On the night Qu Jianlei advanced, Xiao Qin brought two of her girlfriends to the restaurant for a meal.

The restaurant's reputation was indeed good, with many inspectors willing to dine there, even from the other three residences.

But the restaurant was a bit pricey, so even inspectors hesitated to visit frequently.

When Xiao Qin arrived, she naturally called Qu Jianlei to accompany them. The moment she saw him, she was stunned, "You've advanced?"

The aura from his recent advancement was impossible to hide from anyone.

"Just a little bit," Qu Jianlei responded casually, "This winter, I'm hoping to pull off something impressive."

One needs to offer some benefit to get a glimpse of the B-level cultivation methods.

In fact, he had already deduced the next step in his cultivation path, but it was always better to have more reference material.

Xiao Qin nodded imperceptibly and introduced her girlfriends.

Birds of a feather flock together, her girlfriends included one Modified Warrior and one Ultimate Fire-Attribute Warrior.

She was originally from a wealthy family and now, as an Ultimate Warrior, could no longer maintain old friendships.

Even now, the Modified Warrior was noticeably a step below the three of them, behaving very restrainedly.

No surprise, Qu Jianlei's appetite shocked the two new girls.

In the end, Xiao Qin, who intended to pay, couldn't help it, "Over eighty silver coins, Jian Lei, if you keep eating... next time you'll treat me!"

"I'll treat you this time," Qu Jianlei replied offhandedly, "With the realm enhancement, I have time to earn money again."

"They're my friends, of course, I'll treat them," Xiao Qin said halfway, her heart suddenly jolting.

Jamaari had reminded her that if the conditions allowed, she could seize the opportunity to ask a few questions, "Are you really short on money?"

Qu Jianlei spread his hands, "I've always been living off savings. It's not that urgent now, but foresight is key."

"Just wondering if the Security Team is planning to repay the money soon."

"Talking about money, something came to mind," Xiao Qin seemingly mentioned casually.

"My boss has a friend who's hit a bottleneck and plans to break through. He wants to borrow eight B-level and one A-level Crystals from you."

"Borrow crystals from me?" Qu Jianlei was stunned, "You know borrowing money can destroy social circles, right?"

"It's with collateral," Xiao Qin replied casually, "The boss said, when borrowing crystals from others, he always offers double the collateral."

Mutant Crystals are indeed hard to buy, but that's at market price. When inflated by 30-50%, purchasing isn't too difficult.

If buying at double the price, it's not about having as much as you want, but there would be no shortage.

"That's being too polite," Qu Jianlei smiled, "No need for collateral, I'll lend him four B-level Crystals."

The two girlfriends exchanged glances, full of amazement.

Even though their families weren't poor, they truly didn't have four B-level Crystals.

They could possibly scrape them together, but living in Central City without assets, how could one survive?

Unexpectedly, this young man had quite a generous hand.

Xiao Qin, however, spoke seriously, "The boss is always fair. When he says collateral, it means collateral, or else he'd be angry."

"But the issue is, the quantity he needs is quite large, four isn't quite enough."

Qu Jianlei was puzzled, "Does a B-level Warrior need that many crystals to improve?"

Before Xiao Qin could reply, the Ultimate Warrior named Xiao Min chimed in, "Yes, that's why they say Ultimate Warriors are money drains."

Qu Jianlei answered with a frown, "Even so, I can only offer four."

Xiao Qin looked at him in surprise, "But you have eight... with collateral, what are you worried about?"

"But I now..." Qu Jianlei paused halfway, realizing something was off.

But it was already like this, and he was too lazy to hide it—mainly because advancing to B-level made him feel a bit more confident.

"I only have six left now, I used two for myself."

"Used for yourself?" All three women's eyes turned to him.

Xiao Qin knew he wasn't B-level, but the other two women's eyes were different—could such a young and handsome man be B-level?

As for Qu Jianlei's appearance... well, he wasn't bad, but not the boyish type.

He had a rugged and manly charm.

Faced with those three pairs of eyes, Qu Jianlei felt a bit unnerved, "These were my crystals to begin with."

Xiao Min gave a slight smile, speaking gently, "Jian Lei brother... where did you use them?"

Xiao Min wasn't bad-looking, not only was she fire-attributed, but her figure was also quite impressive.

However, Qu Jianlei wasn't interested in her type, and he answered stiffly, "I had a use... gifted them to someone, can't I?"

The moment he said that, he realized it was a slip-up.

Sure enough, Xiao Qin gave him a deep look. Although she didn't speak, her expression was clear.

You homebody who's never out, barely knows anyone in Central City. Who could you have given the crystals to?

But Xiao Qin was quite composed and didn't say anything further, everyone just finished eating and left.

When she came by the next morning, it was under the pretext of delivering winter welfare benefits from the Inspection Bureau.

After explaining the benefits to Qu Jianlei, she asked earnestly.

"You really can't come up with eight crystals?"

Qu Jianlei merely chuckled, "Let's not kid around, don't you just want to know where the crystals were used? I genuinely will use them."

Xiao Qin was stunned for a while before asking in a low voice, "Used for cultivation?"

When she asked, her voice trembled. Could a C-level Warrior really use B-level Crystals for cultivation?

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