Chapter 372 - 242: Black Market

Chapter 372: Chapter 242: Black Market

The Yu Kingdom was vast. Although it was already early winter, the area around Jingshan Province in Jinlong Dao was only mildly cold, hovering around 10°C.

The weather grew colder the further northwest one went. Having still not received any news from Zhang Wenji, Yu Fei sent a message to Zhang Yuan and decided to head home for the New Year.

On the way back, he took the underground high-speed rail reserved for Martial Artists, as it was faster.

After the mission ended, Mr. Tang returned to Shenhan.

Returning to Tianning, the remoteness of his hometown was even more palpable. The small county town was exceptionally peaceful, with a slow pace of life.

Yu Fei was the last to get home; his older sister, Yu Miao, had arrived long ago. Yu Fei’s rise had changed the fate of his entire family. As ordinary people, they now had more than enough to live comfortably for the rest of their lives.

"Did you bring me a gift, Bro?"

Yu Wei was the first to rush over. After a joyful hug, she froze, staring at her brother’s empty hands.

"Of course! Let me show you a magic trick!"

As he spoke, Yu Fei reached into thin air, pulled out a huge gift box, and placed it in Yu Wei’s arms.

"Whoa, it’s so heavy!"

Yu Wei struggled to hold it, her face turning bright red. Mr. Yu quickly helped her set it on the floor.

"It really is heavy. This must weigh thirty or forty kilograms!"

Mr. Yu was rather surprised. He was still trying to process how his son had just pulled something out of thin air.

"Just now...?"

Mr. Yu gestured with his hands. "How did you just pull that out of nowhere?"

Yu Fei smiled. "Dad, it’s just a common little trick for Martial Artists. Nothing to be amazed by."

As he spoke, he pulled another, slightly smaller brown gift box from the personal storage space created by his Lesser Spatial Affinity talent.

Mr. Yu didn’t overthink it, assuming it was a common thing.

"I get one too? What is this?"

Mr. Yu opened the gift box in pleasant surprise, only to find it filled with small, ordinary-looking, pale blue pills.

Yu Fei explained, "This special medicine is suitable for ordinary people. It effectively improves the vitality of one’s internal organs. Simply put, Dad, it can restore your body’s vigor to what it was when you were twenty-five!"

"It’s that powerful?"

Mr. Yu’s eyes lit up. At his age, his physical condition had already gone considerably downhill. He often had various aches and pains, and the key issue was his lack of energy.

He excitedly pulled out the instruction manual and began to read. The more he read, the wider his grin became.

Mrs. Yu came over, curious as well. Just then, Yu Fei pulled another, slightly larger red gift box from his personal storage space.

"Mom, this one’s for you!"

The gift for his mom, in addition to tonics, included some medicines for nourishing the skin and enhancing beauty.

Afterward, he gave the last gift box to his older sister, Yu Miao.

"What is this? I’ve never seen anything like it! Is it edible?"

After excitedly opening the gift box, Yu Wei curiously pulled out a bag of mushroom snacks that shimmered with a fluorescent glow.

Yu Wei’s box was filled entirely with Spiritual Food that Yu Fei had specially selected. It was made from supernatural ingredients processed to be suitable for ordinary people.

"Of course you can, but don’t eat too much, or you’ll gain weight. A *lot* of weight!"

Yu Wei instantly grew envious. "You Martial Artists are so lucky! You can eat all kinds of delicious food and never gain weight! I’m going to train to be a Martial Artist, too!"

"Alright, you have your big brother’s support!"

But his older sister, Yu Miao, shot her down. "You should probably lose some weight first. You’re already 132 pounds! Look at that double chin! Feifei, would you look at your sister? See how chubby she’s gotten!"

Indeed, he had noticed upon returning home that Yu Wei had gotten quite a bit rounder.

"Oh, come on, Sis! I’ll go on a diet after I finish eating all this!"

"Hahaha..."

Mr. Yu was laughing off to the side.

The supplements Yu Fei brought home this time were not cheap; they were specially selected from a platform called ’Pingtianxia.’ The price of these items was comparable to fifth-realm cultivation resources.

Potions suitable for Martial Artists had dosages far too potent for ordinary people, making them little different from poison.

The items he bought were made from mid- to high-tier materials, but they were sourced from immature specimens like young saplings. This meant that while the quality of the ingredients was high, their active content was extremely low.

This was precisely why they had such miraculous effects on ordinary people; they were just a bit pricey.

In addition, he had custom-made jade accessories for his family members. Each possessed a faint supernatural ability that could subtly regulate the wearer’s bio-magnetic field, essentially applying a weak BUFF that improved alertness, focus, and physical well-being.

He had received a good number of them as a bonus from a merchant while purchasing jade materials for his Melt Gold Jade Body Skill practice. To him, they weren’t particularly valuable, but in the mundane world, each one was a rare treasure.

An ordinary person’s life essence is too fragile to withstand much disturbance. Any enhancements must be applied with extreme caution. An overdose would instead drain their life force, making the loss far greater than the gain.

This year, however, Yu Fei felt the New Year celebration lacked the warmth of previous years. Mr. Yu was very busy, constantly attending dinner parties and social engagements. He had been promoted to a director at the small factory.

Rumor had it that his superiors wanted to promote him again, but Mr. Yu had refused, saying he wanted to earn his way up, one steady step at a time.

His mom was much the same. Wearing the new jewelry Yu Fei had bought, she couldn’t wait to go and show it off to her card-playing friends the very next day.

Yu Wei stayed holed up in her room, playing games nonstop. It was nearly impossible to get her to come out. ’This sister is a lost cause, too.’

Of the whole family, only his older sister, Yu Miao, had kept her original drive. She spent her days reading and working out, clearly pursuing higher goals.

Yu Fei chatted with his older sister and discovered she had already founded her own studio. She planned to work in the anime adaptation industry. They talked for a long while, but Yu Miao’s speech was full of jargon he didn’t quite understand, like ’IP traffic’ and other such terms.

Looking at the professional expression on Yu Miao’s face, he felt very happy. ’As long as my family can live the way they want, that’s enough for me.’

After the New Year, he squeezed in some time for a brief get-together with a few people from the Aurora Martial Arts Hall. He had the related profits transferred directly to his sister. During the meeting, the topic of Vitality Elixirs came up. Du Mingxuan’s father expressed his hope of obtaining a larger share, but Yu Fei declined with a polite smile.