Premium Acquisition? Silver Moon Wolf Count, Multiply by Ten!

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"Five hundred Xia coins per tail?"

Hearing Li Yue's words, Jiang Fu's eyes lit up at once.

Shi Jiu, leaning against Jiang Fu's chest while gaming, also snapped his head up, staring at Li Yue without blinking.

"What about the other stuff? Buying at a premium too?"

Meeting their sparkling gazes, Li Yue's heart softened instantly. She nodded without a moment's hesitation.

"Fine. Everything you hunted this time, I'll buy at that standard—premium price."

Looks like these two little rookies got pretty lucky. Besides Red-tailed Rats, they must've caught some other small Mutated Beasts too. Out on the edge of the Blank Zone... probably Soft-boned Rabbits. Pink and cute. Girls love those. They must've decided to pull them out when they heard I'd offer a premium. Anyway, it's not much money. Just consider it encouragement for the two newbies.

But soon, Li Yue's expression turned serious. "Just this once. Don't make it a habit!"

"You two are still young. It's not time for the Wilderness Area yet!"

"Wait until you're in Martial Arts University and have gone through systematic training—that's when you step into the Wilderness Area!"

Jiang Fu quickly replied, "Ah, got it!"

"Thanks, sis!"

As he spoke, he set Shi Jiu down on the small sofa beside him, then unstrapped the backpack from his shoulders. He took out a hundred Red-tailed Rat tails and laid them neatly on the table in front of him.

Li Yue stared at the pile of tails, her mind going blank for a moment. "This... what is this?"

"Red-tailed Rat tails."

Jiang Fu saw Shi Jiu's body sliding down the sofa and quickly reached out to steady him. Shi Jiu leaned into the crook of Jiang Fu's arm.

The next instant, the Storage Badge, still warm from body heat, dropped into Jiang Fu's palm.

Jiang Fu probed it with his Spirit Power. The Silver Moon Wolf, crushed flat like a folding screen, was quietly wedged into a corner by the Crowned Giant Python.

Jiang Fu pressed his lips together. He stole a glance at Shi Jiu, a flicker of hesitation in his eyes. Then, gritting his teeth, he began to silently work.

Shi Jiu, seeing the pile of tails, was stunned for a moment too. But he quickly remembered that Jiang Fu was a Psychic Master, and a strong one at that—strong enough to cleave a Tier 2 Silver Moon Wolf in one strike. Catching some Red-tailed Rats would be child's play.

Li Yue also snapped out of her shock. She asked, her voice tinged with disbelief, "You caught all of these?"

Jiang Fu nodded honestly.

Shi Jiu quietly added, "He caught them all by himself."

Li Yue took a deep breath.

At least it was just Red-tailed Rat tails.

A hundred of them, only fifty thousand.

She could afford it, she could afford it!

Then she glanced at Jiang Fu's backpack.

Just a basic backpack, limited capacity.

Couldn't fit anything big...

Before Li Yue could finish that thought.

Thud!

A silver giant wolf, the size of a yellow ox, folded up like a clamshell phone, appeared in front of her.

Li Yue: "..."

She leaped up.

Stumbled back several steps.

Her whole body went numb.

"What—what's this?!" Li Yue's lips trembled.

Jiang Fu looked innocent. "A Silver Moon Wolf."

As he spoke.

Thud!

A second Silver Moon Wolf appeared, this one twisted into a pretzel.

Li Yue: "..."

She stared blankly at the second Silver Moon Wolf's corpse, at a complete loss.

Shi Jiu was stunned too. She stared at Jiang Fu. "There's more?"

Jiang Fu coughed. "Didn't I tell you... I ran into a wolf pack?"

Shi Jiu blinked.

Wolf pack?

He had mentioned that, actually.

Got lost being chased by wolves!

But back then, the snake venom had already sunk deep into her.

Her Spirit Power was completely drained.

She'd been drowsy and half-asleep.

Until a strange change she couldn't even understand herself came over her body.

