After finishing his training, Gray walked out of the training room and was greeted by a young girl who hugged his arm excitedly.
"Brother, I've become a low-level Blood Warrior!"
"Amazing!"
A smile appeared on Gray's face as he patted the young man's head and praised him.
Sarah had only started her training for a little over a year, but she had already become a low-level Blood Warrior. Her training speed was almost the same as the original owner of this body.
Of course, Gray had a lot to do with this.
After entering the Red Leaf Forest, Gray brought back a lot of blood from the blood fiends. As a result, everyone, including Sarah, had blood from the blood fiends to aid their training every day.
With such a rich supply of resources, it was certain that their strength would increase quickly.
Not only her, but Bernal and the rest had also increased their strength.
"Brother …"
Gray was smiling when a hand suddenly reached out and spread in front of him.
"Hmm?"
Gray looked sideways at Sarah and saw her looking at him expectantly. It was obvious that she was asking for a gift.
"Didn't I just give you the Crimson Blood Horse a while ago?"
Gray did not know whether to laugh or cry.
In order to prevent Sarah from riding Hanhu and since Gray's strength had reached the Berserk level, he did not need the Crimson Blood Horse anymore. Gray had given her the Crimson Blood Horse that Viscount Fergus had given him.
How long had it been and she was asking for a gift again?
"No, it doesn't count."
Sarah shook her head like waves.
Gray scratched her nose helplessly and said.
"Come with me!"
Gray brought her to his bedroom. He took out a vest of leather armor from the closet and handed it to her.
This leather armor was the Iron Rhino Inner Armor that Viscount Fergus had given him. Its defense was extremely strong and even the blood fiends of the Ferocious Blood Warriors could not damage it.
However, it was useless to him now. With the defense that he had inherited from the Jade Lizard, his defense was not inferior to this leather armor. Naturally, it was useless.
"Isn't this the iron rhino inner armor that father gave you to protect yourself?"
It was a good thing, but the little girl was a little embarrassed to accept it. It was not because Gray had worn this inner armor before. Protective equipment like the iron rhino inner armor almost never wore out. It was common for people to use it for several generations.
The reason why she didn't want to take it was because she knew that this thing was given to Gray by Viscount Fergus for self-defense. Although the little girl was greedy for money, she still thought about Gray's safety.
"Take it. I don't need it anymore."
Amused, Gray looked at the man who wanted but didn't dare to take it. He stuffed the iron rhino inner armor into the man's hands.
In the afternoon, when Gray was preparing to head to the training room, a servant of the castle walked over to him and spoke respectfully.
"Young Master Gray, someone is here to visit you!"
"Got it."
Gray responded and walked toward the reception hall.
Because of his strength, Gray also had some connections in the aristocratic circle. Occasionally, some aristocratic children would come to visit him.
Walking to the reception hall, Gray pushed the door open and saw the visitors.
There were two people. One of them was a young woman in a purple dress, and the other was a man with brown sideburns.
"It's you!"
Seeing the two people, Gray was surprised.
The young woman in the purple dress was called Sophia Pendra, and the man with brown sideburns was called Teresa. As for their surnames, it was unknown.
Yes, these two people were two of the four people who had gone with Gray to the Oka territory in the caravan and then met by chance in the ruins.
"Hello."
Facing Gray's surprised gaze, Sophia smiled elegantly, and the man with brown sideburns said cheerfully and enthusiastically.
"Young Master, we meet again!"
"How did you know that I live here?"
Facing the two people's friendly and enthusiastic greetings, Grimm's gaze was not very friendly.
He did not forget that outside the Azure Forest, he had been tricked by these four people.
Although what he said was the truth, the effect of this "truth" caused him to have a conflict with a mercenary group, which eventually led to a series of chain reactions.
Of course, if he really wanted to take it seriously, he could not blame them. They were indeed not familiar with him, but they made him extremely unhappy.
"I just asked around and found out."
Sophia explained with a smile.
Gray raised his eyebrows helplessly. Because of the Smalley family deliberately spreading the news, now he was indeed a little famous in the Sidney territory. If they really wanted to ask around, it would be easy to find out where he lived.
However, he still said with a cold face.
"Why are you looking for me? We should not be familiar with each other."
"We found a ruin."
Sophia put away the smile on her face and said seriously.
"Ruin?"
Gray was surprised and looked at the two in surprise.
The value of a ruin was enormous.
