Chapter 55
After that, she directly used her shadow teleportation to Zelan Star, transformed into a cat, and slipped out of the city to find a place to level up. Along the way, she absorbed some of the plant life force on Zelan Star to fill up the health points of her skill, **Emerald Feast**.
Anyone who could befriend Yu Xunhuan was no simple character. Although the Lin family wasn't as powerful as the Su or Liang families, they were still formidable in their own right. It was hard to say how they would treat Yu Xunhuan this time.
In her previous life, the Lin family had placed their bets on Yu Xunhuan.
Yu Xunge had already figured it out: Yu Xunhuan had a say in the Su, Liang, and Han families. Besides his own abilities, it was also due to his knack for balancing multiple forces.
He not only managed to create a delicate web of mutual restraint among the Su, Liang, and Han families, but he also had the backing of several smaller factions that were not to be trifled with. Otherwise, why would the Su family bother to strip him of his talents? They could have simply taken Yu Xunhuan down directly.
While leveling up today, Yu Xunge couldn't help but chuckle from time to time. She even visited the treehouse base to trade some of her unused gear with others.
She planned to gather a full set of agility-enhancing equipment so she could solo dungeons with her high attack and agility. As for the gear that boosted her constitution, she would save that for when she teamed up with others.
She didn't hide her ability to teleport freely between Blue Star and Zelan Star. Zhao Shuying knew how much money she had; buying a teleportation portal was a piece of cake.
As for those who were unaware, she felt no need to explain herself. Who had ever seen a powerful person constantly justifying their strength?
She enjoyed keeping a card close to her chest, but that didn't mean she was afraid of anyone.
After her disguise skill's cooldown ended, Yu Xunge attended a class with the necromancer instructor in the afternoon. On her recommendation, she used some gold coins to buy a few old notes and professional books from her.
Yu Xunge suspected the necromancer was trying to fleece her, but she had no proof.
However, she still had over thirty thousand gold coins and more than two thousand pounds of gold on hand. As long as it could enhance her strength, she didn't mind spending money. It was better than being rich with nowhere to spend it. Money could be earned anytime, but opportunities to strengthen oneself were rare.
At least from her observations, this instructor only taught her, and didn't seem to care about the other suspected players spending money in the shop.
Moreover, a master-level potion cost several hundred gold. Good days were ahead—this was what the necromancer said when she collected payment from Yu Xunge.
Yu Xunge wasn't even aiming for master-level potions; she would be satisfied with being able to create high-level potions that sold for dozens of gold in the auction house. In fact, with just basic and intermediate alchemy, she wouldn't be at a loss. In her previous life, players skilled in alchemy were high-end talents, and every guild was eager to recruit them.
When she returned to the Yu family that evening, she found three missed calls on her phone, all from Yi Qiuguo.
She scrolled through the family group chat, but there were no messages. So, she put the call on speaker and dialed back while cooking, asking what was up.
"Where have you been? I couldn't get through to you."
"Your brother's colleague had his eyes gouged out. Ugh, it was terrifying, right in broad daylight..."
"Your dad and I rushed over during the day. I had just left the hospital to head home when it seemed like that person was no ordinary character. Your dad said they might come looking for trouble with your brother, but your brother wasn't even there at the time. Why blame him?"
Yu Xunge stifled a laugh and reassured her, "No one can be more powerful than the Su family. Don't worry about it."
Yi Qiuguo clearly thought the same; otherwise, her tone wouldn't have been so gossipy when the call connected, with no hint of urgency or anger: "True, who could be more powerful than his wife?"
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Yu Xunge hung up.
Blind spots can be quite advantageous.
**Chapter 50: The Demon Eye**
Yu Qingshan felt that the Yu family had been cursed lately. His daughter had withdrawn from the scene, his son had encountered trouble multiple times, and their precious belongings, which had finally been repaired, had been swapped out.
He had considered whether Yu Xunhuan was behind the swap; after all, no matter how emotionally unstable one might be, it wouldn't lead to smashing family heirlooms, right? Who had ever seen someone tear up money in a fit of rage? He even suspected that Yu Xunhuan had deliberately used emotional instability as an excuse to destroy those fakes, only to find that someone had repaired them...
But suspicion was one thing; now that Yu Xunhuan had entered the Su family, he had to pretend he knew nothing, no matter how many doubts he had.
And that wasn't all; Yu Xunhuan had also offended the Lin family!
Although this incident had nothing to do with Yu Xunhuan from start to finish, the Lin family quickly identified the culprit through surveillance footage and discovered that the person was from the Liang family.
However, with their youngest son’s eyes crushed, it was hard for the Lin family not to lash out.
