"Damn it!"
"How on earth did you find me?"
The dark figure turned around, revealing a familiar face.
It was the same boss who had been selling fried rice and fried noodles earlier.
His real name was Xu Changyi.
He was a professional killer from the Susha Hall.
Of course, his professional ability was not outstanding; he was the run-of-the-mill type.
"Through some small details," Ye Ming said with a faint smile.
"Small details?"
Xu Changyi frowned, pressing, "What small details?"
"Do you remember when I left for a while?" Ye Ming asked.
"I remember."
"At that time, I didn't go far, and I heard your conversation with the man in the suit."
A subtle curve appeared at the corner of Ye Ming's mouth.
"For a customer who eats without paying, a normal snack stall owner would curse loudly, because they earn their money through hard work and have a difficult life, so encountering someone who eats without paying makes them very uncomfortable."
"But you only cursed briefly, which was too cold and abnormal!"
This was the first small detail Ye Ming observed.
"What the hell? That's it? No way!" Xu Changyi was clearly unconvinced.
"Of course not just that!"
Ye Ming continued, "Actually, while you were busy making fried rice, I looked at the QR code for payment pasted on your table."
"It was too new, not a single grease stain!"
"As a snack stall set up outside a bar, there wouldn't be few customers, so it's almost impossible for the payment QR code to be new."
"Damn it, I forgot about that!" Xu Changyi cursed under his breath.
"Afterward, I asked you a question; I asked you where the restroom was."
A flicker of light suddenly flashed in Ye Ming's eyes.
"Your answer was to tell me to check the navigation."
"But the restroom was clearly less than fifty meters from the snack stall. If you often set up a stall outside the bar, it's impossible for you not to know."
"Even if you didn't know, the usual answer would be to tell me to use my phone's navigation!"
"Teacher, your Family background must be quite good, you rarely encounter roadside stalls, huh?"
This... Xu Changyi was stunned.
His Family background was indeed very good; he had never encountered roadside stalls.
"Wait, then how did you find your way here?"
Ye Ming smiled faintly, "Boss, refusing coins is illegal!"
Coins?
Holy crap!
It was the coins!
Xu Changyi took out the coins and checked them carefully, finding that one of them was fake and had a tracker installed inside!
"Talking to you, besides extracting information, was also to lower your vigilance."
"So you would accept the coins."
Every word from Ye Ming was like an ice pick, furiously smashing into Xu Changyi's head.
It left him completely bewildered!
Xu Changyi looked up at Ye Ming, his eyes filled with suspicion.
"You kid, are you really a newcomer?"
"Your attention to detail is even more impressive than mine, and I've been in this profession for one or two years!"
Shrugging his shoulders, Ye Ming smiled humbly, "Just luck."
"Heh heh, this isn't luck."
"Forget it, you've caught me, so I have nothing more to say. You've passed the assessment, full marks!"
After Xu Changyi finished speaking, he removed his disguise.
Ye Ming personally witnessed him transform from a weathered man ravaged by life into a fair-skinned, handsome young man.
This was his true appearance!
"Let's reintroduce ourselves."
"My name is Xu Changyi, a Fourth-Tier Contract Master."
"I had many doubts about you before, I apologize, but now I truly believe you have talent."
Xu Changyi smiled and extended his hand to Ye Ming.
Ye Ming shook his hand, "Okay, Teacher Xu."
"Don't call me Teacher, just call me by my name."
"Okay, Young Master Xu."
Ye Ming smiled faintly.
Xu Changyi readily accepted this address; he was used to hearing it.
"Also, Young Master Xu, there's actually another important clue I didn't tell you."
"It's precisely because of this clue that I was able to quickly pinpoint your identity!" Ye Ming revealed an inscrutable expression.
Xu Changyi was startled, "What clue?"
Ye Ming whispered, "The rice you fried had the beauty of a raw recruit - it was terrible."
"Get out of here!"
...When Ye Ming returned home.
Sun Houyuan's call indeed came through.
