Chapter 30: Energy in Food
Hearing that, Xiao Wu frowned and slapped the table loudly.
"Alright, alright. It's already good enough that we have food to eat. What are you all yapping about? Lin Mo finally treated us to a meal, 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 to eat like this."
With Xiao Wu pushing them, everyone picked up their chopsticks and started eating in earnest, no longer wasting time on unnecessary topics.
The food on the second floor was indeed a level above the first. Even the quality of the ingredients was noticeably better.
Lin Mo looked at everyone's excited faces. With a thought, a flash of red light appeared, and Charmander appeared at his feet.
"Char?" Charmander tilted its head, blue eyes confused, as if asking why it had suddenly been summoned.
"I'm giving you an extra meal today," Lin Mo said with a smile. He picked up several pieces of well stewed meat and placed them on a plate in front of Charmander.
Charmander's nose twitched, and with a whoosh, the flame on its tail flared a little higher.
It was clearly excited.
It lowered its head and began eating in big gulps. Compared to vegetables, this high calorie meat was obviously much more to its taste.
Charmander's appearance immediately drew everyone's attention.
"Wow, Lin Mo, you even called Charmander out!" Xiao Wu's eyes lit up, and she instinctively reached out as if to touch it.
But remembering how she had nearly been burned last time, she grudgingly withdrew her hand.
Lin Mo watched Charmander quietly.
This matched his expectations. Charmander could restore itself by eating human food, just like Luo San Pao.
And compared to vegetarian dishes, it clearly preferred meat with higher calorie content.
Charmander ate happily and quickly cleaned the plate, then looked up at Lin Mo with anticipation.
Lin Mo smiled and gave it a few more pieces.
As Charmander devoured the food, a thought struck Lin Mo.
Can a tiny amount of improvement be gained through digestion?
He could faintly sense that after Charmander finished eating, the Spirit Power shared between them seemed to increase by a tiny amount, so small it was almost negligible.
Still, it was a new path for growth.
Even if the increase each time was tiny, over time the accumulated improvement could become meaningful.
After all, eating was something done every day.
However, Lin Mo also felt some regret.
Even though the second floor food was much better than the first, it was still only meat from ordinary livestock and poultry, along with vegetables.
Nuoding Academy was not so extravagant that it used Spirit Beast meat as ingredients.
If only I could eat food made from Spirit Beast meat…
Lin Mo sighed inwardly.
The energy contained in Spirit Beast meat was far beyond ordinary meat.
If he could eat it regularly, it would benefit both his main body Martial Soul nourishment and Charmander's Spirit Power growth.
But Lin Mo knew this was unrealistic.
Spirit Beast meat was extremely precious.
Even if Nuoding Academy had a channel for it and dared to sell it, the price would be terrifying.
With his monthly Spirit Hall subsidy as a 1 Ring Spirit Master, plus the small work study wages, there was no way he could afford that kind of luxury.
One gold coin was enough for an ordinary family of 3 to live for months, but in the world of Spirit Masters, especially when cultivation resources were involved, it became extremely tight.
Spirit Hall's current subsidies were only enough to maintain basic living costs. If he wanted anything more, it was nowhere near enough.
While Lin Mo was still thinking, the group of upperclassmen led by Xiao Chenyu also came up to the second floor.
They immediately noticed the special creature at Lin Mo's feet, burying its head in meat.
Curiosity flashed in Xiao Chenyu's eyes. He wanted to come closer, but then he noticed Xiao Wu sitting beside Lin Mo, busy gnawing on a sauced bone.
Xiao Wu seemed to sense him. She suddenly looked up.
Her big eyes carried clear hostility, locking onto Xiao Chenyu precisely. She even deliberately raised her fist at him.
Xiao Chenyu's body stiffened. Embarrassment and fear appeared on his face at once.
He retreated immediately and led his followers to sit far away from Lin Mo's table.
In the past 6 months, he had been beaten by Xiao Wu many times under the excuse of "sparring." Now, seeing Xiao Wu was like a mouse seeing a cat. How could he dare to provoke her again?
Wang Sheng finished gnawing on a big bone and let out a satisfied burp. He wiped his greasy mouth with the back of his hand.
He looked at Lin Mo, then at Xiao Wu "fighting" her meat bone beside him, and his face filled with curiosity.
He leaned toward Lin Mo and lowered his voice, though everyone at the table could basically hear him anyway.
"Lin Mo, speaking of which, I'm really curious. Now that you've also obtained your first Spirit Ring and your strength has increased a lot, compared to Sister Xiao Wu, who's actually stronger?"
The moment he asked, the table grew much quieter.
The other work study students also perked up their ears. They were clearly interested too.
In their eyes, Lin Mo, Tang San, and Xiao Wu had already become the leaders among the work study students of Nuoding Academy.
Among the 3, Xiao Wu's strength was clearly greater than Tang San's. They had sparred more than once, and many people had seen it.
Compared to Xiao Wu and Tang San, Lin Mo felt much more mysterious.
He had never fought in front of everyone. When he first arrived at Dormitory Seven, he had used the excuse of not being good at fighting to refuse the spar.
At the time, everyone understood. Charmander had not hatched yet, and if Lin Mo fought, he likely would not be a match for Tang San or Xiao Wu.
But now, Charmander had hatched, and just like Tang San and Xiao Wu, it possessed a 100 year Spirit Ring.
So everyone was curious. Among the 3 of them, who was strongest, and who was weakest?
Xiao Wu, who had been gnawing on the bone, dropped it into her bowl with a sharp clack.
She looked up, cracked her pink fists, and smiled at Wang Sheng in a dangerously "kind" way.
"Wang Sheng, I think your skin is itching, isn't it? Do you want Sister Xiao Wu to help you loosen your muscles right now?"
Wang Sheng's neck shrank. He waved his hands in panic.
"No, no, no! Sister Xiao Wu, I was wrong. I just asked casually, just casually!"
He had no desire to become Xiao Wu's punching bag after eating his fill.
Lin Mo only smiled and did not answer Wang Sheng's question at all.
He lifted his cup, took a sip of water, and acted as if he had not heard anything.
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