High-level martial arts: Invincibility starts with basic archery.

Chapter 89 Don't rush to leave the city.

The bald man raised his head, sized up Chen Fan for a moment, and said, "Young man, not bad. When you encounter a problem, you still know to ask 'why,' unlike some people who only know what but not why."

After saying that, he glanced at the group of people who had complained about the price.

Gao Yang and the others were quite embarrassed.

He inadvertently became a negative example; this bald man is really petty. But when you're under someone else's roof, you have to bow your head.

"Because those grains have the same effect as the meat of ferocious beasts."

Gu Ze said, "After the mutation, many awakened plant-based abilities. Among them, one can accelerate plant growth. Through various experiments, he found plants to replace wheat and rice. The taste of the mature flour and rice is very similar to that before the mutation."

Actually, achieving this much is already quite remarkable, but that person continued their research and cultivated rice with effects comparable to the meat of ferocious beasts. This rice, because of its reddish color, is also known as blood rice; the darker the color, the better the effect.

"Is that so?"

Chen Fan suddenly realized.

The rice that costs three yuan per kilogram and ten yuan per kilogram is blood rice.

Judging from the description, could it have been made by irrigating with the blood of a powerful ferocious beast?

"You're a good young man too."

The bald man nodded in satisfaction and said, "Lord Bai Tian is the pride of our Yan Kingdom. Without him, I don't know how many more people would have starved to death. So, although the banknotes with his portrait are only the lowest denomination one-yuan notes, his contributions are not much less than those of Lord Lei Huang."

Chen Fan took out a one-yuan banknote from his pocket. On the back, there was a picture of crops that looked like a rice field, and a figure was bent over, inspecting a crop. The face was not clear because all that was left was his back.

"He is indeed a respectable person."

He thought to himself.

"Young man, would you like to buy blood rice?"

The bald man's gaze fell on Chen Fan. "The blood rice that costs three yuan a pound has an effect similar to the lowest grade of ferocious beast meat. The one that costs ten yuan a pound has a much better effect, equivalent to the meat of a mid-grade ferocious beast. You know the Mad Wind Martial Arts Academy, right? The people there usually buy this."

"..."

Chen Guodong and the others looked at each other, speechless.

Although they knew that the blood rice was very effective, it was just too expensive.

Chen Fan felt the money in his pocket; he only had less than ten yuan left.

"Xiao Fan, you don't have much money left, do you?"

Chen Guodong hesitated for a moment, then took out two hundred yuan from his pocket and said, "If you want to buy it, then buy it."

He originally had over 1,500 yuan, but after everyone received a little over 10 yuan, he was left with only 1,300 yuan.

After deducting those two hundred, there's only one thousand and eleven left.

Salt prices have gone up, but I still need to buy enough, so I'll just have to buy less rice.

However, after these two days of martial arts training, he also realized one fact: the village ultimately needs martial artists to go far, and resources should be prioritized for martial artists. The same weight of ferocious beast meat can be exchanged for several times the amount of ordinary rice.

It's fine for the elderly, women, and children to eat meat, but it's best not to allocate too much to them; they should mainly eat ordinary rice. As for martial artists, the opposite should be true.

Seeing this, the others could only look on with envy, nothing more.

After all, the stronger Chen Fan becomes, the better they will live.

Chen Fan hesitated for a moment, then took it and said to the bald man behind the counter, "Boss, I'll buy the two hundred then."

"OK!"

The man smiled so hard his eyes narrowed into slits. He took an empty bag from the counter, weighed it on a scale, and then, carrying a heavy bag, began scooping rice into it, spoonful by spoonful, using a small rice scoop.

The pale red rice, glistening with a crystalline sheen, cascaded down like a waterfall.

Whether it was his imagination or not, Chen Fan smelled a fragrance.

"Hey, can you smell it?"

The man smiled smugly, "This ten-yuan blood rice is no ordinary thing. Its aroma can even attract ferocious beasts, so when you get back, be sure not to open it, or who knows what might happen."

"You can do that?"

Everyone looked as if they had just seen something new.

Chen Fan frowned slightly. If that's the case, it could be used to lure ferocious beasts and increase the success rate of hunting.

There were a total of 20 catties of blood rice.

Gu Ze watched with a hint of envy. With this thing, the gap between him and Chen Fan would widen even further.

Although he didn't think that his future achievements would be inferior to Chen Fan's.

"I'll share some with you when we get back."

Chen Fan smiled.

As an awakened being, Gu Ze could relieve a lot of pressure once he matured. Moreover, doing so would also make Uncle Gu and the others more loyal to him.

"?"

Gu Ze was taken aback.

"This...this isn't a good idea, is it?"

Gu Jianghai quickly waved his hand and said, "This kind of good stuff is better for you to eat by yourself, Xiao Fan."

Ten yuan a pound!

He never dared to even think about it before.

"It's alright," Chen Fan smiled slightly, "It's not too late to return it to me when Gu Ze has his own prey."

Gu Jianghai was stunned.

I'll return it to you soon.

Upon hearing this, Gu Ze hesitated for a moment before saying something.

He really couldn't refuse something this good.

Besides, he just joined, and they haven't gone hunting together yet.

Gu Jianghai and the others exchanged glances and smiled.

Indeed, the people of Chenjia Village truly consider us as their own, and this is not just lip service; this can be seen from Chen Fan's actions just now.

Chen Guodong and others then began purchasing ordinary rice and salt.

Considering that the boss had said the price of salt would rise further, Chen Guodong gritted his teeth and bought a full 100 jin of salt. He used the remaining money to buy rice, which amounted to about 600 jin.

The village has a total population of about 150 people. Each person can get four or five catties. Although it is a bit little, with the addition of the ferocious beast meat, it is enough to last for a month.

They would come at least once a month, depending on how plentiful the prey was.

Everyone was exhausted when they arrived, but returned feeling much more relaxed, not only physically but also mentally.

The group of people carried rice down the street. Compared to before, they received far less attention now. After all, to outsiders, it was just a few bags of rice and some miscellaneous items. The main problem was that there were quite a few of them, so it wouldn't be so easy to steal from them once they were out there.

"Finally finished changing, we can go back now."

Gao Yang said with a smile.

"Yes, on the way here, we were carrying our prey with great anxiety, especially when we got close to here. So many eyes were staring at us, I was really scared. They swarmed at us."

"They dare!"

"Exactly, if they catch up, I'll shoot them all dead."

"Hahaha."

Everyone laughed.

Chen Guodong glanced at everyone, then looked ahead and said with a smile, "Alright, it's getting late, we should head back. The people in the village are all looking forward to our return."

As soon as he finished speaking, the smiles on everyone's faces grew even wider.

Yes, it is precisely because of the bonds of family that they are motivated to live.

They used almost all of the ten or so yuan they received to buy things for their families; some even spent several yuan just to buy a few pieces of milk candy.

"Dad, don't rush out yet."

Chen Fan spoke up promptly, "I'll go out and check if there's any danger."

The old man who sold the cultivation techniques before had specifically reminded him of this.

This made him even more uneasy.

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