Chapter 567
Chapter 567 - 547: Generating Revenue
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"Haha, yes Captain Xia is young at twenty-three. But Lu Ping’an seems to be just sixteen, right? Well, that’s a seven-year difference. Quite a bit, isn’t it?"
"Uh, is Lu Ping’an really that young? So talented despite being underage, wait.... isn’t that breaking the law?!"
Indeed, in the early twenties is quite young. However, considering the other side of the scandal is underage, it indeed becomes problematic.
"A female teacher and a male high-school student.AVI?" Someone blurted out, causing an uproarious laugh.
Everyone was rolling with laughter.... but after the joke, the tense atmosphere loosened up a lot.
The kicked-out Xue En wasn’t just spouting nonsense; his aim was just to ease the tension, but ended up meeting the topic of discussion.
Well, a relationship with an age difference of three years isn’t much. Five or six years starts to feel a bit much, and seven or eight years... well, it’s not much more, but it does make one want to call the police, especially when one of them was a high school student just last year.
Although everyone was stirring up trouble, no one really took the matter seriously.
After all, the age difference between these two hardly makes them appear like lovers. They look more like a mature younger brother who ran into a clueless older sister, or a loyal dog who just ran into their owner...."
"....super annoyed!"
When Lu Ping’an arrived home for dinner that day, he was met with Xia Qin, who looked quite displeased and was eating her sorrows away.
As soon as she saw Lu Ping’an, she started complaining.
"...do I seem incapable? I feel like many people on the team don’t respect me..."
Xia Qin’s words were perplexing. Lu Ping’an thought something had happened, and it was only after inquiring with Meow–the cooker and freeloader–that he received some subtly worrisome news.
"Xia Qin, were you beaten by Xue En?!"
"No, I won! And I won easily."
She refuted immediately, but from her anxiety, Lu Ping’an could tell something was amiss.
From Meow, Lu Ping’an found out the truth..... Xia Qin did win, but she had to use all her strength against a 2-tier opponent.
"Is Xue En that strong now?"
"Super strong, Meow. Thick skin and strong physique, heals just with breath, enormous strength, crudely powerful... he’s more like a beastman than me, Meow!"
Meow looked envious. As fellow Beastmen, there was an obvious power gap between them.
Xue En was incredibly strong and resilient, able to withstand the Sword Saint’s attacks.
"Did you use your talent?"
"I used it, just a bit..."
Even a mere touch of it was an exaggeration. The Sword Saint’s talent was capable of causing immense destruction.
"Xue En? He’s not just a normal Beastification Man, he’s likely a Mythical Species ’Iron-Eating Beast.’ Moreover, he’s a Pure Blood who received the divine-blood blessing. In the old days, he was a Chosen One and also a Divine Chosen Champion..."
From the Great Priest of the Beast God Sect, Lu Ping’an got the answer.
In that secret chamber, Xue En unfortunately received the divine-blood from Broken Hand. The divine-blood circulated and boiled within his body, making him faint on the spot and almost taking his life.
But he himself was a "Mythical Species," with extraordinary toughness, so he managed to pull through.
Afterward, when he made a move, Lu Ping’an and his team were busy researching or leading, thus they didn’t notice his drastic improvement.
"Is he really that powerful?"
"He’s very strong. Firstly, the divine-blood intensified his ’Iron-Eating Beast’ bloodline, making him step on the threshold of high-level Beastmen. Also, his Iron-Eating talent is too rigged..."
The Iron-Eating Beast being a Mythical Species was somewhat beyond Lu Ping’an’s expectation. He originally thought it was just an aesthetically pleasing species... well, at least most people in the team thought and fed it that way.
Every day, many people fed it....
"Metal? His talent is to eat metal to strengthen himself?"
A simple ability, coupled with a Mythical Species’ talent. Xue En, who had been eating wildly, had a stronger physique than ordinary steel.
Thus, the absurd scene where Xia Qin kept "hitting iron," but couldn’t break through his defense arose.
Xia Qin was irritated because she noticed that if Xue En made up for his shortcomings and enhanced his battle skills and equipment, he would indeed be unbeatable at her current level.
During this journey, everyone had gains and losses. Xue En took the most risks and attained the most benefits, while Xia Qin had the most stable development and lowest profits.
"Meow, you didn’t see others’ eyes when Xue En was fighting Xia Qin, they all thought ’going to Foreign Domain once can earn this much’ ...."
Hearing that, Lu Ping’an nodded. In some way, this also served as self-promotion. When his courtyard opens the Beastification Cathedral to the public in the future, Xue En will become a living advertisement.
However, the gap between ordinary Beastmen and Mythical Species with divine-blood is probably larger than that between buyer show and seller show.
"Help me..." Xia Qin pouted, looking as disgruntled as a bullied high school girl.
After becoming familiar with Lu Ping’an, she often displayed behavior much below her age... Since Xia Qin requested help, Lu Ping’an naturally wanted to assist her.
However, how to help might not be something that can be figured out in a short time.
"How’s your Beastification progress? Have you made a bet?"
With the previous experience of the Fishman Sword Saint, Lu Ping’an knew that Beastmen talent and Sword Saint did not conflict; on the contrary, it paired very well.
"...all are from the four major legions, only the last time left, no money...."
life-points to bet on a super random chance with a 30% chance to hit, and around 5% chance to hit a big prize, not everyone can afford to bet on this.
points can exchange for a low-level profession Abnormal Ability. For old stagers, who might not be able to pass a certain profession threshold for years, this could easily get them through.
"I’ve got some rare Magic Plants, you can sell them to the courtyard and exchange for some points..."
The experiences of Xia Qin and Xue En reminded Lu Ping’an, the Beastification Cathedral’s boost was simple and crude, but the minimum threshold was low..... Most people can afford a few points. For someone strong like Lu Ping’an, the four major legions provided negative effects, but for noobs like the Secret Keeper, the Beastification Talent was like a rebirth.
In this aspect, the new recruits who had already reached first-tier had a strong say in it.
"...start the business now? Seems like a hassle."
Lu Ping’an knew that as soon as he started, the number one "Currency Exchange" black market in the ancient city would be born, and he would become a thorn in the eyes of the Special Service Team or even the entire official force.
As a black market, his courtyard had an apparent advantage; as long as trades were face to face, it was very hard to apprehend.
This was also why Lu Ping’an hadn’t been open for business; he didn’t want to become a target for the authorities in the ancient city at this time.
"Only open the chapel, providing only Beastification service in a single line, can you manage it?"
"I can," Meow finally gave a piece of good news.
— End of Chapter 567 —