Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands

Chapter 248: Chapter 248 She Was Not Even Angry

"Healing potion defaults to one vial at one thousand milliliters."

"A Twenty-Stars superpower user only uses ten thousand vials a year."

"And you’re asking for one million vials right off the bat."

"Why don’t you just have Yu Yunxiao sign a slave contract with you?"

"Business requires negotiating, doesn’t it?" Lou Yanzhi dodged an attack while explaining, "Everything is negotiable. I can do five hundred milliliters per vial."

"You’re such a skinflint, Lou!" Caicai snapped angrily, chasing him with a leek: "Serves you right for binding the Long Aotian persona."

"No deal." Lou Yanzhi’s figure flickered, darting behind Xiao Jinsheng.

Sure enough, his judgment was spot on.

Caicai wouldn’t risk accidentally hitting Xiao Jinsheng.

Hiding behind Xiao Jinsheng, Lou Yanzhi was safe from pursuit.

"Even in business, integrity matters. Daoist friend, this behavior is far from virtuous," Que Zelian remarked with a mild smile.

Facing Que Zelian’s dangerously veiled gaze, Lou Yanzhi sighed and swept his sleeve, "Ah, never mind. I might as well beg."

"Hmph!" Yu Yunxiao snorted coldly.

His impression of Lou Yanzhi plummeted.

He had initially thought Lou Yanzhi was a pitiable man bound by the system, forced to dangerously play a role.

Who would have guessed he was a con artist deceiving honest people like a sly merchant?

He had nearly agreed to work ten years for Lou Yanzhi for free.

However, Lou Yanzhi and Xiao Jinsheng’s offer was indeed sincere.

Concerned, Yu Yunxiao specifically sought confirmation from Caicai—was Xiao Jinsheng’s deal trustworthy?

Providing meals alone seemed reasonable considering the value of the cultivation secret manual Lou Yanzhi offered.

Caicai affirmed that Xiao Jinsheng’s offer was acceptable.

But when Lou Yanzhi revealed the manual, Caicai was stunned.

He whipped his leek again, striking Lou Yanzhi: "You’re profiting as a middleman!"

"This cultivation manual—wasn’t it originally mine?"

"No," Lou Yanzhi shook his head, "What I taught her was my improved version of the cultivation manual."

"There’s no causal relationship between yours and mine."

Xiao Jinsheng watched curiously as Lou Yanzhi and Caicai argued.

She might not have understood all the drama.

But she came to one realization.

The Cannibal Flower’s bandit-like ways.

Maybe it learned them from someone.

And the only person it had interacted with before was Lou Yanzhi.

Xiao Jinsheng didn’t interfere in Lou Yanzhi and Caicai’s dispute.

Because Caicai only used a leek to hit people.

Zero damage.

But maximum humiliation.

Meanwhile, Lou Yanzhi lounged on the couch after teaching her, unperturbed.

He sprawled out while Caicai whipped him with the leek for five straight minutes.

He rolled over, changed his position, and pointed at his back, "Hit here—harder. Fighting the Insect Clan was exhausting."

Caicai withdrew the leek in silence.

Caicai wished he could rebind and electrocute Lou Yanzhi again.

The rules of Mist Base were already set within the Star System Map.

Humans coming to Mist Base could summon the Intelligent Brain for help and settle there.

Now free, Xiao Jinsheng could study the cultivation manual Lou Yanzhi provided.

To avoid mishaps during her first attempt, she began practicing on the spot.

In the reception room, after groupings, Que Zelian and Yu Yunxiao accompanied her.

Lou Yanzhi, meanwhile, sprawled lifelessly on the couch.

And Caicai lurked near the couch like a ghost, keeping an eye on him.

Xiao Jinsheng calmed her mind, following the manual’s instructions to sense her familiar yet utterly different spiritual power.

Her consciousness descended into a realm of black and white.

The roar of beasts echoed throughout the space.

A massive claw tore through the void, aiming for the back of Xiao Jinsheng’s head.

