181: Dong Shi imitating

Shen Bei found the Zha Tian Gang Four-person Group and Zhao Long's bragging a bit noisy and even out of place.

Shen Bei didn't care at all about Zhao Long's behavior, and even felt a little disdainful.

In this world, there are countless Martial Artists affiliated with companies.

The more Martial Artists a company has, the more policy support the country provides.

After all, Martial Artists are a double-edged sword.

To have them work peacefully when quiet, and act like tigers descending a mountain when active, this is the balance the country has always pursued.

It's not a big problem for ordinary people to acknowledge street loafers.

Suppressing them as soon as they emerge is easy to handle.

But if Martial Artists become hooligans, then the trouble is immense.

If they don't resist, it's fine, but once they resist, it's a chaotic brawl.

Therefore, the country also encourages various companies to accept more Martial Artists as employees.

Of course, the policy is good.

But for thousands of years in this country, one saying has been followed: 'When there are policies from above, there are countermeasures from below.'

Just like Zhao Long, he finds Martial Artists to affiliate with his company to boost its presence, but in reality, it's just a matter of giving them money; they don't need to participate in specific work.

Originally, Shen Bei wanted to refuse Zhao Long's proposal.

Shen Bei wasn't short on money; a casual trip to the dungeon was enough for him to earn a fortune.

But Shen Bei didn't refuse.

The reason was... Third Master.

According to Zhao Long's description, this Third Master's appearance was too familiar!

Shen Bei suppressed the urge to get to the bottom of it, and to avoid alerting the enemy, he didn't ask too many questions. Once he had a chance to meet him, everything would be clear.

"Affiliation is fine," Shen Bei said, his expression unchanged, his gaze calm. "I also want to see the legendary Third Master and exchange experiences with him."

Zhao Long, slightly tipsy, said, "That's difficult. I can't even find him. However, if there's an opportunity, I'll definitely introduce you. After all, you'll eventually enter Shen City."

"Shen City is not like Lingnan City or Changtu County, where everyone lives at a slow pace and sees each other frequently."

"That's a place where Dragons and fish are mixed; exchanging experiences with an old hand like Third Master will also be beneficial."

Shen Bei nodded, tapping the table. "You all enjoy yourselves, I have to go to work."

Zhao Long was stunned, watching Shen Bei leave, and asked the Four-person Group, "He's..."

Qi Chuanyu smacked his lips. "You know, some Martial Artists' hobbies... are quite unique, or rather, eccentric."

"Oh." Zhao Long thoughtfully stroked his chin. "So capable, he's a Genius at entrepreneurship."

The Four-person Group collectively gave him a look of disdain.

Entrepreneurial Genius?

Heh heh.

The Four-person Group felt Zhao Long's perspective was too narrow.

Shen Bei being a Genius at murder and robbery was more like it.

...

That night.

Shen Bei finished his odd job.

He received 320 yuan in compensation.

He dragged the four drunken individuals back to school.

Shen Bei threw them onto their beds, genuinely disdainful. "No matter the price of the dishes, you still get drunk if you drink too much."

...

The next day.

Shen Bei woke up from his bed.

Another day full of energy.

The daily settlement panel arrived as scheduled.

【Yesterday's settlement rewards are as follows:】

【Completed restaurant waiter work, reward money +380, Agility +1, Smoke Resistance +50%, Balance +20, Knife Skill Accuracy +20.】

Shen Bei scanned the information at a glance.

Yesterday's work reward of Agility was a bit unexpected.

But it also seemed reasonable.

Serving dishes quickly, responding quickly to customer needs, fetching drinks one moment, beer the next, and even running out to buy cigarettes.

To activate Agility +1, that was also his effort!

As for Balance, it was also quite interesting.

Shuttling between customers with trays, neither bumping into customers nor spilling soup and water, could also be considered a test of Balance.

Smoke Resistance goes without saying, it was naturally activated by him cooking a dish himself.

However, when Shen Bei saw Knife Skill Accuracy, he suddenly remembered something.

"Is Miller a big swindler? Did he not get my business done?"

Shen Bei remembered that when he traded the alien captives and the Black Bat in the dungeon, it was a package deal, plus a dual-blade Martial Skill.

"Why hasn't the Martial Skill been delivered yet? Is it stuck in transit again?"

Shen Bei jumped out of bed, planning to go to the school's resource library to check.

If his Martial Skill still hadn't arrived, he would have to make a fuss.

...

He hurried out of the villa.

Just as he arrived at the resource library, a staff member happened to walk out holding a wooden box.

"Perfect timing."

The staff member handed him a slip. "You have a delivery; it saves me a trip."

Shen Bei knew at a glance from the wooden box that it must contain a Martial Skill.

Shen Bei had already received this kind of wooden box twice.

He immediately signed the receipt.

Shen Bei didn't rush back but entered the resource library, spending some points to replenish his Shadow Needles.

The Shadow Needles had played a significant role in the dungeon last time.

It was almost all used up.

