Chapter 26: Farming Favor Debt Points

Chapter 26: Chapter 26: Farming Favor Debt Points

[Ding!]

[Detected: Han Jin has received a clear opportunity and benefit through the Host.]

[Favor Debt from Han Jin: 1,395 → 1,545]

[Ding!]

[Detected: Su Qin has received a clear opportunity and benefit through the Host.]

[Favor Debt from Su Qin: 1,050 → 1,200]

Li Jian’s fingers paused slightly.

’...I gained Favor Debt from this?’

He quickly asked the system in his mind.

’They found this place together with me. Why does it count as my benefit to them?’

The system replied without emotion.

[Ding!]

[Explanation]

[The two targets only obtained this opportunity because they followed the Host’s mission and entered this location with the Host.]

[The spirit pool, herbs, and leftover resources are treated as benefits acquired through the Host’s circumstances.]

[Therefore, Favor Debt has been generated.]

Li Jian’s eyes flickered.

’So that’s how it is.’

As long as other people gained something because of him... whether he gave it directly or they obtained it through a situation caused by him, the system would still count it as a benefit.

He looked at the two sitting by the pool.

Han Jin’s breathing had already steadied, and the wound on his arm was slowly closing under the richer spiritual energy.

Su Qin’s pale face also looked much better than before. Neither of them noticed anything unusual. To them, this was simply an unexpected gain after a dangerous fall.

Li Jian lowered his gaze and quietly smiled.

[Favor Debt from Han Jin: 1,545]

[Favor Debt from Su Qin: 1,200]

’I spent 1,000 points to make them protect me and kill the first wolf. Now, just from this cave, I got 150 points back from each of them.’

His eyes moved from the spirit pool to the cracked jade slip and dusty bottles on the stone platform.

’If I let them take more of the resources here... Their debt will only increase again.’

He did not say that out loud.

Instead, he picked up one of the dusty bottles, checked it, and casually tossed it toward Su Qin.

"Senior Sister Su, this one still has a recovery pill inside. You should take it. Your qi consumption earlier wasn’t small."

Su Qin caught the bottle and frowned at him.

"...You’re giving it to me?"

"I can’t use two at once," Li Jian said calmly. "Senior Brother Han should take the other."

Han Jin glanced at him, then at the remaining bottle.

After a short silence, he took it without saying much.

The system rang out again.

[Ding!]

[Detected: Host has given a clear benefit to Su Qin.]

[Favor Debt from Su Qin: 1,200 → 1,280]

[Ding!]

[Detected: Host has given a clear benefit to Han Jin.]

[Favor Debt from Han Jin: 1,545 → 1,625]

Li Jian sat back down beside the pool, his expression unchanged.

In his heart, however, the smile grew deeper.

An opportunity like this is useful.

But the debt it creates... may be even more useful.

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After a short rest beside the spirit pool, the three of them continued deeper into the cave.

The passage beyond the chamber was narrower and more winding.

Spiritual energy no longer stayed at a steady level.

Sometimes it grew richer, sometimes it thinned out again.

Along the way, they found more scattered remnants of whoever had once stayed here.... broken jars, dried herbs that had already lost their medicinal power, and a few low-grade materials left behind in stone niches.

Whenever something useful appeared, Li Jian would first check it himself.

If it could help his current 3rd Stage Qi Refinement cultivation, he kept it.

If it could not, he gave it away.

A piece of mid-grade beast tendon that he had no use for went to Han Jin.

A bottle of leftover beauty-nourishing liquid, useless to him, was tossed to Su Qin.

A few extra Nightshade Grass stalks that exceeded what he needed were split between the two of them as well.

Han Jin accepted the items with a stiff face and said little.

Su Qin frowned every time, as if she found his sudden generosity strange, but she still took them.

To her, it probably looked like Li Jian was trying to curry favor after everything that had happened on the journey.

To Li Jian, it was much simpler.

[Ding!]

[Detected: Host has given a clear benefit to Han Jin.]

[Favor Debt from Han Jin: 1,625 → 1,705]

[Ding!]

[Detected: Host has given a clear benefit to Su Qin.]

[Favor Debt from Su Qin: 1,280 → 1,360]

Every gift that he could not use turned into more debt.

The deeper they went, the clearer this pattern became.

This hidden cave was no longer just an unexpected opportunity for resources.

It had also become a quiet place to farm Favor Debt from the two people walking in front of him.

Han Jin found a low-grade body-tempering paste later on.

After checking it, Li Jian only shook his head.

"My foundation is too weak to use that properly right now. Senior Brother Han should take it."

Han Jin looked at him for a moment, then put it away.

[Favor Debt from Han Jin: 1,705 → 1,785]

Not long after, Su Qin picked up a small pouch of leftover spirit petals used for calming the mind during alchemy.

She clearly wanted it, but still glanced at Li Jian first.

Li Jian waved his hand.

"I don’t refine pills. It’s wasted on me."

Su Qin stared at him, then stored the pouch away without another word.

[Favor Debt from Su Qin: 1,360 → 1,440]

Li Jian walked behind them with a calm expression, as if he really was just being generous.

In his heart, he was keeping count.

They protect me because of the earlier request.

They obtain this cave’s resources because they came with me.

And everything I can’t use, I give to them.

The more they gain, the more they owe.

The cave gradually opened into another passage, this one carrying a faintly fragrant scent.

It was rich... and soothing.

Han Jin raised his hand and signaled them to slow down.

"There’s something ahead."

Su Qin’s eyes sharpened.

Li Jian also stopped smiling on the surface and looked forward.

Whatever was waiting deeper inside might be more valuable than the leftover herbs and bottles they had found so far.