After trading another 800 Paradise Coins to Yao Guan, Lu Feng received a large batch of commission requests to capture nearby ingredients, then quickly walked away from this place of trouble.
His wallet had been completely emptied, with only 100 Paradise Coins left. If he didn't leave soon, he was afraid Yao Guan would arrange a 'Paradise Loan' for him.
Don't doubt it; with the Black Sail Merchant Guild's money-grubbing nature, they would absolutely do something like that!
Clutching his faintly aching wallet, Lu Feng and Anka arrived at the thicket where they first entered the world.
"Let me see what prey needs to be captured. There's a Capture Level 1 Lobster Fish, a Level 2 Five-tailed Vulture—aren't these the two types A Lu just caught?"
"There's also a Level 2 Friday Ape. Damn it, this guy looks so lewd, and they require it to be caught alive to be sold as a pet. Who would be crazy enough to buy such a lewd pet?!"
"A Level 3 Baron Tiger. Haha, Brother Tiger, look, this is your kin!"
Anka turned his head away, indicating that he didn't have such an ugly primitive relative.
"A Level 1 Frog Snake. This thing isn't poisonous, is it?"
"Damn it! How did a Capture Level 8 one get mixed in? Is this Hei Shang trying to murder me?!"
Lu Feng muttered to himself as he flipped through the commission requests, simultaneously crumpling up that unlucky Level 8 request and tossing it on the ground.
After walking for an unknown period, Lu Feng heard animal cries ahead and couldn't help but slow his pace, quietly moving forward.
On the flat ground ahead, a white-furred cow was grazing, its body measuring a full 3 meters long!
"Let me see." Lu Feng took out the illustrated guide Yao Guan had sold him and began to search and compare. "Found it. A white-furred Sin-something Cow, Capture Level 1 or below. Its meat is a high-grade ingredient, rich in collagen, and very popular with women…"
Lu Feng immediately became interested. 'Very popular with women' meant it was expensive. Although there wasn't a commission for this type of cow, submitting high-grade ingredients could also raise a Gourmet Hunter's level.
"Brother Tiger, go! We'll submit half the captured meat and keep the rest for ourselves!"
Anka, who had originally intended to slack off, shuddered, then pounced on the white-furred cow like an arrow released from a bowstring.
Although the white-furred cow was highly vigilant and quickly spotted Anka, it was too late.
Before it could react, Anka was already upon it, directly tackling it to the ground and precisely locking its throat, biting into the cow's neck.
The belated Lu Feng, holding the rusty spear, plunged it into the white-furred cow's heart, completely ending its life.
"Haha, Brother Tiger, let's celebrate our first successful collaboration!" Lu Feng was very excited; the feeling of an instant kill was truly addictive.
"Roar (Even if you hadn't come, this white-furred cow would have been bitten to death by me anyway)," Anka said, giving Lu Feng no face at all.
"At least I helped you end the battle quickly, didn't I?" Lu Feng tried hard to find his own value.
"Roar (Can the spot where your spear pierced still be eaten?)"
"Uh, then that part can just be cut off and discarded." Looking at the spot pierced by the rusty spear, Lu Feng himself felt a bit disgusted.
He had intended to directly put the white-furred cow's corpse into his storage space, but it was too large; his storage space simply couldn't fit it.
Helpless, Lu Feng could only choose to dismember the cow on the spot, taking back only the prime cuts of meat.
However, Lu Feng took out a small knife and worked for a long time, only managing to skin the cow. Seeing the large amount of work still remaining, he got a headache.
"Brother Tiger, you come help me too!"
"Roar (I'm only responsible for hunting.)"
Looking at the white-furred cow's corpse, he was reluctant to abandon it, but dismembering it was too much effort. If only he had a skill similar to 'butchering a cow like a master.'
Thinking of this, Lu Feng remembered Yao Guan again.
That damned Hei Shang once said that he often hunted with Gourmet Hunters, so how did he bring the prey back?
"This is absolutely, absolutely, absolutely the last time!" Lu Feng kept repeating in his mind, while mounting Anka and quickly returning to the Gourmet Hotel.
Before even entering, Lu Feng saw Yao Guan standing at the door, waiting for him.
"800 Paradise Coins, fair deal."
Yao Guan directly handed over a white-quality scroll.
[Butcher Mastery Lv.10 (Temporary skill, disappears after leaving this world)]
Quality: White
Type: Skill Scroll (Temporary)
Rating: 10
Description: After using this scroll, you can skillfully master the butcher's skill of dismembering various animals. As this is a temporary skill scroll, this skill will disappear after leaving this world… "I don't have that many Paradise Coins left," Lu Feng said through gritted teeth.
"It's fine, I also offer private loans…"
"I'm not taking a loan!"
Yao Guan looked troubled. "Sigh, Mr. Bai Ze, that makes it very difficult for me."
"I'll give you one-tenth of the profit from this commission."
"No, at least four-tenths."
Lu Feng began to regret trusting the Hei Shang's nonsense and entering this derivative world with him. Now, he hadn't received a single penny in profit, but instead owed 800 Paradise Coins. Not only had he protected him for free for a while, but now he had to work for him. Damned capitalism!
"I'll give you three-tenths at most, this is my…"
"Deal!"
Before Lu Feng could finish speaking, Yao Guan agreed.
Fearing Lu Feng would go back on his word, he directly shoved the scroll into Lu Feng's hand.
[You have mastered 'Butcher Mastery' Lv.10. This skill will be forgotten after leaving this world.]
"I hate profiteers!"
"Roar (You just said that an hour ago.)"
Returning to the white-furred cow's corpse again, this time Lu Feng dismembered the beef with ease, without any sense of unfamiliarity.
The decomposition work that would have originally taken three or four hours was now completed in less than half an hour.
It had to be said, while Yao Guan was a profiteer, at least he didn't sell fakes.
Lu Feng, with red eyes, frantically searched for prey in the jungle, determined to capture several high-level ingredients to make up for his losses and comfort his wounded spirit.
"Roar (There's a powerful aura ahead, the Capture Level must be very high.)"
"Good, no matter what it is, we have to take it down. Even if the King of Heaven comes, he can't stop me, I said it!"
Following the direction Anka pointed, Lu Feng saw a swamp where a giant snake was sleeping.
Yao Guan's Illustrated Guide:
[Swamp Snake]
Capture Level: 5
Length: 20 meters
Weight: 9 tons
Preferences: Likes to inhabit turbid waters like swamps, highly vigilant.
Value: Rich in fat, similar in taste to eel, better when roasted, quite expensive.
Seeing that just the snake's head was a circle larger than himself, Lu Feng silently put away the illustrated guide and turned to leave.
"Roar (Why aren't you catching it? Didn't you say even the King of Heaven couldn't stop you?)"
"This isn't very valuable, let's find another one!"
"Roar (I can read; it clearly says 'quite expensive.')"
"Shut up! 'Quite expensive' isn't understood that way. Chinese characters are profound; you still have a lot to learn!"