10: Chapter 10 A Genius Voluntarily Gives Away Money?

Half an hour later, Lin Feng stood outside the largest "Ten Thousand Worlds Trading Pavilion" in Xinghai City.

This place was worth its weight in gold, and the supplies sold inside were all-encompassing.

From the most basic terrain cards to high-level mineral veins, magic scrolls, and cold weapon blueprints, everything was available.

The hall was bustling, with many gods moving through it, picking out their desired supplies.

Lin Feng walked straight to the Life Crystal sales area.

The Taotie needed massive amounts of flesh essence to continue evolving to the fifth rank.

He glanced at the prices on the counter.

Primary Breeding Stone, 1,000 god force.

Intermediate Breeding Stone, 10,000 god force.

Advanced Breeding Stone, 100,000 god force!

As for the top-tier Breeding Stones, they weren't even displayed on the counter; they were priceless, non-sale items.

According to the guidebook, advanced stones would at most hatch second-rank creatures randomly, with only a burst of luck potentially yielding a third-rank one.

Spend 100,000 god force to buy a bunch of second-rank creatures to feed?

It probably wouldn't even be enough to fill the gaps between the mother beast's teeth.

Lin Feng felt a pang of heartache.

He was poor.

He had to find a sustainable path.

While struggling with this, his gaze inadvertently caught the bottom shelf in the corner.

It was covered in a layer of dust, with a pile of cheap sealing stones haphazardly stacked on it.

Looking closer, the creatures sealed inside were all zero-rank bottom-tier species like "Fat-Wool Sheep" and "Iron-Hoof Cow".

If ordinary gods were unlucky enough to hatch these brainless, combat-useless trash, they usually sold them to the firm at half-price to cut losses, because spending resources to raise them was pure waste.

But to Lin Feng, these things were priceless treasures!

100 drops of god force could buy 10,000 zero-rank livestock.

Although the energy provided by zero-rank creatures was minimal, the key was their fast reproduction speed!

Buying a large batch to throw into his Divine Domain for free-range breeding, letting them mate and breed on their own.

As long as the population base was large enough, their descendants would be endless; wasn't this an inexhaustible natural meat warehouse?

Thinking of this, Lin Feng's eyes lit up completely.

"Waiter, come here!"

He reached out to beckon a shopping guide nearby, pointing to the dusty shelf in the corner.

"Give me one million Fat-Wool Sheep!"

"And add one million Iron-Hoof Cow!"

The guide was a young girl wearing black-rimmed glasses, and upon hearing this, the notebook in her hand almost fell to the ground.

She widened her eyes, looking at the young man in front of her as if he were an alien.

"Are... are you sure you want to buy this trash?"

These zero-rank slow-moving goods had been stuck in the warehouse for over half a year; nobody wanted them even if given away.

"Sure, pack them up immediately!" Lin Feng said decisively.

After sweeping up the first floor's zero-rank livestock, Lin Feng stepped onto the second floor of the Trading Pavilion.

This floor specialized in high-end planar terrain and rare vegetation.

To prepare rations for Baize, he didn't hesitate, buying a medium-sized Breeze Plains card in one go, plus hundreds of Nine-Leaf Star Grass, Ice Jade Bodhi Flowers, and Blazing Sun Vermilion Fruits.

"System, is this spirit grass enough to fill Baize's teeth?" Lin Feng asked casually.

"Replying to the host, these reserves are sufficient to sustain Baize through its infancy," the mechanical voice responded crisply.

When he finished paying and walked out of the Trading Pavilion's gate, Lin Feng looked at his account.

He had 100,000 in heavy funds in his pocket before entering, but only a pitiful 2,000 drops of god force remained when he left.

Raising a divine beast was truly a bottomless pit.

No wonder noble families could easily pile up high-rank gods.

If you poured resources in like they were worthless, even a dog could be fed into an elite soldier.

...

In the afternoon, Lin Feng returned to the "Special Training Class" on time.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the classroom was very strange.

The news of Principal Qin personally stepping in to protect him this morning had long since spread.

Everyone knew the explosive news that Lin Feng had beaten Zheng Yu into a cripple and kicked him out.

In class, probing gazes drifted over from time to time.

