Joining the Guild

According to what he'd found online, even the most ordinary C-rank ninjutsu cost over a hundred million Federal Coins!

And the Lightning Release Ninjutsu Chu Yuan had asked him to copy was worth far more than the other four!

Chu Yuan had said that Lightning Release Ninjutsu was extremely rare in Secret Realms, with less than a tenth the output of other ninjutsu. As a result, Lightning Release Ninjutsu cost four or five times as much as other techniques of the same type. It made him want to pull his hair out.

He often cursed himself for awakening Lightning Release. What other Attribute could he have awakened?

At the same time, he envied Su Bai's talent.

Just over half a month ago, Su Bai had awakened the dual Water and Earth Attributes at school. Now he'd cultivated a third, Lightning Release Attribute...

It made him, a single-Attribute Genin who'd spent years fighting in the Wasteland Zone, feel as though the whole world was against him...

"Honestly, Su Bai, wouldn't it be great if you weren't a Sharingan Kekkei Genkai user?" Chu Yuan sighed. The Sharingan seemed far too powerful to him, and he worried about Su Bai's future.

Even now, he still thought Su Bai was an absurdly gifted genius who'd accomplished something other ninjas couldn't in such a short time—cultivating a second talent!

But he didn't know that Su Bai had awakened all five standard Attributes at the time. Su Bai's talent wasn't as high as he imagined; it was actually terrible, worse than an average person's!

Su Bai smiled and said nothing. He knew his own situation. If people wanted to mistake him for a genius, so be it. With the system, he really was a "genius," after all!

Learning four ninjutsu in a day, possessing all five standard Attributes as well as the rare Yin Attribute, and even being able to awaken the Yang Attribute in the future—if that wasn't genius, what was?

Thinking of his "talent," Su Bai smiled and looked at the panel in his mind.

Host: Su Bai

Substitution Technique...

Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu: LV3 (415/800)

Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique: LV3 (414/800)

Body Flicker Technique: LV3 (402/800)

Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique: LV1 (101/200)

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique: LV1 (101/200)

Lightning Release: Lightning Snake: LV1 (101/200)

Lightning Release: Lightning Beast Tracking Fang: LV1 (101/200)

Kekkei Genkai: Mangekyō Sharingan—Kamui (Two-Tomoe; next stage unlocks when Yin Attribute reaches Level 7.)

Chakra Level: 9.62 (cards) +

Earth Attribute: LV2 (206/400) +

Water Attribute: LV0 (1/100) +

Wind Attribute: LV0 (1/100) +

Fire Attribute: LV0 (6/100) +

Lightning Attribute: LV0 (5/100) +

Yin Attribute: LV5 (1603/3200) +

Yang Attribute: LV0 (0/100) Not unlocked

Currently available Attribute Points: 0 (increases by 1 daily at midnight)

Current mission on cooldown: 25:34:58

"The mission refreshes tomorrow. Hopefully it'll be an easy one." Su Bai shook his head and chatted with Xia Xueqing on and off.

The five of them finally returned to Yang City Base City before night had fully fallen. As soon as Li Lei got out of the car, he led everyone to the Hunter Guild.

It was where ninjas took on missions and sold the corpses of Magic Beasts. The moment they stepped inside, the decor left Su Bai and Xia Xueqing, who had never been there before, staring in amazement.

The hall was many times larger than the airports Su Bai remembered from his previous life. Just the ceiling was four or five hundred meters high. Straight ahead of the entrance lay the skeleton of a Magic Beast. There was no way to tell what it had once been.

But its height of over two hundred meters and its body, whose far end was impossible to see, left the two of them deeply shaken.

"So huge. What kind of Magic Beast is this?" Su Bai gazed up at the skeleton, which still seemed to radiate a strange pressure despite being dead, and exclaimed.

