Initially, she had thought that once they reached the second stage, Profiteer would separate from her. After all, she was just an old granny. Though she had already built her Foundation, in general, her combat strength was not high. Profiteer, however, suggested to accompany her.
The two of them followed the small path up the mountain, and a moment later, they heard cries for help. "There's someone in front!"
They turned around a bend, only to see dozens of living vines suddenly appearing on the path, waving and twisting in the air. At the center of the vines, two green-robed practitioners were currently tightly bound within, unable to escape.
"They're trapped!" Profiteer's eyes shone, carrying a faint hint of excitement, as he took a few steps forward.
Zhu Yao thought that he wanted to save them, however, he simply stood far away at a place where the vines could not reach, and raised his voice. "Fellow daoists, do you need an explosive talisman?"
"…"
"Save … Save us!" The two of them had long been tormented by the vines, and the moment they saw someone approaching, they began to cry for help.
Profiteer chuckled, and took out the talisman he obtained from her earlier. "One mid-grade spirit stone for one, and it even contains explosive effects!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" How could the two of them be bothered to bargain, as they nodded their heads frantically. "Hurry and release, hurry and release."
"Alright." He circulated his spiritual energy, and activated the talisman. In an instant, flames surged into the sky, instantly burning those vines cleanly.
The two of them were saved, and after thanking him profusely, they even took the initiative to hand over a mid-grade spirit stone. Profiteer was so happy that his lips were crooked. After the two of them exchanged their names, the two of them walked into a teleportation formation, and passed the test, heading to the mountain peak.
Profiteer waited for the two of them to disappear, before silently taking out a small red book, and wrote their names on it.
"What are you doing?" Zhu Yao asked.
"Writing it down." He said with a stern look. "In the future, we'll be in the same sect, and we might even be returning customers."
"…" The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. He even knew about customer marketing, this person would definitely make a fortune.
"Alright, let's hurry to the mountain peak as well." Profiteer finished writing it down, and kept the small book. Just as he was about to follow the two of them into the teleportation formation, Zhu Yao pulled him back.
"Wait a minute!" Zhu Yao pointed to the formation and said. "That's a single-use teleportation formation. If you head over now, not only will you not be able to head to the mountain peak, you will also activate the green vine formation from earlier."
"You know array formations!" Profiteer opened his eyes wide in shock.
"A little … I guess."
He said excitedly, "Then do you know how to solve this kind of array formation?"
Zhu Yao nodded. The Green Vine Formation was not a very powerful formation in the first place, so dispelling it was very simple.
"Daoist Yu!" Profiteer suddenly grabbed onto her hand. The way he looked at her was as though he was looking at spirit stones. "Let's be friends?"
"…"
"Look, there are so many candidates this time. There must be a lot of people who are in danger and unable to escape. Don't you think we can do something for them?" he said with a sincere expression.
Zhu Yao's expression darkened. "No fees?"
His expression stiffened. "Hehe … Fellow Daoist Yu, you're really humorous."
She knew it. He must have thought of her as a tool to get rich.
"How about this, let's split it 30: 70." He gritted his teeth. "You take 30 and I take 70. What do you think?"
"I take 70, you take 30." She was clearly the one who had to do the hard work, so why did she have to take a small portion!?
He gritted his teeth. "40: 60, why?"
Zhu Yao turned around and left.
"Fifty-fifty, fifty-fifty should be fine, right?" Profiteer anxiously shouted. "Let's each take a step back. Furthermore, my cultivation is slightly higher than yours, and my senses are stronger than yours. How about it? "
Zhu Yao's footsteps paused. "Alright, let's do it."
Hence, Profiteer began to search for the people who were in trouble throughout the entire mountain. When they were in danger, he would stretch out a friendly hand to collect fees and save them.
He was in charge of negotiating the price, while Zhu Yao was in charge of dispelling the formation.
He really did not expect that the business would be so good. In less than four hours, they had earned a net profit of twenty pieces of mid-grade spirit stones. Profiteer's client list had already turned two pages.
Profiteer painfully took out ten pieces of mid-grade spirit stones and gave them to her. "For you, this is your reward. I'll give you a storage pouch out of friendship, and it's free of charge. In the future, after you enter the sect, keep in touch! If there's any more lucrative jobs like this, I'll call you again. "
Zhu Yao received her first payment. As a former tycoon, her emotions were very complicated. "You're not going to continue?"
"It's not early anymore." He pointed to the sky and said. "We're only concerned with helping others break formations, and we haven't even met our own tests yet. Though earning money is important, we have to first enter the sect, in order to have a greater future. "
It's the future of money, right!?
Zhu Yao nodded. She was too happy earning money, and she had almost forgotten that they were here to participate in the entrance examination.
Only then did the two of them begin to head towards the mountain peak. Probably because he was too confident in her formation breaking techniques, Profiteer did not feel any sense of danger. Along the way, he chatted with her about the N number of ways to earn money after they entered the sect. Suddenly, a deep beast roar sounded from the front.
Profiteer's figure paused, and his expression instantly paled. "My granddaddy, we're too unlucky."
"What's wrong?" Even Zhu Yao could see his nervous expression.
"It's a demonic beast. I've long heard that in the second test of Ness Cesary Sect, high-level demonic beasts would occasionally appear. I never thought that we would bump into one." Profiteer lowered his head and opened his storage pouch. He took out the talismans and medicinal pellets he earned from her earlier, and gave half of them to her. "Take this! You can keep these to save your life later. "
"Uh … I think …" She had no use for them.
