Even so, there were no ill intentions in the young girl's heart.

She simply spent the past month exploring the entire Nine Dragon Mountain, getting familiar with its paths, and understanding what each place was for.

In the young girl's view, although it took her a full month just to gather information, she was confident she could earn a lot of money from these Magicians.

By then, the young girl would be able to directly treat her brother's illness.

However, after wandering around for a month and waiting at the entrance, she realized no Magicians seemed to require her services.

Originally, the young girl thought about giving up and leaving.

But when she saw Wang Ye, his pleasant appearance made the young girl feel he was approachable, so she ran over to him.

After determining that the young girl harbored no malice, Wang Ye's face showed a hint of a smile. With his Money Leopard expression, it gave off a comical feeling.

Seeing Wang Ye's comical expression, the young girl also unconsciously smiled, losing her earlier tension.

"Are you trying to make money by providing guide services? You're quite familiar with Nine Dragon Mountain, aren't you?"

The young girl was a little surprised when she heard Wang Ye's words and gave him a glance.

She didn't expect that before she even spoke, the other person seemed to read her mind and speak her thoughts aloud.

Nonetheless, she indeed needed to do this to earn money, and having heard before that these Magicians had extraordinary methods, she only felt slightly surprised before quickly understanding.

"Yes."

The young girl nodded and proudly said to Wang Ye, "I spent a whole month learning the routes of Nine Dragon Mountain and understanding what each place does, so I'm absolutely reliable!"

As she spoke, she puffed out her chest to emphasize her assurance in a rather grown-up manner.

Her pride and pretense of maturity were adorable, but Wang Ye, knowing the truth, felt a twinge of heartache.

For this ordinary young girl, the world of Magicians was a foreign one.

If circumstances didn't force it, who would leave their familiar world to explore another filled with danger?

Just like Wang Ye.

If Wang Ye didn't need to strengthen himself to protect the people on Earth Star, his previous power would have sufficed, and he could have just stayed on Earth Star.

Wang Ye felt as if he saw himself in this young girl.

Although what he wished to protect was larger than what the young girl wished to protect, their inner priorities were essentially the same.

"You want to save your brother, right?"

Wang Ye continued asking.

But when he reached this point, he noticed an evading, fearful look in the young girl's eyes as she glanced at him.

"Why is that?"

This anomaly puzzled Wang Ye.

When he had read her mind earlier, there was no such expression, yet now his simple question triggered fear in her.

Wang Ye wanted to understand the girl's thoughts more clearly.

But the young girl perhaps had already realized that he could see through her thoughts, so she was deliberately not thinking in that direction.

This anomaly surprised Wang Ye even more.

Why is that?

Is the young girl trying to hide something?

She is indeed forcing herself not to think in that direction.

Remarkable is that there really isn't a hint of it.

It must be noted that even adults or some cultivators find it challenging to hide their thoughts to this extent.

This means the young girl is incredibly determined and cautious about concealing this matter.

Could it be that her true purpose isn't to save her brother?

This idea was immediately dismissed by Wang Ye.

At the very beginning, he had probed her thoughts, capturing the emotions and genuine intentions in her heart.

The young girl, facing Wang Ye's continued gaze without him saying anything, and recalling Wang Ye's earlier question that instilled fear, stammered:

"I... I, well, I won't do it anymore."

Having said that, she wanted to run away immediately.

"Wait!"

Just as she was halfway, Wang Ye's voice rang out.

Perhaps because the girl really needed the money, even after being frightened by Wang Ye, she paused upon hearing his call, neither moving forward nor backward, nor turning around.

She wanted to hear why Wang Ye had called her to stop.

However, the cold sweat on her forehead indicated that she was reminded of something terrifying and was uneasy.

Fearing that Wang Ye would do something bad to her.

"Sigh."

Seeing this, Wang Ye sighed.

What had this young girl gone through to make her so cautious when faced with problems?

"I'll hire you to guide me. After all, I've just arrived at Nine Dragon Mountain and am unfamiliar with it. If you know it well, you can show me around for a while."

Wang Ye's words made the young girl turn around immediately.

To her, the lure of money was significant.

"Then... how much do you plan to pay me?"

The young girl's eyes seemed to shimmer with gold.

After all, he was a Third Rank Sorcerer.

It was said that reaching the level of a Third Rank Sorcerer meant lacking for nothing, and there'd be plenty of money with no place to spend it.

Some even went as far as building houses with gold.

"I'll give you one hundred thousand taels of gold."

Wang Ye said.

"Wow!"

The young girl's eyes widened instantly. Seeing Wang Ye's serious expression, she excitedly jumped up and down a few times.

One hundred thousand taels of gold!

Knowing that she had only heard such numbers during storytelling sessions.

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