The sun hangs in the clear blue sky, shining upon the azure ocean and the verdant island.

On the island, horses graze leisurely, while the playful Slimes frolic carefreely on the grassland, leaving a string of varied traces with each leap.

Among the playing Slimes, a group of Water Slimes stands out incongruously.

Each of them possesses a Black Iron Nine realm.

They align in orderly ranks.

They leap gracefully into the river, drifting downstream into the ocean.

The ocean is rife with danger, teeming with sea beasts. Few weak Water Slimes survive, but with so many venturing out, one or two lucky Water Slimes manage to survive, proliferate, and expand their group.

Gradually, the waters near Bengma Island saw an increase in Water Slimes.

Standing atop the mountain, observing the grassland scenery, he felt satisfied. During his absence, the Radiant Horse herd had welcomed many foals.

Li Cunxu opened the livestream on his PetTrust account.

His first PetTrust livestream saw over a thousand viewers flooding in within minutes.

The recent island survival stream brought immense traffic to Li Cunxu, leading many to follow his PetTrust account.

As soon as Li Cunxu started streaming, notifications popped on his followers' phones.

[Your followed 'Li Cunxu' has started a livestream for the first time, click to watch now!]

Li Cunxu showcased the lush pastures of Bengma Island in his stream before closing it.

He wasn't genuinely aspiring to be a streamer; the broadcast was a signal to the Blood God Sect that he was on Bengma Island, urging them to come find him and present themselves.

After closing the stream, Li Cunxu gathered a group of Intelligent Slimes to uproot all the grass in an area, then sowed Dragon Grass seeds and had Water Slimes water the soil.

By early next morning.

Within the tunnels, Li Cunxu awoke atop the expanded, soft head of Xiaoruan.

Xiaoruan's Slime body was exceptionally soft, serving as a comfortable bed; cool and elastic.

In winter, if cold, Xiaoruan could summon fire-based Spiritual Energy, transforming into a self-heating warm bed.

In the summer heat, similarly, Xiaoruan could summon Ice-Washing Spiritual Energy, becoming a cooling bed.

Li Cunxu had a bit of morning grumpiness; he wasn't naturally awake but was roused by the Intelligent Slimes.

"You say there's activity outside?"

Li Cunxu exited the tunnel to see a helicopter marked with Tongdu Military insignia hovering above Bengma Island.

Li Cunxu was somewhat surprised.

After the stream, the first to seek him was not the Blood God Sect, but Tongdu Military.

The helicopter saw Li Cunxu, slowed its rotor, descended slowly, its gusts flattening the grass in all directions.

About ten meters above the ground, the cabin door opened, a commanding officer, dressed sharply in a military uniform and sunglasses, lowered his head to look below.

The next moment, he spread his arms and leapt, plummeting straight down, landing, with his feet creating a crater.

"Hello, I'm Major Guan Rui. I've come to purchase Radiant Horses."

Guan Rui?

Seemingly familiar.

Li Cunxu recalled seeing something about him in messages.

He mentioned wanting to purchase Radiant Horses, Li Cunxu had ignored it then.

At that time, Li Cunxu was evading trouble at Shendu University, while coincidentally Shi Ji's foes sought to lure him out, Li Cunxu assumed the horse-buying Guan Rui was also a scammer trying to lure him out.

Li Cunxu replied, "Okay."

Radiant Horses were restricted pets, only sellable to the Alliance or the military.

Li Cunxu asked, "How many Radiant Horses do you want?"

Guan Rui replied, "Radiant Horses are purchased long-term, unlimited quantity, as many as available, but with one condition, the purchased Radiant Horses must be foals born after today."

The older Radiant Horses lived under the terrifying reign of the Blue Lightning Dragon, possessing a natural fear of dragons and lacked courage, unsuitable for military use, so Guan Rui only wanted foals unscared yet.

"Sure." Li Cunxu agreed, "However, I have a condition too—payment in Purple Gold Dragon Coins."

"That's fine."

Guan Rui nodded. After all, the military pays, not him, moreover purchasing Radiant Horses with Purple Gold Dragon Coins is worthwhile.

Li Cunxu asked, "Then quote a price."

Guan Rui considered, "How about every twenty Radiant Horses for one Purple Gold Dragon Coin?"

One Purple Gold Dragon Coin equates to 120 million Alliance Coins; converting twenty Radiant Horses results in one worth six million.

While Radiant Horse market price is at 7.5 million each, with potential growth, prices rise.

Guan Rui's price was rather low.

"Fine, let's sign the contract!" Li Cunxu decided without much pondering.

"Won't you negotiate a bit?"

Guan Rui was surprised, deliberately quoting low for bargaining later, but Li Cunxu didn't follow the norm, directly agreeing.

Shouldn't the quoting process go like this?

"Six million per Radiant Horse?"

"No, too low, eight million each."

"Eight million too high, can't afford, six and a half million."

"Still too low, seven and a half million."

"Seven million."

"Seven million four hundred thousand."

"Seven million one hundred thousand."

"Seven million three hundred thousand."

"Alright, settled at seven million three hundred thousand."

Guan Rui's psychological limit was indeed seven million eight hundred thousand, exceeding even market price.

Market price was seven million five hundred thousand, though the elusive nature made Radiant Horses rare, sought after by the military.

Li Cunxu smiled faintly, "No negotiations."

Guan Rui puzzled, "Why?"

Li Cunxu replied, "You serve the nation admirably, to profit from your funds would feel unethical."

Thus, the deal was amicably reached.

Upon signing the contract, Guan Rui suddenly glanced behind, eyes turning sharp.

Li Cunxu noted Guan Rui's unusual demeanor, asked.

"What's wrong?"

"Blood God Sect brats have arrived."

Guan Rui flexed and pulled out a transformation-like belt.

Li Cunxu enviously eyed the belt.

The belt was an Armor Belt, a kind of protection; press the button, full-body armor enveloped Guan Rui in a way akin to the coolness of Armor Warriors.

Having watched Armor Warriors or masked heroes, who hasn't fantasized about owning a transformation device?

Li Cunxu desired one but couldn't buy it; the Armor Belt had recently been developed, not widely available, sold only to the military now.

Guan Rui shook his hands, "Coincidentally, I itch for a challenge; they arrived timely."

Li Cunxu hurriedly held him back.

"No, no, no..."

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