What kind of method could he think of?

What Jiang Ye could think of was...

Originally, each person would use their own blood as raw material to operate the sewing machine.

Song Jie would give him some cheap blood to avoid Jiang Ye having to bleed himself while operating the sewing machine?

However, he didn't ask this question.

Staring at Song Jie for a few seconds, he suddenly blurted out:

"Do you get a commission for recruiting new players to sell blood?"

Song Jie smiled, not answering directly, but instead asked meaningfully:

"You must have thought about this too—"

"Since the money we earn can only be kept for one day, and the rest must be handed over to the Boss..."

"Then, wouldn't there be people who deliberately only earn enough for that one day?"

This question had indeed flashed through Jiang Ye's mind.

But the answer to this question wasn't hard to guess.

"So, the more assets you followers hand over to the Boss daily, the more chances you have of receiving benefits?"

"For example, getting Exile Fruits? Or joining the Student Council? Or are there more benefits I can't even imagine?"

As he spoke, Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow: "Could it be that the entire Student Council was founded by your Boss?"

"Student Council members, like you, must be outstanding followers who contribute more to your Boss."

"This 'outstanding' is reflected in you contributing more 'money' to the Boss daily, and also in you recruiting new members, even promoting blood selling to them?"

At this point, though still phrased as a question, Jiang Ye was basically certain in his heart.

Sure enough, Song Jie nodded.

"Yes, you don't need to feel like you're at a loss."

"After all, the contribution value we get for recruiting new players for the Boss is determined by the assets the new players hand over to the Boss."

"For someone like you with zero days, a negative asset, recruiting you earns us no commission."

"As for selling blood, you yourself won't lose out. And we can make up for the benefits we missed out on by recruiting you, a new player. It's a win-win :)"

Song Jie smiled.

Seeing they had finished their meat buns, Jiang Ye thought for a moment and nodded: "Alright, I'll go try selling blood."

The group stood up, and Jiang Ye added: "Just to see what it's like. If the blood is sold too cheaply, I won't sell."

Hearing this, Song Jie and the others were surprised again.

After all, if he didn't sell blood...

Then he could only go kill those truly powerful lone wolves!

Those solitary wolves, not under the Boss's protection, are essentially unprotected by any 'law'.

Anyone can kill them.

But they are still alive, which is proof of their strength.

And Jiang Ye, a newcomer, actually had the guts to confront such lone seniors?

He'd rather fight a senior than sell blood?

Song Jie couldn't help but suspect...

Could it be their blood also had some secret, similar to the "Exile Fruit," that players didn't know about yet?

What a pity, even if there really was some secret, it had nothing to do with them anymore.

They were no longer pure humans.

Just like the secret of the "Exile Fruit," for players who had already eaten it, it only added to their sorrow.

Thinking this, Song Jie's gaze towards Jiang Ye became complicated again.

As they walked towards Building 4, they continued exchanging information.

Seizing this opportunity, Jiang Ye used [Grudge Memory] on the other three as well.

He obtained memory scenes of their hatred and pain, but none were of any value.

Jiang Ye somewhat suspected—

This [Grudge Memory] ability might be "growth-type."

Meaning, its true value might only be revealed upon the second, third, or fourth use on the same target after the cooldown.

It might even bring him surprises.

However, this was just speculation.

The true effect of the second use would have to wait until 6 hours later.

Chatting casually like this, exchanging information, it took about 10 minutes for Jiang Ye, following Song Jie, to reach a classroom named "Jiazi" on the 4th floor of Building 4.

Song Jie took the chance to introduce: "The school's building layout is very planned, with six teaching buildings in total."

"The walking time from the cafeteria to any of the six buildings is basically around 10 minutes."

"Of course, if you run, you can make it in three to five minutes."

"So generally, when free time is about to end, it's best to reserve 10 minutes to get to the teaching building."

"Otherwise, the consequences of being late for class are unimaginable."

"Similarly, before 11:30 PM, you also need to reserve ten minutes to get from the cafeteria to the dormitory."

"But usually, we return to the dormitory earlier. Because we still need to do some simple washing up."

These small details, Jiang Ye could probably figure out himself after experiencing them once.

