Chapter 36: We Can Try A Different Approach, Right!
Thinking about this price, Ge Bai stood in front of this training ground, looking at the two sides in battle with a speechless expression on her face, listening to Hu Ming’s incessant introduction, too lazy to take even a single step.
Big Willow on her shoulder was also staring intently at this venue, her body leaning forward, willow threads clinging one by one to the glass wall, her eyes shining bright.
Looking at Big Willow like this, what else could Ge Bai do? She silently took out her terminal and began checking her account balance.
Still not enough. There was still some loan limit left, but loans didn’t support training expenses.
Just as Ge Bai was agonizing over it, something happened in the venue.
“Meow!” The Striped Ghost-Eyed Lynx stood in the center of the venue, howling discontentedly, its fluffy tail smacking against the training ground floor with smacking sounds.
One smack after another, appearing extremely forceful.
On this side of the training ground, the Green Shell Water Arrow Turtle had already retracted all four limbs into its shell, leaving only a head outside.
Although the turtle’s head hadn’t shrunk back, it was twisted to one side of its body, eyes tightly closed, no matter how its beast tamer called, it wouldn’t open them.
“What’s the matter with you all? We agreed on three hours of sparring, but in less than an hour, we’ve stopped five or six times already.”
The flower shirt man standing opposite put away his photographing mobile terminal and dawdled over to the lynx’s side.
He casually patted the lynx’s head to soothe it, then loudly questioned in dissatisfaction.
The beast tamer in the martial arts school uniform was a bit anxious, already kneeling beside the Green Shell Water Arrow Turtle, taking out a tube of nutrient solution and holding it to the turtle’s mouth.
For some reason, this turtle was clearly in a mood, suddenly flinging its head to the other side, not opening its eyes or mouth, adopting a completely non-violent non-cooperation attitude.
Hu Ming outside the training ground also saw this scene. Ignoring Ge Bai for the moment, he hurriedly went around to the doorway and entered the training ground.
“Really sorry about this, Mr. Sun. Our sparring pet beast has had a bit too much work intensity these past couple days and seems to have some minor mood issues. Very sorry to trouble you—could you please be understanding and wait a moment?”
Hu Ming was extremely polite in apologizing to the flower shirt beast tamer, but the other party didn’t seem to buy it.
“Again with the waiting? We agreed on 15-minute breaks, but now it’s not even 10 minutes and we have to stop—this achieve any training effect?”
“We’re really very sorry.”
Hu Ming glanced at the Green Shell Water Arrow Turtle side, and the beast tamer kneeling beside it shook his head slightly at him.
It seemed this turtle really couldn’t be coaxed today.
Hu Ming had a bit of a headache, gritted his teeth, forced a smile, and continued to persuade.
“How about you come to our VIP room to rest for a bit? We’ll prepare some afternoon tea for you.”
“Don’t bother with that useless stuff. I’m here to train my pet beast—hurry up and fix this, or get me a different sparring partner.”
The flower shirt beast tamer also saw the Water Arrow Turtle’s resistance and was growing increasingly impatient.
“Meow! Meow!” The Striped Ghost-Eyed Lynx was already bored enough to run around the venue randomly.
This kind of customized training already had high skill requirements for the trainer and sparring pet beast—where were there extra beast tamers? Hu Ming was anxious inside.
Ge Bai had also wandered over to the training ground doorway by now, tilting her head to watch the scene, her eyes rolling around.
She looked at Hu Ming like that and gave him a look.
Hu Ming suddenly remembered that Ge Bai was Ran Cai Jiao’s friend, thinking she might have some solution, so with a hail-Mary attitude, he stepped away to her side.
“My Weeping Ancient Willow has a Wind Blade skill that’s similar to the Water Arrow Turtle’s Water Bullet. How about we substitute for the Water Arrow Turtle?”
Ge Bai didn’t beat around the bush and got straight to the point.
Weeping Ancient Willow? Hu Ming only now noticed the mini-form Big Willow on her shoulder and hesitated a bit.
This girl was a spirit planter? Weeping Ancient Willow could use Wind Blade? It all sounded incomprehensible.
Ge Bai didn’t waste words. “Big Willow, use Wind Blade.”
“Liu Gu!”
After jumping down from Ge Bai’s shoulder, Big Willow immediately transformed into the smallest form capable of using Wind Blade. Without entering the training ground, it faced the opposite corridor, lifted a willow thread, and flung out a Wind Blade straight.
Big Willow was smart enough, imitating the Water Arrow Turtle’s Water Bullet by slightly varying the Wind Blade’s trajectory, easily achieving one per second.
“Don’t you still have trainers? You can switch people out for me too.”
The flower shirt in the venue noticed the movement on Ge Bai’s side and immediately started yelling.
Ge Bai gave him a glance, feeling like this was some dumb rich fool, but she didn’t say anything, just smiling at Hu Ming.
Hu Ming first smiled and bowed remotely at the flower shirt, asking him to wait, then hurried two steps to Ge Bai’s side.
At this point, he didn’t care whether she was a spirit planter or beast tamer anymore—as long as he could satisfy the customer, anything would do.
He asked quietly.
“You and the Weeping Ancient Willow—can you spar at this frequency for two and a half hours?”
Ge Bai looked at Big Willow. With his grind-it-out energy, forget two and a half hours—even a whole day would be no problem.
“No problem! Bai Bai, I can do it!” Big Willow shouted from the side with Liu Gu sounds.
Ge Bai adjusted her expression, saying somewhat troubledly, “I’ll have a good talk with my Big Willow later. Should be no big issue.”
“Please!” Hu Ming saw Ge Bai didn’t outright refuse and grabbed it like a lifeline.
Ge Bai, suppressing a grin at the corner of her mouth, switched to negotiation mode—she hadn’t forgotten the sparring price.
“So how’s the part-time fee calculated? 4000 per hour? 9% off?”
Hearing this, Hu Ming felt a bit awkward.
“Uh, that’s probably not feasible, but we can pay you as a part-time trainer—500 per hour.”
Hearing this, Ge Bai snorted coldly, beckoned to Big Willow, and turned to leave.
“Hey, Ms. Ge, please wait—we can still talk about it.”
Hu Ming hurriedly grabbed Ge Bai, face full of apologetic smiles.
“500 per hour is indeed our part-time trainer wage. Like this—I’ll apply to the boss and pay you at formal trainer rates, 1000 per hour.”
Ge Bai didn’t respond to that, directly pointing at the Green-capped Water Arrow Turtle in the venue and asking.
“What’s their wage?”
Hu Ming froze in place, stammering, “This is one of our venue’s Gold Medal Trainers…”
Before he could finish, Ge Bai smiled but firmly interrupted him.
“Whatever wage he gets, that’s what I want too.”
With that, Ge Bai pretended to be nonchalant, looking around casually.
Hu Ming thought for a moment, glanced at the Water Arrow Turtle still throwing a tantrum in the venue, and steeled his resolve.
“Alright. As long as you can do a good job sparring for this guest, your treatment will be at Gold Medal Trainer level too.”
Ge Bai raised an eyebrow, looking at him with a half-smile.
But since Hu Ming had already said it, he didn’t plan to backtrack and promptly followed procedure.
“Gold Medal Trainer wage is 3000 per hour, and to meet work needs, the martial arts school provides free Spiritual Power Recovery Potions and treatment support.”
“How about you start first, and I’ll prepare the contract for you?”
Hearing about Spiritual Power Recovery Potions and treatment support, Ge Bai was even more satisfied.
“Sure, no problem. We’ll start work right away.”
With that, she called Big Willow with a full smile and walked into the venue.
