Splitting the Money, Brewing Wine

After the meal, the six members of Jackal Squad went together to find the person in charge of the HR Alliance at the Supply Base, selling off all the Monster materials they had hunted over the past few days in one go.

Except for the materials from the Frost Shadow Deer, everything else was sold.

Inside the second-floor living room of Villa D6.

The six members of Jackal Squad were gathered around a computer, beginning to split the money.

Hu Yonghua took out his laptop. Seeing the impatient expressions on everyone's faces, he didn't delay, quickly passing the fingerprint scan.

Following that, he entered a triple dynamic password to access the public account of Jackal Squad.

"We had pretty good luck. Excluding that Frost Shadow Deer, the batch of Monster materials sold for a total of 600 million Huaxia Currency!"

"As we agreed before, of this money, I take 25%, Chu He takes 20%, Chu Yunpeng takes 20%, Wei Xiaoping takes 15%, and Yang Yi and Pang Song, you two get 10% each."

"Additionally, that Frost Shadow Deer was killed by the three of us—myself, Chu Yunpeng, and Chu He. So, according to custom, we take 90% of the credit, and the remaining 10% goes to you. Any problems with that?" Hu Yonghua looked at the group.

Everyone nodded, and Chu He smiled.

"Alright, next, regarding the contribution for killing the Frost Shadow Deer, let's keep it simple. We'll split it equally, 30% each. Is that okay?"

Chu He and Chu Yunpeng looked at each other and both nodded.

In the process of killing the Frost Shadow Deer, all three were indeed crucial. If one were to really split hairs, Hu Yonghua's contribution was likely the greatest.

Splitting it equally like this was clearly Hu Yonghua looking out for them.

"I heard you say you want to use your personal contribution to exchange for the deer antlers, deer heart, deer tail, and deer penis from the Frost Shadow Deer to keep for yourself, while the deer tendons and deer hide can be sold. Is that right?" Hu Yonghua turned his head and asked Chu He.

"That's right!" Chu He nodded repeatedly.

Aside from the deer heart, he had kept the hearts of the other Monsters he had killed himself—there were about eight Junior Beast General hearts and dozens of Beast Soldier hearts.

Furthermore, he had also kept the tiger penises from the three Blood-patterned Saber-toothed Tigers.

These were things no one else wanted, and they weren't calculated into the 600 million.

"Hmm, the deer heart is whatever; nobody wanted that thing before. But the deer hide, deer antlers, deer tail, and deer penis all have historical prices we can use as a reference."

"On the Martial Artist Forum, a year ago, someone in Russia sold a Frost Shadow Deer. It was the same as ours—an Intermediate Beast General."

As Hu Yonghua spoke, he opened the Martial Artist Forum and began searching.

"The price was... let me see, the total price was 160 million. It's basically about the same as an ordinary Advanced Beast General."

"160 million..." Chu He frowned.

This information clearly didn't contain the specific prices for the individual parts of the Frost Shadow Deer. Therefore, if he wanted to keep the deer penis, deer tail, and the rest, he would likely have to keep the entire Frost Shadow Deer for himself.

Aside from the 120 million from the Frost Shadow Deer, he was entitled to 20% of the remaining 600 million, which came out to 120 million.

Adding in his contribution to the kill of the Frost Shadow Deer—30% of the 160 million, or 48 million—it would perfectly cover the price difference.

He would even have a surplus of 8 million in profit.

"Hmm, Chu He, if you want to keep this Frost Shadow Deer, I'm afraid you'll have to give up that 20% share to be split among the others," Hu Yonghua reminded him.

Clearly, he believed there was no reason for Chu He to give up 120 million in income just to brew wine for Old Chu.

Couldn't he just buy a few bottles of good wine instead?

That was 120 million!

However, Hu Yonghua didn't know that for Chu He, money wasn't important at all.

What's more, it was just money on Earth.

Once he successfully brewed the Red Blood Wine, he could have as much of this stuff as he wanted.

Of course, before he had grown strong enough, Chu He wouldn't be foolish enough to actually sell the wine.

"Uncle Hu, I've decided to keep the entire Frost Shadow Deer," Chu He said, his mind made up.

"This..." Hu Yonghua glanced at Chu Yunpeng, gritted his teeth, and agreed, "Fine!"

