novelraw Chapter 30 Wang Qiang
Chapter 30 Wang Qiang
Four more days have passed.
The competition that the association will hold for newcomers like Xu Xian is getting closer.
Early in the morning, Wawa ran to the bedside and stared at Xu Xian.
This is what is meant by "enlightenment."
Beastmaster, quickly imbue me with powerful energy and make me stronger!
"What's the rush?" Xu Xian chuckled and stretched.
Skilled drug users extract energy from their own bodies and convert it into skill points.
Skill points can be stored in the Beast Taming Pearl inside Xu Xian's body after being extracted, and they can be stored indefinitely as long as Xu Xian doesn't touch them.
Now, four days have passed, which is exactly four skill points.
Xu Xian pulled out Wawa's attribute panel from the Beast Taming Pearl.
At first glance.
The water arrow, which should have reached its proficiency limit, has undergone changes.
[Beginner: Water Arrow (Perfect+)]
Xu Xian really wanted to try it out, but considering that every skill point should be used wisely, he chose another skill that would have a more noticeable effect.
All four skill points were put into "Echoing Bubble" in one go, instantly raising the proficiency level from the beginner level to the advanced level.
Wawa herself was enveloped in water, and she opened her mouth to exhale a small bubble the size of a fist.
The water bubble rushed directly towards Xu Xian, and upon contact, it squeezed into Xu Xian's body almost like kneading.
Instantly, a refreshing coolness permeated his entire body, and Xu Xian felt much more comfortable. Even his pale complexion, which had been drained of his own energy to create skill points, recovered somewhat.
"Impressive skill!" Xu Xian exclaimed.
At the same time, he secretly memorized the number of skill points required to progress from beginner to proficient in intermediate skills.
Seeing that Xu Xian's complexion had improved slightly, Wawa vomited several small bubbles of reflux into Xu Xian's body.
Surprisingly, it was quite effective, but the feeling of emptiness in the body after extracting energy still needs time to recover.
After finishing training early in the morning, Xu Xian carried Wawa downstairs.
In the lobby downstairs, there is a water tank that is half a meter wide and one meter long on a cabinet.
The water vat contained the round, green carp that Xu Xian had "fished" up from the stream at the foot of Jade Spider Mountain.
No matter how you prepare it, this little guy is unpalatable. Even with plenty of spices, it's still fishy, tough, and sour. Naturally, Xu Xian wouldn't let Liu Ruyan and Xu Han prepare it.
So he simply got a fish tank to keep them, definitely not to show off to Xu Han that he could catch fish.
No, absolutely not!
Stepping out the door, I hopped on my electric scooter and arrived at my private training ground.
They found a motorcycle parked to the side, and a shiny bald head sweating profusely in the sunlight, reflecting the dazzling light.
"It's you!" Xu Xian frowned.
Ahead stood the bald, burly leader of the thugs, with his mid-level peak wind-type spirit beast, the Black Wolfhound, beside him.
Wang Qiang wore a fawning smile, almost groveling and rubbing his hands together like a fly, "We meet again."
"What are you doing here?" Xu Xian crossed his arms, as did Wawa. Neither the man nor the frog had a good impression of Wang Qiang.
"It's nothing serious, I just need to ask you for a favor." Wang Qiang chuckled.
Xu Xian said coldly, "No need to say anything, I'm not interested."
He had no desire to associate with thugs.
There's nothing else to it, I just feel ashamed.
What era are we living in? He's still wandering around like a hooligan, especially since this bald guy is a beast tamer. Instead of focusing on improving his strength, he's doing this.
In Xu Xian's opinion, it was no different from having his brain kicked by a donkey.
Wang Qiang ignored Xu Xian's cold words and maintained his fawning smile. "I heard from your friend last time that you are a pharmacist. I hope you can concoct a potion for my spirit beast, just one bottle..."
Wang Qiang glanced at the black wolfhound beside him, gritted his teeth, and said resolutely, "I'll charge you five hundred yuan for each bottle of the prepared potion."
