Mu Ze used to take him to the river to play every holiday when he lived at his house.
Then, he would use his self-made slingshot, pick up pebbles from the ground or marbles he won, and shoot at the fish in the water.
Believe it or not, he never missed, and then he would sell the caught fish to the fishermen.
That way, he never ran out of pocket money.
"Rufeng, your slingshot is Level 5, so why are the steel balls Level 7?" Mu Ze looked at Mu Rufeng with some surprise.
"I got this slingshot by chance. It's powerful with regular steel balls, but it's troublesome when I run out of bullets, so I went to Treasure Tower to buy these Level 7 steel balls," Mu Rufeng explained.
[Split Steel Ball]: This is a steel ball that can split.
Effect: Level 7 item, when the steel ball is launched, it can split into multiple steel balls to attack the target, and it can automatically be retrieved when its kinetic energy is exhausted.
"Xiao Mu, you're only third-level, how come you have so many high-level items, and it seems you have a lot of soul banknotes too?" Mu Ze voiced his doubts.
Don't mention when he was third-level, even now, being at Level 5 in the third instance, the highest level item he has is only Level 6.
As for soul banknotes, he doesn't have much, just fifty to sixty thousand yuan, and that's all his assets.
Whereas Mu Rufeng casually took out twenty thousand yuan in soul banknotes and had so many high-level items.
Not to mention anything else, just the slingshot in Mu Ze's hand, if sold, could easily fetch a hundred thousand yuan, because it's a long-range attack item.
The final item is the Split Steel Ball, a Level 7 item. Paired with this slingshot, the price would definitely be explosive.
"Uncle, being a high-ranking official, you must also know about the cooperation between the departments in Changsha and the Crimson Preferred in the Mysterious World," Mu Rufeng said.
"Of course, I know. I don't know who was so capable, but it's thanks to Crimson Preferred that the headquarters in the Capital has extra soul banknotes to buy and distribute soul fruits."
"The attribute fruits I gave to your grandparents were exchanged from the item library," Mu Ze said.
"The one who facilitated that cooperation was me," Mu Rufeng spoke up.
"What? You? Really?" Mu Ze still found it hard to believe.
Mu Rufeng smiled and said, "Just through channel cooperation, the relevant departments bring in two million soul banknotes daily."
"How much? Two million? Every day?" Mu Ze was shocked, "And you? How much can you take?"
"I was supposed to take the lion's share, but the nation needs this money more than I do. So, I only take one percent, and the country compensates me in other ways."
"Including but not limited to houses, cars, RMB, powerful items, Rule Items, Skill Cards, attribute fruits, and the latest researched items by the Mysterious Affairs Bureau," Mu Rufeng slowly added.
"One percent? One percent... two thousand a day?" Mu Ze was stupefied.
Even with just one percent, that's twenty thousand a day, which adds up to six hundred thousand soul banknotes a month.
That's a whopping seven million two hundred thousand a year.
This is undoubtedly an unimaginable fortune.
Mu Rufeng hadn't mentioned that every month, he could pick any three items from the national item library.
And there were no restrictions. As long as you had your eye on something, you just had to report it.
He had already collected last month's three items. He hadn't used this month's privilege yet.
Mu Rufeng packed up those items and then took out some soul banknotes, placing them on the table.
"Uncle, I don't really need soul banknotes now, but I think you might be in need, so please take these," Mu Rufeng said.
"How can I accept this..." Mu Ze uttered, but his hands had already touched the hundred-thousand-yuan worth of soul banknotes and he swiftly pocketed them.
"Uncle, you really haven't changed at all," Mu Rufeng said, shaking his head with a smile.
Mu Ze was thirty-five years old, and Mu Rufeng was twenty-four, eleven years apart.
When Mu Rufeng was five years old, Mu Ze had just started high school.
Mu Rufeng also loved following Mu Ze around to play. Likewise, he especially loved to trick Mu Rufeng out of his New Year's money or snacks.
"So, Uncle Ze, are you also working in the relevant department like Rufeng? Did you also enter that instance?" Mu Shan continued.
"Yes, I didn't expect Rufeng to tell you all," Mu Ze nodded.
This return home wasn't just for the Divine Sect personnel; it was also to inform the family.
After all, the first wave of news was going to be released on October 1st.
Abroad, some countries had already released the news, but due to the firewall, it hadn't spread domestically.
The group immediately started chatting enthusiastically.
After a while, Mu Rufeng suddenly remembered something and hurriedly took out quite a few Level 2 and Level 3 attribute fruits.
"Dad, Mom, I prepared these attribute fruits especially for you."
Mu Rufeng hadn't finished speaking before Mu Ze interrupted him, "These are Level 2 and Level 3 attribute fruits, right? I've already eaten those."
"Oh, Mom, Dad, go ahead and eat them. Uncle, have grandma and grandpa eaten these yet?" Mu Rufeng asked.
"Your grandparents have only eaten Level 1. Remember to leave some for them," Mu Ze replied.
Mu Shan and Liu Meizhu didn't say much but started eating the fruits.
Not only were these fruits good for their health, but they also tasted great.
"By the way, Uncle, here's this for you, these are Level 4 through 9 attribute fruits," Mu Rufeng said, taking out a lot more fruits.