After parting ways with Li Fang, Yu Zhibo first opened the Sacred App and found the chat group for Team Three. He sent a shy emoji.
Si Junfang replied instantly: ?
Yu Zhibo then sent a message: "It's like this, team leader. I'm planning to treat everyone to a meal in my dorm this afternoon at 3 PM. I wanted to ask if anyone is free. It'll be at Room 202, Unit 3, Building 4 (winking emoji)."
After fighting with Li Fang, he felt his combat experience was insufficient. He needed opportunities to spar with his teammates, and this meal would serve as compensation for that exchange.
He didn't feel any regret about the merit points spent on the meal.
The main reason was that he earned merit points so quickly. For instance, he still had over a thousand F-grade dark energy spirit crystals in his Ink Jade Space. If all of them were converted to merit points, that would be over ten thousand points.
The spirit food he bought added up to less than a thousand merit points, so treating everyone to a meal was not a burden.
All the nicknames in the Team Three group chat had been changed to real names. As soon as Yu Zhibo sent his message, the group chat began to refresh rapidly.
Wang Yan: Ugh, Zhu Zhu and I are investigating a supernatural event in the western suburbs. I don't know if we can make it back!
Si Junfang: Not bad, not bad. Little brother, you're so thoughtful. I'll definitely be there after I finish my current tasks!
Wang Ange: @Wang Yan, if someone isn't even enthusiastic about eating, how can you expect them to achieve anything significant?
Wang Ange: @Yu Zhibo, Little Fish, I really want to go, but I need to complete missions and earn merit points to improve my strength as soon as possible. You have to understand! (￣forall;￣)
Su Caiying: +1. Right now, in the team, it's embarrassing that only the two of us are E-class tAt.
Wang Yan: @Wang Ange, bah! Hypocrite!
Li Fang: 1.
Due to their status as unofficial members, the Li Shan Jun siblings were not in the group.
Seeing that only Li Fang and Si Junfang had confirmed their attendance, Yu Zhibo felt a bit disappointed but understood, as he hadn't given advance notice.
So he edited his message and sent it again.
Yu Zhibo: Alright, it's a shame I bought so much D-grade spirit beast meat.
As soon as he sent this message, the group chat erupted:
Wang Yan: What did you say? D-grade spirit beast meat? Zhu Zhu and I will definitely be there this afternoon!
Si Junfang: Haha, watch your expression @Wang Yan. Little Fish is so generous (/thumbs up).
Wang Ange: Holy crap! D-grade! tAt Can I take back what I just said? With D-grade spirit beast meat, even working myself to death on a mission can't buy half a jin.
Su Caiying: The reward for the mission I'm doing now can only be exchanged for two liang of wild ox meat, sob sob.
Wang Yan: My dear brother, save a portion for me! (/pleading)
Li Fang: @Wang Ange @Wang Yan @Su Caiying Bunch of opportunists, I spit on you!
Wang Yan: @Li Fang, get lost!
Si Junfang: Hahaha, it's been so long since everyone gathered for a meal!
Reading the chat messages, Yu Zhibo couldn't help but smile. At the same time, he gained a deeper understanding of the preciousness of merit points.
Compared to him, the members of Team Three had a much harder time earning merit points!
This meal would be a treat for everyone. Of course, Si Junfang was an exception; as a C-class powerhouse, she surely wouldn't lack spirit beast meat.
As for Wang Yan and Li Fang, he would need to spar with them more in the future.
With this thought, Yu Zhibo quickened his pace towards the dormitories, preparing to receive his delivery.
With the widespread adoption of Daoist teleportation arrays, online shopping in the supernatural realm was much faster than in the real world. Less than three hours after he made his purchase, the delivery had arrived at his doorstep.
He had purchased the materials for the Void Dark Beast from the supernatural academy store in Sichuan Province, and it had been delivered in just a few hours.
When Yu Zhibo returned to the ground floor of his dorm, carrying the Ink Jade, a small truck nearly 5 meters long was already parked there.
The driver, an E-class esper wearing sunglasses, was sitting in the driver's seat and smoking.
Don't laugh~~
On his phone, Douyin was playing a comedy video with an extremely annoying laugh. The driver seemed to be trying his best to make the audience laugh, but his face remained expressionless, creating a stark contrast with the sounds coming from the video.
Yu Zhibo walked up and knocked on the window.
