34: Chapter 34, Level 10, Return to City, Two Million in Hand

"It's worth it, it's absolutely worth it. Forget one million; even at 1.1 million, there would be plenty of people wanting it," Teacher Wu said with an excited look on his face.

Yun Zhuo nodded. "Alright, I'll sell these two to you for two million. Whatever extra you make is yours; how much you earn depends on your own ability."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure. But you must keep it a secret for me, and I only want cash."

"Aren't you afraid I'll take the money and run? This is over two million, you know."

"I'm not afraid. I trust Teacher Wu's character."

"Pah! What's character worth? In this world, character is the least valuable thing."

"Then I'll just consider it paying for a lesson. Besides, since I was able to synthesize these two, I'll definitely be able to synthesize more in the future. I'm not worried about these two."

Teacher Wu looked at Yun Zhuo seriously for a moment, then finally took the one on the table as well. "Alright, when do you need the money?"

"The sooner, the better."

After eating breakfast and packing some food, the four of them went to the Temple of the God of Wealth together.

Grinding monsters here had another benefit besides dropping runes: you didn't have to run all over the world looking for them. You just stood in the middle, and the monsters came to you.

They grinded until the afternoon when they were ready to pack up, by which time he had finally reached Rank Eight.

And this was only the result of the injections and the added runes. If not for Principal Zhou's potion and Teacher Wu bringing him here to grind for runes, reaching Rank Six would have been the absolute limit by now.

It really lived up to the saying that the further you go, the harder it is to level up, because you need more Corrosion Energy.

To put it plainly, it was because his talent was too low. Like those Geniuses—they had already reached Rank Ten a week ago.

The most urgent priority was to work hard to earn money to improve his talent; if the Foundation was built well, he would get twice the result with half the effort.

This time, they killed over 1,700 Mutated Beasts, but the number of corrosion crystals was not just 1,700—it was over 12,000.

Because the drop rate was increased by 54%, not a single lowest-grade light green corrosion crystal dropped this time. At a glance, they were all light purple, and one was equivalent to five light green ones.

Among them, there were quite a few blue corrosion crystals representing ten pieces, and brown ones representing twenty pieces.

There were 220 runes in total, 190 of which were drop rate runes. He could synthesize at least seven runes with a 54% drop rate, which meant seven million.

Yun Zhuo finally understood why this ruin was called the Temple of the God of Wealth. Being able to make at least seven million a day—to an ordinary person, wasn't this exactly the Temple of the God of Wealth?

This time they didn't return to the camp because it wasn't as close as the town.

That night, Yun Zhuo synthesized another seven 54% drop rate runes, but he didn't immediately give them to Teacher Wu to sell.

It wasn't that he didn't trust his character; it was mainly because of the saying, "greed arises when seeing wealth."

He could hold his own bottom line for two million, but what about seven million? Or fourteen million?

Human nature cannot withstand testing.

As for the remaining twenty runes of other attributes, Yun Zhuo upgraded the damage bonus to 18%. He didn't change the others because there weren't enough runes to synthesize them, and what he did synthesize wasn't very useful.

The System could guarantee a 100% synthesis rate, but it couldn't guarantee adding whatever attribute he wanted.

To get a specific attribute, all three runes had to have the same attribute.

That night, Teacher Su came over again. This time her excuse was that she was homesick for her own bed and couldn't sleep, so she wanted to chat with Yun Zhuo for a while.

Yun Zhuo just tossed the bracelet to her and told her to continue absorbing the corrosion crystals.

He himself fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

Please, I'm just here for the physical, but you insist on trying to connect emotionally.

If it weren't for the fact that we are bound by a death pact, I would have dumped you long ago.

The next day, he went back to the Temple of the God of Wealth to grind for runes again. After killing for three whole days in a row, he finally reached Rank Ten.

After reaching Rank Ten, fighting against Rank Five Mutated Beasts no longer had much effect on leveling up.

He had to switch maps tomorrow.

When they finished for the day, Teacher Wu went to block the cave entrance for Yun Zhuo as usual.

Although the Temple of the God of Wealth spawned monsters very quickly, its drawbacks were also obvious: if no one helped block the spawn points, you couldn't collect the loot.

