It was snowing when she went out today.
She took the sa fully-automated hovercar, but today she wasn’t going to the sa neighborhood as before.
Jiang Qiuqiu glanced at the scenery flashing by and guessed, ’Maybe it’s near the other neighborhood.’
Curiosity wouldn’t get her anywhere, so she decided to ask Mrs. Ai’er directly.
Mrs. Ai’er was surprised. "You rember?"
"Mhm. The route feels about the sa."
"Your spiritual perception is quite good." Mrs. Ai’er had Jiang Qiuqiu get out of the car with her. "There are a lot of similar-looking trees planted around here. Many people can’t get their bearings the first ti they visit."
"Oh, is that so?"
"We’re visiting another old friend of mine today. I already told him you were coming, and we’ve already discussed the paynt."
Jiang Qiuqiu felt a little embarrassed, discussing paynt before she’d even started working. But she didn’t say she wouldn’t accept it.
In her dealings with others, she knew it was crucial not to devalue herself.
"Qiuqiu, don’t you be embarrassed." Mrs. Ai’er squeezed her hand. "Hiring a Spirit Healing Master requires paynt. You need to be more confident. You’ll be in extrely high demand after you graduate. If it weren’t for an old lady like pulling so strings, these people might not even be able to hire you, you know."
"Take what you’ve earned, and don’t feel awkward about it." Mrs. Ai’er had once been a force to be reckoned with in the military; her personality had the directness of a soldier and the gentleness of a healer. "You should be proud to earn a living with your skills and build your own wealth."
"I understand. Thank you."
"What’s there to thank for?" She waved her hand dismissively, then revealed the paynt she would be receiving today.
"..."
Even though she was ntally prepared, she still found it a little unbelievable.
"This—a ntal Training Device, just like that?"
"That’s right," Mrs. Ai’er replied matter-of-factly. "Didn’t Little Mo tell you often do Spiritual Training? You must need a ntal Training Device, right?"
"The one you have at ho is probably a standard model bought off the market," Mrs. Ai’er told Jiang Qiuqiu. "The ones they can get are specially supplied, and I specifically asked for a model that’s compatible with your attributes."
’Isn’t this too valuable?’ A cheap ntal Training Device on the market cost billions, and a specially supplied one...
’Would it be worth tens of billions?’
"What’s so valuable about that?"
"Your sense of value is even worse than this old lady’s."
Amidst the heavy, swirling snow, Mrs. Ai’er imparted to Jiang Qiuqiu so of the unique value systems of this era.
Star Coins weren’t everything in the Federation; they were just one form of currency.
So people went their whole lives trading with this currency, but it wasn’t the only ans of transaction. Oftentis, bartering—trading goods for goods—was the mainstream.
And when it ca to bartering, the Healing Spiritual Power of a Spirit Healing Master was the most valuable commodity of all.
She told Jiang Qiuqiu to be bolder in thinking about her own worth.
"You are more valuable than you imagine."
"You can afford to na your price. You haven’t even stepped onto the real stage yet." Mrs. Ai’er patted her head. "When you stand on the stage that belongs to Spirit Healing Masters, you’ll discover—"
Below the high platform, everyone would be holding their own treasures, waving their hands desperately, just begging for the person on stage to look down at them.
This was the supre glory of the Spirit Healing Masters, and also the infinite sorrow of reality.
Of course, these matters were all too complicated, and Mrs. Ai’er wouldn’t tell Qiuqiu sothing so sad. She lightened the mood and teased, "You’ll discover that you’re in overwhelmingly high demand."
Jiang Qiuqiu nodded, showing that she understood.
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