The driver took off his sunglasses, and a smile appeared on his previously expressionless face: "Hello, are you Little Yu's Big Fish?"
Yu Zhibo nodded.
"All your purchases are in the truck. Please check them now, and if everything is correct, bring me the QR code from the settlement page," the driver said, opening the rear of the truck.
Upon hearing this, Yu Zhibo went to the back of the truck to check. After a brief confirmation, he found his purchased spirit energy weapons, food, and materials for spirit scrolls and talismans. He promptly presented his QR code.
The driver took out a scanner, beeped, and handed Yu Zhibo a list to sign, smiling: "Do you need me to help you move them upstairs?"
"Of course, I'd appreciate it!" Yu Zhibo replied politely.
"It's my job!" the driver responded. Then, eight octopus tentacles emerged from his body, moving all the goods from the truck in one go. While smoking, he looked at Yu Zhibo: "Room 202, right? Please open the door."
Yu Zhibo's mouth twitched as he saw the huge octopus tentacles appearing behind the driver. He hurried upstairs and opened his room door.
Delivering a package like this, it's like something out of Cthulhu, it's ridiculous.
The driver stood outside Room 202 and placed all the items inside through the doorway. He then retracted his ability and smiled at Yu Zhibo: "Your items have been delivered. If there are any issues, please contact the seller. And remember to give me a good review!"
"Okay!"
The driver turned and left. Moments later, the roar of an engine was heard, and the truck quickly sped away.
Yu Zhibo looked at the room full of packages and began to rub his hands together in anticipation.
A moment later.
"Ink Jade, eat this spirit energy sniper rifle, and the rifle and pistol.
And this package containing talismans."
Meow~ Roar!
With Ink Jade acting as a mobile storage bag, Yu Zhibo quickly handled everything except the food and materials for making spirit scrolls. Then, he turned his attention to the materials for the spirit scrolls.
Making spirit scrolls was simple. All that was needed was to put all the materials together and burn them with spirit energy fire for five minutes.
Yu Zhibo already had a container for the materials. There was a large pot in the kitchen, made from special metal materials and smelted iron ore, capable of withstanding the burning of supernatural flames.
The reason the bureau equipped the assigned residences with such a large pot was mainly for the convenience of some espers who didn't like eating in the cafeteria and needed it for cooking spirit food. Now, it was perfectly suited for the task.
As for spirit energy fire, as the name suggested, it was fire infused with spirit energy, and the Great Fireball Technique could fulfill this requirement.
Finding no other omissions, he checked the time. There were still 4 hours until 3 PM, so Yu Zhibo began to prepare for refining.
He opened the package. The processed Void Dark Beast hide had a dark sheen, somewhat resembling the hide of his grandfather's water buffalo from when he was a child. It was precisely cut into pieces of 20cm*50cm. The condensation stone was a dark, reflective rock, its density likely less than that of regular stone, and a jin of it looked quite substantial.
Then there was the Void Dark Beast's blood. As expected of a dark creature, even its blood was black. Placed in a test tube, it seemed to have a life of its own, wriggling slowly.
Next was the cinnabar. He had ordered it on Taobao for fifty yuan, but Yu Zhibo found it too slow, so he had the Void Beast hide seller send it along.
Everything was ready, just waiting for the opportune moment!
Yu Zhibo moved the materials to the kitchen, unpacked them, and dumped them all into the large iron pot with a diameter of 80 centimeters.
"This feels a bit strange!" Yu Zhibo looked at the large condensation stone on top of the pile of materials. After a moment's thought, he took the nearby cleaver and smashed the condensation stone, scattering it throughout the iron pot. Only then did he nod with satisfaction. Then, his hands moved in a blur, forming six hand seals in two seconds.
Great Fireball Technique!
1: Chapter 54 has been revised. The morning section was changed from merit points not being credited to merit points being credited, and the shopping cart was cleared simultaneously. Students who are interested can go back and check. Those who find it troublesome just need to know this.
Also, the seller of the Void Beast hide was asked to include cinnabar as a bonus, fixing the bug where Taobao's slow delivery of cinnabar prevented the timely creation of spirit scrolls!
All of this is in Chapter 54, which has been revised. So please don't pick on it. I haven't been in good condition lately and often make small mistakes while writing. Please bear with me and give me your support!
Considering I'm revising the text this late.