152: Miss Mermaid's salary is zero

The newly received salary, after a round of torment from the dead crab, was used to buy a new phone.

At this moment, only 5200 remained.

Shui Yuqianxi, with a heart full of pain, completed the redemption of the damned crab's body before continuing to train.

Under a 200kg load, she operated the Basic Breathing Technique and continuously battled the water flow.

The 200kg load greatly reduced Shui Yuqianxi's speed, making it harder for her to evade the water flow's attacks.

She could only use her physical body to withstand the water flow's attacks.

She honed her reactions, dodging the water flow's attacks from hitting vital parts of her body.

And as a result, her Basic Stance proficiency also rapidly increased.

The proficiency gain for this skill is directly proportional to the pain endured.

The more attacks she endured, the faster her proficiency increased.

Until the sun set, and the dim streetlights shone under the bridge.

Shui Yuqianxi's body was completely soaked with sweat, clinging to her skin.

On her body's surface, the sweat evaporated quickly due to her high body temperature, forming a layer of steam.

Reaching her physical limit, Shui Yuqianxi dispersed the water flow, maintained the Basic Breathing Technique, leisurely returned to the balcony, set up the canopy, and took a bath.

At the same time, she picked up her Summoner, leaned against the edge of the tub, and opened the Summoner's Light Energy point conversion tab (shop).

Thanks to Lin Ti's tireless efforts, the shop now had many new items available.

"Lava Body Forging Chapter E" 50 Light Energy points, transforms blood into lava to temper the body. First layer: Constitution +1. Second layer: Strength +2, Constitution +2. Third layer: Strength +3, Constitution +3. Grants skill "Lava Blood E".

"Lava Blood E" 50 Light Energy points. When activated, blood will flow like lava, further activating the power of fire within the body.

"Volcano Qi Sensing Chapter D" 200 Light Energy points, transforms the body into a volcano to sense volcanic qi, accumulating power like a volcanic eruption. First layer: Constitution +1. Second layer: Constitution, Spirit, Strength +1. Third layer: Constitution, Spirit, Strength +2. Fourth layer: Constitution, Spirit, Strength +3. Fifth layer: Grants skill "Volcanic Lava Qi D".

"Volcanic Lava Qi D" 200 Light Energy points. Body like a volcano, qi like lava. When qi erupts, it is like a volcanic eruption, sweeping all before it.

"Dream Qi Sensing Chapter F" 30 Light Energy points, senses qi in dreams. The qi of the mouth, nose, and internal organs flows continuously. First layer: Spirit +1. Second layer: Grants skill "Normal Breathing F".

"Normal Breathing F" 30 Light Energy points, auxiliary cultivation method converts to normal body breathing operation, meaning the cultivation method can be maintained even in sleep. Requires high constitution and lung capacity.

"Lava Realm D·card" 150 Light Energy points, deploys the Lava Realm domain.

"Fin F·card" 30 Light Energy points, inserts card into a motorcycle, transforms the motorcycle into a fin form, granting the motorcycle extreme speed in water.

"Fish Eye F·card" 30 Light Energy points, grants the holder super vision.

"..."

Too many items were put on sale at once.

The Sea Spirit Armor and the First Generation and Second Generation armors are different; Shui Yuqianxi does not lack any powerful cards.

To obtain cards, she only needs to slowly collect the Sea Spirit Record.

She also did not lack cultivation methods.

The Basic Breathing Technique had not yet been fully cultivated, and after the Basic Breathing Technique, there was the Mian Yu Technique.

So she bought the two auxiliary cards: "Fin F" and "Fish Eye F."

She also took a liking to "Dream Qi Sensing Chapter" but did not plan to buy it immediately.

Although "Dream Qi Sensing Chapter" was researched by Lin Ti based on Shui Yuqianxi's dream breathing characteristics.

But unlike Shui Yuqianxi's instinct, this cultivation method made this ability more systematic.

After Shui Yuqianxi masters it, she will also have another improvement in her breathing.

It was equivalent to an optimization of Shui Yuqianxi's instincts.

After putting the two newly exchanged cards into her card holder, Shui Yuqianxi got up from the bathtub.

Manipulating the water stains on her body to dissipate, Shui Yuqianxi dressed and returned to her room.

She continued to operate the Basic Breathing Technique until late at night.

The next morning, Shui Yuqianxi got up, changed her clothes, and put on the 200kg water film weight.

Although it was somewhat arduous, the Mermaid Miss did not feel it to be so.

While maintaining the Basic Breathing Technique, she went for a run.

Passing through the wet market, she met that familiar person again.

Chen Cheng.

This time, she wasn't too surprised.

This little girl worked at a nearby sanatorium and came here every day to purchase ingredients.

It was not strange to encounter her often.

After all, both yesterday and today were weekends.

A high school student's precious weekend was actually used for work...

"I'll use you to test the new card."

Shui Yuqianxi drew out "Fish Eye F" and activated the card's power.

Immediately, her vision rose, floating high into the sky.

From this God's-eye view, she could easily magnify everything within her sight and capture details.

It was as if an infinitely powerful telescope was placed before her eyes, allowing her to see very distant locations clearly.

Not only that, under the vision of "Fish Eye F," human bodies and clothes seemed to decompose into minute materials.

She seemed to be able to see the composition of bones and muscles directly through clothes and skin.

Clearly perceiving the opponent's weaknesses.

It wasn't that "Fish Eye F" possessed X-ray vision; this kind of seeing through was merely an abstract sensation.

It was more akin to perceiving the aura of the opponent's physical body.

She let her gaze follow Chen Cheng's every move until she watched her return to her dilapidated rental room with her groceries.

She seemed to have left very early to catch the fresh and cheap vegetables at the market in the early morning.

Inside the dilapidated rental room, there was only one narrow small room.

Various sundries were crammed inside, and her grandmother lay on the only bed, with casts on her legs and hands.

Unable to pay for medical expenses, her grandmother was discharged from the hospital and could only move back home to recuperate.

Not only that, but people came to Chen Cheng's home every week to collect debts for medical expenses.

Although that man had been taught a lesson, the harm he caused to Chen Cheng's family was never healed.

In this situation, Chen Cheng worked every day, pursued her studies, and also took care of her grandmother.

All of this stemmed from her refusal of a powerful, middle-aged man's offer of patronage.

This was East Bay City of Nanwan Island.

East Bay City, where the interests of various aristocratic families and financial groups were intertwined.

Chen Cheng's grandmother was enduring physical pain at this moment.

She couldn't bear to cry out in pain in front of her granddaughter, as she felt more heartache for her granddaughter's current situation than for her own pain.

Although Chen Cheng never told her anything, never mentioned what she encountered, never spoke of how hard she worked every day.

She tried her best to maintain her usual positivity in front of her.

But she clearly knew how exhausted her granddaughter, whom she watched grow up, was every day now.

She usually endured until her granddaughter left before crying out in pain in this lonely rental room.

If she were to leave, her granddaughter would have no relatives in this cruel world.

Presumably, she would have stopped being a burden to her granddaughter when Chen Cheng was not around.

After cooking a pot of porridge and carefully feeding her grandmother, Chen Cheng quickly tidied up the pots and pans and left.

After all, she still had to go to work and couldn't be late.

Shortly after she left, the locked door was suddenly pushed open.

And then...

"Jellyfish Punch!"

"Pla-pla!"

Along with it, 5000 yuan was also left behind.

Salary - 5000.

At this moment, a certain Mermaid, who wished not to be named, had only 200 left of her 10,000 salary.