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Chapter 42 The Green Cicada Returns the Money
"Thank you. I will definitely do my best."

Upon receiving the money, Xia Qing was overcome with gratitude and choked up with emotion.

"Okay, then we'll see how you perform tonight."

Upon hearing this, Viper patted Xia Qing on the shoulder: "There is definitely danger, but since I dared to let you go, it certainly won't be a particularly high-risk operation. This 20,000 yuan is just to put your mind at ease."

"it is good."

Xia Qing continued to act all grateful until she watched Viper and the camouflage-clad man leave, and then returned to her own home.

He then took out his phone and glanced at the payment notification.

+20000￥

Viper has powerful backers. Although swindling money from him is blatant, it's at most just making extra money.

Their real mission was definitely to contact him and get him to participate in the so-called operation.

Therefore, he was certain that the other party would not dare to delay the real mission because of this.

With a little trickery, the money was back.

"I've already said, my money isn't so easy to take."

After confirming that no one was around and glancing at her bank balance, Xia Qing finally broke into a bright smile.

This 20,000 is not the same as the previous 16,800.

The cause and effect of his extravagant spending spree had already ended the moment he was swindled out of the money.

After all, it was a real scam, not an act or something deliberate, and the money was indeed completely lost.

Now, if he uses his own abilities to cheat again—no, to earn it back—it will naturally be entirely new income for him.

Adding the two thousand four hundred I earned from my bald friend, and the few hundred yuan I had left over.

He has not only returned to the ranks of those with tens of thousands of yuan, but has even reached a new high, with his balance exceeding 23000 yuan!

Of course, there's something even more important.

"Your 'Golden Dart Technique' once again demonstrates your superb business acumen."

With keen insight and clever planning, he outwitted the swindlers, ultimately swindling them out of thousands. It was undeniably satisfying and brilliant!

"Your [Golden Dart Technique] is so admiring of you, it's overflowing with respect, and our tacit understanding has greatly improved."

"Your [Money Dart Technique] has led you through great gains and losses of wealth, allowing you to understand the true meaning of 'spending a fortune only to have it return,' and you have suddenly attained a supernatural power: the Green Cicada Returns Wealth."

Previously, it was thought that the upgrade of the Money Dart Technique would be due to Zhang Hai's final payment, but unexpectedly, after a series of twists and turns, the upgrade was completed ahead of schedule.

Judging from the text prompt, although the 20,000 was indeed earned back, and the financial situation is acknowledged.

But the greedy Money Dart Master clearly didn't consider the 16,800 as income, but rather as the recovery of what he already owned.

Xia Qing had originally anticipated this, after all, while fortune is acknowledged, the Money Dart Technique possesses a personality, and with a personality comes many unreasonable desires.

However, the upgrade progress of the Money Dart Technique had already reached 84%.

In addition, this situation was a bit special, and the fact that the money was returned after being scammed made the Money Dart Master particularly excited.

Therefore, even though it cost more than three thousand yuan, it still made up for the 16% shortfall.

Normally, this guy wouldn't budge an inch if he received two or three thousand yuan.

"It was an unexpected surprise."

Xia Qing summoned the attribute panel of the Money Dart Technique and glanced at it.

Name: Money Dart Technique

"Traits: Body Enhancement (Beginner); Money Dart Technique (Beginner); Extravagant Spending (Beginner); Returning Wealth with Green Cicada (Beginner)"

"Progress: 0%"

"Timacy: 30%; Unlocked: Heart-to-heart; Unforgettable; Telepathic connection"

"The green catfish returns the wealth, their hearts are in perfect harmony..."

Xia Qing savored the experience, and a unique feeling, just like the one she had experienced before when she spent a fortune, welled up in her heart.

He immediately understood the effect of "Qingfu returning wealth".

The Qingfu is a strange insect that appears in various ancient legends and tales of the strange and supernatural.

Legend has it that after the mother and child of the Qingfu are separated, they will always return to one place.

