Chapter 1: The Embarrassing Crossing

  Lin Xiao Feng burst out laughing and quickly ran away with his legs.

  "Stop right there!" Liao Huanxiang bared her teeth and brandished her claws, shouting as she chased after him to kill.

  "Hehe~" Lin Xiaohua's small face was filled with a bright smile.

  "Well, anyway, I still have a few hundred gold coins on hand. If you really want to do it, just take them."

  The three of them walked together, laughing and joking, until they finally returned to their residence. Lin Xiaofeng smiled at Liao Huanxiang, who was pouting, and said:

  Liao Huanxiang was overjoyed, immediately forgetting what had just happened, her eyes sparkling brightly. "A few hundred gold coins may be a bit less, but at least there's some cost to it. Are you really going to do business with me?"

  After these few days of interaction, Liao Huanxiang also gained an understanding of Lin Xiaofeng's character, knowing that he wouldn't tell lies. However, it was a matter of several hundred gold coins, which to Liao Huanxiang was a considerable sum of money.

  Lin Xiao Feng shrugged his shoulders. "Anyway, I'm about to become a member of the Thunderbolt Flag, so I won't be short on money! However, this sum isn't for you, but rather our partnership."

  "Partners?"

  Liao Huan's sparkling eyes turned around, and she exclaimed with joy: "Partnership is also good, anyway, with you as a member of the Ben Lei flag as a shareholder, future business will definitely not be bad!"

  Lin Xiaofeng shook his head with a smile, "Don't be too happy yet, let's talk about the specifics first. With just a few hundred gold coins, I'm afraid we can only do some small business."

  Upon hearing this, Liao Huanxiang scratched her chin and said with a rare serious expression: "In the past, I used to run a material shop. Now that I can revive my old business, if I spend hundreds of gold coins on renting a storefront, there won't be any money left to purchase materials. So, I plan to use this sum of money to go outside the city and buy materials at a low price, then resell them to material shops, warriors or alchemy labs in the city at a high price. With my keen eye and experience, I'm certain that I won't make a loss!"

  Lin Xiaofeng nodded, "That's a good idea, start small and invest more when we have the money to expand!"

  "Did you promise?"

  "You look like you've been idle for days, I'm looking for something to keep you busy!"

  Lin Xiaofeng casually said a sentence, turned around and entered the house to take out that bag of gold coins, handed it over to Liao Huanxiang: "There are six hundred gold coins here, you go outside and run first, don't get lost, if you lose everything, I won't forgive you!"

  Liao Huan's sparkling eyes shone brightly, and with a smile, she said: "Don't worry, these six hundred gold coins, if I don't earn back double the amount, you can sell me off without any problem."

  Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaofeng smiled and shook his head.

  Liao Huanxiang carried a heavy bag, full of excitement, and suddenly thought of something, asking: "Right, you haven't said how to partner up, how to split the profits?"

  "You go ahead and set an example first!" Lin Xiaofeng waved his hand, teasingly saying, "Even if I were to compensate you for all the money, would I still have to let you repay me with your body?"

  Liao Huanxiang was taken aback for a moment, and then a faint blush floated up on her pretty face. But soon she raised her small face with pride, pouted and said: "Hmph, I knew you had an ulterior motive towards this beauty, but your despicable plan will definitely come to nothing! This beauty has never lost money in business!"

  Lin Xiaofeng innocently said: "What are you thinking? I'm saying that even if we sell you to a butcher who slaughters pigs and cows, it's unlikely that you'll be worth much meat."

  Next, there will be a beautiful woman's roar and Lin Xiaofeng's burst of laughter.

  The next afternoon, Lin Xiaofeng had just finished his cultivation when Liao Huanxiang rushed into his room excitedly, "There's news! I heard that the Lie Feng family has sent a team to Xibao Forest."

  "What's with the lizard beast?"

  "In the east of Lie Feng City, tens of miles away, in a forest at the southern foot of Yu Lian Mountain, there is a group of strange beasts, the Iron-backed Lizard Group." Liao Huan Xiang pulled Lin Xiao Feng and left.

