Xiaoru didn't understand Zhang Yujie's actions and asked, puzzled, "Zhang-shao, if you wanted to investigate that kid, why did you give him a purple crystal card? Can't you just ask for his personal terminal to transfer the money?"
Zhang Yujie shot a glance at Xiaoru, chuckling, "Dummy, it's too obvious that way. That Sun Che would surely terminate the transaction. Where else would I go to find so many monster core?"
"Oh, so that's why." Xiaoru nodded and no longer spoke.
On the other hand, the vulgar man by the side, Old Gang, looked at Xiaoru in disdain. He revealed a flattering smile, bowing to Zhang Yujie, flattering, "Zhang-shao is wise indeed! In my opinion, under your leadership in the future, Ding Feng Corporation will definitely grow at a quicker pace."
Zhang Yujie looked at Old Gang after hearing this. He chuckled, then opened his personal terminal and directly transferred a sum to his account.
"Although there is a slight hiccup this time, I am still a man of integrity. What should be yours won't be any less."
Old Gang received the notification of the transfer, his smile grew even more flattering. His bent waist lowered even more, "Thank you Zhang-shao! Thank you Zhang-shao! If there's any matter Old Gang can do for you in the future, just say the word. I'll even go to a mountain of swords or a sea of fire!"
Zhang Yujie only smiled slightly at Old Gang's flattery before waving his hand at him to leave.
Watching Old Gang leaving the room with light steps, as if fitted with springs on his legs, Zhang Yujie revealed an inconspicuous ridiculing smile. Earlier when Old Gang looked at Xiaoru in disdain, thinking that he was being discreet, it was actually caught by him.
"Hur, this kind of person can only be used, and not trusted. Unlike Xiaoru, although his brain has more muscle than juice, he's obedient and loyal! With that, intelligence and wits is not important at all."
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Dok dok dok, dok dok dok…
Zhang Ye Mom heard knocking sounds on her door amidst her hazy consciousness. She tried her best to open her eyes, happiness evident on her face. 'Is Xiaoye back? Didn't he say he'd be gone for a long period this time around?'
Currently, she had been napping for less than half an hour. Just as she was sleeping soundly, she was woke up by the knocking. She couldn't muster the strength to get up on her feet so suddenly, and could only ask, "Who is it?".
"Auntie, may I ask if this is Zhang Xiao… Zhang Ye's home?" A young girl's voice rang out from outside.
'A girl's voice, and she is here to look for Xiaoye.'
"Hey Old Zhang wake up i heard a girl voice outside could it be that Xiaoye had gotten himself a girlfriend at school?"
Zhang Ye dad said"I dont know he never tell us any thing about aschool"
"Old Zhang open the door fast lets see who's out side"
Zhang Ye dad hurriedly pulled off her blanket. He put on her slippers, walking into the living room.
"Yes, yes. Just a moment please. I'll open the door right away."
Outside the door, Huang Tielan stuck out her tongue. ,So close! I almost said Zhang Xiaoye by mistake.'
The worn door was pulled open. Zhang Ye dad saw a large figure appear before her that nearly blocked off all the light from outside.
Right in front of her at eye level were two mounds of considerable size. Even with a loose T-shirt on, one could see the obvious outline.
Zhang Ye dad was taken aback. He took two steps back and raised her head. He saw a chubby face around the height of the door frame.
"Hello uncle. I am Zhang… Zhang Ye's classmate. I'm here to visit you as he asked."
'Oh my, whose daughter is this? How was she raised into this? It's ok, it's ok. that brat would probably not find such a girlfriend.'
Zhang Ye dad recovered a little from her shock. He hurriedly stepped to the side and welcomed with a smile, "Ah, you're Xiaoye's classmate? Come in, come in!"
"Thank you, Uncle."
Huang Tielan entered the house, carrying a few boxes and bags. One look was enough to know they were tonics.
"Aiya, look at you. Why bother to bring anything here?"
"It's fine, Uncle. I took them from my house. It's just a little token. Please accept them."
Since Huang Tielan put it like it, it wasn't nice for Zhang Ye dad to reject, either. He hurriedly invited Huang Tielan in to the living room and sat her down, looking at her with a curious gaze as she thought, 'Something's not quite right. With how introverted Xiaoye normally is, even if he asked a classmate to visit me, he would have asked a male classmate. Why would he ask such a… girl, here?'
