Let’s Squander A Billion First!

Chapter 712: Chapter 712: National Demon Sprite (3)

”How should I know?” Yu Su was frustrated; all he did was steal a cellphone to play games on the street when he inadvertently bumped into this creature... oh, not a person, a demon!

”I’m kind of scared.”

He always felt like there was a Great Demon lurking behind them, ready to devour them at any moment.

Shivering uncontrollably.

Yu Su clenched his fists: ”Anyway, we just have to bring her here and slip away.”

”Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.”

The two lackeys agreed with the boss’s decision.

The shop that could help them out was on this night market street.

”Boss lady, you’ve got business,” Yu Su shouted inside, then turned to Chuzheng, ”Just... just here, we’re done, right?”

Chuzheng nodded.

Yu Su immediately scurried off with his two lackeys.

”Yu Su, you little rabbit, stop right there!”

A loud reprimand suddenly came from inside the shop.

Then a figure emerged, grabbing Yu Su by the collar, yanking him back, and, taking advantage of the momentum, grabbed his ear: ”When are you going to pay back the money you owe me, huh?”

”Ouch, boss lady, that hurts!” Yu Su howled in pain.

”Pay up!”

”I’ve got no money.” Yu Su pointed at Chuzheng, ”I brought a customer for you, boss lady. Give me a few more days, and I promise I’ll pay you back.”

The boss lady glanced at Chuzheng standing beside them, her eyes narrowing slightly: ”A new face?”

The boss lady looked quite young, with an ordinary face, except for her eyes, which were somewhat captivating.

She let go of Yu Su, who then covered his ear and shuffled aside.

The boss lady scrutinized Chuzheng carefully.

She had definitely never seen this demon before.

And it didn’t seem like your ordinary little demon, either.

”Please come in.” The boss lady hid her suspicions, gestured for Chuzheng to enter, then turned and grabbed Yu Su, who was trying to slip away: ”You too, come in with me.”

The shop wasn’t large, just the boss lady running it.

It didn’t look like a business open to the public but rather a residence.

The boss lady told Chuzheng to sit anywhere and took Yu Su aside to question him: ”This demon doesn’t look simple, where did you run into her?”

”Who knows what bad luck I’ve stumbled upon,” Yu Su lamented with a gloomy face, ”I was just stealing a phone to play a game, and she suddenly appeared in front of me, saying she wanted to ask for information.”

”You dare to bring someone unknown here?”

”...One look and I knew I couldn’t beat her.” Yu Su was very certain of his assessment; the Great Demon exuded a terrifying aura, and forcing a confrontation would have ended very badly for him.

”...”

Can’t beat her so you bring her here to your plight?

Who’s being fooled here!

After giving Yu Su a piece of her mind, the boss lady put on a professional smile and walked over.

”What information do you want?”

”Li Xiaoyu.”

The boss lady frowned: ”Li Xiaoyu? She’s with the Demon Hunter Alliance, why are you asking about her?”

Demon Hunters and demons are mortal enemies.

The boss lady’s mention of Li Xiaoyu immediately brought forth a look of disgust and loathing.

”I need her full details,” Chuzheng didn’t answer the boss lady’s question, ”Can you do that?”

”Of course,” the boss lady, feeling her abilities were being doubted by a demon, instantly bristled with discontent, ”But the price will be high. After all, Li Xiaoyu is part of the Demon Hunter Alliance, and the people around her are all Demon Hunters. It’s not easy to get her details.”

”How much?”

”Money?” the boss lady said, ”This isn’t something money can solve.”

Chuzheng: ”...”

It was as if she could hear the sound of Bastard being slapped across the face.

Listen to this!

This isn’t something money can solve!

[Miss, you have to believe me.] The King’s Account confidently assured, [There’s nothing money can’t solve. If there is, it’s definitely because you’re not spending it the right way.]

Chuzheng snorted coldly.

”If it’s not money you want, what is it?”

”Inner cores,” the boss lady held out a finger, ”At least three.”

Inner cores?

Automatically, information about inner cores sprang up in Chuzheng’s mind.

Demon Sprites can form inner cores through cultivation, and most with a sliver of talent can condense one within ten years.

If another demon devours an inner core, it can boost their cultivation.

And Demon Hunters can also enhance their abilities with inner cores.

All in all, inner cores are a great commodity!

The quality of an inner core is judged by its age.

It’s the same logic as with Hundred-Year Ganoderma and Thousand-Year Ginseng.

It’s all about who is the oldest.

The shopkeeper didn’t specify how old the inner core should be, any inner core would do.

Chuzheng stepped out of the shop, calmly looking at the bustling long street in the distance.

Bastard, your performance may begin now.

”Miss, don’t worry, there’s nothing money can’t do.” The King’s Account advised Chuzheng confidently: ”Miss just needs to purchase an inner core.”

Chuzheng turned around: ”I might as well go back and beat her up.” Simple and convenient.

”...” Can’t Miss be a bit more mature and composed? Hitting people is what a brute would do!!

The King’s Account roared, trying to stop Chuzheng from resorting to violence.

As a proper Spendthrift System, it was truly exhausted.

Is violence necessary?

No!

They only need to spend recklessly!

The Miss next door is so much better.

The System next door is so lucky.

Chuzheng stood outside the shop, feeling glum.

When Yu Su came out with two flunkies, they immediately spotted Chuzheng standing outside, causing the three demons to go weak at the knees.

Why... why hasn’t the boss left yet?

Seeing the commotion, Chuzheng turned to look at them.

A moment later, she waved them over.

Yu Su felt as if he was being summoned to the afterlife.

Why did he have to steal a phone to play games!

If he hadn’t stolen the phone to play games, he wouldn’t have encountered this Great Demon.

He regretted it so much that his heart was bleeding.

But alas, it was of no use...

Yu Su reluctantly approached: ”Do... Do you need anything else?”

”Where can I buy an inner core?”

Yu Su: ”...”

An inner core is not a common commodity.

A powerful demon who gets an inner core would devour it immediately.

Who would leave it behind?

”Demons surely don’t have it...” Yu Su’s eyes brightened: ”But Demon Hunters definitely do.”

Although Demon Hunters also use inner cores to enhance their cultivation, some specifically hunt demons to obtain their inner cores and sell them off for a huge profit.

Inner cores are not only useful to Demon Hunters.

They are beneficial to ordinary humans too.

For healing sickness, beauty treatments, life extension, and so on.

Therefore, inner cores are popular items among the affluent circles.

Chuzheng couldn’t help but hug herself tightly.

Being a Demon Sprite is not easy.

Everyone covets my inner core...

Wait a minute.

Did the original owner have an inner core?

Seems like... probably... maybe... not?

Then... where is the original owner’s inner core!!

Demons don’t die from having their inner cores taken, just like hens laying eggs; after a while, a new inner core will condense again. However, how long this ’while’ is depends on the demon’s own talent.

It’s also possible they never condense a new inner core again.

So the question is—Who took the original owner’s inner core!!!

Chuzheng searches her memory but has no impression whatsoever.

Not great.

A minor issue.

Still alive.

Chuzheng, regaining some composure, asked Yu Su, who was visibly frightened: ”Do you know any Demon Hunters who sell inner cores?”

Yu Su shook his head vehemently like a bobblehead doll.

”Demon Hunters are fierce, why would I know any?”

They are a nemesis!

For a small demon like him, could he even survive if seen by a Demon Hunter?