Chapter 89: Plant-type Ability

The bald man raised his head, looked Lu Yu up and down for a moment, and said, "Young man, not bad. When you encounter something, you still know to ask for the reason, unlike some people who only know how to complain but don't understand the logic behind it."

After speaking, he glanced intentionally or unintentionally at the few people who had been shouting about the high prices earlier.

Sun Gang and the others immediately felt incredibly embarrassed, not expecting that they would accidentally become a negative example.

This bald man was too petty, but there was no help for it; since they needed favors from others now, they had to swallow their pride.

"That is because those grains have effects similar to Fierce Beast Meat."

At this time, Qin Hai spoke up to explain, "After the mutation occurred, many Awakened with Plant-type Ability appeared. Among them was a talented person who could accelerate the growth of plants."

"After countless attempts, he found plants that could replace wheat and rice. The flour and rice made after these plants matured had a taste almost identical to that from before the mutation."

"Actually, being able to achieve this step is already quite impressive, but this Awakened was not satisfied and continued to study, eventually cultivating rice with effects comparable to Fierce Beast Meat."

"Because this type of rice has a reddish color, everyone calls it Blood Rice, and the deeper the color, the better the effect."

"So that's how it is." Lu Yu suddenly realized. It seems the rice at three yuan a jin and ten yuan a jin was the legendary Blood Rice?

Listening to this description, could it be that it was irrigated with the blood of powerful Fierce Beasts?

"You young man are quite sharp too." The bald man nodded with satisfaction and said, "Lord Baitian, he is the pride of our Yanxia Country! If it weren't for him, I really don't know how many people would have starved to death."

"Although it is only the one-yuan banknote, the smallest denomination, that bears his portrait, his contributions are not a bit less than those of Lord Thunder Emperor."

Lu Yu took a one-yuan banknote out of his pocket and saw that the back of the note was printed with a field of crops resembling rice; a figure was bending over to examine a plant, but because it was only a back view, the face could not be seen clearly.

"He is indeed a person worthy of respect." Lu Yu sighed silently in his heart.

"Young man, do you intend to buy Blood Rice?" The bald man turned his gaze toward Lu Yu. "The Blood Rice at three yuan a jin has an effect similar to the lowest-level Fierce Beast Meat; the one at ten yuan a jin has much better effects, equivalent to the meat of an Intermediate-level Fierce Beast."

You know the Hailong Martial Arts Hall, right? The people there usually buy this kind."

Lu Guohao and the others looked at each other, unable to speak for a moment. They naturally knew this Blood Rice had good effects, but the price was truly too expensive.

Lu Yu touched his pocket and found that the money he had left was already less than ten yuan.

"Xiao Yu, you don't have much money left, do you?" Lu Guohao hesitated for a moment, took two hundred yuan out of his pocket, handed it to Lu Yu, and said, "If you want to buy it, take it and buy it."

He originally had over one thousand five hundred yuan on him, but later he distributed over ten yuan to each person, leaving him with only one thousand three hundred yuan. Taking out these two hundred yuan left him with only one thousand one hundred yuan.

The price of salt had risen, but the amount that needed to be bought could not be reduced, so they could only buy less rice.

However, after practicing martial arts for these two days, he also understood one principle: if the Zhai wants to develop in the long term, it ultimately has to rely on Martial Artists, and resources should be prioritized for Martial Artists.

The same weight of Fierce Beast Meat could be exchanged for several times as much ordinary rice.

The old, weak, women, and children could eat a little meat, but the allocation should not be too much; it was better to rely mainly on ordinary rice, while for Martial Artists, it was the exact opposite.

When the others saw this scene, apart from the look of envy in their eyes, they didn't have any other thoughts.

After all, only if Lu Yu became more powerful would their lives be better.

Lu Yu hesitated slightly, but still took the money, then said to the bald man behind the counter, "Boss, then give me two hundred yuan worth."

"Alright!" The man smiled until his eyes were almost slits. He took an empty bag from the counter, placed it on the scale to tare it, then picked up a heavy bag and used a palm-sized rice scoop to scoop the rice into the empty bag one scoop at a time.

