"I said Lao Zhou, you really don't think about shielding induction?"

Tang Mu helplessly looked at Zhou Yong, who was holding his thighs with his hands into fists, his face was extremely red, and his expression was full of forbearance.

As time went by, he already knew the reason why Zhou Yong was so abnormal.

"No..."

Zhou Yong gritted his teeth and struggled to squeeze out a trembling voice from between his teeth.

Feeling the experience of pet animal washing and care is what he does every time he washes and cares, and this time, it will never be an exception!

Isn't it just that the washing power is too comfortable?

Come on!

"You still say I'm stubborn, and I don't think you're much better than me." Tang Mu shook his head helplessly, turned his head to the other side, and didn't look at Zhou Yong's embarrassment at the moment.

Spicy eyes.

After a long while, Zhou Yongqing, whose expression was extremely forbearing, breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense body quickly relaxed, "It's finally over." ”

"It's over?" Tang Mu's eyes were curious, looking in the direction of the washing room.

He was originally quite curious about the washing and care effect of Xinghuo Foster Care Shop, but when he saw Zhou Yong's strange reaction, he was even more curious about the final result of washing and care.

is also curious, as well as Zhou Yong, who has suffered the boss's crime.

Sharing his senses with the Refining Monkey, he was able to see the Refining Monkey's perspective, but he didn't have the God's perspective and couldn't see what the Refining Monkey itself was.

It was the first time he was so embarrassed in the process of washing and caring for the pet beast, and at the end of the washing and care, he was naturally curious about the results of the washing.

In the curious and expectant gazes of the two, the door of the washing room slowly opened, and Xu Ran walked out quickly, followed by a flame that was burning into the sky.

It was the alchemy monkey who had just finished washing.

At this moment, the fire around the Refining Flame Monkey was extremely blazing, as if it could burn everything, and the silhouette of the body that could be vaguely seen in the flames was smooth and fierce, and the ferocious and powerful aura was transmitted without reservation.

Compared to before the washing, the Flame Refining Monkey at this moment seems to have completed an evolution, and it has undergone a completely different change.

Such a strong contrast between before and after, with an extreme visual impact, made Zhou Yong and Tang Mu stand up for the first time and rushed out of the waiting area.

"Hahaha, good!" Zhou Yong's face was full of ecstasy, and when he saw the appearance of the Refining Flame Monkey at the moment, he had already realized how powerful Xu Ran's washing and care was.

At this moment, he even had the idea that the sin he had just suffered was worth it.

Tang Mu also walked around the Refining Flame Monkey a few times, constantly looking at it, and was amazed.

With such a good cleaning service, he was a little moved.

It's a pity that his pet beast just carried out a unified cleaning a few days ago, and there is no need for cleaning and care at the moment.

It can only be the next time you need to wash and care, choose the Spark foster care store.

"Mr. Zhou is satisfied." Xu Ran smiled slightly, "Are there any pet beasts that need to be washed?" ”

"Uh, this..."Hearing Xu Ran's inquiry, Zhou Yong's smile froze on his face, and he coughed lightly in embarrassment, "Tomorrow, come back tomorrow." ”

It's been so exciting today, he's already a little out of it.

If he washed the second pet beast right now, he would really lose his temper on the spot.

Let's take a breath of relief.

Tang Mu on the side looked strange and helplessly supported his forehead.

He was an old friend with Zhou Yong, and he guessed the reason why Zhou Yong didn't continue to wash and care for other pet beasts for the first time.

This guy... It's so stubborn.

Something that can be solved by shielding induction...

"Okay, no problem." Xu Ran, who didn't know anything outside the bathroom, smiled slightly and didn't care.

"That's all for today." Zhou Yong did not hesitate to pay for the cleaning and care of the Refining Flame Monkey, glanced at Xu Ran, and then retracted his gaze like an electric shock.

I don't know why, when he saw this guy, he instantly recalled those feelings just now.

