blueteamnovel Chapter 100 Being Watched
Chapter 100 Being Watched
Chapter 100 Being Watched
Yang Yuan was stunned!
Is it really that direct?
Really? Just think about it?
By the time she realized what was happening, Chu Xuan was already gone.
"asshole!"
Yang Yuan immediately gritted her teeth and stomped her feet in anger, realizing that she had been tricked by Chu Xuan.
"Senior sister, isn't it my turn now?"
The outer disciple behind Chu Xuan asked cautiously.
"What do you mean, 'it's your turn'?!"
Yang Yuan slammed her hand on the table in a rage, "What do you think this is, a brothel? Don't you have any manners? Or do you think this is your own private bed?!"
"I----"
The disciples in line were speechless.
What did I say?
"What, you're not convinced? You don't want the pills anymore?" Yang Yuan glared at her.
The disciple immediately cowered and hurriedly bowed and apologized.
Yang Yuan then threw the pill at the other party in a bad mood, a stark contrast to her attitude towards Chu Xuan!
the other side.
After leaving the Inner Affairs Hall, Chu Xuan did not return immediately, but instead wandered around the area.
Along the way, I heard many disciples talking about the Thousand Gold Society, their faces full of anticipation and longing for a bright future. It was as if joining the Thousand Gold Society would make them rich overnight, with a constant stream of contribution points coming their way.
Many members of the Qianjin Society were also spreading the word, stopping passing disciples and telling them about the various benefits of the society.
There seemed to be nothing unusual, but Chu Xuan frowned deeply.
He had never met Yang Yuan before today, but Yang Yuan's attitude was a bit too enthusiastic.
The outer disciples ahead of him did not receive this treatment.
"Are we being watched?"
Chu Xuan frowned in thought.
Since arriving at the Xuan Yang Sect, he has kept a low profile, rarely even leaving his courtyard, and has not offended anyone.
As he was thinking, Chu Xuan's gaze suddenly sharpened.
Beast meat!
If there's anything about me that people are eyeing, it's probably that I recently spent money to buy a large amount of exotic beast meat.
The more Chu Xuan thought about it, the more certain he became!
Aside from spending money to buy exotic beast meat, he was practically a shut-in, and there was nothing about him that Yang Yuan would pay attention to.
After making his way around, Chu Xuan returned to the side of the Inner Affairs Hall and hid in a secluded corner.
Whether you're overthinking it or not, you'll soon find out.
Sure enough, Yang Yuan soon came out of the Inner Affairs Hall and headed towards the area where the outer disciples lived. She soon stopped at the gate of a spacious courtyard.
This courtyard is much more impressive than the one Chu Xuan rents, and even larger than the second courtyard of Chu Xuan's home in Qingshan City.
The monthly fee is at least 30 contribution points.
Yang Yuan glanced around warily at the door, and after confirming that no one was following her, she went inside.
Chu Xuan did not follow them inside, but continued to wait in a corner.
"Why are you here?"
Inside the courtyard, a burly man who looked to be around thirty years old frowned upon seeing Yang Yuan.
"Senior Brother Song, I saw that kid you mentioned today! He's too cautious and won't fall for it at all. What should we do now?" Yang Yuan asked, frowning.
"Not going to take the bait?"
Song Hongguang raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's going on?"
Yang Yuan then briefly recounted her conversation with Chu Xuan, complaining, "This guy is such a coward! And I heard that his mission was to guard the Hundred Beasts Garden."
Those who can enter the Xuan Yang Sect are almost all the pride of their respective cities, and who doesn't have a bit of arrogance in their heart?
Anyone with a bit of pride would want to work as a guard at the zoo.
"Senior Brother Song, are you sure you're not mistaken? Could this guy really be broke?" Yang Yuan asked.
"There's no mistake!"
Song Hongguang sneered, "In just half a month, he spent a full seven or eight thousand taels just on buying exotic beast meat! How could someone like that not have money? The fact that he went to work as a guard at the Hundred Beasts Garden just proves that he's not short of money, doesn't it?"
He said firmly, "This kid is definitely a fat sheep!"
"But what if he doesn't take the bait? Are we supposed to just rob him?" Yang Yuan said helplessly.
Why doesn't it work?
Song Hongguang sneered, "Since the soft approach isn't working, let's try the hard one! Have your two maids keep a close eye on him. I refuse to believe he'll never leave the sect!"
Yang Yuan hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.
Song Hongguang said calmly, "Don't worry, you'll get your share of the benefits! Same old rules!"
Yang Yuan immediately beamed with joy.
Chu Xuan waited outside the door for half an hour before he saw Yang Yuan leave the courtyard and return to the Inner Palace.
"This should be it."
Chu Xuan muttered to himself.
