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The flight from the Imperial Capital to D State.

Jing Haoran had been muttering, "I want to go home."

Gu Xiaoxi got annoyed by him and slapped his forehead, "Can you be a bit more ambitious? I’m not even worried about starving to death, what are you worried about!"

"You’re taking eighty thousand to D State. Don’t you know that money flows like water there? I bet we won’t last three days before we have to beg. By then, we won’t even be able to afford the plane ticket back." Although Jing Haoran felt that gaining experience was important.

But, Gu Xiaoxi was such a penny pincher, and Young Master Quan was so rich, yet she dragged him out to live a hard life.

Gu Xiaoxi was speechless, this guy really was short-sighted.

Not having money can be earned, can’t it!

They came out to train, not to indulge in eating, drinking, and merrymaking.

"You should go back! I can go by myself," Gu Xiaoxi said expressionlessly.

"I’ll go back! Gu Xiaoxi, the plane has already taken off, how can I go back?" Jing Haoran lay down on his seat, feeling cold inside.

Gu Xiaoxi couldn’t be bothered with him, pulling out a newspaper from behind the seat in front and reading it.

The first two newspapers were about travel destinations and hotel introductions in D State.

Later, Gu Xiaoxi found a newspaper about the World Alliance.

To her surprise, it even had a front-page section for wanted posters.

The most formidable ones were, of course, the leaders of the Top Ten Criminal Organizations.

So far, only Yi Si had died, with several hideouts having been raided.

His name was also crossed out on the newspaper.

The bounties on the other criminal leaders were around ten billion each.

These were the highest among all the criminals in the world!

Of course, Gu Xiaoxi wasn’t foolish enough to go after them right now.

After thinking for a while, she finally flipped through the paper, finding a most-wanted notice issued by D State.

A serial killer responsible for 26 lives, named Carlo.

This person was a professor of psychology and didn’t blink an eye when killing.

Three months had passed since his last crime. This man was agile, good with a gun, and had precise marksmanship.

He had committed three homicides, killing a total of twenty-six people.

Therefore, the military in D State was willing to pay eight million as a reward for capturing Carlo.

Gu Xiaoxi threw the newspaper to Jing Haoran, looking at him with a smile, "Are you interested in a big score?"

"What?" When Jing Haoran took the newspaper and saw the section about catching criminals,

his eyes widened, pointing at the paper and asking Gu Xiaoxi in disbelief, "You’re not thinking of..."

"Shh!" Gu Xiaoxi immediately made a silencing gesture. There were ordinary people around them, it was best not to scare them.

Jing Haoran covered his mouth, looking at the bounty on the paper and his eyes began to shine.

"Do you think we can make a big score, this ten billion?" Jing Haoran whispered into Gu Xiaoxi’s ear.

Gu Xiaoxi’s face darkened, "Can you be more realistic? With your little abilities. I can’t even control you, and you’re thinking of a big score? Consider yourself lucky if we get eight million."

Jing Haoran instantly wilted. But he quickly rallied, "Eight million is not bad either!"

"Sir, please fasten your seatbelt!" Just then, the flight attendant stood beside Jing Haoran to remind him.

Jing Haoran handed the newspaper back to Gu Xiaoxi and obediently took his seat.

Gu Xiaoxi took a breath, finally getting some quiet from him.

Gu Xiaoxi’s voice was quite low, but they had still overlooked the fact that there was someone else sitting nearby.

It was a young man with neatly parted hair and a formal dress. He looked like a corporate elite, very shrewd.

"Are you Bounty Hunters?" The man asked with a slight smile.

Gu Xiaoxi glanced back at him and quickly shook her head, "No, I was just fooling around with him."

"Every name posted here represents a very dangerous person. It’s best not to get involved if you don’t have the skill. It would be not worth losing your life over," the man continued.

Obviously, he wanted to get acquainted with them.

Gu Xiaoxi glared angrily at Jing Haoran, blaming this guy for attracting trouble. Now their purpose had been noticed.

Gu Xiaoxi replied with an awkward smile, "We’re just ordinary people, we don’t have that ability. He’s a bit off. I was just humoring him."

"It’s your brain that has a problem!" Jing Haoran rolled his eyes, but still he didn’t dare to speak loudly.

Gu Xiaoxi, irritated, took out a tissue and stuffed it into Jing Haoran’s mouth, "From now on, keep your mouth shut, or I’ll leave you in D State and wash my hands of you."

Jing Haoran immediately covered his mouth.

If Gu Xiaoxi really left him in D State, what would he do?

When Gu Xiaoxi saw that Jing Haoran had stopped talking, she then picked up a book from the shelf and started to read again.

