Everyone's become an adventurer, so who's going to put in the effort themselves?

Xia blinked, but looked at Lynn with a grin, practically saying to him, "Come and beg me!"

However, after glancing at Sia, Lynn turned to Ramie and said:

"Lamy, have you prepared these things?"

“Yes.” Ramie nodded, but as soon as she finished speaking, she noticed Sia’s ‘disappointed’ look.

Ramie's expression froze, and she said vaguely, "However, it seems we've used up almost all of it."

At this moment, Lynn, noticing this, glanced at Sia:

"Isn't it a bit too much to bully a little girl?"

"Oh dear, it just so happens that Ramie is out of stock~"

Sia smiled and handed a round badge to Ramie:

"Lami, you can just take it from my inventory."

"Huh?" Ramie was stunned.

Sia, holding the badge, noticed that Ramie hadn't reached out to take it for several seconds, and looked puzzled.

Why aren't you taking it? Don't you want my things?

That's not what I meant.

Ramy quickly took the badge from Sia's hand, then whispered:

"Grandmother said that from now on we have to call Lady Xia 'Great-Aunt' and not 'Sister' anymore."

Xia's smiling face instantly stopped smiling.

"Pfft!!" Mira, who was standing to the side, turned her head away, her shoulders shaking.

Even Lynn struggled to suppress the upward curve of her lips, looking up at the ceiling and forcing herself not to laugh out loud.

At this moment, Xia gritted her teeth and said, "That old woman... is she taking advantage of my seniority and young age to deliberately disgust me here?"

At this point, Sia got angry, but she really couldn't do anything about Ramie's grandmother.

The old monster in the Snowfield family is not someone she can currently frame.

"Forget it, just call me Lady Xia from now on. It sounds better than my great-aunt."

As Sia spoke, she glanced at Lynn and said:

"Stop grinning like an idiot."

"I remember you wanted to research your own skills, right?"

Which skill do you plan to train in the first round?

Upon hearing this, Lynn replied without hesitation:

"Appraisal techniques, perhaps."

"This is the simplest and most convenient one, isn't it?"

"Identification techniques?!" Xia's eyes lit up, and she said cheerfully, "I have a great idea!"

"Shut up."

Mira suddenly interrupted, reaching out to pull Sia to her side:

"Do you want to corrupt children in front of me, your advisor?"

"What do you mean by teaching bad things? It's clearly very useful," Xia muttered in complaint.

Mira glared at her, then turned to Lynn and said:

"Since it's an appraisal skill, let's go to the Rock Town on the sixth floor of the dungeon."

"That is the safe zone in the shallow part of the underground city, and also the trading center. It contains a large number of 'rare' items, enough to satisfy the training needs of the 'rare' and 'uncommon' appraisal skills."

"Let Ramy guide you down the path and help you remember the way, so you'll know how to get there on your own later."

"The rocky town on the sixth level?"

Lynn nodded thoughtfully, recalling the record of Rock Town in the Adventurer's Handbook.

I remember, it was known as the 'starting point for newcomers'?

"I understand, I'll go there."

Suddenly, Sia hugged Mira, resting her chin on Mira's shoulder:

"Can't you let him listen to my advice?"

“No.” Mira said expressionlessly, then casually grabbed Sia and said calmly, “You’d better come with me and sign the mission release form!”

Lynn watched as Sia was pulled away by Mira, then turned to look at Ramie standing beside him, and tilted his head, gesturing for Ramie to follow him:

"Shall we set off now?"

Upon hearing this, Ramie took a deep breath, hugged Miss Snowball, and said:

"Please feel free to leave the guard duties to me."

There's no need to take it so seriously... Lynn muttered to himself, then turned around and headed towards the magic stone stairs.

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15 minutes later,

Dongcheng District.

Inside a villa that was under renovation and filled with building materials.

"What the hell?"

A tall girl with white curly hair, whose hairstyle resembled a lion's, suddenly turned her head and glanced at Luke, who was standing to the side with his head down like a cricket.

"You little brat, what did you just say?"

"You've offended the City Lord's Mansion, the Adventurers' Guild, and the Nightworka family all at once. You expect me to find a way to arrange an apology?"

“Yes, yes, Fiona.” Luke lowered his head, looking very nervous. “I really offended them by accident.”

