Chapter 991: Chapter 988: This Is the Hu Family’s Home Turf
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Sun Xingyao showed a dazed expression, looking at Master Fuli who was demanding overtime pay, his forehead full of question marks.
Overtime?
Our Dragon People have been dead for how many years, there hasn’t even been a hint of employing Blue Star beings for work, so where’s this idea of overtime pay coming from?
"Hey! Don’t just stare at me like that..." Master Fuli took a sip of cola, with a face full of amusement, said, "Overtime pay is just a colloquial term. You Dragon People might be honest and down-to-earth when it comes to getting things done, but Immortals definitely aren’t... "
"I only go out three to five times a year, yet I’ve been attacked three times by black fungi."
"They come to mess with me, so I have to go on duty, and punch them back fiercely; doesn’t this count as overtime?"
"......" Sun Xingyao’s face was lined with black, instinctively glanced at Zhang Lin.
Zhang Lin hesitated for a moment then said, "To my knowledge, Master Fuli did get attacked by black fungi this year."
"The times I know of include once when he was attacked by a parasitic beast in Xia Dong, once up north when a giant black fungus tree flattened several kilometers, and another time just recently abroad when an entire city was razed."
Master Fuli usually doesn’t go to work, but whenever his attendance record has something listed, it’s because he has joined the forefront of the Spiritual Particles science archaeology, often becoming embroiled in intense battles.
From the First Epoch, fought his way to the Second Epoch, then circled back into human society, dealing a couple of slaps to passing Spirit Beasts.
"I have no idea that the black fungi spread by the Immortals were in such numbers..."
Sun Xingyao’s face was lined with black as he muttered under his breath, then looked at Master Fuli and said:
"Alright! I’ve come to accept your argument, you are, after all, a Fox we Dragon People respect, but regarding that overtime pay you mentioned, I’m very sorry to say, we Dragon People don’t have material rewards."
Master Fuli made a point, but as for overtime pay, Dragon People really couldn’t afford it.
Everything with the Dragon People is smelted into trees, and Blue Star beings currently cannot even see an invisible tree, so even if Sun Xingyao wanted to give Master Fuli overtime pay, it wouldn’t be possible.
For things like gold and silver treasures, with Master Fuli’s identity, he’s probably not interested in such things.
"Do I look like that kind of materialistic Fox to you? Don’t underestimate the noble character of I, Ansheng!"
Master Fuli waved his hands, turned around, and softly called out of the window, summoning a timid parasitic beast.
"Let’s add a friend on WeChat first, conveniently, I have some matters regarding fungi, that I want to discuss with you in detail."
The Second Epoch may be quite close to mankind, but it’s a civilization full of mysteries and riddles.
Like the Treasure-Seeking Mushroom at home, skullcaps, and the annual leave on the ship far overseas, all wrapped in dismal fungi.
Also, the Security Bureau’s valuable treasure [Candle Nine Yin], all originated from the Second Epoch.
It’s rare to encounter a Dragon People civil servant who dares to say anything, unafraid to offend Immortals.
Naturally, I would want to establish connections with her, hoping in the future Sun Xingyao could take me on treasure hunts and explode Immortal gold coins.
No choice.
Whether it’s Immortals or those who comply, they are all, by and large, independent of human society.
Especially Immortals, who would ask, what has the destruction of humanity got to do with you, humans?
Immortals don’t care about humans and naturally wouldn’t be violent in front of them, but once they show up, it’s a major battle to refine humans into the resources needed for ascension.
Those who comply also don’t like to meddle in human society, instead keeping a close eye on Immortals to tear them apart.
This is a strife and a contest among the Dragon People, and without special opportunities, it’s difficult for Blue Star beings to get involved.
But...
Based on my experience in weighing the worth of old mummies,
The value of an Immortal, when put on the wish list, couldn’t possibly be just 20 Wish Power, might even go up to 30.
Naturally, I am unwilling to let them go, but there’s no means to capture and refine them into Wish Power.
"I’ve added you on WeChat, if you need anything, just contact me there!"
"For unwanted Immortals or to recycle second-hand fungi, just come to me, I can help you put them on second-hand trading platforms..."
After adding Sun Xingyao on WeChat, I had no intention to linger in the hospital any longer.
Walking out of the ward, I turned and looked back at the ward with a peculiar expression and muttered.
"Sun Xingyao, that kid, wouldn’t call my parents to make little reports about me, would she?"
"And you, weren’t you just saying, you’d give Sun Xingyao a good beating? Why are you now crouching by the window like Old Wang once we’re in the hospital?"
Master Fuli looked at the fungal parasitic beast, a bit disdainfully.
"My body was beyond my control..." the parasitic beast said a bit aggrievedly, "Jin Wu burst through the door, I too was going to burst through the window and kick him in the kidneys..."
"But... my body froze and fell into the flowerbed."
Sun Xingyao’s actual combat power isn’t particularly high, roughly estimated to be at Ah Qing ×3 level, but once she speaks, employing invisible sound waves inspired by her will, it has a strong hard control effect on fungi, taking down the parasitic beast with one move.
It’s like a class teacher scolding a kid.
The fungi inside the parasitic beast went out of control, and the whole parasitic beast ended up head down in the flowerbed.
"Why not... consider changing jobs, go into bulk winter worm summer grass business."
I rolled my eyes and teased it.
"I refuse! I, the parasitic beast, will have my revenge!" The fungal parasitic beast wasn’t happy.
"Yes, yes, turn left at the corner and go to M store, buy me a few ice creams to take home, I want to enjoy the coolness of ice cream on the floor heating in winter..."
Unfazed, I waved my hand, not very optimistic about the parasitic beast’s lofty aspirations.
Morning birds might catch worms, but it doesn’t rule out the numerous cases like those crows in the Imperial Capital that rummage through garbage bins early to find baby diapers to eat.
After buying the ice cream, the parasitic beast drove Master Fuli to the teachers’ apartment.
After seeing Master Fuli enter the apartment, the parasitic beast sat back in the car, opened the online shopping platform, entered the words [Older Brother] in the search, along with books.
"My Ten Years with Older Brother"
"The Empress Transforms into My Younger Sister"
"The Eldest Brother as Father"
The fungal parasitic beast placed orders for them one by one, then opened a novel platform, entered keywords to find related literature, studying the content thoroughly word by word.
"Revenge..."
"I, the parasitic beast, will not be inferior to others in this life!"
But after some thinking, it added a few more books to its bookshelf, a bit hesitant.
"My Righteous Mother", "The Ice Queen CEO and My Ignorant Young Self".
Back upstairs, Master Fuli had no idea that the reckless parasitic beast, when roadblocks appeared in martial paths, pondered taking someone as a righteous parent.
"Eeeeeh —"
I came to my second uncle’s door, knocking gently, and made a soft call.
"Oh oh, coming....."
Ah Qing, from inside the house, got up from the tea table and ran to open the apartment door.
"Tada~ I brought back dessert for after meals." I turned around gaily, showing off the M store ice cream held by the hook of my tail to Ah Qing.
"Eh... did you bring your phone out?" Ah Qing looked puzzled at the little fox.
"Why would I need phone payment? On the street, I just squat down and wave my little hand, ’clap clap’ a bit of fortune-telling and say a blood disaster is coming, and the other side will kneel-slid and call me Fox Immortal straight away."
I shrugged and joked,
"Here is one of our Hu family’s home turfs, and in the Imperial Capital, there’s even a Fox Immortal Tower!"
"Back then, they all had to call me Manager Fox."
Ah Qing: "???"
Is... is this really the case?