"Old Tang, let's withdraw." He dragged Tang Mu and hurriedly left the Xinghuo foster care store.

"Walk slowly, two." Xu Ran smiled and watched the first customers of the new store leave, and then stretched.

Twelve hidden in the shadows fluttered their wings and flew down on Xu Ran's shoulder, their sea-blue eyes full of smiles.

"Chirp~" (The beast master of the alchemy monkey is open to perceive and share the whole process when washing and guarding~)

"Huh?!" Xu Ran blinked, revealing a look of surprise.

Because of his special washing and care techniques, most of the pet beasts who come to the Xinghuo foster care store to wash and care will make strange sounds.

When the guests of the beast master above the handsome level arrive, they will basically block the sharing of perception during the washing and care process to avoid the embarrassing situation of gaffes.

There is such an iron head as a beast master? The whole process is open for contract induction?!

"I remember that there seems to be surveillance in the store..."Xu Ran patted his head, suddenly remembered something, and walked behind the counter to operate.

Soon, the picture of him entering the washing room appeared in front of him.

Looking at Zhou Yong's posture that gradually became strange with his own rhythm of washing, Xu Ran's expression gradually became exciting.

It's really... Head iron.

——

Xuanxing City, a boarding shop on weekdays.

As recognized as the No. 1 foster care store in Xuanxing City, this foster care store has a large number of customers coming and going every day.

Every day, new foster residents are sent into the foster care area of the weekday foster care store, and residents who have ended their foster care period leave the area.

Because the business is so hot, the weekday foster care store even needs to adopt an appointment system to stabilize the number of residents in the foster care area through reasonable appointment allocation.

Today, there are situations in the weekday foster care store that would not have appeared in the past.

"Boss!" The employee in charge of foster care appointments found Tan Shao, the owner of the Pingtian foster care store, with a rather ugly expression, "There is a guest who made an appointment to foster a pet beast today and missed the appointment." ”

"No-show?" Tan Shao frowned slightly and looked at the employee, "Have you called to confirm?" ”

"It's confirmed." The employee nodded, "And the reason for the no-show is that the other party chooses to foster in another foster care store." ”

"This is being cut off..."Tan Shao's brows furrowed even tighter.

I didn't show up after making an appointment, and there are still occasional cases like this.

It is reasonable that the guest may have changed their mind about foster care because of some other factors.

However, it is very rare to miss an appointment because you choose another foster care store.

After all, this is the best foster care service in the entire Xuanxing City.

What's even more commendable is that the weekday foster care store did not increase its price because of the better service quality, and its price is basically the same as the price of other foster care stores.

Under such circumstances, the competitiveness of the weekday foster care store can be imagined.

To be able to snatch guests from it is anything but extraordinary.

"Did you ask which foster care store they chose?" He quickly turned his head and looked at the employee, "Is it Fengyun or Xingyu?" ”

In Xuanxing City, the three most famous foster care stores are the three of them.

The three foster care stores have their own advantages and disadvantages, Pingtian is the best at fostering, Fengyun washing and care is the first, and Xingyu has the best sparring service.

In Tan Shao's opinion, there are only these two companies that can steal their own business.

Although they are not as good as their own weekday foster care stores in foster care, it is entirely possible to cut off their own customers if they are bundled with other services.

"I asked." The employee nodded hurriedly, "It's a foster care shop called Xinghuo Foster Care Shop, which is said to have just opened." ”

"Huh!" Tan Shao was directly laughed angrily, "What did you just say?" A new foster care store? ”

Newly opened foster care shop, dare to grab its own customers?

There was a bit of anger in his eyes.

Except for Fengyun Foster Care Store and Xingyu Foster Care Shop, other foster care stores in Xuanxing City were not taken into his eyes at all, not to mention that this foster care store was newly opened.

In Tan Shao's opinion, this is tantamount to a powerful male lion being provoked by a rabbit.

"Teach him a lesson and let him know the rules of running a foster care store." Tan Shao snorted and waved his hand.

