Carrying his backpack, Zhang Ye slowly walked into the mall in the military compound owned by Ding Feng Corporation. Just as he walked through the doors, a young woman with neat facial features came up to him. There really weren't any flaws in her attitude. "Hello, Mister, are you looking to purchase weapon,armor or mosnter core? No matter the type or quality, the item our Ding Feng Corporation has for sale are the best in all of Tian Lan City. We assure you that it's well worth the money."
Seeing the confident smile on the female receptionist, Zhang Ye couldn't help but ask, confused, "The best in Tian Lan City? What about the one managed by the government?"
The receptionist was at a loss for words immediately. Her spirited eyes looked at Zhang Ye innocently, wishing to scold him out loud, 'Are you one of those legendary awkward conversationalists?'
Fortunately, Zhang Ye immediately smiled, saying, "I'm not here to buy. Rather, I have some beast monster core. Does the Ding Feng Corporation deal with purchases?"
The receptionist was stunned for a moment. Her signature smile appeared on her face once more, inviting Zhang Ye to a reception room to the side, "Alright. Please come with me, Mister."
The receptionist naturally didn't have the authority to purchase beast mosnter core off others. After she poured a cup of tea for Zhang Ye warmly, she excused herself and went to inform her superior.
Before Zhang Ye finished his cup of tea, steady footsteps rang out from beyond the door, followed by a slightly surprised voice, saying, "Aiya, Mr Sun has graced us with your presence, lighting up our humble shop!"
A familiar-looking middle-aged man came walking in with a face full of smiles, unable to hide his surprise.
"I wonder what good stuff Mr Sun has this time? I beg you to broaden this one surnamed Liang's horizons."
It was this manager, surnamed Liang, who brought the money over for the transaction between Zhang Ye and Zhang Yujie previously. Thus he had a deep impression towards this unfathomable warrior, and immediately recognized him.
It was only now that Zhang Ye remembered who this man was. He nodded with a smile, then opened the backpack at his side. He took out a stack of beast monster core and put them out on the table.
In the beginning, when Zhang Ye first took out the beast monster core, a trace of joy flashed on Manager Liang's face. 'As expected of an unfathomable expert; he actually took out this many beast monster core in one go.'
However, once the beast core were spread out on the table, Manager Liang's expression stiffened. 'What the heck. Let alone the fact that the highest rank of these beast core were only three-stars, there wasn't even a single elite-quality core in there; only Bronze quality.'
'Are you sure you're not here to play with me?'
"Ugh, Mr Sun, is that all of it?"
Manager Liang's gaze shifted towards Zhang Ye's backpack, hoping that there were better goods in there.
However, Zhang Ye nodded as if it was to be expected as a matter of course, "Yeah, that's all. Why, is that too little?"
"No, hehe, that's not little…" Manager Liang replied with a constipated look.
This pile of core was indeed not little; there were over twenty of them. But the problem was that their quality were a little too trashy!
Of course, if it were any other low or mid-tier warrior who took these monster core out, naturally he would be impressed. But you're an expert who could kill a herd of elephorses by yourself!
'Don't you find it embarrassing to bring out these trash monster core?'
Zhang Ye didn't feel that this was something embarrassing, naturally. Let alone that it wasn't easy to get his hands on better beast core, he wouldn't sell them even after obtaining them; he didn't even have enough for himself!
He had two identities now. Other than that he can use magic,, which wasn't exposed to anyone yet, warrior skill and weapon were all tied to the Sun Ye persona.
In other words, when Zhang Ye returned to his original appearance, he couldn't take use his katana and sword art that he was currently using.
If someone with a grass-roots background suddenly advanced into a level 5 warrior mere weeks after becoming an official warrior and even had powerful skill, it would be impossible not to draw any attention onto himself.
The warrior commonly seen. On the other hand, although there weren't as many people can become mage, it wasn't a unique either. No one would link that he was a warrior and a magician.
