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Chapter 31 Soaring Prices
That night, Zhang's mother used all her cooking skills to prepare a sumptuous dinner.

Although it is said to be a sumptuous meal, it is actually just four dishes and one soup.

But there were vegetables, meat and egg drop soup on the table, which was equivalent to the New Year’s Eve dinner for ordinary people!

Zhang Yuan ate all the food cleanly.

Although his mother's cooking skills were ordinary, this was the taste he was most familiar with.

Just the taste of home.

After dinner, Zhang Yuan came to his room and took out a cloth bag from his arms.

Start taking stock of today’s gains.

Three silver notes, with denominations of fifty, fifty and twenty, totaling one hundred and twenty taels of silver.

The high-interest loan from the dental clinic can be paid off!

In addition, there were more than ten taels of loose silver, which Zhang Yuan planned to give to his mother for daily expenses.

With this unexpected fortune, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

It can only be temporary.

Because the money spent on practicing martial arts is a bottomless pit, and I don’t know how much silver it will take to fill it.

Zhang Yuan is now taking things one step at a time.

Finally, he took out a purse from the cloth bag.

This purse was seized from Chen Deping, Mr. Chen. As the situation was still critical at the time, Zhang Yuan had no time to open it and check it.

He untied the string of his purse and emptied out its contents.

What disappointed Zhang Yuan was that the purse that Chen Deping treasured only contained a Tianhuang seal and a folded piece of yellow paper.

The seal is very exquisite, with Chen Deping's name engraved on the bottom. It is obviously the private seal of this wealthy master.

The material of this thing is quite valuable.

But unless Zhang Yuan's head was kicked by a donkey, there was no way he could sell it!
Throwing the private seal aside, Zhang Yuan opened the yellow paper again.

A simple map appeared before his eyes.

"what?"

Zhang Yuan felt that the scene was familiar, and he immediately spread it out on the table to examine it carefully.

He recognized that this map was at least 70% similar to the treasure map on his chest, but not very complete. The former seemed like a poor imitation of the latter.

The route indicated by this map completely matches the road that the Chen family had previously built!

That's right.

Just as Zhang Yuan guessed, the Chen family's unusual behavior was closely related to the treasure hidden in Qianfeng Mountain.

But I'm afraid that Mr. Chen will never know the real reason until his death.

God!

He recalled what Chen Deping said before his death, and a bigger question arose in his mind.

What kind of existence is that "celestial being" that could make Linhe Chen family desperately try to please him?

Doing such an incredible thing led to the outbreak of a strange disaster and even affected the county!
Zhang Yuan rubbed his brows, picked up the map and held it close to the oil lamp.

Burn it cleanly.

Then he smashed Chen Deping's Tianhuang seal, crushed it into powder, and threw it into the toilet.

In fact, this kind of private seal is often related to the owner's wealth and is a certificate for withdrawing certain items.

Chen Deping didn't have much silver on him, as his women, house and shops were all in the city.

Now that this important official has disappeared, this seal may be able to play a huge role.

But Zhang Yuan had no greed at all and destroyed it thoroughly!
He opened the God's Nest panel.

[Host: Zhang Yuan]

[Realm: First level (bright strength)]

[God's Nest: Level 1 (45%)]

[Host: Level 2 Black Giant Ant (18%)/4 times Strength]

[Host: Level 2 Jade Mantis (5%)/Intermediate Sword Skills Mastery]

[Host: Level 1 Golden Grasshopper (1%)/2x Agility]

[Qi and blood: 46/112]

[Source Quality: 15.9] The data on the panel did not change much, only the number of source quality points increased sharply to nearly 16 points.

This was the result of him sacrificing more than ten members of the Chen family, including a warrior.

Suddenly became rich!

Zhang Yuan thought about it and invested 5.9 points of source material into the third host, the golden grasshopper.

The remaining 10 points are all given to the main body of the God's Nest.

5.9 Essence should be enough to evolve the Golden Grasshopper to level 2.

By then, the ability of quadruple agility will be enough to match his current strength.

Now that the three cells of the God's Nest are all filled, upgrading and expanding them is imperative, so we have to take both into account.

However, if his gaming experience from his previous life is still applicable, then the source energy required to upgrade the main body of the God's Nest should be much higher than upgrading a certain host - 10 points of source energy may not be enough.

The current God's Nest has an evolution degree of 45%.

This degree of evolution is actually obtained by accommodating three extraordinary genes, otherwise more source essence would be needed!

The problem is that with such a big incident happening in Qianfeng Mountain, it is still unclear whether we will be able to go into the mountain to hunt again in the future.

The conditions for obtaining the source material are actually quite harsh, and it must be a trophy hunted by Zhang Yuan himself.

Wild animals count, as do enemies and opponents, but if he paid money to buy a domestic animal to slaughter as a sacrifice, the God's Nest would not approve of it at all.

Zhang Yuan has already tried this!
Such rules undoubtedly greatly restricted his way of obtaining source materials, and he could not take shortcuts.

We can only do it slowly.

The next morning, Zhang Yuan left home and went to the dental clinic in the city.

Repay the money.

He borrowed fifty taels of silver from a pawnshop, with an interest rate of 2% per day.

He actually still has a conscience.

But Zhang Yuan really couldn't afford such a conscience.

He just had no choice at the time.

After paying the principal and interest, Zhang Yuan successfully got back the title deed that was mortgaged to the insurance company.

The shopkeeper of the pawnshop was a thin middle-aged man. He was a little surprised that Zhang Yuan paid off his debt so quickly. He rolled his eyes and asked with a smile, "Dear guest, does your family need a maid?"

"You are an old customer, so we can give you a discount!"

Maid or servant?

Zhang Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Not for now, thank you."

He is poor in literature but rich in martial arts. The expenses of his martial arts training are very high, and he has to support himself and his mother.

How can I afford to buy more servants?

You have to know that maids and servants need to be paid a head tax by their masters, a fixed expense of three taels per person per year, plus daily food, clothing, monthly allowance and other expenses, which is simply not something ordinary families can afford.

This dental practice really knows how to do business!

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "You are too polite. If you need anything in the future, just come to us."

Zhang Yuan nodded.

He went to the pharmacy again to buy the herbs needed for his practice.

What Zhang Yuan didn't expect was that the prices of several medicines he frequently bought had actually increased, and the increase was quite large!

Not only that, the drugstore owner looked like he didn’t care whether you wanted to buy or not.

Zhang Yuan endured it and still took out some silver to buy a batch.

The medicine cannot be stopped!
He knew very well that the soaring drug prices had a great deal to do with the current closure of the county.

Zhang Yuan walked along and found that most of the shops on both sides of the street were open.

But all the shops involved in the sale of rice, grain, salt and oil were surrounded by people.

Many people are rushing to buy survival necessities.

The prices of these items have also increased a lot, causing everyone to complain.

He couldn't help but look towards Qianfeng Mountain, but his view was blocked by the high city walls.

The future is unknown and unpredictable!

(End of this chapter)