"Got it!" The employee nodded quickly and turned to leave.

He already knew what to do.

——

Xuanxing City Beast Master Association.

Vice President Qin sat in his office, drinking tea and reading the newspaper of the day.

When the tea was finished, the newspaper turned to the last page.

"Calculate the time, it should be about the same." He put down the newspaper, looked at the time, and muttered something quietly.

Then, Vice President Qin took out his mobile phone and shared a video in a small group.

[Qin Huaiyu: I saw an interesting thing, which was the strength test record of the Starlight Badge yesterday. [Video]]

After posting the video, he put his phone down, his eyes flashing slightly.

There are only six people in this small group, but these six people are the six most powerful people in Xuanxing City.

The president and five vice presidents of the association.

President Qi Yuan coordinates the overall situation, and the five vice presidents perform their own duties and manage the order of the entire Xuanxing City.

I believe that when the president sees the video, he will definitely have a corresponding reaction.

At that time, you can start the follow-up operations.

Thinking of this, Qin Huaiyu looked at one of the group members, his eyes flashed slightly, and he couldn't help but snort.

Among the five vice presidents, Zhou Changhe is the highest in terms of strength and authority.

When President Qi Yuan recedes into the background, he will be the most likely successor to the chairmanship.

Probably for this reason, Zhou Changhe has a faint momentum of arrogance towards the other four vice presidents, and his relatives and cronies are also pulling tiger skins and making a mess of the association.

Qin Huaiyu had seen Zhou Changhe unpleasantly for a long time, but he knew that he couldn't fight the other party, so he could only act cautiously.

This is also the reason why he couldn't give Liu Fengyun a positive answer yesterday.

He can't have a direct conflict with Zhou Changhe because of this incident.

Even if you want to help, you can only do it if the circumference is unaware.

In order to avoid suspicion, Qin Huaiyu deliberately postponed it for a day, and waited until today to pretend that he had just found out and share the video to the group.

In this way, no matter how suspicious Zhou Changhe is, it is impossible to infer anything from a video that seems to have nothing to do with Liu Fengyun on the surface.

And the situation was as he expected.

Shortly after he shared the video, there was new news in the group.

[Zhou Changhe: This new king-level beast master is very good, it should be from other places, there are not many beast masters who master martial arts, the president come and take a look @Qi Yuan. 】

Seeing this news, there was a strange smile on the corner of Qin Huaiyu's mouth.

Attracted by the movement of the small group, the other three vice presidents also bubbled up one after another, and expressed a few words of their opinions after watching the video.

In the end, Qi Yuan bubbled.

[Qi Yuan: It looks a little interesting, can you contact this person? I want to communicate with him and exchange martial arts. 】

It's done!

Qin Huaiyu was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly sent a message.

[Qin Huaiyu: I am responsible for the assessment of the Starlight Badge, and I have the information of this beast master here, so I will handle this matter. 】

The other four vice presidents did not rush to survive at this time.

After all, the awarding of the Starlight Badge has always been Qin Huaiyu's responsibility.

This matter is done by Qin Huaiyu, and it is reasonable.

The small group soon fell silent again, and Qin Huaiyu hummed a joke and walked out of the office quickly.

"Fish~to~on~hook~"

——

"Ha~"

Xu Ran yawned and held his cheeks to watch the crowd of people coming and going outside the storefront.

As it approached noon, the street in front of the store became lively.

As a newly opened store, the Spark Foster Care Store welcomed many curious passers-by, but these passers-by did not convert into customers.

After seeing the price, they turned around and left here without hesitation.

A few hours after opening, there was no business except for the first two customers.

"Chirp~" (Was it so difficult to open other branches before?) ）

Twelve pairs of claws grabbed the protruding branch next to the counter and asked.

"Meow~" (It's good to have two guests in the morning.) ）

Ziyun lay lazily on the counter, not raising his head, just shaking his tail bigger than his body.

