Chapter 231: Casting a Wide Net to Catch Fish

Lin Yifan slightly furrowed his brows; it wasn't that he was unwilling to save this money, but a few worries involuntarily arose in his heart.

There has never been a free lunch in the world.

Moreover, since Airuliya came to him of her own accord, this favor must be mixed with interest.

Airuliya has helped him greatly, which is true, but precisely because he owes too many favors, Lin Yifan vaguely feels worried.

The hardest debt to repay in the world is favors owed; the more favors one owes now, the harder it will be to repay them later.

And Lin Yifan does not want to be an ungrateful person; moreover, this world has divine beings, as the saying goes, "Three feet above your head there are gods." Feeling guilty before his conscience, he also harbors some worries.

Conversely, Airuliya remained very calm, but she was clearly also a smart person; she immediately saw Lin Yifan's worries and replied indifferently with a smile:

"Lin Yifan, you don't need to think so much; our friendship indeed serves my purpose, but in the short term you have nothing that can help me, and when I need your help later, the knowledge I seek will be nothing to you."

"You can consider that I am currently investing—investing in a future strong one, investing in a future power holder; moreover, this investment is not aimed solely at you, I also have other targets."

"Therefore, the help I give you is likewise given to others, so you need not think too much."

Lin Yifan instantly understood—Airiliya was casting a net.

According to her own judgment, she gives a certain amount of help to every person who has the chance to become strong, and forms friendships with the opposite sex.

So, Airuliya did not lie; he is indeed investing!

Of course, investments also have gains and losses; perhaps most of those who invest die halfway.

But as long as one can reach a high position, the returns will be countless times what has been put in.

Moreover, it now appears that the Natural Elf Clan is not solely Airuliya doing this.

It is very likely that all the princesses are doing this, which shows that the situation of the Natural Elf Clan is worrisome.

Otherwise, they would have no need to do such a thing!

However, for Lin Yifan, this could be considered a good thing; he indeed currently needs someone's help.

So he also did not put on airs, and spoke frankly:

"Good! Since the Princess is so frank, I also hereby promise the Princess that, as long as I do not die midway, I will certainly do my utmost to help you if you have any requests in the future."

"All right, all right, we'll talk about the future later!" Princess Airuliya let out a light sigh, raised her head to look at the sky outside the window, and just now received:

"The weather today is not bad; it is actually a rare 'Light Fog Day.' Such days are extremely rare—there may not be even one in a month—and they are the best time for you to search for supplies."

"Such an opportunity must not be missed, especially since you are now pressed for time; every moment of daylight is extremely precious, so you had better hurry to look for supplies!"

"I won't stay here any longer; anyway, I've done what I needed to do. I'll go prepare some game, then leave directly, and we'll meet again when the Red Moon Night arrives next month."

"Aren't you still going to teach me martial skills?" Lin Yifan hurriedly asked.

"There's nothing much to teach." Airuliya shrugged her shoulders, saying somewhat helplessly:

"Your fighting now relies purely on instinct; you have never learned any weapon, which is like beating a master to death with random punches."

"Your current combat ability is purely due to your own good talent; therefore, before you learn weapons, the things I can know are also very limited."

Having said that, she pointed to the booklet in Lin Yifan's hand and said:

"I observed your combat yesterday; I have already written down the problematic points in that booklet. When you have free time later, just look it over yourself."

"When we meet again next time, I estimate you will have learned martial skills; then I will guide you again, and by the way I will look in the Treasure Pavilion of my tribe for suitable martial skills for you. If there are any, I will bring them next month."

"But let me say this first: I cannot give you the martial skills in the Treasure Pavilion for free; they are things our ancestors painstakingly sought. So if you truly want them, you must prepare something of equivalent value to exchange with me."

"Of course, if you have other things you want, I can also represent the Natural Elf Clan in exchanging with you; you can use intermediate-grade resources and above to trade with me."

Trading is actually possible!

Moreover, only intermediate-grade resources or higher are needed for the exchange!

Lin Yifan was instantly overjoyed; although his resources are not many, there are many people in this district.

Moreover, new survivors will soon merge into the district; by then, as long as he goes to exchange, he can still obtain plenty of resources to trade with Airiliya.

However, what exactly is he lacking now?

Even he himself does not know this.

So, after hesitating briefly, he then gave a wry smile and said:

"Your Highness Princess, I know nothing about this world and do not know which things are scarce and precious, so I currently also do not know what I am lacking."

"However, regarding things like cultivation methods, if the Princess has human cultivation methods, I hope to exchange for several copies; although I myself may not necessarily need them, my friends do."

"You want human cultivation methods!" Airuliya hesitated for a moment, then said cautiously:

"Human cultivation methods are not easy to obtain, and moreover, if some human cultivation methods are seized by foreign races, they will provoke furious retaliation from humanity, so ordinary foreign races also dare not snatch human cultivation methods."

"However, I will go back and think of a way; if I have any, I will bring them to you, but the price is not low—at least 5000 portions of intermediate-grade resources are needed. Of course, if you are willing to give me high-grade resources, then only 1000 portions are required."

It must be said, this price is truly expensive!

However, cultivation methods are hard to come by, so being a bit pricey is quite normal.

Moreover, the ratio between intermediate-grade and high-grade resources is also very reasonable.

Although Lin Yifan does not yet have a high-grade operation platform and cannot fuse intermediate-grade resources with high-grade ones, he still knows the fusion ratio, which is exactly 5:1.

Therefore, the price offered by Airiliya is actually still fair.

But seen this way, the favor Airiliya owes Lin Yifan becomes even greater.

5000 portions of intermediate-grade resources are enough for him to upgrade the Shelter to level 5.

Although Airiliya is investing, as the beneficiary he still ought to make a token gesture first to show his sincerity.

Thus he prepared to take out some resources as a token of thanks.

However, at that moment, Su Xiao xi beside him suddenly exclaimed nervously:

"Yifan brother, quickly look—an unfamiliar alias has appeared in the chat channel!"

"It seems the district merger has ended!"