24: I'm too embarrassed to see anyone!

Xia Qi’s words instantly turned Su Qingqing’s face as red as a monkey’s butt; if she could, she would have wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

She really had no face to see anyone.

Xia Qi, on the other hand, looked calm, giving Su Qingqing some time to recover.

“Um, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving first.”

Su Qingqing gritted her teeth, secretly glancing at Xia Qi, looking very much like a little resentful wife.

“If the Su Family in Jiangcheng knows I’m back, they definitely won’t let me off. After I contact the captain, I’ll take a car and leave.”

“Understood. Be careful on your way.”

The two entered the city, Xia Qi waved his hand and parted ways with Su Qingqing, then headed straight to the black market.

Don’t look at how it was already midnight; the black market was open twenty-four hours a day.

Entering the underground black market again, Xia Qi found that there were even more people at night.

There were at least dozens of people gathered around the counters in the entire hall, either trading items or accepting quests.

There were several such trading counters, so Xia Qi was not in a hurry. He found the counter of the woman from the daytime and quietly waited in line.

During this time, Xia Qi sent his Rank information to Su Yuanchen and his homeroom teacher. He had now reached Rank 10, and according to their bet, if Su Yuanchen was slower than him, he would have to pay 10 million.

Su Yuanchen, who had fought for a day and only managed to reach Rank 8 with the help of another Professional Squad, stomped his feet in anger when he saw the message from Xia Qi.

“Damn it, that guy reached Rank 10. Even A-Rank Professional Squads are trash.”

Looking at the new team fighting monsters not far away, this was an A-Rank Professional Squad he had newly hired for 5 million to power level him.

He had originally thought of overtaking him, but he never expected Xia Qi’s leveling speed to be too fast, not giving him any chance at all.

“No, when I go back tonight, I have to ask my family to find a way to help me upgrade my Talent to S-Rank.”

The chasm of Talent made Su Yuanchen extremely envious. If he also had an S-Rank Talent, he definitely wouldn’t be worse than Xia Qi.

As long as one was willing to spend money and purchase some precious resources, Talent could indeed be upgraded. However, the upgraded Talent still had a considerable gap compared to the Awakened Talent, only being able to exert half of the ability of that Rank, and was called a Pseudo-Talent User.

But Su Yuanchen didn’t care. A Pseudo S-Rank was still an S-Rank Talent, wasn’t it?

“Butler, transfer 10 million to him.”

Gritting his teeth, faced with the undeniable truth, Su Yuanchen had no choice but to admit defeat and could only instruct the butler to transfer the money to Xia Qi.

Otherwise, if he lost and didn’t pay up, he couldn’t afford to lose the Su Family’s face.

“Heh heh, Xia Qi, don’t get too complacent too soon. Wait until the baseline exam in a week, and see how I deal with you.”

Su Yuanchen revealed a wicked smile. He would absolutely not give up Yun Qingyue so easily.

A few minutes later, Xia Qi, waiting in the black market hall, received the transfer notification. 10 million had been automatically deposited into his personal account.

“Alright, he didn’t go back on his word.”

This 10 million was obtained relatively easily. If he were to farm monsters and collect Materials himself, he probably wouldn’t be able to gather 10 million in less than ten days to half a month.

14.95 million, plus the Materials and weapons in his space, was enough to cover the price of four Talent Potions.

The remaining money would be used for learning skills after he transferred his profession at the Professional Guild tomorrow.

Before long, the person in front had finished their transaction. Xia Qi adjusted his mask, making sure there were no flaws, then walked over.

“Little brother, in just one day, you’ve changed quite a bit. If I hadn’t seen the mask, I almost wouldn’t have recognized you.”

Lina pressed her ample chest against the counter, her deep cleavage fully exposed.

“Your change isn’t small either.”

Xia Qi teased.

“Little brother, who taught you all this? You’re still young.”

Lina ran her hand through her golden wavy hair, giving Xia Qi a charming side-eye.

As an experienced person, she couldn’t even catch a newcomer’s joke.

“Let’s not waste any more words. Help me tally these Materials and see how much they’re worth.”

With that, Xia Qi poured all his day’s gains onto the counter in one go, a large pile clattering down.

Lina stepped back, her chest heaving, creating ripples.

“So much?”

She then put on gloves and began to inspect them.

“Flame Grass, Ice Grass, good, all of excellent quality.”

“Gray Wolf Skin, Barbarian Beast Bone, aren’t these from monsters above Rank 15? Did you kill these too?”

“Wow, don’t pour any more! Let’s go to a room to tally them separately.”

Seeing Xia Qi pour more and more, almost filling up the trading counter, Lina quickly stopped Xia Qi and led him to a room specifically used for transactions.

Pointing to a five-meter-long trading table, Lina said, “You can put all your things here, and I’ll tally them one by one.”

Xia Qi nodded and poured out all the Materials he had just put away again.

He poured for a full minute before finally stopping.

At this point, the five-meter-long tabletop was completely filled.

Looking at the hundreds, even thousands, of Materials and items before her, Lina’s eyes widened, and she asked in a disbelieving tone, “Are these the Materials you farmed during the day?”

“What else?”

“How many Treants did you kill?!”

Lina immediately saw that the vast majority of these were Materials dropped by Treants from the Twisted Jungle. What surprised her was that there were also eight Treant King Seeds among them!

“If I didn’t know your Talent, I would really suspect you have the Lucky Talent.”

Lina knew that Xia Qi had an Elemental Talent, so she didn’t think in that direction, but in reality, Xia Qi did indeed have the Lucky Talent.

After tallying the Treant Materials, what remained were the Materials contributed by the B-Rank Professional Squad.

The quantity wasn’t large, only a few dozen, but the monsters’ Rank were not low, so they still had value.

“Are you planning to sell these three Bronze weapons and skill books?”

Lina did not ask Xia Qi where these things came from, although she had already guessed that Xia Qi had likely wiped out a Professional Squad of over Rank 20.

But due to the rules, such matters could not be discussed openly.

“Sell them all. You can give me an estimate.”

Xia Qi said calmly. Lina was very smart and knew what to ask and what not to ask.

Soon, Lina inspected all the items and recorded their prices and quantities.

After confirming there were no issues, she took out a calculator and began to calculate.

Listening to the mechanical voice continuously calling out numbers, the smile on Xia Qi’s face grew wider.

Finally, when Lina finished calculating the last item, she pressed the equals sign, and the price was revealed.

“See for yourself.”

Lina took a deep breath and pushed the calculation result in front of Xia Qi.

“In total, 1,807,534 yuan!”

Seeing this number, Xia Qi was momentarily stunned. He really hadn’t expected these Materials to sell for so much money.

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