Splitting the Money

Inside the Supply Base, Villa A6 had temporarily become the resting place for the Phantom Squad.

"Brother Zhou!" Captain Chu Tian sat on the sofa and asked with a smile, "That Wang Tianxing from earlier wanted to buy monster materials, right? So, did you agree to it?"

"Captain!" Zhou Zheng nodded, then relayed the situation Wang Tianxing had explained to him to Yang Wu and the others.

"Black Wind Squad?" Chu Tian thought carefully for a moment and said, "I remember they are affiliated with the HR Alliance. Weren't they always operating in City 031? Why have they come to City 023 now?"

Zhou Zheng nodded and said, "The Black Wind Squad is indeed part of the HR Alliance. Coming to City 023 now is likely because their strength has improved!"

"In that case, Brother Zhou, take the materials from one Elementary Beast General Level monster and go over there," Chu Tian mused for a moment. "Since they left empty-handed this time, it was partly due to us. Just tell them that I, Chu Tian, am treating them to a drink!"

As soon as Chu Tian said this, everyone except Yang Wu revealed knowing smiles.

In the Wilderness Area, having more friends means more paths, while having more enemies means more danger.

A single Elementary Beast General Level monster was nothing to either the Phantom Squad or the Black Wind Squad. However, it signaled the Phantom Squad's attitude, and as long as the Black Wind Squad wasn't foolish, they would never hold a grudge against the Phantom Squad over this matter again.

"Yes, Captain!" Zhou Zheng took the complete materials from an Elementary Beast General Level Tiger Mastiff from his backpack and headed to the Black Wind Squad's resting point.

By the time Zhou Zheng returned, everyone was eating lunch.

"Captain!" Zhou Zheng said with a smile, "The people from the Black Wind Squad were quite polite. At first, they refused to accept the monster materials no matter what, but I insisted, and they finally kept them!"

Clearly, there were no fools in the Black Wind Squad, and the matter was put to rest.

After the meal.

"Let's stop talking about the Black Wind Squad and eat! Once we're done, we'll process the monster materials we hunted in the Wilderness Area this time!" Chu Tian said with a smile. "We were out for over half a month this time, hunting a total of 8 Advanced Beast General Level monsters, 28 Intermediate Beast General Level monsters, and 146 Elementary Beast General Level monsters. It counts as a small profit!"

Usually, when the Phantom Squad went to the Wilderness Area, they would hunt about 5 or 6 Advanced Beast General Level monsters. Although they encountered an attack from a Lord Level monster this time, they had gained materials from three extra Advanced Beast General Level monsters.

In terms of value alone, the price of an Advanced Beast General was dozens of times that of an Elementary Beast General!

"The total value of these monster materials is around 5 billion!"

"Everyone contributed a lot to this hunt! I think we should do it like this: Zheng Tao, Wang Zhi, Yang Wu, and Xiao Qing, you four will each take 13%, which is 650 million each. Zhou Zheng will take 18%, which is 900 million. I'll take a bit more, 30%, which is 1.5 billion." Chu Tian looked at everyone with a smile. "Does anyone have any objections?"

Zhou Zheng and the others all nodded.

What objections could they have?

In this distribution, Zhou Zheng and the others only received 2% less than before, while Captain Chu Tian took 5% less. In other words, the lion's share of the portion allocated to Yang Wu was covered by Captain Chu Tian.

"Captain!" Yang Wu called out softly.

"Yang Wu, what is it?"

Hearing Yang Wu call him, Chu Tian asked with a smile.

"Captain, my strength is the lowest, yet I'm getting the same share as Brother Zheng, Brother Wang, and Sister Qing. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?" Yang Wu asked.

Although Yang Wu had been working hard to hunt monsters in the Wilderness Area, during every battle, the others would subconsciously look out for him, leaving the weakest monsters for him or having him protect Lu Qing, who served as the fire support.

Therefore, in terms of team contribution, Yang Wu was undoubtedly the lowest, and he was very clear about that.

"Haha!" Chu Tian laughed happily.

At first, Chu Tian thought Yang Wu had an issue because he and Zhou Zheng were taking a larger percentage than the others, especially himself, who was taking more than double Yang Wu's share.

But he hadn't expected that Yang Wu felt he was getting too much.

