Strictly speaking, the gift Steward Yan had sent was not the remuneration from the Young City Lord of Remnant Immortal City, but merely a personal gift of introduction.
It was not particularly valuable, yet it could solve Luo Chen's most pressing need.
At first glance, it contained only rice, flour, grain, and oil, yet every item was something Luo Chen desperately lacked.
Back when he had been a Spirit Transformation Great Power, he had long reached the Bigu Realm, where he could use the World Vitality outside as nourishment without needing food to fill his stomach. But the Great Cataclysm Realm was different. There was no spiritual energy here at all, and Luo Chen could not absorb energy from the outside.
Previously, he could still rely on breaking down and absorbing the Source Blood within his body to maintain his daily activities, so the expenditure was not great. But once the Source Blood consumed in healing was added in, that Source Blood became water without a source—it dwindled with every drop used.
That was precisely why Luo Chen had wanted to leave this village so early.
Now that Steward Yan had sent over a large supply of meat and fine rice, the energy contained within might not have been much, but it could barely replenish some of what he needed.
Moreover, Steward Yan was a clever man. The introductory gift even came with a lamp.
"What kind of lamp is this?" Jing Lan curiously examined the shattered oil lamp before her.
Luo Chen explained calmly, "The Damaged Azure Lantern."
Clearly, Steward Yan had indeed investigated Luo Chen's background carefully beforehand. He had even looked into every detail of what Luo Chen had done in Qingshan Town that day.
He had likely learned at the Myriad Phenomena Pavilion that Luo Chen