210: First pot of gold

White Gaze closed in on Bai Yao and his lackey, Bao Shenglei, step by step.

For over a decade, White Gaze had lived under their bullying, and today he would get it back with interest!

"White Gaze, don't forget, it was my family that raised you! Without my family, you wouldn't have survived until today!"

Fear flickered in Bai Yao's eyes, yet he attempted to use the debt of upbringing to morally blackmail White Gaze into letting him go.

"Hmph, if it weren't for that person's commission, forcing me to live without any dignity, I probably would have been tortured to death by you long ago!"

In reality, White Gaze knew everything; he had simply been enduring it all along.

That person was the same, waiting to see his attribute test results and Yu Beast Space talent before determining if he would have any utility in the future!

"Spare, spare me!"

Bai Yao collapsed to the ground, his legs kicking involuntarily as he scooted backward.

"Spare you? That's not impossible—"

Gu Xiaoyue spoke softly, taking the corpse of a mature Tier 5 fierce beast from her Yu Beast Space.

"You guys also collect fierce beast corpses here, right?"

"Yes, yes, we do!"

Bai Yao practically crawled over, reaching Gu Xiaoyue's feet.

All signs of his earlier high spirits, when he intended to reward Gu Xiaoyue to his subordinates, were completely gone.

"Great-aunt, do you want me to help you sell this corpse? No problem, I'll go right away!"

Quite the ability to bend and stretch, Gu Xiaoyue thought, the corners of her lips curling slightly.

"Yes, sell it! However—I want the star coins right now!"

"This—"

Bai Yao glanced at White Gaze; he didn't even have a brain, so how could he give him star coins?

White Gaze understood his thoughts and blushed slightly.

"This is a mature Tier 5 fierce beast corpse; it's worth at least 3 million star coins. If it's inconvenient for you, just write me an IOU first!"

Bai Yao's eyes darted around. He had thought this woman would be hard to deal with, but it was just an IOU; he could just welsh on the debt after writing it!

"Fine, I'll write it, I'll write it!"

He finished writing the IOU in a flash, with the date and fingerprint all properly done, without any issues.

Gu Xiaoyue took a look and put the IOU away.

"White Gaze, strip everyone's clothes off! Leave anything valuable behind!"

Hearing Gu Xiaoyue say this, White Gaze's eyes lit up, and he happily went to strip the big men of their clothes.

He also tucked the cash in damon coins found on them into his arms.

"Why strip our clothes? You stinking woman, don't push your luck!"

Bai Yao was furious and embarrassed. Regardless of whether he could beat Gu Xiaoyue and White Gaze, he stood up, pointed at Gu Xiaoyue's nose, and cursed loudly!

"What a joke. Doesn't the money you owe us accrue interest? One percent interest per day! What's this small change compared to that?"

Gu Xiaoyue raised her head slightly, her eyes meeting Bai Yao's fiery gaze.

"Do you think I don't know the price? A mature Tier 5 fierce beast corpse is only worth a million star coins. Asking me for 3 million is robbery! Be careful or I'll report you!—"

Before he could finish, a gust of wind blew by, feeling like the large hand of an adult man, and "slap!" it struck Bai Yao across the face.

The blow was so direct that half his body tilted, and blood streamed from his nose.

White Gaze thought Bai Yao was going to attack Gu Xiaoyue; he stopped what he was doing and wanted to go to Gu Xiaoyue's side to protect her.

"White Gaze, keep working."

Gu Xiaoyue took out Bai Yao's IOU and waved it.

"Report me for what? You only owe us star coins."

Bai Yao was struck by lightning. He had indeed only written that he owed White Gaze star coins; he hadn't written anything related to the fierce beast corpse.

He couldn't report Gu Xiaoyue for forced buying and selling either; if it really blew up, he would still have to pay back the star coins.

He never intended to pay the star coins in the first place!

"You—"

Gu Xiaoyue's gaze swept over the strong men who hadn't been knocked unconscious.

"Are you going to do it yourselves, or do you want to wait for White Gaze to strip you clean one by one?!"

Everyone looked at each other, and within a second, they began rustling as they took off their own outer clothes, stripping down to just their underwear.

Gu Xiaoyue then turned her gaze to Bai Yao and Bao Shenglei.

Bai Yao dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak; he gritted his teeth and stripped himself naked.

Seeing him do this, Bao Shenglei quickly followed suit.

After stripping the ones who had fainted, White Gaze returned to Gu Xiaoyue's side and handed her the damon coins he had scavenged, like a treasure.

Gu Xiaoyue didn't take them and said to Bai Yao and the others.

"Take the fierce beast corpse and the ones who fainted, and disappear within a minute!"

After saying this, she got up, returned to the yurt, and lay back down on the bed to rest.

There was a clattering noise outside for a while, then White Gaze lifted the curtain and entered.

"Sister, here is the money for you."

This time, he had organized the damon coins, stacking them neatly one by one; there were over fifty thousand damon coins.

"No need. In a few days, when I'm feeling better, we'll go to the city mall and get you a brain. Keep all the money yourself."

Gu Xiaoyue closed her eyes to rest; the morning's commotion had truly left her a bit exhausted.

"Okay, Sister, you are really amazing! Will I be as amazing as you in the future?"

White Gaze was a bit excited. He certainly knew that he was only able to defeat everyone today thanks to Gu Xiaoyue's help.

"You have great potential. From today on, you don't need to work for others anymore. You just need to be responsible for eating well and sleeping well; spend the rest of the time exercising your body and practicing basic skills! By the way, my cooking is pretty good, right? How about I cook for you from now on?"

The air seemed to stagnate for a moment, and White Gaze spoke hesitantly.

"Sister's cooking is very good, but how can your hands do kitchen work? It's better to leave it all to me!"

After he finished speaking, he immediately went to clean up the morning dishes and fled from Gu Xiaoyue's side.

Gu Xiaoyue opened her eyes slightly and glanced at him sideways.

He said she didn't need to do it, but wasn't it just like Chu Li, disliking her cooking skills!

She took a deep breath. How were Chu Li and Shui Lingyu doing now?

The Mountain Demon should have been destroyed by them, and Jingdong should be safe, right?

She had traveled back six years; even if she returned to the Dragon Kingdom now, she wouldn't be able to find them, and might instead encounter the original owner.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but smile bitterly, but according to what White Gaze said earlier.

He and she would find a secret realm entrance, and before the key was even divided, she should have returned to the normal space-time.

Well, since she was here, she would settle in; she just needed to wait with peace of mind—

Meanwhile, Chu Li, Shui Lingyu, and He Zhichen were all standing in front of Gu Yu, Mu Qingning, and Ye Wanrou, lowering their heads in guilt.

Mu Qingning's eyes were red, and she accused them of not taking good care of Gu Xiaoyue.

"So, my Xiao Yue is now neither seen alive nor found dead, is that right?! Give me back my daughter! Since you couldn't protect her, why did you let her go to fight the beast tide? Give me back my daughter!—"

Mu Qingning wanted to beat Chu Li and the others, but she was holding Gu Xiaoyang in her arms.

She cried uncontrollably, and Gu Xiaoyang was also infected by his mother's sorrow, crying loudly.

Gu Yu had an expression of disbelief.

His daughter was the first place in the National Competition and a member of the National Team; how could she have sacrificed herself in the beast tide?

Ye Wanrou also had swollen eyes, confirming it over and over again.

"Xiao Yue is just missing, right? We will find her later, right?"