Firefly Journey

Through these days of accumulation, coupled with his usual frugality, Lin Yuanran has some savings.

Lin Yuanran had kept the spatial oracle he had obtained in mind, but because he had not yet achieved his second awakening, he had put it aside.

Now that the time has come, and he is preparing to launch an attack on the "Flame Chaser," he remembers it again.

Lin Yuanran didn't know if he would fail, but he was quite open-minded. Success would be the best outcome, allowing him to officially enter the realm of second awakening and stay on the same level as his classmates.

It's okay if you fail; you'll get a brand new secondary profession.

Mr. Blair said at the time that the secondary profession obtained after a failed awakening could be controlled by human intervention, and the materials needed for control could be found in the St. Louis points exchange room.

Besides spending real money and completing tasks set up by the academy, there is another way to obtain points.

Based on the monthly assessment results and rankings, the college will distribute points according to a certain percentage. Although the points are not many, they are better than nothing.

The college's monthly assessments are conducted separately for each class, and the results are reported by the class advisor.

Thanks to the teachers and classmates, Class 29 has a relatively high overall level. Even though Lin Yuanran is just there to make up the numbers, his ranking isn't too bad. He's currently barely made it into the top 200.

This ranking would make someone at the bottom of another class laugh in their sleep, but not him. This is the first time anyone in Class 29 has achieved such a poor result.

But it doesn't matter. Lin Yuanran started from a lower point than everyone else. The fact that he has reached his current strength in just a few months is already a testament to his exceptional talent.

Lin Yuanran used most of his points to exchange for a guide recipe. Most of the basic materials were common, except for one that was a bit tricky for him.

A fiery kiss from the River of Oblivion.

At first glance, it's completely baffling.

In fact, this is a plant that is naturally endowed with magical power, and after being dried, it can be used as an extraordinary material.

Lin Yuanran had also checked; the school's points redemption room also had it, but the price wasn't very attractive—it was much more expensive than the recipe.

Even if Lin Yuanran put all his savings into his points card, he still wouldn't be able to buy it.

This gave him a bit of a headache. Then he remembered the rabbit fur he had acquired earlier.

It's already late autumn, and winter is just around the corner. Factories rushing to produce winter clothing must have already started scrambling to buy raw materials.

Although the price of rabbit fur might be higher if we waited a while, Lin Yuanran couldn't wait that long; he needed it urgently.

All his rabbit fur was stockpiled in Lucky Town, in Kim Sapir's warehouse. It was far from Irvine, and a trip there would take a long time.

He now practices divine pronouncements every day, and time is very precious, so he naturally cannot go to retrieve them in person and has chosen to write a letter.

Lin Yuanran believed that the local businessman would ship the goods over as soon as he received the letter. What to do with them, who to sell them to, and at what price were the questions Lin Yuanran needed to consider.

The Kade district, which is adjacent to the Pafti district, has the most factories in the city.

This was Lin Yuanran's first time here, and as soon as he stepped in, he felt the strong industrial vibe.

The rows of industrial buildings constantly emitted exhaust fumes into the sky, giving the air an unpleasant odor, and the sky here was also darker than the skies in other parts of the city.

Lin Yuanran was new to the area and didn't know how to get around, so he had to ask everyone he met. Fortunately, a few kind people pointed him to the location where the garment factories were clustered together.

Lin Yuanran's rabbit fur wasn't in very large quantities, so there was no need to find a large manufacturer; small and medium-sized factories could absorb it.

What Yicheng has no shortage of is small and medium-sized workshops.

After several hours of searching and negotiation, Lin Yuanran finally reached an agreement with a medium-sized manufacturer on the price and delivery date, and managed to sell the goods.

Once the payment arrives, I still have to pay off the bank loan first, and then there won't be much left.

Lin Yuanran felt increasingly helpless. The cultivation of extraordinary individuals was a bottomless pit; even if you threw money into it, you might not get a single drop.

But things have already come to this point, there's no turning back now, and the only thing to do is try to overcome the difficulties.

The economic crisis at hand has only strengthened Lin Yuanran's belief in making money. It seems that he will have to spend a long time working for others for the foreseeable future.

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Jiangnan is good, and the scenery is old.

The Weijiang River originates from the Kolumbutz Mountains, flows eastward, and eventually empties into the Xingliu Sea.

The surging Weijiang River, like a crack cleaved by a giant axe, divided the Chu Kingdom in two, hence the name Jiangnan (southern China).

A young man dressed in plain clothes, yet without a trace of dirt, sat in his family's farmyard, holding a book of sages and reading it intently.

With a creak, the wooden door of the farmhouse was gently pushed open. The boy glanced at it once and then turned his gaze back to his book.

"Feibai, look what I brought you!"

Orlando, the "Double Swordsman," shook the tin foil in his hand, and the aroma of roast chicken immediately wafted out, but the boy remained unmoved.

Orlando sat down on the stone bench opposite the boy and called his name again.

Duan Feibai closed his book this time, looked at him and said, "Why are you here again? Didn't my mother tell you not to come?"

Orlando said, "I came to see you. What does this have to do with her? This is freshly baked, delicious stuff from Chen's Roast Meat. You really don't want it?"

“No, my mother said that our family does not want any charity from the Debasa people,” Duan Feibai said.

Orlando said, "No, I know that the war many years ago created an irreconcilable conflict between the Empire and the Great Chu, but that was a matter for the ruling class and had little to do with us commoners, right?"

Orlando was frustrated. Months ago, he challenged the Great Chu Sword Saint but was suppressed instead. He arrived in Yunzhou in Jiangnan, looking disheveled, and after wandering around, he settled down here.

At first, the people here welcomed him, a foreigner, and they got along well with each other.

Until one day, when he revealed that he came from Radiant City, everyone's attitude immediately cooled down.

Among them, the mother of the boy surnamed Duan was the most extreme.

The reason is simple: Duan Feibai's father was a captain in the Great Chu border army in his early years, and he unfortunately died in that famous "meat grinder" battle.

Imagine, how could such a family possibly treat the imperial people well?

Duan Feibai said, "You don't understand how heartbroken my mother was when the news of my father's death in battle came back. Besides, you say you're here to find me? I doubt a fool would believe that."

Orlando's expression changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal. Admittedly, Duan Feibai was a likable child, but not someone Orlando should pay so much attention to.

Duan Feibai snorted: "Over the years, countless people have sent matchmakers to propose marriage to my mother, but without exception, she has rejected them all. Do you think you can do it?"

Orlando wasn't annoyed that the boy had so bluntly exposed his thoughts; he simply coughed lightly.

The boy added, "I advise you to leave now, otherwise you'll be in big trouble when my mother comes back."

Orlando put his things down and walked out of the courtyard with a sorrowful expression. However, he hadn't taken two steps when the boy threw the Chen's Roast Meat dish out, almost hitting him on the back of the head.