Chapter 629: An Unexpected Windfall! The Frustrated Eileen!

Swish, swish, swish—

In the bright villa living room, the black-green Thorn Sword Grass's branches and leaves danced wildly.

Countless roots sprouted, wanting to take hold in that black soil.

But Xu Jingming had not yet given his consent.

So although the roots were anxiously spinning around the black soil, they did not burrow in.

"Eva, what is this soil? How could it make the Thorn Sword Grass this excited?" Xu Jingming asked in confusion.

"Isn't this just Thick Black Soil? Yesterday's Thorn Sword Grass cultivation plan you bought from Eileen had this stuff in it."

Eva said with great interest, "You took this out of Sam's spatial ring? How much is there?"

"Mm, roughly seventy cubic meters or so."

Only then did Xu Jingming recall.

After eight-something in the evening, the people from the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce had already delivered the spatial ring containing the cultivation resources.

It was just that he was in a hurry to go find Hearing Ling Shuang at the time, so he hadn't checked it.

After all, Eileen wouldn't shortchange him on this matter.

Thinking of this, Xu Jingming hurriedly took out that spatial ring.

A sweep of his spiritual force and, sure enough, he found the same black soil stored inside, along with some milky-white liquid.

But the quantity of both was extremely small, only 15 cubic meters each.

"Why so little? Only 15 cubic meters?" Xu Jingming's brow furrowed.

"One cubic meter of Thick Black Soil paired with one cubic meter of Narcissus Milk is enough for the Thorn Sword Grass to absorb for two days.

For S-rank, you bought a month's worth, so 15 cubic meters is correct."

The little loli Eva explained, swaying her head.

The long green twin-tails on her back swayed left and right along with her.

Paired with her slightly chubby little round face, she looked quite cute.

"In other words, my 2.3 billion Blue Star coins only bought 30 cubic meters of resources?"

Xu Jingming's eyes went wide.

2.3 billion Blue Star coins, that is 23 billion Great Xia coins.

If all of that were converted into hundred-yuan bills, stacked up it would be far more than 30 cubic meters!

Beyond his surprise, Xu Jingming immediately realized that Sam's 70 cubic meters of Thick Black Soil was another large sum of money coming his way!

"Eva, roughly how much is 70 cubic meters of Thick Black Soil worth?" Xu Jingming asked with burning eyes.

"Thick Black Soil and Narcissus Milk are about the same in value. For S-rank you spent 2.3 billion Blue Star coins to buy 30 cubic meters of supplies in total.

Working it out, one cubic meter of supplies is worth about 0.076 billion Blue Star coins."

Eva counted on her fingers as she spoke.

Hearing this, Xu Jingming was immediately delighted — that meant just these 70 cubic meters of Thick Black Soil alone were worth 5.3 billion Blue Star coins!

"Not bad, tonight's gains far exceeded my expectations.

And this Thick Black Soil afterward is an even greater unexpected windfall! If only a few more Sams could show up in the future."

Xu Jingming decisively transferred all this Thick Black Soil into his own spatial ring.

Sam was the procurement supervisor of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce; this Thick Black Soil was most likely procured goods.

But what did that have to do with him?

A registered bank card can't be used, but this unclaimed Thick Black Soil should be fair game, right?

As for the goods lost by the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, let Eileen worry about that.

This matter has nothing to do with him.

What spatial ring?

I never saw one at all!

Casually tossing out a chunk of Thick Black Soil, the Thorn Sword Grass hurriedly took root in it, frantically absorbing nutrients.

Xu Jingming himself, meanwhile, happily headed into the bedroom.

With such a bountiful harvest, he ought to be able to sleep well tonight.

"What? Sam still had 70 cubic meters of Thick Black Soil on him?!"

At the same time, Mocheng, East City District, the conference room of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce's main building.

Vice President Eileen, who had only just taken office two days ago, felt her head pounding.

First, the procurement supervisor was exposed in a scandal involving a cult.

Then it was discovered that this Sam still had Thick Black Soil worth 5.3 billion Blue Star Coins on him, meant to be delivered to a client!

"Based on what we've learned, Sam was killed by Xu Jingming.

His spatial ring was most likely taken by him as well. Should we just demand it back from him directly?"

The subordinate asked cautiously.

"Do you have proof?" Eileen retorted irritably.

"N-no." The subordinate quickly lowered his head.

"Then that's that."

Eileen snorted lightly and continued asking:

"Have Sam's two financial bank cards shown any signs of being used?"

That batch of Thick Black Soil, although priced at 5.3 billion Blue Star Coins to outsiders.

For their Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, the cost was only around 2 billion.

Such a loss was entirely acceptable.

The most crucial items were those two bank cards, which held nearly a month's worth of transaction amounts from Sam.

A staggering sum of several hundred billion Blue Star coins!

"That, however, is not the case." The subordinate shook his head.

"Then that's good."

Only then did Ailin breathe a sigh of relief and instructed:

"Let this matter end here. Don't investigate Xu Jingming's side. Sam's batch of goods will be handled as lost."

"Understood." The subordinate nodded and respectfully withdrew.

Ailin, meanwhile, walked over on her long, slender legs to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked down.

Below the skyscraper, neon lights flickered, and pedestrians chatted and laughed as they walked along the road.

Although it was nearly 1 a. m., the entire city remained as bustling as ever.

Anyone who saw it would feel their mood lift.

Yet on Ailin's delicate, pretty face hung an unprecedented gloom.

She had come to realize that ever since meeting Xu Jingming, not a single good thing had happened to her!

At the Genius Tournament, she was defeated by Xu Jingming and lost her qualification for the semifinals.

In the Qingfeng Secret Realm, she was tailed and followed again, losing a precious Thorn Sword Grass.

Even after arriving here in Moben, she had just taken office and already had a 5.3 billion gap because of Xu Jingming!

It was as if Xu Jingming were her nemesis.

To join Moben's frontline battlefield and fight, one had to either become a formal member of one of the major guilds or legions,

or join the 'Dejiaka' battle group and become one of its members.

That way, one could enter the battlefield slaughter without restraint.

From his chat with Hearing Ling Shuang, Xu Jingming had already learned that no beast tide had erupted on Moben's city border for over ten days.

The next beast tide was very likely to strike within the next few days.

The frontline battlefield was an excellent opportunity to harvest ability points!

Xu Jingming naturally could not let it slip by.

So, the next day, he rose early, preparing to go check out the Dejiaka battle group.

But he had only just stepped out of the bedroom when he discovered that the entire villa living room had seemingly become a plant paradise, with Thorn Sword Grass branches and leaves crawling everywhere.

Shwa-shwa~~~

Seeing Xu Jingming appear, the Thorn Sword Grass shook its leaves and stems, seemingly greeting him.

"Not bad, this thick black soil really is useful.

It's only been a single night, and the Thorn Sword Grass's aura has risen quite a bit."

Xu Jingming nodded in satisfaction. "I've put the nutrients all here; just absorb them on your own."

He took out a few more pieces of thick black soil soaked in Narcissus Milk from his spatial ring and placed them in the living room.

Only then did Xu Jingming turn and leave the villa.

At present, the Thorn Sword Grass still couldn't offer him much help, so it was better to just leave it in the villa to cultivate.

He'd wait until it reached the seventh tier before it could form a decent combat assist.