"No, no, no, I don't think you did it on purpose."

Fiona brushed the dust off her shoulders from supporting the stone pillar, then looked at Luke with great curiosity:

"I'm curious, how did you manage to offend so many big shots in one go!"

"Hey, don't even mention it, even if you gave me the job, I doubt I could have handled it as well as you."

"That's so rare!"

"I must say, you're pretty brave, kid!!"

Upon hearing this, Luke couldn't hold back and burst into tears.

"I was so careless!!"

Chapter 37 Have you ever heard of a secret investigation?

Seeing Luke's tearful expression, a dark-skinned, buzz-cut middle-aged man named 'Duncan' carrying stones walked over cheerfully:

"Fiona, are you bullying Luke again?"

"Judging from this, you're bullying her a bit too much! Aren't you afraid Flora will come after you if she finds out?"

Upon hearing the name Flora, Luke immediately blushed and said:

"I didn't tell my sister!!"

Duncan chuckled upon hearing this: "I didn't say you were going to tell Flora about Fiona!"

"Luke, did you expose yourself?"

Upon hearing this, the workers who were working nearby immediately burst into laughter:

"Good grief, I knew Luke couldn't stand Fiona's training and went to Flora to complain!"

"Give me the money, give me the money! I won this time! 100 yuan! Don't try to run away with any of them!"

"Oh dear, what bad luck. I thought little Luke would last a little longer."

"How long did it last this time? Was it two months?"

"No, it's only been a little over a month. Tsk, Bote got it right again."

"Shut up, you old fogies!"

Fiona glared at the workers around her and said irritably:

"Can't you see I'm standing up for my underling?"

"What the hell are you talking about!" The middle-aged man with the buzz cut chuckled. "This involves the city lord's mansion, the adventurers' guild, and that pair of weird red dragons. Fiona, you think you can stand up for Luke?"

Even if Flora came, it wouldn't work!

Upon hearing this, a worker nearby immediately chimed in:

"Yes, yes, even Flora can't do it. Even if Flora were to ask Lady Charlotte to step in, those three ferocious 'lions' would have to back down."

"Not necessarily, Flora still has some influence."

"That would require Flora to be there too. Didn't she take on a mission and go deep into the underground? She won't be back for at least six months!"

"That's true."

"Hey, you old geezer, do you really think I'm dead?!"

Fiona glared at everyone, especially the middle-aged man with the buzz cut who was waiting to be the first to speak:

"Duncan, what are you up to now? You're not doing your job today, you're just picking a fight with me, aren't you?"

"If you want to fight, I'm ready! Stop your nonsense!"

"Hey, you little brat, how dare you talk to your uncle like that?"

Upon hearing this, Duncan immediately bristled and glared, saying angrily:

"I'm doing this for your own good."

"What, do I have to thank you?"

Fiona sneered and raised her fist, intending to punch Duncan in the eye.

Seeing this, Duncan took a step back, then felt it was a bit embarrassing to back down like that, so he glared at Fiona again:

"I have nothing to say to a lion-orc like you who's all muscle!"

"Don't you ever think about why it was precisely when you formed the association that those three companies came looking for trouble with you?"

"What's going on?" Fiona, who had rolled up her sleeves and was ready to punch someone, was suddenly stunned.

At this moment, Duncan chuckled, planted the pillar he was carrying on his shoulder deep into the ground, then leaned against it and took out a rolled cigarette from his pocket:

Have you ever heard of a 'secret assessment'?

Fiona was stunned. A secret assessment? What was that?

"Look at your stupid face, I knew you hadn't heard of it."

Duncan then said with a smile:

"Generally speaking, only the leaders who established the association and those cadres know about this."

"Simply put!"

"It's the official force of Mona City. To ensure that the newly established association isn't some dirty thing like the Evangelical Fellowship, they will send an investigation team to conduct a secret investigation into the association that is about to be established."

"Once the investigation is approved, the association can be officially established and affiliated with the Adventurers' Guild and the City Lord's Mansion, but if it is not approved..."

"What will happen?" Fiona asked, bewildered.

At this moment, Duncan rolled his eyes at Fiona and said irritably:

"With your silly brain, Fiona, how could you possibly do anything bad?"

"The worst that can happen is that the group is dissolved and banned from applying to form an association for three years."