Chapter 658: A Pleasant Collaboration (Second Update for Yan Xin Hua's Support!)
Chapter 658: A Pleasant Collaboration (Second Update for Yan Xin Hua's Support!)
After three minutes, the message finally came through:
[Already on my way, it’ll take another ten minutes. I’ll contact you when I arrive.]
Qiao Sang sent an "OK" gesture and put down his mobile phone.
...
Meanwhile.
Beastmaster Center.
Third-floor Testing Hall.
Flor looked at her mobile phone, lost in thought.
"What's wrong?" Mccarthy asked, noticing her expression.
Flor put down her phone and asked, "If the person with the Ghostfire Slurry is really the kid who moved the Lava Beast Space last night, do you think you could beat her?"
"Beat her? She’s just a kid, how could I...” Mccarthy’s voice trailed off as he remembered the terrifying familiar that emerged from the volcano last night.
"Is she really just a kid?" Flor continued.
Mccarthy laughed, "What else could she be? She looks underage."
"But her familiar isn’t something an underage kid should have", Flor mused.
Mccarthy was taken aback, "You mean..."
"Aren’t there some familiar Skills that can change a person’s appearance?" Flor said seriously. "What we saw might not be her true form."
Mccarthy’s expression turned grave at this.
Indeed, he remembered a news story from a year ago. A man fell in love with a girl during a trip and pursued her intensely. On the last day of the trip, they finally got together and started dating long-distance. The man transferred at least a million yuan to her, but they never met again before she broke up with him.
Unable to bear it, the man reported it to the police, claiming fraud, but his real intention was to see the girl one more time.
The investigation revealed that the "girl" was actually a 48-year-old man who had been cursed by a Ghost-type Companion Beast, temporarily transforming into the appearance of his daughter.
The 48-year-old man chose to travel to avoid being seen by acquaintances in his transformed state.
When the man learned the truth, he was initially furious, but upon hearing that the transformed appearance was that of the man’s daughter, he immediately forgave her.
The man was touched and introduced his daughter to the man.
They got married six months later, making it a rather bizarre story.
Flor continued, "It’s too dangerous to collaborate or do business with someone whose true appearance we don’t know. We should avoid direct contact as much as possible."
Mccarthy nodded in agreement.
"I’m going to the bathroom", Flor said, standing up and leaving.
She came to the first-floor lobby and handed a square box to the service center attendant:
"Please hold this. If someone comes looking for you and gives you something, give this box to her."
"Sure, sir", the attendant replied, taking the box.
Flor turned and walked to a wall about ten meters away, speaking to the air:
"Watch closely from close range. If she gives you something that doesn’t trigger any reaction, take the Shadow Pearl and leave immediately."
"Got it", a voice from the air responded.
Flor glanced back at the service center, then picked up her mobile phone. She deliberately waited a few minutes before sending a message:
[Do you have at least half a pound of Ghostfire Slurry?]
...
Qiao Sang looked at the new message and typed a reply:
[Yes.]
Flor quickly replied: [The SS-Rank Yin Dynasty Pearl you want is at the service center on the first floor. Give the Ghostfire Slurry to the staff there and tell them someone left a box for you. They’ll give you what you need.]
Why the sudden change to an indirect transaction... Qiao Sang thought for a moment and asked:
[How do I know the SS-Rank Yin Dynasty Pearl is genuine?]
The reply came instantly:
[You know what I look like, and you can find me if you want. Besides, the SS-Rank Yin Dynasty Pearl is irresistibly attractive to Ghost-type Companion Beasts. You can have your Ghost-type Companion Beast sense it. If you still don’t trust it, you can get it appraised by an expert before use.]
This guy doesn’t seem to be worried that the Ghostfire Slurry I gave him is fake… Does he trust me that much? No, for something this important, he wouldn’t feel at ease unless he saw it with his own eyes… Qiao Sang couldn’t help but start thinking like a conspiracy theorist, recalling a TV drama she had once watched.
However, she quickly remembered Fangy’s current combat strength and the Treasure Seeker’s Spatial Shift, and her fear subsided.
She could always deal with any situation as it came.
When one’s strength grows, so does one’s confidence.
Qiao Sang didn’t reply further and headed to the service center on the first floor as instructed.
She handed over the bottle containing half a pound of Ghostfire Slurry and asked:
“Someone left a box here, right?”
“Yes,” the staff member nodded and immediately handed over a square box. “A gentleman left it.”
Qiao Sang took the box and handed the bottle of Ghostfire Slurry to the staff member, thanking them.
“Xunxun~”
At that moment, the invisible Treasure Seeker called out.
Qiao Sang calmly glanced in the direction of the bottle.
Then she turned and headed towards the ladies' restroom.
Five minutes later, Qiao Sang emerged from the bathroom, walked out of the Beastmaster Center, and hailed a taxi. She opened the door and got in.
“Driver, to the airport.”
At the entrance of the Beastmaster Center, Flor held the bottle containing the Ghostfire Slurry and watched the taxi as it drove away.
…
In the taxi.
The Treasure Seeker reappeared.
In the Middle Ten Districts, it was fairly common for familiars to suddenly show up, so the driver remained calm, not even flinching.
“Put this away,” Qiao Sang said, handing the box to the Treasure Seeker.
“Xunxun~”
The Treasure Seeker removed the Ring and placed the box inside.
Qiao Sang took out her mobile phone, found the chat window for “SS-Rank Yin Dynasty Pearl,” and typed a few words:
[It was a pleasure doing business.]
[It was a pleasure doing business.] The other party replied.
Qiao Sang put away her phone and enjoyed the scenery outside, feeling quite pleased.
The SS-Rank Yin Dynasty Pearl was genuine. She had specifically looked it up online before. Besides its special attraction to Ghost-type Companion Beasts, the SS-Rank Yin Dynasty Pearl contained visible purple crystals with a diameter of over 1 cm, and under the influence of Ghost-type energy, it would produce thin, translucent purple threads.
The Shadow Pearl in the box met all these criteria.
…
The next afternoon at two o'clock, Qiao Sang arrived at the First District by airship.
As soon as she disembarked, she formed the seals and summoned Lulu and Steel Treasure.
Qiao Sang put Lulu’s backpack on her back and followed the directions she had checked beforehand.
Nearly an hour later, she arrived at a real estate agency.
A black woman in a business suit hurried over. “May I help you with something?”
“I’m looking to rent a place,” Qiao Sang said.
In Supernest, only Supernest residents were allowed to purchase property. Unless the Beastmaster was an A-Class talent, they wouldn’t have the special permission to buy a house, which she had already researched.
The real estate agent asked, “Do you have any specific requirements for the house?”
She didn’t ask about the budget.
Just the sight of the unfamiliar bird familiar by Qiao Sang’s side was enough to convince her that this young girl was wealthy.
(End of Chapter)
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