The pale red Blood Rice shimmered with a crystalline luster, pouring down like a small waterfall.

Perhaps it was psychological, but Lu Yu seemed to smell an alluring fragrance.

"Hey, you smelled it, right?" The man smiled triumphantly. "This Blood Rice at ten yuan a jin is not ordinary; this fragrance can even attract Fierce Beasts. So, when you go back later, absolutely do not open it casually, otherwise, there's no telling what kind of trouble might arise."

"There's such a thing?" Everyone showed an expression of having their horizons broadened.

Lu Yu frowned slightly; if that was the case, he could use this Blood Rice to lure Fierce Beasts and increase the success rate of hunting.

They bought a total of twenty jin of Blood Rice. Qin Hai watched from the side, feeling a bit itchy in his heart.

With this Blood Rice, he feared the gap between him and Lu Yu would only grow larger.

However, he did not feel that his future achievements would be inferior to Lu Yu's.

"I'll share some with you when we get back." Lu Yu said to Qin Hai with a smile.

As an Awakened, once Qin Hai grew up, he could help him share quite a bit of pressure. Moreover, doing this could also make Uncle Qin and the others more loyal.

"Ah?" Qin Hai was stunned for a moment.

"This, this isn't very good, is it?" Qin Lianjun hurriedly waved his hands. "Such good stuff, Xiao Yu, you should keep it for yourself to eat."

This was Blood Rice at ten yuan a jin; he hadn't even dared to think about it before.

"It's fine." Lu Yu smiled slightly. "Just pay me back when Qin Hai catches some prey."

Qin Lianjun was stunned.

"I will pay you back as soon as possible." Qin Hai hesitated for a moment and said.

Facing such good things, he really found it hard to refuse. Besides, he had only joined recently and hadn't gone out hunting with everyone yet.

Qin Lianjun and the others looked at each other, and smiles appeared on their faces.

That's right, the people of Lu Family Stockade truly treated them as their own, not just saying it with their mouths; Lu Yu's actions just now were enough to prove this point.

Lu Guohao and the others began to pick out ordinary rice and salt.

Considering the boss had said the price of salt would get higher and higher, Lu Guohao gritted his teeth and bought a full one hundred jin of salt, using the remaining money to buy rice, about six hundred jin or so.

There were about one hundred and fifty people in the Zhai in total, so calculating it this way, each person could get four or five jin.

Although the quantity was not much, adding in the Fierce Beast Meat, eating for a month should be no problem.

And within a month, they would come at least one more time; of course, that would depend on the harvest of prey.

When they came, everyone was exhausted, but when they went back, it was much easier; this ease was not only reflected in their bodies, but their moods were also exceptionally relaxed.

The group walked down the street carrying the rice, and compared to before, they received much less attention.

After all, in the eyes of outsiders, they were just carrying a few bags of rice and some sundries, and there were quite a few of them, so it wouldn't be that easy to make a move on them.

"Finally finished buying, we can go back now." Sun Gang said happily.

"Yeah, on the way here, carrying the prey, my heart was always pounding, especially when we were almost here; I felt like many pairs of eyes were staring at us, and I was really worried they would suddenly swarm us."

"They wouldn't dare!"

"Exactly, if they dared to come up, I'd take them out one by one with my gun."

"Hahaha." The crowd burst into laughter.

Lu Guohao scanned the crowd, looked into the distance, and said with a smile, "Alright, it's getting late, we should head back too; the people in the Zhai are all hoping for our early return."

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

Indeed, it was precisely because they had the concern of their families in their hearts that they had the motivation to strive to live on.

The dozen or so yuan each person received was almost entirely spent on buying things for their families, with some even spending several yuan just to buy a few milk candies.

"Dad, don't be in a rush to go out yet," Lu Yu said hurriedly, "I'll go out first to see if there is any danger."

The old man who sold the Cultivation Method earlier had specifically warned him, which had left him feeling vaguely uneasy inside.