Chapter 221 - 151: Return to the City, Mission Harvest
Ali’s strength wasn’t the only thing that had grown over the past few missions—so had her wealth. She had replaced a set of her equipment before, but that was a long time ago. She hadn’t spent much from her last two missions and still had several hundred Gold Coins, even more than Lin Mo.
Lena was startled and quickly waved her hands. "I won’t need that much! I only need 10 Gold Coins... No, 5 Gold Coins will be enough."
"Don’t worry, Lena, just go for it. You know how much we make; 100 Gold Coins is nothing. If you can’t spend it all, just hang onto the rest. You’ll find a use for it eventually. Your job right now isn’t to save money, but to use it to improve your skills as fast as possible. Once you become a Professional Level Planting Master and Culinary Master, this amount of money will seem like nothing."
Lifestyle Professions weren’t necessarily unprofitable. On the contrary, some Lifestyle Professions could earn you more than many Adventurers.
For example, Alchemists.
Of course, professions like Planting Master and Culinary Master couldn’t compare to a money-devouring ’beast’ like an Alchemist, but if your skill level was high enough, you at least had a chance of rivaling a Blacksmith.
Besides, even ignoring the income, if Lena could become a skilled Planting Master or Culinary Master, the high-energy crops she could cultivate and the food with special effects she could create would be a huge help to them.
Lena finally nodded, her eyes filled with a new determination.
After checking out of their old room at the front desk and moving into three adjacent single rooms, everyone returned to their own room.
But none of them were in a hurry to sleep. Lena held a book in her hands, reading its contents over and over.
Of course, this was all fairly superficial material, only enough for the Entry Level. Without a teacher’s guidance, there was much she would have to slowly figure out on her own.
In the room next door, after taking a shower, Ali made her way to Lin Mo’s room as a matter of course.
A major reason for changing rooms was to make it easier to improve their strength.
Of course, this couldn’t go on forever, so Lin Mo and Ali discussed the issue of buying a house.
"Let’s buy a manor, the kind with a courtyard. That would make it easier for Lena to do her planting... The only thing is, a manor like that would probably be expensive, and we might not stay in Silver Stream City for very long."
For many Adventurers, like Alton, once they settled on a place, they wouldn’t move often unless something unexpected came up.
But Lin Mo’s situation was different. His strength was improving too quickly. Loran Forest was, after all, a starting zone for Adventurers. Once his power reached a certain point, the Demons here would no longer be enough for him to quickly grind his Skill Level, and he wouldn’t be able to accept suitable missions. When that time came, he would have to leave and head for more challenging places.
"It’s fine. We can just sell it later. At worst, we’ll lose a little money... Or we could ask Feney and see if her family has any related properties. We could rent a manor from her."
"Oh, right!"
Ali’s eyes lit up. "I can’t believe I didn’t think of that."
There were many things to do tomorrow.
Lin Mo counted on his fingers.
First, he had completed the required number of missions. He could go to the Association to get his Identity Card upgraded and become a Bronze Level Adventurer.
Also, there was that Ice Attribute Corpse Core Bone. He needed to find someone to process it, turn it into a "Magic Stone," and set it into his other Secret Silver Glove.
The matter of the manor wasn’t urgent. He would wait for Lena to practice her skills a bit, and then ask Feney the next time they met. It would be best to rent one if possible. If not, they would have no choice but to buy one.
As for the next mission...
Lin Mo planned to rest for a few days to get back in top shape. In the meantime, he could help Ali improve her strength and also find Shefilya to help him practice [Resilience]. All of these were important and not a waste of time.
"Lin Mo..."
Just as Lin Mo was pondering these things, Ali suddenly pressed up against him, her voice turning even more alluring.
Evidently, she wanted to make progress again.
"I feel like I’m almost a Level 2 Warrior. Help me tonight so I can break through in one go!"
"No problem."
Lin Mo, naturally, was more than up to the task. He had spent most of the day on the road with little fighting, so he wasn’t drained at all. He was in peak condition.
He didn’t need to get up early tomorrow, either. They had plenty of time tonight.
A moment later, as Lena was preparing for bed, she heard a faint sound from the room next door. She immediately thought, ’So Ali wasn’t lying. She really did want a single room to do extra training at night.’
’If Ali is working this hard, I need to do my best too!’
The Little Cat Girl clenched her fists, her heart filled with even greater motivation.
Of course, unlike Ali, she had to work tomorrow, so she couldn’t stay up all night.
’Maybe I should talk to the president later about taking two or three days off a week. That would give me enough time to research planting and cooking...’