The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 304: Chapter 304: Cloud Mist Tea

After class, Ji You rushed back to the dormitory. She took out the 10 grams of Cloud Mist Tea she was holding and placed it on the table to have a closer look. Visually, it seemed no different from ordinary green tea. Smelling it, aside from a fragrant tea aroma that energized her spirit, there appeared to be nothing special about it—she couldn’t understand why it was so expensive.

grams for 500,000 seemed even more absurd than robbery.

Looking at it from the left and right, she couldn’t discern anything remarkable about it. Additionally, the six gluttonous threads in her Spiritual World were howling to eat it. Ji You, afraid that the elusive Iron Plate in her mind might suddenly appear and silently take away the Cloud Mist Tea, quickly stored it away properly.

Then, she started to search for information about Cloud Mist Tea on the Star Network. This search had her astounded with her mouth agape, unable to close it for a long while.

Ah!

It turned out that this thing was even more precious than High-level Butterfly Honey, truly a rare treasure that was priceless.

What was 10 grams for 500,000?

Even if it were 10 grams for 5 million, people would still scramble for it.

The reason for its high price was because of its extremely harsh growing conditions. It had to grow on snow-capped peaks at minus 50 degrees, and factors such as climate and environment all had to meet its growing needs. Within the entire Alliance and even across the eight Star Systems controlled by all of human society, currently, only one planet had been found to produce it, and its output was very scarce, at most only 10 jin per year.

jin—just think about it! Divided everywhere, how could there be any chance to sell it in the market?

Besides being precious and scarce, its greatest use was to enhance the Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate.

That’s right.

It enhances the Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate.

Normally, to improve one’s Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate, a person must constantly train, overcome various difficulties, and with time’s accumulation, progress a little bit. For instance, among her classmates that she knew, Shen Changqing and Yue Qiyuan were considered to have a Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate of just under 15%. Ji You had found out privately that the two didn’t start training after entering university but had been exposed to this kind of training since they were 6 years old. Now both 18 years old, after 12 years, they had only cleaned up 15% of their Spiritual Silk.

As for Chu Jiaojiao and Yue Qiguang, such talents with S-level physique, they started learning to clean at age 6 as well, but their Spiritual Silk Cleaning Rate was even worse, currently only about 12%.

Then?

Figures like Principal Hong and Teacher Mu Jianling who were older, spent even more time on Spiritual Silk cleaning, but Principal Hong had only reached 55%, Teacher Mu Jianling was probably just over 60%, of course, these were Ji You’s estimates, she didn’t dare to ask for their exact figures.

Thinking about it, one would realize how difficult it was to completely clear one’s Spiritual Silk.

Therefore, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that could improve the cleaning rate were extremely precious, and such treasures were not easy to come by; thus, Cloud Mist Tea was so precious.

Ji You, looking at the introduction and prices of Cloud Mist Tea above, was heartbreakingly anguished: Ahhhh!!! Once again, she was ignorant and missed out on a great deal!!! She bought 10 grams for 500,000, yet she even thought it was expensive and almost refused it.

More importantly, Ji You remembered that one day, in Teacher Mu Jianling’s Floating Car, she bought half a cup of milk tea for 5,000 credit points, finding it expensive and only willing to buy half a cup...

Now thinking about it, that cup contained at least 1 gram of Cloud Mist Tea.

Ying~

Only 5,000 credit points!

Only 5,000 credit points.

Ji You couldn’t help but raise her hand to her forehead: There once was an opportunity for a huge bargain, but due to her own lack of insight and inability to recognize it, she let it slip by herself.

Stupid!

The more she thought, the more Ji You felt her heart aching as if it were bleeding, and even, she was almost suffocating from the heartache.

...

Now that she knew how precious Cloud Mist Tea was, Ji You dared not treat it carelessly anymore. She carefully stored it in a cupboard, then cautiously took out 1 gram and poured 500 grams of fresh milk, brewing it together with the Cloud Mist Tea.

The brewing didn’t need too much time, 10 minutes was enough.

At first, Ji You didn’t notice anything unusual, but as the milk tea started boiling, the fragrance emanating from the pot made her feel refreshed and comfortable all over.

Having trained all day and feeling utterly exhausted, the scent gradually diminished her fatigue.

Ji You couldn’t wait to pour the milk tea into a cup and slowly sipped it up.

It was while Ji You was drinking the milk tea that the previously hidden Iron Plate suddenly appeared again. This time, since she was intently observing the Spiritual World, Ji You immediately noticed the originally illusory and mysterious space suddenly sparkle with glints of crystalline brilliance, floating within the space, enticing the Six Spiritual Threads to wildly chase after them, each eagerly swallowing them up as soon as they caught up...

But—

The Iron Plate appeared so swiftly; not allowing the Six Spiritual Threads to fully enjoy, the moment the Iron Plate appeared, the scattered brilliance was completely absorbed by the Iron Plate, leaving not a single drop.

The Six Spiritual Threads were stomping and fuming in frustration but couldn’t afford to pay attention to anything else as they swarmed onto the Iron Plate, drawing from the yet fully absorbed energy.

In short, these threads were pitiful; they could never grab the lion’s share and had to settle for the ’scraps’ left on the Iron Plate.

Watching this scene, Ji You didn’t know whether to sympathize with them or pity them.

About 1 minute later, the Iron Plate disappeared again.

The Six Spiritual Threads, each looking towards the direction the Iron Plate had vanished, were all reluctant to move away.

...

Ji You carefully observed and found that aside from becoming glossier, there was really no noticeable change in the Six Spiritual Threads.

Suppressing the disappointment in her heart, then, Ji You went to observe the range of the Spiritual Space—

To Ji You’s disappointment, the Spiritual Space had not undergone any clear changes.

Therefore—

After all the trouble, there hasn’t been any improvement?

In the end, Ji You could only pin her hopes on Xiao You.

Earlier, when her own Spiritual Space had slightly expanded, Xiao You told her that the space within the Iron Plate she resided in had also expanded. Ji You had wondered at that time, could it be that the expansion of the Iron Plate Space resulted in the expansion of her own Spiritual Space?

But—

Now that the Spiritual Space hasn’t expanded, does it mean the Iron Plate hasn’t changed either?

Holding a trace of anxiety, Ji You quickly asked Xiao You, ”Xiao You, Xiao You, Xiao You... I just drank a cup of milk tea made with Cloud Mist Tea, do you feel any changes now? Like in your body, the space you occupy, or anything else...”