Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Xu Xingguang returned to town before nightfall, holding the salary advance note given by Ying Tanan as she went to the town’s office.

Xu Xingguang had been in town for twenty days. Apart from collecting nutrients, she generally didn’t come to the office to check in.

But today was not the day to distribute nutrients.

”Hello.” Xu Xingguang walked up to the guidance counter and politely inquired of the counter’s attendant sister: ”Excuse me, which counter should I go to for collecting my salary?”

As soon as Xu Xingguang spoke, her elegant and pure Ancient Xia Country aristocratic accent deeply impressed the attendant sister.

The sister shyly smiled and said to her: ”On the second floor, counter number 12.”

”Thank you.”

When Xu Xingguang reached the second floor, the office’s lobby manager and security personnel immediately gathered around the counter sister, gossiping and asking: ”What did the Starlight Beauty say to you?”

Immersed in her passion for growing herbs, Xu Xingguang was unaware that her title as Starlight Beauty had already spread throughout Wuyuan Town.

The town knew an eye-catching beauty came from the Infected Zone, who spoke a more fluent and pure Ancient Xia Country aristocratic accent than even Lord City Lord.

The sister covered her lips and giggled for a moment before saying: ”She came to collect her salary, asked me at which counter to go.”

Hearing this, the lobby manager was somewhat surprised, ”The Starlight Beauty has only been in our town for twenty days, can she already collect her salary?”

She was an intern sent by the Ying Family and must complete one month of internship to receive her internship salary.

However, the Ying Family has a support policy for interns, providing free nutrients to them every month.

Of course, these are nutrients from reputable brands, whose taste may not be great, but they satisfy the nutritional elements needed by the human body.

The sister shook her head, ”I don’t know.”

In the Divine Martial Realm, there are no national divisions, only three great alliances, and the currency circulating among the three great alliances is called ’silver coin’.

This currency is made with satin velvet, with its appearance being silver-white, and currencies from different continents bear different portraits.

Divine Hidden Continent’s currency features an image of the Divine Hidden Emperor holding the Divine Hidden Sword, Central Yu Continent’s currency features Medicine King Ying Chong and the Medicine King Tower, while East Ocean Continent’s currency features their Alliance’s Queen wearing a crown and holding a gemstone scepter.

Xu Xingguang handed the salary note given by Ying Tanan to the counter staff, smoothly receiving eight thousand silver coins.

By regulation, as an intern, Xu Xingguang’s monthly salary is only four thousand, with a reward of three thousand silver coins upon successful completion of the internship task.

Xu Xingguang stared at the stack of currency, somewhat puzzled as she asked the staff: ”Am I prepaying two months of salary in advance?”

The staff, a man looking to be in his fifties, had a serious appearance.

Upon hearing Xu Xingguang’s words, the man was even more bewildered than Xu Xingguang. ”You are Elder Tan Nan’s student, as per rules, disciples of the Ying Clan Elders receive an internship salary of eight thousand silver coins.”

Xu Xingguang: !

Well, she’s suddenly become Elder Tan Nan’s disciple?

She stared at the pile of silver coins, feeling like she’d boarded a pirate ship.

”Thank you.”

Xu Xingguang successfully collected her salary and as soon as she walked out of the office hall, the news that Xu Xingguang’s internship had not yet concluded but was already accepted as a student by Elder Tan Nan spread rapidly.

For a while, the inhabitants of Wuyuan Town were filled with curiosity about Xu Xingguang.

They knew of Elder Tan Nan’s character and demeanor; she’s notoriously difficult to approach, known for her arrogance and disdain.

She had stated before that she wouldn’t accept anyone who is unattractive or unintelligent.

For Xu Xingguang to be accepted by Elder Tan Nan as a student upon her initial arrival, she must be either extraordinarily bright or stunningly beautiful.

Let’s see which it is.

Xu Xingguang returned to her dormitory and began reading books; she borrowed several historical books from the office library and dedicated two hours every night to read them.

There was nothing to do tonight, so she read for a bit longer.

At eleven o’clock at night, she took a shower and went to bed.

Early the next morning, urged awake by her biological clock, she strapped lead ball weights to her legs, went downstairs to Lakefront Park for morning exercise.

Along the way, she noticed many elderly people staring at her and whispering among themselves.

Xu Xingguang feigned ignorance.

After finishing her training, she took off the lead ball weights and went to where the elder women practiced swordsmanship. Without doing much, she summoned her silver long sword and performed a set of swordsmanship in front of them.