Gu Xiaoxi always felt that the person sitting nearby was giving them a particularly strange look.

"My name is Naji, may I get to know you?" The man offered his business card with good-hearted intentions.

Gu Xiaoxi, with nothing particular to do, politely took it and held it in her hand, giving it a casual glance.

However, a moment later, her eyes widened as she looked back at the man, "You’re actually a judge from the Supreme Court of D State?"

The man nodded lightly and asked again, "Beautiful lady, may I know your name?"

Gu Xiaoxi laughed, even though the other person was a judge from the Supreme Court, she had no intention of making his acquaintance.

Nonetheless, she did not want to offend him, so she simply smiled and responded, "You can just call me Miss Fu."

"Are you bounty hunters by any chance?" Clearly, Naji was still fixated on this matter.

Gu Xiaoxi firmly shook her head, "We’re just going to D State to find friends."

"Friends?"

"Yes!"

Gu Xiaoxi could feel that the other party was very interested in bounty hunters.

"That’s a pity, I was actually hoping to hire you to investigate a matter, but since you’re not, I won’t disturb you any further." With that, Naji closed his eyes to rest.

Gu Xiaoxi chuckled awkwardly, then paid him no further attention.

She would definitely not carelessly reveal her identity to a stranger.

If overheard by those criminals, they would come after her desperately at the first opportunity.

During the remainder of the journey, Naji didn’t speak again.

It was only when they stopped for a meal midway that a flight attendant handed him a glass of juice.

Gu Xiaoxi saw him holding it steady, but he somehow accidentally spilled the juice all over her pants.

She deliberately didn’t dodge, but instead stood up and fiercely criticized Naji.

She knew this man was deliberately probing her background.

Containing her temper, she criticized him, having no good feelings towards such a person.

But, because of that glass of juice, she ended up spending a long time in the bathroom washing up.

Approaching the time to disembark, Gu Xiaoxi called Su San.

Unfortunately, his phone was turned off, and Gu Xiaoxi, together with Jing Haoran, stood in the airport with their luggage.

"What should we do? We don’t have money, and the cheapest hotels here cost at least one thousand yuan." Jing Haoran sat on the suitcase like a poor, stray dog.

Gu Xiaoxi snorted, "Worst comes to worst, we’ll sleep in the park. it’s not like we haven’t slept outdoors before."

"Sister, you really did bring me out for an experience!" Jing Haoran felt like crying.

Gu Xiaoxi checked the time, they had landed at six in the evening.

After waiting for an hour, it was almost seven at night.

"Let’s find a hotel to stay in first." Gu Xiaoxi took out her phone and decided.

In the end, what Jing Haoran didn’t expect was that Gu Xiaoxi actually found a secluded little hotel for four hundred yuan.

The environment was poor, the location noisy, not to mention that it was on the very chaotic Black Street of D State.

Jing Haoran felt like vomiting blood.

He prepared to call Young Master Quan to complain, only to find his phone service had been suspended due to an unpaid bill.

Gu Xiaoxi believed that it’s the more chaotic places that offered the chance to discover new things.

She came out not only to find opportunities and to unlock the Cultivation Technique of the Purple Crystal, but also to find other crystals.

If she guessed correctly, the crystal Liu Yishou gave her was an important lead to finding the other crystals.

The Cultivation Technique of the Purple Crystal consisted of two levels, divided into six volumes.

In her possession was but a small part of one of the six volumes.

She still had to find the other five volumes.

Therefore, she couldn’t always stay in such luxurious places.

Anywhere there was trade, anywhere there were antiques, she should check out.

There was nothing else valuable in Gu Xiaoxi’s suitcase, just two sets of clothes.

The rest of her money, bank cards, and identification was all put in the backpack she carried with her.

Even though the hotel in Black Street wasn’t much in terms of environment, it was still pretty clean inside.

After leaving her things in the hotel, Gu Xiaoxi went out with her backpack on.

Jing Haoran kept complaining all the way, about how the hotel had no bathtub, no fresh flowers, no big bed, and how the windows were too small...

Listening to him, Gu Xiaoxi immediately felt he was unappreciative.

She reminisced on their training days when they slept in tents outdoors, washed with cold water, slept on iron-framed beds, and even in winter the howling winds meant the tent flaps would never stay shut.

Compared to those times, they were practically living in paradise now, yet this guy was still complaining.

Indeed, Jing Haoran was a young master who had been spoiled since childhood...

Gu Xiaoxi didn’t bother with him any longer.

With her backpack, she entered Black Street. Naturally, the first places she visited were the antique shops and gem stores.