What did earning 25 Gold Coins a day even mean?
Su Zhan's father, an Advanced Martial Artist, earned only 10 Gold Coins a month... and that was with him going to work every day and contributing to the corporation.
Now look at Su Zhan.
He could just lie down and give a few orders. No toil, no risks, and the money came rolling in with ease!
The gap was so vast that not just Su Jianguo—even every Martial Artist who heard about it would have their worldview shattered!
"This thing really makes money, but it's also genuinely dangerous."
"If I didn't have my cultivation technique avatars, I might not even be able to handle it myself!"
Nine Fire had made short work of those white wolves, but it had suffered no small amount of damage itself... it simply wasn't affected by it, nor could it feel pain.
If Su Zhan had done it himself, he would have long since been covered in blood, baring his teeth in agony, and would have needed to take pills to treat his injuries.
The moment he started taking pills, the cost of killing monsters would skyrocket, while the profits would plummet.
If he were a little more unlucky and encountered a fiercer beast, he might even end up losing money...
And if his luck got even worse—
If he ran into some ruthless Martial Artists out in the wild who stabbed him in the back, not only would he earn nothing, he might even lose his life!
"No wonder Dad would rather work for a corporation and take such a meager salary than go hunting... they're gambling with their heads tucked under their belts."
Su Zhan couldn't help sighing.
At the same time, he felt fortunate.
Good thing others had to risk their lives while he didn't!
From now on, only he would reap others. Others wanted to reap him?
No chance!
"Ding! *Bloodthirsty Rampage* wishes to devour one of your white wolf corpses. Allow?"
At that moment, a prompt sounded in Su Zhan's mind.
Bloodthirsty Rampage: "Boss, it's fresh Fierce Beast meat. It's still warm—let me eat it!"
"Ding! *Basic Qi and Blood Method* wishes to devour one of your white wolf corpses. Allow?"
Basic Qi and Blood Method: "Boss, I think this Fierce Beast meat smells pretty good too. Can I have one?"
It seemed that whether it was qi and blood or blood qi, both had a special fondness for flesh and blood.
Su Zhan said, "Wait a moment. Let me see whether they have any essence blood."
Essence blood, also known as Heart Blood, differed from ordinary blood. Like a hydrogel, it remained condensed without dispersing... it existed within a Fierce Beast's heart and was relatively rare.
On average, only one out of every five white wolves possessed essence blood.
Su Zhan used his dagger to pierce their hearts one by one.
After five wolves, he really did extract a round drop of White Wolf Blood—a red liquid about half a finger in size.
"Allow them all!"
"Ding! *Bloodthirsty Rampage* devoured one of your white wolf corpses. Cultivation speed increased by 0.2 times!" "Ding! *Basic Qi and Blood Method* devoured one of your white wolf corpses. Cultivation speed increased by 0.4 times!"
Huh?
That increase... wasn't small at all!
It was comparable to the effects of several Second-grade Pills.
Basic Qi and Blood Method: "Mmm~ This Fierce Beast meat really is delicious. Thank you, Boss!"
Bloodthirsty Rampage: "Thank you for the meat, Boss... delicious. Give me another piece!"
"Allowed!"
"Ding! *Bloodthirsty Rampage* devoured one of your white wolf corpses. Cultivation speed increased by 0.2 times!" "Ding! *Basic Qi and Blood Method* devoured one of your white wolf corpses. Cultivation speed increased by 0.4 times!"
Wait.
What was going on?!
It hadn't decreased?!
Su Zhan was stunned.
The benefits from pills would decrease, so why hadn't the Fierce Beast meat's effects dropped?!
Could it be...
"Was it because they were just killed?"
Su Zhan had learned about this before.
A Fierce Beast's qi and blood were at their most vigorous right after death, and its meat was the most nourishing... the longer it sat, the more severely its qi and blood dissipated, until it could only be eaten as ordinary food.
"If that's really the case, then this is another pleasant surprise!"
Su Zhan couldn't help growing excited.