Plus, since they were Rank Five Mutated Beasts, they only dropped the most common light green corrosion crystals, so Gold Farmers wouldn't waste their time here.

Students wouldn't come here either, especially without someone to lead them.

"Honey, have you noticed? That kid Yun Zhuo already has Killing Intent on him."

Wu Song smiled and said, "Isn't that a good thing? Whether on the battlefield or in the arena, that's a plus."

Ban Jinlian nodded. After a while, she added, "Honey, don't you find it strange? Isn't his talent Earth Rank Middle Grade? This leveling speed is almost catching up to Heaven Rank Low Grade, isn't it?"

Teacher Wu was stunned for a moment, then remembered that from the time Yun Zhuo Awakened until now, it had been exactly twelve days.

This speed was indeed on par with a Heaven Rank Low Grade.

Thinking of this, Teacher Wu smiled. "You don't even look at who his teacher is?"

"Stop patting yourself on the back. If you have the ability, try leading another student and see if they can level up five times in five days like that kid Yun Zhuo, and from Rank Five to Rank Ten at that."

"Hey, why bring that up?"

"By the way, we've been watching that little guy for so many days, but no matter how I look at his Qi, it doesn't look like Heaven Rank. What's going on?"

"That's simple. That kid most likely has a rune that hides his aura."

"I heard from Principal Ren that his parents once left him a spirit origin stone. Since he has such a treasure, leaving him a rune to hide his aura is no big deal."

"A spirit origin stone!" The teacher's wife's tone was filled with shock. "What exactly is that kid's identity? How could his parents have a Heaven-Defying item like a primal spirit stone?"

"I don't know. Probably passed down from his ancestors. It's a pity, though; the kid is too naive. Such a treasure was actually swindled away from him."

"Swindled?"

"His neighbor's daughter, the two were childhood sweethearts. Li Wanqing, was it?"

"But fortunately, the kid doesn't know the value of the spirit origin stone. If it were me, I'd have probably hanged myself long ago."

"So that's why you ignored school rules and took him to the town?"

"Sigh, we don't have much time to teach him, and the kid is too naive. We have to use harsh medicine for a deep-seated illness. If we don't let him see the sinister side of human nature early, he'll definitely suffer when he goes out."

After packing up the loot, Yun Zhuo habitually started walking in the direction of the town.

Teacher Wu saw this and called out to him, "We're not returning to the town today; we're going straight back to the city."

"Back to the city? Seriously? You want to rest after only a few days? Even the donkeys on the production team aren't as lazy as you."

Teacher Wu rolled his eyes. "Money, two million! Don't you want it?"

"It sold that fast?"

"Yeah, the buyer is arriving in Dawn City tomorrow. Converting it to cash takes time, so we definitely won't have time tomorrow."

"Besides, leveling up requires a balance of work and rest. Just think about these past few days—you've been killing from morning till night without even stopping to catch your breath."

"Don't end up raising your Rank only to have your body collapse. Wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse?"

"You mean the buyer isn't local?"

"The yield of corrosion crystals from Mutated Beasts near Dawn City is relatively low. You saw it in the town these past two days—there wasn't even a medium-sized Gold Farmer group."

"For those kinds of runes, even if a Gold Farmer in Dawn City wanted to buy them, they wouldn't be able to scrape together that much money on such short notice."

...

In the Chen family's private training room, Chen Bo, who had just finished practicing the Harmony Birth Fortune Technique with Li Wanqing, lay on a massage bed, enjoying a massage from a maid.

Li Wanqing, exhausted, put on a silk bathrobe, got out of bed, and tied her belt. She went to answer a phone call, then turned back to tell Chen Bo:

"Brother Bo, news just came from the city gate. That guy, Yun Zhuo, has returned to the city."

Chen Bo waved his hand, signaling the maid to leave.

"Alone?"

"No, Wu Song is with him."

"I see."

Li Wanqing added, "Do you think he caught wind of something? Returning to the city at a time like this."

Chen Bo thought for a moment. "Go find out where he's staying in the city. If that doesn't work, we'll just have to make a move in the city."