Identify Gu at a Glance

After they finished the meat, more than thirty spiders and thirteen centipedes lay on the ground and began to molt.

They had already molted once. This was their second time.

Over ten minutes later, when the first centipede successfully shed its shell, the system's notification sounded!

[Congratulations, Host. You have successfully cultivated a level-three primitive Gu. Skill awarded: Identify Gu at a Glance.]

Level-three Gu worms? Molting twice made them level three?

Only then did Jiang Yiming learn that Gu worms had levels.

At the same time, a green light flashed in his eyes and vanished. He automatically learned the skill Identify Gu at a Glance.

He glanced at the level-three centipede, and a piece of information immediately appeared in his mind.

[Centipede Gu: primitive level three. Skills: none.]

He then glanced at a level-three spider.

[Spider Gu: primitive level three. Skills: none.]

It seemed that primitive Gu worms had no skills.

With a thought from Jiang Yiming, the level-three and level-two Gu worms quickly separated into two groups.

After counting them carefully, he discovered that he already had eight level-three centipedes and forty-two level-three spiders!

The rest were all level two.

A level-three spider's abdomen alone was as big as a ping-pong ball.

The level-three centipedes were even more impressive, already over twenty centimeters long! Their two fangs were thick and large, nearly two centimeters long!

Even an eight-foot-tall man would tremble with fear at the sight of Gu worms like these!

Those level-three centipedes seemed hungry again. They picked up the chicken bones they had been unable to gnaw through earlier and began gnawing at them desperately.

The chicken bones seemed so fragile beneath those evolved fangs.

Jiang Yiming had been a little happy to see the Gu worms evolve, but the sight of those gluttonous centipedes made him even more worried.

"Five hundred yuan! A whole five hundred yuan's worth of chicken carcasses, and it still wasn't enough to fill you up!"

"I was hoping to save up quickly to buy gold and unlock the system shop. Now that's looking less and less likely..."

"No! I need to make money!"

Thinking of his meager savings, Jiang Yiming couldn't even sleep. He headed out into the night.

He went to a print shop and reluctantly spent 250 yuan to print a thousand flyers.

In the most eye-catching spot on each flyer were a few large words: "Cockroach removal at your door, 150 yuan all-inclusive."

His phone number was underneath.

Others charged two hundred yuan to remove cockroaches, but he charged only 150. Surely he'd get some business!

Between seven and nine the next morning, Jiang Yiming stationed himself at the south gate of the industrial park. Taking advantage of the rush of people going to and from work, he quickly handed out all the flyers.

When he got home, he found Sun Qin waiting at his door.

"If you'd come back any later, I'd have been late for work!" she said anxiously as soon as she saw him. "Quick, come with me. I'll explain on the way!"

Before he even knew what was going on, she pulled him along.

"I told my boss about the cockroach removal, and he told me to bring you over to take a look. I forgot to tell you last night, and you nearly made me late today," Sun Qin said as she ran.

"Is there still time?"

"If we hurry, I shouldn't be late."

They jogged the whole way and soon arrived at the restaurant, just in time.

The boss looked to be in his early forties and was waiting at the door with a phone in his hand.

Gasping for breath, Sun Qin introduced him. "He... he's Jiang Yiming."

"Oh... you're so young." The boss turned his head and smiled. "Little Jiang, come inside and we'll talk."

"Do you charge by the square meter or by the job for cockroach removal?" he asked as he led the way inside.

Fortunately, Jiang Yiming had looked up some information the night before, or he would have been stumped by the question as soon as he walked in.

"I charge by the job," he said calmly.

"You're not very old, are you? Can you actually do it?" The boss had some doubts.

"You can rest assured. I guarantee I'll get rid of them all." Jiang Yiming was full of confidence.

"That's just what you say. You can't fool me about whether you have the ability." The boss didn't seem particularly keen on hiring someone to remove the cockroaches.

Jiang Yiming couldn't be bothered to explain.

When they reached the kitchen, the boss smiled again. "My kitchen's only a dozen or so square meters. You're not going to open a lion's mouth, are you? Haha, to tell you the truth, if Sun Qin hadn't said you were injured and had no income while staying at home, and asked me to help you out, I wouldn't have let you come."

"As you can see, my kitchen's fairly clean. If your price is low, I'll consider it a good deed and let you earn the money. If you ask too much, I won't be able to help you."

As he spoke, he gradually took on a somewhat condescending air, as though he were giving Jiang Yiming charity.

Halfway through, the boss suddenly shrieked, "Hey! Don't step on my garlic shoots! I paid money for those!"

Jiang Yiming looked down. There was indeed a bundle of garlic shoots beside the kitchen counter. But they were at least ten centimeters from his foot!

The boss clearly had no sincerity at all.

Jiang Yiming stopped holding back and said coldly, "I'm this far from your garlic shoots. Can't you see that?"

He could tell that the boss didn't want to spend any money at all. Perhaps he had only agreed because Sun Qin had asked him.

"Young man, don't speak so sharply. Let's get straight to it. How much will it cost to clear all the cockroaches out of this kitchen?" The boss stopped beating around the bush too.

Since that was the case, Jiang Yiming couldn't be bothered to say more. He got straight to the point. "One thousand yuan, no bargaining!"

He had already decided not to take the job.

At those words, Sun Qin, who was wiping down a table, froze for a moment. Good grief, I told you to ask for a little more, but not that much! Our boss is terribly stingy. I'm afraid this won't work out...

Jiang Yiming had indeed given up on the job.

He needed money and badly wanted to make some, but he hadn't been out of school for long, and his edges were still sharp. He wouldn't shamelessly let someone humiliate him for the sake of a job.

The boss's face alternated between green and pale several times. There was no telling what he was calculating.

Jiang Yiming had expected him to refuse without hesitation, saying the price was too high.

But for some reason, the boss held it in for a long while. Finally, a sinister smile flickered at the corner of his mouth, and he actually agreed. "A thousand it is. I won't hold it against you! But!" He paused, then continued, "If I'm paying a thousand yuan, you have to guarantee there won't be a single cockroach in my restaurant for a week!"

"Of course!"

Jiang Yiming had looked it up the day before. As long as they were thoroughly cleared out, a cockroach-free period of six months could generally be guaranteed. One week was no problem at all.

"If cockroaches show up in my restaurant again before the week is up, what then?" the boss asked.

"What do you propose?"

"Simple. Pay me double!" The boss put away his smile and grew serious.

Jiang Yiming suddenly sensed that there might be a trick.

Seeing him hesitate, the boss deliberately mocked him. "What? Scared? Weren't you bragging loudly just now?"

"I make a living with my skills. What do I have to be afraid of? I'm only worried you won't be willing to pay the thousand yuan without a fuss!" Jiang Yiming pressed on regardless, locking horns with him.

"Haha... would I begrudge a thousand yuan when I have such a big restaurant?" The boss's expression changed. "If you dare put it down clearly in black and white with me, I'll pay you right now!"

"Fine!" Jiang Yiming readily agreed.

Seeing how things stood, Sun Qin hurried over to talk them down.

But the two were already locked in a clash. How could she possibly talk them down?

Not only did she fail to separate them, but the boss even pulled her into it as a witness.

In the boss's view, since she had introduced Jiang Yiming, she was the best person to serve as a witness.

And so, the two quickly signed an agreement and each pressed a handprint onto it.

The boss also paid the thousand yuan generously.