A moment later, he stopped a passing outer disciple and asked, "Senior brother, do you know who lives in this courtyard?"
"You don't even know this? This is the courtyard of Song Hongguang, one of the elders of the Mutual Aid Association! Senior Brother Song was a disciple who entered the sect last year—"
"Thank you, senior brother."
After the man left, Chu Xuan kept the name "Song Hongguang" in his heart.
Chu Xuan returned to the rented courtyard, took all his important belongings with him, and then went back to the No. 9 Beast Park.
For the next few days, Chu Xuan ate and slept at the No. 9 Beast Garden, and didn't even go back to the courtyard he rented.
Zhao Mingyu, the person in charge, actually doesn't manage anything.
Before Chu Xuan arrived, he had to personally kill some powerful alien beasts. After seeing that Chu Xuan was quite strong and could kill alien beasts, he no longer cared about anything else.
The entire animal park was basically managed by Chu Xuan, Liang Ping, Li Fan, and a group of servants.
That evening, Chu Xuan patrolled the animal park as usual.
Behind them, Liang Ping and Li Fan were talking quietly.
"Senior Brother Li, could you lend me some contribution points? I'll pay you back at the end of the month when I collect them. My rent is due, and I'm really—" Liang Ping said, somewhat embarrassed.
Li Fan asked curiously, "Where are your contribution points?"
"I've already joined the Qianjin Club!" Liang Ping said.
"What? You put all of your hundred-plus contribution points into it?" Li Fan was shocked.
"It's not a little over a hundred, it's three hundred!"
Liang Ping shook his head, somewhat smugly saying, "I also borrowed over a hundred contribution points using my identity token, making it a total of three hundred! Starting next month, I'll be able to receive fifteen contribution points every month. After deducting the interest on the loans, I'll still net twelve contribution points each month."
Upon hearing this, Li Fan couldn't help but look at him with envy and said, "You're really brave!"
Liang Ping said smugly, "These days, the bold get rich and the timid starve!"
There are only so many sect missions; how can you get rich just by doing missions? You have to be flexible! Otherwise, you'll be working for the sect your whole life, and when will you have time to cultivate?
Li Fan nodded, deeply agreeing, and said, "That makes sense!"
"So, Senior Brother Li, could you lend me some contribution points? Not many, just ten will do. I'll pay you back as soon as the Thousand Gold Association distributes them," Liang Ping said.
Li Fan immediately looked embarrassed: "Um—to be honest! I've put all my contribution points into the Thousand Gold Club."
"How much did you invest?" Liang Ping asked.
"I borrowed over 300 out of 500 contribution points!"
"————" Liang Ping.
Chu Xuan hadn't intended to speak, but upon hearing their conversation, he almost burst out laughing.
"Doesn't the Qianjin Society distribute interest on the first day of each month? Why hasn't it been distributed this month?" Chu Xuan suddenly asked.
"No!" Liang Ping nodded. "Senior Brother Chu, what's wrong?"
Chu Xuan said, "Aren't you curious why Qianjin Society is delaying the payment of interest?"
Liang Ping laughed, "What's so curious about that? The Thousand Gold Society has already issued an announcement. Elder Ke of the inner sect has discovered a large black iron mine in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range. Currently, all funds are invested in the black iron mine, and there is no money left for dividends!"
Li Fan nodded in agreement, saying, "I've heard about it too. That black iron mine has a huge output and is now entirely owned by the Qianjin Society. Production will begin next month. Our profits will double!"
Chu Xuan was speechless for a moment, a strange sense of familiarity welling up in his heart.
If his guess is correct, the Heiress Club is about to be exposed!
As for why I would guess that?
Do not ask!
The answer is—experience!
In his past life, he invested all the money he earned from working like a beast of burden for several years into a certain "XXbao" known for its high interest rates, but he was ruthlessly fleeced, and all his hard-earned money from those years was lost!
These are all lessons learned through blood and tears!
No wonder Qianjin Club has been frantically recruiting new members lately.
Qianjinhui's model is a Ponzi scheme from the start, using the principal of new members to pay interest to old members, and relying on recruiting new members to prolong its existence!
When the principal raised is insufficient to pay the interest to members, collapse is imminent!
The collapse began with delays in interest payments and the rampant recruitment of new members.
Chu Xuan thought for a moment and then reminded them, "It would be best if you two withdrew some of your contribution points to reduce the risk."
That's all he could say.
"Why do we need to remove it?"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
The two shook their heads vigorously.
"We're original shareholders! If we bring this up now, we won't be able to enjoy the doubled returns!"
"Exactly! The black iron ore is about to be produced! Only a fool would take it out now—"
Chu Xuan simply smiled and didn't bother to say anything more.
