MONSTER PARADISE

1641 - 1660

Xiao Hei fell silent again for a moment but answered anyway a little while later.

“That is indeed the case. However, restricting the number of cards you can obtain per combat strength level is also to prevent you from exploiting the cards and relying too much on the cards’ functions.”

“So you’ve appropriated a great deal of the Origin Energy for yourself from the monsters I’ve killed?” The number of monsters Lin Huang had killed far exceeded the maximum number of cards he had obtained.

For each monster he killed, Xiao Hei would secretly take a portion of Origin Energy. However, only a small fraction of the Origin Energy was used to create cards for Lin Huang—most of it was hoarded by Xiao Hei.

This time, Xiao Hei fell into a long silence.

“Don’t pretend you can’t hear me. And don’t think you can deceive me about this matter,” Lin Huang prodded, seeing that Xiao Hei did not reply for a long time.

The Goldfingers—the stone tablet, Eternity Fire, Yin Yin, and the newcomer, the Gate of All Realms—were watching the drama unfold.

In reality, it was common for a Goldfinger to sneak benefits from its host. However, not very many of them had been caught red-handed.

“I do admit that I’ve appropriated a great deal of Origin Energy. However, my restricting your rewards is not because I wish to withhold any of the Origin Energy.

“Even if I only used one-tenth of the Origin Energy to create all kinds of card rewards for you, the number of cards you would obtain will be several dozen times over what you have now. That does not benefit your development in any way.”

Lin Huang knew that Xiao Hei was telling the truth.

He had been prodding himself to become stronger all this while; to a certain extent, this was also because of Xiao Hei’s restriction on the number of cards he could obtain.

Since the number of cards he could gain per level of combat strength was limited, he had no option but to elevate his combat strength quickly so he could obtain more card rewards.

If Xiao Hei truly did lift its restrictions—if it merely used one-tenth of the Origin Energy to make him all sorts of card rewards, as it had mentioned earlier—his motivation to elevate his combat strength would likely drop significantly. Moreover, there was a high possibility of him relying on the cards’ functions and slacking in his personal cultivation. He was almost certain that he would definitely not have the ability he possessed now.

“I won’t bring up what’s already in the past. However, right now, I think we can apportion the ratio of Origin Energy all over again.” Xiao Hei had admitted its problem, and Lin Huang did not want to dwell on the matter. He had brought up the Origin Energy issue not to blame Xiao Hei but to allocate the ratio of resources anew.

“No problem.”

Xiao Hei agreed with alacrity, then suggested a ratio.

“I can allocate thirty percent to you. Given your current ability, I’m no longer worried that you’ll exploit the cards.”

“Let’s make it fifty-fifty. It’s fairer if each of us has half.” It was not that Lin Huang wanted more, but he knew that Xiao Hei had appropriated Origin Energy in the past because the Origin Energy was most certainly beneficial to him. “I’ll store my fifty percent with you for now and let you know when I need it. You can use it whenever you want. Also, there’s no need to portion out the Origin Energy that you appropriated. It still belongs to you.”

“Deal!”

Xiao Hei thought about it for a moment and very quickly agreed. After all, Lin Huang was currently making an extremely big concession with his current proposal. It knew that it would be very difficult for it to fight for an even higher ratio.