Chapter 6
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Chapter 6: You Really Have a Keen Eye for People!
This is the true golden finger!
The new feature of the Cultivation Panel filled Wang Chen with overwhelming joy.
So what if his root bone is poor and his comprehension low? Breakthroughs are no longer a concern!
With specific numbers of Virtue, he can directly break through and ascend—how exhilarating!
Furthermore, Wang Chen speculated that Virtue could be used to enhance skills, suggesting that Heavenly Merit might increase the specific numbers of the four basic attributes!
Though he still doesn’t know how to obtain Heavenly Merit, with the panel in his possession, the future is bright!
Wang Chen gleefully picked up the corpse of the land rhinoceros from the ground.
It was then that he noticed a thumb-sized hole in the massive head of the land rhinoceros.
Dark green fluid oozed from the hole, emitting a strong earthy odor.
Clearly, Wang Chen’s earlier strike had hit a critical spot.
Yet, even with the proficient Metal Finger Technique, he hadn’t completely penetrated it.
Compared to the entry level Metal Finger Technique, which could slice a land rhinoceros in two, this one’s Defense was significantly higher than that of its ordinary counterparts.
BOSS!
Wang Chen surmised that this land rhinoceros was at least an elite monster, hence it awarded him 1 point of Virtue.
As for ordinary small monsters, no matter how many he killed, they wouldn’t yield any specific numbers.
So, if he were to go out hunting magical beasts…
Hold on!
Wang Chen immediately quelled the dangerous thought that had just surfaced in his mind.
He was merely a young cultivator at the third level of Qi Training, with only the Metal Finger Technique as his combat skill.
Hunting magical beasts? He wouldn’t even know how he died!
While obtaining Virtue points by hunting magical beasts is certainly possible…
The prerequisite is that he must master more combat and defensive spells, and his cultivation level must at least reach the fourth or fifth level to barely manage it.
He must not get carried away.
Wang Chen silently reminded himself as he shouldered the hoe and headed home.
For dinner, he decided to splurge a bit.
He scooped out one and a half jin of spiritual grains from the rice jar and placed them into a cleaned stone mortar, then began to pound the rice with a stone pestle.
The stone mortar, stone pestle, and other rice-pounding tools were left by the former owner of the Small House.
However, the previous owner had used them only a handful of times.
Wang Chen had made up his mind.
He decided not to eat Grain Rice with shells anymore.
If life demanded hard work and he couldn’t afford to take it easy, then he must learn to find joy amidst the hardship!
Of course, the Cultivation Panel had also bolstered Wang Chen’s confidence.
As he diligently pounded the rice, Wang Chen contemplated buying two little chicks from Yunshan City the next day.
He would raise them in the small courtyard and feed them with rice bran.
Then, there would be eggs to enjoy!
This way, not a single bit of the rice bran would go to waste.
Perfect!
After pounding the spiritual grains, Wang Chen spent a considerable amount of effort to clean all the spiritual rice.
One and a half jin of spiritual grains yielded about one jin and two taels of white corn.
The white corn grains were plump, translucent, and lightly fragrant, belonging to the low-grade spiritual rice.
But for Wang Chen, it was already a delicacy.
After lighting the stove and placing the spiritual rice and water into the pot, Wang Chen began to process the spoils from the afternoon.
The two ordinary land rhinoceroses were easy to handle.
However, the BOSS land rhinoceros, with its mostly intact body and extremely hard shell,
required him to use the Metal Finger Technique to cut it open and extract the tender meat inside.
This strip of worm meat, two fingers wide, weighed three times that of an ordinary land rhinoceros and had excellent toughness and elasticity.
Wang Chen made cuts into the meat strip and marinated it along with four other pieces of broken meat.
Then he placed it in the pot to steam.
“Squeak squeak!”
Wang Chen turned around and smiled.
The white-furred mouse from noon had returned, squatting on the ground and pawing at him in greeting.
“Little White,”
Wang Chen said earnestly to the little guy, “You see, my family isn’t well-off. I have to carefully measure my food portions, and I even have to pound the rice myself. My hands are almost blistered!”
