Chapter 2. Self-declaration of class, preparing to join the team...
Lin Xiaoxiao nodded repeatedly, three minutes was enough.
She eagerly explained her purpose: "I want to join your team and run dungeons with you."
Over the course of a few days, she considered whether she could truthfully tell Xiao Weizhi about the three major calamities he would encounter in the future, so that he could be careful and take precautions.
But the moment the thought crossed her mind, it felt like her brain was being violently jolted by an electric current, and the instantaneous pain made Lin Xiaoxiao immediately dismiss the idea.
After much thought, she decided that the best way was for her to join Xiao Weizhi's team, follow him to the dungeon to level up, and find an opportunity to help him survive the disaster.
Xiao Weizhi slowly unbuttoned a pair of cuffs at his wrists and sneered, "My team doesn't accept useless trash."
Lin Xiaoxiao said anxiously, "My talent is a huge storage space. I can carry a lot of things, making me the best candidate for logistics."
Xiao Weizhi's gaze fell on her broken leg, his eyes playful, his expression as if asking: "With a limp, can't you run logistics?"
Lin Xiaoxiao followed his gaze and saw the empty space on his right leg; her eyes suddenly darkened.
Besides transporting supplies, the most important function of logistics is to ensure that the equipment can move around.
They can avoid more than 80% of the dangers by themselves in advance, and after the team's battle, they will consciously collect supplies and find a good campsite in advance.
People with a pair of good legs may not be able to do these things, let alone she is now a cripple with only one leg left.
Then Xiao Weizhi said coldly, "You can't go anywhere. You'll stay here until I find the unbinding tool."
The implication is that, for the sake of his life as the heir of the Xiao family, she, a burden with no fighting ability, will be kept here as a decoration under tight protection.
For a moment, the two fell silent.
Lin Xiaoxiao was having a fierce internal struggle, unsure whether to tell her the truth about her career change.
Xiao Weizhi looked at the watch on his hand: "Three minutes are up, get out."
Just as he was about to kick him out, Lin Xiaoxiao quietly revealed, "I... I've mutated my profession; I'm a treasure chest merchant."
Xiao Weizhi's pupils suddenly contracted. A super hidden profession - Treasure Chest Merchant?
That super-special class, known as a walking treasure trove that specializes in producing BOSS chests, last appeared 600 years ago.
Seeing that he didn't react, Lin Xiaoxiao hurriedly brought up her job panel and displayed it directly in front of him:
Name: Lin Xiaoxiao
Age: 21
Occupation: Treasure Chest Merchant [Super Hidden Occupation]
Destined Bound Person: Xiao Weizhi [Effect: Shared Life and Death]
Level: LV1 (0/20000)
Job Skills: Daily Treasure Chest [0/10] (10,000 Gold Coins/chest), Lucky Treasure Chest (refreshes daily), Sacrifice to the Goddess of Fortune (once every six months)
Other skills: Identification (primary), Collection (intermediate)
Talents: Extra-large storage space, Lucky Libra, [Negative Buff: Experience Points -50% (Permanent)]
The age displayed on the panel was erased by Lin Xiaoxiao using an information modification item she took out from the daily luck treasure chest, which erased the second half of the soul age.
Otherwise, she wouldn't dare to show her career panel so openly. She would take the secret of traveling through books and exchanging souls to the grave, and no one would know it except her and the gods.
After taking a deep breath, Xiao Weizhi carefully gazed at the seemingly frail woman in front of him and reassessed her value in his mind.
Her profession is A-level talent: super-large storage space. As a merchant, she is utterly worthless.
However, with her A-level talent of "super-large storage space" and profession of "treasure chest merchant," her value is immeasurable.
Lin Xiaoxiao was very anxious as she waited for Xiao Weizhi's reply.
She didn't know whether revealing her profession this time was a good thing or a bad thing.
But it was a rare chance to live again, and she didn't want to be inexplicably forced to follow the villain and sleep in the cold underground in a few years.
