Two hours later.

Lin Zichen finished tempering and went to the kitchen to make breakfast for Shen Qinghan.

After Shen Qinghan finished breakfast and headed to class, he went back to the balcony to continue tempering.

Around ten in the morning.

He put away the yoga mat.

He went to the bathroom for a bracing cold shower.

Then he lay on the sofa, pulled out his phone, opened the Credits Marketplace and looked for the next kind of aberrant beast meat to devour.

He browsed the marketplace for nearly half an hour.

In the end, a kind of aberrant beast meat called Nine‑Turn Soul Bug Meat caught Lin Zichen’s attention.

‘Nine‑Turn Soul Bug? What kind of aberrant beast is that?’

It was rare for Lin Zichen to come across an aberrant beast he didn’t recognize and he was a little surprised.

He tapped open the product details and scanned the content at a glance.

Afterward, he learned that the Nine‑Turn Soul Bug was an aberrant beast only recently discovered.

Its characteristic was extremely strong spiritual power.

It could telekinetically control objects ten times, even a hundred times heavier than itself from a distance.

‘Extremely strong spiritual power, huh?’

Then after opening the compendium, he’d most likely gain a biological attribute that could strengthen spiritual power.

After years of boosting vitality, it was time to improve spiritual power a bit.

The next aberrant beast meat to devour would be this.

It was just that the price was a little ridiculously high.

Fifty credits per catty.

‘Well, after all it was a newly discovered aberrant beast with limited supply, rare things are expensive. When the supply increases in the future, the price should come down quite a bit…’

After mulling it over.

Lin Zichen spent fifty credits and ordered one catty of Nine‑Turn Soul Bug Meat, planning to open the compendium progress bar first and finalise his plans later.

* * *

Close to three in the afternoon.

The delivery arrived.

Lin Zichen opened the package and gave the so‑called Nine‑Turn Soul Bug Meat a look.

Its appearance looked like cordyceps (a type of fungi).

Only it was black in color, which gave a poisonous impression.

He didn’t think too much and directly touched it to devour.

[You devoured a wisp of the Nine‑Turn Soul Bug’s Life Origin]

[Nine‑Turn Soul Bug Compendium: 1%]

Lin Zichen glanced at the two prompts in the void and didn’t pay them much mind.

He quickly put them away and continued tempering his body on the balcony.

When the time reached half past four in the afternoon.

The phone on the yoga mat suddenly buzzed.

When he opened it, it was a notice from the Academic Office received on the school app.

The content said that starting today, Shanhai University was removing the limit on challenge attempts and everyone would have unlimited challenge rights.

‘Quick work.’

Lin Zichen smiled and gave Yuan Dongzhi a thumbs up in his heart.

He had to admit, Shen Qinghan hadn’t chosen the wrong master in name.

Ask her to do something and she really did it.

And the type that didn’t drag her feet at all.

* * *

Two days later on Sunday.

At eleven in the morning.

Li Chuxin came to freeload lunch—again and again and again.

Strictly speaking, it didn’t count as freeloading.

Because she had bought a pile of groceries and came over and even went into the kitchen with Shen Qinghan.

And the usual house‑husband Lin Zichen was at this moment kicking back like a lord in the living room playing on his phone.

After nearly an hour.

Four dishes and one soup were served.

The three of them sat together to eat.

While eating, Li Chuxin brought Lin Zichen some good news with a smile, “Zichen, I found you a client, someone who needs you to make a move as a stand‑in. The client is a rich second‑generation girl from my class, her family’s loaded. Because she wears different new outfits every day and switches all sorts of expensive bags, she got on the nerves of a sophomore senior and gets targeted every day. I’ve already sounded out the info on that senior for you. She isn’t strong, her Biological Level is only Ordinary Fourth Tier. But she has a brother who works in the Student Union and his Biological Level is Ordinary Tier Seven, the same as Jin Mingyu.”

After finishing, Li Chuxin asked, “How many credits would you charge to take this commission?”

Lin Zichen didn’t rush to answer.

He needed to think.

To weigh it from all sides and see how many credits his move was worth.

There had to be a labor fee.

There also had to be a relationship‑break fee.

After all, being a hitter would inevitably offend quite a few people, charging a relationship‑break fee wasn’t over the top.

Thinking it over, it seemed those were the only two areas that needed charging.

So Lin Zichen said to Li Chuxin, “I’ve considered it comprehensively, this commission will cost eleven credits.”

“Okay, I’ll pass that along now.”

Li Chuxin opened WeChat and contacted the girl in her class.

