"How much of a discount can I get on this Exquisite Skin Mask with a VIP Card, Sister Ya Fei?"
Xiao Ze touched the mask on his face, pleased with how it felt.
"Little Brother Xiao Ze, since you've called me big sister, I'll look after you."
Leaning against Xiao Ze, Ya Fei could feel the young man's strong physique. She smiled at him.
"I can afford this mask, so I'll give it to you for free!"
"No way, Sister Ya Fei! Since I called you big sister, I can't take advantage of you. It'd make it seem like I only called you that for the money."
Xiao Ze turned her down without hesitation. He wasn't short of money, so there was no need to take something from her for free.
Besides, he'd accepted Ya Fei as his big sister, not because he wanted to suck her dry.
Ya Fei looked at the stubborn glint in Xiao Ze's eyes and fell silent for a moment.
She felt a little helpless. The little brother she'd just gained seemed far too stubborn!
"How about this? The VIP Card usually gets you twenty percent off. I'll give you fifty percent off instead. Five thousand gold coins!"
"That way, you won't be taking something from your big sister for nothing, and I'll still get to give my little brother a little perk."
Xiao Ze thought it over, nodded, and handed her a Gold Deposit Card.
"Then thank you, Sister Ya Fei!"
Ya Fei smiled as she took the card and handed it to one of her subordinates to process the payment.
Xiao Ze chatted with Ya Fei for a while.
He couldn't help it. He'd taken her money, so he had to be nice!
Just by calling her big sister, he'd gotten a discount of three thousand gold coins—enough to pay for two Monster Feasts!
Those few calls of "big sister" had really paid off!
Not long after, her subordinate returned with the Gold Deposit Card, and Xiao Ze stood to take his leave.
"Sister Ya Fei, please keep my trip away from home a secret."
"Don't worry. You can trust your big sister to keep her mouth shut!" Ya Fei nodded seriously, looked Xiao Ze up and down, then opened her arms with a smile.
"Won't you give your big sister a farewell hug before you go?"
"Uh..." Xiao Ze was at a loss for words.
Ya Fei simply stepped forward and gave him a big hug.
Unfortunately, his mask was the one that got to feel the warmth of her ample bosom.
The eastern part of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
Xiao Ze raced through the woods as a piercing cry, sharp enough to split clouds and shatter stone, rang out behind him.
A Blue Feather Magic Eagle was chasing him.
After leaving Wutan City, Xiao Ze had realized that where people gathered, trouble followed.
He did his best to travel through places with few people.
He had a rough map, after all.
It marked several locations in the eastern part of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. If he followed it and checked them one by one, he was sure to find Green Mountain Town.
Even in a world where extraordinary martial strength existed, privately drawing a detailed map was a serious crime punishable by death.
He'd managed to get this rough map only thanks to his newly gained big sister—Sister Ya Fei.
Of course, avoiding trouble from people meant facing the hardships of the wilderness.
Rough, difficult roads were one thing; for a Dou Master, they were nothing much.
The real trouble lay in all the wild beasts—and Magical Beasts—lurking out there!
As Xiao Ze traveled near the Magical Beast Mountain Range, he accidentally provoked a Tier 2 flying Magical Beast: a Blue Feather Magic Eagle.
Whoosh!
A pale green Dou Qi attack came hurtling down from the sky, slicing through every branch in its path.
Xiao Ze pushed off hard with his feet, and his speed instantly surged.
The spot where he'd been standing was left in ruins by the wind-attribute Dou Qi.
"Tch! That mangy beast really thinks I can't take it down!"
Xiao Ze glanced at the Blue Feather Magic Eagle flying overhead and silently ran deeper into the forest.
Sure enough, the Blue Feather Magic Eagle circled for a while before beating its wings and swooping toward him again.
Xiao Ze deliberately slowed down, pretending he was running low on Dou Qi and strength.
The Blue Feather Magic Eagle didn't suspect a thing. Whenever it hunted prey at this level, its targets were usually exhausted by now.