After a moment, Xiao Weizhi looked directly at Lin Xiaoxiao, his eyes cold yet carrying a hint of shrewd calculation: "So, what do you want from joining my team?"
Lin Xiaoxiao took a deep breath and gave the reason she had already thought of: "I have no combat power, but I need to level up. At level 0, I can only produce the lowest-level BOSS treasure chests, and the items I can get are the lowest-level black iron."
His ambition to make progress was completely undisguised in his words.
Xiao Weizhi lowered his eyes, hiding the thought in his eyes. His voice was calm and straightforward, without any emotional fluctuations: "Go back and rest first. I will give you the answer tomorrow. I will ask the maid to take you back."
Lin Xiaoxiao quickly shook her head, then smiled and said, "No need, I remember the way back, I can go back by myself."
After leaving the room, Lin Xiaoxiao glanced back at the ornately carved door, which was slightly ajar but not completely closed. A confident smile appeared on her lips.
She had a feeling that she would get a reply from Xiao Weizhi allowing her to join the team tomorrow.
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The next morning, a maid brought a man who looked to be about 60 years old, dressed in a white priest's robe, with a white beard that reached his chest, and who was a priest, into Lin Xiaoxiao's room.
The old pastor, Zhou Shen, possessed an extraordinary demeanor and a very kind and gentle temperament. With clear eyes and a slow, gentle voice, he introduced himself: "Hello, my name is Chen Sen, and I am a pastor. I have been entrusted by Young Master Xiao to perform a limb restoration procedure for you."
As someone who possesses master-level limb restoration skills, Chen Sen spoke and acted very gently, and did not show any arrogance or look down on Lin Xiaoxiao.
Lin Xiaoxiao immediately put down the book she was reading, stood up straight with her cane, and greeted them politely: "Hello, my name is Lin Xiaoxiao, I am a guest who is temporarily staying here."
Chen Sen seemed to have thought of something, and after glancing at Lin Xiaoxiao, he gave her a knowing smile.
He smiled and asked gently, "Can we start now?"
Lin Xiaoxiao nodded quickly: "Okay, how can I cooperate with you?"
Chen Sen gestured for her to sit down in a relaxing chair. Then, his spatial ring glowed slightly, and a 1.8-meter-long, exquisitely crafted staff, inlaid with a green crystal the size of a baseball, appeared in his hand.
He held a staff, his body radiating a faint white light, and he muttered a long incantation: '.'
As the spell fell, a warm white light enveloped Lin Xiaoxiao's body.
Many tiny, bright dots appeared out of thin air, playfully circling around her many times, and finally all condensed on the broken section of her right leg, connecting to form a semi-transparent leg, and quickly transforming into a fleshy state, with only the two sections not yet connected.
Just as the regeneration of her right leg was about to be completed, a faint golden light flashed across the cross-section of Lin Xiaoxiao's severed leg. Then, the limb restoration surgery, which was about to be completed, seemed to be interrupted out of thin air.
Even the right leg, composed of light elements, shattered completely, turning into countless tiny specks that fell to the ground.
Chen Sen looked stunned. He never expected that the skill formula, which was about to be completed, would fail inexplicably at the most crucial moment.
Unaware of the problem, he thought it was his fault. Despite several limb regeneration surgeries, Lin Xiaoxiao's severed leg remained unchanged.
Chen Sen's energy was completely depleted. He gripped his staff with one hand, panting heavily, and with the other hand, he shakily wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Lin Xiaoxiao roughly guessed the reason for the failure of the limb restoration surgery, and maintained a somewhat forced smile on her face.
Upon hearing the news, Xiao Weizhi rushed over immediately, frowned, and asked Chen Sen in a low voice, "Uncle Chen, what's going on?"
Chen Sen sighed softly and shook his head: "I'm sorry, Young Master Xiao, there is a rule of law in this young lady's severed leg. No matter how many times the limb restoration technique is used, it is impossible to make her grow a new leg."
Xiao Weizhi nodded, a gentle smile on his face: "Thank you for your hard work today, Uncle Chen. Let me see you downstairs."