"yes, it's hard to get started." Xu Ran smiled, "The new stores that are not famous are almost the same at the beginning. ”

"When the popularity of the store increases, there will be more and more customers."

"Chirp~" (Is that so...) ）

Twelve nodded thoughtfully, then realized something, and looked out of the store with a little more anticipation in his eyes.

"Chirp!" (There's a new guest coming!) ）

At the same time as the twelve words fell, four figures walked quickly into the storefront.

Xu Ran raised his head, his eyes flashing slightly.

These four people are all sturdy, with a bit of fierceness, they look quite difficult to provoke, and their strength should not be weak.

What's more...

Xu Ran faintly felt a bit of hostility from these four people.

But even so, he still stood up and greeted with a smile, "Four guests, what service do you need?" ”

"What services do you have at this store?" The man at the head spoke in a deep voice.

"The price card is right behind you." Xu Ran raised a hand to signal.

The four of them turned their heads to look at the price card, then looked at each other.

Immediately afterwards, the man standing on the left side snorted, stepped forward with an unkind face, and slapped the counter, "Your price is two or three times more expensive than the outside, it is clearly blackmail!" ”

Looking at each other, the smile on Xu Ran's face gradually converged.

It seems that it is really not good.

"All the services in our store are good value for money." He said calmly, "If the four of you are here to make trouble, then please get out." ”

"Get out?" The other man smiled, "I think you've been pierced and annoyed, right?" ”

He strode to the door of the store, shouting loudly as he walked, "Today, I want everyone to take a good look at you, the guy who opened a black shop!" ”

"Come and see, this store is a black store! Their prices are two or three times more expensive than other stores, which is a big deal! ”

This man was the loudest of the four, and a loud shout instantly stopped a large number of passers-by.

They looked at the Spark foster care store and couldn't help but whisper.

A trace of anger flashed in Xu Ran's eyes.

He had already seen that the four people in front of him were deliberate.

After coming to Xuanxing City for two days, he didn't remember who he had offended.

Case... Then don't blame him for being polite.

Looking at Ziyun, whose strength was gradually becoming agitated, Xu Ran nodded slightly.

With Xu Ran's permission, Ziyun's sharp claws instantly popped out of the claw's palm, and its heterochromatic eyes stared at the four people indifferently, as if looking at a dead person.

Just as Ziyun was about to make a move, a deep cry came.

"What are you doing here?"

The crowd moved out of the way, and Qin Huaiyu walked to the front of the Xinghuo foster care store step by step, calmly looking at the man who had just shouted loudly.

Seeing Qin Huaiyu, the man's eyes widened suddenly, as if he was choked by an invisible force, and his voice stopped abruptly.

"Qin... Vice President Qin?! The man at the head looked at him in astonishment, his face dazed.

They were just asked to come to this newly opened foster care store to make trouble, and it was better to make its reputation stink.

Such a trivial matter, how did you attract such a big Buddha?!

In the storefront, Xu Ran's eyes were also stunned.

Obviously, he didn't expect Qin Huaiyu to appear at this time.

But thinking of yesterday's events, he quickly guessed the other party's intention.

gave Ziyun a look, signaling that there was no need to make a move, Xu Ran stood silently in place, ready to watch a good show.

"Repeat what you just said." Qin Huaiyu stared at the man who was shouting loudly just now and slowly spoke.

The man's expression struggled, but under the pressure of Qin Huaiyu's eyes, a cold sweat broke out, and finally stammered and repeated the words he had just shouted.

After listening patiently, Qin Huaiyu asked again, "Have you received service in this store?" ”

The man shook his head.

"Did you pay?"

The man shook his head again.

"There is no evidence, saying that a store is a black store is blackmail." Qin Huaiyu looked at the man, and his tone became stern, "Your behavior has disturbed public order and is suspected of slander. ”

"I, I'm willing to apologize!" The man was startled and hurriedly spoke.