Li Lei chuckled. "Impressive, huh? This is an A-Class Magic Beast, the Sky-Splitting Tiger. Back then, the guild sent a full twenty Jonin to hunt it. They fought the Sky-Splitting Tiger for three days and three nights. The terrifying shock waves from the battle changed the very color of the heavens and earth. That—"

Li Lei seemed to have opened the floodgates, telling them about the battle in endless detail. Su Bai and Xia Xueqing listened, spellbound. For a while, all five of them stood before the Sky-Splitting Tiger's skeleton, unable to tear themselves away.

At last, Miao Qiu couldn't take it anymore and cut him off. "All right, stop exaggerating. It wasn't nearly that dramatic."

"Besides, you didn't even see it. You're making it sound like you were there."

"Uh, more or less. Haha!" Li Lei laughed awkwardly. As an ordinary Chunin, he hadn't been qualified to watch a battle like that. He'd heard about it from someone else.

Although he'd embellished the story, there was no doubt the Sky-Splitting Tiger was powerful!

An A-Class Magic Beast that didn't even fear nuclear weapons was no ordinary creature.

After hearing Li Lei's "introduction," the five of them went to a service counter in one corner of the hall. A sweet-faced young woman behind the counter immediately greeted them politely.

"Hello, ladies and gentlemen. How can I help you?"

"We're selling Magic Beasts, an Iron-Horned Sheep and some Long-Eared Rabbits. Get Wei Cai over here. Tell him Li Lei's here." Li Lei plopped down casually, looking quite at home.

Wei Cai was the manager of the service counter. The young woman immediately picked up the phone to notify him.

Before long, a middle-aged man in a suit, around forty years old, came over with a smile. As soon as he saw Li Lei, he greeted him warmly.

"Haha, Brother Li, you're here! Welcome, welcome!"

"Enough talk. Give us a price."

Li Lei gave Chu Yuan a look. Chu Yuan immediately handed Wei Cai the Storage Scroll containing the Iron-Horned Sheep's corpse.

Wei Cai took the scroll, opened it, then placed his hand on it and channeled a little Chakra inside. He closed his eyes and sensed the contents for a moment.

"Hmm... about eight meters tall, with horns around two-point-four meters long. I'll give you five hundred and twenty million."

He opened his eyes and named a price.

All you had to do was channel Chakra into a Storage Scroll to sense what was inside. It was very convenient.

After hearing the offer, Li Lei looked at Chu Yuan and Miao Qiu. They nodded, apparently satisfied with the price.

Without another word, Li Lei had Wei Cai transfer the money to his account, then looked at Su Bai.

"Take it out."

"Okay."

Su Bai placed the Storage Scroll containing the two Long-Eared Rabbits' corpses on the counter. After sensing the contents, Wei Cai said, "They're very common Long-Eared Rabbits. Three million nine hundred thousand, and not a coin less."

"Sounds about right. Transfer the money," Li Lei said on Su Bai's behalf. He knew Su Bai was a complete novice who didn't understand any of this.

"Sure. Could you give me your account number?" Wei Cai asked with a smile.

Su Bai recited an account he used regularly. Wei Cai's brows furrowed slightly.

"A Federation account... You're not a member of the Hunter Guild?"

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Chapter 59: Joining the Guild

"Hm? Is there a problem with this account?" Su Bai frowned at Wei Cai's words.

"No, of course not!" Wei Cai smiled and continued, "It's just that you'd be missing out."

"Missing out?"

"That's right."

Seeing that Su Bai was new, Wei Cai's sales instincts kicked in, and he immediately began recruiting him!

"You may not know this, young man, but when our guild members sell things to the guild, they earn contribution points."

"Contribution points can raise your membership level. I don't need to explain the benefits of that, do I? The higher your level, the cheaper your purchases. If you're a Level Five member, the highest level... Tsk, even branch presidents have to treat you with respect. You wield a lot of influence within the guild!"

"So... would you consider joining the Hunter Guild? New members get a welcome package." Wei Cai smiled at him.

A welcome package? Su Bai perked up and hurriedly asked, "What's in it?"

