"Does Assistant Liu think my price is too high?"

Lu Yuan glanced at him, a smile playing on his lips.

No, that's not what I meant.

Assistant Liu blushed and lowered his head, not daring to meet Lu Yuan's gaze.

Since it concerns the Zhao family, he dared not make a decision on his own. 3 million was the limit he could offer; any more would require consulting with President Zhao.

Judging from Lu Yuan's current expression, he is clearly very dissatisfied that President Zhao did not attend in person.

He inevitably had some concerns and fears.

just in case……

Seeing that Assistant Liu was sweating more and more, Lu Yuan waved his hand impatiently.

"Alright, alright, I know you can't make this decision, so hurry back and ask your master!"

"Tell Mr. Zhao that I'm only giving him one day to consider it. The master doesn't have that much time to deal with him!"

Upon hearing this, Assistant Liu felt as if he had been granted a pardon.

"Thank you, Manager Lu. I'll go back and talk to General Manager Zhao right away, and I'll definitely get back to you as soon as possible!"

After saying that, he immediately turned and left.

"Aren't you leaving?"

Seeing that Wu Shi was still standing in the store, Lu Yuan was slightly surprised.

"Manager Lu, thank you so much for helping to cure Yan Bao!" Wu Shi took out a bank card from his pocket. "This is a token of my appreciation, please accept it! It's not much, but it's all my savings!"

Lu Yuan took the bank card, which contained exactly one million.

He looked at Wu Shi intently, then suddenly smiled.

Just now in the backyard, he spent 10 points of divine power to perform a mythical baptism on Flameburst, which is exactly one million.

"You're willing to give, but this amount of money is far from enough. You should save it to give Flamebur some extra nutrition! Don't be fooled by how lively and energetic it is now that it's healed; it needs to make up for the nutritional deficiencies it's suffered over the years!"

Lu Yuan tossed the bank card back to Wu Shi, having no intention of taking his money.

Firstly, this was a business deal between him and the Zhao family. Wu Shi and Yan Bao were merely following orders to be test subjects, so Wu Shi had no right to pay for it.

Secondly, he respected Wu Shi's character and had no reason to accept the money.

After hearing Lu Yuan's words, Wu Shi was deeply moved.

He bowed deeply to Lu Yuan and said sincerely, "Thank you, Manager Lu!"

"It's alright." Lu Yuan waved his hand. "You can come to me again if you have any problems in the future, but then it will be chargeable!"

Wu Shi couldn't help but laugh, "That's for sure! And no matter what, I owe you a favor today!"

As he spoke, he took out his business card and handed it to Lu Yuan.

"If you need anything in the future, feel free to contact me anytime. I will do my best to help you if it's within my power!"

Lu Yuan accepted it without hesitation.

"good!"

Finally, Yanbao glanced at Lu Yuan with reluctance before following Wu Shi away.

After seeing everyone off, Lu Yuan was finally able to sit down and rest for a while.

"Boss, have some water."

Wang Ye handed Lu Yuan a glass of water and sat down opposite him.

"Boss, are you discussing some business with the Zhao family?"

Lu Yuan nodded. "The original cooperation was that I would help the Zhao family train beasts in exchange for money, but it seems that the Zhao family is not sincere enough today."

Wang Ye took a deep breath.

As a native of Yunlei City, he had witnessed the rise of the Zhao family under Zhao Xiongyu's leadership.

Even if they didn't know the details of his methods, they had heard about Zhao Xiongyu's reputation for being ruthless.

How dare the boss confront such an important figure head-on?

ox!

That's absolutely amazing!

"Alright! I'm leaving the shop to you now. I'm going back to rest."

"Okay!"

Lu Yuan gave a brief explanation, then turned and returned to his room, entering the Beast Taming Space directly.

Xiao Yi is severely overexerted today and is sitting cross-legged under the ancient tree.

Lu Yuan walked to Xiao Yi's side, about to speak, but found that Xiao Yi's condition was somewhat different from usual.

Normally, as soon as he enters the Beast Taming Space, Xiao Yi will sense it and rush towards him immediately.

But today, even though I walked right up to it, Xiao Yi didn't react at all.

Could something have happened?

Lu Yuan was a little worried, so he quickly brought up the system and performed a full scan on Xiao Yi.

The result surprised him.

"Little Yi is about to break through!"

Each breakthrough in Beast Taming is a difficult hurdle, requiring not only the support of potential and bloodline level, but also finding the right opportunity.

He originally thought that after Xiao Yi reached the tenth level, it would take her some time to break through to the Xuanzhen level.

I didn't expect to break through on the very next day.

"It seems that using skills to heal the Earth Spirit-level Flameburst has given Xiao Yi a new understanding of breakthroughs."

After a moment's thought, Lu Yuan figured out the reason.

After confirming that Xiao Yi was alright, Lu Yuan finally felt relieved.

Sitting cross-legged next to Xiao Yi, Lu Yuan closed his eyes and began to cultivate, while simultaneously watching over Xiao Yi as she broke through to the next level.

Before we knew it, time flew by, and night had fallen.

When Lu Yuan returned after dinner, he found Xiao Yi still in meditation.

Take out a bag of food and put it next to it, so that Xiao Yi won't wake up hungry after he falls asleep at night.

The moment he put down the food, Xiao Yi suddenly opened her eyes.

"Eee!"

"Hmm? You've made a breakthrough?"

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow, slightly surprised.

"Ee~"

Xiao Yi nodded, rubbed her hand against his, then scooped up the food, hugged it to her chest, and started eating.

Lu Yuan was both amused and exasperated by this.

What a foodie!

If he had known that waking up Xiao Yi was so simple, that it could be done with just a bag of food, why would he have stayed up all day?

That's all.

Just treat it as a form of spiritual practice.

He could feel the spiritual energy accumulating within his body, and his Beast Tamer level had successfully reached the ninth rank!

It won't be long before he becomes a Xuanzhen-level Beast Tamer!

Lu Yuan was filled with excitement.

At this rate of cultivation, he is confident that he will make the elders' council so ashamed that they won't recognize him in the family competition two months from now!

After playing with Xiao Yi for a while in the Beast Taming Space, Lu Yuan returned to his room to prepare for sleep.

Just as I was about to take off my clothes and get into bed, I suddenly heard a rustling sound outside the window.

Lu Yuan immediately perked up.

He glanced at the time; it was already past 1 a.m. Neither Wang Ye nor Uncle Fu would come looking for him at this hour.

The sounds outside the window gradually drew closer.

Lu Yuan didn't have time to think much and quickly found a secluded place to hide.

The window was opened silently from the outside in the next second.

Two people dressed in black jumped in.

By the dim moonlight streaming through the window, Lu Yuan could vaguely make out their outlines; they were two burly men.

They exchanged a gesture, then quickly walked to the bedside, pulled out a long knife, and slashed down!

In an instant, cotton fluff flew everywhere.

The imagined scene of blood splattering did not occur.

The two men exchanged a glance, both seeing shock in each other's eyes.

He then immediately began to cautiously observe his surroundings.

Upon seeing this, Lu Yuan's heart jumped into his throat.