He immediately turned his head to look at Xu Ran and slapped himself hard, "This big brother, you have a lot of adults, it's all my fault, it's me talking nonsense." ”

Although the other three did not shout loudly, they were also in a cold sweat under Qin Huaiyu's oppression at this moment, and hurriedly apologized.

Xu Ran shook his head slightly, too lazy to bother with this kind of person, "Get out, the four of you have been blocked by this store." ”

The four of them left in a hurry as if they had been granted amnesty.

Qin Huaiyu shook his head slightly, and then walked into the Xinghuo foster care store.

"Thank you Vice President Qin for your help." Xu Ran smiled and spoke.

"You don't blame me for being nosy." Qin Huaiyu was dumbfounded.

He knew that Xu Ran was a king-level beast master, and it was easy to deal with the four gangsters, and what he said just now was to help Xu Ran, but in fact, it was to save the lives of those four guys.

According to the rules of Xuanxing City, these four people took the initiative to provoke the high-level beast masters, and in this case, Xu Ran did not have to bear any responsibility for killing them.

"Naturally not." Xu Ran shook his head and changed the subject, "Vice President Qin, you are here, is there a reply from President Qi?" ”

"Yes." Qin Huaiyu nodded, his expression a little more serious, "President Qi wants to meet you and communicate with you about martial arts." ”

"When are you free?"

"Right now." Xu Ran glanced at the time.

At this moment, it is very close to the noon break.

Anyway, there wasn't much business on the first day, so it wasn't a problem to rest early.

Neatly packed up the storefront, brought five small ones, and carried the residual knife on their backs, Xu Ran and Qin Huaiyu set off quickly.

After a short time, the two of them came to the top of the Beast Master Association.

As soon as he entered, Xu Ran's face was a little more stunned.

He saw the walls and floors made of high-strength alloys, and the rows of weapon racks with all kinds of cold weapons.

Walking along the weapon rack, Xu Ran saw a sturdy back sitting cross-legged on the ground, as if meditating.

"President Qi, someone brought it."

Qin Huaiyu spoke slowly, and then gave Xu Ran a look, reminding Xu Ran not to forget what he was going to say after meeting President Qi, and then turned around and left.

As Qin Huaiyu closed the door of the practice room, only Xu Ran and Qi Yuan were left in the room.

"You're good at using knives?"

Qi Yuan got up slowly, and at the same time turned his head and looked at Xu Ran.

It was a middle-aged man with starry eyebrows and sword eyes, with a fierce momentum in his angular face.

"Yes." Xu Ran nodded.

Qi Yuan's gaze fell on the long knife Xu Ran was carrying, "This knife is a little unusual, and there is a residual momentum of a strong man on it." ”

Then, Qi Yuan's gaze moved away from the long knife and fell on Ziyun's body.

"The Imperial Race?" The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and there was a strange smile on his face, "It's the first time I've seen a talented young man like you." ”

"Thank you seniors for the compliment." Xu Ran smiled.

"Don't talk much." Qi Yuan quickly got to the point, he slowly pulled out a long knife from the weapon rack, "I will use the same strength as you, how about fighting with me?" ”

"Okay." Xu Ran nodded slightly, there was no choice.

There were very few beast masters he had met who were good at martial arts, and it was difficult to communicate with them.

This is also an opportunity for him.

With the improvement of the power of the contract, Xu Ran's own strength has gradually caught up with the pet beast, and he is more and more aware of the effect of mastering a martial art on improving his strength.

Although he has mastered a very strong knife, Xu Ran only has that knife, which is obviously not good.

If he can learn something else, such as a complete set of knife techniques, it will help him a lot.

Taking off the long knife behind his back, Xu Ran slowly unwrapped the cloth, revealing the rusty blade.

As if sensing the atmosphere in the field, the long knife trembled on its own, making a slight knife sound, and a trace of knife intent was revealed.

Qi Yuan, who was holding the long knife tightly, his pupils shrank slightly.

It seems that the original owner of this knife is even more powerful than he imagined.