"In that case, you'll only be getting 8 million."

"As long as it's enough, that's fine," Chu He said, taking it in stride. "Uncle Hu, go ahead and transfer it."

"Beep." "Beep." "Beep."

"Transfer successful."

A series of notifications appeared on the computer screen.

Chu He looked down at his Communication Watch. At this moment, the device had already received a notification regarding the change in his balance.

"Bank of Communications: Your account ending in 8594 received a deposit of 8,000,000 yuan on November 6th at 15:51."

That afternoon, the Jackal Squad returned to the Base City by train.

On the third floor of the HR Alliance Mall, inside a private room at a restaurant, the table was filled with a feast.

"I'm treating everyone to this meal today," Hu Yonghua said with a laugh.

"No problem, Captain!"

"Well said!"

"Come on, Captain, I'll toast you!"

The members of the Jackal Squad chatted casually, eating meat in large chunks and drinking wine from large bowls, enjoying themselves immensely.

Every time they returned from the Wilderness Zone, it was effectively a walk back from the line of death.

Naturally, they had to find a place to blow off some steam.

Chu He felt the same way in his heart.

Although they had only spent seven or eight days in the Wilderness Zone this time, the area was desolate and dilapidated everywhere, and those ruined cities had long since been ravaged beyond recognition.

With large numbers of Monsters entrenched there, they had to be extremely cautious even when scouting, fearing they might be surrounded by a herd.

In those cities, no one dared to relax for even a moment.

All there was, was constant anxiety throughout the day!

Only the Base City was a safe living zone for humanity!

This was where civilization existed!

"Drink!"

"Refreshing! Little Chu, come, let's have a drink!"

After everyone finished toasting the captain, they turned to drink with Chu He.

"That's right! Even though you're leaving after just one trip with our Jackal Squad, we've spent ten days together, and everyone here truly sees you as a brother..."

"Get lost! You see him as a brother? You've got the generations mixed up, don't you know? He calls the captain Uncle Hu!"

"Exactly, exactly! Seeing him as a brother... do you think I don't know what you're thinking? Actually, I'm thinking the same thing! Chu He, if you ever want to find a team to head into the Wilderness Zone again in the future, you're welcome to come find the Jackal Squad!"

"Hahahaha!"

This table was celebrating their safe return and the fact that everyone had made good money. At the same time, there was a sense of melancholy because Chu He, a Spirit Reader, was about to leave the team.

Everyone had complicated feelings, so they drank and talked freely until late at night, when the group finally headed home.

Chu He also stumbled his way back home.

At home, his parents and younger sister had already gone to sleep.

When the train had first entered the Base City, Chu He had already called his father to let him know he was safe.

After Chu Tianxiong confirmed everything with a phone call to Hu Yonghua, he had set his mind at ease and, in turn, persuaded Xu Qingqing and Chu Xi to go to bed as well.

Chu Tianxiong was a martial artist himself, so how could he not know that this group would inevitably feast and drink to their hearts' content after returning to the Base City?

Some would even go for the full package: bathhouses, soaking in tubs, saunas, and karaoke.

Wait at home to cook for him?

Forget it, they were eating better than you were!

Since he had returned safe and sound, without missing any arms or legs, there was plenty of time to exchange pleasantries tomorrow.

However, Chu He did not go to sleep right away.

All the materials were ready; if he didn't brew the Red Blood Wine immediately, Chu He wouldn't be able to rest easy.

How could he possibly sleep at a time like this?

Forcing himself to stay alert, he took out the heart of the One-horned Iron Rhino and cast the Spirit Nourishing Technique into it.

He then took out a dozen auxiliary medicinal herbs, such as the White Jade Ginseng and Monotropa Uniflora, and processed them one by one.

Only then did he summon the White Jade Wine Pot from his Sea of Consciousness, place all the materials inside, and begin the brewing process.

With the White Jade Wine Pot, there was no need to build extra brewing equipment if the wine was for personal use.

The inheritance treasure of the Wine God was far more useful than anything Chu He could craft himself!

Within his Sea of Consciousness, once Chu He sensed that all the materials had begun to dissolve and decompose, and their respective spiritual essences were gradually merging, he finally relaxed his mind, collapsed onto his bed, and fell asleep.