Chapter 154: The Ultra Rich Woman (1/2)
After the day's training ended, Li Luo bathed and changed. He was entranced by the handsome youth in the mirror staring back at him, and he spaced out for a few minutes.
He shook himself from his reverie at last.
”Just a pretty face, hollow underneath.” He sighed. He needed spirit liquids and purifying lights so badly.
He had been at the Astral Sage College for more than 20 days now, and his supply of spirit liquids and purifying lights had been exhausted. He had run out two days ago, and it felt strange. He had gotten so used to them.
That batch of spirit liquids and purifying lights had mostly helped his woodearth resonance, bringing it from the fourth grade to the fifth-grade.
However, his first resonance, the waterlight one, still remained at the sixth grade. Moreover, it was a long way away from the seventh-grade.
The main limiting factor was the steep price of sixth-grade spirit liquids and purifying lights. Although Jiang Qing'e had guaranteed him a continuous supply, it was not enough to keep pace with Li Luo's cultivation.
He understood, but he was unhappy nonetheless. The Suncreek Villa's profits were climbing steadily at headquarters thanks to his secret watersource, but it wasn't going to make him a fortune overnight.
He had to take things slow.
”I'll just have to endure it.”
Li Luo hung his head and walked out of the room.
He headed for the second level of the basement, a refining workshop. Chi Chan would give him and Bai Mengmeng refining advice here in their free time.
There was a crystal wall on one side of the workshop, where one could see within. Li Luo saw Chi Chan standing outside with her hands in her pockets and looking in.
He went to take a look.
Inside the refining workshop, a petite girl was on the refining platform. In front of her was an entire assembly of bottles and flasks. Her hands were a blur as she performed complex procedures, adding, distilling, and creating even more glowing liquids.
She turned briefly to look at the whiteboard behind her, which was already covered in a scrawling mass of numbers.
Li Luo stared at her. She looked like a completely different person, her usual, demure look gone. Instead, her face was almost like a robot as she worked on her calculations with calm and collected precision.
”That's Bai Mengmeng??”
Chi Chan heard the disbelief in his voice. ”Mm. Rather, it's Bai Mengmeng in a dream state.”
”What do you mean?” he asked, puzzled.
”It's a special place for her. Her Nightmarish Water Butterfly resonance has powerful hallucinatory effects. For some reason, she can use it on herself as well.
”She can induce a dream-state for herself, and when she does so, her ability to do research increases greatly. In this state, she can overcome many obstacles that she usually can't.”
Li Luo was amazed. So she was... sleep-walking?
Sleep-researching?!
That was insane!
”So far, Bai Mengmeng has created more than 10 different spirit liquids and purifying lights. Although they are all fourth-grade and below, the best among them was rated a four-star spirit liquid.”
Li Luo was even more impressed now.