As if struck by lightning, Qian Duoduo was instantly stunned.
Beneath Wang Meiruo's pure facade, a wild heart was deeply hidden.
"This kind of thrill isn't just any thrill. Eating whatever I want, using whatever I want, and my Cultivation increasing level by level doesn't bring me excitement. Only something truly out of the ordinary will make me feel thrilled," Wang Meiruo continued to whisper.
Her image in Qian Duoduo's mind had already transformed from a great Caizhu to a little deviless.
"Dong, dong." Wang Meiruo's knocking on the counter woke Qian Duoduo. "Jin Buhuan, it's rare for you to understand me. If there's anything fun in the future, be sure to include me."
Qian Duoduo saw Wang Meiruo off to over a hundred steps outside the Gold Vault door. Just before they parted, Wang Meiruo frowned, "That's it?"
"That's right, Senior Sister. You can go back and wait for good news. If anyone wants to borrow money, I'll tell you immediately."
"Waiting around is so boring. For this money-lending business, what do you want me to do?"
"How about..." Qian Duoduo thought for a moment and said, "You can see who else has money and wants to deposit it with us. Or who needs money and comes here to borrow."
"That works. Many people in our Wang family have money, like my second uncle and third uncle, they're quite rich. I'll go talk to them, and if they don't give, I'll pull their beards." Wang Meiruo's face lit up with joy, and she skipped away.
This little deviless was going to torment someone else again. Admiring her carefree steps, Qian Duoduo sighed in his heart and turned to walk back.
"Senior—Senior Brother, I can also do that work from just now." A figure that swayed without wind blocked Qian Duoduo's path.
"Huang Guiren, it's you again." Qian Duoduo's good mood immediately vanished by more than half.
This unlucky fellow was no less than a jinx.
"Senior Brother—"
"Don't call me Senior Brother, my Cultivation isn't as high as yours. I'm your Junior Brother."
"The capable one is the Senior Brother. Senior Brother, give me some work. I'm willing to do anything." Huang Guiren's hair was clearly combed, but while the front was neat, the back was still a messy pile of grass.
"Working in the Gold Vault requires knowledge of Formations, do you know them? The Gold Vault Formation is not allowed to be privately taught. We can't teach you. Even if you work, we can't give you Cultivation fees." Qian Duoduo reasoned with Huang Guiren, hoping to make him give up the idea of coming to the Gold Vault and stop bothering them.
Huang Guiren's body slumped again, like a wilted leaf, "Isn't this money-lending business yours? If I help you, you can just give me some hard-earned money."
"I can't make that decision, you have to discuss it with the Great Master. Have you talked to him?"
Huang Guiren nodded dejectedly, "He, he, he didn't agree."
Qian Duoduo hardened his heart, "I have to listen to what the Great Master says."
Huang Guiren also nodded, his face ashen, and like a shrimp, he hunched his body and shuffled a few steps forward.
"Junior Brother, do you have anything to eat? Give me some." He suddenly turned back, his voice intermittent, "I haven't eaten in three days."
Qian Duoduo's feet stopped. They stopped when he didn't make them stop.
He stood still, wondering why he had stopped.
Huang Guiren said he hadn't eaten in three days, what did that have to do with Qian Duoduo?
But his feet had stopped automatically...
Seeing that Qian Duoduo didn't answer, Huang Guiren walked away on his own.
"Haven't eaten in three days." Qian Duoduo repeated this sentence in his heart.
He realized: this sentence sounded exactly like something he would say.
The current Huang Guiren was very much like his past self. If he hadn't inexplicably fallen into the Jail, he probably wouldn't have been as good as Huang Guiren.
"Hey!" Qian Duoduo could no longer control himself and shouted at Huang Guiren's back.
Huang Guiren continued to sway and walk forward.
"Huang Guiren!" Qian Duoduo roared again.
Huang Guiren's body trembled violently, and he turned to point at his own nose, "Calling me?"
Qian Duoduo waved at him, "Come back. I have something to tell you."
Huang Guiren returned to Qian Duoduo's side like a whirlwind, his eyes full of stars.
Qian Duoduo handed him a cooked chicken leg, "Here you go."
In the Golden Toad, Qian Duoduo had stored about ten chicken legs.
Although he no longer needed chicken legs for Cultivation, occasionally gnawing on them still brought some satisfaction. After gnawing on the chicken legs, there were over a hundred chicken feet left.
Huang Guiren took a deep breath, his fingers trembling, but he didn't immediately take the chicken leg.
A moment later, he cupped his hands and bowed to Qian Duoduo, "Junior Brother, please give your orders."
Qian Duoduo glanced at him, feeling that he still had some backbone, "From now on, I'm hiring you to work. The daily hard-earned money is one chicken leg each, morning and evening."
"I'm willing—" Huang Guiren began to say.