But having someone remind him was good.

Song Jie didn't knock, directly pushing open the door to the "Jiazi" classroom.

Inside was a classroom similar to the one where Jiang Ye filled out his information form when he first enrolled.

The large classroom contained only one set of office desk and chair.

On the wall to the right was a blackboard that looked somewhat eerie.

On the left wall was a filing cabinet covering the entire wall.

On the wall straight ahead after entering were several windows.

The person sitting at the desk should be the "specialist" in charge of blood selling.

What Jiang Ye found somewhat surprising was...

He thought this "specialist" would also be a student of this school, a "Juvenile."

But that person, like the middle-aged man who gave Jiang Ye the information form, didn't look like a student.

He looked even older than that middle-aged man.

Probably over fifty years old;from a human meat perspective, he was a body of substandard human meat!

But such an old man, such a scene...

Suddenly triggered some familiar scenes, familiar people in Jiang Ye's mind!

The Guiwen Master, that Little Old Man...

And the Old Woman by Yuan Qiu's side...

And the Formation Master, that dwarf-like old man...

They were all old!

Jiang Ye wasn't clear about the situations of the Guiwen Master and the Formation Master.

But that Old Woman by Yuan Qiu's side, when she tricked the Defenders into exploring the radiation soil, she had clearly shown her "true appearance"!

Meaning, that Old Woman's original true form wasn't old at all!

On the contrary, she could even be called a great beauty!

But she presented herself as a hunched, wrinkled old woman!

And the Guiwen Master, the Formation Master...

Jiang Ye suddenly suspected that perhaps their true appearances weren't aged either!

And this "specialist" in charge of blood selling before him, also looked wrinkled and somewhat hunched...

"New player selling blood? Come here to test your blood quality."

This old man didn't seem as friendly as the middle-aged man who gave out student cards earlier;he felt cold and indifferent.

When speaking, his tone was also businesslike with a hint of impatience.

Song Jie and the others didn't mind, smiling as they led Jiang Ye forward and got a set of tools.

That thing...

Looked a bit like, a blood glucose meter?

Anyway, the blood-pricking needle did look like one that came with a glucose meter.

Song Jie also explained: "This is similar to home blood glucose testing. Use this needle to prick, it will draw a tiny amount of blood. It won't cause you any real loss, but it can test your blood quality, meaning how much your blood can sell for."

Jiang Ye had seen elderly diabetic patients use home glucose meters daily, so he wasn't unfamiliar.

However, he stared at the black needle head and couldn't help frowning:

"Do you guys here only have the pricking and testing steps? No disinfection?"

"And this needle head, it's not reused, is it? How can I ensure it's safe?"

While saying this, he actually secretly held the needle and used [Grudge Memory] on it once more.

This time, just like when he used it on that "Exile Fruit," no sounds or images appeared in his mind, as if the skill had failed.

But.

Jiang Ye smelled that scent again, the one belonging to the "Exile Fruit"!

Just this one scent made his eyes suddenly turn sharp.

The old man behind the desk was about to scold him for being picky.

What the hell kind of environment was this? Someone was actually considering disinfection?

However, before the scolding left his mouth, he met Jiang Ye's sharp gaze.

The impatient words he was about to spit out were suddenly swallowed back.

After a moment of silence, the old man took a new needle head from the desk drawer, still packaged, the small needle cap sealed tightly.

Jiang Ye held the new needle and used [Grudge Memory] again.

This time, he still didn't get any memory images, but the Exile Fruit scent was gone.

Only then was he somewhat satisfied.

But honestly, he still felt somewhat resistant to this blood testing process.

Seeing the old man, for some reason, was quite tolerant towards him, Jiang Ye pushed his luck:

"Besides using a needle, are there any other ways to test blood?"

Hearing this, Song Jie gave him a look.

That look clearly said: Seriously? Bro? Enough already!

However, the old man was silent for a moment before lazily saying:

"The needle is the blood testing method that causes the least blood loss for players."

"Generally, there is no second method."

"But considering you are a clean one, I can consider lowering myself to test the blood personally."

The old man leaned back in his chair, appearing casual and lazy.

