Chapter 327

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Chapter 327: A Sure Bet?
Zhang Mu’s joke made Hachikuju pensive. He replied to Zhang Mu seriously, “As long as you help me take down the capital, the Ejin Horo Banner Sub-city can also be given to Brother Zhang Mu, but only the position of the City Master.”
Uncle Peng and others at the table frowned, thinking Hachikuju’s actions were too impulsive. However, Hachikuju seemed unaware because he sensed Zhang Mu was different from the others.
Hachikuju is not impulsive at all. If Zhang Mu really wants this part of the city, as long as he helps himself get the City Master position with all his effort, he will still be in charge.
Holding the title of Sub City Lord, whether it’s Zhang Mu or Yuan Rui, would be a safe bet as a second-rank black beetle, just as he guessed.
Zhang Mu admired Hachikuju’s courage and decisiveness. If it were someone else, they might have been swayed.
But Zhang Mu was different. He couldn’t overlook what Hachikuju thought about. To him, a small Ejin Horo Banner Sub-city was insignificant.
Furthermore, he only saw Hachikuju as a friend. It would be a loss if he sacrificed himself to become his subordinate.
He smiled slightly and looked into Hachikuju’s serious eyes, saying, “I was just teasing you, bro. How could you take it seriously? I wouldn’t dare to take over your hard-earned family business.”
Hearing Zhang Mu’s words, the tense crowd around him, fearing that he would agree, breathed a sigh of relief.
However, upon hearing Zhang Mu’s refusal, Hachikuju felt a strange sense of loss.
Continuing, Zhang Mu said, “What I want from this mission are the beast cores of all earth-type mutant beasts, whether they are first or second-rank.”
Hachikuju was a bit confused and asked, “Zhang Mu, are you an earth-type evolver? It doesn’t seem right, your awakened ability is to tame mutant beasts, right?
You can’t use this special beast core recklessly. Several evolvers have already died from taking a beast core that didn’t match their attributes.
It’s okay for your mutant beast to eat it, though.”
“I’m an Era Merchant, how could I not know this? I have a special use for these earth-type beast cores, but we still need to share other types based on contributions.
Our agreement is to reserve all earth-type beast cores for you. If you agree, my girlfriend and I will help you.”
Zhang Mu changed the subject with a laugh.
“Alright, all earth-type beast cores will be saved for you, Zhang Mu.”
Originally, Zhang Mu and his friend already had two shares. Hachikuju only needed to give them the remaining 80% of earth-type beast cores to get two second-rank evolvers and a second-rank mutant beast. Isn’t that a good deal?
Despite some doubts, Hachikuju found Zhang Mu’s offer too trivial compared to others and agreed readily.
Zhang Mu’s simple idea was to stay to save the mutated wolfhound, regardless of whether it could advance to second-rank with the Wolf King, it’s always good to have more earth-based beast cores.
Now alone, he couldn’t handle the second-rank mutated beasts with a herd, so it was a good opportunity to join forces with the power of the eight riders and ten cities to eliminate some of the already promoted second-rank mutated beasts, easing the burden for the future racial conflict at that time point.
Other than the leader, the remaining first-rank mutated beast herd was not a problem.
After Hachikuju agreed to his request, Zhang Mu suddenly remembered the matter of the heavenly horse and asked him, “Brother Hachikuju, when exactly will the competition start?”
“Probably about a month later, on the day of our Mongolian tribe’s Nadam Festival, brother Zhang Mu, what’s wrong?”
After some thought, Hachikuju replied to Zhang Mu.
Zhang Mu smiled and said, “Brother Hachikuju, did you forget about the horse training field? If the time is near, I won’t go first. We still have some time, let’s hurry to the horse training field now.
If we can train a fine war horse, won’t our strength improve? It will also help with our future plans.”
It turned out that Zhang Mu was thinking about this, and Hachikuju suddenly realized, saying with a smile, “No problem, tomorrow I will take you to Ordos City, Brother Zhang Mu.”
Zhang Mu interrupted and said, “Isn’t it Hohhot City? I want to see the grassland eagle you mentioned.”
Hachikuju understood immediately that Zhang Mu didn’t just want to look, but it was okay. He was willing to pay a lot of money to try it out.
“Zhang Mu, don’t worry about this. Although the horse farms in Hohhot City are bigger than those in Ordos City, the grassland eagle you want to tame is here.”
When Hachikuju mentioned that Zhang Mu wanted to try taming the grassland eagle, everyone present gasped and admired Zhang Mu’s bravery.
“If I bring four second-rank human evolvers with me, or if I don’t need the protection of you four, can I try taming it?”
Facing Zhang Mu’s question, Hachikuju shook his head and said it wasn’t possible.
“It’s not just for profit; this grassland eagle is familiar with the eight of us and won’t attack, but only if four of us get close.
If it’s four other unfamiliar second-rank human strongmen, it will think you want to fight, and it won’t end well.
So we made a rule that only we are responsible for safety.”
“Oh, I see. If they get angry and the mutant war horses at the horse training ground go crazy, it will be a big disaster.”
At that moment, Zhang Mu asked another question, “Since the four of you are in competition, will they allow me to tame the grassland eagle?”
Hachikuju laughed and said, “They might try to stop you from entering if it’s a normal war horse that I brought. But if your target is the grassland eagle, they will be excited to help you instead.
If your goal is to tame the grassland eagle, they will be eager to assist you.
Zhang Mu, to be frank, trying to tame the grassland eagle is like handing over a valuable crystal. After the leader of the Eight War Riders failed, only a naive person would take on such a risky endeavor.
They won’t miss out on this sure-profit business opportunity.”
Despite Hachikuju’s persuasion, Zhang Mu simply smiled without saying a word. Knowing that she couldn’t convince him, Hachikuju agreed to leave for Ordos City early the next day.
There’s no such thing as a guaranteed losing business; it’s unpredictable who gains or loses.
Sure profit? But what if things go wrong?