Qian Duoduo waved his hand, "Listen to me finish. We are equals, neither of us is master, neither of us is slave. If you don't want to, you can terminate the contract. If I don't want to, I can also terminate the contract. Do you agree?"
Huang Guiren stood ramrod straight, "I agree."
Qian Duoduo took out another chicken leg and handed both to him, "These are for today."
Huang Guiren didn't take them. He asked, "What's my work for today?"
"Your today?" Qian Duoduo thought for a moment, "After you eat, go to Mengyuan Mountain and talk to a hundred people about borrowing money."
"Received." Huang Guiren nodded, then took the chicken legs, turned his back, and began to eat.
...
Half a month passed quickly, and the money-lending business, like the Spiritual Qi in Qian Duoduo's Spiritual Vein, became wider and larger.
The amount of deposited money exceeded twenty million, and it was all lent out!
Wang Meiruo contributed a lot to this. Several of her uncles had all deposited money here without exception.
On the wall behind the counter in the Gold Vault hall, about ten pieces of ink calligraphy expressing gratitude were posted.
Some were left by Inner Sect Disciples, but more were from those who had been promoted from miscellaneous laborers to Outer Sect Disciples.
A famous Outer Sect Disciple wrote: "Borrow money early, advance early, profit early, isn't that wonderful!" Directly expressing his true feelings, it was truly exhilarating.
Most of those who hesitated whether to borrow or not, after reading these ink calligraphies, made up their minds to borrow.
This was more effective than any persuasion from the Gold Vault Senior Brothers and Junior Brothers.
As business picked up, a miraculous thing also happened: the Senior Brothers' Comprehension Ability was soaring.
Originally, except for the Great Master, each of the Senior Brothers could only remember over five hundred Formations.
But now, all of them exceeded a thousand! It was said that the Eighth Senior Brother, Lei Jiashu, had already memorized over two thousand.
In the past, the Great Master wanted everyone to memorize more Formations, in case someone got sick, they could fill in or swap shifts. But he tried many methods, none of which worked.
But now, the Great Master hadn't even mentioned it, and everyone had started frantically learning and memorizing!
The Great Master was also curious and asked his Junior Brothers what had happened. The Junior Brothers replied that they might have all achieved enlightenment recently.
This answer was not wrong, but it didn't explain the reason for the enlightenment.
The reason for the enlightenment was the four hundred thousand interest income. In less than a month, the income was more than in the past year.
With such a strong impact, it was hard not to achieve enlightenment. It was hard not to achieve great enlightenment.
Qian Duoduo was no exception. In half a month, he learned over three hundred Formations, barely able to sweep more than half a floor.
Compared to Formations, Cultivation became a problem.
The first layer of the Eternal Wealth and Noble Cultivation Technique required transforming the Spiritual Vein to several times that of an ordinary person, and compressing Spiritual Qi again and again.
The Cultivation Technique demanded the slowest and most cumbersome method, reshaping the Spiritual Vein inch by inch, root by root.
In the first layer of Spiritual Vein compression, the Spiritual Vein would turn green. And green was divided into light green, pinkish green, snow green, bean green, plum green, winter green, sky green, lake green, sea green, and dark green.
Qian Duoduo was only at Qi Condensation second layer, and he hadn't opened many Spiritual Veins in total.
On the first night he obtained the Cultivation Technique, Qian Duoduo began to Cultivate.
Since it was called the Gold Devouring Profound Art, Qian Duoduo adjusted his Spiritual Platform to one hundred gold coins per hour. With such intensity, Qian Duoduo believed he could break through Qi Condensation first layer in one night of Cultivation.
As the Spiritual Platform opened, Spiritual Qi, like a thick fog, enveloped Qian Duoduo.
Reciting the incantation silently, Qian Duoduo assumed the posture for the Eternal Wealth and Noble Cultivation Technique, pouring Spiritual Qi into his Spiritual Vein, compressing and purifying it layer by layer.
The Cultivation Technique stated that if the first layer was successfully Cultivated, all fifteen main veins in the body would turn dark green.
However, Qian Duoduo's four hundred gold coins worth of Spiritual Qi in one night seemed to have been fed to wild dogs. Not only did his Spiritual Vein show no change, but the next morning, Lei Jiashu also noticed that Qian Duoduo's face had lengthened, and his cheekbones had become higher.
He had become a whole size thinner.
The Eternal Wealth and Noble Cultivation Technique not only compressed the Spiritual Vein and Spiritual Qi, but it also tempered the entire body.
Qian Duoduo had just managed to gain a little weight, and this one night's effort brought him back to his former state.
What else could this be but a Gold Devouring Profound Art? Qian Duoduo couldn't help but exclaim in his heart.
Liu Boli, however, was not surprised. He smacked his lips and transmitted a message to Qian Duoduo from the Golden Toad.
His words did not comfort Qian Duoduo at all; instead, they caused him double harm.