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Chapter 30: Energy in Food
Hearing this, Xiao Wu couldn't help but frown. She slapped the table and said loudly,
"Alright, alright, it's good enough just to have something to eat. What are you all blathering about? Lin Mo finally treated us to a meal, so don't spoil the mood for me!"
"Right, right, right, let's eat!"
"Thank you, Brother Lin Mo!"
"Today we're benefiting from Lin Mo's generosity. It's my first time coming to the second floor of the cafeteria to enjoy myself."
Under Xiao Wu's urging, everyone picked up their chopsticks and began to feast, no longer discussing unnecessary topics.
The food on the second floor of the cafeteria was indeed more than a grade better than the first floor, and even the quality of the ingredients was significantly higher.
Lin Mo looked around at everyone's excited faces. With a slight thought, a flash of red light appeared, and Charmander appeared at his feet.
"Wu-ao?" Charmander tilted its head, a hint of confusion in its eyes, seemingly not understanding why it was suddenly summoned here by Lin Mo.
"I'm giving you an extra meal today," Lin Mo said with a smile, picking up several pieces of well-stewed meat and placing them on the plate in front of Charmander.
Charmander's nose twitched, and the flame on its tail flared up a bit with a "whoosh."
It was very excited.
It lowered its head and began to eat in large gulps. Compared to those green vegetables, this high-calorie meat was clearly more to its liking.
Its appearance immediately caught the attention of everyone present.
"Wow, Lin Mo, you even called Charmander out!" Xiao Wu's eyes lit up, and she instinctively wanted to reach out and touch it.
But remembering the last time she was almost burned by Charmander's flames, she eventually withdrew her hand resentfully.
Lin Mo silently watched Charmander's reaction. It was indeed as he expected; Charmander could replenish its own consumption by eating human food, just like Luo San Pao.
Moreover, compared to those vegetarian dishes, it clearly favored meat with higher calorie content.
It ate with great relish and soon cleared the meat on the plate before it, then looked up at Lin Mo with anticipation.
Lin Mo smiled and gave it a few more pieces of meat.
Watching Charmander devour the food, a thought occurred to him.
"Can a trace amount of improvement be gained through digesting food?" Lin Mo pondered to himself.
He could faintly feel that after Charmander finished eating, the spirit power shared between him and Charmander seemed to have a faint growth, so small it was almost negligible.
This was a new path for increasing spirit power!
Although the amount of increase each time was tiny, over time, the accumulated improvement would surely be quite considerable.
After all, eating was something done every day.
However, to Lin Mo's slight regret, although the meals provided on the second floor of the Nuoding Academy cafeteria were much better than the first floor, they were still just meat from ordinary livestock and poultry, along with vegetables.
The academy was not yet so luxurious as to use Spirit Beast meat as ingredients for food.
"If only I could eat food made from Spirit Beast meat..." Lin Mo couldn't help but lament in his heart.
The energy contained in Spirit Beast meat was far beyond what ordinary meat could compare to.
If he could eat it regularly, it would surely be of great benefit both for the nourishment of his Main Body Martial Soul and for the improvement of Charmander's spirit power.
But he also knew very well that this was just an unrealistic thought; Spirit Beast meat was extremely precious.
Even if Nuoding Academy really had a channel to get it and dared to sell it, the price would definitely be staggeringly expensive.
With the subsidy he currently received as a First Ring Soul Master from Spirit Hall every month, plus the meager wages of a Work-Study Student, he could definitely not afford the luxury of enjoying Spirit Beast meat dishes.
A single gold coin was enough for an ordinary family of three to cover their expenses for several months, but in the World of Spirit Masters, especially when it involved Cultivation resources, it became particularly tight.
The subsidies currently issued by Spirit Hall were only enough to maintain his normal living expenses; if he wanted to enjoy more luxury, it was far from enough... While Lin Mo was thinking about these issues, the group of upperclassmen led by Xiao Chenyu also arrived at the second floor of the cafeteria.
They immediately saw the special creature at Lin Mo's feet that was burying its head in meat—Charmander.
A flash of curiosity appeared in Xiao Chenyu's eyes, and he wanted to get closer to take a look, but he soon noticed Xiao Wu sitting next to Lin Mo, who was busy dealing with a sauced bone.
Xiao Wu seemed to sense something and suddenly looked up. Her large eyes carried a bit of hostility as she glared precisely at Xiao Chenyu, and she even deliberately showed her fist to him.
Xiao Chenyu's body suddenly stiffened, a hint of embarrassment and fear appearing on his face. He quickly retreated and led his followers to find a seat far away from Lin Mo's table.
In the past six months or so, he had been beaten by Xiao Wu many times under the pretext of "sparring." Now, seeing Xiao Wu was like a mouse seeing a cat; how could he dare to come over and provoke her... Wang Sheng finished gnawing on a large bone and let out a satisfied burp, wiping his greasy mouth with the back of his hand.
He looked at Lin Mo, then at Xiao Wu who was "fighting" with a meat bone next to him, his face showing intense curiosity.
He leaned in toward Lin Mo and lowered his voice, though everyone at the table could basically hear him: "Lin Mo, speaking of which, I'm quite curious.
Now that you've also obtained your first spirit ring and your strength has increased greatly, compared to Sister Xiao Wu, who is actually more powerful?"
As soon as this question was asked, the table suddenly became much quieter. The other Work-Study Students also pricked up their ears; clearly, they were also quite interested in the question Wang Sheng had posed.
In their eyes, Lin Mo, Tang San, and Xiao Wu had already become the leaders of the Work-Study Students in Nuoding Academy.
Among these three, Xiao Wu's strength was clearly greater than Tang San's. The two of them had sparred more than once, and many people had witnessed this with their own eyes.
Compared to Xiao Wu and Tang San, Lin Mo, who cultivated at an incredibly fast speed, seemed much more mysterious.
Lin Mo had not fought in front of everyone. When he first arrived at Dormitory Seven, he had used the excuse of not being good at fighting to decline that spar.
At that time, everyone understood Lin Mo's choice. After all, Lin Mo's Charmander had not yet hatched, and if they really fought, he would likely not be a match for Tang San and Xiao Wu.
But now, Lin Mo's Charmander Spirit had successfully hatched and, just like Tang San and Xiao Wu, possessed a hundred-year spirit ring.
This made everyone curious: among these three, who was the strongest and who was the weakest?
Xiao Wu, who was struggling with the meat bone, suddenly dropped the bone into her bowl with a sharp "clack" upon hearing Wang Sheng's words.
She looked up, cracking her pink fists, and looked at Wang Sheng with a "kind" smile:
"Wang Sheng, I think your skin is itching, isn't it? Do you want Sister Xiao Wu to help you loosen your muscles and bones right now?"
Wang Sheng shrunk his neck in fear and waved his hands quickly: "No, no, no! Sister Xiao Wu, I was wrong! I just asked casually, just casually!"
He didn't want to be used as a punching bag by Xiao Wu after eating and drinking his fill.
Seeing this, Lin Mo just smiled and didn't take up Wang Sheng's topic. He picked up his water glass and took a sip, acting as if he weren't participating in the conversation.
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