At this moment, Dong Tianyu suddenly realized that he didn’t have a place of his own in this camp, even though he had a Cave, but on a daily basis, he still needed a cover dwelling. Otherwise, like today, it might be inconvenient to gather with friends.

With this in mind, Dong Tianyu felt even more that he needed to get an independent living space, only now things were different from before. Now, if he wanted to arrange a separate residence near their homes, it would cost a pretty penny.

If he had known, he would have done like Ye Liuyun and built a separate house apart from his parents during the construction period. You know, back then, if he had wanted a separate house, it was just a matter of saying the word.

Sigh~~ Before the disaster, everyone knew real estate was valuable, but after several relocations following the disaster, who would still care about real estate.

The experience from his rebirth had already vanished, who could foresee that the other camps in Saxon County would merge with theirs, thus causing their camp’s size to continuously expand.

Actually, with Dong Tianyu’s current wealth, it would be quite simple to purchase a property in the inner circle of Saxon County Camp, but perhaps because he had the Cave as a fallback, or maybe because he had lived through times when houses were easily built.

Either way, now facing the soaring housing prices in the inner circle of the camp, Dong Tianyu’s desire to buy immediately extinguished.

As for renting a house, that was impossible. Other places might be different, but in Saxon County, each household was only allowed one property.

Dong Tianyu was now an adult, and in the camp separating from one’s parents’ household was a common practice. After all, a division on paper didn’t mean Dong Tianyu cut off ties with his parents.

Dong Tianyu was hesitating whether he needed to bother with getting his own property and heading straight to Ye Liuyun’s place.

He took out the key hidden under a doormat in front of Ye Liuyun’s door and directly entered the house. He casually picked up a book from the bookshelf and began to read. Not long after, he was on the verge of falling asleep.

In a state between sleep and wakefulness, Dong Tianyu’s attention sharpened upon hearing the sound of the door opening, and he looked up to see Ye Liuyun coming in with two large bags into the living room.

Ye Liuyun, seeing Dong Tianyu sitting on the couch without any intention of getting up to help, complained grumpily, "Didn’t you see I brought back so much stuff? Can’t you get up and lend a hand?

You should know, after I learned you were coming back, I went out of my way to collect all these items from many places, preparing to welcome you back properly.

And here you are acting like a big shot, not even giving me a glance, not knowing to come help me out while I’m busy. Seeing you like this, do you know how heartless it seems?"

Although Dong Tianyu knew that Ye Liuyun was joking, he still rose helplessly to help out.

Everything Ye Liuyun brought back in the two bags was food, and it seemed she had really put some thought into it. The variety inside the two bags was far from scant.

Many ingredients wouldn’t have been considered special before the disaster, but now, they were definitely cherished commodities.

Looking at the ingredients that, although not plentiful in quantity, were quite diverse, Dong Tianyu asked with some confusion, "Hot pot?"

Hearing Dong Tianyu’s question, Ye Liuyun replied unabashedly, "Do I look like someone who knows how to cook? If not hot pot, we can have spicy hot pot, or even mala tang would do."

Hearing Ye Liuyun’s three suggested methods of cooking, Dong Tianyu was a bit speechless. In his mind,

Hot pot was for dipping and swishing.

Mala Tang was boiled.

And dry stir-fried was spicy hot pot.

All three methods not only used the same ingredients, even the base of the pot could be interchangeable.

After taking out all the ingredients from the bag, Dong Tianyu was surprised to find two bottles, one red and one green, at the bottom. Picking them up, he asked Ye Liuyun with some confusion, "What’s inside these two bottles?"

Looking at the bottles Dong Tianyu pointed out, Ye Liuyun proudly declared, "These two bottles are drinks I managed to get with great difficulty; the red one is watermelon juice, and the other bottle has pear juice."

Hearing Ye Liuyun’s response, Dong Tianyu’s curiosity surged, "Wow, impressive. Where did you get these juices from?"

"Don’t spout nonsense at me—I know our camp’s situation well; we didn’t even grow vegetables before, let alone fruit."

Hearing Dong Tianyu say so, Ye Liuyun was even more proud, "That’s all old news. Now in our camp, we don’t just have vegetables, we also have fruit for sale."

Hearing Ye Liuyun say this, Dong Tianyu grew more curious, "Who’s selling these things?"

Upon hearing Dong Tianyu’s question, Ye Liuyun tilted back his already short neck and then imitated the quaint style of ancient literati to reply, "Humbly, it is I!"

Seeing Ye Liuyun looking so self-satisfied at this moment, an idiom instantly came to Dong Tianyu’s mind: as gratified as a monkey in a hat.

"Alright, enough gloating. Get on with it."

After hearing Dong Tianyu say that, Ye Liuyun took two cups, handed one to Dong Tianyu, but instead of directly answering Dong Tianyu’s question, he opened a bottle of watermelon juice, poured a glass for Dong Tianyu and for himself, and then proactively held up his cup over the table, gesturing to Dong Tianyu through the air.

"Try it and see how it tastes."

Seeing Ye Liuyun holding up his glass, Dong Tianyu did not hesitate; he picked up the cup from the table and clinked it through the air with Ye Liuyun’s, then took a small sip of the watermelon juice to taste it.

Hmm, the taste was good, very pure watermelon flavor, no water had been added.

"It’s just ordinary watermelon juice. What’s it supposed to taste like?"

Seeing Dong Tianyu’s dismissive attitude, Ye Liuyun felt like hammering him with a few punches, frustratedly saying, "What do you mean ’just ordinary watermelon juice’? You know after the disaster, let alone drinking it, there are many who have not even seen a watermelon rind."

Seeing Ye Liuyun so frustrated, Dong Tianyu still was indifferent, "What’s it to me whether other people have seen it? It’s not like I stopped them from seeing it. We can talk about this idle matter later, just tell me what you want first."

Hearing Dong Tianyu say this, Ye Liuyun felt somewhat helpless. In the eyes of ordinary people, the appearance of a watermelon was definitely an important event, but it seemed not to surprise Dong Tianyu at all.

From this, Ye Liuyun guessed that Dong Tianyu must also have a way to obtain watermelons, he just hadn’t known it before.

Thinking this made Ye Liuyun even angrier, seeing as he’d never heard Dong Tianyu mention this before.

Forget it, as Dong Tianyu said, we can put that aside for now. Let’s talk about the more important matter at hand.

"I’m mainly looking for you regarding the matter of strange objects. According to intelligence from Kyoto, once you find the usage method of a strange object and successfully use it once, you can refine it into your own exclusive item."

It’s said that as soon as you achieve the Body Tempering Realm, you can refine up to three strange objects.

"Did you know? When this intelligence reached Pengcheng, the prices for both confirmed strange objects and those only suspected as such skyrocketed several times over."

And it’s said that those martial artists who refined strange objects are no longer called martial artists but have a unique title—they’re called..."

"Awakeners, right?"

Before Ye Liyun finished, Dong Tianyu had already interjected.

Hearing Dong Tianyu speak first, Ye Liuyun was momentarily stunned, and then realized that it wasn’t strange for Dong Tianyu to know this, given his experience and his own information channels. So, it was unsurprising that he was aware of this matter.

"Zachary, you know that my martial path aptitude isn’t high, attaining my current cultivation level with the support of my family. Hearing you mention Awakeners just now, I thought you might know more about them.

You also know my martial path aptitude is poor, so what do you think? Should I just go ahead and refine it to become a martial artist?"

Watching Ye Liuyun pull out a retractable baton, looking very serious, Dong Tianyu knew that Ye Liuyun was ready to get down to business.