148: Chapter 148 Absorbing Special Energy, Obtaining...

"Contract, solidify!"

Lin Mo suddenly felt a faint, elusive connection form in his mind.

"Alright, the contract is complete. You can open your eyes now."

Song Waner released her hand.

Lin Mo also felt that icy aura dissipate.

That consciousness departed, seemingly reluctant to leave.

Lin Mo slowly opened his eyes, immediately looking toward the egg.

After completing the contract, he found that even the egg looked much more pleasing to the eye.

There was a special sense of closeness.

Song Waner couldn't help but exclaim, "This is the smoothest contract I have ever witnessed."

"What a peculiar feeling, it's as if the two of you share a blood connection."

A smile curled the corners of Lin Mo's mouth.

A blood connection?

In a certain sense, I suppose so?

After all, this fellow had a sliver of Luo Li's own flesh and blood injected into it.

He turned his head to look at Song Waner, "So smooth? Can I get a discount then?"

Song Waner was slightly taken aback, then responded with a wry smile, "No!"

"Alright then," Lin Mo shrugged, "But, is this little one not going to hatch yet?"

After the contract was successful, Lin Mo discovered that only a vague, ethereal connection had appeared in his mind.

However, he still couldn't communicate with it directly right now.

Without Song Waner's help, the connection with her—who hadn't hatched yet—wasn't very strong.

Song Waner pondered for two seconds and said, "Normally, it should hatch immediately after a successful contract."

"However, I just had a feeling that she hasn't had enough time yet."

"Is it possible that she isn't a naturally produced egg?"

An image of Luo Li rummaging through her own belly for the egg flashed through Lin Mo's mind, and he said thoughtfully,

"Well, come to think of it, it should be a C-section premature birth."

Song Waner was stunned at first.

Then, realizing what he meant, she was immediately left speechless with a wry smile.

Doesn't that just mean they killed the mother and dug it out from her stomach?

However, this situation actually isn't that rare.

Song Waner said to Lin Mo, "Then that explains it; her time hasn't come yet."

"It will be fine once she stays in the egg for another two days."

"Alright, then thank you..." Lin Mo was thinking about how he should address her.

Unexpectedly, Song Waner took the initiative and said, "You can just call me Senior."

"Sen... Senior?" Lin Mo looked puzzled.

Song Waner's lips curled up slightly, "That's right, I'm also a student at the Imperial Capital Academy, just three years your senior, so I don't need to be at the academy every day."

"So I just decided to return to my hometown and earn some extra money on the side."

"Then... thank you, Senior."

After the transaction was completed, Song Waner's money would be paid directly to her by The Exchange.

Therefore, she soon took her leave.

Watching Song Waner's back as she walked out of the room,

Lin Mo suddenly realized something.

Where that inexplicable sense of familiarity came from.

Both have a profession capable of controlling snakes, and both are women in qipaos.

This Song Waner actually had a slight resemblance to the Wandering Snake Star-Plucking Envoy he met yesterday.

However...

The Wandering Snake Star-Plucking Envoy's strength had already reached Tier 9.

While Song Waner was only Tier 6.

It must be a coincidence.

It seems he was still a bit tense because of the Star-Plucking Society.

Seeing that Luo Li's egg had no intention of hatching yet,

Lin Mo put it directly into his Storage Pouch.

At the same time, Jiang Si had already completed the other parts of the transaction.

She transferred 520 million to Lin Mo's account.

At the same time, she also took out ten abyss crystals.

Since the Materials from monsters like Luo Li and the Withered Bone Death Flood Dragon were all extremely rare,

the abyss crystals were merely an additional condition for agreeing to those private transactions, and they themselves sold for 300 million.

Looking at the amount on his account, the corners of Lin Mo's mouth couldn't help but curl upward.

As expected, one has to participate in these kinds of trials to earn a lot.

The little Sakura folks alone contributed a huge sum to him.

However, this money still needs to be converted into experience points as much as possible.

If all this money were spent on resources...

Lin Mo's expression was somewhat excited.

However, as for the items to purchase, he could take another look.

Previously, he bought residual magic slag mainly because he didn't have much money, and it was very cost-effective.

50,000 could buy 3,500 experience points.

But with Lin Mo's current perspective, the experience points given weren't particularly high.

If he were to convert it all into this, eating it would be truly exhausting.

If he just wanted to save money, he would have to eat them one by one, and it would take a long time to finish.

It would be a waste of time instead.

It would be better to spend a bit more money, perhaps the cost-effectiveness wouldn't be as high.

But it would be less trouble.

"Besides residual magic slag, is there anything else rich in energy?"

"It doesn't matter if the price is a bit higher, but the quantity must be large!"

"Please wait a moment, I will check for you," Jiang Si operated her tablet for a while.

She soon found three types of items.

They were the heart of the Rock Armor Turtle, the root of the Blood-Thorn Vine, and finally, the eye of the Shadow Cat.

"These three types of monsters are all Tier 5, their populations are huge, and because they have obvious weaknesses, they can be hunted on a large scale, so there are many Materials, and the experience points they contain should all be higher than residual magic slag."

"However..." Jiang Si paused for a second and said, "These items themselves have a large market demand, so the price is relatively expensive."

"The Rock Armor Turtle heart sells for 500,000."

"The Blood-Thorn Vine root is 480,000."

"The Shadow Cat eye sells for 580,000."

Lin Mo thought for a moment, "Help me buy one of each first. Should I be able to get them now?"

"Yes." Jiang Si quickly brought over three portions of Materials.

And without Lin Mo needing to say anything, after handing the items to Lin Mo, Jiang Si left the room directly.

Lin Mo was very satisfied with Jiang Si's tactfulness.

Subsequently, Lin Mo turned his gaze to these three portions of Materials.

Just these three things cost over 1.5 million; it's still a bit expensive.

Lin Mo shook his head.

Let's eat a couple of bites first and see.

The first thing he picked up was the Shadow Cat's eye.

It is said that this thing can be used to refine reconnaissance potions.

It indeed contained quite a bit of energy inside.

He swallowed it in one gulp.

Hmm, like salted pork; the taste is a little fishy.

[Gluttony Talent successfully fed, converted experience points +29,000, Green Lotus Enlightenment obtained additional experience points +2,900]

It's about the same as he estimated.

The actual gain in experience points is not as high as residual magic slag, but it saves a lot of trouble.

One can eat several of these eyeballs in one go.

It's much faster than residual magic slag.

Lin Mo picked up the Blood-Thorn Vine root again.

He put it into his mouth expressionlessly and started.

Hmm, like a salad coated in sugar syrup; the taste is okay.

[Gluttony Talent successfully fed, converted experience points +22,222, Green Lotus Enlightenment obtained additional experience points +2,222]

The difference is a bit big.

Lin Mo excluded the Blood-Thorn Vine root immediately.

Finally, he picked up the Rock Armor Turtle heart.

The Rock Armor Turtle itself is not very large.

Its heart is even smaller, only slightly larger than the Shadow Cat's eye.

This thing is normally used to refine short-term defense-boosting potions.

He threw it directly into his mouth.

Lin Mo immediately frowned tightly.

A bitter taste spread throughout his mouth.

This was the first time Lin Mo had encountered such a bitter taste.

After swallowing it.

A line of notification immediately popped up in front of Lin Mo's eyes.

[Gluttony Talent successfully fed, converted experience points +28,000, Green Lotus Enlightenment obtained additional experience points +2,800]

[Devoured special energy, obtained permanent Defense +1]