"Stingy bastard. Who told you I was a Ranger?"
After returning to his room with the three handwritten manuals in his arms, Xuan Ye couldn't help grumbling inwardly. His discussion with the scheming Second Madam had gone fairly smoothly. With both sides pursuing the same goal, reaching an agreement had naturally been quick.
Moreover, during the conversation, Xuan Ye had vaguely sensed the real reason Second Madam had sought him out personally. At first, he had thought his overwhelming charm and younger appearance had turned him into a big sister killer. Only afterward did he realize that the City Lord's Mansion was divided into factions over its attitude toward the Kend Family.
Some old-fashioned people might believe that when dealing with other families within their jurisdiction, one shouldn't rely directly on force. They had to preserve the dignity of the nobility and subdue with virtue. This Second Madam was clearly a representative of the other, more hard-line faction, which was why she had come personally to win him over.
This judgment truly left Xuan Ye somewhat helpless. No wonder those ancient families, which should have grown stronger and stronger thanks to their deep foundations, had instead declined and vanished into the river of history.
Well, Xuan Ye was too lazy to inquire into the Rosen Family's internal affairs. What made him secretly delighted yet somewhat depressed now was that although he had haggled three secret manuals out of the Rosen Family, two of them were actually Class Skills for professional Rangers—and both were archery skills.
One, Guiding Arrow, could charge and release an ultra-long-range sniper arrow far beyond the user's own capabilities. The other, Multi-Shot, was a technique for firing multiple arrows simultaneously.
They were both among the most widely circulated, relatively universal, practical, and cost-effective Class Skills of professional