This statement stunned Chen Shu and Liu Feng.
"Little Chen is here too!"
Qin Tian said with a smile, his expression paused as he saw Liu Feng winking at him repeatedly.
"Old Liu, is your face twitching?"
"..."
Liu Feng remained silent, preparing to leave first.
"Teacher Liu, is this the result of your reasoned argument?"
Chen Shu's mouth twitched, completely unexpected by Liu Feng's bizarre move.
A middleman profiting from the price difference, right?
Qin Tian also understood, saying, "I never expected you to be this kind of Liu Barbarian!"
"Uh..."
Liu Feng chuckled and began to explain.
Last night, Qin Tian had planned to give Chen Shu a base reward of two thousand academic credits, with additional rewards to be settled based on specific tasks,
but the maximum was three thousand five hundred academic credits, which was already an extremely generous reward.
Liu Feng insisted on giving Chen Shu a base reward of one thousand five hundred academic credits, with compensation of a maximum of six thousand academic credits.
The purpose was to ensure Chen Shu would do a good job.
If the base reward was too high and the upper limit too low, what if Chen Shu took the money and slacked off, leaving him with no recourse?
Ultimately, Qin Tian agreed to Liu Feng's plan.
And to motivate Chen Shu further, Liu Feng took it upon himself to lower the base reward by another five hundred academic credits.
"Is that really how it happened?"
Chen Shu looked back and forth at Liu Feng, still finding it hard to believe.
"Nonsense! I'm your teacher, why would I harm you?!"
Liu Feng said, "Give me a straight answer, are you doing it or not?"
Just as Chen Shu was about to speak, new options appeared before his eyes.
[Option 1: Patting his chest, he said heartily, "I am duty-bound to contribute to the school, for free!" Reward: Disguise Potion * 1]
[Option 2: Indicate that his ability is insufficient and refuse directly! Reward: Large amount of Beast Taming Power]
[Option 3: Agree! Reward: Skills 'Poisonous Wood Bind' and 'Giant Wind Blade' +1]
Chen Shu surveyed the three options and decisively chose the third.
Who would even pick the first option...
"I'll do it! As long as there's money, I can take down any King-level Beast Tamer!"
"..."
Qin Tian and Liu Feng looked strange, what absurd words were those?
Finally, Chen Shu agreed to accompany Liu Feng.
"The time is three days from now, prepare yourself well!"
Liu Feng raised an eyebrow, emphasizing the word 'prepare'.
"Don't worry, I've got more than enough!"
Chen Shu grinned and turned away from the office.
...
Three days later,
Chen Shu asked his homeroom teacher, Qiao Yue, to help him apply for a month-long leave of absence to focus on completing this mission.
As the saying goes, living up to his name, Nanjiang's Ruffian always had great credibility!
A crowd had gathered at the entrance of Huaxia Academy,
not only Wang Jue and A Liang, but also Old Xie, Xiao Xing, and Zhang Dali had come.
"While I'm away, everyone must take care of yourselves and absolutely do not get into trouble!"
Chen Shu's eyes were filled with emotion, he hadn't expected everyone to come to see him off.
He said, "If anything really happens, don't hold a wake, just wait for me to come back!"
"..."
The group froze, how could he say such a thing?
"Chen Pi, take care!"
Zhang Dali stepped forward and hugged him tightly, looking like they were reluctant to part.
Chen Shu said, "Study cooking diligently, and cook for my dog in the future!"
"..."
Zhang Dali's mouth twitched and he said,
"Don't worry, I'm participating in a competition soon, and I'll definitely win the championship!"
"Chen Pi!"
Xie Sunan also looked reluctant and said, "My good brother, take care!"
The others also stepped forward and hugged Chen Shu warmly.
Chen Shu's emotion gradually turned into bewilderment, he was starting to sense something was wrong.
"Have you all been possessed?"
"What are you talking about?"
A Liang stepped forward, gave Chen Shu a firm hug, and asked seriously,
"Chen Pi, am I your best brother?"
"Of course!"
"Then help me sign this!"
A Liang took out a document and said, "This is the maximum life insurance, the beneficiary is me, you just need to sign it!"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
Wang Jue frowned and said, "I am Chen Shu's best brother!"
"Here, the insurance papers are ready!"
The group actually started arguing, and it escalated, completely ignoring Chen Shu beside them.
"Damn it..."
Chen Shu's mouth twitched, did everyone want to be named the ultimate unfaithful friend?
"That's enough!"
Chen Shu directly stopped everyone and said, "Your Ruffian Brother isn't going to have any accidents, what's with the insurance!"
With that, he turned and left, preparing to get into Liu Feng's car.
"Bow!"
Zhang Dali shouted, and the five of them bowed in unison.
"..."
Chen Shu stumbled, almost falling.
"Take care!"
The eyes of the crowd held a sense of nostalgia. After all, Chen Shu had bragged to them earlier that his mission was to kill a King-level Beast Tamer,
so naturally, they had to make arrangements for his funeral...
"Chen Pi, your friends are something else!"
Liu Feng said with an inexplicable smile as he drove.
"Indeed, they are always thinking of sending me off..."
Chen Shu shook his head and then said,
"Teacher, we're pressed for time, can't we just fly using our contracted spirits?"
He naturally didn't want to miss such an opportunity to show off.
"It's too flashy, people in the country might be watching us, it's better to be low-key!"
According to the plan, Liu Feng intended to drive to the southernmost part of China first, then use their contracted spirits to travel south all the way to their destination.
Chen Shu asked, "Teacher, is there any specific intelligence about who dared to be so arrogant?"
"It must be an organization, individuals wouldn't dare to provoke major countries!"
Liu Feng said while driving, "Most likely international criminal organizations."
Chen Shu said, "Nightfall?"
"Probably not."
Liu Feng explained, "There's more than one criminal organization internationally, and besides, Nightfall is an assassination organization primarily focused on profit. They wouldn't provoke countries."
Chen Shu said, "I didn't expect the international scene to be so chaotic! It's making me a little excited!"
"..."
Liu Feng's mouth twitched, and he glanced sideways.
He saw the ruffian's smile reappear on Chen Shu's face.
"You found their base, didn't you?"
While everyone else avoided the chaotic lands, Chen Shu felt like he was returning home...