"What!"
"Smelling surströmming and drinking its broth has a chance to improve Spirit quality!"
When Yu Xiaogang received this message, his eyes lit up. "Flender, you're not messing with me, are you? This is the first I've ever heard of such a thing. And smelling something can improve Spirit quality? It's like a eunuch's meeting—utter nonsense!"
Flender rolled his eyes at Yu Xiaogang. "Did you know before that there was such a smelly thing as surströmming?"
Yu Xiaogang hesitated. "This... no."
Flender nodded. "Isn't that right? There's a lot you don't know! I'm telling you, after Zhuqing smelled it, her spirit became extremely powerful, and she even gained a Talent Domain. Dai Mubai smelled it for seven days, and his spirit also improved. Why do you think Ye Yin's spirit is so special? Others gain Spirit Abilities related to Spirit Beasts, but his Spirit Abilities are related to himself. Isn't that because Ye Yin has smelled surströmming for so many years? His spirit quality must have already reached an extremely high level! Perhaps Ye Yin also has a Talent Domain, he just hasn't shown it. And how did Ning Rongrong's spirit change from a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda? Don't you want to think about the reason behind it?"
Yu Xiaogang became increasingly tempted by Flender's words. He coughed. "But this is still too unlikely." Yu Xiaogang slowly got up, shaking his head as he walked out of the dorm room. "This is simply too preposterous. I don't believe it."
Flender blinked, looking over. A big question mark was written all over his small head. "What are you doing?"
Yu Xiaogang appeared very calm. "I'm going to ask Ye Yin for a can of surströmming. To help you guys test if it's true!"
Flender: !!!
"Damn it! Wait for me! We're going together!"
"Brother Yin, just give me one can of surströmming, please. I'm begging you. Just one can! The two of us only need one can! We finally understand why you love eating surströmming! So it has a chance to improve Spirit quality. The two of us will smell it together!"
Ye Yin sighed. "You're making this very difficult for me. You should know, the raw ingredients for surströmming are very precious."
Ma Hongjun unhesitatingly pulled out ten gold coins. "Brother Yin, just sell me one can."
Ye Yin casually took the ten gold coins and immediately stuffed them into his underwear pocket. "You're making it seem like I'm trying to make money off you guys. No, no. You quickly take the money back. We're all classmates; I can't take your money."
[Resentment from Ma Hongjun +30!]
You've already put the money in that spot; how are we supposed to get it back? Clearly, you had no intention of returning the money to me.
"Brother Yin, this is what we bought. We'll definitely need more in the future; we can't let you suffer a loss, can we?"
Ye Yin pulled out a box of surströmming. "Then I'll reluctantly sell you a can."
Ma Hongjun happily took the can of surströmming and excitedly went with Oscar to smell it. As soon as the two of them left, Tang San arrived.
"Brother Yin..." Tang San didn't speak; he just took out ten gold coins and then chuckled.
Ye Yin rolled his eyes and tossed him a can of surströmming. "Thank you, Brother Yin!"
Immediately after, Yu Xiaogang and Flender also arrived. The two of them immediately saw Tang San, who had just left.
"Little San, is that surströmming you're holding? The surströmming that can improve Spirit quality!"
Yu Xiaogang was desperate to improve his spirit quality. He had been tormented by this problem for most of his life.
"Teacher, you're here too. Isn't it said that it can improve everyone? I'm here to try it too. If the quality of my Blue Silver Grass spirit improves, my strength will also increase. Anyway, I can collect one hundred gold coins every month, and I've won a lot in the Dou Soul Arena. Ten gold coins isn't much."
Yu Xiaogang nodded. "Little San, since surströmming smells so strong, why don't we smell it together? Teacher also wants to improve his spirit quality a bit and break through level thirty."
Tang San nodded. "Of course! Teacher, and Dean, let's go smell it together, then eat it together, and improve our Spirit quality together."
Flender smiled awkwardly. "How can I accept that? You two go ahead. I won't join."
Yu Xiaogang looked at Flender with some surprise. "Really? You, a profiteer, would give up such a chance to get something for free?"
Flender snorted coldly. "I, Flender, am not that kind of person. You two go quickly."
After Tang San and Yu Xiaogang left, Flender smiled sinisterly. "You all know I'm a profiteer, so how could I give up such a great opportunity to make a fortune!"
Flender found Ye Yin and explained his intention. "Ye Yin, I want to buy one hundred portions of surströmming from you."
Ye Yin was stunned. "One hundred portions! Dean, are you trying to marinate yourself?"
Flender shook his head repeatedly. "I'm stocking up! I plan to sell them in my small shop. I'll definitely make a huge profit!"
Ye Yin gave Flender a thumbs up. "As expected of the Dean, always thinking ahead!"
Ye Yin immediately asked the system, "System, can you put marrow cleansing fruit or soul cleansing fruit into the surströmming? Preferably, crush the marrow cleansing fruit or soul cleansing fruit until only the juice remains."
[Of course, this small request can certainly be fulfilled, but it will result in a twenty percent loss of medicinal efficacy.]
"Small problem," Ye Yin thought. "It doesn't affect it at all. Then put the efficacy of one soul cleansing fruit into ten cans of surströmming, respectively. And put the efficacy of another soul cleansing fruit into ten cans of surströmming, respectively."
Since Flender chose to build his reputation, he had to add some real ingredients; otherwise, no one would believe him. He might sell some in the early stage, but it wouldn't be conducive to long-term development. When everyone smelled the surströmming and provided resentment points, Ye Yin couldn't even imagine how quickly his resentment points would accumulate.
Soon, Flender took one hundred boxes of surströmming to his small shop in Soto City to sell them.
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