Chapter 224: Half-elf Autistic Soft Girl
The time had just reached dinnertime, and Yuan Zhu had booked a private room in a private restaurant inside Rain Courtyard. He was discussing with Senior Student how to better borrow the academy’s prestige and use the frog farming facility’s undertaking to profit for himself.
Because there were numerous such ‘downstream small workshops’ under Rain Courtyard, spread across various industries. As long as you hug the academy’s thigh tightly and are willing to offer the first bite of meat, you can really get some meaty bones.
For novice entrepreneurship, it was still very happy.
Senior Student: “Actually, doing downstream support services for the academy, the core essence is just one: ‘extreme cost compression’. Take ‘experimental grade frogs’ as an example; their farming costs have long been figured out by the Frog School. It’s just because feeding them is troublesome, demand is high, and they easily mutate and die from disease, that the risk and trouble are shifted outward. The acquisition price is always kept at a barely profitable number.”
“If you really want to make money through ‘frog farming’, there are only two paths. Continuously increase and expand the farming scale; however, the more frogs you raise, the more rapidly hygiene conditions deteriorate. Once disease infects and spreads among them, it causes massive deaths; or if some kind of pollution goes out of control and mutates, it quickly triggers a chain reaction, making you lose money to the point of bleeding.”
“The other path is, under the same conditions, extreme cost control. Using less feed, cheaper resources, and harsher environments to farm experimental frogs of the same quality, you can earn more. I recommend you do frog farming precisely because I see potential in your ‘Holy Cultivator’ identity. Holy Light in frog farming can achieve extreme cost control and efficiency gains!”
Yuan Zhu was puzzled: “Be specific; how does Holy Light achieve extreme cost control and efficiency gains in raising frogs?”
Senior Student: “Do you know why Rain Courtyard built a ‘Holy Light Church (Yellow Heaven Holy Church)’ inside the academy? It’s precisely because Holy Light in every aspect of the experimental field can provide ‘disinfection, sterilization, and pollution removal’ effects.”
Senior Student briefly described the important role of Holy Light in the experimental research field.
Compared to other polluting energy, one of the greatest characteristics of Holy Light is its extreme exclusivity, extremely strong destructive effects, and very weak residual properties.
Other pollution sources, once they attach, are like maggots on the bone, eroding flesh and soul, hard to remove, eventually leading to constant erosion, distortion, and pollution, completely sinking into depravity.
While Holy Light pollution is similarly evil and twisted compared to others, it excels at ‘igniting life, lifespan, and soul’, intensely burning to release a one-time Holy Light, squeezing everything dry.
The Holy Light pollution produced during this process is hard to preserve. ‘Light pollution’ is extremely evil, but it dissipates completely over time, ultimately leaving behind a large amount of ‘unattributed’ Holy Light mummies, which can be crushed into top-grade holy ash.
These ‘holy ash (corpse protein powder)’ are like ashes from burned plants and wood, not contaminated by any pollution (Holy Light pollution naturally dissipates), and are fought over by laboratories to be used as substrate.
Holy Light is also used in fields like disinfection, sterilization, antibiotic resistance, exorcism, and demon extermination, using one-time Holy Light for mutual destruction. Then let it sit for 24 hours, until the ‘Holy Light pollution’ also dissipates completely, leaving behind absolute ‘cleanliness’.
Senior Student: “So whether it’s experimental grade frog farming facilities or those for rodents, they all periodically hire Holy Church members or buy prepared ‘holy water’ and Holy Light crystals to disinfect the farming environment. Especially those ‘experimental grade frogs’; before sale, they also undergo Holy Light purification. Although it damages their vitality, it can effectively remove residual pollution…”
“And if you open your own farming facility, you’ll save a huge amount of money on this! Even the ‘dry batteries’ burned up by you are natural experimental materials. This kind of dry battery, ground into powder, can also be sprinkled in every corner of the farming facility to maintain a dry and clean environment. Even top-grade feed rations mix in this kind of ‘holy ash’ to help frogs keep themselves clean.”
Yuan Zhu thought about it, and it was indeed true. It’s just that his own Holy Light didn’t overly rely on ‘dry batteries’. Because he himself was a top-grade battery that could recharge repeatedly (recover health).
So he asked: “You’ve only talked about the benefits, which are indeed very tempting. So, what’s the price?”
Senior Student: “The price is simple: lifespan. A Holy Cultivator constantly releasing Holy Light is accelerating their own death. Even using ‘batteries’ as proxies for burning, it still consumes a portion of your own ‘life’. Additionally, this reckless burning of external objects itself leads to Holy Light degeneration. Therefore, the price for such services is often not low; a major part of a farming facility’s expenses is hiring ‘Holy Light disinfection’.”
Yuan Zhu: “With such a big price, you’re still tempting me into farming?”
Senior Student: “You’ve already condensed a soul crystal! You already qualify to privately cultivate some wild ‘Holy Cultivators’. Although this behavior causes faction shift, your awareness in cultivating ‘wild cultivators’ is to support Rain Courtyard’s research undertaking and benefit more civilians. As long as you maintain this mindset, you won’t lose out.”
Yuan Zhu didn’t understand but was greatly shocked. Holy Light could be played like this?
“Isn’t this just deceiving yourself?”
