What is Yun You lacking the most right now?

It's not encouragement, it's not toxic success stories, and it's definitely not a training plan, but money. It's cold hard Yuan and shiny Silver Cannon.

In a place like Nest City, everything costs money.

Buying training equipment costs money; watching training tutorials requires paying the company for copyright fees and viewing taxes; buying genetic modification drugs costs a fortune.

Although Yun You still has over nine thousand Silver Cannon on hand, it's not nearly enough to spend on training.

The saying "Rich learn martial arts, poor study literature" hasn't changed a bit over time.

Moreover, since Old Jin, as her mentor, has set exceptionally high standards, it's only normal for her to ask for more funding as a student, right?

Even if you're a beast of burden, you need to eat grass first to have the energy to pull the grindstone.

So, Yun You put aside her pride and modesty and extended her small hand to her mentor Old Jin in front of her.

"Teacher, could you give me a bit more Gold! Consider it a gift for taking me as your apprentice..."

Seeing the girl earnestly asking him for money, Old Jin couldn't help but smile broadly and shake his head.

"You little rascal, you're great in every way but too clever for your own good, don't want to suffer any losses... The gift for becoming an apprentice is for students to give to their teachers in gratitude for teaching and mentorship, not for the teacher to give gifts to students."

After laughing and scolding her, Old Jin changed his tone and said softly, "But you're not wrong, girl, you do need to have some money."

"You're at the prime age for growth and physical exercise... you certainly shouldn't waste your valuable energy and time on trivial matters like daily necessities. So I, as your teacher, have already prepared a gift for you."

With that, Old Jin flipped his wrist, and a golden electronic bank card appeared in his palm.

"Here."

He casually tossed the card into Yun You's hand.

"This is a gold card from the Core Bank, it can be used throughout the entire Nest City, you should be able to use it wherever you go."

Old Jin pointed at the bank card and casually said, "I just got it for you, it's an anonymous card, the password you can set yourself... as for the amount, you can look for yourself."

Hearing these words that exuded an air of wealth, Yun You was slightly stunned and instinctively looked at the card in her hand.

On the semi-transparent bank card, a few strands of golden light came together to form a neat line of numbers.

[200,000 Yuan]

"Two... two hundred thousand?"

Yun You's little hand trembled, almost unable to hold the card steady.

Whether it was an illusion or something else, she suddenly felt that the light card seemed to transform into a heavy gold bar that made her fingers numb.

200,000 silver coins, most Nest City residents would have to scrimp and save all their lives to possibly accumulate this sum.

It is enough to buy a house in the Midtown District for someone from the slums, allowing them to rise from the bottom rung; it can also let mercenaries buy a full set of combat prosthetics, becoming the most dazzling member of their team... it even can hire someone to kill, getting rid of any civilian you dislike.

Yes, in Nest City, human life can be bought, and the price often doesn't exceed a third of this gold card.

Yun You thought, because she and Old Jin just met, if this teacher could give her a few thousand to buy equipment and training materials, that would already be incredible...

But Old Jin's generosity completely exceeded her expectations.

Two hundred thousand, that's enough to pay the down payment for an old house in the Upper District.

Yun You looked up dazedly at Old Jin's face, suddenly feeling that he resembled those Fortune Gods worshipped by the lower-class folks during festivals... with thick eyebrows, kind squinting eyes, a smiling mouth, and a face that screamed generosity at first glance.

"What, is it too little?"

Old Jin seemingly misunderstood the girl's reaction, but didn't blame her for being greedy, instead explaining slowly, "This amount was decided after a lot of thought."

"Even though this is an anonymous card and won't leak your information, in a place like Nest City, the flow of money is clearly visible."

"Large fund transfers sometimes attract the peering eyes of ill-intentioned people, and two hundred thousand is a threshold... with your current abilities, this amount is already more than enough. Any more and I fear you may not be able to protect it."

"But don't worry about me being stingy, because there's actually more than 200,000 in there."

Old Jin paused slightly, then cheerfully extended five fingers, pretending to be mysterious: "It's actually 5 million."

"It's temporarily locked away, and only when you become an official Apprentice Death God and progressively move up the ranks will this money be transferred into your hands."

"So keep at it, girl, think of it as a way to earn more of my coins."

Upon hearing "5 million" from the teacher's mouth, Yun You's eyes sparkled, her little head nodding continuously like a pecking chick.

"I sure do need to work hard, can't let down the teacher's coins... uh, I mean, expectations."

"But speaking of which, Old Jin..."

Yun You fiddled with the bank card, cautiously asking: "For now, I can use these 200,000 however I want, right?"

"Of course, they're yours now, spend it however you wish."

Old Jin shrugged, replying, "But I'd still suggest buying some body refining tutorials, and then getting some weaponry and supplements."

"Genetic potions can be bought, but if not necessary, better to buy less. Although they can improve your physique, they might not be beneficial for future development."

"Human genes are very complex, and currently, all transformation potions are immature, some don't even have understood principles, they can only crudely alter genes, making them more chaotic and losing original stability."

"I've seen more than once, people who, due to injecting too many transformation potions, became neither human nor ghostly monsters, losing everything they had."

"I hope you can go further, not just focus on short-term trivial gains, which is why I advise against rashly injecting yourself and rampantly modifying your body... my views may be a bit conservative, but I always feel that the human body's original form is important, and without certain assurance, don't tamper with it."

"Got it."

Yun You nodded, patiently committing Jin's words to memory.

"Alright, that's enough for today, I should head back."

Jin dusted off his pants and stood up, and naturally, Yun You too got up, intending to see her teacher off.

But just as she was about to bid Jin farewell, he suddenly halted in his steps.

"But before I go..."

"I need to take something with me."

Jin said calmly, suddenly turning his head to look at the sofa beside Yun You.

Specifically, at little Shiqi sitting on the sofa.

"Let's go, Shiqi, it's time to go back and write the report for the organization... remember to omit the part where you and the little rascal killed the Mad Spirit, just say it was slain by mutant creatures."

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