Chapter 42: Being Polite? We’re Brothers.

Suburbs of Central State City, Xinyun Breeding Farm.

Inside the reception room, the farm administrator listened to the purpose of their visit and said,

“Ten thousand grams of E-rank Spiritual Blood, the farm has it in stock right now. I’ll calculate for you at wholesale price, 120 per gram, for a total of—”

“Wait a moment.” Zhang Zhiyong interrupted him, frowning as he said: “Why is it so expensive? In past years, the wholesale price of E-rank Spiritual Blood has never reached 120 per gram.”

“And besides, your Manager Li and I are brothers. In past years, I always received a discount when I purchased…”

“Captain Zhang, things are different now.” The administrator explained.

“The recent beast escape incident at the farm was handled by your squad. You should know the situation.”

“You should also know that we inspect our facilities strictly every month. Before the incident, all facilities were tested and passed without any problems—it was the beasts that went wrong.”

“These past two months, the beast herds have been restless, incidents have happened frequently, the blood-cultivation process has been interrupted often, and the output rate of Spiritual Blood has dropped significantly.”

“Because of this, the price of Spiritual Blood has risen a lot recently.”

Zhang Zhiyong frowned and stayed silent.

What the administrator said, he had heard a little, but hadn’t paid much attention.

He did not know that the price of Spiritual Blood had fluctuated so much.

But Zhang Zhiyong had already boasted in front of Jiang He. If in the end he failed to bargain the price down, and it turned out even higher than expected, he truly couldn’t bear to lose face like that… it would be too embarrassing.

He abruptly stood up, pulled Jiang He up from the sofa, and led him out of the reception room.

“Uncle Zhang…”

“I’ll talk with the administrator again later. After that, I’ll make a call to my friend. You go wander around the farm for a while.” Zhang Zhiyong said: “You haven’t been to a breeding farm before, right? Just treat it as a tour.”

… Uncle Zhang wasn’t going to use some shady threat, was he?

Jiang He hurriedly said: “Actually, it’s fine if I just buy a bit less…”

“Don’t worry about all that, just go play.” Zhang Zhiyong waved his hand and slammed the door shut with a bang.

The reception room had excellent soundproofing and blocked out spiritual probing.

Even though Jiang He was now an E-rank Transcendent, he could not sense anything.

He turned his head. White Crane was leaning against the wall, hands in his pockets.

“Relax, Uncle Zhang isn’t that kind of person you’re imagining.”

White Crane had also spent a long time in the Fire Department in his future, so his judgment carried authority.

Since he said so, Jiang He felt relieved.

White Crane then turned and walked toward the outside of the building.

“Come on, let’s just do as Uncle Zhang said and take a look around. I’m very interested in this place.”

Jiang He quickly caught up: “Haven’t you ever seen a breeding farm?”

“I’ve seen many breeding farms, but I haven’t seen one in your world.” White Crane cast his gaze outward, thoughtful: “Restless beast herds… your world is really interesting.”

What did that mean? White Crane hadn’t seen restless beasts before?

That couldn’t be right. According to the administrator, the beast herds had already been restless for two months.

White Crane’s divergence from the current world started from last Friday’s 「Moment of Awakening」.

So, in the timeline he experienced, these events should also have happened.

Jiang He felt curious. He was just about to ask when suddenly a surprised voice rang out.

“…Jiang He?”

Following the voice, Jiang He saw a freckle-faced boy standing at the entrance of the hall, staring in astonishment.

He had no memory of this boy at all and asked in puzzlement: “You are…?”

“I’m Shaojun!” The freckled boy walked over.

“Uh…” Jiang He looked a little awkward.

You’re Shaojun. That’s the problem—who was Shaojun?

Seeing Jiang He’s expression, Shaojun’s face changed repeatedly.

He hadn’t expected that not only had Jiang He ignored him back then, he hadn’t even noticed him at all.

Taking a deep breath, clinging to his last shred of hope, he forced a smile: “I’m Shaojun from the honors class at First High. Back when you broke through the energy level in the Meditation Room, when you came out, I greeted you…”

“Oh, oh, oh!” Jiang He suddenly understood and finally remembered such a fragment.

At that time, his cultivation had pushed his brain into a blank state, and he had no spare energy to pay attention to others.

Now that he thought about it, he had indeed been quite impolite.

“Sorry, classmate Shaojun. I was too exhausted then, all I wanted was to go home and rest.” Jiang He apologized with a smile and extended his hand.

“Let me introduce myself properly. My name is Jiang He, a new student of the honors class.”

Shaojun had originally been full of resentment. But hearing Jiang He’s words and seeing his extended hand, most of that resentment melted away.

After all, Jiang He was an S-rank Talent.

If it were him with an S-rank Talent, his nose would probably be tilted up to the heavens. He wouldn’t care about any classmates, let alone apologize.

And thinking back, Jiang He had indeed looked exhausted at that time.

Considering all that, and remembering the Arc Light attack on the school a few days ago, he realized how important strength was…

Shaojun’s smile became much more genuine as he reached out and shook Jiang He’s hand: “It’s nothing, I just didn’t consider the timing.”

“By the way, Jiang He, what are you doing at Xinyun Breeding Farm?”

“Buying Spiritual Blood.” Jiang He said: “You’re also here to buy Spiritual Blood?”

Xinyun Breeding Farm was the largest beast farm near Central State City, so for Shaojun to come buy some Spiritual Blood for body tempering was normal.

But when he heard this, Shaojun smiled.

“My dad is the chairman of Xinyun Company. This farm belongs to my family.”

“I was just bored, so I came over to take a stroll.”

“You want Spiritual Blood? That’s easy. Just tell me how much you need!”

Shaojun waved his hand generously.

Spiritual Blood was something he had never lacked.

And showing off like this in front of an S-rank genius felt great!

But Jiang He shook his head: “No need, I brought money.”

Not to mention that he wasn’t familiar with Shaojun— even if they were close, he wouldn’t accept things for free.

It wasn’t the same as the Spiritual Blood quota Uncle Zhang gave him, which was wages paid in advance. He would be working at the Fire Department later to earn it.

“Hey, no need to be polite with me.” Shaojun smiled and said: “How about this—since you want to pay, I’ll have Uncle Li give you a discount, is that okay?”

“I’ll tell you, students from the honors class always get a discount when buying Spiritual Blood from my family’s farm.”

“We’re classmates. If you refuse, that would be too cold!”

Jiang He hesitated: “Really, there’s always a discount?”

“Really!” Shaojun said: “If you don’t believe me, ask around after school starts. Do you think I’d lie to you?”

Since Shaojun put it that way, if Jiang He still refused, it would make him look too pretentious.

He nodded: “Then thank you, classmate Shaojun.”

“Thank what? We’re brothers.” Shaojun laughed, slinging his arm around Jiang He’s shoulder, leading him back into the building: “Come on, I’ll take you to get your goods.”

“Wait a moment, Uncle Zhang is still in the reception room…”

“Uncle Zhang? Which Uncle Zhang?”

White Crane looked at the two boys walking shoulder to shoulder, smiling to himself, then quietly walked out of the building and entered the breeding area.

His gaze swept over the beast herds, sensing their changes, and he gave a faint nod.

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