Chapter 53
"..." Ning Baiquan asked: "How much?"
Su Xingyuan patiently repeated, "27,350 magic crystals, no bargaining."
Deputy Chief Ning took a second to react, then said to his assistant with a wooden face, "Pull out a table and calculate the price of these... heads."
The assigned civilian assistant's breath suddenly stopped.
This was truly a sudden disaster. He didn't want to focus on those people at all!
No one knew how many curse words the assistant cursed in his heart during this period, but as a conscientious assistant, he still matched those heads with those on the wanted list as quickly as possible and calculated the final total amount.
"27,250 magic crystals, Deputy Captain Ning."
Hearing this result, Ning Baiquan's death gaze, which was greatly weakened by his glasses, immediately turned to the black-haired boy who was waiting obediently.
The black-haired boy blinked and said confidently, "I solved your annual or even two-year performance in just one day. Isn't it worth a hundred magic crystals for hard work?"
Ning Baiquan: "That's true. But maybe there are still some people in this world who make a living by bounties, bounty hunters?"
Su Xingyuan: “Really?”
Ning Baiquan: “…”
I can't stand it anymore. Whoever wants to be the vice president can be the vice president! He quits his job now!
He took a deep breath and kept himself calm. In fact, sometimes the incident itself is not the most troublesome thing. It is the black-haired boy's attitude of hating dogs that makes people want to vomit three liters of blood.
What else can I do? I won't change even if I scold you, and I can't beat you even if I hit you.
Of course I spoil him!
After all, no matter what method is used, catching all the wanted criminals within a day is also a manifestation of strength...right?
Ning Baiquan gritted his teeth and said, "...Let's swipe the card."
And you have to swipe the president's card.
The Hunter Association's annual expenditures are too huge, and they have a set budget. They cannot come up with so much money at once, so they can only advance part of it from the wealthy president.
You know, 27,000 magic crystals is definitely not a small number. One million magic crystals can buy a small country.
After all, magic crystals are produced from within the gate. Getting them will inevitably involve great risks and sacrifices, and the output is low.
Ning Baiquan could only be thankful that the bounty lists in the past two years were all for wanted hunters with relatively low bounties.
There are not many wanted criminals worth one thousand magic crystals like the one Su Xingyuan caught for the first time. Otherwise, Ning Baiquan would have to consider lending money to Su Xingyuan in the name of the Hunter Association to pay the bounty.
That sounded a bit too tragic, and Ning Baiquan didn't want to think about it anymore.
He was very efficient and quickly put the magic crystal onto Su Xingyuan's card.
"Thank you, Deputy Captain Ning." Su Xingyuan thanked him politely and turned around to go to Hunter Bank.
He needs to take out all these magic crystals, but one card cannot be exchanged with the system mall.
The Hunter Bank headquarters is five stories high. From the outside, it looks like a large shopping mall with luxurious decoration. There is also a security team composed of hunters patrolling, which seems to be the work of Babel.
The moment Su Xingyuan stepped in, a service staff member saw him and immediately came over to greet him.
"Excuse me, are you a Suxingyuan hunter? Please show me your hunter qualification certificate."
Su Xingyuan showed her the qualification certificate. The waiter read it carefully and smiled even brighter: "S-level hunters enjoy SVIP services in our bank. Please follow me."
He was taken to a private room on the first floor.
Hunter Bank is indeed very large. The front of the first floor is the regular customer reception area, while in the back are small soundproof boxes that are specially used to receive distinguished guests.
Su Xingyuan took a look at the snacks in the box, and sure enough, they also had a special effect of increasing physical strength.
He handed the card over: "Take out all the magic crystals inside and send them here."
"Okay, please wait a moment."
Su Xingyuan didn't wait, he went straight to the second floor.
When arriving at a new place, of course, players should explore it completely to satisfy their curiosity.
As soon as the elevator opened, the sounds of lively conversation inside reached his ears. Su Xingyuan looked over and found that this was an area like a free market.
The Hunter Bank provides a unified stall, and hunters who enter the door and obtain props or equipment will come here to sell the items.
However, there are only a few hunters who are so lucky. There are more pharmacists or blacksmiths here who sell their homemade medicines or equipment.
Su Xingyuan looked all the way and found that their prices were not high. The lowest one only cost four or five magic crystals. If he went a little deeper, he would find equipment costing more than three digits of magic crystals.
"These are all personal transactions. If a Xingyuan hunter wants equipment or potions, Tongtianlou can connect you with a master."
A charming voice came from behind him.
Su Xingyuan had already seen someone approaching on the small map. Hearing this, he turned around and said calmly, "No need. I have enough equipment and I don't usually use potions in battle."
The person who came was Xu Banmeng. After hearing this, she was slightly startled: "No need for medicine?"
The potion business is one of her most profitable businesses. Basically all hunters who enter the dungeon cannot do without potions with various functions, and those with healing and mana-replenishing effects are in great demand.
After all, sometimes, one more potion may mean one more life.
Su Xingyuan smiled slightly: "It's like this, because I often encounter monsters that die if I touch them, so I basically pass the level without any damage."
Xu Banmeng: “……?”
Does it have to be so extreme?
Just as she was about to say something, she remembered the news about City C that she had seen and fell silent. She realized that what the black-haired boy said... seemed to be true.
However, her purpose was not to sell any potions or equipment.
"Mr. Su Xingyuan, are you still not going to consider it? To join Tongtian Tower, you will need one million magic crystals, payable immediately."
