I Can Make Someone Feel Good Without Whale Glue~

"That's right!" Jiang Hao clapped his hands.

He had nearly forgotten. There was a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue on the outer edge of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion. Its surface was so weathered that it looked worthless, but the core inside was perfectly preserved. It was the real thing.

Jiang Hao called to Shadow Bro, and they strode into the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

It was morning, and there were few people inside. Several attendants acted as sales guides, accompanying customers and introducing the goods.

When Jiang Hao entered, several guides in the rest area exchanged glances and sized up his clothes.

Plain, unadorned clothing. There was little fluctuation of Soul Power around him, either.

The Soul Tools Jiang Hao wore were ordinary-looking, too. One was the wrist guard Nitian had given him, its color hardly striking. Another had belonged to his mother. The third was the one Qian Duoduo had given him.

All three Soul Tools were plain-colored. An ordinary person would have a hard time recognizing them as high-grade Storage Soul Tools.

"Another poor kid. Bet he's just here to look, not buy. You go and get rid of him," a girl in a long dress said grudgingly to her companion.

"No way. Introducing things to him would be a waste of my time.

I'd rather spend that time watching the entrance for some rich young master. If I make myself look pretty, maybe one of them will take a liking to me.

Besides, if the manager finds out I chased off a customer, I'll probably lose this month's bonus again."

The girls whispered among themselves. "Why not send that girl?" One of them spotted Jiang Nannan escorting a customer toward the door, and her eyes lit up. "She never seems to mind the work. She's already served six or seven people this morning who only looked and didn't buy.

"As if she'll ever make money that way. She has no eye for customers at all." Another girl shot Jiang Nannan a contemptuous glance.

On the other side, Jiang Nannan had just seen a customer out. She looked toward the entrance and sighed.

She had spent the whole morning introducing products without a break, but everyone had said they were only looking or hadn't seen anything suitable.

If this kept up and she didn't make a sale soon, her living expenses for the month might run out.

"Hey, you! Jiang Nannan! There's a customer here. Why aren't you serving him?" The heavily made-up woman behind her shouted, pulling Jiang Nannan from her thoughts.

Only then did she notice Jiang Hao looking around the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, with two underlings dressed in black following behind him.

"Coming." Jiang Nannan hurried over.

Jiang Hao pretended to browse, but he had heard every word of their conversation.

What did they expect? With the effects of more than two thousand Soul Masters and more than two thousand different Martial Souls stacked together, plenty of those effects enhanced hearing and sight.

Even when he wasn't paying attention, those passive effects made him a walking radar. And this time, he had been listening.

So that was Jiang Nannan. The girl walking toward him stood a head taller than he did.

She looked only a year or two older than Jiang Hao. Her whole frame was slender, as though she had been left thin by poor nutrition as a child.

A hair clip held her long, light-brown hair behind her ears. Her fair skin held a rosy glow, and a shy blush touched her cheeks at the sight of a stranger. Her eyes were as lively as black grapes dipped in water.

Even the unremarkable red reception uniform took on a different air when she wore it. Below her pink lips was a slender neck, while the collar of her uniform hid her pale collarbones.

Below was a short skirt fitted at the waist. Her legs brushed together as she walked, giving her a charm that seemed beyond her youthful years.

As soon as Jiang Nannan reached his side, Jiang Hao caught a fragrant scent drifting toward him.

"Hello, sir. Welcome to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion. Is there anything I can help you with?

I can introduce our newly arrived Soul Tools, as well as rare medicinal herbs and ores." Jiang Nannan gave him a sweet smile and tilted her head slightly, looking gentle and endearing.

But Jiang Hao could tell from the way she walked and shifted her weight that she was exhausted. She had worked all morning without earning a single commission, all while facing the constant risk of being fired.

No wonder those people from the Xuanming Sect had managed to deceive her later.

As if being beautiful weren't enough, she had talent for cultivation too. She had taken an ordinary Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul all the way to the level of a Titled Douluo. And even while poor, she worked so hard to get by, yet people still kept bullying her.

"I want to buy Whale Rubber. Take me to it!" Jiang Hao decided to give Jiang Nannan a little reward today.

"Whale Rubber!" Jiang Nannan gasped and instinctively covered her mouth. Those two words turned her whole face scarlet, and heat crept up to the tips of her ears.

She knew all about Whale Rubber. Potbellied men often came here to buy it. Though she had only worked here a few days, she had already seen several come through the door and get surrounded by saleswomen on their way to the Whale Rubber display.

She knew it could aid cultivation, but those men clearly weren't buying it for that. The thought made her ears burn, and she grew uncomfortable. This was the first time anyone had asked to buy Whale Rubber while she was serving them.

"That's right. Don't tell me the Treasure Gathering Pavilion doesn't have a single piece. I need it for cultivation, and I'm in a hurry."

Jiang Hao saw how flustered Jiang Nannan was. Her mind was plainly running wild.

Honestly, do I look like someone who needs Whale Rubber? She's underestimating me.

Jiang Nannan came back to herself, let out a long breath, and gestured for him to follow.

The other sales guides saw Jiang Hao follow Jiang Nannan to the Whale Rubber display. They sat up, turned their heads, and stared without blinking.

"Is that kid here to buy Whale Rubber? Even the cheapest piece pays a commission of five hundred Gold Soul Coins. That little girl really lucked out."

"Hmph, you're still too green. Spend another couple of years at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, and you might develop an eye like mine. One look at that kid's shabby getup tells me he can't afford Whale Rubber. He might not even have a woman with him, so what would he buy it for? You think some fool would actually use it for cultivation? The effect isn't even that strong. What a waste of its best use.

And even if he does buy some, I can still bite that juicy morsel right out of the little girl's mouth.

Don't forget, I'm the Treasure Gathering Pavilion's top saleswoman. I'm not like those Shrek temps. Does she know the first thing about selling?"

As Jiaojiao spoke, she thrust out her chest and struck a coquettish pose, showing off her cleavage.

"Exactly! Jiaojiao, you're the capable one. We should all learn from you."

Jiang Hao ignored the voices coming from that direction.

Jiang Nannan watched him study the Whale Rubber in the display case. Only then did she dare raise her eyes and look at him directly.

Jiang Hao was a handsome young man, and there was something fresh and clean about him. He had none of the smell of alcohol and perfume that clung to those potbellied men. Instead, he smelled faintly of grass.

With her Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul, Jiang Nannan had an innate sensitivity to scents.

Jiang Hao was wearing the plain robe he usually wore when relaxing at home—pajamas, in other words. If it got dirty, he would notice right away.

His gaze passed over the pieces of Whale Rubber in the case. The one priced at fifteen thousand was the best of the century-old pieces. Pale gold throughout, it looked like a lump of gel.

But the century-old Whale Rubber clearly wasn't his main target. Still, the quality looked decent. It would suit Clone's cultivation, though the pieces were rather small.

"Do you have any thousand-year Whale Rubber? I need something more effective."

Jiang Hao hadn't spoken loudly, but the saleswomen on the other side promptly rose to their feet.

"Jiaojiao, did you hear that? He wants thousand-year Whale Rubber! Even the lowest commission on one piece is a thousand Gold Soul Coins—almost a month's wages for us!"