The employees of the Superpower Research Department soon arrived.
There were four of them, with a tall, slender woman leading them.
"Captain Duan!"
The woman was driving an off-road vehicle and almost drifted when she slammed on the brakes on the gravel road. She got out of the vehicle and headed straight for Duan Tianhe, shaking his hand before turning to Jiang He with a smile. "Is this the Mister Jiang you've been talking about?"
Duan Tianhe introduced, "Jiang He, this is Miss Mu Wanqiu. She would be in charge of purchasing Feral materials across the entire Western Xia province from now on."
"Greetings, Mister Jiang."
"Greetings."
Jiang He shook Mu Wanqiu's hand, and though his expression did not change, his heart skipped a beat.
"There's a searing energy on her that is not much weaker than my Nine Yang True Qi … but there's no True Qi ripple on her. Could she be a fire-type Awakened?"
Just as the thought crossed Jiang He's mind, a voice spoke beside his ear —
"Mu Wanqiu's background is not simple. Her grandfather was one of the founders of the Superpower Research Department and a powerful martial arts grandmaster. Mu Wanqiu's father is a military major general, while she herself is a C-class fire-type Awakened."
Jiang He promptly looked up at Duan Tianhe.
Duan Tianhe was smiling and chatting with Mu Wanqiu about the situation at Mount Dadong, but not Jiang He.
"Secret Acoustics!"
Jiang He could not help getting an idea. "Secret Acoustics is actually True Qi acoustics, but it requires great control over True Qi and only grandmasters could do it … is Duan Tianhe rank-seven already?"
"Don't make it public. I've only reached rank-seven a few days ago, so not many people know about it."
Then, he added, "Secret Acoustics."
Jiang He's impression of Duan Tianhe promptly took a 180-degree turn.
"That guy looks serious and even a little cold, but he's not making it public after ascending to grandmaster. There's no telling what he's up to, but he's a sly old fox."
Soon.
The employees of the Superpower Research Department delivered a list of items to Jiang He.
Mu Wanqiu scanned it before handing it to Jiang He.
Jiang He studied it closely.
Rank-one Ferals were priced at 80,000, while the Superpower Research Department priced the rank-2 dog Daemon at 150,000. However, it was marked with the word 'broken'.
"From the looks of it, the price of a Tier 2 Demonic Beast's body should be more than 150,000. That beast was at the center of the explosion and was badly mutilated. That's why the price is lower."
"Eh?"
Jiang He pointed at the list and said, "Could you be mistaken, Miss Mu? The price of this rank-one python's corpse is … two hundred thousand?"
"Does Mr. Jiang think it's too low or too high?"
Mu Wanqiu smiled.
Her smile looked gentle, but it was hard to conceal the wildness in her temperament. This might have something to do with the fire superpower that she had awakened … Of course, her grandfather was a martial artist, and her father was a soldier. Children born in this kind of family were usually very wild.
"Could the corpses of python-type Ferals be more valuable?"
Jiang He could tell from Mu Wanqiu's expression that he had made a mistake, and promptly smiled. "To tell the truth, Miss Mu, I only recently learned about Ferals, and I've only killed over twenty of them. That's why I'm not sure about the value of Feral materials. Could the corpses of python-type Ferals be more valuable?"
"…"
Mu Wanqiu's smile stiffened a little.
She turned by reflex toward Duan Tianhe, only to find that the corner of his mouth was twitching and his expression was stiff.
Well …
They were having a good conversation, so why did he suddenly start putting on airs?
What do you mean by 'only'? That word was too appropriate. Do you really think Ferals are cabbages?
Still, Mu Wanqiu was someone who had seen much and quickly recovered. "Cats and dogs are too common," she explained, "which is why materials from Ferals of the same rank are the cheapest. Pythons, on the other hand, are rarer, so they are more expensive than materials from Ferals of the same rank."
"I see."
Jiang He nodded, and Mu Wanqiu added, "If I'm not mistaken, you're a rank-four martial artist, aren't you, Mister Jiang? Incidentally, the Superpower Research Department has released a new medicinal pellet that improves True Qi cultivation. It's called the qi pellet, and I wonder if you would like it, Mister Jiang? "
"Oh?"
Jiang He's eyes lit up. "I heard that the Special Bureau has medicinal pellets that improve True Qi cultivation too. I wonder if it's better or worse, compared to the qi pellet?"
Mu Wanqiu covered her mouth and chuckled. "The Superpower Research Department provides all medicinal pellets for the Special Bureau."
"Alright!"
Jiang He then asked, "How much does one qi pellet cost? I've just ascended today, and I need qi pellets to stabilize my cultivation. "
Mu Wanqiu then held up five fingers.
"Five hundred thousand per bottle, and there are three pellets per bottle."
"…"
What the …
Jiang He forcibly swallowed the inelegant word that almost slipped out of his mouth and flashed a pained smile. "You really know how to do business, Miss Mu."
Inwardly, however, he was grumbling.
"And here I was just saying that martial artists earn money faster than robbing … I didn't expect that martial artists' cultivation is even more expensive!"
Jiang He had killed a total of thirteen rank-one Ferals and one rank-two Feral.
There were eleven cats and dogs, each priced at eighty thousand.
A rank-one Feral wolf was worth a hundred thousand.
A rank-one python was worth two hundred thousand.
And a rank-two Feral dog was worth a hundred and fifty thousand.
"The total price of all Feral materials is 1.33 million, and I'll round it up to 1.35 million for you, Mister Jiang." Mu Wanqiu took out two porcelain bottles from her car and passed them to Jiang He, saying, "These are two bottles of qi pellets. I'll transfer the remaining 350,000 to you later."
"Thanks."
Jiang He accepted the qi pellets and thanked her.
Meanwhile, Mu Wanqiu instructed her subordinates to move the Feral corpses.
She drove her off-road vehicle, and her subordinates drove a pickup truck and two trucks over. That was enough.
After moving the corpses, Mu Wanqiu took out a name card and smiled. "It's been a pleasure working with you, Mister Jiang. Remember to contact me if you have more Feral corpses to sell in the future, and the price I offer is the fairest in the industry."
"By the way, aside from Feral materials, the Superpower Research Department accepts anything that mutated under the Revival of Qi, such as spirit medicine, alloy weapons, and new minerals."
"Oh?"
Jiang He could not help feeling moved.
His gaze studied Mu Wanqiu from top to bottom, left and right, before finally stopping on her chest.
This woman, whether it was her appearance, temperament, or height, they were all excellent. She was wearing a leather jacket, showing off her long legs and perfect butt, but the only flaw was that ….
Too flat!
Mu Wanqiu's expression darkened. Being a fire-type Awakened, she had a fiery temper in the first place, and was just about to flare up when Jiang He smiled faintly and said, "Miss Mu, I happen to have a business deal with you."
Inwardly, he was laughing coldly.
"This woman is so black-hearted. Two bottles of qi pellets cost me a million, and I'm going to make her pay it back with interest!"
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