A group of Phoenix Academy students.
It had to be said that the female students of Phoenix Academy were indeed more attractive than girls from other schools.
Especially since they favored wearing short skirts and shorts, constantly showing off their fair and dazzling long legs.
Among these girls, Zhao Xiyue was also present.
"I heard that you must sign a contract with a corpse scavenger when you go out for trials. After all, trials are not like attending classes at school with teachers protecting you. Once you're in the wild, it's survival of the fittest!"
"A contract, it's not expensive anyway, just a few thousand yuan!"
These students completely ignored Zhang Chen's position and walked in other directions.
At this moment, Zhang Chen was still in his transformed state, appearing as a man in his forties. Therefore, no one recognized him as Zhang Chen.
Moreover, as a holder of a Level 6 combat permit, Zhang Chen's fees were naturally higher than those of corpse scavengers who only held Level 4 combat permits.
Zhao Xiyue glanced at Zhang Chen and then, without a moment's hesitation, followed the other girls towards the cheaper corpse scavengers.
"Hey, traveler, it looks like this is your first time on a trial!"
"I possess a Level 7 combat permit. Given your exceptional talent, I can offer you a 90% discount. The contract only costs 3500 yuan. What do you say?"
At this moment, a refined-looking man smiled and offered a contract document to Zhao Xiyue.
Zhang Chen had never seen this man in the Corpse Scavenger Guild before, so he must have just joined.
However, something seemed off, and Zhang Chen felt this guy wasn't as kind as he appeared.
"No, thank you. We're just going to trial some low-level demonic spirits, so we don't need a high-level corpse scavenger like you for a contract!"
Zhao Xiyue waved her hand, rejecting the man's invitation.
"As a genius, how can you grow faster if you only trial Tier 1 demonic spirits like everyone else?"
"Isn't that a waste of your talent?"
"With your strength, you'll soon find that Tier 1 demonic spirits are nothing special and offer little help."
"You won't need to come back and sign a new contract then. As long as I'm here, you can go all the way to challenge Tier 3 or even higher-level demonic spirits. Geniuses shouldn't be buried, don't you agree?!"
The man's words were quite persuasive.
Zhao Xiyue wasn't one to be swayed by cheapness, but she had a certain obsession that made her susceptible to what the man had just said.
"Hmm..."
While Zhao Xiyue hesitated, the man directly presented the contract to her.
"Alright!"
Zhao Xiyue quickly signed the contract and then, along with her classmates, excitedly headed towards the ancient battlefield.
"Heh heh!"
The man watched Zhao Xiyue's retreating back, a smile of triumph on his face.
"Hey, let's talk!"
Zhang Chen stood up and put his arm around the man's shoulder.
"Talk about what? I don't know you, what's there to talk about?"
The man shook off Zhang Chen's arm and took two steps back defensively.
"Undercutting me by offering a 90% discount, isn't that a bit too much?"
Zhang Chen said with a cold smile, deliberately raising his voice.
As soon as these words were spoken, many corpse scavengers nearby stood up.
"What's going on? Someone's offering a 90% discount?"
"Isn't this disrupting the industry rules? Do you know how long it took us to stabilize the prices? A 90% discount? I'll break his bones!"
"Who's engaging in predatory competition? Are they treating us as pushovers?"
Those who worked as corpse scavengers were not to be trifled with, whether in temper or strength.
They all shouted aggressively.
Just then, another group of girls from Phoenix Academy arrived, drawing everyone's attention away.
"What exactly do you want? Is it about money? Simple, I'll give you a hundred thousand yuan to shut up. Will that suffice?"
The man reached for his wallet.
This made Zhang Chen even more certain that the man had ill intentions.
Who would be a corpse scavenger and lose money doing it?!
"I don't want money. I just want to know why you offered a 90% discount and why you specifically wanted to contract that girl."
Zhang Chen insisted.
"It seems... you won't back down unless I tell you the reason!"
"In that case, follow me!"
The man glanced at Zhang Chen's Level 6 combat permit and smiled slightly, saying.