Chapter 38: The Items Have Been Restocked—Start Buying, Start Buying!
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The disgraceful Younger Sister Number One and the shifty-eyed Younger Sister Number Two were ultimately sentenced to the cruel punishment of washing the dishes, mopping the floor, and doing the laundry after dinner.
As for Shano, he had gone to bed early and enjoyed a comfortable, restful night of high-quality sleep.
Warm and soft... Nothing beats the comfort of one's own bed!
He had been fairly exhausted that day as well.
He had spent the entire morning training aboard the ship, then, after reuniting with everyone at home, had spent the whole afternoon rushing about the village.
First, he rented two vacant houses in town and settled Manba and the others in. Afterward, he discussed his plans in detail with Bell-mère and received her wholehearted support.
Bell-mère was only a little over thirty years old this year.
Yet she was already a typical member of the older generation who simply could not sit idle.
If someone gave her tens of millions of Berries to retire on, she would be so restless that she could hardly sit still or sleep at night.
But turning work she loved into a proper enterprise was an entirely different experience.
She could earn more money while allowing more people to taste the oranges she had cultivated and grown with her own hands. She was overjoyed.
She had immediately followed Shano out, brimming with enthusiasm, and together they leased the large tract of land adjoining the orange grove.
Once spring arrived next year, the orange grove could be expanded to roughly seven or eight times its current size.
Now that winter had officially begun, there was still plenty to do in the grove: post-harvest fertilization, clearing and spraying, inspecting for overwintering pests and diseases, deep tilling the soil...
In previous years, Shano had handled most of this himself, working for more than half a month from beginning to end.
Now he no longer needed to concern himself with any of it. He had handed all those miscellaneous tasks over to Manba and the others, leaving himself free to focus entirely on cultivation.
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Huff, huff...
On a winter morning, the temperature in Cocoyasi Village had fallen below freezing. Mist blanketed the island, and every breath Shano exhaled emerged as a distinct plume of white vapor.
Wearing nothing but a thin shirt, he was jogging around the entire island to warm up.
As his physical abilities continued to improve, running in the orange grove had gradually ceased to be enough for him. He had simply switched to circling the entire island, maintaining a moderate pace of roughly a minute and a half per kilometer.
About an hour later, he completed four laps around the island—exactly forty kilometers—and finished his simple warm-up.
After arriving at his private training ground, Shano used the wooden stakes there to spend some time reinforcing his practice of Shave.
He then opened the Iron Body manual in the inventory and began reading it carefully from the beginning.
Once he had committed most of the essential material to memory, Shano was about to close the system panel and begin training when he suddenly noticed, to his delight, that the marketplace had refreshed.
It was time for his second-favorite activity: bargain-hunting through mystery boxes!
But he could not allow his freshly warmed-up body to cool down.
So he supported himself with one hand and began browsing the marketplace interface floating before his eyes while doing handstand push-ups.
He had spent a month at sea and earned more than forty thousand points. Now that he finally had an opportunity to spend them again, he had been practically bursting with impatience.
Time to start shopping!
[Good-Dreams, High-Efficiency Sleep Pillow]
[Type: Equipment]
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[Price: 600 points]
[Description: Using this pillow grants highly efficient sleep, doubling the effectiveness of rest. The user may freely switch between Dream Mode and Dreamless Mode.]
[Seller's Note: With only four hours of sleep a day, you can remain full of energy. An essential product for those blessed with good fortune.]
The very first item made Shano's heart stir.
"It can cut my sleeping time in half while steadily improving the quality of my sleep?"
It was extremely practical.
As the saying went, why sleep long while alive? After death, one would have eternity to rest.
If he had possessed this thing in high school, perhaps Tsinghua and Peking University would have been vying for him. Now that he was accustomed to arduous cultivation every day, using it would mean he could set aside even more time to improve himself.
At six hundred points, it was reasonably good value.
After a brief moment of thought, Shano chose to purchase it.
He then used his mind to scroll down the screen and look at the next item.
