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nWhen the next morning came, Lin Fan and Xiao Yue were complete opposites of each other.

nLin Fan had a refreshed look on his face, while Xiao Yue had an exhausted look, like she had just come back from a long battle.

nAfter waking up and seeing Lin Fan’s refreshed face, the first thing that Xiao Yue did was punch his arm and say with pouty lips, “This is all your fault.”

nLin Fan revealed a faint smile that had a trace of pride in it, but he quickly changed that to a humble smile as he said, “Is there anything I can do for you?”

nXiao Yue looked at his face with pouty lips at first, but then she broke out in a giggle and said, “Make me breakfast and we’ll call it even.”

nLin Fan gave a bow and said, “Yes, your highness.”

nXiao Yue laughed even more at this as she said, “What’s with that act? Who are you trying to impress?”

nLin Fan said with a smile, “It’s all for you.”

nXiao Yue was sent into a daze when she saw this smile, but then her face was covered in a blush as she couldn’t help looking away. After all, the way that Lin Fan was looking at her was just too dazzling for her to look at directly.

nAt the same time, there was a stream of warmth that suddenly filled her chest.

nIt was in this warm atmosphere that they spent their morning having breakfast.

nOnce breakfast was over, Lin Fan checked on Fubuki again before heading out of the Pet Storage Space.

nSince Xiao Yue was still sore because of what happened last night, Lin Fan wasn’t willing to let her out since it would be hard for her to move. So Lin Fan left her in the Pet Storage Space as he called out Hi to ride back to town. Though, it would be a lie if he said that he didn’t miss her pressing against his back as he rode Hi.

nAfter evolving into a Gehenna Horse, Hi’s speed was much greater compared to before. It had even reached the point where Hi could run circles around its past self as a normal horse.

nIt took only around an hour before Hi reached the outskirts of the city.

nSince Lin Fan had come out of the city with Xiao Yue, he had no choice but to call her out of the Pet Storage Space so they could enter the city together without raising suspicions.

nOf course, he waited until he was as close as he could be to the city to pull her out without any witnessing.

nWith their mercenary licenses, they were able to quickly make it through the line and they were even given preferential treatment because of Lin Fan reaching the C Rank.

nHowever, the sharp eyes of the guards didn’t miss the strangeness with Xiao Yue.

nOne of the guards asked Lin Fan out of concern since Lin Fan had been the one talking, “Is your companion alright? Does she need some help?”

nWhen Lin Fan heard this, he awkwardly scratched his head with an awkward smile on his face. But of course, there was no hiding the trace of pride that was in his eyes.

nXiao Yue on the other hand immediately revealed a blush and punched Lin Fan in the arm when she saw this.

nThese guards saw all kinds of people, so their social skills were quite developed. It wasn’t hard for the guards to understand what was going on between the two of them, so the guard that asked the question said, “Alright, you can go ahead.”

nLin Fan gave a nod and took back their paperwork before heading into the city while supporting Xiao Yue.

nAs the two of them entered the city, they heard the whispers of the guards from behind them with their heightened senses as cultivators.

n“Young people really know how to have fun, don’t they?”

n“Do you remember the last time you had fun like that?”

n“You’d have to ask my wife. It all depends on how she’s feeling.”

n“Ha, ha, ha, who knew you’d be so whipped after getting married.”

nAs they walked through the streets, Lin Fan asked Xiao Yue, “Are you going to be like that when we…”

nHe left his words hanging, but just that was enough to make a blush appear on Xiao Yue’s face again.

nShe pinched his arm and said, “Keep teasing, that’s all you know how to do.”

nLin Fan just revealed a smile in response to this.

nAfter bringing Xiao Yue to their room at the inn, Lin Fan headed off to the Mercenary Guild alone to turn in the mission.

nOnce he was gone, Xiao Yue sat there on the bed and slowly started taking in the spiritual energy around her.

nShe knew that she was still too weak to follow Lin Fan properly, so whenever she had some free time, she would always try to cultivate.