This Fierce Beast meat was basically worthless when traded in. Unless it came from a C-class or higher Fierce Beast, it could barely fetch some money... but at most, it would only be worth a few or a dozen Gold Coins.
But if his cultivation techniques could devour it and receive effects that didn't diminish, then even if the multiplier was smaller, there was strength in numbers!
At that moment, Nine Fire Saber killed more white wolves, and new corpses fell into the Shared Space.
Su Zhan said, "Since you like eating them, don't hold back. Eat them all!"
Basic Qi and Blood Method: "Thank you, Boss!!"
Bloodthirsty Rampage: "Thanks, Boss!"
As usual, he stabbed each one with a dagger to see whether it had Heart Blood. If it did, he took it. If not, they ate it directly.
After many rounds of testing—
Su Zhan finally figured out the pattern.
"Three minutes!"
"It's exactly three minutes!"
Su Zhan's eyes flickered. "Within three minutes of a Fierce Beast's death, it can provide an acceleration effect without any reduction... but once three minutes pass, the effect plummets at lightning speed!"
Now that he understood this pattern, he would no longer have to scramble around guessing. Instead, he could use the Fierce Beast meat in an orderly, planned manner.
At the same time, Su Zhan thought of another question: Fierce Beast meat had a three-minute limit, but what about a Martial Artist's flesh and blood?
There would probably be no answer to that anytime soon.
He would just see which blind fool became the first little "guinea pig"!
Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.
"Boss, I'll be taking my leave first!"
Nine Fire vanished.
What surprised Su Zhan was that the set of black clothes vanished along with it.
Its results were roughly what Su Zhan had estimated.
Within half an hour, Nine Fire had slaughtered nearly 25 white wolves.
His luck had been a little worse. He had only obtained four drops of White Wolf Blood, worth 12 Gold Coins.
"My daily income of 25 Gold Coins has directly shrunk to 12... a little less, but earning this while lying down still feels amazing!"
Su Zhan chuckled.
He planned to sell this White Wolf Blood in exchange for Gold Coins.
Once he had enough Gold Coins, he would buy Grade 3 Pills, High-grade Spirit Weapons, and higher-grade Fierce Beast blood... thereby gaining even higher multipliers.
But that wasn't the real surprise.
The real surprise was that Bloodthirsty Rampage and Basic Qi and Blood Method had smoothly gained 2x and 4x cultivation acceleration... it was a little low, but the value for money was excellent!
That was already 2x and 4x in a single day.
What about a week?
A month?
A year?
Once all that stacked up, it would be no small sum!
And the key was that these were only D-class Fierce Beast corpses. If they were C-class or B-class, one could imagine how much higher the bonuses would be!
"Time to go!"
Su Zhan left the Cultivation Room in high spirits.
He casually took out his phone and turned it on.
"Beep beep beep beep..."
Just as expected.
The moment news of him becoming an Advanced Quasi-Martial Artist got out, his calls and messages exploded... there were over two hundred missed calls alone, and more than three hundred messages!
Sure enough, the instant he turned on his phone, a call came in.
Su Zhan was starting to regret whether he had agreed to Lin Baitian too early.
He could have shopped around a little more!
"Forget it, forget it. The Lin Lineage is one of Heaven City's four great lineages, after all. They're already among the top tier... and they're old acquaintances."
"I'll just let them take a little advantage!"
If Lin Baitian heard those words, he would probably roll his eyes straight into the heavens!
Su Zhan immediately turned on Do Not Disturb mode, then sent a mass reply:
"I have signed with the Lin Lineage. Thank you for your favor."
After sending the message, Su Zhan hummed a little tune and walked away with light, cheerful steps.
Yet on the other side of Heaven City—
Inside an incomparably luxurious extended limousine worth tens of millions of Gold Coins—
"Patriarch, Su Zhan has replied. He signed with... the Lin Lineage."
Bang!
The moment his subordinate finished speaking, the Meng Lineage Patriarch, who had been resting with his eyes closed in the back, suddenly clenched down hard and crushed the crystal wineglass worth ten thousand Gold Coins in his hand on the spot!
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