Su Jiu was also quite curious about what Hungry Ghost would transform into, since ordinary beast companions couldn't use such massive resources.
She calculated that this would require at least 2.5 million to evolve—like a fucking dream. How many Junior Warriors could afford to raise beast companions with this kind of money?
With this money to raise beast companions, wouldn't it be better to buy body-strengthening liquid to train and break through earlier?
That night, she returned to Bai Qianyu's house and explained what had happened to Bai Chen under his astonished expression.
Under the fluorescent light, Bai Chen squinted at her, remaining silent for a long time before sighing slightly: "You're quite good, much stronger than Little Ming."
The last time he had seen such a genius was in that place. Especially when Su Jiu confessed that she was really a student at Zhiyuan Middle School, his first reaction was disbelief, then he smiled and waved his hand: "Go take a shower. Use the same old room, and just wear Qianyu's clothes."
Then, watching Su Jiu's retreating figure, as if thinking of something, he took out his phone and dialed a number—"Hello, tonight's news about the students camping on the mountain cannot include any front-facing photos of that rescuer."
Su Jiu's willingness to split the egg liquid fifty-fifty made him quite satisfied. At least she was someone who valued relationships and loyalty.
But Huayang hadn't been very peaceful lately... it was better to keep things hidden.
The next day, Su Jiu bid farewell to Bai Qianyu. There was still most of the day before returning to school. She found a shared bicycle and rode for about half an hour. Looking at the building with somewhat Western-style architecture situated on the street, Su Jiu stepped into the Adventurer Guild's hall without hesitation.
The Adventurer Guild was an organization that integrated scattered warriors. Every day, thousands of warriors searched for suitable bounties here.
Hunting demons was currently Su Jiu's only way to obtain money. Whether she could gather that 2.5 million aside, at least magic crystals had to be obtained through hunting demons. This path would be her only choice.
Saying she wouldn't use transformed weapons was bullshit. Yesterday she had researched a lot of materials, all indicating that demons with greater growth potential required more materials.
What level was Hungry Ghost exactly?
War General? Definitely more than that.
War King, but she felt the resources needed were much higher than all the demons published online.
As for War God... this level didn't have viewing permissions on the networks she could currently access.
Su Jiu guessed that Hungry Ghost had mutated from drinking that egg liquid and was very likely a War God level demon. This time she might have struck gold.
As for why she didn't suspect Hungry Ghost hatched from inside the egg—such a big egg hatching a finger-sized snake, are you serious?
If that were true, Darwin could probably hammer his coffin lid to pieces!
Moreover, the more powerful the creature, the higher their starting point. Shouldn't the descendants of the dragon egg's owner be those world-destroying Western dragon images?
To quickly obtain magic crystals, she could only kill High-level Warrior and above demons, but those were still quite dangerous for Su Jiu. After all, she still couldn't beat the Wolf King in the illusion.
The idea of being a lone wolf adventurer.
Su Jiu directly shook her head in denial. What she needed to do now was find a suitable adventurer team, like Bai Ming in the early stages, with some supportive teammates.
Almost all warriors mingling in the Adventurer Guild formed teams. People who could independently hunt powerful demons were extremely rare.
...
The Adventurer Guild was bustling with people, feeling like a stock trading hall or a job fair.
A huge LCD screen hung on the wall, displaying the latest bounties with prices marked behind them. The lowest bounties were 100,000, and high bounties could reach millions.
Looking at those million-level bounties, Su Jiu couldn't help but swallow, her throat moving. This really was the kind of work where you could rest for a year after one job.
Completing three bounties of this level would let her buy five magic crystals for Hungry Ghost to break through to Warrior level. Thinking about wielding a transformed demon beast as a weapon in front of classmates who were still high school students was quite satisfying.
Anyway, Bai Qianyu wouldn't be hostile toward her now. Some degree of showing off was still acceptable!
Unfortunately, that wasn't something ordinary people could do!
Su Jiu saw the five words "minimum War General level" below and immediately showed a dead fish expression.
