Chapter 74: Great Harvest

Chapter 74: Chapter 74: Great Harvest

"Now, let’s distribute the battle merits. Lu Yuan shot and killed one Initial Stage Eighth Grade, three Middle Tier Eighth Grades, and independently killed one High Tier Eighth Grade. He also assisted in shooting a Middle Tier Eighth-Grade Cat Person, a High Tier Eighth-Grade Werewolf, and an Initial Stage Seventh-Grade Martial Artist... for a total of 17 Contribution Points," Chen Qiang announced.

Logically, it should have been 20 points, but since the other Martial Artists had also contributed, some points had to be distributed to them. For the kill of the Seventh-Grade Martial Artist, he allocated five points to Lu Yuan.

"No," Lu Yuan shook his head.

"Hmm?" Chen Qiang frowned. He wondered if Lu Yuan was dissatisfied or felt wronged.

"Giving me three points for assisting in shooting the Seventh-Grade Martial Artist is enough," Lu Yuan replied. If Chen Qiang hadn’t heavily injured Dou Kun, he wouldn’t have had a chance at all. He absolutely refused to take what wasn’t rightfully his. Three points was actually more than enough.

"Alright, then we will record 15 points for you," Chen Qiang nodded without saying much else. He knew capable people were usually proud and didn’t need performative modesty.

"Mu Lingche, for killing two Middle Tier Eighth-Grade Martial Artists, one High Tier Eighth-Grade Martial Artist, and one Eighth Grade Peak Bear Person, you get 10 Contribution Points."

"Ten points..." Mu Lingche clenched his fists. He had received a third less than Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan had single-handedly killed a High Tier Eighth Grade and assisted in killing a Seventh-Grade Martial Artist. The quality of his kills was not inferior to Mu Lingche’s at all; in fact, it was even higher. How could he accept this?

"Yu Qiuyang, for killing one High Tier Eighth-Grade Leopard Person and fifteen Ninth Grades, you get 5 Contribution Points," Chen Qiang continued to announce, casting a special glance at Yu Qiuyang. His performance this time had been truly impressive and unexpected.

Yu Qiuyang had initially been very proud and happy about independently killing a High Tier Eighth-Grade Leopard Person. However, compared to Lu Yuan, he couldn’t bring himself to be happy anymore. He desired more—to establish more merits and become stronger.

"Liu Zhi, for delaying the Cat People and killing twenty-one Ninth Grades, you get 3 Contribution Points.

"Jianng Hongfei, for delaying the Werewolf and killing thirteen Ninth Grades, you get 2 Contribution Points," Chen Qiang continued.

"Three points," Liu Zhi murmured, very satisfied with his battle record. Being able to survive tonight was already pretty good. It had truly been thrilling and dangerous.

Jianng Hongfei opened his mouth but couldn’t speak. He thought, "Two points..."

He was actually dead last again. His luck had been a bit poor this time, but he had really given it his all. Unfortunately, he couldn’t even compare to Liu Zhi, let alone Lu Yuan. He now looked up to Lu Yuan as an insurmountable peak.

He thought, "I cannot lose! I absolutely cannot lose just like this!"

He was a direct descendant of the Jianng Family, not some small fry.

The remaining six Eighth Grades and over a dozen Ninth Grades who had been drugged, along with the Seventh-Grade Martial Artist, were all dealt with by Chen Qiang, so they counted toward his battle record. In total, he earned 36 points. Luo Xu was a Middle Tier Seventh Grade, which was worth 20 points for a solo kill.

After finalizing the contributions, the next step was to distribute the Pills based on the Contribution Points. This time, they had collected a total of 165 Qi Nourishing Pills, 23 Nourishing Essence Pills, 49 Blood Lotus Pills, 13 Bone Tempering Pills, 6 Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills, two True Essence Pills (Seventh-Grade Pills), and one Blood Sun Pill (Seventh-Grade Pill).

The Seventh-Grade Pills undoubtedly went to Chen Qiang, while the rest...

Lu Yuan accounted for twenty-one percent, receiving 34 Qi Nourishing Pills, five Nourishing Essence Pills, 10 Blood Lotus Pills, three Bone Tempering Pills, and one Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill. However, since Lu Yuan had already reached Bone Tempering Mastery, the Bone Tempering Pills were of little use to him, and he didn’t need that many Blood Lotus Pills either, keeping only two. He exchanged the rest for two additional Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills. Thus, Lu Yuan received a total of 34 Qi Nourishing Pills, five Nourishing Essence Pills, two Blood Lotus Pills, and three Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills.

