One Hundred Gold Coins Buy a Future Dou Sheng

At this moment, a figure finally rushed out from a house and arrived before Xiao Lei, dropping to his knees with a thud.

Huang San's ancestors had possessed some strength, though they had since fallen into decline; at the very least, he recognized the wings of Dou Qi as the hallmark of a Dou King, as well as the robes of an alchemist.

Xiao Lei glanced at him casually, but upon discovering that the fellow was merely a five-star Dou Practitioner rookie, he couldn't be bothered to pay him any more attention.

Descending to the ground, Xiao Lei walked quickly to Qing Lin's side and reached out both hands to help her up.

"Are you alright, little girl?"

Qing Lin was still in a daze, and by the time she reacted, she could only see Xiao Lei's kind face.

"If I heard correctly, you just said you were firing her, right?"

Xiao Lei turned his head, wearing a smile that didn't reach his eyes as he stared at the middle-aged woman; under Xiao Lei's gaze, the woman was so terrified that she hurriedly stammered a confirmation.

Having received a satisfactory answer, Xiao Lei turned his head back.

"I imagine you have nowhere else to go right now. How about I hire you as my maid? As for the wages, how does one hundred gold coins a month sound?"

Qing Lin still hadn't recovered, merely staring blankly at Xiao Lei.

As for the middle-aged woman, she was completely stunned.

Why would a powerful Dou King suddenly appear? And why would this Dou King want to take Qing Lin as a maid?

These people were all shrewd, unlike the naive and innocent Qing Lin.

"He's actually offering one hundred gold coins a month right off the bat; he truly lives up to the reputation of a Dou King!"

The middle-aged woman gritted her teeth, but rather than being jealous of Qing Lin's sudden stroke of good luck, she was more worried that Qing Lin would seek revenge on them in the future.

After all, this newcomer was a Dou King. If Qing Lin were to whisper a few words in his ear, there would be no shortage of people lining up to deal with them.

"Run, we must run! As soon as this Dou King leaves, we have to flee!"

After weighing the situation in her heart, the middle-aged woman could only come to this conclusion. As for now, she didn't dare let out a single peep, let alone try to escape.

Xiao Lei, however, was full of patience, taking fifty gold coins out from his Storage Ring.

"How about this, I'll give you fifty gold coins upfront, how does that sound?"

The gold coins were heavy, and with Qing Lin's mind elsewhere, she failed to catch them from Xiao Lei's hand.

Bang!

Clatter!

A bag of gold coins fell entirely to the ground, rolling in every direction.

Only then did Qing Lin finally snap out of it, hurriedly crouching down to pick up the scattered coins.

"No! No need... Qing Lin isn't worth that much money. As long as you can give Qing Lin a bite to eat, that's enough! The wages... you don't have to pay me wages, just don't fire Qing Lin."

Qing Lin quickly gathered the gold coins and handed them back to Xiao Lei.

Xiao Lei did not take the coins, but instead leaned down and said softly.

"I will ask you one question: are you willing to be my maid, and are you willing to leave Shi Mo City with me to roam the continent?"

After a moment's thought, Xiao Lei added, "As for the wages, I'll give you one hundred gold coins for the first month, and more later. You won't go hungry, and I will never fire you! How about it?"

As he spoke, Xiao Lei channeled his Dou Qi, lifting all the gold coins from the ground and stacking them into Qing Lin's hands.

Leave Shi Mo City? Roam the continent!

This was something Qing Lin had never imagined. She was born here and grew up here; she had once thought she would end up like the old folks here, burying her bones in this place...

Perhaps dying of old age!

Or perhaps, with no one left to hire her, starving to death on the street...

Qing Lin had never thought of leaving!

Likewise, she had never imagined that one day someone would hire her for one hundred gold coins.

For a long, long time!

Qing Lin struggled, stunned, as if she were lost in memory...

Tears slid from her eyes before she knew it, landing on the stone floor beneath her feet, only to be quickly evaporated by the desert heat.

Qing Lin hadn't cried in a very long time...

Perhaps because crying had never been of any use!

At this moment, Qing Lin felt as if she had returned to her childhood; she had rediscovered her tears.

"When I was little, my mother often told me that everyone actually has a choice before they are born as to whether they want to live this life. I didn't believe it when I was a child; after all, who would choose to live such a poor and exhausting life..."

