Chapter 22: I Don’t Value Money at All

Ding—

After returning home, Xu Xi just put away his umbrella.

A crisp notification sound rang in his ear.

Not from the simulator, but from his phone.

[Your debit card account has received Huaxia Yuan today, available balance Yuan]

“So fast?”

He took out his phone to check.

Xu Xi raised an eyebrow, surprised at the Supernatural Administration Bureau’s speed.

But upon closer thought, 300,000 Huaxia Yuan was nothing compared to a Golden Core cultivator, so it made sense for the bureau to be attentive.

Xu Xi didn’t pay much attention to the money.

After changing into clean clothes,

he lay back on the sofa, opened the Supernatural Home app on his phone, and after multiple verifications, entered the trading network exclusive to supernatural beings.

Talismans, combat skills, Qi and Blood Martial Arts, ghost cultivation secrets, dual cultivation techniques.

Meteorite iron bows, alchemy furnaces, holy light-enchanted Gatling guns, thunder-enhanced armor-piercing bullets.

Dense and overwhelming.

As a trading network officially established by Huaxia, the variety of goods in Supernatural Home far exceeded Xu Xi’s expectations. He hadn’t expected them to even produce enchanted firearms.

“This is probably what they call keeping up with the times.”

After this感慨,

Xu Xi began searching for the items he wanted.

As a cultivator, the most important things were martial arts techniques and spells, but Xu Xi lacked neither.

Having experienced a cultivation life once, his mind was filled with many techniques from the Heavenly Sword Sect.

“Supernatural Home has a recycling function, offering varying points based on the rarity of the items. Maybe I can sell the Heavenly Sword Sect’s techniques sometime.”

“That way, I’ll have enough points to buy other items and the information I need.”

Xu Xi pondered.

His fingers swiped across the phone screen.

Focusing on the Four Arts of Cultivation: alchemy, artifacts, formations, and talismans.

Pills could aid cultivation, artifacts could enhance a cultivator’s offensive and defensive abilities, formations were versatile, and talismans were quick and simple.

As a former master of the Four Arts,

Xu Xi naturally wanted to shine in this talent.

No waste allowed.

Thus, Xu Xi planned to buy materials from Supernatural Home and refine a complete system of pills, artifacts, formations, and talismans, integrating cultivation, protection, and offense.

As for why not buy finished products, the answer was simple: expensive.

In Supernatural Home, the price difference between finished products and materials was often several times, and the desired finished products might not even exist.

“Five years is just too short.”

“In such a short time, the Supernatural Administration Bureau probably has few formal alchemists, artifact smiths, formation masters, or talisman makers.”

Xu Xi quickly figured out the reason for this awkward situation.

“After I refine the items I need,”

“If time permits,”

“I can buy materials, make finished products, and sell them on Supernatural Home. Back and forth, it’s a stable way to earn points.”

Xu Xi muttered, quickly scanning the phone screen and adding desired materials to the cart.

Red fox eyes, flood dragon bones, thunder gold essence.

Buy.

Buy them all!

Only when the points ran out did Xu Xi reluctantly stop.

“A thousand points are just too few, not enough for my spending,” Xu Xi lamented, looking at other items in Supernatural Home.

Besides cultivation-related goods, there were many products from other supernatural systems.

Xu Xi really wanted to buy a few for research.

But with limited resources, he could only prioritize the materials for alchemy, artifacts, formations, and talismans.

“This will do for now. There’s plenty of time, no rush.”

Closing the Supernatural Home page,

Xu Xi closed his eyes to meditate.

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Time flew, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.

During this month, Xu Xi gradually adapted to his new life with restored legs, spending most of his time cultivating at home, occasionally going out for walks.

As the materials for alchemy, artifacts, formations, and talismans arrived,

Xu Xi refined a complete set of spirit-gathering formations and a large amount of Yellow Dragon Pills to boost his cultivation speed.

Additionally, using his innate divine ability, Wood Rebirth, he nurtured a 500-point dragon vine.

Refining the vine into a sword,

he forged the Forest Sword Peak’s innate magical artifact—the Withered Vine Sword.

Finally, Xu Xi drew many talismans. Although their power couldn’t match his personal strikes, it was better to be prepared. Xu Xi didn’t plan to waste his talent.

Joining the Supernatural Administration Bureau didn’t make Xu Xi busier.

In this month,

Xu Xi only took action twice.

The first time was to slay a suddenly appearing mutated raptor, which seemed to come from a fantasy world, its wings blotting out the sky and covering half the city in shadow.

Xu Xi, holding the Withered Vine Sword, slashed out a green sword light from afar.

Cutting it in two.

Afterward, besides the raptor’s flesh and materials, he received a reward from the bureau: one million Huaxia Yuan and 500 points.

The second time was during a mid-month ghost parade, a bizarre scene.

The ghost parade was massive, with numerous spirits, overwhelming the bureau’s supernatural beings, but they were ultimately annihilated by Xu Xi’s sword light.

His wood-attribute mana, full of vitality, was highly effective against such spirits.

The reward afterward was 1.5 million Huaxia Yuan and 900 points.

After these two battles,

Xu Xi sincerely感慨, money really was just a number. He no longer cared about it.

For the vast Yanshan City, a month saw more than two supernatural disasters, but some were low-threat and handled by other supernatural beings.

As Bureau Director Zhang Yaoguo put it,

Good steel should be used on the blade.

As one of the few Golden Core combatants in Yanshan’s bureau, Xu Xi’s role was to conserve energy and handle truly high-threat anomalies.

Ordinary supernatural disasters were left to weaker supernatural beings to handle, also to hone their skills.

Xu Xi gladly agreed.

The current pace was perfect, not affecting his cultivation or his mission to earn points.

“But you can never have too many points.”

“Recently, I’ve had my eye on a few good items, and points are running low. Since I can’t grind missions for points, I’ll have to focus on the Four Arts of Cultivation.”

“Among alchemy, artifacts, formations, and talismans, alchemy has the widest applicability.”

“Not only cultivators but other supernatural beings can use them, especially those from fantasy and martial arts paths, who have a huge demand for pills.”

“I can definitely refine pills to earn my first bucket of gold, then keep rolling the snowball.”

At home,

Xu Xi browsed the Supernatural Home product page.

Just as he bought a batch of spirit materials for alchemy, he suddenly received an urgent message from Zhang Yaoguo.

[Emergency, come quickly!]