Being looked at by Zhang Ye dad , Huang Tielan's face suddenly flushed. She sat there uneasily, regretting her impulsive decision.
"Old Zhang, who is it?"Zhang Ye mom voice rang out from the bedroom.
"It was Xiaoye's classmate he come to visit"
Zhang Ye mom:Old Zhang serve him some tea or juice"
"Aiya, just look at me. I forgot to bring you some juice."
Zhang Ye dad was unsure of the relationship between her son and this girl before her, and thus didn't know how to start a conversation with her. As such, he could only stand up to fetch some water, relieving some of the awkwardness between them.
Huang Tielan hurriedly jumped up, stopping Zhang Ye dad. "No, it's fine, Uncle. I'm not thirsty!"
It was her first time here. How could she let Zhang Xiaoye's dad bring her water?
Zhang Ye dad insisted on doing so, however. When Huang Tielan was hiding her awkwardness with the drinking, Zhang Ye mom asked inconspicuously, "Right, did our Xiaoche ask you to tell me anything?"
Huang Tielan was drinking her water nervously. After hearing the sudden question, she forgot to think before blurting out, "Oh, Zhang Ye his fine he will come back after the end of this week.
Hearing this, Zhang Ye mom couldn't help but reveal a look of shock, her inner heart rumbling with thunder.
'Not good, Xiaoye that child even told this miss the time he will return home'
'Is this still a platonic relationship between classmates?'
'It can't be, it can't be. My son's tastes can't be this unique!'
.....
Returning to the beast world, Zhang Ye, who was currently walking as he munched on condensed biscuits, had no idea that Huang Tielan had gone to his place.
Mm, actually Zhang Ye didn't ask Huang Tielan to visit his mother. All this was that chubby chick's own idea.
Tielan felt that since it was hard to make Zhang Xiaoye fall for her via pursuing him directly, why not take a roundabout route and visit his family more while he was fighting in the beast world, earning some brownie points.
It had to be said that this chubby chick's expectations had half-succeeded. She had indeed left a deep impression in Zhang Ye parents heart, though it wasn't a very good one.
'This miss is over 1.8 meters tall, her weight was also definitely over 80kg. How could it be that she was dating her son?'
'This is definitely intolerable!'
Which mother would want to see her son finding a chubby chick who was so large in both dimensions for a girlfriend?
Of course, Zhang Ye parents didn't let show that on there face. Instead, they was wearing a smile on her face until Huang Tielan excused herself, citing that she had lessons in the afternoon, that Zhang Ye parents let out a sigh with creased brow, sitting on the sofa for a long while speechlessly.
.....
Zhang Ye was running in fast speed, runninging back towards the the narrow basin between mountains in a rush.
He kept feeling that there should be more Elephorse herds deeper in the basin.
Individually weak beasts that prefers to gather in groups like Elephorses are the best hunting targets for the current Zhang Ye.
It could be said that Zhang Ye had tasted the sweet taste of success in the morning, killing over three hundred Elephorses in one go and earning a huge sum of money, while collecting more item piece and gap towards using Haki Skill . Of course he'd hope to success!
Moreover, this wouldn't be a wasted trip for Zhang Ye, even if there were no more Elephorses deep in the basin.
If there weren't any Elephorses, there would still be other exotic beasts.
Moreover, this wouldn't be a wasted trip for Zhang Ye, even if there were no more Elephorses deep in the basin.
If there weren't any Elephorses, there would still be other exotic beasts.
As long as the exotic beasts he encountered were those he could win against, he'd just continue forward. He was able to see the attributes of the exotic beasts, anyway. There wouldn't be any cases of him mistaking powerful exotic beasts for pushovers and getting the tables turned on him.
Running all the way, Zhang Ye was soon only several kilometers away from the safety zone. He saw a number of warrior and mage on the way, relying only on their legs to travel miserably, causing him to sigh with sorrow.
Speaking of which, he really had to thank Wang Dong, that miserable fellow. If it wasn't for him, he would probably be like the other beastmasters right now, travelling on his own two feet.
Zhang Ye didn't notice it, but when he walk past a party of 4 warrior and mage, the group of five's gazes toward him were a little doubtful.
"Why do I feel that this person who just walk past us looks a little familiar?" a 'shamate¹' man asked his companions, his head tilted.