"Hehe, that depends on your talent."

"The guild gives different packages to members with different levels of talent, so I can't say for sure. The most valuable package is worth ten million Federal Coins, and even the smallest one is worth a hundred thousand."

Even the smallest package was worth a hundred thousand?

Well, no wonder. As one of the two largest guilds in the world, they sure were generous!

Su Bai was amazed. Even if every member got the smallest package, that would be a hundred thousand Federal Coins per person. If ten thousand people joined, that would amount to a billion!

A billion might not be much to a huge guild like this. It might be the value of a single D-Class Magic Beast.

But even if the amount wasn't much, it added up when there were so many ninjas. There were at least fifty million ninjas worldwide. If even one-fifth of them joined a guild, the total would be astronomical!

And this was just the lowest-tier package... No wonder people online said even the Federal Government couldn't do anything about these two behemoths. Their financial power alone was not to be underestimated!

Still, Su Bai didn't agree right away. He thought of another behemoth that rivaled the Hunter Guild—the Guardian Guild.

I wonder what kind of welcome package the Guardian Guild offers.

Seeing him hesitate, Chu Yuan spoke up. "Su Bai, join. The Hunter Guild is great. The higher-ups value talented ninjas, so it's the best choice for you."

"That's right. Brother Chu said it perfectly. Our guild values talent above all else. As long as you have talent, even the branch president will take notice of you!" Wei Cai urged him.

That was his job. He benefited from bringing fresh talent into the guild.

If he recruited an unparalleled genius... it could change the course of his entire career!

"Okay, I'll take Brother Chu's advice." Su Bai nodded. Wei Cai immediately began processing his membership.

The paperwork was simple. Su Bai filled out a form, then Wei Cai entered his information into the guild system, and that was it.

"The talent assessment will be held tomorrow morning. Su Bai, you can stay at the guild tonight or go home. It's up to you." As he spoke, Wei Cai handed him a round golden badge and a black phone.

"These are your guild badge and a phone that can access the guild's internal website. It'll be very convenient for accepting missions and looking up information. Take a look."

Missions were the foundation of the Hunter Guild and its most important source of income.

Su Bai nodded, then politely declined Wei Cai's offer to let him stay overnight.

Seeing Su Bai join the Hunter Guild, Xia Xueqing wanted to join as well. But Wei Cai didn't dare accept her and gave an awkward smile.

"Miss Xia, you should ask your father first. If Patriarch Xia gets angry, I'll be in trouble."

It was clear that Wei Cai knew Xia Xueqing's identity.

That was only natural. Anyone with a little knowledge knew that the daughter of Yang City's largest Kekkei Genkai clan leader was Xia Xueqing.

I'd bet even the branch president would have to show Patriarch Xia Hong some respect, Wei Cai thought, well aware of the Xia Family's immense influence in Yang City!

Xia Xueqing didn't mind being turned down. She knew her father would agree to anything if she asked.

Once they'd finished everything, the five of them left the Hunter Guild and stopped outside.

"Su Bai, Xueqing, you two head home. The three of us won't be going back to the city," Li Lei said.

Su Bai and Xia Xueqing nodded.

They'd discussed it in the car. After hunting an Iron-Horned Sheep with formidable strength that day, Li Lei and Chu Yuan were both exhausted. They wouldn't go back to the Wasteland Zone for now. They'd rest for a couple of days first.

"Okay, I'm off."

"Mm. Be careful on the way."

After saying goodbye to the others, Su Bai and Xia Xueqing turned and left.

A bald man in a coffee shop by the street followed them out.

The Xia Family.

In Xia Hong's study, Xia Ling sat across from him.

"Big Brother, that's more or less everything. Xueqing handled it very well, better than I expected."

"Yeah, I didn't think that little girl who used to do nothing but cling to me could hunt Magic Beasts on her own already... Time really flies. It feels like our own first trip to the Wasteland Zone was just yesterday..."