The two ruins he had explored, whether it was the one in the Red Leaf Forest or the one in the Azure Forest, had brought him or the Fergus family at least a million gold coins in profit.
He did not expect that Sophia and Selina would find another ruin after the last one. Their luck was really too good.
"Yes, it should be a ruin from the Empire, but Julie and Irene have something to do and can't go together. The two of us are a little small, so we want to invite you to explore together."
Sophia said.
"Invite me to explore together?"
Gray raised his eyebrows slightly.
Every Empire ruin was a sleeping treasure, with a huge amount of unowned wealth. An invitation to explore a ruin could be said to be a very tempting invitation.
However, after a moment of serious consideration, he refused.
"Sorry, you should find someone else!"
Last time, the other party clearly had four Ferocious Blood Warriors, but they did not kill him, who only showed the strength of a Ferocious Blood Warrior, and monopolized the wealth in the ruin.
From this point, there should be no problem with the two's character.
However, he was not familiar with the two after all, and did not know them very well. It was very dangerous to rashly participate in such a dangerous ruin exploration with someone he was not familiar with, so he chose to refuse in the end.
Faced with Gray's refusal, Sophia did not seem to be surprised. Instead, she smiled and said confidently.
"Don't you want to hear the reward for inviting you?"
"What reward?"
Feeling that the other party was very confident that he would accept the invitation after hearing the reward, Gray could not help but ask curiously.
"The Wind Wolf Echelon's Desolate Blood Technique."
Sophia's red lips parted as she spoke.
"What, you have … the Wind Wolf Echelon's Desolate Blood Technique?"
Gray was really shocked, and his breathing became heavy. He really felt that he could not refuse.
His strength was now that of a Ferocious Blood Warrior, and he was already cultivating the Wind Wolf Echelon's Barbarian Blood Technique.
With his frightening cultivation speed, it was time for him to prepare a desolate-level blood technique.
However, a Desolate Blood Technique was not so easy to obtain.
A Desolate Blood Technique that could be cultivated to the Desolate Blood Technique was definitely very valuable. It had appeared in some high-class auctions before, and the final price of each Desolate Blood Technique had reached millions of gold coins.
With the wealth of the Fergus family and his own, it was not even enough to buy the cheapest Desolate Blood Technique.
Now that the other party had actually proposed a Desolate Blood Technique, and one of the Wind Wolf Echelon's Desolate Blood Technique, as the reward for exploring the ruin, he really felt that he could not refuse.
Although Gray tried his best to keep himself calm so that he would not be at a disadvantage in the following negotiations, Sophia could clearly see his desire for the Wind Wolf Echelon's Desolate Blood Technique.
The other party smiled, revealing a demonic smile in Gray's eyes, and said.
"Of course, this is not given to you unconditionally."
"This Wind Wolf Echelon's Berserk Blood Technique, I will sell it to you for 3,000,000 gold coins. The loot from the ruin exploration will be divided equally between the three of us. Your share will be converted into gold coins and used to repay this 3,000,000 until it is fully paid."
"What if the value is not enough?"
Gray raised his eyebrows slightly.
The other party had provided the location of the ruin, and the three of them would split it equally. In a way, Gray had gained an advantage.
And the Wind Wolf Echelon's Desolate Blood Technique for 3,000,000 gold coins was a very reasonable price.
However, 3,000,000 gold coins was already a very large sum. The loot from the ruin exploration might not be enough to repay this 3,000,000 gold coins.
"You can repay it slowly in the future. Don't worry, I won't rush you."
Sophia smiled, and then directly handed a book with leather pages to Gray.
"This is the Wind Wolf Echelon's Desolate Blood Technique. You don't have to return it to me. I've already had someone make a copy for you."
Evidently, the other party was certain that Gray would agree, and had even made a copy.
Reaching out to take it, Gray flipped it open and checked it. After confirming that there were no mistakes, he put it away and looked at the other party.
"Aren't you afraid that I won't pay up?"
"You can try!"
Sophia's eyes narrowed as she smiled, but it made Gray shiver all over.
Someone who could casually take out a Desolate Blood Technique would not be simple. If he dared to go back on his word after making a deal with the other party, it would be no different from courting death.
"Happy working with you."
Sophia stood up and took the initiative to extend her hand to Gray.
"Happy working with you!"
Gray reached out and shook the other party's hand. It was smooth and tender, but Gray did not have any other thoughts. All he had was a bitter smile.