"Did you hear? Zheng Yu was crippled by him."

"Is it true? Zheng Yu's strength ranks in the top three in the class; can this poor kid really reverse-kill across ranks?"

"Why would I lie to you? I heard the Principal even pressured the Zheng family ancestor!"

Lin Feng ignored the whispers around him.

Having lived two lives, he no longer cared about such meaningless discussions.

However, two particularly focused gazes caught his attention.

The first came from Gu Ze.

This person was said to be the unshakable number one in the "Special Training Class", with extremely high strength, and was almost locked in for "Starry Sky University".

Since learning of Zheng Yu's defeat, Gu Ze had been looking over from time to time, his eyes complex.

The other gaze came from Tang You.

After learning the result, the girl seemed to have developed huge curiosity about Lin Feng, her big, watery eyes blinking incessantly.

Although Lin Feng was thick-skinned, being stared at all afternoon made him somewhat uncomfortable.

When the bell rang, he immediately grabbed his backpack, ready to go home to settle the terrain and the newly drawn Baize card.

Just as he stepped out of the classroom door, Gu Ze stepped across and blocked his path.

Still looking for trouble?

Lin Feng frowned slightly.

"Lin Feng, hello, I am Gu Ze."

The genius class monitor got straight to the point, his attitude surprisingly sincere, "I may have said some offensive things before; I hope you won't take them to heart."

So he came to bow his head and apologize.

"I haven't taken them to heart." Lin Feng's expression was calm.

"These 50,000 drops of god force are my apology; please make sure to accept them."

Gu Ze flipped his wrist and handed over a storage crystal shimmering with faint light.

Would he refuse money given for free?

Lin Feng didn't hesitate at all, taking the crystal and stuffing it into his pocket: "I forgive you."

If the payment was straightforward, the forgiveness was naturally straightforward too.

Gu Ze coughed twice and cut to the point: "It's like this, the ten-school practical exam the day after tomorrow is divided into singles and team battles. For the team competition, I hope to form an alliance with you."

So that was the scheme.

He had taken a fancy to Lin Feng's terrifying combat power and wanted to pull in a strong teammate.

"We'll see when the time comes. If there's a chance, I can help you out." Lin Feng agreed after a little weighing.

Anyway, the core interest of the ten-school exam lay in the single ranking rewards; the team battle was just icing on the cake.

"Many thanks!" Gu Ze didn't drag things out and turned to leave after thanking him.

Actually, at noon today, Gu Ze had obtained top-secret intelligence through internal family channels.

Lin Feng hadn't just defeated Zheng Yu; he had swallowed Zheng Yu's first-rank legion whole, killing them without leaving a single one behind!

Winning a battle was easy, but annihilating the enemy's main force was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Such a ruthless monster absolutely could not be made an enemy.

Clearly, Gu Ze's emotional intelligence was more than a notch higher than Zheng Yu's.

...

Night fell, and Lin Feng pushed open the courtyard gate of his small villa.

Today he had purchased a massive amount of supplies, and a Baize sealing card was lying in his backpack.

Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night for building his plane.

Just as he prepared to communicate with the territory core, his smart bracelet suddenly popped up a video call request.

Caller ID: Tang You.

"What is she looking for me for?" Lin Feng raised an eyebrow and pressed the answer button.

The holographic projection expanded; Tang You seemed to have just finished bathing, her hair slightly damp, curled up on the sofa wrapped in a fluffy cartoon pajama.

"Good evening, Lin Feng! I'm Tang You, we just met during the day." The girl smiled brightly.

"Something up?" Lin Feng's tone was flat.

"I'm just really curious, how exactly did you beat Zheng Yu? He had quite a few trump cards." The girl blinked her big eyes, full of thirst for knowledge.

"No comment."

"Oh..."

Tang You's tone couldn't hide her disappointment, then she asked again, "Are you participating in the team battle of the day after tomorrow's big exam?"

"We'll see."

"I see... I thought you would be quite interested..."

The girl's mood was a bit low, and she was just about to change the subject, "Actually I wanted to ask..."

"I'm busy, hanging up."

Click.

Lin Feng cut the communication with a swift motion.

Having time to chat with girls was not as good as hurrying up to feed his own money-eating beast.