Chapter 9: Xia Ya's "Part-time Job"

  Xia Ya suddenly lay on the ground, his chest heaving, panting like a broken bellows, his heart racing like a drum. His hands and feet were weak and limp, and sweat poured down all over his body.

  After resting for a while, Xia Ya finally sat up, the wound on his back pulled, and he was in so much pain that he kept inhaling cold air. He looked back at the wolf, its body had stiffened, with its buttocks raised high, and the half tree stick still stuck in its anus.

  "Haha! Haha!" Xia Ya laughed maniacally: "Want to eat me? Humph! I'm going to become the strongest Demon Hunter on the continent, how can I die here?"

  He paused for a moment, and a ruthless look appeared on his face: "You want to eat me? Today I'll eat you first."

  After saying this, he finally ran out of strength and struggled twice but couldn't get up. He opened his mouth and shouted: "Hey! Poor worm, are you a dead man? You didn't help when I was fighting just now, and now that you see me injured, you don't even come to support me?"

  The poor worm had just poked his head out from behind a rotten tree trunk, already scared pale, and when he saw Xia Ya was still alive, he let out a joyful cry and ran to Xia Ya's side.

  "Don't pull me yet... I have herbal medicine in my bundle. Then, help me apply the medicine... The wound is on my back, I couldn't reach it myself."

  Xia Ya weakly waved her hand.

  But soon he regretted asking this guy for help.

  This poor guy seemed to have never helped anyone bandage a wound in his life, he held a strip of cloth and wrapped it around Xia Ya's body for half a day, wrapping it crookedly.

  "Hey, what's with the cloth strip you've tied around my chest?"

  "Uh, for securing the cloth strip."

  "I know it's for fixing the cloth strip, but why did you tie it so strangely? What is this thing? It's tied so complicatedly and wasted a lot of cloth."

  "...butterfly knot."

  "What's the use of a bow tie?"

  "Uh... it looks good."

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  Due to this sudden change, both of them are now injured and can only rest on the spot.

  Xia Ya rested for half a day and recovered some of her strength. She was initially heartbroken about the wasted cloth, but soon saw the wolf's corpse beside her and couldn't help but smile.

  "Haha, I'm rich! I'm rich!" Xia Ya crawled over with his hands and feet, looking so excited that he almost wanted to hug the wolf's corpse and give it two big kisses.

  He had also secretly done a few times of hunting and killing magical beasts before, but he had only caught some not-too-dangerous low-level creatures. The only time he caught a fire squirrel was with the help of a beast clip.

  And this bloodthirsty giant wolf in front of me is already a mature beast in terms of physique, with a robust build and shiny fur.

  Although the Bloodthirsty Dire Wolf is only considered low-grade in the monster world, this beast itself can be considered mid-grade. First of all, Xia didn't cut off the wolf's head this time, and there aren't even any wounds on its body. The wolf skin is intact, and as long as it's carefully peeled off, it can be sold for several silver coins in Wildfire Town!

  A few silver coins, enough for Xia Ya to eat and drink for a month or two.

  There is also the wolf bone. If it were an ordinary bloodthirsty wolf, the bones might not be worth much. However, this beast that was killed by Xia Ya is a robust adult giant wolf, and the demonic effect of the bloodthirsty wolf actually belongs to a type of earth-based magic. Its bones are also useful for earth-based magic elements, and some shops are willing to buy wolf bones.

  Let me calculate it... If I can carry this wolf back and sell it, with good luck, including the skin and bones, I can get seven or eight silver coins.

  Xia Ya was even a little excited, and simply put the guy on his back to Wildfire Town. He didn't need to take risks to catch any more lion cubs. The money from selling wolf skins could be used to pay back the advance for the shop in Black Street, and the remaining money would be enough for him to spend for two or three months. He could even buy a real sword, and if he was lucky, the remaining money might even be enough to buy a decent set of leather armor.

  Looking at Xia Ya's excited and joyful appearance, Ke Lian Chong couldn't help but feel a bit disapproving.

  Is a hedgehog just a hedgehog? Is a wolf's corpse also worth getting so excited about?

  Just looking at Xia Ya hugging the wolf's corpse and dancing with joy, excitement aside, it stirred up his wound, laughing on one side and wincing in pain on the other. As he looked on, he couldn't help but feel some sympathy for this guy.

  "Ah..." Kya cried out, and when Xia Ya turned his face around, Kya's face had already flushed red: "T-thank you...you saved me again."

  "Don't thank me. I didn't save you, but also saved myself - if I hadn't killed it, I would have been done for too." Xia Ya waved his hand.

  His careless and unaffected attitude, however, made the poor worm look at him more favorably. He pursed his lips and smiled: "I really do believe you're a demon hunter now."

  "Why?"

  "Your strength is great." The poor worm's face turned red, and he gestured laboriously with his hands: "I know that the bloodthirsty wolf has great strength, but you can subdue it. Moreover, when you're fighting desperately, your aura is really intimidating."

  The poor worm looked at Xia Ya and suddenly lit up, and an idea was born in his heart. He asked, "What do you plan to do now? You must be here to hunt in the wild, right? Now that you've got your prey, are you going to head back?"

