Chapter 175: Becoming Wealthy_1
Mo Hua visited Mr. Zhuang the following day; after all, he was Mr. Zhuang’s registered disciple, and having been trapped in the spiritual mines for so long without visiting to check in on him, Mo Hua felt somewhat remiss.
Mr. Zhuang was still asleep, so Mo Hua played a little Five Elements Chess with Old Kui.
After such a long time, the chess skills of the two were still mediocre, without much improvement.
However, Five Elements Chess, such a simple game, requires less painstaking effort; it’s more interesting to just play and kill each other’s pieces straightforwardly.
Mo Hua and Old Kui were well-matched opponents; they took turns attacking and defending, fighting to a standstill.
By the time Mr. Zhuang woke up, Mo Hua was feeling somewhat reluctant to part, but he said goodbye to Old Kui and went to meet Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang basically took a laissez-faire approach with Mo Hua, allowing him to learn on his own and come to him with questions, and he didn’t say much about it.
Before leaving, Mr. Zhuang even complimented him, “Well done.”
Mo Hua was very happy and smiled with his eyes narrowed.
However, after leaving Mr. Zhuang’s bamboo chamber, Mo Hua felt somewhat puzzled.
He clearly hadn’t discussed much with Mr. Zhuang, but Mr. Zhuang seemed to know everything…
And praised him for doing well.
Mo Hua furrowed his brow, wondering how Mr. Zhuang knew.
Mo Hua was somewhat puzzled, but then he thought that Mr. Zhuang was an extraordinary man, perhaps divinely insightful. Besides, the commotion they had with the Qian Family was so significant that it was normal for Mr. Zhuang to be aware of it.
Mo Hua nodded to himself and no longer dwelled on the matter.
Mo Hua then went to see the siblings Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi.
Bai Zisheng’s eyes brightened upon seeing Mo Hua, and he immediately complained, asking where Mo Hua had been all this time.
Mo Hua recounted the events at the spiritual mines.
Bai Zisheng listened with boiling blood and immense envy.
Bai Zixi, who was ostensibly reading a book on the side, also got engrossed in the story, with her autumn-water-like eyes sparkling and the book in her hand tilting without her noticing.
“Next time something like that happens, you must bring me along, so I can help you!” Bai Zisheng said spiritedly.
“Even if I called you, what’s the use? Aunt Xue won’t let you go,” Mo Hua said indifferently.
This comment from Mo Hua was like a bucket of cold water poured over Bai Zisheng’s head.
Bai Zisheng instantly lost his dream. Like a frost-stricken eggplant, he lay on the ground, feeling that life had become somewhat dimmer.
Mo Hua sighed, “I’ll bring you some food tomorrow.”
Bai Zisheng immediately sat up straight, “It has to be spicy!”
“Alright, alright,” Mo Hua said helplessly, then turned to see Bai Zixi also watching him, her eyes shining brightly.
Mo Hua thought for a moment and said, “My mother is making Jade Crisp Cakes. I haven’t tried them yet, but they smell really good. I’ll bring some for you to try tomorrow to see if they’re tasty.”
Bai Zixi nodded gently, her expression quite relaxed.
The next day, Mo Hua brought the promised food as scheduled.
Bai Zisheng ate heartily, while Bai Zixi nibbled on the translucent and fragrant pastry, appearing like a kitten, her eyes slightly squinted.
Seeing them eating happily, Mo Hua couldn’t help but smile with his eyes narrowed as well.
A few days later, Elder Yu instructed Mo Hua to go to the Monster Hunting Guild’s storage room to collect Spirit Stones.
Many Spirit Stones were mined from the spiritual mines, and they couldn’t be distributed all at once as this might lead to wasteful extravagance or incite others to rob and create many problems.
The Monster Hunting Guild also had to reserve a sufficient quantity of Spirit Stones for unforeseen needs.
For this reason, the Spirit Stones stored in the storage room were to be distributed in timed intervals based on merit, following the principle of “a steady trickle runs long,” so the expenditure of Spirit Stones can last longer.
Mo Hua queued outside the storage and after a short while received a Storage Bag with roughly three hundred Spirit Stones inside. It felt heavy in his arms.
Over three hundred stones!
That would be enough for a long, long time; for a short period, there was no need to worry about Spirit Stones anymore.
And this was just the first distribution; there should be more after some time.
Mo Hua was extremely delighted.
Not just Mo Hua, everyone who came to collect Spirit Stones had smiles on their faces. Some, upon receiving the stones, were in disbelief and even shed tears of joy.
The Loose Cultivators who struggled at the bottom of society had never seen so many Spirit Stones before.
With these stones, their children wouldn’t have to starve, their cultivation paths were secured, and they wouldn’t have to work so desperately to earn Spirit Stones.
Under the weight of heavy pressure, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
And they could live like this for ten years!
Mo Hua was somewhat relieved, but upon reflection, he felt a bit weighed down again.
What about ten years later?
Mo Hua furrowed his brows.