The moment the words were spoken, the scene froze.
Wang Qiang thought his words had moved the other person, but all he got in return was Xu Xian's cold gaze.
His heart skipped a beat.
That shouldn't be the case.
During this time, he gathered a few of his underlings and searched the surrounding area, finding out the backgrounds of Xu Xian and Zhou Li.
One came from a powerful family and was warned after only one day of inquiries, while the other was just a child from an ordinary family.
Although he is good friends with a rich second-generation and is also very outstanding, he should be short of money.
A licensed pharmacist charges 1,000 yuan per bottle for preparing nutritional supplements, and the more experienced the pharmacist, the higher the price.
But an apprenticeship isn't worth that price, and they often make a lot of mistakes, so generally no one would hire an apprentice pharmacist.
Wang Qiang discovered through his investigation over the past few days that Xu Xian was different from ordinary pharmacist apprentices.
In particular, the spirit beast beside him, named Frog Junior, was indeed strong.
Despite being a newcomer spirit beast, it was able to defeat the black wolfhound that had been stuck at the intermediate peak level for many years.
Therefore, Wang Qiang wanted to gamble with what little money he had left for his wife.
Only those with at least a high-level spirit beast are qualified to undertake certain tasks.
The association's tasks are mostly for novice beast tamers, so he's not a chance to participate.
Looking at Xu Xian's indifferent face, Wang Qiang's fawning smile became even more bitter.
Xu Xian said, "It seems you know very well that this price will tempt me, but you've forgotten that I don't like your group."
It's true that a fool wouldn't make money if he could.
But Xu Xian was genuinely worried that once this guy became stronger, he would bully others, and then he would become an indirect accomplice.
It wouldn't matter if you didn't know the other person's identity, but if you did know, how could you possibly prepare nutritional supplements for them?
With a wave of his hand, he said, "Please leave and don't disturb my training."
Wang Qiang's face turned pale and then red, his heart filled with resentment and anger.
But in the end, he left with the black wolfhound.
He rode his motorcycle back to where he was, pulling his black wolfhound along.
When the six underlings saw their leader return, they all threw down their fishing rods and surrounded him.
"Boss, did it work?"
"Nonsense, the boss definitely succeeded. That kid is skilled, but he's not a certified pharmacist. With the boss giving him so much money, he definitely..."
"Shut up!" Wang Qiang roared angrily, startling his six henchmen.
They looked at each other, then lowered their heads, not daring to speak.
"This is pointless, let's go back." He said this, then turned his motorcycle around and drove away.
The underlings were all confused.
But they quickly realized what was happening.
Wang Qiang clearly suffered a major setback at Xu Xian's hands.
They were all too disheartened to go home.
Wang Qiang's home is not in Yuzhu Town, but in the neighboring Fuluo Town.
The town isn't particularly special, except that during holidays like Chinese New Year, the population can exceed 150,000 to 200,000, while the regular resident population is only around 100,000.
Wang Qiang's family owns a vehicle repair shop.
Cars and motorcycles are both accepted.
Business was slow and sluggish, barely enough to make a living.
"You brat, out gallivanting again!" Wang's father, his clothes stained with black oil, pointed at Wang Qiang's nose and roared, "Are you trying to drive me crazy? Other families produce Beast Tamers who are all ambitious and hardworking, or at least find decent jobs. Look at you, you used to hang out with those shady friends, fighting and brawling every day, and now you're even recruiting henchmen. What, are you trying to seize power in the Beast Tamer Association and change the government?!"
"You don't need to worry about my business!" Wang Qiang said with a sour face as he headed straight for his room.
The black wolfhound rubbed against the king's father's thigh with a fawning smile.
The father angrily cursed, "Raising a son is worse than raising a dog; at least a dog is pleasing to the eye!"
The black wolfhound could only pretend not to hear and tried its best to smile ingratiatingly to cheer up the king's father.
We need to go inside later to help Wang Qiang calm down.
Sigh, this family will fall apart without me!
The black wolfhound thought so.