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"If you want to improve your Cultivation, you can't do without composite potions."

"And these composite potions aren't cheap. Relying on school credits is unlikely to work, so just take your money and buy them outside!"

Lin Yi's few words seemed to wake them up.

There weren't many places to spend money in school.

Even eating in the Cafeteria was free, and they even received a monthly Cultivation stipend.

Although it wasn't much, it was enough for daily living.

Furthermore, Zhou Qi, Sun Tao, and the others were planning to send their monthly Cultivation stipend to their parents.

It was enough for them to live in the New District.

As a result, Lin Yi's words made them realize the truth.

Right now, the most important thing for them was to improve their Cultivation.

However, if they wanted to rely solely on dry, tedious Cultivation to improve, it would take too long.

It was simply impossible to reach the Realm they wanted in a short amount of time.

Using composite potions for assistance was a pretty good method.

It was just that the price… was beyond what they could afford.

This way, they could understand why Lin Yi kept picking up Yao Beast carcasses.

"No way, share some with us too!"

"That's right, I want a few too, I killed quite a few Yao Beasts!"

"I regret it, if only we had realized this sooner, we wouldn't have thrown away those Yao Beast carcasses from before!"

Listening to their various complaints, Lin Yi smiled without saying anything and hurried toward the outside of the forest.

He was like a Pixiu, only able to take in and not give out.

Wanting him to spit out the Yao Beast carcasses he had picked up? It was simply impossible.

By the time Wei Nan and the others finished their regretful lamentations and wanted to find Lin Yi again, they discovered he had already walked quite far away.

Seeing this, Wei Nan hurriedly said: "Oh no, he's trying to run away, chase him!"

...

Deep in the forest, Wei Shang was carrying a Yao Beast carcass in his hand.

Judging from the Qi leaking from the Yao Beast's body, it was clearly a 3-star Yao Beast.

He stared outside the forest, his eyes filled with despair.

"We've been looking for a whole night, damn it, and we still haven't found a trace of Lin Yi and the others. Could they have left?" Wei Shang said as if talking to himself.

Feng Lei shook his head: "Why don't you try calling him again? Maybe it will go through?"

Hearing this, Wei Shang nodded.

However, he didn't hold much hope for it.

He had spent the whole night calling yesterday, and it had been in a [Temporarily Unavailable] state the entire time.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been searching everywhere.

Wei Shang took his phone out of his pocket, found Lin Yi's number, and called.

As it turned out, the moment a soft 'beep' sound came through, Wei Shang was completely stunned.

It wasn't until the second and third beeps came out that he excitedly said: "It's connected, the call went through!"

Feng Lei hurriedly came over.

When the 'beep' sound had rung five or six times, the call was connected, and Lin Yi's voice came through: "Hello? Who is this?"

Lin Yi didn't have the numbers for Wei Shang and Feng Lei.

The caller ID was just a string of unfamiliar numbers.

Wei Shang couldn't hide his excitement: "Thank goodness, you, you're actually still alive!"

"Idiot…"

Lin Yi cursed over the phone and hung up immediately.

"What did he say?"

Feng Lei asked hurriedly.

Wei Shang said, looking dumbfounded: "He called me an idiot…"

"You really deserved to be cursed at. Who asks someone 'are you actually still alive' right off the bat? It's not just him; even I want to beat you up!"

"I was just excited and misspoke, okay!"

"Should I try calling again?"

"Call, and don't say such brainless things. Just state your name directly!"

Wei Shang nodded and called Lin Yi again.

When the busy signal had just rung for the second time, the call was connected.

"I said, are you ever going to stop? Are you looking for trouble early in the morning? I'm warning you, if you call again, don't blame me for crawling over there to beat you up…"

This time, the person who answered the phone was actually Wei Nan.

To prevent the misunderstanding from deepening, before Wei Nan could finish cursing, he hurriedly stated his identity.

"No, listen to me, I'm Wei Shang…"

Suddenly, there was a silence on the phone.

After just a few seconds, Lin Yi hurriedly said: "Wei Shang? Calling this early in the morning, is something the matter?"

"There is something, where are you guys?" Wei Shang said, suppressing his inner excitement.

Lin Yi was slightly taken aback, and after a few seconds of silence, he said: "Uh, we're on the subway!"

Wei Shang: "…"

Chapter 218 Global Catastrophe, A Matter of Great Importance (Seeking Follow-up Subscriptions)

After rushing around in Prison City for a whole night, by the time Wei Shang and Feng Lei drove back to school, it was already past eight in the morning.

The two of them rushed all the way back to the dormitory, and as soon as they entered, they found Lin Yi sitting in the living room feeding Xiao Qi breakfast.

Pieces of monster meat were already cut up and placed on a plate.

Although Xiao Qi preferred cooked meat over raw meat, under the current harsh conditions, being able to have monster meat to eat was already quite good.

"You're back?"

Lin Yi heard the door open and looked back.

He saw Wei Shang and Feng Lei walking in, looking a bit disheveled.

"Where did you guys run off to last night?"

Wei Shang took a few strides forward, his tone filled with reproach.

Lin Yi looked up at them strangely.

He smiled and said: "Went to Prison City, what's wrong?"

Wei Shang didn't speak and stepped forward to examine Lin Yi's body.

Seeing this, Lin Yi hurriedly dodged away.

"No, what are you looking at?"

"I'm checking to see if you're injured. Prison City is too dangerous, and it's your first time going there. If you're injured, hurry to the infirmary to get it treated. Don't wait for the wound to worsen; it'll be too late then!"

"Also, the Yao Beasts and exotic beasts there are fine, but it's mainly the poisonous insects and such. They all carry potent venom, and it'll be troublesome if you get bitten!"

Ignoring Lin Yi's dodging, Wei Shang tried to lift his clothes to continue checking.

Lin Yi hurriedly stood up: "No need, no need, really, I'm not injured, and I haven't been bitten by any poisonous insects!"

Regarding Wei Shang's behavior, Lin Yi felt increasingly strange.

At most, they were just casual acquaintances.

They didn't have much contact.

Although on the first day of enrollment yesterday, he had talked a lot about the school rules and tasks, Lin Yi's guard against them hadn't been dispelled.

Yet today, when Wei Shang saw him, he showed such immense concern.

Not only did it fail to gain Lin Yi's trust, but it actually made their behavior even more suspicious.

Let alone the fact that their friendship hadn't reached that level yet.