3: Accident

Lu Qianyuan looked at a table nearby, pondered for a moment, then gave up on that target. Afterward, he looked at a chair nearby.

A moment later, he again gave up on that target.

Finally, his gaze swept around the room, and he silently abandoned the idea of trying.

He was too poor; if he broke something, he would feel heartache for a long time.

Lu Qianyuan felt the power within his body. If he wanted to replicate the Hardening ability, it would probably take about three days.

This time wasn't long, and Lu Qianyuan would quickly complete the replication.

He gave up on replicating Hardening and instead replicated Elementary Body Enhancement.

Soon, Elementary Body Enhancement was successfully replicated, and Lu Qianyuan's Physique was boosted to a certain extent.

Lu Qianyuan felt it should have increased by about three times, which wasn't much, but it was useful.

This skill provided a fixed boost. If Lu Qianyuan's current Physique was 10, then Elementary Body Enhancement would provide a fixed increase of 50 points.

For the current Lu Qianyuan, this bonus was undoubtedly significant.

Unlike Hardening, Lu Qianyuan could clearly perceive that replicating Elementary Body Enhancement did not take much time.

It would only take about one day to complete.

After a moment of thought, Lu Qianyuan decided to replicate Elementary Body Enhancement first, then Hardening.

Having made up his mind, Lu Qianyuan put away the Spirit of the Ironclad Lizard, then took a shower and changed his clothes.

Having been imprisoned in the void for so long, Lu Qianyuan was half-mad.

Now that he had finally gotten out, he naturally needed to experience everything properly.

And his first goal, of course, was to eat.

While in his room, he had smelled the aroma wafting from the snack street, which had made his mouth water.

Now, he had to have a good feast to relieve a little of the melancholy in his heart.

Lu Qianyuan left his room, went through the dark and damp corridor, and arrived downstairs.

Feeling the long-lost sunlight and the bustling street, Lu Qianyuan uncharacteristically relaxed.

Lu Qianyuan walked slowly through the street, feeling the lively environment and dense crowd, and gradually arrived at a small stall.

In reality, this area was close to outside the city, so there weren't many people, and the street was very quiet, with only a dozen or so people.

However, compared to the void where Lu Qianyuan had been, this place was extremely lively.

He ordered some snacks and began to feast.

After so long, finally eating the long-awaited delicious food, Lu Qianyuan's mood became uncharacteristically pleasant.

Although the so-called delicious food was just an ordinary egg-fried rice, and the taste was mediocre, for Lu Qianyuan, it was a great enjoyment.

He had lost too much, and now even simple enjoyment was enough to make Lu Qianyuan feel satisfied.

After finishing a plate of egg-fried rice, Lu Qianyuan began to wander the streets, buying any snacks he wanted.

Although his predecessor was a student, he had saved a lot of money through District 49's subsidies and his own work-study program.

It was originally intended to be used to purchase Cultivation resources, but now Lu Qianyuan directly used it to buy snacks.

Lu Qianyuan walked and ate, devouring all sorts of delicious food without stopping.

He wanted to slowly make up for what he had lost in the void.

Just as Lu Qianyuan was enjoying his stroll, his old phone suddenly rang.

Lu Qianyuan took out his phone; it showed an incoming call from someone named Brother Bao.

Seeing this name, Lu Qianyuan recalled.

His predecessor seemed to have borrowed a sum of money from him to increase the success rate of absorbing the Spirit of the Ironclad Lizard.

At the time, it was said that if he failed, he would hand over the Ironclad Lizard Martial Spirit to them as collateral.

If he succeeded, he would have to work for them for three years to repay the debt.

Lu Qianyuan decisively hung up. The debt his predecessor owed had nothing to do with him.

He had just managed to get out, and before he could even properly enjoy himself, he was disturbed, which made Lu Qianyuan a little displeased.

But soon Lu Qianyuan's attention was drawn by the delicious food nearby, and he continued to pursue more food.

Just then, that Brother Bao called again. Lu Qianyuan became displeased, directly hung up, and blocked him.

Disturbing him twice, it really angered him.

Considering his current strength, Lu Qianyuan still gave up the idea of killing him right now.

His strength wasn't enough; he should lie low for a while.

...

At this moment, in a bright room, a burly, muscular, short-haired man wearing a leopard-print vest looked angrily at the phone in his hand.

His arms were unusually thick, even longer than his legs, and looked full of power.

He hadn't expected that timid kid to dare to hang up on him, and twice at that.

The more Brother Bao thought about it, the angrier he got. If he could tolerate this, he wouldn't be Brother Bao.

"Go, bring that kid to me, and bring the item too. Remember, I want him alive."

"Yes."

The two subordinates beside him immediately set off after hearing Brother Bao's command, heading to Lu Qianyuan's home.

When lending the money, they had known where Lu Qianyuan's home was.

Finding Lu Qianyuan was not difficult.

The two of them brought two companions, a total of four people, prepared themselves, and drove off to find Lu Qianyuan.

They only hoped that Lu Qianyuan and the item were both fine and that no accidents had occurred, otherwise, they would not escape a scolding.

...

On the other side, Lu Qianyuan was still gorging himself.

Compared to Lu Qianyuan's previous location, the snack street was clearly much livelier. In the past, Lu Qianyuan didn't like this kind of atmosphere.

But after being locked up for an unknown period, his mindset had subtly changed.

Once people have money, they engage in retaliatory spending, and Lu Qianyuan was in a similar state now.

Having been locked up for an unknown amount of time, and coming out with nothing, it would be truly unfair to himself not to spend a little.

Lu Qianyuan walked and ate, unknowingly arriving at a market.

This market was a bit chaotic, selling everything: Martial Skills, Martial Spirits, and Cultivation resources.

However, the resources related to Martial Dao were all very low-grade. The Martial Spirits sold were only gray, with very few white ones.

The potions were also somewhat cloudy, as if mixed with some strange liquids.

But in contrast, the prices of these potions were also very cheap.

The same potion that others sold for two thousand resource coins was sold here for fifteen hundred, a quarter cheaper.

And Martial Skills were similar; they were all cheap goods.

Lu Qianyuan casually looked around, having no desire to buy potions. These potions looked abnormal and shouldn't be bought easily.

Martial Skills, however, might still have some use.

Although Spirit Masters primarily derived their strength from their Martial Spirits, there were always some anomalies.

They focused on their own strength, using Martial Spirits as an auxiliary, emphasizing the improvement of their own power.

At the same time, their use of Origin Qi was not simply to activate Martial Spirits, but to use it themselves for casting Martial Skills.