Chapter 29: What’s Wrong With My IQ?
Chapter 29: What’s Wrong With My IQ?
Not to mention Li Guang and Wu Song over there, Jiang Taixuan had a face full of gloom. He was broke.
Staring at the Turntable, he ground his teeth in frustration. “Half-price! Two plays for one Gold Coin, and I didn’t win a thing. System, are you tricking me?”
Seeing his small money pouch, which was cleaner than his face, Jiang Taixuan was back to square one again, not a single Copper Coin left.
He stomped out of the dojo, grumbling. Ximen the Fatty had already cooked the meat and was waiting for him to start eating.
“How many tokens did we rent out?” Jiang Taixuan asked.
“Three before, and two more just now. The ones with money directly rented Li Guang,” Ximen the Fatty said, holding up five fingers. “However, one of them is an Innate Martial Artist.”
Aside from the Innate one, another person who rented Li Guang was a young man. It was the same guy who got a Flyer and was intimidated by Li Guang’s aura.
“An Innate Martial Artist? Did you find out his identity? Who did he rent?” Jiang Taixuan was surprised. Among the Hunting Competition participants, Innate Martial Artists were among the strongest group.
As for Foundation Building realm experts, they were all old masters who had no interest in stirring up trouble.
Ximen the Fatty shook his head. “He rented Li Guang. Didn’t find out his identity.”
“Forget it then. As long as he pays, it’s fine. We’re only responsible for the rental. They can do whatever they like.” Jiang Taixuan stopped thinking about it and began eating the meat heartily.
“Brother Xuan, there’s one thing I don’t understand,” Ximen the Fatty said after swallowing a piece of meat, looking very confused.
“What is it?” Jiang Taixuan asked without looking up.
“You say Wu Song and Li Guang have such powerful strength, so why are they staying here? Do they also want those so-called Divine Bloodlines?” Ximen the Fatty voiced his doubts. It was unbelievable that Innate and Foundation Building experts would stay hidden here.
Jiang Taixuan looked up at him and sighed. “Yes and no. Given your IQ, I’d better not explain.”
“Hey, Brother Xuan, I don’t like hearing that. What’s wrong with my IQ? I even memorized that ‘Bedside Moonlight’ poem you taught me back then!” Ximen the Fatty said proudly.
Should I get a different Salesman?
“Fatty, when you were handing out Flyers, did you encounter any mercenaries stopping you? Or any strange occurrences?” Jiang Taixuan decided not to dwell on this guy’s IQ and changed the subject.
“Mercenaries? No. I didn’t provoke them. Why would they stop me?” Ximen the Fatty shook his head. “As for strange things, no. Although Senior Li Guang did show his strength once. The other person was around our age and just questioned our abilities a bit.”
Jiang Taixuan nodded, but he was thinking to himself. That so-called Fierce Wolf Mercenary group said they’d come back to cause trouble. Could it be they were delayed because of the Hunting Competition?
That was very likely. This was Clear Moon Academy’s territory. During the Hunting Competition, ordinary people wouldn’t dare come. Even if they wanted to cause trouble, they’d have to wait until the competition was over.
Having figured it out, Jiang Taixuan stopped worrying. He asked Ximen the Fatty, “Fatty, you’ve been to Clear Moon City a few times. Besides the Mercenary Guild and the top families, are there any other major forces there?”
Ximen the Fatty thought for a moment. “Yes. There’s something called Wan Yi, Xuan Miao, and Duobao Commerce Guild branches. Lots of people there, lots of money, and lots of beautiful women too.”
When he mentioned beautiful women, Ximen the Fatty’s eyes sparkled, as if he wished he could go to Clear Moon City right then and visit those commerce guilds.
Jiang Taixuan nodded. After finishing the meal, he told Ximen the Fatty to continue attracting customers and went back into the dojo to hide.
“Ding. Li Guang completed a task.”
The System prompt made Jiang Taixuan happily discover that his small money pouch now had five more Yuan Coins.
“I don’t believe I can’t get Buddha’s Palm.”
Jiang Taixuan rolled up his sleeves and continued the lottery.
Ximen the Fatty felt bored. Since the Hunting Competition had already started, basically everyone had entered the Monster Beast Mountains. He waited for a long time, but no one came.
“Ding. Li Guang completed a task.”
“Ding. Wu Song completed a task.”
The prompt sounds kept ringing in his mind, but the Yuan Coins in Jiang Taixuan’s small money pouch weren’t increasing. Instead, they were getting fewer and fewer.
Fortunately, Ximen the Fatty didn’t come in. Otherwise, he would definitely have seen Jiang Taixuan’s face, which was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and might have suffered for it.