"Yang Wu!" Zhou Zheng said from the side. "Since you joined our Phantom Squad and have been accepted by everyone, you are our brother in life and death. Why worry about such things? If you don't believe me, ask Zheng Tao and the others if they have any objections."

"Yang Wu, what's the big deal? Maybe in a year or two, your strength will surpass mine. When that time comes, if I take the same amount as you, would that be taking too much?" Zheng Tao teased from the side.

Lu Qing also smiled slightly, "Yang Wu, Brother Tian's distribution is very reasonable, just accept it!"

Wang Zhi also shook his head from the side and said, "I have no objections!"

Seeing this, Yang Wu had no choice but to accept everyone's kindness.

Before long, Yang Wu and the others brought a large quantity of monster materials to the acquisition point of the bearded officer, Wang Tianxing. They sold more than half of the monster materials directly to him, though nearly half still remained.

Under Wang Tianxing's reluctant gaze, the members of the Phantom Squad boarded the train back to the Base City with the remaining monster materials.

On the train.

Yang Wu couldn't help but ask, "Brother Zhou, why didn't we sell all the monster materials to him earlier?"

The price Wang Tianxing offered was definitely higher than the average market price; even if they brought the remaining materials back to the Base City, they would only get that much. Moreover, the monster materials remaining in the Phantom Squad's hands were all Elementary Beast General Level; there wasn't a single Advanced or Intermediate Beast General Level one left.

"Guess!" Zhou Zheng joked for once.

The others in the Phantom Squad also smiled without saying a word.

"Captain!" Yang Wu looked directly at Captain Chu Tian.

"Yang Wu!" Chu Tian said with a smile. "Didn't you only purchase the first volume of World Destroyer before? Now that you've successfully cultivated it, don't you plan to buy the subsequent manuals?"

"This..." Yang Wu felt very moved.

He hadn't even thought about buying the manuals himself, yet the Captain and the others had already considered it for him. Of course, this was also because he already possessed the first three volumes of the manual.

Chu Tian continued, "If you want to buy manuals at half price, you need to reach the corresponding contribution level, and manuals cannot be purchased by others on your behalf. I kept these monster materials specifically so you could sell them to the Martial Arts Hall to earn contribution points!"

"But..." Yang Wu hesitated, "This is too much monster material!"

The share allocated to Yang Wu was worth about 650 million Huaxia Currency, but the monster materials currently in the hands of the Phantom Squad far exceeded 1 billion.

"What use is that little bit of monster material you have? It doesn't even reach a Two-Star Contribution! Besides, the money from selling it to the Extreme Martial Arts Hall won't be enough for you to buy secret manuals!" Chu Tian laughed.

Yang Wu was stunned.

What use was 500 or 600 million Huaxia Currency?

An Advanced Warrior Level martial artist who risked life and limb in the Wilderness Area for over a decade might only be able to earn that much money.

However, since these words were coming from Chu Tian, an Advanced War General Level Spiritual Master capable of going head-to-head with a Primary Lord Level monster, it was only natural.

"Yang Wu!" Chu Tian said with a smile, "I have set aside 1 billion Huaxia Currency worth of monster materials from my own personal haul to lend to you. You'll have to pay me back the next time we return from the Wilderness Area!"

One billion Huaxia Currency worth of monster materials!

This amount of wealth would be enough to bankrupt an Advanced Warrior, though for Chu Tian, it was something he could easily afford to give.

Back when several major factions were trying to recruit Yang Wu, Zhuge Tao had offered 150 million Huaxia Currency, and no one had dared to compete with him.

But now, Chu Tian was directly lending Yang Wu 1 billion Huaxia Currency. Although it had to be paid back, such trust was extremely rare. After all, Yang Wu had only joined the Phantom Squad less than a month ago.

"Captain, this..." Yang Wu wanted to refuse.

"Why are you being so wishy-washy?" Chu Tian waved his hand and said, "Do you really think you, Yang Wu, could welsh on a debt?"

Wang Zhi sat to the side watching this scene, feeling a sense of déjà vu.

Because, when he had first joined the Phantom Squad, he had encountered the exact same situation.

Having a captain like this was truly excellent!

"No wonder it's all Elementary Beast General Level monster material!"

Looking at the large quantity of monster materials in his backpack, Yang Wu felt a wave of emotion in his heart.