Moreover, Zhang Yujie and the others who only knew of Sun Ye's persona were treating him as an unfathomable expert. They were of the opinion that powerfull sword art skill that he showed were to mask his identity. There was no way they'd realize that even that identity was fake.
Thus, as long as Zhang Ye didn't use magic, and sword art at the same time, there was no risk of exposing himself.
When Zhang Ye walked out of Ding Feng Corporation's mall, his purple crystal card that had a balance of 17,400k was another two million dollars richer.
In that stack of monster core he sold, there were over ten one-star Brown-Furred Wolf core that he had collect.
Although they didn't seem very impressive, one-star bronze-quality core could sell for over ten thousand dollars a piece.
Compared to the excited Zhang Ye, Manager Liang's mood wasn't as great.
When he saw from the surveillance feed that it was Zhang Ye who came to sell his monster core, he thought that there would be some gains to be had from him, but it only turned out to be a bunch of low-tier core with trash attributes. Let alone mentioning how disappointed he was, he only didn't dare to curse at Zhang Ye right in front of him.
After making a small profit, Zhang Ye returned to the beast world and found somewhere with no one around, changing back to his original appearance. Then, he left the safety zone and passed through the spatial gateway once more, hurrying back home.
He had been out for over a week; he need to hurry back to hi grandmother's place.
....
Afternoon, 4 P.M. in Zhang Ye apartment unit
Zhang Ye had wanted to rest an extra day but before he can sleep, his mom had called this morning to inform him that he should go to his grandmother's place. Zhang Ye naturally obeyed.
Upon entering the corridor, he coincidentally bumped into Rao Aimin, who was coming out of the elevator.
Rao Aimin is the landlady of the apartment that Zhang Ye renting.
"Eh, Auntie Landlady?" Zhang Ye greeted, "What have you been doing these days? Why haven't I seen you? I have pushed the rent through the underside of your door. Did you see it?"
"I saw it. Wait up." Rao Aimin threw the trash bag in her hands into a trash compartment by the door and took the elevator with Zhang Ye. She slanted her eyes at him, "You sure are good, kid. You became Magician. i can feel the amount of magic on your body so your not a mage but a magician, right?"
Zhang Ye said proudly, "Just average."
Rao Aimin flicked a ball of thread that had fallen on her arm, "To think that you accepted the praise I gave you. It is only because you don't know anything. I think your skill was so sh*tty!"
Zhang Ye exclaimed, "Ah? My skill is shtty?"
"Alright, then please analyze and tell me where it's wrong. I really can't believe it." Zhang Ye immediately turned offensive. He was thinking, 'How could anyone pick a fault in Ace's most power pull skill set? Isn't this bull****? Even those marine in anime series could not say anything, but you can?let see if you can pick fault in Ace signature moves" He then shook his head as he said deeply, "Fire Fist (Hiken)…"
Boom his fist into flames
"Isn't that a load of rubbish!? Fire fist? are you sure your a mage not a street magician?!" Rao Aimin said loudly.
Zhang Ye was stunned as he suppressed his speechlessness, "Fire Gun (Higan)…"
Boom his fingertips into flames and shoots bullets made of fire.
Rao Aimin interjected, "Why do you even need to copy a gun? do you want to be a police!"
Zhang Ye's brain was already filled with black lines, "…Firefly Light (Hotarubi)"
Poof many small, glowing greenish-yellow fireballs that float around.
Rao Aimin interrupted once again, "Didn't I already tell you. Your a magician now why you skill like that what is that small glowing thing? a firefly? are you a kid?"
Zhang Ye, "…."
Rao Aimin showed her venomous tongue again. This was the first time Zhang Ye had heard such a sharp criticism to the famous skill he use. He was momentarily dumbfounded!
Your sister!
...
5.30 P.M.
The sky was still cloudy and looked like it was about to rain.