Only then did Shi Jiu regain a little awareness.

Limited to sensing danger.

When there was no danger, she still slept deeply.

She didn't fully wake up until they returned to the Blank Zone.

Much earlier than expected.

And all the way back, she'd slept soundly, with no idea what had happened.

Shi Jiu instinctively looked down at her chest.

Then up at the sky.

Jiang Fu didn't dare look at Shi Jiu.

He kept using his Spirit Power to communicate with the Storage Badge.

Then.

The third one!

The fourth one!

The fifth one...

One after another, Silver Moon Wolves twisted into grotesque shapes at the waist.

Soon, they filled the entire room.

Jiang Fu picked up Shi Jiu from the sofa and retreated to the spot by the door.

Shi Jiu reached out.

Tugged at the Martial Artist Badge on Jiang Fu's zipper.

Muttered softly, "Aren't we kind of screwing them over like this?"

Jiang Fu stammered, "Actually, buying at the original price would've been fine too..."

Their exchange.

Snapped Li Yue out of her daze in an instant.

To be fair.

As a staffer at the Martial Artist Guild acquisition center, Li Yue had seen all kinds of crazy scenes.

But still!

If a martial artist squad with an Advanced Martial Artist in charge had brought back these ten Silver Moon Wolves.

That would be nothing.

But right now, standing before her were two students in school uniforms.

Did that make any sense?

And where had these ten massive Silver Moon Wolves even been pulled from...

Wait!

No!

The next moment.

Li Yue suddenly caught on.

Storage Badge!

The boy and girl in front of her weren't ordinary people!

They had to be some young master and miss from a major noble family sneaking out...

Good thing.

She hadn't brushed them off just because they were students.

Thinking that.

Li Yue let out a breath.

Instantly adjusted her mindset.

A smile back on her face.

"We'll take them!"

"A hundred Red-tailed Rat tails and ten Silver Moon Wolves—just like we said, premium price!"

"But Silver Moon Wolves are Tier 2 Mutated Beasts, so per procedure, they need to be appraised."

"The appraisal takes about half an hour."

Jiang Fu nodded.

Not surprised at all.

And he didn't care about the appraisal anyway.

Just now.

He had already applied Multiply by Ten to the internal structures of each Silver Moon Wolf separately.

Ensuring that every wolf's insides—even the size and shape of their wounds—were all different.

Unless they ran a genetic test.

There was no way they'd get caught for all of them being the same Silver Moon Wolf.

...A genetic test wasn't happening.

The appraisal at the Martial Artist Guild acquisition center only checked whether the species was genuine.

Just confirming they were Silver Moon Wolves and not some lower-tier Mutated Beast pretending to be one.

Soon.

Li Yue led Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu to a lounge nearby.

Jiang Fu set Shi Jiu down on the sofa.

Then sat down beside her.

Shi Jiu's limp body couldn't help but slide to one side.

Jiang Fu quickly reached out to steady her, then set the backpack he was holding aside.

Shi Jiu took the chance to lean against Jiang Fu's shoulder.

She pulled out her phone and started another round of the game.

Seeing this, Li Yue asked with concern, "Classmate, do you need me to call a doctor?"

Shi Jiu waved a hand. "I'm fine. It's comfortable leaning on him."

Li Yue paused.

Then she glanced at Jiang Fu's slightly reddened face.

And left with an ambiguous look.

Jiang Fu tilted his head.

He stole a glance at Shi Jiu, who was busy playing her game.

Soon he'd have money.

He should buy a phone too.

He didn't bother asking how Shi Jiu was recovering.

If she'd recovered, she'd say so herself.

But right now, the series of Multiply by Ten effects Jiang Fu had applied before leaving the city had just ended.

He thought for a moment.

Then he applied Multiply by Ten again to his Spirit Power coverage range, speed, explosive power, stamina, endurance—

all of them.

Keeping the duration consistent with his Blood Qi, Physique, and Spirit Power.

Jiang Fu hadn't forgotten.

There were people in the city who wanted him dead too.