If he didn't replenish it, the Shooting Star Sweeping Tail Martial Skill could only be decided by a coin toss.

On the way back to the villa.

He happened to encounter Jian Tong twisting a student's ear and scolding him loudly.

Jian Tong looked like she was exasperated, her small face contorted. "You, I ask you to do something, and it's like asking for your life. Can't you show some initiative!"

The student looked utterly dejected, like a dead dog, and said, "It's humiliating, too humiliating! Teacher, please let me go!"

"What's so humiliating about doing odd jobs? Shen Bei came up this way!"

"Ah~~ He really did come up this way." The student pointed behind Professor Gu Xinrou. "Brother Bei! Please save me!"

The student was almost in tears.

Professor Gu Xinrou elegantly turned around, and upon seeing Shen Bei, she maintained her composure, neither shy nor annoyed.

Today she was wearing a plain white long-sleeved shirt, cream-colored high heels, sleek and long black cropped trousers, and casual gold-rimmed glasses, looking exactly like a sophisticated urban lady.

From the snippets of their conversation, Shen Bei roughly understood.

Good gracious.

Yesterday, he was still saying that people are different.

Today, Professor Gu Xinrou suddenly realized.

It turns out the difference lies in doing odd jobs.

Dear~

It's useless even if you make this student carry bricks until he's smoking.

"Why does it look like Yang Bailao..." Shen Bei mumbled.

Professor Gu Xinrou's eyelashes were long and curled, her eyes like autumn waters. "Successful experience must have patterns to follow, right? It needs to be replicated."

Shen Bei looked at the student, who was being used as an experimental subject, with pity, and sighed. "You really have a hard life."

"Right?" The student showed an expression of finally meeting a kindred spirit in life. "It's really too difficult to endure. I just want to proceed step by step. Professor Gu Xinrou is truly too much of a troublemaker."

"You're talking!"

Professor Gu Xinrou put her hands on her hips, rubbing the student's head. "Useless thing!"

"I--" The student, with a crooked nose, kept his mouth shut.

Professor Gu Xinrou displayed her authority as a teacher, winning a point, and somewhat smugly, turned to Shen Bei and said, "How is your dungeon language learning coming along?"

"Hey, hey! You stop right there! Why are you running!"

"Shen Bei! Come to my culture class tomorrow! If you dare not come, I'll deduct your academic points! Ten points!"

Shen Bei took off running.

Only ten points deducted?

Other students might feel bad, but for Shen Bei, it wasn't even a tickle.

Deduct as much as you want.

He ran through the school's small path.

Shen Bei ran to Central Avenue.

He ran head-on into the Popcorn members, dressed in training uniforms, heading to the Martial Arts Hall.

A vibrant group of beautiful women, a stunning sight.

The vitality of youth seemed to overflow from the scene.

Of course, there was also a rather unsightly element.

That was Du Ziteng, wearing a ridiculously flamboyant red suit, his hair sprayed with gel.

In his hand, he held--

A large steamed bun.

It seemed he wanted to give breakfast to a female student.

Shen Bei smelled a strong leek odor from a distance.

"This idiot..."

Shen Bei's mouth twitched.

"Shen Bei!"

At this moment, Jian Tong jogged over, her eyes revealing a captivating tenderness. "So leisurely?"

Today, Jian Tong wore an incredibly light, pure white, flawless, tight-fitting outfit.

This outfit seemed to be specifically designed to showcase Jian Tong's body curves, with its almost 100% form-fitting design, coupled with her smooth, raven-black long hair, and her playful, exquisite facial features at that moment, her entire body seemed to radiate an unapproachable Holy Light!

"I'm very busy," Shen Bei shrugged.

At this moment, a piercing scream erupted from among the Popcorn members.

Shen Bei looked over and saw Du Ziteng being kicked away by a girl again.

The smell of the leek-filled bun grew even stronger.

Jian Tong chuckled, unfazed, and got to the point. "I heard Cha Xiaodao made a harsh declaration that he wants to challenge you."

"Who?"

"Cha Xiaodao."

"I don't know him."

Jian Tong explained, "He's that madman who challenged the Three-Rank Invincible King."

Shen Bei said "Oh," so that guy was called Cha Xiaodao...

"He has already defeated Liu Hanfeng, Iron Dome, and others," Jian Tong mumbled.

Shen Bei scoffed, "Those two good-for-nothings, they're just pure giveaways."

Jian Tong: ...

"What about you?" Jian Tong asked.

Shen Bei waved his hand. "I don't have time to bother with him. I'm very busy."

Shen Bei was truly very busy.

There were still moves in the Seven Stars Fist that he hadn't developed.

He also had a dual-blade Martial Skill to Cultivate here.

How could he have the leisure and time to fight some Three-Rank Invincible King?

Boring.

Bidding farewell to Jian Tong and the others, Shen Bei helped up Du Ziteng, who was lying on the ground, utterly dejected.

"The Buddha is calling you, waiting for you to spread the Dharma."

After saying that, Shen Bei turned and left directly.

Du Ziteng: ...

That's so damn malicious!