The old Ford slowly drove out of Connor Hospital, and Xu Yi looked through the window to see a traffic policeman dealing with an accident—apparently, the driver, fatigued, had crashed into a pole by the roadside.
Fortunately, the hospital was only a few steps away, and the driver was rushed for dical attention in ti, saving his life.
The bulldog that escaped from the car was more troubleso—the traffic police had to call in firefighters to scour the streets for the dog.
Lisa still needed to undergo examinations and couldn't be discharged yet, so Xu Yi and Ailent left first.
"Boss, I want to ask you sothing—about initiating a Spiritual Awakening..." Ailent hesitated.
"What, you're interested too?" Xu Yi saw Ailent's eager eyes in the rearview mirror and teased him.
Ailent originally had no concept of Spiritual Awakening, but after taking an interview with the journalists, he had learned about it, and then he had an epiphany.
Wow! Was the thigh I was hugging that strong?
Who wouldn't yearn for supernatural powers, especially when the opportunity was right in front of them? Ailent finally couldn't resist and nodded repeatedly.
"The cost of a Spiritual Awakening is quite significant... It's not impossible for to initiate it for you," Xu Yi said softly.
Ailent's heart had already sunk halfway upon hearing the first part of what Xu Yi said.
But the rest of the words excited him so much he nearly jumped up, thankfully he was aware he was driving and forcefully cald himself down.
"Boss, are you serious?" Ailent asked cautiously.
"It depends on your performance!" Xu Yi leaned back in his seat and replied casually.
Ailent probably had little chance for a Word Gifting Awakening, he wasn't that kind of innately talented person.
So the only way was through "Word Gifting."
As his agent, there would be plenty of opportunities for collaboration in the future. If Ailent was diligent and responsible, and Xu Yi had spare Entries, then gifting so to him wasn't out of the question.
Of course, this was all predicated on eting the Loyalty Value threshold; otherwise, even if he wanted to gift them, it wouldn't be possible.
"Boss, just you watch!"
With Xu Yi's affirmative response, Ailent felt as invigorated as if he had been injected with an adrenaline shot, wishing he could imdiately offer his utmost commitnt.
Xu Yi checked Ailent's Loyalty Value and laughed.
His Loyalty Value had actually surpassed the threshold of 80, reaching 82 points.
Indeed, a boss who can dangle a carrot is a good boss!
Xu Yi severely criticized the capitalist blood in his body, but then rembered he was living in a capitalist country and suddenly felt everything made sense.
In fact, whether it was a Word Gifting Awakening or Word Gifting, there was a downside.
That was, if you spend a lot of effort to cultivate a talent and then they betray you, what then?
The human heart is the most complicated, no one can guarantee they will always keep their original intent.
But Xu Yi wasn't worried about this at all.
It wasn't because he thought he could intimidate everyone into submission with just a flick of his powerful aura.
First and foremost, both Word Gifting Awakening and Word Gifting required signing a Bond Contract.
A Bond Contract needs Loyalty Value or Favorability at 90 points or above; at that level, it's pretty hard to betray.
Not to ntion, the system still had an Ultimate Move.
Whether it was a Word Gifting Awakening or gifted Entries, he could retrieve them through the system at any ti.
This final link allowed Xu Yi to confidently use these functions, utterly avoiding the potential harm of betrayal.
"By the way, boss, do you rember Jas, the property magnate I ntioned last ti?" Ailent suddenly changed the topic, his expression turning serious.
Xu Yi knew Ailent was about to discuss serious matters and perked up, "Of course I rember, the guy who asked for an exorcist to deal with the old theater issue. What, it still hasn't been resolved?"
With the matter concerning an Evil Spirit, his interest was imdiately piqued.
"No," Ailent shook his head, "As far as I know, Jas had hired two exorcists a while ago, one died, and one fled."
Xu Yi involuntarily furrowed his brows. Logically, considering how dangerous evil spirits were, Ailent shouldn't be repeatedly bringing them up.
After all, their interests aligned, and he had even agreed to help with Ailent's Spiritual Awakening.
Given Ailent's timid nature, suggesting that he stay far away would be one thing, but why bring it up again now?
"I originally did not want to ntion it since it's so dangerous," Ailent hastened his speech upon seeing Xu Yi's frown, "But after thinking it over, I felt I still needed to tell the boss… I heard so news."
"What news?"
"According to those exorcists who survived, the most important thing to deal with that evil spirit is courage!" Ailent sneakily glanced at Xu Yi.
Xu Yi suddenly understood why Ailent was bringing it up again.
"You think I have a chance because I'm as brave as a barrel?" Xu Yi asked.
"Exactly. Boss is the bravest person I've ever seen!" Ailent said with a look of admiration.
Xu Yi silently regarded the "As Brave as a Barrel" entry.
The reason he was brave was entirely because he had sothing to rely on.
Besides the "As Brave as a Barrel" entry, the most important was the Resurrection Coin. Knowing you have several lives and that dying once or twice is no big deal, how could one not be brave?
Should he take on this commission? If it was as Ailent said, it seed very advantageous to him.
Xu Yi was still hesitating, but Ailent's next words made him firmly decide.
"Because many have died, and several exorcists failed, Jas increased the reward from the original 100,000 to 300,000," Ailent whispered.
300,000? Xu Yi's eyes widened.
That ant if he completed this job, a luxurious villa would be his!
Nobody better stand in my way!
"Help take the exorcism commission, but let's wait until next week," Xu Yi said.
"Why wait until next week?" Ailent was a bit puzzled.
If he had already made up his mind, he should strike while the iron is hot. If soone else took the job first, wouldn't that be a disaster?
There were two main reasons for Xu Yi's decision.
The next week would mark a full month, and the system's monthly sign-in opportunity would allow him to replenish a Resurrection Coin.
Having just used one Resurrection Coin, now he only had one left, which felt sowhat precarious.
As for the other reason...
"I registered for the college entrance examination a few days from now!" Xu Yi said casually.
Ailent was stunned for a mont; he then rembered that Xu Yi was a senior high school student and that the autonomous state's college entrance examination was about to begin.
"Then boss, you should focus on your exams! In the Xia Kingdom's words, I wish you to beco the dark horse that rises to the top," said Ailent.
"There's no need to rise to the top, performing normally will be fine. My grades are pretty decent!" Xu Yi said softly.
Ailent stopped talking. In his view, Xu Yi was either busy exorcising or being busy dating girls.
The Maria they t at the Funeral Parlor had already amazed him, and now there was Lisa, a childhood friend. How could he have the mind to study?
He suspected that what Xu Yi ant by "decent grades" was rely not failing.
As a subordinate, he did not have the heart to expose the truth and chose to save his boss's face.
Xu Yi shrugged. He could see Ailent didn't believe him, but he didn't bother explaining further. When the results ca out, Ailent would understand.
He suddenly beca curious about what Ailent's expression would be at that ti.
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