nNow that the Daoist Seed had already been used, the benefits still lasted, which made her cultivation much faster than before. She could already feel the bottleneck of the next level approaching.

nIf she continued like this, it wouldn’t take her long to break through.

nEspecially with how often Lin Fan shared the benefits of the Daoist Seed with her…

nAt the Mercenary Guild, Lin Fan handed in the Flame Salamander and the herb requested to the receptionist on duty.

nFor once, neither Lala or Tian Tian were at the receptionist desk, so there was a new receptionist that helped him. She was very courteous and did her job properly, but Lin Fan couldn’t help wondering where the two of them were, so he asked, “Are Lala and Tian Tian out?”

nThe receptionist said, “They were pulled away for some urgent work, so they aren’t here today? Do you need them for something?”

nLin Fan quickly shook his head and said, “No, no, nothing like that. I was just wondering why I didn’t see them today.”

nThe receptionist gave a nod and didn’t say anything else since this was quite a normal thing to say.

nSince the Flame Salamander was too big, the receptionist led Lin Fan to the Mercenary Guild’s butchering area.

nThis was the area where mercenaries could sell any spirit beasts or normal beasts that they caught outside of their missions. The Mercenary Guild would pay a competitive price, but if the mercenaries were not satisfied with this price, they were free to take their catch to another place to sell.

nBut whether they would be able to find someone to sell it to was a big problem.

nThat was the advantage of selling with the Mercenary Guild, they would always be buying.

nThe Mercenary Guild had a giant network across the continent, so there was no lack of buyers for them. As long as they took in some spirit beast or normal beast materials, they would have someone already lined up to buy it.

nBut of course, such a convenient service had a fee attached to it, which was a small fee that the Mercenary Guild took as a middle seller.

nLin Fan raised his hand and then out of the ring on his finger, the giant Flame Salamander appeared.

nThis was a trick that Lin Fan used.

nThe Flame Salamander had been stored inside of Lin Fan’s Pet Storage Space, but he had played around with controlling the portal that appeared when he opened the Pet Storage Space. He had reached the point where he could control it to be small enough to be a grain of dust and still let things come out.

nSo he opened the portal where the ring on his hand was and made it seem like that ring on his hand was a Spatial Storage Ring.

nWhen the Mercenary Guild staff saw this, they didn’t say anything since they were familiar with Spatial Storage Rings. They knew what the ring on Lin Fan’s hand should be, so they didn’t bring any attention to it at all.

nBut the receptionist couldn’t help being surprised.

nShe had some information on Lin Fan since she had been there when Tian Tian had tested Lin Fan, so she had heard a bit about him, which was also the reason why she was taking care of him when Tian Tian and Lala were gone.

nWith his cultivation level, he shouldn’t have this kind of Spatial Storage Ring since these things were expensive and rare. Even cultivators that were at a higher level than him would find it hard to get a ring like this.

nBut she was also a young girl and she liked to fantasize, so she immediately came up with a backstory for Lin Fan.

nHe had to be a young master from some family that was out for training without any support from his family, which was why he had this Spatial Storage Ring. This was probably just one of the only things that he had been given on this training journey.

nLin Fan didn’t bother explaining as he finished handing off the things for his mission. But then after that, he also took out the Inferno Swan and the small bird that Xiao Yue and Fuyuki had hunted.

np All of these had already been butchered, so there was no need for butchering service. However, when the Mercenary Guild’s butchers saw this, they couldn’t help clicking their tongues.

nOne of them, who was clearly the leader, asked Lin Fan, “Kid, did you butcher these yourself?”

nLin Fan just gave a nod in response.

nThe leader gave a sigh before saying, “Bring them here next time or else it’ll be a waste.”

nLin Fan’s face turned red when he heard this, but he still gave a nod in response since he knew that this person was just being nice to him.

nAfter handing it all over, Lin Fan earned over two thousand and three hundred gold coins.

nWith just these two missions and the corpses that he turned in, he had earned close to half of what he needed!

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