"Mm, I got this feeling, too," a short-haired woman from the party nodded. She suddenly thought of something, and said, "Oh, isn't that the guy we saw in the safety zone, who returned with Ding Feng Corporation's Zhang Yujie and his men?"
Another woman from the group asked, a hint of deep thoughts in her eyes, "Did you guys notice? I remember when we met Zhang Yujie and his lackeys two days ago, they were gloomy, yet they returned with this man you can see there happyexpression. Doesn't this imply that…"
The 'shamate' man's eyes lit up, "Sister Mei, you're saying that they probably discovered a Elephorse herd in the wild?"
The woman with a simple ponytail nodded, "That's right. I suppose that man is heading to where they found the herd to in advance to arrange things. Perhaps Zhang Yujie will lead a big group over shortly."
The reason why this ponytailed woman dared to make such a assertion was because they had researched similar exotic beasts to Elephorses. She knew this kind of individually weak exotic beast liked to gather in groups. With only Zhang Yujie's small group, they wouldn't be able to deal with a herd of them, for sure.
Then, it would make sense to speculate that Zhang Yujie's group must have ambushed a small group of Elephorses, obtained a couple of monster core, and quickly returned to gather people, before taking out the entire herd in one go.
"Then, Sister Mei, should we follow him to take a look?" the short-haired woman immediately suggested with a glint in her eyes.
Sister Mei nodded heavily, "Why not? Zhang Yujie needs some time to gather his men, anyway. Although we don't dare to go against Ding Feng Corporation directly, it's not a problem to drink a little of their soup when they're having meat."
The rest of the group all revealed eager looks on their faces.
It was the mount-type beast monster core; although their combat potential was worthless, it was a useful tool for travelling. Who wouldn't want one?
Seeing as the rest had agreed to her decision, Sister Mei turned to an ordinary-looking man with a scar on his chin and said, "Old Lu, get your baby to follow him. Make sure to keep an eye on where that kid from before is going."
Old Lu nodded silently, he insert his hand in pet bag and a little bird appeared in his palm. Tossing it into the air, the little bird transformed into a white-headed falcon with a wingspan of over two meters. It beat its wings and flew off, giving chase in the direction Zhang Ye had disappeared to.
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Zhang Ye had no idea he was already being silently spied upon.
While Jumping in the roots of the tree, he sped through forests and crossed ravines, and soon returned to the foot of the mountain range, entering the long, narrow basin from the familiar route.
In his view, the grass plains ahead were still a desolate sight, as if there were countless ghosts of elephorses that had died unjustly, recounting Zhang Ye's brutality.
Zhang Ye didn't stop. He run past, leaving this harvested land in the dust and went deeper into the basin.
He run for another several tens of li.
The basin's terrain started becoming more hilly, and a few of the stronger exotic beasts Zhang Ye discovered were too much for him to handle. As such, he could only get off the elephorse and travel on foot, sneaking around them.
Suddenly, the scenery before him opened up to a wide panorama. An area of truly endless hilly grass plains entered Zhang Ye's eyes.
The grass plains was backed by a mountain range that rose high up into the clouds, extending into the horizon. He could only see where the sky met the earth at the extreme distance, like a black straight line.
"There are definitely elephorse herds in this place!"
Zhang Ye immediately grew excited and patted on his elephorse to enter the open grass plains without any hesitation.
As expected, Zhang Ye only travelled about five kilometers or so into the grassland before he discovered a huge herd of elephorses ahead. They were so numerous that it left him with his mouth agape.
"This is a freaking huge firecracker; it could explode with the slightest spark!"
Looking at the herd of elephorses numbering at least a thousand, Zhang Ye couldn't help but be dazed. There were so many of them! This was definitely an existence he couldn't afford to mess with. If they were to stampede over, wouldn't he be crushed into fine powder?
Fortunately, herbivorous exotic beasts like Elephorses would rarely attack others on their own initiative. Zhang Ye was prepared to go around this huge herd and continue forward to scout, to see if he was lucky enough to discover a smaller herd.
However, just as he was going around this huge herd, Zhang Ye saw a scarlet elephorse with fire in his hoof that was extraordinarily majestic, leaving his eyes wide open.
"Damn, it's actually at Level 21 Commander Monster! It's definitely a horse king!"