  Actually, what the poor worm really wanted to ask was: Can you take me back home on your way?

  From yesterday till now, Poor Bug has already understood that without anyone's protection, relying on his own strength, he might not be able to survive for even a day in this Wildfire Prairie!

  If no one protects you, even if you are not eaten by monsters, if you encounter other evil black tribes or other ruthless adventurers, you may be slaughtered as a fat sheep.

  But his appearance might even bring about more unfortunate encounters.

  It's actually safer to follow this guy, at least he has some skills and can take down a giant wolf by himself. At the same time, he can't even tell the difference between a beautiful woman and an ugly one, so if I follow him, I don't have to worry about him having any bad intentions towards me.

  Xia Ya thought for a moment, glanced at the wolf corpse, and sighed: "No, I still can't go back yet. I... still need to find the lion beast."

  "Why?!" The poor worm cried out loudly: "Haven't you already caught your prey? It's already hard enough to carry such a big wolf back, you don't need to find any other prey."

  The poor worm's true intention was: I don't want to wander around this dangerous wildfire with you anymore, it's better to deceive this turtle into protecting me back.

  "Wolf......" Xia Yareng looked at his spoils of war with a reluctant gaze: "Although the wolf is good, I promised someone else. Alas, once a contract is signed, it cannot be reneged."

  He puffed out his chest and said, "The old man taught me that if you can't do something, don't say it! But once you've promised someone something, you must do it! A man's word is as good as a nail!"

  Although he was young, when he said this, coupled with the fact that he had just shown his bravery and skill in battle, he stood up straight and spoke boldly, with a somewhat heroic air about him.

  "But... " The poor worm grew anxious: "But we're all injured. And my injury needs to be treated as soon as possible, I need to find someone to help me. You're not lightly injured either... uh, can you take me back to the town first?"

  "Absolutely not! This concerns a man's dignity!" Xia Yali said with a firm shake of his head.

  "But...” The poor worm was somewhat annoyed, but suddenly remembered the guy hugging the wolf's corpse and dancing with joy earlier. He turned his eyes: "Then, I'll pay you money, consider it as me hiring you to escort me back? How much is your man's dignity worth?"

  "Phooey! Do you think I'm that kind of person who would give up on their ideals for the sake of money?" Xia Yali retorted with a stern expression.

  "Fifty gold coins." Actually, the poor worm wanted to say five hundred gold coins, but for this inexperienced turtle, he was afraid of scaring him off.

  Xia Yali's eyes lit up, and her face immediately showed a wavering expression. Fifty gold coins! Such a huge sum of money, he hadn't even seen it before!

  Fifty gold coins, enough to buy a set of top-notch Demon Hunter equipment in Wildfire Town, and even drink some fine wine, eat at the most expensive restaurant in town. Who knows... maybe I can even go to the legendary "Lipstick Street" to see the sights...

  But soon, Xia Ya thought for a moment and shook her head, showing a very disdainful look: "Fifty gold coins? If you had fifty gold coins, it would be enough to hire a team of warriors to protect you. Looking at your appearance, you're probably a fallen noble, maybe even a fugitive, I don't believe you have that kind of money."

  The poor worm gave a proud smile, reached into his bosom and pulled out a deerskin pouch. The pouch itself was extraordinary, with golden silk embroidery, clearly not an ordinary item. The poor worm held it up, shook it twice, making a rustling sound, then opened it and poured out its contents. Instantly, a large handful of glittering gold spilled out!

  Gold coins!!

  Authentic gold coins! Byzantine Empire's gold coins!!

  Xia Yali was stunned, he immediately rushed over a few steps, grabbed a few in his hand and weighed them, and even bit one hard.

  It's genuine, it's real gold!!

  Look up at this poor worm - is this guy actually so rich?

  "How's that?" Seeing this toad indeed losing his composure in front of gold coins, the poor worm's face revealed a hint of disdain: "This money is enough to buy your so-called man's dignity, isn't it!"

  Xia Ya took a deep breath and threw the gold coins in his hand to the ground, raised his head, and stared at Kechong Chong with a strange gaze.

  His eyes were very calm, and even had a hint of a smile.

  "Honestly, you really shouldn't have taken out so much money in front of me." Xia Yali's tone was very serious.

  "What for? Why?" Probably from this turtle's tone, he sensed something was wrong and the poor worm became tense.

  "I forgot to tell you." Xia Yarei smiled with a curved arc at the corner of his mouth: "Although I am a demon hunter, but... in some special cases, I don't mind occasionally guest-starring as other professions."

  "What profession?"

  Xia Ya deliberately curled up his lips and smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "Bandit!"

  He sighed, his tone somewhat languid: "Especially when a helpless fat sheep takes out a large sum of money in front of me, and the surroundings happen to be desolate wilderness, where no one can hear or see, kill and rob, then casually dig a hole and bury the body, it's possible that no one will discover it for thirty or fifty years..."

  He deliberately spoke slowly and finally smiled: "Every time in this situation, I don't mind doing a 'part-time job'."