CHAPTER 427: CHAPTER 193 SUPER SPIRIT STATE_3

"I know, I’m heading back now." A Fei didn’t react much, just responded and pushed the door open to leave Li Xiu’s office.

"Are all the people around me so laid-back?" Li Xiu internally chuckled wryly.

Li Xiu was planning to call Chu Jun to discuss going to White Night City, but before he could make the call, Chu Jun already came over.

Just as Li Xiu was about to say something, he noticed there was someone behind Chu Jun, a young man around twenty years old.

When the young man saw Li Xiu, his eyes lit up instantly, and he quickly walked to the desk, grabbing Li Xiu’s hands with excitement, saying eagerly, "Hello, idol! I’m your fan. My name is Xiao Er, a Trial Taker. Could you take me as your apprentice and teach me magic spirit control skills?"

Li Xiu tried to pull his hand back twice from Xiao Er’s grip but couldn’t, so he looked at Chu Jun as if to say, "Who is this? Why did you bring him here?"

"Xiao Er, please calm down first. City Lord, let me introduce you. This is Xiao Er, the second young master of Mr. Xiao from Desha Group, an excellent Trial Taker, who greatly admires you. Mr. Xiao is a major client of our White Night City, and Young Master Xiao Er is also our VIP guest. He approached me to express his admiration for you, and I thought Young Master Xiao Er was very sincere and also a talented individual, so I couldn’t bear to let you miss out on each other, and that’s why I brought him to see you," Chu Jun explained.

"Young Master Chu, you overpraise me. Compared to the City Lord, I’m nothing." Xiao Er realized he was being a bit too forward and promptly let go, saying, "City Lord, I apologize. This matter is unrelated to Young Master Chu; I just really wanted to meet you and forced him to bring me here."

Li Xiu smiled, "Young Master Xiao Er, you’re too kind. If you weren’t worth meeting, no matter how much you forced him, he wouldn’t have brought you here. Since he did, it shows you are someone worth meeting."

"City Lord, since you think I’m worth meeting, would you please take me as your apprentice?" Xiao Er candidly asked again.

Li Xiu looked at Chu Jun, who gave him a slight nod, giving Li Xiu some assurance.

"Young Master Xiao Er, why do you want to take me as your master?" Li Xiu asked, looking at Xiao Er.

"Because of that unprecedented and unmatched Black Death Demon army command battle you performed. I was in the stands and had the privilege to witness your extraordinary magic spirit control skills. I’ve never seen such a powerful control ability in my life. If the comparison is purely on control, you are undoubtedly the strongest Trial Taker," Xiao Er said frankly, though the flattery was a bit excessive.

"If you’re just looking to learn spirit control, we can exchange experiences and insights; taking an apprenticeship would be too formal," Li Xiu replied.

"No, no, no, only when we’re on par can it be called an exchange. I’m worlds apart from you, so you mustn’t use the word exchange. Please, you must take me as your apprentice, and I’m willing to pay any price," Xiao Er said sincerely.

"Since Young Master Xiao Er is so earnest, I’ll be straightforward. You can learn from me, no need for formal apprenticeship, but there is a tuition fee, and it’s this amount per year." Li Xiu held up one finger.

Xiao Er looked at the finger Li Xiu held up and, slightly troubled, said, "Teacher, you might not know, but because I spend too much, my family now only gives me a fixed amount of pocket money each year. I really can’t afford such high tuition, could you lower it a bit?"

"On Chu Jun’s account, I’ll halve it, but no lower," Li Xiu thought Xiao Er was honest, and with Chu Jun’s endorsement, he could earn some private money, so why not?

A tuition of 500,000 a year isn’t minimal, though it’s just teaching some seemingly basic magic spirit control skills according to Li Xiu, which doesn’t take much time.

As for whether Xiao Er can learn it, that’s his own concern.

"Thank you, teacher. Let’s settle it then. Give me your account number, and I’ll transfer the 50 million to you right away." Once again, Xiao Er shook Li Xiu’s hand excitedly.

Li Xiu was momentarily stunned hearing the number 50 million, thinking, "This guy can’t be talking about Red Sand currency, can he? But I was referring to White Night currency. 50 million Red Sand currency is barely 200,000 White Night currency, that’s more than 300,000 less."

"Forget it, consider it a favor for Chu Jun," Li Xiu thought it wasn’t a big deal, so he handed Xiao Er his account information.

"Teacher, for this 50 million space currency, should I exchange it for Red Sand currency and transfer it to you, or send space currency directly?" Xiao Er asked.

Li Xiu nearly choked on his own saliva. It turned out the guy was talking about space currency, which was way more valuable than White Night currency.

"Ahem, space currency is fine, no need for the hassle," Li Xiu coughed lightly, sat down, took a sip from his teacup, and with feigned indifference, said, "Young Master Xiao Er, what level of Trial Taker are you now, and what type of magic spirit do you have?"

"Teacher, I just upgraded to S-level not long ago. It would be best for you to inspect my magic spirit yourself, as it’s a bit cramped here, making it difficult to show. If you have time, we can go to a square, and I’ll summon the spirits for you to see," Xiao Er promptly replied.

"Ahem! Cough, cough!" Li Xiu choked on the tea he just swallowed, taking several moments to recover, looking at Xiao Er with a peculiar expression and thinking, "Is this guy really here to learn? Isn’t he here to show off? An S-level Trial Taker coming here, spending a fortune to learn from me, a D-level Trial Taker as his teacher? Is he out of his mind?"

"Young Master Xiao Er, do you know what level I am as a Trial Taker?" Li Xiu asked, looking at Xiao Er.

"I don’t know, teacher. It doesn’t matter what level you are. I’m not here to learn how to upgrade or anything else, just to learn your magic spirit control skills, nothing else. I can handle those myself," Xiao Er straightforwardly answered.

"That’s good." Li Xiu nodded slightly. This Xiao Er was a person of conviction and ideas, not just a spendthrift with nowhere to squander his money.