It's Not a Matter of Money

The little girl was clearly confident in her pet.

With that, she summoned the Purple-Tailed Scorpion.

Taking this opportunity, Su Yi seriously checked its attributes.

Purple-Tailed Scorpion

Spiritual Power: Apprentice Seven Stars

Attributes: Poison

Skills: Iron Pincer (Master), Scorpion Tail Swing (Master), Elementary Venom (Master)

Goals of Evolution: Poisonous Dragon Scorpion, Poisonous Scorpion Spirit

Potential: Grandmaster

…

Grandmaster potential!

'That's very lucky!'

Su Yi was surprised.

One had to know that the potential of Bai Zhining's two pets had yet to reach the grandmaster level!

These two were both Bai Jingtian's biological daughters. Bai Jingtian should not favor one over the other. The pets he provided them should be about the same level.

They should all be rare species that had a high chance of growing to the commander level and only a small chance of growing to the grandmaster level.

Bai Zhining, who didn't win any prizes, was more normal. That was why she wanted to contract a pet with better aptitude.

And her sister had actually hit the jackpot!

If Bai Zhining knew about this, what would she think…

"Zhiyan, you don't talk about having an advantage. Mom told you not to underestimate any opponent."

Li Wenyu lectured. Then, she looked at Su Yi and asked with a smile, "Xiao Yi, you must have spent a lot of effort to train the skill of the Thorn Grass to the proficient level, right?"

He couldn't blame her for asking. Thorn Grass wasn't very intelligent, after all. Everyone knew that.

In most cases, intelligence was proportional to comprehension.

"Huh?"

Su Yi was stunned and puzzled.

Why didn't Senior Bai Zhining even tell them this information? Did she forget or did she do it on purpose?

He subconsciously looked at Bai Zhining. Seeing that this senior had no intention of answering for him, he could only say honestly.

"Actually, it didn't take much effort. In fact, this Thorn Grass was contracted for me by Senior Bai Zhining in the Lake Forest two days ago. Before that, I was still a Beast Tamer without a pet."

"What? You only contracted it the day before yesterday. How can that be!"

The little girl finally couldn't hold it in anymore. She looked at her sister angrily. "It's fine if you don't help me arrange for an ordinary Beast Tamer, but why did you deliberately arrange for such a… such a newbie? Mom, look at Sister!"

Seeing her like this, Li Wenyu said unhappily, "Zhiyan, what did Mommy teach you usually? You can't judge a book by its cover. So what if Xiao Yi is a newbie Beast Tamer? As long as he really has superb commanding ability, he's qualified to be your opponent!"

"No, I don't want to spar with a newbie Beast Tamer!"

In the end, she was still an eleven- or twelve-year-old girl. No matter how sensible she had acted previously, she still threw a tantrum now.

"Why can't you spar with a newbie Beast Tamer? Are you afraid of losing to such an opponent?" Bai Zhining asked calmly.

"How could I lose? I—"

The little girl immediately bristled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. She wanted to retort.

But before she could finish, Bai Zhining interrupted her.

"Since you're not afraid of losing, fight Su Yi. As long as you defeat him, I'll only arrange for ordinary Beast Tamers for you in the future."

"Okay, let's fight. It's a deal!"

In the end, the little girl could not stand her sister's provocation and stopped talking nonsense. She immediately ordered the Purple-Tailed Scorpion to climb into the arena, then turned to look at Su Yi and said bluntly.

"Summon your pet and begin!"

Su Yi frowned as he sensed her hostility.

After a moment of silence, he ignored the angry little girl and turned to Bai Zhining.

"I'm sorry, Senior. I'm afraid I'm not up to this job. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first."

He was here to make money, not to make enemies.

Given the current situation, if he really defeated this little girl later, wouldn't he be hated to death by this Second Miss of the Jingtian Corporation?

"Do you have any concerns? If you're worried that you'll offend Zhiyan if you win, there's no need for that. Although Zhiyan is a little willful, she's not so unreasonable."

Bai Zhining was slightly stunned, clearly surprised that he would refuse at this time.

"That's not it. I just know that my strength is limited and I'm no match for Miss Zhiyan. That's why I don't want to spar with her lest I embarrass myself."

Su Yi replied perfunctorily.

"You heard him, didn't you, Sister? He admitted to himself that he was no match for me. Now you have nothing to say."

The little girl finally smiled at that.

"Sorry to disturb you, Senior Bai. Aunt Li, I'll leave first."

Su Yi was unwilling to stay here any longer.

"Wait!"

Just as he turned around, Li Wenyu suddenly called out to him. Then, she looked at her youngest daughter and said sternly, "Xiao Yi is a guest invited by your sister. What kind of attitude is this? Have you forgotten all the basic manners I usually teach you?"

"I didn't—"

Seeing how serious she sounded, the little girl's aura weakened.

Li Wenyu didn't reprimand her anymore. Instead, she said to Su Yi, "Xiao Yi, Zhiyan's tone was bad just now. I apologize to you on her behalf. It's all because I dote on her too much."

"Auntie, what are you doing? Your daughter is still young. Why would I take her words to heart? Besides, she didn't say anything overboard."

Su Yi looked puzzled.

"In that case, why aren't you willing to stay and spar with Zhiyan? I heard from Zhining that the sparring fee you agreed on was 1,000 yuan per match. Auntie can increase it to 3,000 yuan."

Li Wenyu looked at him seriously.

"Ah, this… Auntie, you've misunderstood. I'm really just afraid that it'll be too embarrassing if I lose…"

"Five thousand."

"It's not about money—"

"Ten thousand."

Damn, this was completely unreasonable!

Su Yi took a deep breath and gradually restrained his smile.

"I've already said it's not about the money, but since Auntie has already put it that way, it would seem unkind of me to refuse. All right, I'm willing to spar with your daughter. As long as she's willing, it doesn't matter how many rounds it takes!"

"Thank you. Thank you, Xiao Yi."

A smile returned to Li Wenyu's face.

The little girl was not convinced.

You want to spar with me many times? If you're defeated by me cleanly later, you'll be too embarrassed to stay!

That was what she thought, but because she had just been reprimanded by Li Wenyu, she did not dare to be impudent. She said politely,

"Senior Su Yi, are you ready? If you are, please guide me!"