The Precious Martial Pavilion's Proprietor, Tang Xuan, Places Importance

"Pfft, where's this clueless kid from, hauling in a whole sack of Red-Eyed Rabbits?"

"Probably a student out for the first time. Tch, guess he doesn't know what Red-Eyed Rabbits are worth. Looks impressive with that many, but it's not worth much."

"Just like my first time out of the city, but I wasn't dumb enough to bring back a pile of worthless junk like him."

"Forget about him, focus on getting your weapons ready and figuring out how to hunt a few Level 1 Fierce Beasts. Those aren't easy to deal with."

Because Li Ziyu was carrying too much, the sack was already starting to tear.

The bodies of the Red-Eyed Rabbits inside were exposed.

In the hall.

Several people in simple combat gear, holding various weapons, saw this.

They pointed at the Red-Eyed Rabbit corpses on his back and burst out laughing.

Li Ziyu rubbed his nose, not bothered by it.

Red-Eyed Rabbits really weren't worth much—he knew that.

For ordinary martial artists, or even those who hadn't become martial artists yet.

Even if they killed a Red-Eyed Rabbit, they couldn't be bothered to bring the body back.

But.

Who asked him to be poor?

Even a mosquito's leg is still meat.

Li Ziyu thought.

Approaching him, a tall, dignified woman in a light green embroidered cheongsam, her hair pinned up in a bun, walked over.

She put on a professional smile.

"Hello, Martial Artist sir. I'm the store's sales guide. Is there anything you need?"

Even seeing the Red-Eyed Rabbit corpses on Li Ziyu's back, the clerk kept her smile and remained warm in attitude.

From the clerk's service attitude, you could tell the overall service of this store.

He'd come to the right place.

Li Ziyu thought to himself, then set down the sack on his back, revealing the unblinking Red-Eyed Rabbit corpses inside.

"I'm here to sell Fierce Beast corpses. Forty Red-Eyed Rabbits."

"Understood. Our Precious Martial Pavilion buys Fierce Beast corpses by weight. For Red-Eyed Rabbits, it's three hundred Great Xia Coins per catty."

"Please wait here a moment. I'll call a master to weigh them for you."

The Beautiful Clerk led Li Ziyu to a resting area off to the side of the hall.

She picked up a teapot and poured him a cup of tea.

Smiling, she said a word, then turned and swayed her hips as she went to call the master inside.

"Oh, right. There's also a Shadow Cat corpse. Include that in the price too."

Just as the Beautiful Clerk turned, Li Ziyu called her back and spoke.

The Beautiful Clerk was stunned for a moment at his words. She turned around, her pretty eyes widening slightly as she asked uncertainly.

"Shadow Cat? Sir, you don't mean the Level 1 Intermediate Fierce Beast, the Shadow Cat, do you?"

The Beautiful Clerk looked Li Ziyu up and down, a flicker of surprise in her eyes.

Normally.

When a customer came to buy or sell, she wouldn't ask too many questions.

But Li Ziyu really looked too young.

He seemed like he was still in high school, a few years younger than her.

And the Shadow Cat was a Level 1 Intermediate Fierce Beast.

Its astonishing speed made it a difficult opponent even among Level 1 Intermediate Fierce Beasts.

Could this young man before her actually hunt a Level 1 Fierce Beast alone??

Was this young man a formal martial artist?

The Beautiful Clerk's pretty eyes went wide, filled with curiosity.

"Mm."

Li Ziyu nodded.

As he spoke, he reached into the sack and pulled out the Shadow Cat corpse, about the size of a Siberian tiger.

It was a good thing his blood energy was abundant now, giving him great strength.

Otherwise, just the weight of the Shadow Cat alone would have been too much for him to carry.

Oh, and this special sack—its quality was surprisingly good too.

"It's actually a ferocious beast, a Shadow Cat!"

The moment the Shadow Cat's corpse was brought out.

The beautiful clerk's small mouth immediately fell open.