Good advice is useless against a damn fool!
He offered a reminder, saying that he had already done more than enough!
The three of them fell silent and silently surveyed the animal enclosure.
Soon, darkness fell, and the group arrived at the edge of Beast Garden No. 9. Beast Garden No. 9 was located on the outermost edge of more than a dozen beast gardens, part of which was adjacent to the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range.
Beyond that lies a dense primeval forest.
This is the area they patrol most closely to prevent people from poaching exotic beasts, or for exotic beasts on the perimeter to break through the fence and come in to hunt.
Chu Xuan became alert, his mind fully focused on sensing the changes around him.
For some reason, he felt a strange sense of dread, but couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong.
The surroundings were completely quiet, even—
wrong!
Chu Xuan suddenly felt a surge of alarm; the problem lay in the silence.
It's so quiet here, I can't even hear a single insect chirping.
"Be careful, everyone!"
Chu Xuan gave a deep reminder.
He could faintly smell a peculiar, fishy odor.
Li Fan and the other man were somewhat confused, but when Chu Xuan said that, they both nodded.
When they arrived at the Iron Arrow Boar's pen, the three men's expressions changed drastically.
The beast pen, originally made of black iron, was now dilapidated, as if it had been violently smashed open, and the iron porcupines inside had vanished without a trace. Only some scattered, arrow-like spikes remained.
The Iron Arrow Boar is a second-tier beast with dense thorns on its back. When it encounters danger, these thorns will shoot out like a rain of arrows, making it extremely dangerous.
These scattered on the ground are the thorns from the back of the iron porcupine.
"Oh no! Send a signal immediately!"
Chu Xuan immediately shouted.
"yes!"
Li Fan and his companion realized something was wrong and immediately took out signal flares from their pockets.
Whoosh!
Just as Li Fan was about to release the signal flare, suddenly, a huge tail as thick as a water bucket shot out from the dense forest and lashed out at Li Fan.
Its tail was completely black, covered with dense scales. It looked enormous, but it was incredibly fast, compressing the air and creating bursts of crackling sounds.
"Get out of the way!"
Chu Xuan hurriedly reminded them, but there was no time to provide assistance.
Holding the signal flare, Li Fan stared at the enormous tail that seemed to fall from the sky, completely dumbfounded and forgetting to react.
boom!
A loud bang was heard.
Li Fan was struck by the huge tail, his sternum collapsed, and his body was sent flying backward like a cannonball.
"Hiss~"
A terrifying sound rang out, and before Chu Xuan and the others could react, a huge snake head emerged from the dense forest, opened its massive mouth, and lunged to swallow Chu Xuan whole.
Whoosh!
Chu Xuan unleashed the Heavenly Roc Nine Leaps technique, instantly sidestepping the giant snake's head and narrowly avoiding it. He leaped several times in succession, covering several feet before finally stopping.
He felt a tightness in his chest and almost vomited.
Although he wasn't hit by the giant snake's head, the stench emanating from it nearly made him suffocate.
At this point, the monster's form was fully revealed.
It was a huge black snake, several meters long, its entire body as black as ink, covered with thick black scales, gleaming with a cold, dark light.
The snake's head was as large as a millstone, with dark gold vertical pupils and eerie dark patterns around its eye sockets and mouth. A pair of slender black tongues flickered in and out, emitting a pungent, venomous odor.
The most terrifying thing is that it has a row of sharp black bone spurs on the side of its neck and back, standing up like barbs!
Its abdomen is the most conspicuous, several times larger than the other parts, and as thick as two people could hug.
"It's a third-tier exotic beast, the Blackwater Serpent!"
Liang Ping finally realized what was happening and couldn't help but scream loudly, his face pale and his whole body trembling.
"Shut up! Send the signal!" Chu Xuan roared.
He looked horrified at that moment.
A third-tier beast, comparable to a human expert at the Transformation Realm!
The Blackwater Serpent is a top-tier existence among third-tier exotic beasts.
What Chu Xuan couldn't understand was that the Blackwater Serpent usually lived in the swamps within the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range and rarely came ashore, so how could it appear here!
When Chu Xuan saw the belly of the Black Water Serpent, his eyes immediately sharpened.
"It's injured!"
On the belly of the Blackwater Serpent, there was a wound nearly ten feet long. The thick flesh was turned up like pages of a book, and the internal organs inside were faintly visible.
In addition, there were also several wounds on the back and sides of the Blackwater Serpent, but they were much smaller.
"It's injured! It came here in search of food? Its swollen belly must be from swallowing an iron porcupine! That means it's having trouble moving around now—"
Chu Xuan kept analyzing in his mind, and his eyes gradually brightened!
Don't move!
That makes things much easier!
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