She reacted swiftly, executing a nimble counterattack—a reverse ice blade slashing the beast’s claw.

Xiao Jinsheng quickly adjusted her combat stance, warily watching the giant bear exhaling at her.

Upon seeing it was a Twelve-Stars mutant beast, she frowned deeply.

The giant bear gave her no reprieve, stomping on its severed claw and pressing its attack on her. noveldrama

Just as black mist began forming in her palm, a sudden glint of cold light appeared—a black curved knife sliced forward from behind the bear, cleanly severing its head.

The headless bear collapsed, black blood pooling near Xiao Jinsheng’s feet.

On the other side of the corpse stood a familiar shadow.

His expression was sharp and stern as he expertly wiped the blood from the knife.

When he noticed her, he froze briefly, then became flustered.

Xiao Jinsheng’s presence.

Startled him so much that he quickly hid his hands behind his back, nervously saying, "Fe... Female Master?"

"Ying?" Xiao Jinsheng was equally shocked.

She recalled practicing the cultivation manual Lou Yanzhi had provided.

Why did she end up in this black-and-white world?

And encounter... Yu Yunxiao’s Dark Soul—Ying.

"Female Master..." Ying called out to her in delight, but remembering how she had previously rejected the title, his excitement waned.

He lowered his cat ears in sorrow but couldn’t stop his gaze from lingering on this glowing woman before him.

"Xiao..." Ying hesitated for a long time before cautiously calling her by her surname.

On certain matters.

Xiao Jinsheng’s memory was quite selective.

She assumed Ying called her surname because his own name was a single character, and he was used to addressing others similarly.

Since Xiao Jinsheng didn’t object.

A sliver of Ying’s disappointment lifted.

He tentatively tested again, with hopeful anticipation in his voice: "Xiao?"

"So, I’ve arrived in your spiritual world?" Xiao Jinsheng combined her observations to arrive at her hypothesis.

Ying didn’t understand what a spiritual world was.

But whatever Xiao Jinsheng said was truth to him.

So he nodded earnestly, "Yes."

"So it really is a spiritual world." Xiao Jinsheng mused.

Just as she prepared to examine her surroundings, a giant python appeared out of nowhere, its gaping maw aiming to swallow her whole.

Ying flashed forward in fury, delivering a single kick that sent the python flying.

Turning, Xiao Jinsheng saw the python’s Twelve-Stars head crushed, lying lifeless on the black ground.

"Don’t worry, Xiao." Ying reassured her, "Here, I’ll keep you safe."

After speaking, he cautiously observed her.

Realizing she wasn’t upset by his repeated calling of her name, a hint of joy sparked inside him.

Xiao Jinsheng quickly surveyed her surroundings, piecing together the environmental details in moments.

Eternal darkness, fraught with danger.

Imagining Ying living in such an environment perpetually, her face grew pale.

"Xiao?" Ying asked in concern, noticing her abnormal state.

"You’ve always lived in a world like this?" Xiao Jinsheng’s voice was dry and hoarse.

She remembered her first encounter with Ying.

Urging him to leave quickly, return to his original world, and bring Yu Yunxiao back.

But she hadn’t understood then.

Now, she’d only been here for two minutes and had already been ambushed twice by mutant beasts.

Encountering foes at Twelve-Stars right from the start.

Such a world in perpetual peril.

How did Ying manage to live—no, survive—in this environment?

Xiao Jinsheng dared not think deeper.

Ying tilted his head in confusion: "Worlds, aren’t they all like this?"

After speaking, his head drooped in dismay.

Because he recalled his accidental visit to Xiao Jinsheng’s world.

Compared to the black-and-white here.

Xiao Jinsheng’s world was filled with vibrant color, warm vitality, much like her own presence.

"Xiao, have you come to see me?" Ying asked hopefully.

He noticed Xiao Jinsheng no longer resisted his attempts for contact.

He had already called her by her name so many times.

She hadn’t shown anger even once.