Chapter 240: The Soon-to-Appear Four-Tailed Master Fuli

"Meow meow meow~ Can you mix me a special drink?" The fungal parasite pouted its tiny mouth, wagging its cat-paws, and gazed adorably at Feng Wenyu and Jin Wanlin.

Master Jinlong's scales bristled all over; he crawled away from his seat, repulsed, and climbed onto the roof of the vehicle, sitting beside the Red-tailed Hawk.

My dear partner, don't blame me for being disloyal—I just can't deal with how twisted these parasites are. Don't call me back until you've sorted things out.

Master Jinlong's lizard head poked through the sunroof, glaring at Jin Wanlin.

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Feng Wenyu's face turned grim; seeing the parasite's malicious cuteness, his fists clenched involuntarily, his mind echoing with "Honey, say something."

"Go back to your seat. If you keep acting like this, I'll shovel organic fertilizer straight onto your head—I, Feng, keep my word."

"Organic fertilizer? Fine, but avoid green fertilizer and composted manure, meow—" The fungal parasite paused, then nodded slowly. Organic fertilizer was at least better than the watery nutrient solution it was drinking now—bland as water.

In the tripartite parasite, the most essential component was undoubtedly the fungus.

Only when the fungus was full could it convert nutrients for the parasite and the host. As the central system, the parasite spent most of its time hunting food for the fungal tissue, aside from wanting to transfer bodies.

Organic fertilizer.

Though not as good as microbial fertilizer the fungus preferred, it was still far better than watery nutrient solution—anything was better than nothing, no greed needed.

"Meow meow meow~"

"Buy it! Shut your mouth!"

Seeing the fungal parasite rapidly shift toward a tender cat-girl persona, Feng Wenyu shuddered, pulled out his phone, and called the Anquan Bureau, transferring to a Forest Patrol Officer.

"Think positively—at least after listening to Master Fuli's speech, the parasite learned to be friendly."

Jin Wanlin muttered, her eyelid twitching slightly.

Before Master Fuli's speech, if they refused the parasite's unreasonable demands, it would sulk—its gloomy, violent expression suggesting it would immediately launch a three-hundred-round battle with them in Changxi.

Now, though slightly nauseating, at least they didn't have to worry about the fungal parasite suddenly exploding.

"By the way, now that you've captured me, you need to pay me a salary and five insurances and two funds," the parasite said, turning to Feng Wenyu.

Humans and spirit beasts speak across a mountain.

Spirit beasts and spirit beasts speak across a veil.

Though Master Fuli's speech was absurd—teaching pets to get rich through deception and ambush—he had already outlined today's social structure: humans are the most important productivity, without exception.

Whether pet or spirit beast.

If you don't want to live like savages, or spend all day chasing food, you need cash—cash lets you enjoy the convenience of human society.

The fungal parasite had been tamed by Master Fuli's heavy-handed methods.

Whatever Master Fuli advocated, the fungal parasite, as his subordinate, naturally supported wholeheartedly.

So.

At this very moment, the fungal parasite demanded a salary from Feng Wenyu with complete moral certainty.

The way it demanded it was identical to how Master Fuli demanded ice-cold cola.

Feng Wenyu & Jin Wanlin: "."

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"Mmm…"

After drinking the sucrose version of ice cola, An Sheng sat comfortably on stage, gazing at the Golden-edged Hedgehog.

"By the way, Grandma Hedgehog, our Spirit Beast Aid tourism service has opened. I'm wondering—do you have any reliable staff to lend a hand?"

After acquiring the QR code payment collar, An Sheng thought carefully and felt something was still missing.

Humans love cats and dogs not only because they're companion animals, but more importantly because cats and dogs have fluffy, soft fur—mao rongrong.

Among stray pets, aside from cats, all others are absolute slobs—not just matted fur, but at the very least, greasy to the touch.

This harms the service's reputation.

An Sheng wanted to ask the Golden-edged Hedgehog for staff to help groom cats and dogs daily.

"For those things, go to Lin Dong—they're good at legal and compliant matters," said the Golden-edged Hedgehog, leaning into the microphone, her voice sultry, turning to Lin Bingyun.

"Your Master Fuli wants to do business in Jiule City and needs reliable, quiet, mute assistants who won't gossip."

The Golden-edged Hedgehog told Lin Bingyun, briefly outlining Master Fuli's service business.

An Sheng needed staff; the Golden-edged Hedgehog could provide them—but Master Fuli wanted full-service support.

From commuting to grooming, dining and lodging—all the way to, if it truly grew, trust and investment services.

The Golden-edged Hedgehog could manage it, but wasn't specialized in these areas.

But Lin Dong's Lin Clan was different: though the Xia nation's Lin Clan followed the people's entrepreneur path, the overseas Lin Clan was highly professional in capital investment operations.

Master Fuli's endless subcontracting was better replaced by full control under Lin Clan Holdings.

"Service industry?"

Lin Bingyun fell into thought. The service industry Master Fuli envisioned carried extreme safety risks.

If thousands of stray animals had no identifiable responsible party, fine—but if you do have a responsible party, any injury incident means you'll be sued into bankruptcy.

Even if Master Fuli could control the pets, he couldn't ignore defamation risks and other external factors—even frequent transfers and payments could trigger financial risk controls.

Lin Bingyun glanced at Master Fuli, then swept her gaze toward the MPV electric vehicle, and said softly:

"I understand. I'll do my best to avoid all operational risks and organize personnel to run it."

【Then I leave it to you.】 An Sheng typed a line on his phone.

"No need to beg—I'll handle it," Lin Bingyun said.

An Sheng nodded slightly, turned, and looked at Bai and the Golden Lion, letting out a soft mew.

"Bai, you handle the collar distribution—remind them to come back for class tomorrow. I need to go home to deal with other matters."

"Wang wang!" Bai faced Master Fuli, thumped his chest, and swore to get it done.

After assigning his tasks, An Sheng had Lin Bingyun drop him off at home.

It was barely past two.

Though An Sheng didn't have a curfew like Bai, he was genuinely in a hurry to get home.

The hyena incident earlier granted +5 devotion.

Chen Zhi's fishing spot granted +3 devotion.

That totaled 8 devotion points.

The speech just now triggered a hidden grand vow, granting An Sheng an extra 4 devotion points, plus 2 from the Anquan Bureau.

8 + 4 + 2 = 14 devotion points.

An Sheng already had 80 points in physique.

In other words.

Injecting these 14 devotion points into his physique would let him grow his fourth tail—becoming a four-tailed fox!

An Sheng rushed home to gamble it all.

Adding devotion points felt to An Sheng like defecating.

You could do it outside, in the wild.

But doing it at home gave a unique sense of safety.

Unless urgent, An Sheng preferred adding points at home.

In non-emergency situations, An Sheng still hoped he could return home to add some.

(End of chapter)