Therefore, some people would smear the blood of the mother and child of the green cicada on copper coins, spend one of the child coins, and keep the mother coin in their hand. The spent coin would then return on its own the next day.

Then came legends like "Qingfu repays money", and Qingfu became a synonym for money.

This is exactly the effect of the green pupa returning wealth.

Take two bills, attach the Green Cicada to repay the debt, and use one of them. With a thought, you can summon it back.

This means that by simply doing this, he would have an inexhaustible supply of money. And there's hardly any cost involved, requiring only a small amount of physical effort.

"Unfortunately, it's a bit of a double-edged sword for me; it's practically the same as using counterfeit money..."

Xia Qing was speechless.

His moral bottom line is still within acceptable limits.

Even if his moral standards are lacking, the police will help him achieve them.

Not to mention he wouldn't do something like cheating small vendors with counterfeit money.

If you just want to do it, using a few small amounts is just a waste of money, but if you do it too often, you might have to experience what it means to be caught in the long arm of the law.

Moreover, what he really wants is combat power.

The reason they try every means to upgrade their martial arts skills is simply to gain a little more sense of security in this suddenly unfamiliar and dangerous world.

This thing cannot be used to replace the loss of wealth. If you force yourself to leave room for recovery, it will not be considered a loss. The cause and effect of wealth will not be acknowledged.

After finally upgrading my martial arts skills, I didn't see any increase in combat power. All I gained was the ability to use fake money. It's incredibly disappointing.

"Hmm, no..."

Just as Xia Qing was thinking that this thing was useless, a sudden inspiration struck her.

He pulled a titanium card out of his pocket.

This thing also contains gold and is recognized by fortune.

In a sense, can't this also be considered money?

If copper coins can be counted, why can't gold?

In ancient times, there were also strangely shaped things like gold leaves and gold melon seeds used as currency.

call out!
Xia Qing casually tossed out the titanium card.

Then a thought occurred to me.

Sure enough, the titanium card, which had lost its strength and was falling lightly, was lifted up by an invisible force and flew back like a butterfly.

The speed is relatively slow.

Xia Qing tried to stop him, and her strength was quite considerable.

boom!
This time, he threw it directly against the wall.

The cards were deeply embedded in the wall.

It swayed steadily and slowly, pulling itself out of the wall little by little, and flew back into Xia Qing's pocket.

"So that's how it's used! This is so useful!"

Xia Qing immediately lost her previous disdain and became invigorated.

If you ask him what aspect of the Money Dart Technique troubles him the most.

Actually, it's not about spending a fortune.

After all, there are gains and losses. It's normal to consume some resources in order to exert your power. If you can replace it with money instead of lifespan or blood, that's actually a blessing.

What really bothered him was... picking up the darts again after throwing them all.

The more dashing you look when you scatter it, the more disheveled you'll be when you retrieve it.

Especially if it falls on the ground or gets embedded in a wall, you have to bend down to pick it up or pull it out.

Didn't you see that Chen Nuonuo, who was terrified before, burst out laughing after seeing this?

It's really damaging to one's image, and it's a hassle to clean up.

Now, with the Qingfu Returning Wealth combined with the Titanium Card, this major problem has been completely solved.

Of course, it also has a more practical significance, solving the problem of the money dart technique's endurance.

In a real battle, there's definitely no chance to pick up the cards again.

There are only so many cards, a total of fifty-four.

Ironically, the Money Dart technique excels at scattering a large amount of money like rain, emphasizing the principle of overwhelming power with sheer wealth.

Previously, he had to consider battery life and the need to prepare for unexpected situations when using it, and the difficulty of recycling it afterwards meant he had to use it sparingly.

The Bewitching Card, which becomes a Nightmare Artifact, can only be played once, and once it's used, it can't be retrieved.

But now, there's no need to be distracted; a single thought during battle is enough to bring you back on your own. Even if it's a little slow, it can still be reused.

With the rotation of the remaining 54 cards, the other regular cards can essentially be considered to have unlimited ammo.

(End of this chapter)