huang Ziming, Battle Manager of Jiang City Spirit Relief Association.

"Huh, wasn’t this guy one of the online famous experts? How did he end up in the Spirit Relief Association and even become an official."

Not long ago, Hang Yu watched a video of Huang Ziming.

Interesting, Liang Qiu joined Celestial Net, Huang Ziming went to the Spirit Relief Association.

Looks like most of the insiders were absorbed by Celestial Net, while Spirit Relief Association is a playground for wealthy entrepreneurs.

"Hmm, you could go, the Spirit Relief Association is a big organization, claiming to be completely neutral and to protect all citizens’ Spirit Realm interests. They won’t do anything outlandish to smash their own brand; you could expand your network there as well, which would benefit your business."

"That’s what I thought too, this Huang Ziming is a rich second generation, might even be a big client."

At this moment.

The phone suddenly rang.

Hang Yu picked up the phone and was momentarily stunned.

"Hey, it’s Goddess Su, when did you start hooking up with the Goddess Su?" Pang Dahai glanced over and immediately got excited, "I’m saying that’s why you need the lamb kidney; for dealing with the Goddess Su?"

"Get lost!"

Hang Yu was also baffled.

Why Su Yunbing would call him out of the blue.

This goddess is quite aloof. He gestured to keep quiet and then answered the phone, a knowledgeable yet magnetic voice came through, "Are you collecting skill stones for Medicine Refining?"

Impossible, I just started asking around online.

How did Su Yunbing get the news?

Hang Yu asked, "Does Teacher Su have any?"

"I don’t have any, but I can get hold of some, want to discuss face-to-face?"

"Okay!"

Hang Yu met with Su Yunbing at a high-end café.

Su Yunbing was still dressed in her professional teacher attire, black blazer, white shirt inside, black pencil pants, wearing serious black-framed glasses, her figure fiery and tall, alluring, blending almost opposite qualities of wisdom and allure together.

Teacher Su’s demeanor is quite cold, but not pretentiously so, every glance and action of hers is mature and tasteful, yet she gives a sense of being untouchable.

Like a goddess in the mist, hard to see clearly.

Teacher Su is definitely not a pretty face, but a genuine talented woman.

At twenty-six, she received a Ph.D. in Economics and Management from Stanford University, has been employed by Jiang University as a teacher for over two years, all the while being an angel investor and managing two companies, both achieving high results and returns.

She rarely mentions her family.

But anyone can see that Teacher Su’s background is no ordinary.

"Stop staring, this time it’s me, phantoms can’t drink coffee," Su Yunbing smiled slightly, stunning the other customers, "I’m a major shareholder in this chain café, the stuff here is pretty good, what do you want to eat or drink? It’s on me today."

"Coffee can wait; let’s talk business first."

"The thing you want, I can definitely acquire, but what are you prepared to exchange for it?"

Hang Yu wasn’t sure how Su Yunbing could obtain the Medicine Refining Skill Stone, but most likely from a camp that can exchange skill stones. Generally, low-level production skill stones cost five White Crystals, and bringing them from the Spirit Realm to the current world incurs a bit of ’Spirit Realm Tax.’

However, since it’s the lowest-level production skill stone, it’s usually of gray quality, so the Spirit Realm Tax wouldn’t be too high.

Nonetheless, Hang Yu is the buyer with a definite need, putting him at a disadvantage in the negotiation.

Additionally, Spirit Realm Crystal Stones can’t be directly brought into the real world at this stage.

Using Celestial Dynasty Coins? Hang Yu doesn’t have money, but Teacher Su lacks no money!

This means only barter is possible.

Normally camps would refresh only one skill stone at a time.

So at this stage, skill stones are too rare and precious, dreaming to exchange them for a mere five White Crystals equivalent is impossible!

Hang Yu is prepared to be ripped off once, but he doesn’t mind. The priority is acquiring Medicine Refining!

Considering that equipment requires an expensive Spirit Realm Tax to bring into the real world for trading, invisibly increasing the purchase cost, it’s better to replace it with something else.

Hang Yu opened the Spirit Realm assistant, accessed the storage space, and displayed a fruit’s attributes, "This Tree Spirit’s Spiritual Power Fruit can permanently increase Spiritual Power by one point, it’s quite a rare item, are you interested?"

"It’s a nice item, but definitely not enough to exchange for a skill stone."

On the surface, Su Yunbing remained calm, but inside she was slightly stir.

How could she not recognize its value?

An item that can permanently enhance Spiritual Power, regardless of its value, at least maintains high worth. This is a White Quality Spirit Fruit, likely obtained from elite monsters, and is very useful.

Hang Yu knew, given the current rarity of skill stones, absolutely one fruit wouldn’t suffice. Unless Su Yunbing were foolish, she certainly wouldn’t agree.

The fruit is good, but at present, having a little more Spiritual Power or a little less, doesn’t make much difference to most people, unless they belong to a specific skill group.

Hang Yu directly said, "Then I’ll offer two!"

Su Yunbing’s eyes flickered slightly.

Where did Hang Yu get so many fruits?

She sipped her coffee, speaking in a very calm tone: "I still think it’s not enough."

This woman seems to think she can hold me.

"Teacher Su, your asking price is a bit high," Hang Yu was a bit frustrated. He directly asked, "Then what does Teacher Su think should be added?"

Su Yunbing didn’t hesitate: "How about if you can provide three such fruits and add any piece of Level 1 or higher White Equipment, I’ll get you the skill stone."

This woman is definitely a vampire!

Three White Fruit plus one White Equipment, for a low-level production skill stone?

Though for Hang Yu, it won’t be a loss, but there’s clearly an element of overpricing.