NOVEL NEXT Chapter 35
Chapter 35: Genetic Potions
Translator: Lordbluefire
In the Nine Lakes Business District’s Kuang Lang Materials Shop.
Lu Yuan had just opened the door and entered when he saw the boss in sunglasses sitting on the chair in front of the counter. He was dressed in flowery shorts and a big shirt.
Just like the previous time, the boss was playing with his phone, muttering curses.
“Damn it, a bunch of newbies. This big bro can’t even carry you guys to a win with all the killings. Why the hell are you guys playing? Go back home and do your homework! Woof woof woof! Howl howl howl~~”
Lu Yuan’s lips twitched.
“Boss, I’m here to sell goods.”
The boss looked up and took a look.
After seeing Lu Yuan, he put his phone away and spoke, smiling.
“It’s you? You came out alive from the Land of Origins again? Not bad, bro. You’re quite capable to be able to survive twice in a row.”
Lu Yuan smiled.
“There’s quite a bit of material this time around. Do I just throw them on the floor?”
The boss nodded. “Sure, just throw them on the floor.”
Lu Yuan took out all sorts of materials he stored in his battle tattoo space.
Instantly, a small mountain of materials that were over two meters high filled up the empty space in the store, which wasn’t big in the first place.
Boss: “…”
He looked up at the small mountain-like pile of materials and couldn’t help but open his mouth, feeling stunned.
Lu Yuan looked at him. “How is it? Why don’t you give a price for them?”
Soon after, the boss came back to his senses. He then turned toward Lu Yuan, looking a little astonished.
“Woof~~ Bro, you killed all these by yourself?!”
Lu Yuan was speechless.
“Is this important? Hurry up and do a count.”
The boss then took another look at Lu Yuan before saying, “True, that’s not important. Hold on.”
He started counting the items in front of Lu Yuan.
“Graystone armor shell… This is a small stoneman’s heart? Bro, you can already hunt small stonemen?! That’s amazing!”
“Sss… black scorpion venomous metasoma?! This thing isn’t bad. Its venom is very strong. Moreover, there are so many of them! You couldn’t have gone bankrupt purchasing detoxification potions, right?”
“It has only been a day, but you look like a completely different person.”
The boss seemed like he wouldn’t stop. He kept on counting while muttering away.
Lu Yuan was getting a bit of a headache listening to him.
He looked at the surroundings and sat on a small stool as he watched the boss counting.
Since there were quite a lot of things, it took him over ten minutes to finish counting all the materials.
However, when the boss saw the black-rune stone armor shell at the very bottom, he gasped in surprise once again.
“Wow! This is… the black-rune graystone beetle’s black-rune stone armor shell. To think that you can kill elite-grade ferocious beasts?!”
He raised his head and looked at Lu Yuan. “Bro, to be honest, you’re the gene fighter with the fastest progress I’ve seen. You’re very strong to be able to kill elite-grade ferocious beasts in just one day.”
Lu Yuan smiled and didn’t reply to him. He then asked.
“How much? Are you done counting?”
“Who am I? Of course I’ve counted them. 189 graystone armor shells, each at $150; 124 small stoneman’s hearts, each at $300; 87 black scorpion venomous metasomas, each at $400; 87 pairs of black scorpion huge pincers, each at $250; 1 black-rune stone armor shell at $3,000. The total is $115,100, a sincere price regardless of whether you are young or old!”
Lu Yuan looked at the boss who patted his chest and then took out his phone, calculating the prices.
Then, his lips twitched. He looked at the boss and smiled.
“$115,100?”
The boss averted his gaze slightly, smiling awkwardly. “Cough… Did I calculate wrongly? I’ll calculate it one more time.”
He took out his phone and did another round of calculation. After that, a hint of realization appeared on his face.
“Oh, I counted wrongly. The total is $125,100.”
Lu Yuan smiled coldly.
“Forget it, I’ll take them elsewhere to sell.”
He stood up, planning to put away the stuff and leave.
Seeing that, the boss became anxious.
“Hey! Hey! I calculated wrongly just now! I didn’t do it on purpose!”
Lu Yuan stopped. “Who knows if you did it intentionally or not? You almost caused me to lose $10,000. Pay me compensation for emotional distress. Make it $130,000.”
The boss’s countenance changed and he looked at Lu Yuan. “How can you take advantage of the situation to profit? I treat you as a brother!”
Lu Yuan rolled his eyes, didn’t say anything else, and planned on just packing his things and leaving.
“Hey! Hey! Alright, alright, alright! $130,000 it is then. It’s my bad. I’ll compensate you.”
Only then did Lu Yuan break into a smile.
“Deal.”
Although this boss wasn’t all that reliable, at least Lu Yuan had some gains from this transaction.
Lu Yuan had made an estimation of the price before coming. The market price of these materials was around $125,000.
Since the boss offered him $130,000, with there being an additional $4,900, it’d probably be enough to last him for a few months.
“I’ve transferred you the money. Take a look. Woof~ Howl howl!”
Lu Yuan looked at his phone to confirm the receipt of the payment. After that, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.
He didn’t expect to be able to rake in so much money by being a gene fighter, getting $130,000 in a night. It’d be $3.9 million in a month and over $40 million in a year!
(How many buns can I buy with these?)
(I didn’t expect there’d be a day where I can become rich!)
Lu Yuan was elated inside.
He watched as the boss put away the materials and said, smiling.
“I’ll come again to look for you next time.”
The boss nodded. “Alright! If there’s business to do, come patronize me again!”
