"Ordering a Demon King Guard, and paying for a year up front.
Sect Master Ning, you aren't joking with me, are you?
You haven't even tried it yet."
"Of course I trust your strength, Boss, so I also trust your packages unconditionally.
Although I haven't witnessed the Demon King Guard's strength, I believe you would never cheat us."
"Good, good, good, Sect Master Ning! You really know how things work!"
Hearing Ning Fengzhi place his order, Lin Yan immediately changed his tune.
This was a great god of wealth. He had to be put on a pedestal!
What did that earlier business matter?
Besides, the man had only meant to pat his horse's leg and ended up patting its rump instead.
He was a magnanimous man who wouldn't hold a lesser man's faults against him. He had always been very generous.
"Ning Zhizun has seven colored markings and is perfect and flawless, qualifying her to order a Demon King Guard.
A Demon King Guard costs 81 million to escort a child until eighteen. Over twelve years, that comes to 6.75 million gold soul coins a year. With a fifty-percent premium, you need to pay another 3.37 million gold soul coins. I'll round off those extra five thousand gold soul coins for you.
The total cost of the Demon King Guard package for one year is 10.12 million gold soul coins."
"Put it on my tab for now, Boss. I'll have it delivered right away."
"Certainly."
Lin Yan snapped his fingers, and the system eagerly produced a red contract. Then he began scribbling away.
Once the contract was finished, Ning Fengzhi checked it and found no issues. The Demon King Guard order and the payment amount were both correct.
After seeing Lin Yan sign, he signed his own name without the slightest hesitation.
Once he signed, an extremely mysterious red contract pattern appeared on Ning Zhizun's body, then left a red contractual mark on her arm.
The contract was established. Whenever Ning Zhizun encountered danger, the Demon King Guard would immediately appear at her side to protect her.
"Wait a minute.
Sect Master Ning, are you a shill for the boss?"
Seeing them so casually complete a transaction-and for the highest-tier Demon King Guard at that-many people voiced their dissatisfaction.
Without even looking, without verifying the Demon King Guard's strength, or even the Frost Guard's strength, Ning Fengzhi had signed a contract with Lin Yan and even paid. Wasn't that far too surreal?
Everyone felt something fishy was going on. Could this Sect Master Ning be a shill for the boss?
Someone specially invited here to swindle them.
"Boss, you aren't trying to get out of demonstrating their strength this way, are you?
You specifically invited Sect Master Ning to order a Demon King Guard to shut us up!"
"What are you thinking?"
Lin Yan swept a cold glance over him.
"Of course I'll demonstrate. I didn't expect Sect Master Ning to choose a Demon King Guard outright either.
Actually, the third-tier Obsidian Guard would have been enough. Choosing a Demon King Guard-isn't that having so much money it burns a hole in your pocket?"
Everyone else was stunned by Lin Yan's complaint.
This was their first time seeing a shopkeeper call a customer stupid and rich. Could there really be nothing fishy going on?
Lin Yan happily accepted this debt of over ten million, feeling thoroughly refreshed.
This debt was as good as paid, since the money would arrive immediately.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was famously wealthy and free-spending. Barring any surprises, the money would probably arrive today.
He had conned ten million out of the Zhu Family and recovered another ten million. That made twenty million right there.
He could lend out his own money too.
The system kept public and private funds clearly separated in that respect.
The interest belonged to him.
Whoever lent the money received the interest. Nothing wrong with that.
Adding the ten million Ning Rongrong and the others would give him today, his available funds had already reached over forty million.
He could lend to four people like Zhu Zhuqing.
What a wonderful day.
But happy as he was, he couldn't let his reputation be ruined. These people actually dared question the escorts' strength. He couldn't just let that slide.
"Sect Master Ning, you've already purchased an escort, but I can't let you buy without knowing what you're getting.
I'll summon our shop's escorts right away, all four tiers, from first to fourth. You can test their combat strength.
Everyone here today can watch. After testing them, you'll know whether I'm talking nonsense or truly have the strength to back it up.
Might I borrow Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo in a moment?"
"We would be duty-bound."
Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo both cupped their hands, their eyes brimming with fighting spirit.
A genius who could fight a level 95 at level 90, a prodigy who could match a level 97 at level 93-just how powerful were these escorts? They wanted to experience their strength too.
Lin Yan nodded, smiled, and immediately opened the system panel that no one else could see.
Customize immediately. First tier, Frost Guard.
[The host's request has been detected. The host's request is reasonable. Please complete the reputation task and establish the name of the shop's Escort Packages. Customization is in progress. The Frost Guard's martial soul, soul rings, strength, and talent will all be generated reasonably within the corresponding tier. All results are random.] [Frost Guard generated.]
That fast?
Even Lin Yan was stunned.
Hum!
A bone-piercing chill instantly swept across the entire entrance to the Cultivation Room. Frost condensed out of thin air, filling the sky, and the air temperature dropped.
An immense pressure suddenly appeared. A figure wearing an ice-blue robe materialized out of nowhere, cold air swirling around him. His bearing was aloof and proud, giving off a chilly, unapproachable air.
Lin Yan immediately checked his information:
Frost Guard No. 1 Combat strength: level 90, Power Attack System Titled Douluo. Innate martial soul: Ice Jade Scorpion. Soul ring configuration: two yellow, two purple, four black, one red. Soul bone configuration: a complete frost soul bone set, with a soul bone set skill. Exclusive domain: Frost Domain, capable of lowering temperatures to an extreme to freeze soul power and even seal soul skills.
The complete panel appeared before Lin Yan, and he instantly sucked in a cold breath after reading it.
Was a level 90 Frost Guard already this powerful?
My goodness!
Wasn't anyone ordering this making an absolute killing?
Although the complete set of soul bones was only at the ten-thousand-year level, it was a matching soul bone set, and he even had a domain.
With a domain, even Tang Hao could resist pursuit by several Titled Douluo at level 89, let alone this Frost Guard, equipped with a complete set of soul bones and a red soul ring.
So this was a system product?
An Ice Jade Scorpion, a red soul ring, and a complete set of soul bones, yet his soul power was only level 90. Was he truly custom-made?
By conventional logic, the Frost Guard's soul power should have been at least level 92.
Frost Guard No. 1's Ice Jade Scorpion martial soul was close to Ultimate Ice. Wouldn't fighting someone five levels above him be as easy as reaching out and grabbing them?
Lin Yan was quite confident. He then looked at Bone Douluo.
"Bone Douluo, you're a level 95 Super Douluo. Try attacking with your full strength. No need to hold back."
"Wait, Boss. Test his soul power first."
The moment Lin Yan finished speaking, a contrarian stepped forward to object.
He glanced over. It was the one who had kept arguing with him despite having no money to place an order.
He truly had nothing to say to him.
Yet throwing him out wouldn't do either!
"Top experts can sense each other's soul power levels. Besides, where in this world would you find a soul power crystal ball capable of testing a Titled Douluo?"
"I have one."
The moment Lin Yan finished speaking, Bibi Dong's cool voice rang out from the crowd.
Immediately afterward, she used her soul power to lift a purple crystal ball out of her Storage Soul Tool and deliver it in front of Lin Yan.
"Boss, test him."
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