In the living room, Dao Jiu, who had reappeared, looked much cleaner. Although his skin was still dark, his features were finally clearly visible.
He looked to be around thirty or forty years old, with unremarkable features, though his eyes were fairly bright. However, when Shen Qian looked him over, he couldn't help but scratch his head, making him appear somewhat simple-minded.
"My attendant in the Hall of a Hundred Kings said you should have arrived a week ago, so why are you so late?"
Chen Qian poured the other person a glass of water and asked curiously.
"I...I'm lost." Dao Jiu lowered his head slightly, looking a little ashamed.
"..."
Can mountains and seas get lost?
Okay, Shen Qian finally confirmed that it wasn't his imagination; this mountain and sea creature was indeed a rather dim-witted duck.
"I started from Liaocheng, and got lost several times along the way. Later, I found the contact point of the Hundred Kings Hall in Mingcheng, and they sent someone to take me to Jingcheng." Dao Jiu briefly explained his tortuous journey.
"Liaocheng?" Shen Qian gasped in surprise.
That's the capital of the third province in Northeast China, at least several thousand kilometers away from Jingcheng, and Dao Jiu's meaning is quite clear.
He... walked over.
"Why not take a plane?" Shen Qian asked, puzzled.
After stammering for a while, Dao Jiu finally said, "The plane tickets... are too expensive."
Shen Qian froze for a moment, then looked at Dao Jiu with a strange expression.
You, a man of great stature and vast territory, can't even afford a plane ticket?
How did they manage to get by like this?!
"If I remember correctly, the Martial Arts Department provides a subsidy of at least 100,000 yuan per month to experts at the Mountain and Sea level. Where is your money?"
It's not very polite to ask this, but Shen Qian just couldn't resist his curiosity.
“Eating costs a lot, and I also have to maintain my sword,” Dao Jiu replied.
"Raising a sword?" Shen Qian was taken aback.
“I have nine knives, and I have to maintain them all,” Dao Jiu explained seriously. “It costs tens of thousands of yuan every month.”
As he spoke, Dao Jiu opened his long backpack, revealing the various long swords inside.
He didn't ask any further questions before sinking in, but he did sigh with some emotion.
Even with these reasons, Dao Jiu is probably an anomaly in the world if he only lives on welfare.
Putting aside other things, those doctors who are registered at the hospital earn more than several million yuan a year.
In Shen Qian's eyes, Liu Changqing was already poor, while the other party had combat power comparable to Shan Hai, and could spend 60 million to buy a space crystal.
Not to mention Shi Dingyan, whose bank account balance is 90 million and whose fixed assets are countless.
Compared to these people, Dao Jiu is truly... pathetic.
Seeing that Shen Qian was in a daze, Dao Jiu thought he was worried and hurriedly and excitedly explained.
“I will become Mr. Shen’s bodyguard in the future. The Hundred Kings Palace will pay me 500,000 a month, which will be more than enough for me to live on, and I can even save a lot.”
After a moment of clarity, Shen Qian realized that this was the ultimate reason why Dao Jiu was willing to serve as a bodyguard for a year.
However, if he remembered correctly, if he directly exchanged contribution points for a Mountain and Sea Guardian in the Hundred Kings Hall, it seemed to be equivalent to one million per month.
Whether Dao Jiu's price was cheaper or he was ripped off, Chen Qian couldn't be sure for the moment.
“Since we’ll be spending a year together, why don’t you tell me about your past? After all, I know nothing about you except your name,” Shen Qian asked.
Dao Jiu scratched his head and began to talk about his background.
Dao Jiu wasn't called Dao Jiu before; he changed his name after achieving the fame of Shan Hai.
He was an orphan whose parents died in some unverified war. He grew up in an orphanage and then attended a public high school.
Despite his humble origins, Dao Jiu possessed surprisingly good martial arts talent, almost like a natural-born genius, and was eventually admitted to the Northeast United Martial Arts University.
With more resources available at university, Dao Jiu made rapid progress and was then recruited as a member by a club.
"Wait a minute!" Shen Qian suddenly interrupted Dao Jiu, "What was the name of the club you just joined?"
"Qianxing Society, what happened?" Dao Jiu asked, somewhat bewildered.
"Hmm...and then?"
"I received a lot of resources from the Thousand Stars Society. When I graduated, the Thousand Stars Society held an assessment. As long as I passed, I would get a trial opportunity."
Dao Jiu clicked his tongue and recalled, "I passed that test, and they left me a 'path'. After I broke through to the peak of the high martial artist level, I completed the trial, comprehended that 'path', and then became Shan Hai."
So, does the Thousand Stars Society really help its members achieve great things?
No wonder it is called the cradle of mountains and seas.
Although it is only the Dao of Mountains and Seas, Mountains and Seas are still Mountains and Seas.
However, Shen Qian still asked curiously, "Why don't you try to break through the mountains and seas yourself?"
"It's too difficult." Dao Jiu looked ashamed. "I tried for ten years without success, and I couldn't even get enough to eat. In order to get subsidies, I had no choice but to take other people's 'path'."
...It really is a simple reason.
"Then how did you get into the Hall of a Hundred Kings?" Shen Qian asked the most crucial question.
"I actually don't know what the Hall of a Hundred Kings is." Dao Jiu scratched his head. "It's just that after I completed the trial and broke through to the Mountain and Sea realm, a king found me and said that I was qualified to become a guard of the Hall of a Hundred Kings. He also promised me a lot of benefits, so I joined."
"But after I joined, there was no further news. I waited for more than a year and I was still wondering about it. A few days ago, I finally received a notification, and then I came to find you, Mr. Shen."
Thousand Star Society, Hall of a Hundred Kings.
Could this be...?
Shen Qian seemed to have suddenly realized some astonishing truth, his expression turned strange, and he remained silent for a long time.
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