“Oh right, boss, there’s something I’m curious about.”
“What is it?”
“Why are you wearing sunglasses when you’re in the shop?”
The boss’s expression, which was previously filled with smiles, stiffened up.
He let out a dry cough and waved his hand at Lu Yuan. “Bro, come again next time.”
Seeing that the boss wasn’t willing to say anything, Lu Yuan shrugged and didn’t persist.
After leaving the Kuang Lang Materials Shop, Lu Yuan first made a trip to the shops and spent over $10,000 on necessities.
This time around, he even had the money to buy all sorts of condiments and a barbecue rack.
While working hard hunting ferocious beasts in the Land of Origins, shouldn’t he have some good food to eat?
It wouldn’t work to keep eating energy bars. He heard that ferocious beasts’ meat tasted quite good, so he should enjoy himself.
Rewarding himself with good food for working hard! To earn money and to become stronger!
For the other necessities, Lu Yuan also chose those of the highest quality.
In the past, he didn’t have money and felt that things would work as long as they could be used.
Now that he had money, he must make sure to use the best things.
After buying all sorts of necessities, Lu Yuan was still left with $120,000.
After purchasing all the necessities, Lu Yuan then returned to the slums, feeling satisfied.
He looked at the ruffians along the streets who were holding blades and engaged in gang fights, and then at the place that was covered in trash. When he passed by, the smell was simply unbearable.
However, his mood was a lot more relaxed than it was in the past.
“Now that I have money, I finally have the confidence to move out of this chaotic area!”
Lu Yuan returned to his simple rental apartment. After he got into his room, he opened up the battleweb.
This time around, he was going to buy genetic potions.
The gene fighter battleweb had an online shopping platform managed by the Gene Fighter Association. Some unique gene fighters, such as alchemists who could refine potions and weaponsmiths who could forge genetic armaments, would put up genetic potions and genetic armaments on sale on the shopping platform.
Lu Yuan tapped open the shopping platform and selected genetic potions in the categories.
This time around, Lu Yuan’s choice was clear-cut.
He would definitely need recovery potions. After all, if he were to get hurt and didn’t have any recovery potions with him, he could only let his wounds heal slowly. If that wasn’t possible, he might not even be able to hunt ferocious beasts and could only wait it out until the time was over.
If he were to encounter any danger while he was injured, he might even come out dead.
In the previous two times, he had been lucky. He had obtained a guard-type battle technique and his defense was considered powerful. Therefore, he didn’t sustain serious injuries.
However, he wasn’t going to be so lucky every time.
Therefore, recovery potions were definitely a must.
He started to look through the recovery potions based on the categories.
The grades used for recovery potions were the same as the ones used for gene fighters. They were categorized into probational-tier, fighter-tier, battle general-tier, battle lord-tier, and others.
Other than the user grades, recovery potions were also categorized into common-grade potions, fine-grade potions, strong-grade potions, and others due to the different refining materials used.
Lu Yuan opened up a page selling probational-tier common-grade recovery potions.
There was an introduction to the recovery potion.
Common-grade recovery potions could heal most external wounds. If it was a serious wound, the recovery time would take about 30 minutes or more. There was even the possibility of taking a few hours before the recovery was completed.
Lu Yuan read the introduction and frowned slightly, feeling a little unsatisfied.
Taking a few hours to heal serious injuries might be considered a medical miracle for ordinary people.
However, to gene fighters, it was a little slow.
He gave it some thought before opening up the page for the fine-grade recovery potions next to it.
The instant the page came out, the $30,000 price caused Lu Yuan’s heart to stop beating for a second.
“What kind of potion is this?! To think that it’s so expensive? Common-grade potions only cost $8,000. This is robbery!”
Lu Yuan frowned, feeling a little unsatisfied.
He then took a look at the introduction for the potion’s effect.
The recovery effect for fine-grade recovery potions was about three times that of common-grade recovery potions. Most serious injuries could be healed within ten minutes to one hour.
Lu Yuan’s eyes gleamed a little. “… This thing is really not bad.”
He then took a look at the price and he became quiet.
“I only have $120,000 left on me, so I can only buy four bottles of fine-grade recovery potions?! Why am I still so poor?”
Lu Yuan stared at the fine-grade recovery potions for quite a while. In the end, he gritted his teeth and bore with the heartache as he added one bottle into his cart.
Regardless, sometimes, this thing could be used as a life-saving tool.
Lu Yuan then added another bottle of common-grade recovery potion into his cart as well.
If it wasn’t injuries that were especially serious, he could just use common-grade recovery potions. He should save wherever possible.
Lu Yuan had wanted to buy a few more bottles, but if he were to do that, he wouldn’t have the money to buy other genetic potions.
Left without a choice, he could only give up.
Thereafter, Lu Yuan started to search for enhancement potions.
After encountering those three catfolk hunters, Lu Yuan discovered that sometimes, it was better to have some potions as a trump card.
The enhancement potions included those that raised one’s strength, speed, defense, spirit energy, and other areas.
Lu Yuan’s first choice was a speed-enhancement potion.
It was because the extraordinary gene he had engraved and recorded was a guard-type one after all. His speed was really weak.
Moreover, a fast speed would allow one to flee faster.
When using the trump card, it’d probably be to flee when encountered strong foes.
(Where there’s life, there’s hope.)
Lu Yuan looked at a common-grade speed-enhancement potion and opened up the page.
He was lacking a little in confidence, fearing that the price would be beyond what he could afford.