You promised yourself to be a caged bird, but you became the supreme young master?

"Line up in order and don't wander around so as not to disturb the other adults."

His impatience was clearly evident even when speaking to his servants.

None of the teenagers present objected, not even the ones in fine clothes showed any dissatisfaction; they took it all for granted.

Even though he was a servant, he was able to stay in the Lu family's territory, and he might have served some master. He was not someone you could easily offend.

What made Lu Heng's vision go black was...

After behaving arrogantly towards these ordinary young members of the branch family, the leader of the servants trotted up to the three geniuses.

"My lords, please follow me. You are not going to dine in the same place as them."

Differential treatment is almost ubiquitous. It has been proven that servants are capable of being good servants, except for ordinary people like them who have separated from their families.

Just like ordinary people think their goddess is aloof, but she's only aloof to them.

"Can't the difference be less obvious?" Lu Heng had lost count of how many times he had complained.

………………

Led by several servants, Lu Heng followed the large group through the corridor and arrived at a place full of lively atmosphere.

"Take any food you like, but you must finish it and not waste it."

As for the lower-grade spiritual food, it will be distributed by us, and you must finish it in front of us before you are allowed to leave.

After leading everyone to the destination, the servants did not leave. One of them said the following.

The servant is like this: the master only needs to be in a high position and oversee the whole situation, while the servant has to consider many more things.

"Of course, if you want more spiritual food, you can buy it here," another person added.

"Spiritual food can actually be bought with money?!" Lu Heng's heart skipped a beat, followed by helplessness.

He didn't even need to think about it; he knew this wasn't prepared for him, or even for ordinary family members.

Because the price was simply beyond the reach of an ordinary branch family member like him, who didn't even have any elder cultivators.

"The gap has widened even further..." Lu Heng slowly exhaled.

The gap didn't exist from the beginning; it accumulated little by little.

Family background, talent, resources.

If he hadn't awakened the panel, he probably would never have been able to bridge the gap in his entire life.

as predicted…

"A serving of low-grade spiritual food only costs one tael of silver. If you weren't from the Lu family, you wouldn't even dream of such a low price outside," one of the servants remarked.

Among the many teenagers, some knowledgeable individuals seemed to nod in agreement.

Lu Heng overheard a conversation between a young man in fine clothes and another person expressing their dissatisfaction.

"A serving of low-grade spiritual food costs three taels of silver outside, but here it only costs one tael of silver?"

Those lowly people got the benefits for nothing!

It should sell for at least two taels of silver.

All that pure silver was given to the lowly people, what a tragedy!

"What lowly people?" Lu Heng didn't react for a moment.

"What are you looking at, you lowly commoner?" Seemingly noticing Lu Heng's gaze, the richly dressed young man spoke coldly.

Lu Heng suddenly realized.

It turns out that the "lowly people" the richly dressed young man was referring to were not ordinary civilians from the outside world, but rather ordinary members of a branch family of the Lu clan.

However, those who have spiritual practitioners in their families may consider ordinary people without such practitioners to be inferior.

It seems absurd, but it reflects reality.

Having no intention of starting a conflict, Lu Heng turned and left.

Whether it was my luck or the other party's luck, at least for the time being, the Foreign Languages ​​Department prohibits any physical conflict.

This was what Lu Heng remembered being told by another servant when he registered for the [Awakening Ritual].

Despite the rules, the young man in fine clothes, who had to act superior in front of him, was in fact no different from an ordinary member of the family.

At least that's true for those who are part of a separate family.

As for breaking the rules? Lu Heng remembered the servant who told him the rules saying something meaningful.

When it comes to problem-solving, adults tend to directly target the person who created the problem.

How to solve it? Physicists, of course, solve it in a physical sense.

………………

He quickly put the minor incident behind him and waited with a sense of anticipation.

The price, unknown to outsiders, was three taels of silver per share, while within the Lu family, it was one tael of silver per share.

The fact that a low-grade spiritual food is priced so high suggests that it might not have any earth-shattering effects, but it should at least allow him to practice the Basic Body Refining Method one more time.

You should know that, although those richly dressed young men said that even one tael of silver was too cheap.

However, when converted to ordinary currency, one tael of silver was equal to one thousand wen, which is 1000 copper coins!

Given the prices in Qinghe City, it's enough for an average adult to live on for half a year.

Three taels of silver would last for a year and a half, enough for a family of three to live on for half a year.

However, if it were a low-grade spiritual food, there would only be one serving, which would most likely not be enough for a meal.

The gap is so huge that even if there is a marginal effect, the higher you go, the more the cost increases.

But it shouldn't disappoint too much.

It didn't take too long.

Several servants distributed the food, and soon a wooden lunchbox was in hand.

After Lu Heng opened the lunchbox, he stared blankly at the single fist-sized rice ball inside.

If it weren't for the translucent grains of rice in the rice ball, one could easily tell it was something special.

He probably thought the low-grade spiritual food provided by his family had been embezzled.

Without hesitation, Lu Heng swallowed the rice ball in one gulp.

The taste wasn't anything special.

But after swallowing it, a warm current clearly flowed through my body, and an unusual feeling of satisfaction arose in my heart.

Within the body, the deficiencies that were previously difficult to perceive seem to be rapidly being replenished.

"Once." Lu Heng's eyes looked somewhat strange.

Perhaps because of the panel, he was able to perceive himself more clearly.

Therefore, he concluded that a low-grade spiritual food could allow him to cultivate once more each day.

It wasn't unexpected, but it still felt very low, very low.

The living expenses of an adult for half a year can only buy one more day of spiritual practice.

This is something that ordinary people simply cannot afford to cultivate!

"Although low-grade spiritual food is cheap, its effects are too poor," someone nearby sighed, shaking their head.

"Indeed, it's a pity that the family strictly forbids the use of spiritual food of medium grade or higher during the Foundation Establishment stage. If you want to come into contact with spiritual food of medium grade or higher, you have to wait until after Foundation Establishment."

Another person echoed.

Lu Heng was speechless for a moment, slightly lost in thought.