Yet, in those eyes, there was a faint gleam of something almost impossible to hide.

Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow: "What does 'testing the blood personally' mean?"

The old man, leaning back, suddenly leaned forward, now showing a smile, but his voice was sinister:

"It means... using a bite :)"

As he spoke, the old man looked increasingly excited.

His eyes even turned into vertical pupils like a beast's!

His entire hunched, forward-leaning body also seemed like a poised snake, appearing sinister and eerie.

Just as he thought this, the old man actually turned into a snake!

It was damn sudden, like Lady White turning into a giant serpent!

A person who was just sitting properly in the chair suddenly turned into a giant black serpent!

Eerily, those black scales faintly shimmered with a kind of...

Colorful Black.

This Colorful Black...

Right! It's the Burial Crow!

The luster of this giant serpent's scales looked extremely similar to the Burial Crow Jiang Ye had seen before!

The serpent still had vertical pupils, flicking its tongue.

A dry, hoarse voice came from the snake's mouth:

"Don't worry, the snake's tongue won't take too much of your blood."

"And I can decide—for this blood testing session, for blood not exceeding 10cc, I'll compensate you with one Heavenly-grade survival stone."

One Heavenly-grade survival stone was one day of time!

Hearing this, even Song Jie was stunned!

When the old man turned into a snake, he wasn't surprised.

Because he already knew...

Some top-tier strong players had already undergone beastification.

Even he himself had some partial beastification abilities.

But this old man with full beastification ability could actually offer Jiang Ye a price of one day for less than 10cc of blood...

This was something Song Jie never expected!

Pure humans not contaminated by Exile Fruits and human meat indeed had more valuable blood.

But as he said before, it was only about five or six times more expensive than the general price of 100 minutes for 100cc.

Meaning, 100cc for five or six hundred minutes, roughly 5 hours.

But the unit price of Jiang Ye's blood...

10cc could sell for a day of time!

What the hell?

This price?!

It's too outrageous, right?!

Song Jie suddenly thought...

Such a person, if they really went to operate the sewing machine, it would be such a waste of talent!

The key point, what made Song Jie and the others envy and jealous to the point their breathing hurt was...

Faced with such an astronomical price for blood, this "Zhou Qiming" actually still looked disdainful, still hesitating!

Damn it!

Song Jie almost couldn't help wanting to go over and bite Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye wasn't actually disdainful of the price of 10cc for a day.

After all, he did need time.

What he was really worried about was—

Once that snake's tongue sucked his blood, would it be like the Formless Leaf and the Blood Realm Worm before, unable to stop once it started, directly sucking him into a Desiccated Corpse?

Although this giant serpent old man seemed quite honest and wouldn't force a sale.

But what if, once it started sucking blood, even he himself couldn't control it?

Jiang Ye thought for a moment and changed the transaction method:

"I'm still a bit bothered by you sticking your snake tongue into me."

"So how about this—"

"I'll cut my finger myself and drip two drops of blood onto your snake tongue."

"Then, you give me one Heavenly-grade survival stone?"

This request sounded utterly excessive to Song Jie and the others!

Yet, unexpectedly...

This senior who could fully beastify actually agreed without hesitation: "Fine, two drops!"

As he spoke, a survival stone and a small knife appeared on the empty space of the desk.

"This small knife, I'll give it to you as well."

It was a utility knife, assembled from multiple blade segments.

Jiang Ye still used [Grudge Memory] to sense it, confirming it was fine, then cut his finger and dripped two drops of blood onto the excited snake tongue.

Really just two drops.

He quickly withdrew his hand, licking the wound to stop the bleeding, while his gaze fell on the serpent's full body of scales.

The originally eerie-looking black snake scales seemed to radiate an unusual brilliance again after the snake tongue absorbed his blood.

A moment later, the giant serpent returned to human form, now leaning back in the chair, looking refreshed and satisfied, like after enjoying a great feast.

But soon, he straightened up, looking excitedly at Jiang Ye.

A moment later, he actually came out from behind the desk.

His hunched body made him much shorter than Jiang Ye.

Now looking up, he excitedly said to Jiang Ye: "Master!"