Senior Student shook her head: “If you view this behavior from a utilitarian perspective, it will naturally accelerate the fall seal. But if you successfully self-hypnotize and brainwash yourself, you can ensure the Holy Light quality remains unshaken, even becoming more brilliant! True Holy Light experts must master this path! If you can’t cross this hurdle, how can you step by step reach 8 seals, 9 seals, and become a true angel?”
Snake Snake encouraged at this time: “Boss, don’t worry, I’ve got everything! I’ll bear all the sins, take all the blame, no psychological burden! Your heart and actions are clear as a bright mirror, all you do is justice! I’ll help you with your cultivation!”
Thinking of Yu Jingzi, who was originally part of his own soul, Yuan Zhu instantly calmed down. Indeed, what bad intentions could he, Yuan Zhu, have? It’s all Snake Snake’s fault!
Bang bang bang!
Just as the two were chatting happily, the room door of the private room was knocked on, and a crisp voice like jade striking rang weakly outside the door: “Senior Student Chen, are you in there?”
Although he hadn’t seen her, from the voice alone, he knew this was a very soft and gentle girl. The voice was crisp like a clear spring, very pleasant to hear; but the momentum was too weak, giving him a feeling of inferiority, timidity, and shrinking.
Senior Student stopped talking, tilted her head to listen to the other’s question, then said: “Nie Yin? Come in!”
The room door was pushed open, and a girl less than 1.6 meters tall, petite in build, with black ear-length short hair and head hanging low, walked in.
Yuan Zhu looked over; including the thick soles of the red little leather shoes on her feet, her height was only about 1.56 meters, with a slender and thin body wrapped in an oversized school uniform washed to faded white, looking like a malnourished pubescent weakling girl.
After entering, she had a posture of hunched waist and back, submissive and awaiting scolding, pitiful appearance. A pair of small hands tightly clutching the hem of her school uniform. The neck below the short hair was milky white with blue jade-like veins showing through, and half of the thick heavy bangs hanging down completely blocked half her face including the left eye.
What most attracted Yuan Zhu about her was a pair of pointed ears sticking up from the black short hair; the tips flushed pink from excessive tension and uncontrollably trembling slightly. Seeing them firmly captured his gaze, making him want to pinch them.
Hmm… the taste of a frog farming boss interviewing an autistic female university student in the private room, it scratches just right~
Yuan Zhu looked at Senior Student: “What’s the situation? Why do I feel like I’m the villain? Rain Courtyard university students are at this level?”
Although her appearance couldn’t be seen clearly, this ‘long-eared’ one indeed had a pitiable quality that moved him, with an overly startled and tense temperament, making even Yuan Zhu unable to resist wanting to punch her and listen to her touching cry.
Leaving aside other things, just this skin, these pointed ears, and the weak temperament of not daring to look up… it felt quite appealing. Suddenly, he had the thought of hiring (bao) and sponsoring (yang) her.
Senior Student saw her soft and bullyable appearance and sighed: “Her situation is a bit special. Nie Yin, lift your head up.”
Hearing this, the pointed-ear girl trembled slightly, and in her hunched-chest posture, lifted her head to meet Yuan Zhu’s eyes for a glance.
The exposed right eye was downcast, with an emerald green iris, very captivating. In the instant of eye contact, her pupil contracted sharply, then she looked away. Her nose tip was petite, lips tightly bitten, giving him a pure junior student feeling.
As for her appearance, it fluctuated high and low, probably related to a jagged ferocious scar extending from under the bangs on the left side. It gave a strong sense of incongruous contrast.
“This is…”
Senior Student: “This junior student is a ‘half-elf orphan’ accidentally rescued when the academy once destroyed an illegal experimental institution. When rescued, she had already suffered irreparable damage and was left with severe psychological shadows, making her personality somewhat reclusive. During her time at the academy, due to race and appearance issues, she was rejected by other students, and recently it has evolved into bullying.”
“You also know that whether researching supernatural knowledge or cultivating a supernatural system requires resources and money support. A junior student like her, an orphan with no one to rely on, has systematically learned the Frog School’s supernatural knowledge but lacks the ability and willingness to try this power. So she’s been doing odd jobs in the laboratory; her theoretical experience and practical skills are both strong, she just lacks an opportunity.”
Senior Student looked at Yuan Zhu: “As long as you’re willing to invest money, she can quickly transform, shed the mortal body and exchange the bones, and make rapid progress. In the Frog School’s supernatural domain, she has a complete knowledge reserve. Especially the most basic body tempering fluid preparation, she’s experienced. If you want to cultivate ‘extreme warriors’, she can help you. If you want to develop magic potions, you just need to help her master the related power. Most importantly, she’s very cheap, and her loyalty and sense of belonging are easy to cultivate.”
Yuan Zhu widened his eyes at Senior Student: “You’re just saying this right in front of her?!”
“This child is almost ruined; whatever you do is pulling her out of misery. This is an employee I’ve carefully selected for you.” Senior Student shrugged indifferently. “I’ve told you, the academy besides the paid faction and supernatural faction, specifically cultivates junior students like this as ‘basic talent’ to supply excellent employees to various forces. The academy’s purpose in cultivating her is for job applications, working… making money.”
“Moreover, this child’s appearance is also one of the reasons for the bullying and exclusion.”
Yuan Zhu blurted out: “Stop, I’ll save this girl!”