"Wild Goblin team sincerely recruiting one combat technique output member. Requirements: 3+ years combat experience, team cooperation awareness, and most importantly, proficient mastery of fire-type martial techniques. Bounty accepted, average pay 20,000 RMB, expected completion within 2 months!"
"Defense-type bloodline, team urgently needs an experienced meat shield who can attract Crimson Flame Wolf packs. Those who can't tank, don't bother!"
"Combat, combat! Where are you with powerful offensive skills? Join our Sky-blasting team, guaranteed efficient bounty completion and easy money!"
Su Jiu scanned with one glance, her eyelids twitching constantly, discovering that many warriors coming to join teams brought resumes.
The resumes seemed to clearly show their employment time, how many bounties they had completed, and even marked bounty levels.
Su Jiu was truly dazzled and didn't know how to choose for a moment.
It seemed newly graduated students were often disliked and unwanted. After all, their experience dealing with demons was really too little. Facing demons, one careless moment could mean death. Who would dare to take recent college graduates?
And Su Jiu hadn't even fucking graduated high school yet...
Just a newly awakened high school senior. Taking such students along would simply be a burden, a way to screw over teammates. You could tell from yesterday's mountain incident how those students faced the wolf pack. Finding a suitable team was too difficult.
"Fuck, I forgot that Bai Ming, that connected bastard, became an adventurer through the Huayang Adventurer Guild president's daughter." Su Jiu couldn't help cursing internally. She really thought the novel author was sick, giving him so many golden opportunities.
Just as Su Jiu finished cursing, someone hurriedly ran past her, that slightly youthful face full of anxiety.
"Sorry, sorry, the Demon Exterminators are recruiting new team members. I need to hurry and try. Sorry for bumping into you." A weak woman wearing thick glasses hurriedly said to Su Jiu.
"Demon Exterminators?" Su Jiu asked with some confusion.
"Yeah, don't you know? They're teams that specialize in clearing urban hazards, hunting demons that might be lurking in cities. They're real civil servants. Recently, more and more demons have been appearing in the city for some reason, and the Demon Exterminator teams have suffered heavy losses, so they've opened up some positions." The girl pushed her thick glasses and said with particular seriousness:
"Demon Exterminators have always been everyone's first choice. After all, who wouldn't want to do bounties in the city instead of running to remote wilderness to face unknown life and death? Moreover, Demon Exterminators' pay has always been high..."
"Wang Qingqing, you should stop wasting your time. A recent college graduate like you—no experience, no real strength. Even as an Intermediate Warrior, the Demon Exterminators won't take a liking to you, especially since you're not a high-burst warrior." A nearby old man lit a cigarette, showing his mouthful of yellow teeth as he smiled at the two of them.
"I... I'll just try." The glasses-wearing woman Wang Qingqing lowered her head slightly, looking somewhat embarrassed.
"High-burst?" Su Jiu's eyes lit up as she quickly asked. She wondered if her "Sword Draw Slash" qualified.
Joining the Demon Exterminator team would not only provide civil servant status but also allow her to earn money right in the city. For Su Jiu, who was still slacking off at school, this was a very suitable job—she could just skip classes when doing missions.
What's that—skipping classes is something only bad students do?
Huh?
Please, out of 40 classes a week, she, Su Jiu, would at most seriously attend five or six of them, and that was only because those classes covered demon weaknesses or the teacher was a pretty girl.
"High-burst martial techniques have always been the most sought-after in every team. There are too fucking few people who can learn high-burst martial techniques. The threshold for directly learning them is extremely high, and geniuses who can reach the fourth stage of comprehension wouldn't even look at this kind of pay." The old adventurer took a deep drag, pressed his cigarette onto the table, and continued enviously:
"Sigh, my fucking Green Bird bloodline—though it's wood-type, it's at least combat-oriented. Just because I don't have that kind of damage-dealing martial technique, those bastards forced me to learn Bathing Technique, Spring Rain and shit like that... being a healer!"