It wasn't until she met Xiao Lei that Qing Lin finally recalled those words, and she thought: perhaps her mother was right.

Hearing this, Xiao Lei knew the matter was settled and slowly raised his hand, gently stroking Qing Lin's hair.

"Young Master, Qing Lin is willing!"

Qing Lin did not know what she was about to face; she knew nothing of Xiao Lei, but she felt her heart beating...

Her heart was telling her what she should do.

"Good!"

Receiving an affirmative answer, Xiao Lei was very pleased; this little girl had excellent talent.

In the original story, Qing Lin going to the Heavenly Snake Mansion was a helpless move for Xiao Yan, and from the perspective of that time, it was the best place for Qing Lin, as she was to become a Saintess.

But as someone who possessed a vast amount of information, Xiao Lei considered things differently.

Perhaps there was a better place for Qing Lin... but this would require him to plan it out, and it would also require him to first possess sufficient strength.

Xiao Lei was in a great hurry; after all, he still needed to fly back to the Magical Beast Mountain Range quickly. Since Qing Lin had already agreed to leave, Xiao Lei did not hesitate in the slightest, scooping Qing Lin up into his arms, spreading the Purple Cloud Wings on his back, and soaring into the sky.

Only the sound of Qing Lin's terrified cries remained in mid-air!

After a long while, the middle-aged woman and the man finally dared to lift their heads.

Then, both of them tacitly shouted, "Hurry, pack your things, quick!"

The matter regarding Qing Lin was naturally not the idea of just one of them, but rather both had participated, and both were worried that Qing Lin would find a way to take revenge on them.

However, just as the two had this thought and were preparing to grab their luggage and flee, voices of conversation rang out at the courtyard gate.

"Boss, why did you come in person? This is just a Dou Practitioner; the brothers could finish him off in an instant!"

Hearing this, both of their legs went weak, and they collapsed onto the stone floor.

"Bang!"

With a dull thud, the already dilapidated courtyard gate was kicked open.

What met their eyes was a squad of fierce-looking mercenaries.

Sha Luo drew the long blade from his waist, rubbed his fingers along the edge, and walked slowly toward the two.

"You two are quite something!"

The two were stunned upon hearing this, clearly not knowing why Sha Luo, the leader of the Sand Mercenary Group, would come to their door in person, nor did they understand what the other party meant by his previous words.

"You two pieces of trash are actually worth a Tier 2 medicinal pill. Tell me how you provoked that noble Alchemist, and I might consider leaving your corpses intact!"

As he spoke, Sha Luo's long blade was already pressed against the middle-aged woman's neck.

Just a moment ago, someone had posted a mission at the mercenary headquarters specifically for the Sand Mercenary Group, and as for the commission: one Tier 2 Qi Recovery Pill.

Only an Alchemist would be so extravagant, giving out pills directly. The mercenaries of the Sand Mercenary Group immediately accepted the mission, and upon learning of it, Sha Luo rushed over in person.

"Leader Sha, we really don't know when we offended any Alchemist! Could there be a..."

The voice came to an abrupt halt; Sha Luo did not waste a single word, acting with extreme efficiency.

Afterward, Sha Luo turned his blade toward the man's head.

Seeing his wife killed before his eyes like a chicken, the man's face turned ashen. He kowtowed like a garlic-pounding machine, spilling out everything he suspected about the other party acting because of Qing Lin.

"So that's how it is. Fine, you can go join your woman now!"

The next moment, another head fell to the ground.

"So that's it. I didn't expect it was actually for that little girl!"

As a half-human, half-snake hybrid, Qing Lin's reputation was known to almost everyone in the entire Shi Mo City.

Sha Luo just couldn't figure out the reason why an Alchemist would take action for her.

"Perhaps it's just a whim; who knows what these big shots are thinking!"

Sha Luo coming in person was certainly not because he was diligent, but because he wanted to see if he could find an opportunity to make contact with Xiao Lei.

Learning that Xiao Lei had already left and that the two knew nothing about him, Sha Luo didn't waste any more breath.

On the other side, Xiao Lei had already reunited with Xiao Yi Xian while carrying Qing Lin.

Xiao Yi Xian looked at the little girl before her, feeling somewhat...

How could he bring back another girl after being gone for only a few hours!

This was even faster than the speed at which he had abducted her!