17: Chapter 17 Slaughtering Nie

"Did you also participate in the battle against the beast tide just now?"

Lin Hanwen still couldn't help but ask this question.

Tang Mo nodded, not saying anything.

Lin Hanwen had long since learned of his personality from Tang Mo's homeroom teacher, so he didn't mind.

"Hahaha! Good lad, you have promise! To dare face the beast tide at such a young age—you're much better than those fools who only know how to fight amongst themselves!"

"If I had a son like you, I'd wake up laughing in my dreams every night."

A middle-aged man with a hulking build suddenly spoke up.

"By the way, Principal Lin, is this also a student from your school? Why haven't I heard Tu Xiaoxia mention him?"

Lin Hanwen immediately revealed a meaningful smile, then turned to Tang Mo and said, "Tang Mo, let me introduce you. This is Tu Xiaoxia's father, Tu Nie, the guild leader of the Tyrant Slaughter Guild."

Upon hearing that this middle-aged man was Tu Xiaoxia's father, Tang Mo greeted him with a somewhat unnatural expression.

In his heart, he couldn't help but think: "It's a good thing your daughter didn't mention me to you, otherwise wouldn't you skin me alive?"

He immediately bid farewell to Lin Hanwen and left the place at high speed.

"Hey, little brother, don't run! I'm not going to eat you. Any interest in joining my Tyrant Slaughter Guild?!"

Tu Nie was still shouting from behind, but Tang Mo had already run out of sight.

Tu Nie reached out to rub his chin and said, "Am I that scary?"

...

Tang Mo took a vehicle to the Professional Management Association, intending to sell all the materials in his storage space to the association.

Seeing Tang Mo suddenly take out so many level 20-30 materials, the receptionist was taken aback.

She hurriedly summoned a person in charge from the association.

Su Xintian, dressed in a sharp black suit, was worrying about the beast tide when she was suddenly called over by her subordinate.

This wasn't the first time Jiangkou City had experienced a beast tide; it was something almost every city would encounter.

However, after every beast tide, it was time to test the Professional Management Association of each region.

Because the surrounding ferocious beasts were nearly wiped out, local Professionals could no longer hunt, and the association could no longer obtain various materials from them.

This was absolutely a nightmare for those lifestyle Professionals.

Consequently, combat Professionals and support Professionals would also be affected to some degree.

This was definitely not good news for the Professionals of Jiangkou City either.

Just as she was getting a headache, Su Xintian's subordinate came to tell her that someone had arrived with a large quantity of materials for sale.

Su Xintian said nonchalantly, "Just how many materials are there that require me to go personally?"

When she saw the materials piled up like a small mountain on the floor, Su Xintian was immediately overjoyed.

She had just been worrying about materials for the coming days, and she hadn't expected someone to deliver them to her doorstep now.

"Are these all your materials?"

Tang Mo nodded, still not speaking.

Su Xintian only assumed that Tang Mo was trying to bargain and was acting mysterious, so she couldn't help but find it amusing in her heart: "What a crafty little one."

"Then, please come to my office to discuss."

Inside the office, Tang Mo was holding a cup of warm coffee and sipping it carefully.

Looking at Tang Mo's calm and composed appearance, Su Xintian immediately felt that she had encountered an expert today.

But Su Xintian was confident that with the business negotiations she had experienced, she certainly wouldn't lose to him.

"Student Tang Mo is truly young and promising. I remember when I first changed classes, I spent a full four or five days in the novice dungeon just to reach level 10."

Tang Mo still didn't speak, just smiled politely.

"It seems he's a tough nut to crack. Building a rapport won't work, so I have to get straight to the point."

Thinking of this, Su Xintian stopped beating around the bush and brought up the topic directly.

"So, at what price do you want to sell these materials?"

Tang Mo only knew that after the beast tide was wiped out, his leveling plan would be disrupted, but he had no idea that the prices of these beast materials would also skyrocket.

He only remembered that the association's purchase price for materials would not be lower than the market price, so he said, "Let's just go by the market price."

When Su Xintian heard this, she assumed Tang Mo meant the market price of materials after the beast tide; her mind was entirely focused on the aftermath of the beast tide.

"It seems there's no room for negotiation."

Su Xintian nodded and said, "That goes without saying. Once they finish counting the materials, we'll tally them up together."

This was unavoidable; after all, Professionals also need to make a living.

After accepting these materials, the material market wouldn't see too much price fluctuation for at least three to five days, which could be considered resolving an urgent crisis.

Just as Su Xintian was pondering, her employee had already finished counting all the materials and compiled a list to hand over to Su Xintian.

Su Xintian held the material list, her expression tightening as if she were calculating.

"Wind Wolf Fangs, 20 gold coins each; One-Horned Rhino Horn, 400 gold coins each..."

Tang Mo thought he had misheard, and hurriedly asked, "Is this price... is it wrong?"

Su Xintian thought Tang Mo was complaining that the price was too low, "This price is already quite high. It's based on the highest price increase for materials after a beast tide in previous years."

Tang Mo suddenly realized that the beast tide would also affect the material market. Didn't that mean he had made a killing this time?

Thinking of those materials stacked 999+ in his storage space, Tang Mo felt a surge of excitement. This time, I can also be a rich person.

"After the conversion, it totals 300,000 gold coins. After deducting the 5% service fee, it comes to 285,000 gold coins. Please verify it."

Tang Mo took the settlement list handed over by Su Xintian, took a quick look, and nodded to indicate there was no problem.

"If there's no problem, would you like the gold coins transferred directly to your Professional Badge or to your bank account?"

Tang Mo thought for a moment and decided to buy a skill secret tome first, and add another skill for himself before anything else.

After reaching level 10 to 20, every Professional can learn two new skills.

A Primary Skill Secret Tome costs 100,000 gold coins each, an Intermediate Skill Secret Tome costs 500,000 gold coins each, and an advanced skill secret tome costs 1,000,000 gold coins each.

A Primary Skill Secret Tome has a high chance of teaching a Common-level skill, and a very low chance of teaching a Rare-level skill.

An Intermediate Skill Secret Tome has a high chance of teaching a Rare-level skill, and a very low chance of teaching a Legendary-level skill.

An advanced skill secret tome has a relatively high chance of teaching a Rare-level skill, a medium chance of teaching a Legendary-level skill, and a very low chance of teaching an Epic-level skill.

Right now, Tang Mo only had enough gold coins to buy one Primary Skill Secret Tome.

Although there was a high probability of getting another Common-level skill, it didn't matter to Tang Mo.

With a God-level Skill on him, even a common skill could deal tons of damage in Tang Mo's hands.

"I want to buy a Primary Skill Secret Tome. You can just deduct it from there, and transfer the remaining gold coins to my Professional Badge."