A pair of alluring yet indifferent eyes looked down from above the building. The figure standing there seemed born to stand above everyone else.
Yet her expression, seemingly colder than usual, made it clear that this queenlike woman was in a foul mood.
And indeed, she was.
Dong Muyun glanced at Manager Guan, who stood off to the side wiping away his sweat, and parted her red lips to ask coolly:
"You offered that price, and the little fellow still refused? And now he might have noticed something, to the point that he's even stopped renting?"
Her voice was level, but it only made the beads of sweat on Manager Guan's forehead multiply.
"He hasn't necessarily noticed anything. Su Ping doesn't lack money now, either. He's become an intermediate breeder, and apparently, in this short time, he's invented a way to cultivate Woodheart in Forest Wolves. He's already registered with the Breeder Association."
At this point, Manager Guan even sounded a little admiring. He had been here for several years and, as a neighbor, had interacted quite often with the Su father and son.
Naturally, he knew what Woodheart had been like before.
Yet now, not only had Su Ping inexplicably become an intermediate breeder, but visitors had been arriving in an endless stream since this morning.
Only after asking around a little had he learned that this little fellow was truly about to soar!
Clearly, however, his words made Dong Muyun slowly turn her head and look calmly at him from her seat of authority.
"Manager Guan Qianshan, effective immediately, you are no longer the manager of the Yuntian Resort. The company has a construction and development project for an Aquatic Pet Beast Breeding Base on Crescent Island. Go supervise the work there."
Those calmly spoken words drained the color from Manager Guan's face.
Crescent Island was a small island in Jianghai Province, an utterly desolate place.
Was he being sent into exile?
Still, he had prepared himself mentally before coming to report on his work. Instead, he suddenly felt much more at ease and nodded.
"Yes!"
Manager Guan was very close to the Su father and son.
He could clearly guess that his chairwoman's persistent desire to buy the deed was driven by some other reason. That had always left him feeling guilty, as though he were deceiving a child. Now that he had suddenly been sent into exile, he instead felt an unprecedented sense of relief.
"While the buses are still running, hand things over to the new manager today."
Dong Muyun watched him leave with an indifferent gaze, not the slightest change in her eyes.
Sky Cloud was a small kingdom, and she was its sole queen.
With a thought from her, a flash of light appeared in the lavish sitting room.
A Silver Strange Fish roughly the size of a dolphin appeared in midair.
"Woo, woo..."
Its odd cry finally brought a smile to Dong Muyun's face. But that smile soon vanished, and her brows even knitted together.
"The spatial fluctuations are growing more intense? Even some high-level pet beasts can faintly sense them now?"
The Silver Strange Fish nodded in a humanlike manner.
Dong Muyun's eyes shifted slightly, sweeping over the land beneath her feet.
"It's going to appear this soon? That's several months earlier than expected! What's going on?"
But as she looked at the distant Woodheart base, Dong Muyun gradually regained her calm.
"An intermediate breeder? Interesting. It seems I'll have to find some time in the coming days to meet this young friend in person."
Su Ping obviously had no idea that simply not continuing to rent pet beasts today had led to Manager Guan being dismissed and sent straight into exile.
It wasn't that he was lazy, though. Exhausting as it was, it did produce results.
Aside from the three pet beasts whose skill levels had broken through during combat, Su Ping had received another pleasant surprise when he woke up that morning.
Little Dot and Xiao Qing had both undergone changes.
Little Dot had comprehended the Forest Wolf's main combat skill: Tree Vine Strangulation.
Xiao Qing, meanwhile, had not disappointed Su Ping and had comprehended Self-Healing.
Such progress demonstrated the necessity of actual combat for pet beasts.
Unfortunately, ever since he had woken up that morning-no, ever since his phone had vibrated him awake-he hadn't had a moment's peace.
He was beginning to understand why Vice President Liu had said those things before leaving.
Among his callers were junior breeders who also specialized in Forest Wolves, as well as curious intermediate breeders.
There were Forest Wolf beast tamers asking about breeding services, and representatives from companies or studios hoping to recruit him, with pay and benefits open to negotiation.
There were people hoping to purchase the Woodheart cultivation method at prices beyond imagination.
There was even a reporter from some media outlet who came over, asking for an interview.
There was no helping it. As an eighteen-year-old intermediate breeder, even a little publicity would draw plenty of attention.
How could those media outlets possibly have no interest in such an excellent news story?
Su Ping decisively silenced his phone.
Then he finally understood why a certificate and badge proving someone was an intermediate breeder had made Jin Sheng so envious yesterday.
For the first time, he realized that even a business with such high profit margins could have so many people flocking to inquire about it.
Especially after they saw that Wooden Head and Little Dot, who were still training, had both awakened Woodheart.
These people acted as though money were of no use to them!
Feeling rather embarrassed, Su Ping raised the price again to five million, yet even that barely changed anything.
Although most people were only making inquiries, and not many actually paid a deposit, once someone asked, he couldn't just refuse to answer, could he?
Some might wonder why anyone would spend so much to cultivate a Forest Wolf instead of adding a little more money at the outset and finding a way to buy a pet beast with greater racial potential.
But that wasn't the right way to look at the issue.
People weren't born with money and opportunities. Plenty had contracted a Forest Wolf as their first pet beast, then prospered and gained access to higher-level choices, but the contract had already been made.
There were many such examples. Moreover, as one of the pet beasts native to Linzhou City, Forest Wolves had quite a few developed evolution paths, and their cultivation potential wasn't low, either.
With things this hectic, Su Ping couldn't even personally supervise his pet beasts' training. Where would he find the time to take them out for rented battles?
Finally, after a busy day, Su Ping saw off the last two beast tamers who had come to inquire and stood in front of his gate, letting out a long breath of relief.
But soon, Su Ping spotted a particular figure standing at the bus stop not far away.
It was Manager Guan.
He was just about to speak. After all, he had agreed yesterday, only to decide today that he wasn't going. He owed the man an explanation.
Yet before he could open his mouth, he saw Manager Guan board the bus with a suitcase in hand.
Su Ping frowned, watching the bus drive away, lost in thought.
Soon, however, he shook his head. Before he could dwell on it, another private car drove over from nearby.
Then the car door opened. "Excuse me, is this Breeder Su's breeding base?"
For the first time, Su Ping had such a splitting headache.
It was also the first time in his life that he felt making money really wasn't a job fit for a human being!
It was sheer torment.
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