Published: February 5, 2025
Click.
The door slowly closed by itself, cutting off the greedy gaze of Little Knife, and the woman's pale body vanished from his retina.
"Damn, how come the one Huang Xijie found for you is so much stronger than mine? Mine was barely usable after a few tries, not enjoyable at all."
Little Knife leaned against the wall, a cigarette angled in his mouth, watching A Kuan walk out of the room, murmuring discontentedly.
In his right hand, he was spinning a sharp Willow Leaf Knife at high speed, a white blur that was almost impossible to see clearly.
This weapon he was continuously toying with turned out to be of white rarity.
A Kuan rolled his eyes. "You have no sense of control, do you think an ordinary woman can handle the physique of an evolver?"
"And how can you be so sure that my quality is higher than yours when you haven’t even seen her face?" A Kuan adjusted his clothes and continued, "Do you think Huang Xijie and Liang Juan have invested so much just to mess around with women?"
Little Knife's youthful face showed a hint of defiance as he pouted, "That’s because they need us."
Saying that, Little Knife straightened up, the spinning Willow Leaf Knife in his hand showing no signs of slowing down as he glanced at the closed door. "A Kuan, I'm going to have some fun with this girl."
He reached for the door but was stopped by A Kuan's hand.
"Come on, it's just a woman, and you're blocking your brother?"
A Kuan kept a straight face. "You can do as you wish after I'm done with her, but she has to accompany me for the next few days. I don’t share women."
Little Knife's eyes sharpened as he stared at A Kuan for several seconds before suddenly smiling. "Okay, okay, I respect you."
He then swayed away under A Kuan's gaze.
A door nearby opened, revealing two young people, a male and female pair. They glanced at Little Knife disappearing around the corner, and the man whispered, "Brother Kuan, that Little Knife is getting more and more excessive. Relying on his profession as a shadow knife wielder, he doesn’t take us seriously at all."
"Yeah," the woman added sarcastically, "The guild favors him with resources, and he really thinks it's his own ability? The guild is being unfair; why choose someone like him for cultivation? I heard if he gets a two-star elixir, it has to be given to him. What kind of reasoning is that?"
A Kuan shook his head. "His family contributed a lot to the guild during peacetime, and the president has connections with his father. But… let’s not talk about that. We should go out and see what's happening. Our task this time is to assist Huang Xijie, and we have three days. Once the time is up, no matter if those offended by Huang Xijie come or not, we will take what we need and leave."
"A Kuan, we…" the man looked around before whispering, "Huang Xijie and Liang Juan are just two evolvers. The four of us can easily take them out and walk away with the goods. Why do we need to stay here?"
A Kuan raised a finger. "First, Huang Xijie is a crafty old fox. Don’t say that we four don’t have the assurance to win without a scratch; even if we did, he wouldn't reveal where that thing is! He knows that if he keeps his mouth shut, he has a slim chance of survival. If he speaks, he’s definitely dead."
"Second, the higher-ups intend for the Ulan base to receive a certain level of protection and cultivation, turning it into a constant source of magic crystals for us. Huang Xijie is a favored controller; if we mess with him, the higher-ups will be very unhappy, which will affect our resource allocation within the guild."
A Kuan's status seemed higher than Little Knife and the pair, and he looked at them. "Don’t bother with Little Knife; if something happens, the higher-ups will handle it. We just need to focus on our work. The guild may seem very powerful, but every step is precarious. Since we’ve had the luck to encounter the profession roulette and obtained quite a few professional certificates, others can also gain other things we envy. If we don’t develop, we’ll be surpassed by others. Now is not the time to indulge but to strive for two-star evolution! Whoever can lead in this sprint will become the ruler of this continent in the future!"