Trouble Came Knocking

"Apply for a commission?"

The little girl froze for a moment, not understanding what that meant.

Seeing this, Yu Wuyi patiently explained, "A commission is whatever you want this shop to do for you. Within certain principles, this shop will do its best to help you accomplish it."

"But there's no such thing as a free lunch. You'll need to pay a certain price."

"This is also the shop's main service."

A price?

Anyone who could escape from a place like that was naturally no ordinary person, much less a child.

So she immediately seized on the key point.

But fate gave her no time to think. The noisy footsteps had already reached her ears, and the pursuers behind her were getting closer and closer.

She gritted her teeth and made up her mind.

No matter what the price was, she had no other choice now. She had only just managed to escape from that place—if she were caught and taken back, she might never have any hope of seeing the light again.

She looked once more at the white-haired youth, whose face bore a gentle smile.

This body is all I have left. Even if I fall into his hands, it would still be better than falling into theirs!

"I want to apply for a commission!"

The little girl spoke firmly.

"Alright."

With a wave of Yu Wuyi's hand, a commission form glowing with blue light appeared out of thin air and drifted before the little girl.

"Please press your thumb on the lower right corner of the commission form. Your commission is to avoid the pursuers, correct?"

He had naturally heard the rapidly approaching footsteps as well.

"Mm! Please, help me!"

The little girl was startled by this power to create things from nothing, but she had no time to think about anything else now.

She stretched out her delicate little hand and pressed her thumb down as Yu Wuyi had instructed.

When she lifted her hand again, a fingerprint had appeared on the commission form.

"The contract has been formed. I have received your commission."

The contract drifted into Yu Wuyi's hand and turned into specks of starlight.

The first commission had finally arrived. It really made me wait.

Yu Wuyi actually felt a little emotional. He had never expected to feel so delighted after receiving his first commission.

But now was not the time to think about that.

He pushed aside his inner ramblings, walked up to the little girl, and looked at her encouragingly.

"Go hide in the back room first. Leave the rest to me. Remember, no matter what happens later, don't come out, and don't peek either, alright?"

"Mm!"

"Then go now."

The little girl rushed through the curtain as fast as she could and ran into the back room.

She seemed like a good girl. But children like her were the most likely to end up in situations like this.

Yu Wuyi shook his head, stopped thinking about anything else, and sat on a stool drinking cola as he prepared to welcome the uninvited guests.

"Where is she?"

"She should be around here."

"I saw her run this way with my own eyes. No mistake!"

"Huh? When did a shop appear here?"

"Let's go in and take a look!"

Ding-a-ling-ling—

The doorbell rang chaotically as a group of vicious-looking men carrying clubs and broadswords strode in without so much as a hint of courtesy.

"Welcome to Wuyi All-Purpose House. What can I do for you?"

Yu Wuyi still wore that businesslike smile.

What a classic bunch of faces. How did they manage to look like bad guys at a glance?

"Hey, brat. Is this shop yours?"

The scar-faced man at the front spoke first, his eyes gleaming as he looked at Yu Wuyi.

Damn, this little thing is way too distinctive-looking. He could probably sell for quite a bit!

Clearly, he had already set his sights on Yu Wuyi.

"Captain, the target."

One of the lackeys beside him leaned close and whispered into his ear.

Ah, right!

Scarface smacked his forehead, having nearly forgotten his target.

Though this little thing looked quite valuable, the target was still what mattered most right now.

That person's identity was anything but ordinary. If they returned empty-handed, they would probably be in serious trouble.

"Hey, brat, have you seen a little girl with blonde hair? About ten years old. We're her family's bodyguards, and we're looking for her."

Yu Wuyi nearly failed to keep a straight face. Leaving aside whether he had seen her or not, with those crooked, ugly mugs of theirs, they were saying they were her family's bodyguards?

Who would believe that?

Still, his professional standards kept him from reacting. He replied in an even tone:

"Sorry, I haven't seen any little girl. As you can see, there's only me and you in this Odd Jobs House."

Naturally, Scarface would not believe him so easily, and he was just about to question him again.

That same lackey spoke up once more, pointing at the floor leading toward the back room as he shouted:

"Boss, look!"

"Hm?"

Scarface looked over and immediately spotted the wet trail on the floor, not yet dry, leading all the way to the back room.

Interesting...

Rather than investigate right away, he turned his gaze back to Yu Wuyi and grinned broadly.

"Shopkeeper, you just said there were only a few of us in this place. But now, that doesn't seem quite right, does it?"

He was practically certain that the owner of those wet footprints was their target. This shop stood at the end of the alley. Unless the target could fly, she had to be inside!

Now that they had found the target, wouldn't it be even better to earn a little extra on the side?

Facing the other man's brazen appraisal, Yu Wuyi silently sighed and glanced at the lackey beside Scarface.

His eyes were sharp enough, but it was a pity he had used them where he shouldn't have.

This could have been settled peacefully. But now, some people were about to get beaten up.

"If you leave now, I can pretend nothing happened."

Yu Wuyi issued his final warning.

But the group acted as though they had heard some enormous joke, looking at one another.

"Hey, did you hear that?"

"I heard it, I heard it. Sounds like something terrible will happen if we don't leave now~"

"Pfft, does this little guy think we're good people or something?"

Scarface laughed as well. The calm-faced little brat before him stirred an urge within him to make him despair.

"Hahahaha! Brat, I don't know where you got that confidence from, but I'm afraid we're going to disappoint you."

White, yellow, yellow, yellow—four soul rings rose from his body. Clearly, he was a Soul Ancestor.

The other lackeys also revealed their soul rings one after another, though all were weaker than Scarface. They were merely Soul Elders, with two pitiful white rings as their foundation.

"Brat, what do you think now?"

Scarface was immensely pleased with himself, convinced that Yu Wuyi was already in his grasp, because he could not sense any soul power from him.

Of course, he could not see through him. As long as Yu Wuyi was inside this Odd Jobs House, even a god would not be able to see through him.

But Scarface obviously did not know that, and none of it mattered anyway.

"Looks like negotiations have broken down. Since you gentlemen refuse to leave on your own, I can only see you off myself."

Yu Wuyi looked helpless on the surface, but inwardly, he was ecstatic.

Thank you, brothers, for bringing me this opportunity! I can finally use the one I've been longing for!

The contract had been formed, which meant that thing had been unsealed.

A Spring Autumn Cicada-shaped transformation device appeared in Yu Wuyi's palm.

With a wholesome smile, he placed his right hand before his left shoulder, raised his left hand to rest atop his right, and spoke leisurely.

"Sam, combine!"