Xu Banmeng approached the black-haired boy, with a smile in his eyes, and his voice was full of temptation: "The wealth of our guild is not comparable to that of the Hunter Association. Even in other countries, no one does not know about my Tongtian Tower."
The black-haired boy tilted his head slightly and looked down at her, a gentle smile on his lips: "I have never thought of joining a guild, but if you keep telling me that you are rich..."
Those emerald green eyes were curved, but there was no emotion in their depths, they were terrifyingly calm.
"I might just grab it, what do you think?"
The atmosphere suddenly became cold.
Xu Banmeng narrowed his eyes slightly, and his gaze suddenly became a little sharper. He stared straight into the eyes of the black-haired boy, as if he wanted to see his true inner thoughts.
"Xingyuan Hunter is such a joker."
Su Xingyuan's smile gradually brightened: "If you think so, there is nothing I can do."
Xu Banmeng: “…”
She really didn't dare to gamble with Su Xingyuan's conscience like this.
The news that Su Xingyuan hunted down all the hunters on the wanted list within one day and took their heads to exchange for bounties has now spread. After all, he did not avoid anyone when he carried that big bag of heads away.
Xu Banmeng was very attracted by this kind of initiative and strength, so after knowing that Su Xingyuan came to Hunter Bank, he rushed over immediately and tried to recruit him in person again.
But obviously, while she was moved, she was also very afraid of this madness.
"Forget it," Xu Banmeng sighed as if giving up, and instantly regained his smiling face, "Since the Xingyuan Hunter doesn't want to join the guild, should we accept the commission?"
Su Xingyuan: "I work 24 hours a day..."
Xu Banmeng: "One hundred thousand magic crystals for one order."
Su Xingyuan: "It's not impossible to arrange the schedule."
Xu Banmeng: “…”
The slight annoyance she had just felt suddenly disappeared, and for some reason, she even felt like laughing.
No wonder Ning Baiquan and the others could tolerate him and always finish off his crimes for free.
Xu Banmeng's mood improved, and the smile on his face looked more sincere. "In November, after the Hunter Exchange, I need to go to the southern states to discuss a business deal. I hope you can come with me then."
Su Xingyuan keeps to herself and is hardly involved with any forces, so people won't think that she has taken sides or anything like that. If she had a new S-rank combat hunter like this, her safety would be greatly improved.
As she spoke, she was still paying attention to Su Xingyuan's expression, wondering how she would make amends if he felt offended by her words.
After all...it sounds a lot like a bodyguard.
Su Xingyuan glanced at the date and thought it was feasible: "The deposit is 20%. If I happen to be in the dungeon during those days, I will skip work and the deposit will not be refunded."
Xu Banmeng suddenly felt that he had worried for nothing, and said with his hand on his forehead: "So the only thing you care about is the deposit..."
Su Xingyuan smiled and said, "If you are doing a mission, of course you have to care about the mission reward."
"Now that we have reached a consensus, let's discuss it another day." Xu Banmeng looked around. Although her bodyguards separated the crowd, there were still many people here. "I wish you all the best, Xingyuan Hunter."
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Su Xingyuan took out the magic crystals from his card and found that there were 30,350 in total.
It seems that Ning Baiquan still put 27,350 magic crystals into his card, giving him an extra hundred.
Su Xingyuan was very moved and decided to help the Hunter Association catch more wanted criminals when he had the chance in the future to reduce their manpower pressure.
He put the magic crystals into his backpack, kept 3,000 for reserve, and exchanged the rest for gold coins.
The exchange rate between magic crystals and gold coins is one to one. In order to encourage players to work hard to earn gold coins, the game has taken great pains.
Now that he has over 50,000 gold coins, he can definitely buy the [Assimilated Fish Tail] in full.
It just so happened that the pet egg’s hatching time was almost approaching, so Su Xingyuan returned directly to his home.
After being homeless and sleeping in the open for the past few days, it seems like a lifetime ago when I return home.
Taking advantage of the remaining gold coins, Su Xingyuan upgraded his home once more, bringing it to the fifth stage.
In an instant, the territory he owned expanded several times again, and the cabin was built to be three stories high, looking like the prototype of a castle.
In addition, there is a blue lake in the home. Su Xingyuan took a look and found that the water was very clean and clear, which was just right for testing the effectiveness of [Assimilated Fish Tail].
Su Xingyuan was not in a hurry to check the [Assimilated Fish Tail], but first took the pet egg out of the backpack and placed it on the ground.
He was really curious about what this pet, which had snatched such a huge magic snake from him at the last moment, looked like.
[Remaining hatching time: 3s]
Tiny cracks began to appear on the eggshell.
【2s】
The crack grew bigger, and Su Xingyuan vaguely saw something moving inside.
【1s】
“Crack.”
The top of the eggshell was finally broken.
A round black head poked out from inside.
Su Xingyuan met the pair of golden eyes, and then his gaze slowly fell on the name above its head.
[Name: Black Dragon Cub]
Su Xingyuan raised his eyebrows slightly: "Dragon?"
As he spoke, he lifted up the man's head and placed it in the palm of his hand.
The entire icy ball was not even as big as his palm. The little dragon couldn’t even stand firmly and fell into his palm with a plop.
It doesn't look like a black dragon cub, but more like a big black rat.
Su Xingyuan's expression suddenly turned cold.
"Oh, dragon."
Dragon cub: "...Ji? QAQ"
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