“Ding. Thank you for your participation.”
“Ding. You have no money.”
“…”
Jiang Taixuan stared blankly at the Turntable, his hand trembling. “System, as the host, you should give me some luck bonus, you jerk!”
“Several dozen Yuan Coins! Not a single win! I XX your old mother!”
Jiang Taixuan panted with anger. He was the host, the Dojo Master of the Gods and Demons Dojo. How could his luck be worse than Tang Yuelu’s?
What kind of joke was this!
“Ding. Host has exceeded the ten-transaction task quota within ten days. Submit?”
The System’s cold voice sounded.
“Sub… wait, exceeded? What does that mean?” Jiang Taixuan almost submitted but wisely stopped himself.
“The task time limit is ten days. Exceeding the quota increases the completion rating,” the System explained coldly.
“Then don’t submit for now,” Jiang Taixuan quickly refused. It was already eleven transactions now. But the Hunting Competition wasn’t over yet, so there was still room for more!
The last big reward package was very generous. If he exceeded the quota by a lot this time, wouldn’t this reward package be incredible?
Jiang Taixuan suppressed his excitement. Although his money was gone, the task reward was still there, and the quota was exceeded. This was definitely a turn for the better, a sign that his luck was changing.
“Brother Xuan, time to eat,” Ximen the Fatty called again.
Jiang Taixuan looked at the sky; it was already dark. He glanced at Buddha’s Palm. He could wait a bit more. The refresh time was at dawn anyway, so he could continue drawing at night.
After dinner, Jiang Taixuan returned to the Turntable. Today, he was stubbornly determined to keep trying his luck with it.
Meanwhile, in the Monster Beast Mountains, a major problem occurred with the client Li Guang was responsible for.
“It’s finally my turn,” the Innate Martial Artist said excitedly as he handed the token with the character ‘Guang’ on it to Li Guang.
“Congratulations,” Tang Yuelu and the other three said. Their own gains were already quite substantial, so they weren’t envious.
The Innate Martial Artist glanced at Tang Yuelu and the other three, then looked at Li Guang. “During the rental period, do you follow my orders?”
Li Guang frowned slightly. “If you’re not worried about the number of Foundation Building Demonic Beasts we hunt, then yes.”
The Innate Martial Artist’s face showed delight. Tang Yuelu and the others hurriedly advised, “You should listen to the senior. Senior Li Guang is very familiar with the Monster Beast Mountains. He knows exactly where the Foundation Building Demonic Beasts are.”
Chen Chong also said, “Yes, Senior Li Guang is practically a living map of these mountains. He knows exactly where the demon beasts are and what level they are.”
“Yes, you should listen to Senior Li Guang,” said a young man named Yuan Qing.
Of the three tokens rented earlier, two people chose Li Guang, and one chose Wu Song. These two were the Innate Martial Artist and this young man, Yuan Qing.
The Innate Martial Artist glanced at Yuan Qing and sneered. “Fine. Li Guang, I order you to kill all five of these people!”
“What? You…”
The faces of Tang Yuelu and the other four changed dramatically. They looked at the Innate Martial Artist in shock and disbelief.
The Innate Martial Artist glared coldly at the five of them and said fiercely, “Even if Senior Li Guang is incredibly strong, you five have already killed quite a few Foundation Building Demonic Beasts. How many Foundation Building Demonic Beasts are there left to kill in the outer parts of these mountains?”
“And even if there are, could they compare to yours? As long as I kill you, your Foundation Building Demonic Beasts will be mine! I’ll be first in the assessment!”
The Innate Martial Artist laughed wildly and said viciously, “Li Guang, kill them.”
“Senior Li Guang…” Tang Yuelu and the others paled greatly, looking at Li Guang simultaneously. They knew very well that with Li Guang’s strength, if he wanted to kill them, they had no chance of escape.
Wang Mingming was also stunned. This was insane. “Damn it! Do you know who I am? I’m the young master of the Wang Family!”
“The Wang Family? Once I get first place in the Hunting Competition and present dozens of Foundation Building Demonic Beast corpses, I’ll definitely gain the favor of major powers. A so-called Wang Family could be wiped out with a wave of my hand.”
The Innate Martial Artist sneered and shouted again, “Li Guang, why aren’t you moving? Do you want to violate the task? I paid!”
Before making this decision, he had checked again and again. Li Guang took tasks very seriously and absolutely would not allow failure. During a task, he would not violate it either.
As Tang Yuelu and the other three had put it: during the task period, customer satisfaction is guaranteed!
Tang Yuelu and the other four looked at Li Guang, their eyes filled with pleading and terror. They never imagined the Innate Martial Artist would make such a demand.