Chapter 247: Chapter 247

"I'm not that good yet. I've only cultivated to the late Scholar Level," the man said.

"Late Scholar Level? How many years have you been cultivating?" Xiaoyao asked.

"Oh, are you interested in letting me do some research? You're a good example," Xiaoyao asked with a smile, looking very sincere, but with a trace of anticipation that made people feel somewhat creepy.

The man obviously felt this sensation, so he became afraid, waving his hands and saying, "No thanks, I have many things to do. I'll leave first."

Then the man hurriedly departed.

"Damn, all show and no substance, what a coward." Xiaoyao said with some disdain. "Next person, uh, is there a next person..."

Xiaoyao's strange request, combined with his somewhat creepy anticipation, made almost everyone stay away. They didn't even ask about the corresponding compensation.

Next, some people gathered just to watch the excitement, but no one took action. Later, new spectators joined. Through the previous onlookers, they understood the situation and either became new spectators or just left directly.

This situation continued for a long time until one person's appearance changed the situation and freed Xiaoyao from being ignored by the crowd.

This was a girl, a girl who looked very thin and weak. Her clothes were tattered and torn, and her face had some dirt on it, like a little beggar. Perhaps she really was a little beggar.

"Excuse me, does your recruitment include meals?" the girl asked weakly.

"Of course it includes meals, plus room and board. There's also wages," Xiaoyao immediately nodded. Now even a mosquito was meat, even if it was just a little girl, he would still recruit her.

"Then I'll join." the girl immediately said, as if afraid Xiaoyao would change his mind.

"Alright, you stand aside and wait," Xiaoyao nodded.

"??" The girl looked at Xiaoyao and asked very puzzledly, "Aren't you going to ask if I know Lion's Power and to what degree I've cultivated it?"

Yes, why didn't he ask?

A group of people expressed confusion, though this didn't seem to concern them.

"I can see that you know it, and I can also see that you're still at the basic skills stage. Very good, your foundation is solid. I happen to need someone with basic Lion's Power skills," Xiaoyao said with a smile. With his eyesight, it would be strange if he couldn't see this girl's condition.

"Oh..." the girl seemed to understand.

After the girl, it was again a long time before Xiaoyao was once more surrounded by idle spectators. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on NoveIＦire.net

"Is anyone else coming? This is an opportunity, I can help improve your strength, for free," Xiaoyao finally spoke up, wanting to use improving people's strength as an attraction to get some people to come.

Actually, for Xiaoyao to research this, he might inherently need to improve people's strength, so this wasn't really a reward, just an additional benefit.

But when Xiaoyao said this, no one believed him. No one thought Xiaoyao could improve others' strength. With Xiaoyao's strength, he wasn't even as good as some people in the crowd.

Therefore, they were very disdainful, thinking Xiaoyao was writing bad checks, making them even more distrustful of Xiaoyao and more suspicious of his purposes.

"Improve strength? You're fooling people, right?" A group of people expressed doubt. This was something they had never heard could be done. Even peerless experts wouldn't dare boast .

They could only say they could help, but wouldn't dare guarantee they definitely could.

"Why would I fool you? What benefit would there be?" Xiaoyao casually replied.

"You could... who knows what benefits you have? If we knew, we would have taken you to see the officials long ago," the spectators said.

"Joining my research benefits you," Xiaoyao ignored them and continued promoting.

"There are no free benefits in this world. You definitely have some problem." the spectators continued.

"You spectators are really annoying. Either come or get lost. it's that simple. What are you chattering about here for?" Xiaoyao frowned and said very directly.

"See, he really does have problems. Now he's getting flustered and angry. It's because I exposed his conspiracy..." the spectators started getting smug, thinking Xiaoyao's behavior was the kind of embarrassed anger from being exposed. In reality, Xiaoyao was just impatient.

"Really sick. Alright, is anyone else coming? This is a rare opportunity." Xiaoyao shouted loudly. "Friend, do you want to improve your strength? Brother, are you still worrying about breakthroughs? Please join me."

No matter how hard Xiaoyao tried, the responses were all the same. Not one person would come.