It was a little surprised this one had lasted so long!
It slowly lowered itself and launched another pale green Dou Qi attack.
Xiao Ze pretended to dodge it by the narrowest margin.
He tumbled across the ground in a sorry heap.
The Blue Feather Magic Eagle suddenly plunged down, its pair of talons—strong enough to pierce gold and split stone—reaching for Xiao Ze's head.
If an ordinary person were caught by those claws, their head would be ripped apart like a watermelon.
Feeling the powerful wind pressure bearing down on him, Xiao Ze stayed calm, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.
Once it was close enough, Xiao Ze suddenly rolled over and condensed a water mirror in his right hand.
Force-Deflecting Water Mirror!
The oval water mirror blocked the sharp talons, which pierced through it with ease.
But the pale green Dou Qi covering the claws was completely worn away!
Force-Deflecting Water Mirror was a defensive Dou Technique used by Instructor Ruolin in the original story. It was only Yellow Tier High Grade.
Even so, it was a must-have for water-attribute cultivators—a very practical defensive Dou Technique.
Xiao Ze stared at the claws, now inches away, and felt his heartbeat quicken.
But his hands didn't hesitate for a moment.
Azure Sea Vortex!
A large amount of Dou Qi was drained from Xiao Ze's body, and the pierced water mirror in his right hand exploded.
It spread several yards in every direction, forming a massive whirlpool on land!
At the same time, Xiao Ze's body seemed to be repelled by the water and was flung away!
The Blue Feather Magic Eagle left behind wasn't nearly so lucky.
The rapidly spinning vortex disrupted its attempt to take flight, and hidden within its churning waters were countless blades of water!
As time passed, more and more wounds appeared on the Blue Feather Magic Eagle, and the Azure Sea Vortex turned a faint red.
The eagle opened its beak wide, only for water to pour mercilessly inside!
Its eyes were full of terror as it stared at its prey several yards away.
Hadn't he already run out of Dou Qi and strength?!
Xiao Ze slowly got to his feet.
Out of Dou Qi?
What a joke. He'd recovered more Dou Qi on the run than he'd spent!
After advancing to Dou Master, the Dou Qi Vortex inside Xiao Ze had also grown stronger, improving his ability to recover Dou Qi.
Under normal circumstances, he often recovered Dou Qi faster than he spent it.
Azure Sea Vortex was a Profound Tier Low Grade Dou Technique. Its power wasn't all that impressive.
But Xiao Ze's Dou Qi was exceptionally potent, and he had a high degree of mastery over it.
Before long, the Blue Feather Magic Eagle died a gruesome death in the Azure Sea Vortex.
Its body had been shredded into a pile of bloody scraps, mixed in with a mass of feathers in the churning water.
"With my current strength, I should be more than a match for Tier 2 Magical Beasts. I can kill one outright with a single burst of power."
"But a Tier 3 Magical Beast might be another story. Challenging someone above your level is always the hardest!"
Xiao Ze fished a pale green Magic Core out of the water.
He'd obtained a Tier 2 Magic Core.
Hunting a Magical Beast didn't guarantee you'd get its core.
It came down to luck, and getting one on his first hunt was pretty good.
"Pretty lucky. This single Magic Core is worth several thousand gold coins!"
Xiao Ze took out his map, climbed to the top of a tree, and surveyed the surrounding terrain.
To his surprise, he was already close to Qingshan Town.
Xiao Ze felt a tremor in the ground. Looking into the distance, he saw a group of Magical Beasts charging toward him.
"Were they drawn by the battle? No, wait... Were they running for their lives?"
Seeing the herd of fleeing Magical Beasts, Xiao Ze decided to play it safe and watch what happened.
They were only Tier 1 Magical Beasts, but he still didn't know what had driven them to flee in a panic.
Could it be a higher-tier Magical Beast?
If so, he'd have to join the stampede!
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