About twenty minutes later, Xie Hongbo arrived at the God Hunting Building.
His eyebrows drooped, and he looked defeated, "What is it? Qin Siyang came again?"
The other managers looked at him.
"That's right. Xie Hongbo, you're the manager here. What should we do about this? Should we report it to Principal Zhao or just charge Qin Siyang as usual? You make the call. We'll follow your lead."
"Follow my lead?"
Xie Hongbo silently cursed his luck.
After entering the workplace, and after spending the past few days consulting senior students who had stayed at the university, he had gained some understanding of how people handled things. He was no longer just a simple college student.
The managers in the God Hunting Building were all Sequence ability users recruited from society with clean backgrounds. They had worked before coming to South Glory and had spent years dealing with people. They were all slippery veterans.
On the way here, he had already figured out what they were planning.
They had clearly called him over to handle the unpleasant job.
No matter what choice was made, either Zhao Longfei or Qin Siyang would end up unhappy.
And Xie Hongbo could not avoid it.
After all, he had been parachuted in as the manager of the God Hunting Building.
He had barely settled into the position before having to deal with problems.
Zhao Longfei was South Glory's principal, and Qin Siyang was a rising star. Xie Hongbo did not want to offend either of them.
At that moment, he suddenly recalled the day he learned he would become the manager of the God Hunting Building.
He still remembered Zhao Longfei's friendly smile when appointing him.
("Xie Hongbo, although your grades and strength aren't the best in your year, your character is praised by everyone, and I trust you very much. I plan to put you in charge of managing the Divine Arenas in the God Hunting Building. I hope you won't disappoint me.")
Forget it. Principal Zhao gave him this job. In the end, he had to answer to Principal Zhao.
Principal Zhao and Qin Siyang were close enough to wear the same pair of pants. Qin Siyang probably would not blame him either.
Creak!
At that moment, the Divine Arena door opened. Qin Siyang walked out, tossed out four bottles of Sequence Potion, and was about to close the door and continue.
"Qin Siyang, wait a moment."
Xie Hongbo stepped forward and stopped him.
"Hm? Senior Xie, what's up?"
Xie Hongbo gathered his thoughts and said, "There is something I need to discuss with you. We don't know what kind of god you've simulated in the Divine Arena, but your combat simulations consume Sequence Potion dozens of times faster than the other arenas. Because of this, Principal Zhao already criticized me this afternoon."
Qin Siyang was surprised. After thinking for a moment, he asked with a frown, "Principal Zhao criticized you? Why?"
"Because you're using too much Sequence Potion in the Divine Arena, but you're still paying the standard rate. If this continues, the God Hunting Building will suffer major losses, and it will affect the school's operations."
Qin Siyang's face immediately turned cold, "What, did Zhao Longfei order that I'm not allowed to enter the Divine Arena anymore?"
"No, no, don't misunderstand. Principal Zhao didn't say that. It's just that the fee for your use of the Divine Arena..."
"The price is going up? To what level?"
"I don't know either. Principal Zhao didn't mention it this afternoon. He probably didn't expect you to come back so soon."
"Alright. Thanks for letting me know, Senior Xie."
"Then regarding Principal Zhao..."
"I'll contact Principal Zhao directly."
"Okay! Thank you for understanding, Student Qin!"
"It's only right."
Qin Siyang walked to the side and activated conversation blocking. He took out his phone and called Zhao Longfei directly.
A lazy voice came from the other end.
["Hello, Little Qin. It's so late. What's up?"]
"I'm at the God Hunting Building."
["You're at the God—YOU'RE BACK AT THE GOD HUNTING BUILDING? Didn't you just leave this afternoon?"]
"I like studying. Xie Hongbo just told me you want to raise the price specifically for me?"
["It's not that I'm raising the price specifically for you. You're just consuming too much Sequence Potion. The other ninety-nine Divine Arenas don't earn enough in a day to cover what you use by yourself. Staff, equipment, management, all of that costs money. If the Divine Arenas keep operating at a loss, how are they supposed to stay open?"]
"But you never said before that using more means paying more."
["What kind of nonsense is that! Before you, nobody used this much! Actually, I want to ask you, what exactly did you simulate in the Divine Arena? Why is it consuming Sequence Potion so quickly?"]
"The Sacrificial Giant Vine."
["The Sacrificial Giant Vine? Wait a second. How are you able to customize a simulation of the Sacrificial Giant Vine?"]
"Because I've seen it with my own eyes. Did you forget I have the Vine Core?"
["Oh... right. It's been so long that the memory got blurry... No, damn it, are you bored out of your mind? Why are you simulating the Sacrificial Giant Vine?"]
"What's the problem?"
["Are you actually dumb, or are you pretending? You're Sequence Level Six now. You're already being suppressed by gods. Against gods, you're weaker than when you were Sequence Level Five. You might not even be able to beat a medium god. What's the point of simulating a large god?"]
"I'm simulating the Sacrificial Giant Vine purely to practice dodging."
["Practice dodging?"]
"That's right."
Without changing his expression, Qin Siyang started making things up.
"My thinking is this: what if one day I run into the Sacrificial Giant Vine again and find another Vine Core? What should I do then? If I give up a treasure that's practically in front of me because I'm afraid of being suppressed by a god, wouldn't that be a waste? But before getting the treasure, I need to be able to stay alive. So I'm practicing my evasive movements now, just in case."
Zhao Longfei was silent for more than ten seconds before slowly speaking.
["You... are about to get another Vine Core?"]
"Who knows? I was originally thinking that after getting another Vine Core, I'd show some gratitude to my alma mater. But now... heh! I'm feeling pretty disappointed."
Zhao Longfei immediately let out a kind laugh.
["Little Qin, that's not the way to put it. We're old friends. We can't let such a small matter make things unpleasant."]
["Your concerns are reasonable... but you can't expect the Divine Arenas to keep running at a loss. You know South Glory's situation. It's so poor that only the shell is left."]
"What do you suggest?"
["Let me think."]
After Zhao Longfei spoke, the sound of a lighter came from the other end of the call.
A while later, Zhao Longfei said, ["How about this? I'll advance the privilege of setting a privilege that you'll get next month. I'll reserve an exclusive Divine Arena for you. Only you can use it. I'll have Xie Hongbo handle maintenance and inspections for you, but you'll have to supply the Sequence Potion yourself. What do you think?"]
"An exclusive Divine Arena?"
Qin Siyang, who had been angry a moment ago, immediately calmed down.
"I just enrolled. Giving me an exclusive Divine Arena already seems a little too high-profile, doesn't it?"
["Oh, cut it out. Since when do you know what 'high-profile' means?"]
Zhao Longfei sounded dismissive.
["Splitting up the Vine Core and Crimson Crystals wasn't high-profile. Killing Hua Weicai and Dadova wasn't high-profile. Taking an entire floor of the guesthouse and getting the privilege to set privileges wasn't high-profile. But using an exclusive Divine Arena is suddenly high-profile?"]
"Principal Zhao, aren't you worried this will make the students unhappy with you?"
["Now you're being unreasonable. You're using your own privilege to assign yourself a Divine Arena. From beginning to end, it has nothing to do with me. Why would the students be unhappy with me?"]
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