"Damn, I'm done playing. You come with me, one person works just as well," Xiaoyao said, seeing this situation and getting quite angry. He was doing this for his own purposes, but it wasn't to the point of cheating people. He had explained everything beforehand. Since it was , then one person was one person, at most it would just take more time.

At this time, the girl didn't leave. It wasn't that she didn't know Xiaoyao might be a swindler, but she didn't care, because she had nothing worth swindling. As long as there was food, she didn't mind being cheated a little.

This girl was a little beggar. She had been hungry for a long time. If she didn't eat something soon, she estimated she might not survive.

The girl might not have known how correct this decision of hers was. it changed her fate and even began changing the fate of the entire Lion Country. She was undoubtedly the luckiest person in this change.

At that time, the girl already knew that Xiaoyao's words weren't fooling anyone but were an iron-clad fact. But unfortunately, no one believed it at the beginning.

Later, those spectators didn't know how much they regretted it. Only then did they realize they had once had such an opportunity but had given it up themselves. If they had grasped this opportunity then, their entire fate would have been different, they might have been like that girl.

But besides regret, nothing would change, because afterward Xiaoyao wouldn't give anyone opportunities anymore. Since he no longer needed to research Lion's Power, naturally he wouldn't provide others with such opportunities.

Even if people came begging him for chances, he would only say profoundly:

"Some things, once missed, will never have another chance."

"Boss, when will there be food?"

As Xiaoyao walked with the girl, thinking about where to conduct his research, the girl asked from behind. As she spoke, her stomach cooperatively rumbled.

"Are you hungry? Eat something first..." Xiaoyao said while taking out some dry rations. "I'm thinking about where to take you, somewhere without disturbance, with a comfortable environment, preferably with some water..."

"I mmph mmph..." The girl wanted to answer something, but she was now desperately eating the dry rations, her mouth completely full, mumbling incomprehensibly.

"What do you want to say? Here's a bag of water, drink it and then speak." Xiaoyao handed a bag of water to the girl.

"Gulp gulp gulp..." The girl was also unceremonious and didn't hesitate about whether Xiaoyao had drunk from this water bag. Even if Xiaoyao had drunk from it, she would drink it without hesitation. Being a beggar, she had eaten many leftovers and didn't care about this at all.

"So delicious. This water is so sweet and clear. I've never drunk such good-tasting water," the girl said after finishing the water, completely forgetting about other thoughts and only knowing how to praise. She even forgot that she should answer Xiaoyao's question.

Just because this water was too unforgettable for her.

"This is water from a snow mountain. I collected some, you're the fourth person to drink it," Xiaoyao said.

"Fourth? Besides boss, who else?" The girl's bright eyes looked at Xiaoyao. Of her entire body, only her eyes remained so clear and bright, forming an extremely stark contrast with the dirt covering her.

"One is this Chi Chi, and another is my boss. Oh right, don't call me boss, just call me Xiaoyao. We each get what we need, it's equal," Xiaoyao said with a smile.

Xiaoyao generally sent any good things to Guxing via messenger eagles, as long as the eagles could carry them. During this time, although Guxing and Xiaoyao had never met face to face, they maintained constant contact and knew each other's situations. The pills and such that Xiaoyao refined during this period were all sent to Guxing via messenger eagles.

Some local specialty snacks, Xiaoyao would also bring over and preserve using special methods, so Guxing could also feel the joy of traveling together with him. This was also a requirement Guxing had made.

Guxing knew that currently the most important thing for her was cultivation. Although she also wanted to travel with Xiaoyao, she knew it wasn't possible yet, because her cultivation hadn't reached the point where she needed real-world experience to break through. Currently, the fastest way was still to earnestly cultivate in one place, and the environment at First Academy Under Heaven was very good.

"Boss?" the girl asked with some confusion.

"You don't need to know about this. What did you want to say just now? Do you have someplace you think is suitable?" Xiaoyao said with a smile. He felt the girl before him didn't need to know about Guxing, no need to know about these matters of his.

"Mm, I know of a place that I discovered by accident. There's a small waterfall there, with a riverbank, surrounded by forest. No one would disturb us, though there might be some small wild animals," the girl didn't continue asking about Xiaoyao's affairs and mentioned a place she knew of.