He spread his hands wide, “Little White, you’re a mature spirit mouse now. You need to learn to fend for yourself. I believe you can do it! Go for it, you’ve got this!”
Little White was the name Wang Chen had just given to the white-furred mouse.
“Squeak squeak!”
The white-furred mouse seemed to feel a bit embarrassed by his words.
It called out to Wang Chen a couple of times and then darted into the woodpile.
Wang Chen let out a long sigh of relief.
The rice was soon ready.
Just as Wang Chen placed a large bowl of rice and a small bowl of soy sauce steamed meat on the table, preparing to indulge in his meal,
he suddenly sensed something unusual.
Glancing down, he was astonished to see Little White once again.
And trailing behind the white-furred mouse was a golden-haired mouse!
The golden-haired mouse was smaller than Little White, with a coat of gold, white, and gray,
and a tuft of reddish fur on its forehead.
Its attractiveness level was quite high.
Wang Chen was dumbfounded, “Little White, this is going too far!”
It was one thing to mooch off his meals,
but now it had brought its mate along to freeload as well!
Was it trying to rub it in?
Wang Chen could confirm their genders—Little White had no testicles.
“Squeak squeak!”
Little White turned and called out to the golden-haired mouse.
The latter darted forward a few steps to Wang Chen’s feet and opened its mouth to spit out something.
Hmm?
Wang Chen was momentarily stunned.
The golden-haired mouse had spat out a jade stone about an inch long and as thick as a thumb, glowing with shimmering spiritual energy.
It was unmistakably a low-grade spirit stone!
Spirit stones were the universal currency in the celestial realm, primarily categorized into spirit fragments, Intermediate Spirits, Upper Spirits, and Extreme Spirits.
Spirit stones held significant purchasing power.
The spiritual grains Wang Chen cultivated were sold to the spiritual food merchants in Yunshan City.
The merchants paid fifty catties of spiritual grains for one spirit fragment.
In fact, he usually bought daily necessities like rice, oil, and vinegar with spirit fragments.
Spirit fragments were made from the scraps produced when cutting spirit stones, with one hundred spirit fragments equating to one low-grade spirit stone.
Wang Chen had been tending spirit fields in the outer sect of Yunyang Sect for five years.
He worked diligently and lived frugally.
The seven spirit fragments and thirty-nine spirit fragments in his storage bag represented his entire savings!
Now, Little White and its mate had used a low-grade spirit stone, equivalent to fifty catties of spiritual grains, just to share a meal…
They certainly knew how to pick their targets!
Wang Chen swiftly picked up the spirit stone from the ground and, with lightning speed, stuffed it into his storage bag.
“Come, come, come!”
He smiled warmly, patting the table, and enthusiastically called out, “Time to feast!”
To his surprise, the two mice understood him perfectly.
They scurried up the table legs and settled one on each side, directly opposite Wang Chen,
eagerly awaiting their meal.
After all, the one who pays is the boss!
Wang Chen rubbed his hands together in anticipation.
With a small knife, he carefully sliced the BOSS land rhinoceros meat into two portions.
Each piece was then nestled into a hand-shaped rice ball.
He placed the rice balls into two small dishes, drizzling them generously with soy sauce and meat gravy.
Finally, he set the dishes before Little White and its companion.
The fist-sized rice balls were perfectly formed, with a tender piece of pink worm meat peeking out from the top, complemented by the rich, sweet soy sauce.
The aroma was irresistible, warm and inviting.
Wang Chen’s culinary skills, refined in the great delicious food empire, were on full display!
Drool dripped from the mouths of the white-furred mouse and the golden-haired mouse onto the table.
“Eat up, eat up!”
Wang Chen watched with delight as they wolfed down the food.
He didn’t feel the slightest regret about parting with the precious BOSS meat.
As the old saying goes, you can’t catch a rogue without sacrificing a little.
If they only…
No, even if they occasionally brought a spirit stone in exchange for a meal, Wang Chen would still come out ahead.
This wasn’t just a golden-haired mouse; it was a veritable treasure mouse!
Seeing them enjoy the meal so thoroughly, Wang Chen poured the remaining bits of meat and sauce from the small bowl over his own rice.
Then, he dug in heartily, savoring every bite.
Absolutely delicious!
