Starting as a Snake: Defying Heaven with Invincibility-Chapter 72 – Great harvest

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"Brother Xiao! Brother Xiao! Help!"

Xiao Bai suddenly cried out in her sleep.

She felt as if something was tickling her.

Xiao Bai immediately woke up, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Xiao Long's snake-like head and mischievous eyes, squinting at her with a silly grin.

"Haha! So you're ticklish!" Xiao Long exclaimed, as if he had discovered a secret, his face full of glee.

Unexpectedly, after a moment of surprise, Xiao Bai threw herself onto him.

"Ugh, Brother Xiao, I thought you wouldn't wake up!" Xiao Bai whimpered.

Xiao Bai's fur was incredibly soft and fluffy, very comfortable.

Xiao Long laughed and said, "Hehe, I was just analyzing formations for a month straight, feeling a bit exhausted."

"Yeah, by the way, guess what I dreamed about?" Xiao Long suddenly looked at her.

Xiao Bai lifted her head, her gem-like eyes staring at him, "A female snake?"

"..." Xiao Long was speechless.

"I dreamed of a fox who asked me to tell you that your father is sorry for you!" Xiao Long sighed.

"Father?" Xiao Bai looked confused.

Xiao Long shook his head helplessly. Forget it, some things are better left forgotten.

"Let's head back, it's been a while since we've seen Huang Mao and the others." Xiao Long opened the door and crawled outside.

"Okay." Xiao Bai cheerfully followed behind.

Qianlong Bank, conference hall.

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Wan Jianfeng sat at the head, with Su Ya beside him, and a row of managers from the bank's various industries standing below.

"Report to the president, this week's silk shop sales reached 900,000 middle-grade spirit stones, with a profit of 500,000."

"Report to the president, this week's Wanxiang Pavilion sales reached 3.88 million middle-grade spirit stones, with a profit of 1.59 million."

"This week's sales of Wan Sheng spiritual tools..."

One by one, the managers reported a string of figures. Wan Jianfeng listened, squinting with pleasure, and Su Ya was all smiles.

Thinking back to a month ago, when they were targeted by Gu Yun, staff scattered, leaving only her and the president in the conference hall.

Now, leveraging the momentum from the last pill auction, Qianlong Bank quickly rose, reclaiming mortgaged shops and earning a fortune, with weekly profits surpassing those of a month.

After the data was reported, Su Ya compiled the statistics.

"President, this week's total profit is 5.05 million middle-grade spirit stones."

Hearing this number, Wan Jianfeng was very satisfied.

Five million middle-grade spirit stones is a considerable fortune even for an Innate Expert, and this was just a week's profit.

"We still can't compare to Lord Xiao. The pills he casually refined fetched astronomical prices in the billions, leaving us in the dust." Wan Jianfeng said enviously, highlighting the advantage of being an alchemist.

"Billions? It seems the harvest this time was quite good!"

At that moment, a voice came from behind.

Wan Jianfeng turned around to see a young man in white, standing calmly with his hands behind his back.

"Lord Xiao, you've emerged from seclusion!"

"Greetings, Lord Xiao!"

Su Ya and Wan Jianfeng quickly stood up, cupping their hands and bowing.

The managers' faces changed, and they hurriedly followed suit, saying in unison, "Greetings, Lord Xiao!"

Most of those present were seeing Xiao Long for the first time, and were shocked to find that the so-called Lord Xiao was so young!

"Hehe, no need for formalities! I'm here to collect my spirit stones and will be leaving tonight!" Xiao Long said with a faint smile.

"Yes! Here are the proceeds from the auction of Lord Xiao's pills. Please have a look!" Wan Jianfeng handed over a middle-grade storage ring.

With over a billion middle-grade spirit stones, which could form several mountains, Wan Jianfeng had specially acquired a middle-grade storage ring to barely contain them.

Xiao Long took the ring and glanced inside, seeing 23 small mountains neatly piled up, each representing ten million middle-grade spirit stones.

"Two hundred and thirty million middle-grade spirit stones!" Xiao Long was delighted.

He had originally hoped for a billion, but he had underestimated Tianfeng Kingdom's fervor for fourth-grade pills.

Xiao Long suddenly noticed that behind the 23 small mountains, there was a smaller pile of spirit stones, but the spiritual energy was much denser, revealing five thousand supreme-grade spirit stones.

The value of five thousand supreme-grade spirit stones was higher than a billion middle-grade spirit stones!

"Thirty third-grade pills sold for sixty million middle-grade spirit stones, two Spirit Molding Pills, one for seventy million and another for eighty million, and the final Breakthrough Pill was taken by Xue Wuqing for twenty million middle-grade spirit stones plus the Fire Cloud Sword, totaling two hundred and thirty million middle-grade spirit stones."

"I know Lord Xiao isn't interested in Innate Spiritual Treasures, so I had the Fire Cloud Sword auctioned at the capital's main hall, fetching five thousand supreme-grade spirit stones," Wan Jianfeng explained slowly.

Xiao Long nodded slightly.

Seeing Wan Jianfeng's expression, he knew that Wan Jianfeng hadn't skimmed a single stone.

This was what pleased him the most.

"By the way, Lord Xiao, the Beast Taming Sect's master, Qin Feng, made arrogant remarks at the auction, specifically demanding you apologize at the Beast Taming Sect," Wan Jianfeng suddenly said.

"Oh?" Xiao Long showed a curious expression, "Tell me what happened that day."

"Yes!" Wan Jianfeng briefly recounted the events of that day.

After hearing Wan Jianfeng's account, Xiao Long didn't get angry but laughed, finding it increasingly interesting.

"Unexpectedly, I didn't go looking for you, yet you delivered yourself to my door. How amusing. Come on then, I'm waiting for you!"

Xiao Long was not afraid at all.

Including the time he was unconscious, there were still five days left until the one-month deadline Qin Feng had set.

Five days were enough for Xiao Long to set up an earth-shattering plan, waiting for him to walk right into the trap.

"You've done well, here's a reward for you!"

Xiao Long tossed over a pill.

Wan Jianfeng took a look and was immediately stunned, his hand holding the pill starting to tremble.

"This is! A Breakthrough Pill!!!"

In Wan Jianfeng's hand was the very pill that could help someone at the tenth level of the Qi Condensing Realm break through to the Prenatal Realm.

"With your aptitude, breaking through to the Innate Realm isn't difficult. As long as you follow me and do your job well, you won't be treated unfairly," Xiao Long said calmly.

Wan Jianfeng was so excited that he trembled all over, almost moved to tears.

It had been a long time since he felt this excited!

"Thank you, Lord Xiao, please accept my bow!" Wan Jianfeng knelt on the ground, bowing deeply.

Xiao Long glanced at Su Ya and tossed her a jade slip.

"Su Ya, this technique suits your natural charm physique. I hope you don't waste such a gift," Xiao Long said calmly.

Su Ya took the jade slip, and with just a glance, she was struck as if by lightning, stunned in place.

"Rainbow Demon Scripture, grade... Earth-level, lower-grade!"

Su Ya was so excited she could barely speak coherently.

It was her first time seeing a legendary Earth-level technique!

Her current emotions were beyond words!

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"Lord Xiao, please accept my bow!"

As Su Ya knelt, she suddenly realized that Xiao Long was no longer in the hall.

Everyone present was left speechless.

"President Wan and Miss Su have really hitched themselves to a powerful figure!" The people present sighed, filled with envy, jealousy, and a mix of complex emotions.

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