novelbin Chapter 770 - 743: Making Money Is Nothing to Be Ashamed Of
Chapter 770 - 743: Making Money Is Nothing to Be Ashamed Of
"Couldn’t quite pull it off, so close." Chen Shouyi felt a rush of frustration rising from his heart, shooting up to his head.
His already splitting headache became even worse.
If only I’d known not to spend that ten thousand faith points on self-healing a few days ago.
Had I taken the opportunity earlier when it wasn’t so strong, I could have resolved the threat once and for all.
Trying to save faith points only ended up wasting even more.
Ultimately, it’s all because I’m too broke, reluctant to use them, leading to today’s predicament.
He looked again at the empty faith points on the attribute panel, feeling his heart clench.
There’s a kind of pain called being back to square one overnight.
There’s a type of illness called poverty.
That’s over thirty thousand faith points!
If invested in self-healing, self-healing could be almost maxed out.
Thinking of the heartache, he punched down hard again.
"Boom!"
The entire mountain top was flattened.
"Eh!"
Chen Shouyi looked surprised.
He noticed that the perception on the attribute panel, originally 30.0 points, had now become 30.2 points.
The frustration in his heart swiftly faded.
The higher the attribute, the harder it is to advance even a step forward.
If an ordinary person’s perception is 1, thirty points is over three thousand times that of an ordinary person, even the strongest cultivation technique’s effect is pitifully weak.
Since returning from the Himalayas, it has been half a month, and apart from a 0.3-point increase in willpower, other attributes including perception hadn’t advanced even slightly.
"Spending thirty thousand faith points for 0.2 points in perception, I wonder if it’s worth it?" Chen Shouyi thought to himself.
He recalled the residual Tamu’s will in his mind.
Suddenly, he wasn’t as bothered.
Maybe... there might be more benefits.
Perception is quite critical. On one hand, it alongside willpower forms the dual aspects of the soul. If perception is the form, then willpower is the substance, much like a small river cannot support a big ship, and strong will is limited, to some extent, by perception.
This can be seen from the fact that willpower has never significantly exceeded perception.
Whereas powerful perception makes it relatively easier to enhance willpower, it’s like water flowing naturally.
And ordinary people facing divine power, even battle-hardened soldiers, can end up with only a shattered soul.
On the other hand, perception is also related to intuition, prophecy, and such abilities.
...
"However, by stealing Tamu’s power like this, I wonder if Tamu would mind?" Chen Shouyi thought as he rubbed his chin.
Probably not... right?
After all, for such an existence, this amount of power isn’t even a fraction, not even a billionth, it’s simply the power of a glance.
Plus, there’s the distance between worlds.
...
After October, the weather grew colder day by day.
It had rained yesterday, and the puddles on the ground had a thin layer of ice, crackling as he stepped on it.
Upon returning home, Chen Xingyue hadn’t left yet.
"Bro, what was all that noise last night? I thought you tore down the house." Chen Xingyue said while eating breakfast.
She was dressed in a conservative business outfit with clear glasses, looking clean and neat, increasingly mature.
Despite being an eighteen-year-old girl, she dressed like she was twenty-eight.
Lacking any youthful vigor.
Chen Shouyi found it quite disagreeable.
"What’s it to you?"
"Can’t be bothered to argue with you." Chen Xingyue quickly finished her breakfast, grabbed her bag in a rush: "I’m heading to the Martial Arts Academy."
"Go on, go on." Chen Shouyi said, a thought occurred to him.
"Wait!"
"What is it?"
"Being the dean must be tough, right?"
Confronted with her brother’s rare concern, Chen Xingyue was a bit taken aback: "It’s alright, I don’t need to handle specific tasks, just overseeing the general direction is enough."
For Chen Xingyue, life was simple mode.
The subordinates were diligent and hardworking, the superiors were kind and caring, and everyone was friendly and pleasant.
Resources, connections, funds didn’t even require her effort; they would all come rushing in.
Even though the second Martial Arts Academy was newly built, the attention it received far surpassed the first Martial Arts Academy.
"As your older brother, I’ve never supported you. How about setting a time, and I’ll give a speech at your academy?" Chen Shouyi said boldly.
"Seriously, bro?" Chen Xingyue said unbelievingly. She had long had this thought, but felt bad for troubling her brother with such a small matter.
Chen Shouyi nodded: "It’s not a joke."
Of course, it wasn’t a change of heart; he was simply desperately broke right now.
Not a single faith point left, making him feel insecure.
Especially with the next outbreak uncertain, things could get bad without enough faith points.
Reality is just so frustrating.
Even someone as strong as Chen Shouyi has to bend for a bowl of rice.
...
Watching an excited Chen Xingyue rushing off to the academy.
Chen Shouyi comforted himself:
"Earning money while kneeling is not bad. It’s just making money, no shame in that."
He returned to his bedroom, thought for a moment, then picked up the yellow pages on the desk, quickly flipping through them, and promptly called a number:
"Hello, is this everyone Daily?"
"It’s me, Chen Shouyi!"
"It’s that General Manager Chen."
"Ever considered doing an exclusive interview?"
"Not about anyone else, it’s about me!"
"The sooner the better!"
"It could be tomorrow!"
"Also, I have a speech in a week..."
"Of course you need to send a reporter."
Chen Shouyi hung up the phone, shaking his head.
Talking is really tiring.
The receptionist’s quality was lacking, not understanding his hints, forcing him to make things clear.
Next, he made an international call.
The international lines had recently connected, though only within Eurasia, unfortunately...
"You are the CBB?"
...
Great Xia’s state media, European Union’s state media, Lucy Country’s state media, even the state media of other small countries weren’t spared by Chen Shouyi.
Even a small mosquito is meat after all!
After dialing through all the calls, Chen Shouyi hung up the phone satisfactorily.
...
Receiving a call personally from Chen Shouyi.
All the media were dumbfounded, almost doubting reality, then frantically reaching out for confirmation.
...
"Joseph, this is real."
"Yes, yes, yes."
"Nothing has happened, it’s just that General Manager Chen is somewhat...ahem!"
"Sorry, another call is coming through. We’ll leave it there for now and talk again later." The president hung up the call from the European Union’s prime minister and answered another dedicated line.
"Yes, yes, yes..."
"I’ve already confirmed it."
"Okay, okay! I heard your health hasn’t been great lately, please take care."
"Haha, alright!"
That day, the president was glued to the phone, even delaying or canceling his schedule.
Inwardly worried: "Such a massive commotion, mustering efforts, really nothing happened?"
He himself began to have doubts.