30: Return with a full load

By the afternoon of the second day, Ma Junjie finally reached his transport limit through hunting.

The spoils were mainly Ability Seeds and beast hides, along with some lightweight beast fangs, beast eyes, and gallbladders.

As for beast bones and meat, which were heavy and not valuable, they were mostly discarded.

Ma Junjie gave a few instructions to everyone and then left.

In less than ten minutes, he had flown to the outpost.

Magic University Outpost Number Seven.

The guard glanced at Ma Junjie, who was surrounded by spoils, and was somewhat surprised; currently, very few new students came to sell spoils, and they were all small-scale.

Ma Junjie went to the official sales point; other private sales points might have higher prices, but there was a risk of being scammed.

The staff meticulously inventoried the spoils one by one.

"Hello, you are selling seven beast hides this time, all third-tier, valued at 900,000."

"For Ability Seeds, there are three silver-grade ones: Water Manipulation, Self-Regeneration, and Plant Manipulation, valued at 3,400,000. There are twenty-five bronze-grade Ability Seeds, valued at 3,000,000."

"Beast fangs, beast eyes, gallbladders, etc., are valued at 200,000."

"The total value is 7,500,000."

"Since Star Realm transactions are settled in metal currency, can we pay you 750 gold coins?"

In this world, one copper coin is roughly worth one yuan, a silver coin one hundred yuan, and a gold coin ten thousand yuan. (Uniform setting)

Ma Junjie had no objections; the prices were written on the sign at the entrance, making the sales very transparent.

The staff handed Ma Junjie 750 gold coins, weighing about five jin.

Ma Junjie left with the gold coins.

"Is he a new student from Magic University? Their team is too amazing; they've harvested so much in just four days," the staff member exclaimed to his colleague after Ma Junjie left.

"You haven't been back to Blue Star in a long time, have you? This is the second-ranked new student of this batch, and the top three are all in their team. When I came, my superior told me to take good care of them," his colleague replied.

A group of staff members were all stirred up, opening up conversations.

After leaving, Ma Junjie did not immediately return; he also had procurement tasks. Supplements were a necessity; Magic University was truly strict, not even allowing them to bring Star Power supplements, completely making them self-reliant.

Third-tier supplements cost around 900,000 per month. To save trouble, Ma Junjie bought a month's supply, paying 450 gold coins.

He also bought some seasonings, vegetables, insect repellent powder, beast repellent powder, and so on.

These were not cheap. Seasonings and vegetables were fine, transported from Earth; although their prices had increased, they weren't expensive. A single gold coin bought a large pile, with all sorts of varieties.

Insect repellent powder and beast repellent powder were not cheap; they were Star Realm black technology.

These cost about fifty gold coins.

Ma Junjie realized he had been rash; he couldn't carry it all back, as the quantity was too much. So, he made three trips to transport everything.

Everyone was eagerly awaiting. Lin Ye was cultivating in the courtyard, and the moment he landed, he rushed over.

"Brother Jun, where are my supplements? I haven't had them for the past few days, and my cultivation has slowed down."

Ma Junjie shook his head with a smile, "I knew you'd be the most impatient. Here, for you."

Lin Ye took it, put it back in his room, and stored it. He didn't rush to drink it once he had it, wanting to comfort the captain first.

The others came out one after another, taking their own items.

Ma Junjie made two more trips, finally completing the transport of the items.

At dinner, with the seasonings, Wang Meng showed them what true gourmet food was. Everyone, who hadn't eaten good food in a long time, almost swallowed their tongues.

"It's been four days, a full four days without eating seasoned food. Wang Meng's cooking skills are truly excellent, comparable to my family's head chef." Ma Junjie gnawed wildly on a pig's trotters. He wasn't lying; Wang Meng, this treasure boy, had cooking skills stronger than most chefs.

Wang Meng held a roasted leg and gnawed on it, "Of course. The things I, Wang, am most proud of are my cooking and civil engineering."

Then he said with some regret, "If it weren't for my dad's Seven Wolves back then, I should be commanding a construction team on some site now, and I could even moonlight as a chef during meal times."

Lin Yao covered her mouth and chuckled, "Your aspirations are truly strange. Everyone else is eager to become an ability user."

After dinner, Ma Junjie began to report on the harvest.

"Today's spoils sold for 750 gold coins. The beast hides and such weren't worth much, totaling 110 gold coins, while the Ability Seeds were 640 gold coins. Purchasing supplies cost 500 gold coins. We agreed to split the spoils evenly, and that still holds. Here, fifty gold coins for each person."

Ma Junjie distributed the gold coins to everyone.

This was Lin Ye's first time earning money on his own, and he felt a little excited.

Ma Junjie continued, "For the first two of these four days, we were mainly building the base and adapting to the environment, so the hunting efficiency was average. We can speed up appropriately from now on."

Lin Ye was the first to reply, "I think we must speed up. Basic hunting is too time-consuming. It's better to hunt beast packs. Beast packs are not a complete, unified entity; they are divided into many small groups."

He paused, "Let's start by hunting beast packs that only have one third-tier and a few or a dozen second-tier beasts. If we encounter a beast pack led by a group of third-tier beasts, we should avoid their sharp edge."

Wang Meng strongly supported, "I think that's a good idea. Recently, when hunting, we haven't really utilized the team's efficiency; it's always been Night Brother taking action."

Lin Yao and Ilene Ye also nodded in agreement.

Seeing everyone agree, Ma Junjie affirmed the resolution.

Within Magic University's safe zone, there were no exotic beasts above the third-tier; they had all been cleared out. So, to have a challenge, they had to risk dealing with beast packs.

"Alright, tomorrow I'll observe the beast packs more, mark the weaker ones, and we'll take them down one by one."

Everyone agreed.

The next day, Ma Junjie began his observations, writing and drawing on a piece of paper.

Each beast pack had its own territory, so it was generally possible to ascertain the division of beast packs.

For a whole morning, Ma Junjie was observing; he had to be responsible for his team members.

"I've observed the nearby beast packs. Currently, the most suitable for us to practice on is this Blazing Boar pack. It has one third-tier Blazing Boar, seven second-tier Blazing Boars, and five first-tier Blazing Boar piglets," Ma Junjie reported.

This boar pack was indeed not very strong; Lin Ye felt he could take them all on by himself.

However, considering it was their first team battle, he agreed.

After everyone was equipped, they went in search of the Blazing Boar pack. At this time, the boar pack was foraging, their movements unpredictable, but under Ma Junjie's guidance, they were quickly found.

Ma Junjie made a gesture, and everyone began to prepare.

Lin Yao secretly gathered her strength, and a group sleep spell made the boar pack drowsy, with several piglets falling asleep directly on the ground.

The leader boar forced itself to stay awake, vigilantly surveying its surroundings.

Ilene Ye attached blessings to everyone, increasing their attack.

Earth Spikes, circles of spikes pierced through the boar pack, instantly killing two second-tier Blazing Boars.

Lin Ye unleashed a Force Emission - Vacuum Wave, severely injuring the leader, then rushed forward with a Cannon Fist, killing the Blazing Boar instantly.

Ma Junjie and Wang Meng had already dealt with the remaining second-tier Blazing Boars.

"Too simple," everyone sighed.

They would have to set higher goals for their next hunting targets.