Zhang Ye came to Liu Li Qiao, where his granny's house was. This was an old and tiny district. The thing slightly different from his memory was that this tiny district had been repainted, so the houses looked newer. Clearly, this was a change caused by the devil fruit system. It was like a butterfly effect. There were many adjustments in this world like magic and warrior. Well, it was unknown what changes had happened to his relatives. This was also one of the reasons why he had not dared to come to his granny's place ever since he had started work. Strictly speaking, this was no longer the world he completely knew, so he was afraid of letting the cat out of the bag.
Upstairs.
The door was open, but the anti-theft door was still activated. Laughter and chatter from the few cousins could be heard.
Zhang Ye opened the anti-theft door and entered. The first thing he saw was his mother and his third aunt, who were cooking in the kitchen, "Mom, Third Aunt."
His Mom smiled. "Son, you are here?"
His Third Aunt smiled. "Heh. Our supermage is here."
"What do you mean, supermage? I'm just start to train, so don't tease me." Zhang Ye said humbly, before looking towards the sofa, "First Uncle, First Aunt, Second Uncle, Third Uncle." He greeted them one by one. "All of you are here?" Only his Second Aunt was not here for some unknown reason.
Heh, Little Ye."
"I haven't seen you in a long time."
"Quickly come in and meet your grandparents."
Zhang Ye said, "Okay." and entered the small house. The door was closed. His uncles smoked, while his grandmother did not like the cigarette smell. Opening the door, he gave some nutritional and health supplements that he had bought from the supermarket to his grandparents, "Grandma, Grandpa, How are the both of you?"
Grandma liked Zhang Ye the most. The moment that she saw him, she urged him to take a seat, "I'm good. My health is good, too. I've only been missing you. Why haven't you come in a week?"
Grandpa also doted on Zhang Ye a lot. There was no other way. Although Zhang Ye was a maternal grandson, he was the only boy amongst the younger generation in the house. As old people, they were more traditional and prefered boys, "Little Ye is busy at school. He just become mage, so he can't keep coming like before."
Grandma asked, "Hehe. Why did you buy so much? How much would that cost?"
Zhang Ye smiled. "It's not much. It's just to honor the two of you, and let you supplement your bodies."
"Look at our Little Ye; he's so sensible." Grandma beamed.
At this moment, shouts came out from the house. These shouts sounded like larks. They were clear and pleasant.
"My brother is here!"
"Bro! Let me take a glance!"
"The superstar is here! I need to see him, too!"
The three sisters crowded into the small room.
His mother's family situation was quite interesting. His mother was the eldest sister in the house. She had three younger brothers, who were Zhang Ye's first, second and third uncles. The three uncles all had daughters as children, which were the three cousins of Zhang Ye.
The eldest sister was Cao Dan. She was 13 years old and was not much younger than Zhang Ye.
The second sister was Cao Tong. She was 12 years old. Her personality was quite frank, like a boy. She was good at making big hoohas.
The third sister was Cao Mengmeng. She was 11 years old. She was the most mischievous of all. She made a fuss all day and she was not afraid of doing anything.
In summary, none of these three girls were easy to deal with.
When Zhang Ye saw them, he sighed, "Little Dan, Little Tong, Mengmeng."
The eldest sister was considered the quietest amongst the three. She obediently called, "Bro."
His second and third sister were not that particular. Cao Tong slapped Zhang Ye on the shoulder loudly, "Well done, Bro! You became a mage after I had not seen you for a few days!"
Grandma shot a glance at her, "This kid… How can you speak to your older brother in this manner?"
Cao Mengmeng sank as she held Zhang Ye's arm while laughing,"Bro your become a mage so awesome. Hehe. Bro, you must have made quite a lot of money? Be honest. The few of us don't have any allowance left to spend. My parents also aren't giving me any pocket money. We will be relying on you."
Money?
Hurhur, what sort of question was that!
You are my sisters; how can I not give money if you ask?
Well, but talking about money hurts feelings, so let's change the subject!