Chapter 22: I Don’t Value Money at All

Ding—

After returning home, Xu Xi had just put away his umbrella.

A crisp notification sound rang in his ear.

It wasn't from the simulator, but from his phone.

[Your debit card account 9527 received 300,000.00 huaxia currency today. Available balance: 323,333.00 huaxia currency.]

"So fast?"

He took out his phone to check.

Xu Xi raised an eyebrow; he hadn't expected the Administration Bureau to move so quickly.

But thinking about it, three hundred thousand huaxia currency was truly nothing compared to a Golden Core Cultivator. It was normal for the Supernatural Administration Bureau to be attentive.

Xu Xi didn't care much about this sum of huaxia currency.

After changing into clean clothes.

He lay back on the sofa and opened Supernatural Home on his phone. After multiple rounds of verification, he entered the trading network that only supernaturals were qualified to access.

Talismans, Combat Techniques, Blood-Qi Martial Arts, Ghost Cultivation Secret Methods, Hehuan Grand Arts.

Meteoric Iron Bows, Pill Furnaces, Holy Light Enchanted Gatling guns, Lightning-Enhanced Armor-Piercing Rounds.

Dense and numerous.

A dazzling array.

As a trading network established by the Huaxia officialdom, the variety of goods on Supernatural Home far exceeded Xu Xi's expectations. He hadn't expected the people up there to have even developed enchanted firearms.

"I suppose this is what they call keeping up with the times."

After sighing with emotion.

Xu Xi began searching for the items he wanted.

As a Cultivator, the most important things were Cultivation Techniques and Daoist Magic, but Xu Xi lacked neither.

Having experienced a life of cultivation once, his mind was filled with many Secret Manuals and techniques from the Heavenly Sword Sect.

"Supernatural Home has a recycling function that grants varying amounts of points based on the preciousness of the recycled items. Perhaps I can find time to sell the Heavenly Sword Sect's techniques and manuals."

"If I do that, I'll have plenty of points to buy other items and the intelligence I want."

Xu Xi pondered.

His fingers swiped across the phone screen.

He focused his filtering on the Four Arts of Cultivation—namely Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Formations, and Talismans.

Medicinal Pills could assist in cultivation, artifacts could increase a Cultivator's offensive and defensive capabilities, Formations were versatile, and Talismans were instant and simple.

As a former standout in the Four Arts of Cultivation.

Xu Xi naturally wanted this talent to shine.

It shouldn't be wasted.

Therefore, Xu Xi prepared to buy Materials from Supernatural Home to refine a complete system of pills, artifacts, Formations, and Talismans for himself, integrating cultivation, protection, and offense.

As for why he didn't buy finished products directly, the answer was simple: expensive.

On Supernatural Home, the price difference between finished products and Materials was often several-fold, and the specific finished product he wanted might not even exist.

"Five years is just too short after all."

"In such a short time, the Supernatural Administration Bureau probably has very few formal Alchemists, Artifact Refiners, Formation Masters, or Talisman Makers."

Xu Xi's thoughts shifted, and he quickly realized the reason for this awkward situation.

"Once I've refined the items I need."

"If there's enough time."

"I can completely buy Materials myself, make finished products, and list them on Supernatural Home for sale. This would be a stable channel for earning points."

Xu Xi muttered to himself, his eyes quickly scanning the phone screen as he added the Materials he liked to his cart.

Red Fox Eyes, Flood Dragon Bones, Thundercall Gold Essence…

Buy.

Buy them all!

It wasn't until the screen showed insufficient points that Xu Xi stopped, still wanting more.

"One thousand points is still a bit low; it's not enough for me to spend at all," Xu Xi thought with regret as he looked at other items on Supernatural Home.

Besides the good stuff from the cultivation side, there were many products from other supernatural systems.

Xu Xi really wanted to buy a few to study.

Unfortunately, his resources were limited, so he could only prioritize the necessary Materials for pills, artifacts, Formations, and Talismans.

"This will do for now. There's plenty of time, no rush."

Closing the Supernatural Home page.

Xu Xi closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.

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Time flowed by, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.

During this month, Xu Xi gradually grew accustomed to his new life with his legs restored. Most of the time, he stayed home to Cultivate, occasionally going out for walks.

As the Materials for pills, artifacts, Formations, and Talismans arrived.

Xu Xi refined a full set of Spirit Gathering Formations for himself, along with a large number of Yellow Dragon Pills to increase his cultivation speed.

Additionally, using his Lifebound Divine Ability, Wood Regeneration, he nurtured a Qulong Vine worth five hundred points.

Refining the vine into a sword.

He forged the Lifebound Treasure of the Senjian Peak lineage: the withered vine sword.

Finally, Xu Xi drew many Talismans. Although their power couldn't compare to him acting personally, it was better to be safe than sorry. Xu Xi didn't intend to waste his talent.

Joining the Supernatural Administration Bureau hadn't made Xu Xi busy.

During this month.

Xu Xi had only acted twice.

Once was to slay a suddenly appearing mutated raptor. It seemed to come from some Xuanhuan world; its spread wings blotted out the sun, covering nearly half the city in shadow.

Holding the withered vine sword, Xu Xi slashed out a green sword-light from a distance.

He split it in two.

Afterward, besides the raptor's flesh and Materials, he received a reward from the Administration Bureau: one million huaxia currency and five hundred points.

The second time he acted was during the eerie phenomenon of the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts that appeared in the middle of the month.

This Night Parade was massive in scale with numerous ghosts, leaving the Administration Bureau's supernaturals in a frantic state, but they were still annihilated under Xu Xi's sword-light.

His wood-attribute magic power was full of vitality and highly countered such ghostly creatures.

The reward afterward was 1.5 million huaxia currency and nine hundred points.

After these two battles.

Xu Xi sighed from the bottom of his heart; money really was just a string of numbers. He didn't value money at all anymore.

For the vast Yanshan City, there were actually more than two supernatural disasters in a month, but some were low-threat and handled by other supernaturals.

In the words of Director Zhang Yaoguo.

Good steel must be used on the blade's edge.

As one of the few Golden Core combatants in the Yanshan Administration Bureau, what Xu Xi needed to do was conserve his energy and deal with those truly high-threat anomalies.

Ordinary supernatural disasters could be left to weaker supernaturals to handle, which also served to hone their strength.

Xu Xi readily agreed to this.

The current pace was just right; it neither affected his own cultivation nor his ability to earn points through missions.

"But one can never have too many points."

"I've taken a liking to a few more good items recently, and my points aren't quite enough. Since I can't grind missions to earn them, I'll have to start with the Four Arts of Cultivation."

"Among the four fields of Alchemy, artifacts, Formations, and Talismans, Medicinal Pills have the broadest applicability."

"Not only can Cultivators use them, but other supernaturals can also use them without hindrance. Especially supernaturals from the Xuanhuan and Martial Arts lineages, their demand for pills is enormous."

"I can completely refine pills to earn my first pot of gold and then keep snowballing it."

At home.

Xu Xi was browsing the product pages of Supernatural Home.

He had just purchased a large batch of Spiritual Materials to use for Alchemy when he suddenly received an emergency message from Zhang Yaoguo.

[Danger, come quickly!]