Lin Lei's Repayment—Body Strengthening Potion!

Lin Lei's Repayment—Body Strengthening Potion!

After all, his current situation was rather unusual. His realm had reached the level of Control Over Self. At Level 5, he could already trade blows with Seventh-Rank Magical Beasts, and at Level 6, he could even instantly kill them!

If he truly wanted to gain experience now, he could only venture deep into the Monster Mountain Range to find suitable magical beasts for training and battle.

However, the higher a magical beast's rank, the greater the disparity. With Great Brightness Slash, he could instantly kill a Seventh-Rank Magical Beast, but against a Level 8 Magical Beast, even if he used his ultimate move, he could not guarantee that he would be able to escape alive.

And deep within the Monster Mountain Range, Level 8 Magical Beasts were hardly rare. Level 9 Magical Beasts could also be encountered from time to time. If he truly ran into one, there would be no need to fight at all—he could just wait for death.

So his current position was rather awkward!

But with Misty Mountain Valley, things were different. Its location was excellent, situated at the boundary between the territory of Level 5 and 6 magical beasts and that of Seventh-Rank Magical Beasts and above in the Monster Mountain Range.

Not only was his safety guaranteed here, but whenever he needed high-level magical beasts, he could simply lure a few out of Misty Mountain Valley.

There was no need to worry about the terrifying possibility of encountering a Level 8 or even Level 9 Magical Beast immediately after fighting a fierce battle against another magical beast deep within the Monster Mountain Range.

"Hahaha! This time, not only did we get Blueheart Grass, we also got so many Level 6 Magic Crystal Cores."

"Adding the Seventh-Rank Magic Crystal Cores I got from killing those two Green Patterned Giant Pythons—hahaha! They're worth even more than the valuables we got from killing those two assassins and searching their backpacks!"

"We struck it rich!"

Tossing the two Magic Crystal Cores in his hand, Fengyun thought for a moment before separating one and tossing it to Lin Lei. "Catch!"

Lin Lei frowned slightly as he looked at the Magic Crystal Core Fengyun had thrown him. "Brother Yun, what do you mean by this?"

"This is the spoils from the Green Patterned Giant Python you killed. The Magic Crystal Core should belong to you."

Under normal circumstances, when an elder brought a newcomer into the mountains, the newcomer had to hand over most of his gains to the elder guiding him.

After all, the purpose of entering the mountains for the first time was training. Money was not important; gaining experience was.

But when Fengyun brought Lin Lei into the mountains, their method of dividing the spoils was an even split. In short, whoever killed the prey kept its spoils.

As for the various experiences Fengyun taught Lin Lei and the effort he spent protecting him, those were simply pure contributions.

At the beginning, Lin Lei had specifically discussed this matter with Fengyun, believing Fengyun should receive a larger share of the spoils.

But Fengyun had refused, saying that he had already accepted a lavish meal from Lin Lei as his fee.

Lin Lei was not a pretentious person. More importantly, aside from improving his practical combat ability, his purpose in coming to the Monster Mountain Range was to make money!

Thus, he silently remembered Fengyun's kindness and did not argue with him over the matter.

And Fengyun's wholehearted efforts along the way had moved Lin Lei greatly. Especially after Fengyun had saved him twice in succession, he felt even more guilty about this division of spoils.

Now that Fengyun was giving him a Seventh-Rank Magic Crystal Core that he himself had obtained, it was enough to completely ignite all the guilt that had been steadily building up inside Lin Lei!

However, Fengyun merely smiled. "Originally, I thought that with Beibei around, after using up the remaining Blood Boil in a while, it would be fine to try taking you to explore the edge of the deeper parts of the Monster Mountain Range and experience the might of stronger magical beasts."

"But after that battle just now—or rather... that escape!"

"I realized that I'd gotten a little carried away!"

"If I really took you there, running into one or two Seventh-Rank Magical Beasts would be the best-case scenario."

"But if we were even slightly unlucky and encountered a Level 8 Magical Beast, or even a Level 9 Magical Beast, the three of us probably wouldn't come to a good end!"

"So, let's go back!"

"This training ends here. As for this Seventh-Rank Magic Crystal Core..."

"Compared with Level 5 and 6 magical beasts, Seventh-Rank Magical Beasts are the ones that truly count as high-level magical beasts. If I bring you into the mountains for the first time and you don't even come back with a single Seventh-Rank Magic Crystal Core, wouldn't Yale and Reno laugh themselves to death when we return?"

Without another word, he turned and left.

The Baruch Family was currently in dire straits. A large part of Lin Lei's reason for entering the mountains this time was to earn money and help support the household.

As an undercover agent, Fengyun had no need for money!

If he gave Lin Lei everything without keeping any spoils for himself, there was a high chance that Lin Lei would feel Fengyun was giving him charity, producing the opposite effect. Otherwise, Fengyun would have stuffed every Magic Crystal Core he had into Lin Lei's hands!

After all, Lin Lei's stone sculpture skills could already be used to make money, which would ease his financial difficulties.

Once his strength improved further and Beibei's overall power reached Level 9, making money would no longer be a problem.

Especially after he became a Stone Sculpture Master and the Second Greatest Magical Genius in History, countless people would be scrambling to give him money.

If he did not give him money now, he would not get another chance later!

Although he had only given Lin Lei one Magic Crystal Core now, a single Seventh-Rank Magic Crystal Core was worth fifty thousand gold coins—more than all the wealth Lin Lei had obtained so far.

It was not a cheap gift!

Besides, Fengyun had kept one himself. Including the one he had obtained from hunting a Raptor by the lake earlier, he still had two Seventh-Rank Magic Crystal Cores, and Lin Lei knew that as well.

Since he was only giving away one Seventh-Rank Magic Crystal Core, Fengyun believed Lin Lei would still accept it.

However, Lin Lei grabbed his shoulder. Fengyun frowned slightly and turned around. "Why are you being so—"

"Brother Yun, I remember you saying that Body Strengthening Potion and Blood Boil could only be exchanged with merit in your Special Warfare Camp. So they're very precious, and even you can't get much of them, right?" Lin Lei asked softly, gripping Fengyun's shoulder.

Fengyun was slightly stunned. He blinked. "That's right!"

Lin Lei glanced at the Winged Bird Dragon corpses behind them. "Lend me the set of simple alchemical equipment you carry for maintaining the Light Shadow Blade!"

Three days later

Fengyun carefully examined the crystal-red, clear liquid inside the alchemy cauldron. "Hahaha~, it worked, it worked!"

Lin Lei curled his lips at the side. "It looks completely fine. The only question is how effective it'll be when drunk."

Three days earlier, Fengyun had proposed leaving after locating Mist Valley. Still feeling guilty, Lin Lei had accepted another Level 7 Magic Crystal Core from Fengyun. Looking at the Winged Bird Dragon's corpse behind them, he had the urge to repay him.

And his method of repayment was the Body Strengthening Potion!

The Body Strengthening Potion and Blood Boil were both potions capable of effectively improving a warrior's physical attributes.

Across the continent, only top-tier powers such as the Holy Alliance, Dark Alliance, Four Great Empires, and Three Great Merchant Associations were qualified to possess them.

Medium and small factions simply had no right to own them. Even if they obtained the potion formulas, if they dared to produce and sell the potions for profit, they would be exterminated by those nine major powers.

Thus, not only were these two potions extremely expensive, but they were also unavailable on the market. Without sufficient connections and backing, one could not buy them at all!

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