His tone was very excited, lavishly praising Ye Ming, almost elevating him to the heavens.
After all, since the Susha Hall was founded, it was the first time someone had caught the grading "teacher" during an assessment!
"Ye Ming."
"Now you only need to score seven hundred points in the Martial Arts Grand Examination to join the Susha Hall."
"Keep it up, work hard!"
Sun Houyuan smiled, cheering Ye Ming on.
Ye Ming chuckled, "Teacher Sun, don't just cheer me on; can you give me something practical?"
"You know, I've contracted a Witch, and the Materials I need are too hard to find."
Hey!
Sun Houyuan, on the other end of the phone, was stunned for a moment.
This kid was clearly asking him for something!
However.
Ye Ming's performance was so outstanding, should he give it?
Of course, he should!
"Coincidentally, I have a blood lizard scale in my hand, which should be useful to you. Come to me tomorrow to get it," Sun Houyuan said.
A glint flashed in Ye Ming's eyes.
A blood lizard scale, it was the strongest scale on a Fifth-Order Fierce Beast, the Bloody Giant Lizard, extremely precious, with a market price of around five hundred thousand.
It was said that if blood lizard scales were ground into powder and melted into metal, the shields forged from it could not be shattered by Vicious Beasts below the Fifth-Order!
"Thank you, Teacher Sun is generous!"
Ye Ming's flattery made Sun Houyuan very comfortable.
He leaned back in his chair, smiling smugly.
But Ye Ming suddenly changed the subject.
"A powerhouse like Teacher Sun, even if he gave me some more Materials, he wouldn't feel the slightest bit of heartache."
"You're pushing it!"
"What do you take me for? An ATM? Your Ye Family isn't short on money; let your Second Uncle and the others help you buy it!"
Materials from a Fifth-Order Fierce Beast.
Sun Houyuan couldn't produce that many at once, let alone Materials suitable for a Witch Contract Master, which were even scarcer.
"Alright, that's it. Prepare well for the Martial Arts Grand Examination!"
After the call ended.
Ye Ming put down his phone, suddenly enlightened!
"That's right!"
"How could I not have thought of that!"
"Our Ye Family is, after all, a well-known Family in Cangnan City."
"Why should I trouble others for things that can be solved with money?"
Thinking of this.
Ye Ming called Second Uncle Ye Jun in the middle of the night.
"Second Uncle, do you have money? Can you help me get some Vicious Beast Materials and rare treasures?"
"Yes, suitable for Witches!"
He hung up.
Then called his Third Uncle.
"Third Uncle, do you have money? Is it all managed by Auntie? Don't you have any private stash?"
"What?! Just caught yesterday? Alright, I guess I'm out of luck!"
Ye Ming sighed.
Third Uncle was indeed as unreliable as ever.
He then called Fourth Uncle, and before Ye Ming could speak.
Fourth Uncle Ye Zheng preemptively asked, "Need Materials? Alright, I'll help you look for them."
"Hehe, thanks, Fourth Uncle."
After finishing calls with his uncles.
Ye Ming couldn't help but sigh, how good it felt to have money!
If he weren't a member of the Ye Family, but an ordinary person, getting Materials would be a huge problem right now.
"Ye Ming, are you helping me?" Ying Youyou asked softly.
Ye Ming smiled faintly, "Silly girl, I'm helping us, understand?"
"Mm, I understand!"
Ye Ming smiled, about to go to sleep, when he suddenly sat up from the bed!
He had forgotten to ask one more person.
His older sister, Ye Xinxin!
How could he not take advantage of having a sister!
He immediately dialed her number.
"Sis! Do me a favor..."
After Ye Ming finished speaking, Ye Xinxin did not answer him immediately.
Instead, she was silent, as if thinking about something.
After a full three minutes, Ye Xinxin finally asked softly:
"Ye Ming, you need Materials, right?"
"Right!"
"Okay, listen to me. In three days, a new Secret Realm will open in Cangbei City. We just need to..."