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[Adjustable-Weight Training Suit — Pure Black]
[Type: Equipment]
[Price: 800 points]
[Description: This close-fitting training suit appears ordinary, but its weight can be adjusted at will. The adjustment range is from one kilogram to ten tons. The effect is active only while worn by the system host.]
[Seller's Note: Know your own limits and adjust the weight with caution. There is a tragic precedent of a buyer crushing his beloved into meat paste.]
Its maximum weight could reach ten tons...
Shano's eyes brightened slightly.
He remembered how, when he had watched Dragon Ball, he had longed for those seemingly light leg weights that could leave a crater in the ground once removed.
The effect of this item was an all-around upgraded version.
As long as he wore it during the day, even if he did nothing at all, his body would be subjected to high-intensity training. He could even benefit from the statue's blessing effect.
And more importantly—
The fact that its weight could be adjusted up to ten tons meant that it would remain useful for a very long time.
There was no need to deliberate. Shano added it to his cart without hesitation.
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[Homelander's Collection of Milk Bottles]
[Type: Miscellaneous]
[Price: 950 points]
[Description: Six bottles of milk hidden inside the refrigerator in Homelander's bedroom. As the world's number-one superhero, Homelander would open them and smell them for a long time after returning from his heroic exploits, yet rarely bring himself to take even a sip. These bottles of milk seem to hold extremely special sentimental value for him.]
[Seller's Note: Getting my hands on this means my infiltration skills have improved yet again... Wait, it sounds as if someone is knocking on my window. I'll go take a look. Strange, I clearly live on the thirtieth floor.]
"Uh..."
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Shano narrowed his eyes.
Of course, he knew what was special about these six bottles of "milk."
In a sense, they truly were limited-edition keepsakes. They could never be reproduced, and every bottle consumed meant one fewer remained.
But spend nearly a thousand points on this thing?
He would have to be possessed by Homelander himself first.
Straight pass. Next item!
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[Infinite Red Bean Buns]
[Type: Consumable]
[Price: 900 points]
[Description: Upon purchase, you will receive one hundred red bean buns with an unlimited shelf life, each weighing two hundred grams. Regardless of whether they are all eaten or how many are consumed, the inventory will replenish itself to one hundred buns every day.]
[Seller's Note: Consuming large quantities every day carries the risk of mental derangement and smearing feces across the walls.]
"Hmm..."
Shano switched to his left hand and continued doing handstand push-ups, while his right hand cupped his chin as he considered the matter seriously.
The price seemed a little high, but in truth, it was worth far more than it cost.
One hundred red bean buns replenished every day truly lived up to the name "Infinite." At the very least, it guaranteed that a glutton like him would never have to worry about starving to death.
At present, he was at home and naturally had no shortage of food. But once he set sail and traveled from place to place, unexpected situations were bound to arise.
Apart from the supreme experts standing at the pinnacle of the world, everyone else was ultimately somewhat fragile before the forces of nature. He had witnessed Zeff's ordeal with his own eyes not long ago.
He might as well buy it. He could treat it as a form of personal insurance.
It would actually be useful even now. He would not eat the things for all three meals, but whenever he was busy cultivating at noon and too lazy to return home for lunch, they would make a convenient meal on the spot.
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The next several items were rather unremarkable. Shano merely glanced at them before skipping over them, soon reaching the second-to-last item in this month's refresh.
The moment he saw the item's name clearly, his attention was instantly drawn in.
[The Flesh-and-Blood Furnace Method, Part Two: Copper Head]
[Type: Cultivation Manual]
[Price: 1,200 points]
[Description: Practicing this manual will greatly enhance the strength of your neck and everything above it. The Flesh-and-Blood Furnace Method focuses on unlocking the treasures hidden within the human body and consists of five volumes, with Copper Head being the second. Mastering all five manuals will grant an additional increase in physical strength.]
[Seller's Note: If Cheng had known this technique that day, the kettle beside him would not have screamed quite so loudly.]
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