In less than two minutes, the girl replied that she could accept the price.

Right after that, the phone on the table in front of Lin Zichen buzzed.

When he turned on the screen, it was a credits transfer notice from the girl on the school app.

Not a bit more or less, exactly eleven credits.

“Now that’s fast.”

Lin Zichen chuckled.

Shanhai University’s school app was highly efficient.

Whether for challenges or transfers, as long as you searched for the name, then verified the information, you could easily complete the operation you wanted.

Very soon, Lin Zichen transferred one credit to Li Chuxin on his phone and said to her, “Chuxin, I just sent you one credit, that’s your finder’s fee for bringing me the client.”

“Huh?”

Li Chuxin blinked, then said, “That’s not really necessary, it feels too distant, it was just a trivial favor.”

Lin Zichen said seriously, “Even real brothers settle accounts clearly, I can’t let you run around for nothing.”

“Alright then, since you put it that way, I won’t be polite.”

Li Chuxin didn’t fuss, choosing to accept that well‑earned single credit with generosity.

After that, she started earnestly helping Lin Zichen and the client coordinate a time.

After a minute or two of discussion.

They finally set it for tomorrow after morning classes, they’d block the classroom door of that senior and complete the commission.

With that done, Li Chuxin looked at Lin Zichen and asked, “Zichen, what a coincidence, the day you said at the gym you wanted to do stand‑ins, the very next day the school removed the challenge attempt limit, is there some unknown deal in the middle?”

“No deal.”

Lin Zichen told a casual lie, “I just knew in advance that the school rules would change, so I said I’d do stand‑ins that day.”

Li Chuxin said enviously, “Geniuses really are different, you can even know in advance about changes to school rules.”

Then she said, “Right, at four this afternoon, there’ll be people at the gym challenging the Peak Ranking, it’s two seniors at Ordinary Tier Nine going at it, are you two going to watch?”

Ever since the challenge limit was removed three days ago.

There have been people hitting the Peak Ranking at the gym every day now.

People were fighting in the morning, noon and night.

It was very lively.

Lin Zichen shook his head, “I’m not really interested, I’ll pass.”

Seeing he wasn’t interested, Li Chuxin looked at Shen Qinghan and asked, “How about you, Hanhan?”

As she said this, there was a hint of pleading in her eyes, she really wanted Shen Qinghan to go watch with her.

Seeing that, Shen Qinghan agreed, “I do want to watch.”

Li Chuxin smiled, “Then at four this afternoon, let’s go join the fun together.”

* * *

The next day arrived.

Monday morning.

Arranged by Li Chuxin, Lin Zichen met up with the client in a milk tea shop.

The client was a girl of ordinary looks.

But very rich.

She was decked out head to toe in name brands.

“Ah! Brother Chen, it’s really Brother Chen! Brother Chen, I’m your fan!”

As soon as she saw Lin Zichen, the client got so excited she was almost incoherent, beaming as she said she was his fan.

After that she wanted a photo together and a signature.

Anyone who didn’t know better would think it was some celebrity fan meet.

“Sorry, I only provide hitter services, no other services.”

Lin Zichen declined directly.

He didn’t want to play fan‑circles, he just wanted to single‑mindedly be a hitter without feelings.

Precisely because of that, he hadn’t even added the client on WeChat, letting Li Chuxin handle all contact as the go‑between.

After making that clear.

Lin Zichen brought the topic back to the commission and asked the client, “Tell me how that senior bullied you, keep it real, don’t embellish.”

He needed to decide how hard he’d hit based on how malicious the bully had been.

Hearing his question, the client started pouring out her grievances at once, telling how the senior had bullied her as a freshman.

Several pieces of clothing were taken away.

Several bags were taken away.

All told, the losses were close to a million.

Those weren’t even the most important part, the most important was that she suffered verbal abuse and personal attacks.

The senior said that someone as ugly as her didn’t deserve to wear such pretty clothes.

“How excessive!”

After hearing that, Shen Qinghan clenched her fists and felt angry for the client.

By contrast, Lin Zichen sitting beside her felt nothing inside the whole time and only said blandly, “Relax, leave it to me, I guarantee that after today she won’t dare bully you again.”

“With Brother Chen’s words I can rest easy!”

The client said with a full smile, “Once this is resolved successfully, I’ll pay you an extra eleven credits, Brother Chen, to support your stand‑in business.”

‘Another eleven credits?’

At that, Lin Zichen’s eyes lit up and he stood up with a smile, saying to the client, “Didn’t expect our philosophies to align this much, we absolutely must take a commemorative photo together.”