Mu Lingche accounted for fourteen percent, taking only two Nourishing Essence Pills, one Bone Tempering Pill, and two Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills.

As for the rest, Chen Qiang only took the three Seventh-Grade Pills and a portion of the Qi Nourishing Pills. Then, Jianng Hongfei, Yu Qiuyang, and Liu Zhi divided the remainder proportionally. Each of them received many Qi Nourishing Pills and other Pills. Tonight, everyone had a massive harvest.

"I have never received this many Pills in my entire life," Liu Zhi said, extremely excited. He was allotted 15 Qi Nourishing Pills alone. Along with the Nourishing Essence Pills, Blood Lotus Pills, and three Bone Tempering Pills, he could barely fit them all in his pockets. After all, he had earned these himself; they weren’t handed out by his family.

"There will be more in the future," Lu Yuan smiled.

"Yeah." Liu Zhi believed it. Chen Qiang, Lu Yuan, and Mu Lingche could absolutely carry them to success.

Yu Qiuyang received 25 Qi Nourishing Pills, along with other Pills. His heart was also restless. With so many resources, he would soon reach Bone Tempering Mastery, and then undergo bone marrow cleansing and blood exchange. However... Lu Yuan had received even more and better resources; he was afraid he wouldn’t be able to catch up. The mere thought of it made him nearly grind his teeth to dust. Was he going to be suppressed by him and live in his shadow for his entire life?

Jianng Hongfei received 10 Qi Nourishing Pills and several other Pills. It wasn’t a lot, but it wasn’t a little either. Yet, his feelings were completely different. This time, he had relied entirely on the three older peers to carry him, otherwise...

He thought, "I am a member of the Jianng Family, and yet... and yet...

"I must rise up, quickly catch up, and surpass Lu Yuan!

"I absolutely must!"

Chen Qiang took out a Message Bird and sent a missive to the Demon Suppression Bureau. Then, they quietly waited for the verification and cleanup personnel to arrive.

After Lu Yuan recovered, he found some paper, pen, and ink in the villa. He planned to write out the details of the Extreme Bone Tempering Secret Technique.

"Lu Yuan, sell me the detailed method of your bone tempering. I’ll pay one thousand taels of silver!" Jianng Hongfei suddenly said, approaching Lu Yuan.

"Aren’t you out of money?" Lu Yuan looked up.

"You don’t need to worry about that. Just sell it to me. We’ll pay with one hand and deliver with the other!" Jianng Hongfei replied. If he didn’t have money, he could borrow it, or even have his family pay for it!

If it could allow a Martial Artist to reach Bone Tempering Mastery within a few days, his family would definitely be willing to buy such a secret technique—they’d even go crazy with joy. The Jianng Family was a large clan; how many Eighth-Grade Martial Artists did they have? Right now, there were no less than ten direct descendants who needed it, and dozens or even hundreds of collateral relatives. Moreover, it could be used by every generation. Its value was immeasurable!

"I’m not selling it," Lu Yuan shook his head.

"One thousand and five hundred taels!" Jianng Hongfei increased the price.

"I’m not selling it," Lu Yuan shook his head again.

"Two thousand taels! That’s my maximum!" Jianng Hongfei gritted his teeth. He didn’t want to let Lu Yuan take advantage of him.

"I’m not selling it!" Lu Yuan waved his hand. If he sold it to the Demon Suppression Bureau, he couldn’t sell it to the Jianng Family again; otherwise, its value would plummet. The Demon Suppression Bureau wasn’t run by fools.

"You..." Jianng Hongfei ground his teeth in frustration. "Three thousand taels, and not a penny more."

"I say, Young Master Jianng, if you really want it, you can just wait until I sell it to the Demon Suppression Bureau, and then apply for it from them, right? You don’t need to spend that much silver," Lu Yuan chuckled. He wouldn’t need silver, but he would definitely need Contribution Points. To be honest, he was tempted by the prices Jianng Hongfei offered, but...

Jianng Hongfei’s eyes flickered. Didn’t he know that? But if he did that, he would lose the opportunity to make a massive contribution to the Jianng Family and make his father and the clan elders look at him in a new light. What the Jianng Family could give him was definitely more than what the Demon Suppression Bureau could.

"You better think it through. If you miss this opportunity, there won’t be another one," Jianng Hongfei warned.

"Just leave," Lu Yuan waved his hand again.

"HISS—" Jianng Hongfei took a deep breath and turned to leave the room.

"Hmph!"