Chapter 249: Storm Clouds Gather

For the next little over an hour, Ye Ying deeply experienced what it means to pick up money.

As long as the silhouette of an Exotic Beast appears in view.

Jiang Cheng can hit it with a single shot.

Soon, the rear trunk was already packed with seven or eight prey, and could hold no more.

Locking the trunk door, Ye Ying glanced at the sky; it wasn't even noon yet, and they were already returning fully loaded.

Inside the vehicle, aside from the prairie wolf, a Fourth-tier Exotic Beast, the remaining six Exotic Beasts were all Second-tier.

Four horned goats and two red‑horned horses; price‑wise, the latter are higher, close to one hundred thousand.

That means the seven prey total about six hundred thousand, so each person gets over three hundred thousand.

To know that on the first mission cooperating with Jiang Cheng she only earned seven hundred thousand, and after just half a day she's already close to half that.

What if there are more gains this afternoon?

Ye Ying doesn't even dare to imagine further.

"Ye Ying."

Jiang Cheng looked at her, "Shall we first head to White Pine Village, sell these prey, have a meal, and continue in the afternoon?"

"Ye Ying?"

"Hmm?"

Ye Ying snapped back to reality.

"I said let's go back now, sell these prey, and then head out again this afternoon."

Jiang Cheng was both amused and bewildered.

"Alright, alright."

Ye Ying nodded repeatedly.

From this perspective, she could truly earn seven hundred thousand in a day! What about tomorrow, the day after, or the third day? She felt the long‑desired A-level Psychic Weapon beckoning her.

Perhaps after saving a few more days, she could even buy an S-level one.

Jiang Cheng shook his head at that.

If you ask whether he's excited, he's definitely excited.

This wilderness hunt really is profitable.

But when he thinks of the ten‑million small goal, the excitement wanes.

Because even at the current rate of seven hundred thousand a day, it would still take nearly half a month.

That duration is a bit long.

It would be better if it could be shortened to seven or eight days.

To reach this step, relying only on Third-tier and Fourth-tier Exotic Beasts is certainly hard; encountering Fourth-tier and Sixth-tier Exotic Beasts would be more feasible.

Afterwards, the two got into the car and drove toward White Pine Village.

After driving for a little over half an hour, the outline of a building slowly emerged.

Jiang Cheng looked closely.

He saw White Pine Village surrounded by a wall four to five meters high, two to three thousand meters long and about two thousand meters wide; numerous figures stood on the wall, holding Firearms, apparently on guard.

The surrounding vehicles also increased.

They were mostly off‑road vehicles with the same modification.

A faint scent of blood lingered in the air.

"We're basically safe here."

Ye Ying said, "This is also a village rule; anyone who breaks it becomes a target. However, the bad part may have just begun."

Jiang Cheng nodded.

Indeed.

Along the way, he has already felt many hostile gazes.

Some may have seen Ye Ying in the passenger seat; although she always wears a cold expression, as if everyone owes her a million, she is undeniably a beauty.

Others probably noticed the deflated tire and guessed the rear trunk was loaded with many prey.

That feeling intensified while queuing to pay and enter the village.

Many seemingly idle people stood at the entrance, eyeing the incoming and outgoing vehicles. When they saw his car, their eyes narrowed to slits.

"The mountain rain is coming,"

Jiang Cheng let out a silent sigh.

Having paid a thousand‑yuan daily fee, the two drove into the village.

Though small, the village is fully equipped.

Weapon shops, auto‑repair shops, supermarkets, hotels, bars, KTVs—everything is present, and these establishments are basically near the entrance.

Continuing along the road to the Northeast Corner of the village, they finally saw the Exotic Beast purchasing shop; it looked like a massive warehouse, or a highway toll station divided into several channels, with walls separating them, so cars entering the front had to wait outside for the previous customers to finish before proceeding.

The two waited outside Channel No. 3 for over ten minutes; when the signal ahead turned green, they finally drove in.

Inside, two staff members in red‑white uniforms waited; one appeared in his early forties, the other younger, looking in his twenties.

The moment the young man saw Ye Ying, his pupils dilated, and he greeted her with a smile, "Miss, would you like to sell some prey?"

Ye Ying slightly furrowed her brows.

"Gentlemen, do you have any prey to sell?"

The middle‑aged man quickly approached, hunched over, with a very courteous demeanor.

"Hmm, there are seven in total: one Fourth-tier Exotic Beast and six Third-tier Exotic Beasts."

Jiang Cheng said, opened the rear trunk, and moved the prey out one by one.

Now the middle-aged man wasn't calm either.

It's not that we've never seen someone bring back that much game before; we just rarely see two people bring back that much game—these two are a man and a woman.

As for the young man beside them, his eyes widened and his breathing grew ragged.

With that much game, the price would be seventy thousand, right?

Seventy thousand!

If I tell this news to those few people, the other side only has two—they'll definitely pull it off, and I could at least get seventy thousand! That's worth more than working hard here for a year.

Please count them up.

Jiang Cheng smiled and looked at the two.

Okay, okay.

The middle-aged man hurried over, carefully inspecting and flipping over each item while making notes in his notebook.

After a few minutes, he looked at Jiang Cheng and said, "Little brother, each of these Exotic Beasts has only one wound, the key materials are intact; for that fourth-stage wilderness wolf, we can offer a price of 180,000,"

Two red-horned horses, each at 90,000; four twisted-horn sheep, each at 70,000; total 640,000. Do you have any opinions? If so, we can discuss slowly.

Jiang Cheng looked at Ye Ying.

She nodded slightly.

The price they offered was still fair.

Of course, mainly because they made enough money this time, she really didn't feel like haggling with them over a mere ten or twenty thousand.

Fine, then 640,000 it is.

Jiang Cheng nodded.

Okay, I don't know whether you two want to pay by transfer or in cash?

Please split this money into two parts, one part 320,000; my share can be transferred.

Jiang Cheng said.

"My share can be transferred too." Ye Ying glanced at Jiang Cheng.

Okay, just tell me your bank accounts; make sure you don't get it wrong, otherwise if the transfer goes to the wrong person, we won't be responsible.

The middle-aged man chuckled.

Soon, the transfer arrived.

The two exchanged a smile.

Seeing this, the young man also came over, grinning, face full of admiration: "You two, I really admire you—two people bringing back that much game; others having even half of that would be impressive; your strength must be formidable!"

(End of chapter)