"Don't force yourself. If you encounter one later, don't hesitate and hurry and run. It's just the entrance examination, there's no need to risk your life." He instructed with a solemn expression, and then pulled her in the opposite direction. Suddenly, as though he had thought of something, he turned around and said. "Oh right, I'll pay you later!"
"…" So he still had to collect money, hey.
The roar grew closer, and Profiteer's expression grew even more nervous. He stuck an earth-type defensive talisman on his body, and then, he heard a gust of wind blowing from behind. He casually pushed Zhu Yao to the side. "Scatter! Split up and run. "
With a loud boom, a gigantic demonic beast appeared in front of them. His figure was like a lion, and his entire body was covered in white fur. His four claws were like an eagle's, and there was even a pair of wings on his back. With a flap of his wings, a strong gust of wind would be stirred up. Before it even landed on the ground, it let out a wild roar at Profiteer, and immediately slammed its claws towards him.
A wall of earth instantly rose in front of Profiteer, however, it was unable to block its claws, as it was instantly shattered. It was actually a fifth-rank Winged Windbeast, which was equivalent to an Azoth Core. How was he supposed to fight against it? Profiteer was greatly shocked. Taking the opportunity to retreat several dozen meters, he summoned his flying sword, and planned to escape. For some strange reason, he turned to look at his business partner earlier, only to see that she was still standing there blankly.
She didn't know why, but she yelled, "Run!"
In this half a second of hesitation, the Winged Windbeast had already reacted, and roared at the person who was already flying on his flying sword. Profiteer simply felt a wave of dizziness, and then, he fell straight down from the sky. Just as he was about to be smashed to death by the demonic beast's claws …
A wall of fire instantly rose in front of him, blocking the Winged Windbeast. Profiteer raised his head, only to see Zhu Yao was currently holding onto a Fire Resistance Talisman. She was the one who saved him!
His heart was feeling complicated, as he reminded. "This is a fifth-rank demonic beast!"
The Winged Windbeast noticed Zhu Yao at the side as well. Turning its head to look behind, its eyes instantly widened. Turning its head, it pounced forward a few times, and then, it ran towards Zhu Yao on all fours.
It's over! Profiteer's heart sank.
Seeing that demonic beast pouncing towards her, it opened its huge mouth with an 'ah' sound. He closed his eyes, as he could not bear to watch. Yet, he heard a sound resounding in his ears.
"Meow ~ ~ ~" It was sweet and greasy, and even carried a hint of coquettishness.
Eh!
Profiteer carefully opened his eyes, only to see the most shocking scene in his cultivation life. The fifth-rank Winged Windbeast which was still overbearing and filled with malice earlier, was currently lying in front of his temporary business partner, coquettishly rolling on the ground, its white belly flipping in joy. It rolled to the point that a large patch of grass and trees at the side fell.
As for that elderly man called Yu Yao, he was currently standing at the side with a paralyzed expression, as he expressionlessly watched that demonic beast rolling on the ground.
Mn, she was already used to it!
A tender voice resounded in her ears one after another. "Smoothing my fur … Smoothing my fur … Smoothing my fur … I want to smoothing my fur!"
The more it spoke, the happier it became as it rolled on the ground. It circled around her in a 360-degree Thomas Full Spin, rolling here and there … rolling back and forth! The grass and trees that were being crushed were about to form a crop circle. The slogan it shouted was incredibly loud, as though it was beating a rhythm.
"Smoothing my fur, smoothing my fur … Smoothing my fur, smoothing my fur …"
The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. She wondered if her plant avatar would automatically activate the inter-species translation function, as she was still able to understand the demonic beast's words.
The Winged Windbeast rolled on the ground for a long while. Seeing that she was completely ignoring it, its glass heart shattered into pieces.
Its eyes closed, and its eyes began to blur with tears. Even its voice had sunk by a few degrees. "Wuuu … You don't like my fur … I'm so sad. I don't want my fur anymore … I'm going to burn it!" As it said that, it really stood up, as though it was walking towards Profiteer's wall of fire.
"Come back!" The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Sighing, she raised her hand and stroked its gigantic beast head.
The Winged Windbeast was instantly satisfied. With narrowed eyes, it rubbed against her palm, and sweetly called out. "Meow ~ ~ ~"
Jianshang's entire being felt unwell. He had never seen a demonic beast with such a lack of dignity. Even if it was tamed as a spiritual beast, he had never seen one so obedient towards its owner.
He was a little dumbfounded. Casting an art to extinguish the wall of fire, he walked towards Zhu Yao. "Daoist Yu … Senior Yu, you know … the art of taming beasts."
The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. No, she had simply forgotten to turn off the World Favourable Impression ability in her previous life.
"I … know a thing or two!"
Just knowing a thing or two, and she was able to tame a fifth-ranked demonic beast! Then, if she were to master it, then that would be incredible. Jianshang silently decided that he definitely had to maintain a good working relationship with her. "It is rumored that demonic beasts are very hard to tame. When senior is free, can you help me tame a spiritual beast? Of course, I will pay for it."
"Uh … We'll see!" She really did not know about this.
Jianshang looked at the obedient Winged Windbeast in front of him with an envious look. The fear he had earlier was completely swept away, and he could not help but want to reach out and stroke it as well.
However, the Winged Windbeast suddenly turned its head around, and roared at him. While it was at it, it smeared his face with its saliva.
"If you dare touch it, I'll eat you!" It fiercely glared at him, and then, it turned to look at Zhu Yao. Its style instantly changed. "Meow ~ ~ Stroke it again, stroke its fur …"
Jianshang: …
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