"Be careful." Putting away his thoughts, Qi Yuan let out a low sigh and took the lead.

His knife was powerful, and in an instant, he had arrived in front of Xu Ran, slashing straight from top to bottom, as if he wanted to split Xu Ran in two.

Xu Ran's face instantly became solemn, his reaction was also not slow, and the long knife wrapped in the knife momentum was horizontal in front of his chest for the first time, blocking the split.

"Bell—"

As the two knives collided together, a crisp sound of gold and iron interlaced echoed in the practice room.

In the next moment, Xu Ran and Qi Yuan's bodies shook at the same time, and they took a few steps backwards.

However, the state of the two is obviously different.

The long knife in Xu Ran's hand trembled, and all the remaining momentum of the fight just now was dissolved, unscathed.

And Qi Yuan's arm left a faint blood mark.

This was injured by Xu Ran's knife momentum.

"Good!" Although he had a slight disadvantage, Qi Yuan's interest rose, "What a strong knife momentum, come again and again!" ”

He slashed again, and this time the shadow of the knife became light and ethereal, and in an instant, several slashes fell, as fast as thunder.

Xu Ran's eyes froze, and he tried his best to hold the knife to meet the attack, but the speed was still half a beat slower, and he barely blocked the key point with a horizontal knife, and his entire body was slashed out more than ten meters away.

"Wow~"

After continuously kicking and unloading, Xu Ran stood firm, and his eyes also showed a strange light.

This trip is the right one!

Although he is not as powerful as his own sword momentum, Qi Yuan also has the same sword momentum, and there is more than one.

The two attacks just now are clearly completely different styles.

And these are things that you can learn by yourself!

"Come again!"

This time, it was Xu Ran's turn to ignite his fighting spirit.

"Good boy, come!" Qi Yuan laughed and shot again.

In the practice room, the sound of gold and iron intertwined continued to echo, and after a long time, it stopped completely.

Xu Ran and Qi Yuan sat on the ground paralyzed, their faces full of happy expressions.

"Your knife is very powerful." Qi Yuan smiled, "But there is only this one knife, and when you are fighting, you will be unable to deal with different battle situations." ”

"Yes." Xu Ran nodded in agreement, his expression helpless, "I only learned this knife." ”

"I've got you." Qi Yuan raised his hand and took out a book from the bookshelf on the side and threw it to Xu Ran.

Xu Ran took a look, and there were several big characters written on the cover, "Ben Thunder Knife Method".

He opened it casually, and his eyes widened when he saw the content, "Senior, this is too precious, I can't accept it." ”

"Take it." Qi Yuan waved his hand indifferently, "I spent a lot of effort to collect these things, and I originally wanted everyone to learn them." ”

"It's just that there are too few beast masters who are interested in martial arts, so in the end, they can only be put here to eat ashes."

"These are the treasures left by our ancestors before the appearance of transcendent beings."

Speaking of this, Qi Yuan's face was a little more gloomy.

"Above the power of the fifth-order contract, martial arts can exert its effect in actual combat, and this alone restricts too many people."

"In Broken Abyss City, because the overall strength is stronger, there are more people who pay attention to martial arts, and places like ours... Hehe. Qi Yuan shook his head helplessly, "Your knife, if I guessed correctly, it should have been left by a strong man in Broken Abyss City." ”

"Huh?" Xu Ran blinked.

The origin of this knife is not clear to him.

But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that Qi Yuan's guess was very reasonable.

Looking at the rusty long knife in his hand, Xu Ran's heart moved.

The first time he touched the knife, he saw the owner of the long knife slashing the creatures beneath the thunderous mountain.

Now he knew that the strength of that creature had reached the level of the Beast Emperor.

Such existences were all slashed with a single sword, and the owner of the long knife had obviously stepped into the level of the Holy Spirit, and at worst, he was also an epic beast master.

If you go to Broken Abyss City in the future, will you have a chance to meet him?

(End of chapter)