After they left the room, Lin Xiaoxiao stroked the broken section of her right leg and said with a wry smile, "Looks like I can only be a beautiful cripple from now on."
That’s right, how can the tribute that has been offered to the gods in exchange for life be restored again?
Standing outside the door, Xiao Weizhi felt a strange pang in her heart upon hearing these words, and a strange feeling inexplicably arose.
But before he could think any further, he bent his index finger and tapped the door three times with his knuckle: "I came to get Uncle Chen's hat. Can I come in?"
Lin Xiaoxiao hurriedly lowered her skirt to cover the broken leg and replied softly, "Yes, please come in."
Xiao Weizhi came in, took a hat from the cabinet by the door, glanced at the superficial smile on her face out of the corner of his eye, and then turned and left quickly.
Until the full moon rose high in the night sky.
Xiao Weizhi had just returned from outside. While tugging at the tie around his neck, he asked the maid beside him, "Is she asleep?"
The maid quickly replied, "Miss Lin is still awake at this hour, young master. Should I go and invite her over?"
Xiao Weizhi pondered for three seconds, then refused in a deep voice: "No need, I'll go find her."
'Knock knock knock—' The wooden door was knocked three times with just the right amount of force, and it was clear that the person knocking on the door was an extremely restrained and well-mannered person.
Lin Xiaoxiao thought to herself, "It's finally here."
She quickly put away the book she was reading, tidied her slightly messy hair at her temples, and said softly to the door, "Come in."
Xiao Weizhi pushed open the door after receiving a response, but when he saw the scene in front of him, his heart skipped a beat for two seconds.
Under the warm light, beneath the lace-covered bed curtains, sat Lin Xiaoxiao, dressed in a pure white dress, looking adorable. She held a book in her arms, appearing extremely well-behaved.
Xiao Weizhi walked quickly to the bedside, put one hand in his pocket, and looked down at Lin Xiaoxiao, who was sitting obediently on the bed, ignoring the strange feelings in his heart.
His voice was flat and even, he said, "I agree to let you join the team, but from now on, the treasure chest and its products will belong to me."
Lin Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Okay, it's a pleasure to work with you."
And so, one person stood by the bed and the other sat on the bed, and they chatted calmly for a while, finalizing their future cooperation plan.
From now on, Lin Xiaoxiao will join the team to run dungeons. She doesn't need to do anything. She just needs to stay in the team and be a mascot to gain experience. The Xiao family and Xiao Weizhi will do their best to meet all her needs (including: daily necessities, experience and gold coins needed for leveling up...).
The price is that even if the bond is broken later, Lin Xiaoxiao will have to stay in the Xiao family and provide them with treasure chests until her death.
An hour later, Xiao Weizhi spent 100,000 gold coins and got the ten treasure chests for today from Lin Xiaoxiao, and prepared to leave.
Before leaving, he said something inexplicably: "We are just partners. Don't have any unreasonable expectations. I have a fiancée."
Lin Xiaoxiao waved her hands rapidly in front of her chest and quickly explained, "I treat you as my boss and I would never have any other improper thoughts about you, so please rest assured."
His tone was 100% sincere.
Just kidding, as a boss, the villain's style of doing things is very generous. As long as it can create value for him and the Xiao family, there is no limit to how much money he will spend.
But as a partner, his controlling nature...
She's not stupid; she definitely knows what to choose.
For some reason, Xiao Weizhi had clearly gotten the answer he wanted, but a feeling of dissatisfaction inexplicably emerged in his heart. He said coldly: "It's good that you know."
He then turned and left.
Lin Xiaoxiao was left sitting on the bed, confused and thinking about what had happened. She wondered if it was the wrong thing she had said that had caused her future boss's handsome face to turn dark.
After a moment, she clapped her hands. She must have been too serious in her words just now and forgot to show her loyalty and flatter her boss.
A note from the author:
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Xiaoxiao revealed that she had been carefully considering her profession for several days. As a special mascot with no combat power, she wanted to level up and survive, so she chose to cling to the villain's coattails.
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