They couldn't afford to offend the Liang family, and directly seeking accountability would likely lead to trouble. But could they not hold the other members of the studio accountable? Even if Yu Xunhuan was half a member of the Su family, at the end of the day, he was still just a son-in-law. As long as the Lin family didn't actually confront them, they had the moral high ground.
The incident involving the Lin family's youngest son occurred in your studio; you should take some responsibility, right? Perhaps it was your trouble that caused our Lin family to take the hit.
The Lin family pretended they hadn't found any information about the culprit, neither approaching the Liang family nor the Su family, but instead focused on Yu Xunhuan and his group for an explanation.
Yu Xunhuan, Ye Dong, and the others were also at their wits' end. Although their family backgrounds weren't inferior to the Lin family's, even if their family status was lacking, they still had their identities as players. The methods of players were unpredictable; the Lin family wouldn't dare to confront them directly without certainty of a swift victory. However, they couldn't resolve this matter solely with their personal strength.
Especially Yu Xunhuan, who was in a real bind. His attribute points had inexplicably decreased by three, and he had lost several pieces of equipment and an item. This serious issue had him reeling, and now Lin Chengze was in trouble again.
Yu Xunge only learned that the matter had been resolved on the 19th, when Yu Xunhuan called to invite her to dinner at the Yu family the next day. He wanted to introduce a few friends to the family. The plot was identical to her previous life. She privately asked Yi Qiuguo, who didn't hold back and spilled everything she knew.
One could only say that Yu Xunhuan truly was the child of destiny. He resolved the issue on his own by giving Lin Chengze an A-grade Demon Eye. Although it was just one, it not only saved Lin Chengze from going blind but also allowed him to possess a top-tier item that couldn't be bought with money, even without being a player. This made the Lin family very pleased.
As long as there was a fourth internal test, with this Demon Eye, Lin Chengze's starting point as a player would be higher than that of most players.
Naturally, the Lin family made peace with him. Not only that, but Lin Chengze and a few of his brothers also became increasingly devoted to Yu Xunhuan.
Yu Xunge was speechless. She had worked hard to sneak around for days, and aside from her attribute points, she had only managed to steal a few worthless pieces of equipment. Where did Yu Xunhuan get this A-grade Demon Eye from?!
Moreover, she hadn't seen any Demon Eyes in Yu Xunhuan's possession in her previous life.
To put it another way, weren't the Lin family worried that this eye could be stolen again? Yu Xunhuan was not a magnanimous person; if the Lin family couldn't provide any support later on, she was sure Yu Xunhuan would find a way to reclaim that Demon Eye.
Early the next morning, before dawn, Yu Xunge arrived at the Yu family villa. Not for any other reason, but to prevent Yu Xunhuan from getting home early and cooking for her. She had to keep a close eye on this unavoidable dinner.
She didn't waste any time; on the surface, she lay on the sofa watching TV, but in reality, she was watching alchemy videos in her mind.
After all, who said that starting to learn at 25 was just right?
When young, people often don't understand the importance of learning. It’s only after being battered by society that they realize what they truly want to learn—what can make them a lot of money.
Even though she now casually dealt with thousands and tens of thousands of gold coins, in her previous life, during the first year of the game invasion, she never had more than 10 gold coins. The expenses for potions, equipment, and skills were too high, especially for potions.
Even though the real world had also seen a surge in mass-produced healing medicines, these had cooldowns. During battles, healing was needed almost every minute, so one had to rotate various methods to keep up—basic healing potions, bandages, modern mutated healing pills, mutated red dates, and so on...
If one wanted efficiency, they couldn't avoid healing potions.
The basic healing potions sold for 1 silver on Zelan Star could fetch 20 silver in the early stages of the game in the real world.
Thinking about the batch of potions she sold to the Su family for 100g of gold, Yu Xunge couldn't help but smile.
Could the Su family be unaware of the true value of these potions? But they couldn't go to Zelan Star, could they? Those who went there were busy leveling up, and even if they had money, they spent it on strengthening themselves. Who had the time to waste on reselling such trivial items? The round-trip costs would exceed that.
For true wealthy individuals, 100g of gold was nothing. 50,000 yuan was just pocket change; they could easily spend more than that on a regular dose of cordyceps. Such a valuable item that directly replenished health points would be gladly purchased, even by those who weren't players.
Yu Xunge hesitated about whether to seek out the Gun King again today to sell more potions to the Su family, but then she thought better of it. February 22 was just around the corner, and even if the Su family wasn't short on money, they wouldn't be foolish enough to be taken advantage of. The previous 1,000 bottles were already enough for their family to handle various emergencies.
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