She blinked her beautiful eyes in disbelief at the Shadow Cat's body on the ground, its eyes still round, a flicker of wonder dancing in her gaze.

Her look toward Li Ziyu shifted entirely.

To be able to hunt a Level 1 ferocious beast at such a young age—this youth's future was boundless!

"Sss! It's actually a Level 1 ferocious beast, a Shadow Cat?! And a fully grown one at that?"

"To solo a Level 1 ferocious beast, could this kid be a full-fledged martial artist?"

"A martial artist this young—rare to see in Xujiang City!"

"Misjudged him. Didn't expect he was an expert."

It wasn't just the beautiful clerk who was stunned.

The others in the shop, upon seeing the pitch-black Shadow Cat corpse lying before Li Ziyu, also widened their eyes.

Gasps of surprise rose and fell.

Xujiang City was a small town, and the overall strength of its martial artists wasn't high to begin with.

Plus, many became martial artists just to find a good way to make money or claim the Martial Artist Allowance.

Few actually left the city to fight ferocious beasts.

Seeing Li Ziyu so young, already able to go out of the city and hunt Level 1 ferocious beasts.

And a Level 1 Intermediate one at that—everyone's face showed astonishment.

"Please wait here a moment. I'll go call our boss!"

"Oh, no, please follow me to the VIP Room. I'll fetch our boss."

The beautiful clerk's face was all tenderness.

Even her voice, as she spoke to Li Ziyu, turned soft and sweet.

As she led Li Ziyu toward the VIP Room, she deliberately leaned her curvaceous body a little closer to him.

Li Ziyu could even clearly smell the perfume on the beautiful clerk.

It smelled a bit like roses.

Inside the VIP Room, which was luxurious beyond compare to the outside, even the tea had been swapped for expensive Spirit Tea.

Li Ziyu sat on a soft leather sofa, his feet on a carpet made of some unknown material that clearly cost a fortune.

He took a sip of the faintly fragrant tea and felt a wave of emotion.

"Yesterday, I was still running around wondering where to find a job. Today, I'm sitting in a VIP Room, enjoying premium service, drinking costly Spirit Tea."

"Is this what change looks like after gaining strength?"

Li Ziyu was deeply moved.

Indeed.

No matter where.

With strength, you could enjoy better things.

In his past life, enjoying these required money.

Now, enjoying them required strength.

Li Ziyu didn't wait long.

In just a moment, a soft knock sounded from outside the door.

After Li Ziyu gave his permission, the VIP Room door was gently pushed open.

In walked a sturdy, middle-aged man dressed in a Tang suit.

The man had a short beard, and his eyes gleamed with an intimidating brightness.

Seeing Li Ziyu seated, the man raised an eyebrow, a flicker of surprise barely showing in his eyes.

But he quickly hid it, stepping forward with a smile and extending his hand to Li Ziyu:

"Young friend, I am Tang Xuan, the owner of the Precious Martial Pavilion."

"I've already looked over the goods you wish to sell. This is my offer—see if it satisfies you."

As Li Ziyu sized up Tang Xuan, Tang Xuan was also sizing him up.

He couldn't help but feel secretly astonished.

When the clerk had told him a youth who looked under eighteen had come to sell materials from a Level 1 ferocious beast, a Shadow Cat.

He had been skeptical.

He himself was a martial artist.

And he was a Level 2 Intermediate at that.

He had personally experienced the strength of a Shadow Cat.

An ordinary Level 1 Martial Artist was no match for it.

A youth not yet eighteen years old—how could he possibly hunt a Shadow Cat alone?

There had to be a team backing him.

But when he actually saw the other party and sensed the blood-and-qi power far surpassing an ordinary person, Tang Xuan was startled.

That blood-and-qi had definitely reached the level of a Level 1 Martial Artist.

He really was a Level 1 Martial Artist.

And not the kind who merely had blood-and-qi without combat ability!

A genius like this—his future prospects were surely limitless!