Chapter 5: Blind Battle (1/2)
Chapter 5: Blind Battle
Translator: TYZEditor: Lis
It was surely true that the mind could not win over an empty stomach.
When Ai Hui returned to his senses and realized that he had not eaten anything the entire day, an overwhelming rush of hunger engulfed him.
Limbs weakened, he supported himself by holding on to the wall.
An empty sack could not stand upright, this idiom made so much sense now.
As he staggered out of the alleyway, he caught sight of a noodle house and almost crawled his way over.
”Boss, one bowl of noodles!”
”Okay!”
After eating, Ai Hui regained his strength, but when he went to pay his bill, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets. ”How… how much?”
”One hundred and fifty yuan, thank you for patronizing my store,” the boss replied.
”One… one hundred and fifty yuan?” Ai Hui asked incredulously. He stared at the boss with a darkening expression and a murderous aura. Since childhood, he’d never been one to be pushed around.
”New student?” The boss furrowed his eyebrows. This was not the first time such an incident had happened here. He pointed helplessly at the wooden signboard in his shop. ”The prices are listed here.”
Ai Hui’s eyes followed the boss’s hand to the signboard, an unpleasant feeling rising like bile in his stomach.
The boss was speaking the truth...
Ai Hui reeled out of the noodle house with an ashen face. He finally knew why no one was willing to take up the commission on the training hall. The monthly salary was only four thousand five hundred yuan. Barely enough to pay for his meals? Who taught mathematics to the old man at the Commission Center? Reveal yourself now!
Thirty bowls of noodles!
A bowl of noodles each day. When Ai Hui touched his stomach, which did not seem full even though he had just eaten, and thought about his future, his face turned pale. He stepped into the Induction Ground with lofty aspirations, thinking he could become a powerful elementalist and take control of his life. However, he did not expect himself to be defeated by a bowl of noodles sold in the Induction Ground.
If he couldn’t even fill his stomach, why bother talking about training?!
The night breeze sent a bone-piercing chill down his spine, causing him to tremble non-stop.
No, he had to think of a way to earn money!
After five seconds of self-pitying, Ai Hui pulled himself together. Money was important not only to ensure a full stomach but also to benefit an elementalist’s training. While he was in the Wilderness, he had followed elementalists around just to hunt dire beasts.
A dire beast’s skin, flesh, tendons, and bones were considered treasures.
The bones and tendons could be made into weapons and the skins into armor. As for the dire beasts’ blood, they were usually used to concoct elixirs, and the flesh was mainly used to make elemental food.
The so-called elemental food was rich in elemental energy, which was highly beneficial to one’s training.
The current elemental energy system had been inherited from the extensively detailed cultivation system. It was impacted so deeply that it still retained certain cultivation aspects that could still be seen today.
Ai Hui was no longer an ignorant teenager who thought that diligent training was all that was needed to become more powerful.
The streetlights lit up, brilliantly illuminating the nighttime Central Pine City. New students wandered in groups, and the streets bustled with life. As newly-admitted students, they did not have any worries yet. The excitement from entering the Induction Ground continued to burn within them, making them brim with hope for the future.
Perhaps the laughter and joy surrounding him alleviated Ai Hui’s worries.
He wandered around with both hands plunged deeply into his pockets, leisurely walking alone through the myriad of beautiful lights. He somewhat enjoyed this moment filled with the bustling crowd, the churning mist under the light, and the wafting aroma of food. This was a special moment for him. Even though he was always unknowingly on high alert, his cautious mind had relaxed a bit at the sight of the lively atmosphere and the innocence of the ordinary people.
He roamed aimlessly around the streets when suddenly, a signboard caught his eyes.
The signboard wrote, ”Blind battle! If you can last for five minutes, you can take away fifty thousand yuan!”
Fifty thousand yuan!
Ai Hui’s eyes promptly lit up, resembling a hungry wolf that had identified its prey. His hands that were previously in his pockets were now touching his stomach, subconsciously rubbing it.
Not really full yet….
How many bowls of noodles could fifty thousand yuan buy? It didn’t seem worth it, but how come he felt hungry again?
Without completing his thought process, he lost control of his legs that had already walked through the entrance.
The body was always honest with its needs...
….
Shi Clan Training Hall.
The door to the resting lounge opened, revealing a tall, elegant, and frosty lady brimming with confidence. She wore a black windbreaker and a hat that covered almost her entire face. The young lady pulled off her overcoat and passed it to a middle-aged man behind her asking, ”Blind battle? This concept is rather interesting. I like it!”