  From Liao Huanxiang's mouth, Lin Xiaofeng roughly knew that this lizard beast Lin was the activity area of the iron-backed lizard beast group.

  Iron-backed lizard beast is a gregarious monster, with scales on its back, sharp claws and teeth, ordinary warriors do not dare to come here.

  People who are well-informed will arrive at the task location in advance when they learn that a member of the Lièfēng family has been sent to carry out a mission, or follow the team.

  After completing the task, they buy materials from those warriors. If they are lucky, some of the materials that the warriors look down on can be picked up later.

  Liao Huanxiang used to be in this line of work.

  Of course, monster materials are also among them, as well as many herbs and minerals.

  Lin Xiaofeng and Liao Huanxiang left Lie Feng City and rushed towards the lizard forest at the southern foot of Yu Lian Mountain.

  The two of them walked quickly, and in less than half an hour they arrived at the edge of the Lizard Beast Forest, where they heard the sound of fierce battle cries coming from within the forest.

  "Everyone is in action, let's go quickly!"

  Liao Huanxiang was so excited that she forgot to be afraid. She grabbed a large bag used for carrying materials and slipped inside with her waist bent like a cat.

  Lin Xiaofeng helplessly shook his head and followed closely behind.

  Less than a mile away, dozens of warriors were engaged in fierce combat with the terrifying iron-backed lizard beast in the midst of the dense forest.

  Lin Xiaofeng's gaze swept past, and at a glance, he saw that the leaders were Beast Warriors, one of whom was his old acquaintance, Wu Chang Guo Yong of Ben Lei Qi Five Troops.

  Apart from Guo Yong, there was another member of the Thunderbolt Flag who was also in the Blood Light Realm, seemingly at the initial stage of the Blood Light Realm. The other several beast warriors were all in the Awakening Realm's middle to late stages.

  Guo Yong, being in the late stage of Blood Light Realm, had formidable combat strength. His movements were as swift and fierce as wind and thunder. With a single step, he crushed the hard scales of an Iron-Backed Lizard with his foot, and then kicked it out, sending the over hundred-jin heavy lizard flying into several other Iron-Backed Lizards, producing a crisp cracking sound.

  It's a small world, Lin Xiaofeng shook his head in surprise.

  Liao Huanxiang's small face was flushed with excitement, and she said in a low voice: "This time we made a big profit, the Lie Feng family actually sent a team of Ben Lei flags over!"

  As she spoke, Liao Huanxiang suddenly thought of something and her heart moved, "No, generally for this kind of mission to hunt down a first-class monster, the Thunder Banner rarely dispatches just one squad. It's only when hunting second-class monsters that they would do so."

  Liao Huanxiang's pretty face suddenly filled with vigilance as she observed her surroundings, "Could there be a second-level monster here?"

  First-class monsters are feared by ordinary warriors, and only awakened boundary warriors can resist them. Second-class monsters require the intervention of a Blood Light Boundary expert.

  Seeing Liao Huanxiang's changing expression, Lin Xiaofeng couldn't help but feel amused. He observed the surroundings for a moment and said in a low voice: "At present, it seems that there are only first-level Iron-backed Lizards here, with about 60-70 heads, but more Iron-backed Lizards are constantly coming from nearby."

  "Crack!"

  At this moment, Guo Yong kicked off the hard tail of an Iron-backed Lizard with one foot and shouted: "Hurry up, we must rush into the nest as soon as possible and get the egg laid by that second-level initial Iron-backed Lizard!"

  As the voice fell, several beast warriors burst into cheers, their hands swift and fierce, killing the iron-backed lizard beast. The ordinary warriors followed closely behind, coordinating to kill the heavily injured iron-backed lizard beast while using sharp blades to cut off its scales and claws, which were excellent materials for refining armor and weapons.

  ……

  It's been a week since the book was released, and the collection is pitifully small. While everyone has fun on weekends, don't forget to collect!