Wesright was completely ecstatic, his eyes bloodshot, his body heaving, his chest swelling as if it might burst at any moment.

"Genius, an absolute genius, Xu Lang, you truly are the business prodigy of this century!" Wesright shouted, staring at Xu Lang and cackling, "Do you want to be my deputy? I can give you three percent of my holdings as dividends!"

[Wesright sent you an invitation: accept or decline to become his investment advisor. If you accept, you will remain forever in Fantasy Wonder Night]

Xu Lang received the system prompt, and his heart gave a sudden jolt. He controlled his breath, heartbeat, and pupils so nothing betrayed him.

Remain forever in Fantasy Wonder Night?

Could this world possibly be real?!

Or had he misunderstood the meaning?

"Hahaha, no thanks. In the business world I'm just a rookie. It would be an honor to communicate more with Mr. Wesright in the future," Xu Lang shook his head with a smile.

"Ah, what a pity." Wesright did not press it, but produced a badge: "This is the Agareth family coat of arms. From now on, if you get into trouble in Dusk City or anywhere else, you can present this badge!"

The badge was exquisitely made, engraved with figures of a person, a cowherd, and a lamb's head.

[Agareth Coat of Arms]

[Type: Item]

[Rank: Unknown]

[Description: A token symbolizing your friendship with the Agareth family, presented by Agareth Wesright]

"Thank you." Xu Lang accepted the badge, his eyes glittering as he looked at Wesright.

Wesright raised an eyebrow.

Still angling for favors?

Could this kid in front of him not know the reputation of the Agareth family?

The next second,

his frown relaxed, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Now you can tell me about your Grudge Workshop," Xu Lang said with a grin.

...

Named the Grudge Workshop, but in reality it was a torture hut.

Capture a soul, lock it in the workshop, torment it ruthlessly, and thus produce grudging energy.

Xu Lang shook his head after hearing it.

"Too crude!"

"Men, women, children, each should have different torment scripts."

"By the way, Mr. Wesright, do you know about Sequences?"

Wesright had been listening intently, when suddenly Xu Lang shifted topics and asked about Sequences.

"Of course I know." Wesright nodded, then asked, "Wait, are you here for the S-rank Sequence Snowfu holds?"

What the hell?!

An S-rank Sequence?!

Xu Lang felt shaken in his chest.

Xu Ruyan and Tong Qi both felt their hearts drop a beat, doubting whether they had heard correctly.

This dungeon actually has an S-rank Sequence!?

Wesright glanced at Xu Ruyan and Tong Qi and said, "It seems you two didn't know this news, but don't get too excited. That's only a token of an S-rank Sequence, not the full thing, and Snowfu definitely won't give it to you. There's nothing I can do about that, I'm sorry."

"Do you know of any other Sequences?" Xu Lang asked.

Wesright pointed toward the stage with his sharp beak; on the stage stood the Jester King on stilts, lips painted with a sickly red smile: "The Jester King has an Assassin Sequence."

Xu Ruyan looked at the Jester King's familiar face and her eyes lit up.

That Sequence seemed to suit her perfectly!

Wesright continued, "Besides that, only the animal tamer Conny and Snowfu possess Sequences in this circus. Sequences are still very rare, after all."

Xu Lang nodded, forming the rough outline of a plan in his mind.

Kill the animal tamer and the Jester King, see if a Sequence drops.

"Wait, are you going to kill them?" Wesright asked abruptly.

"You must be joking." Xu Lang laughed, "I only heard some Sequences can erase memories."

Wesright frowned, "How does that relate to what we were discussing?"

Xu Lang replied, "It's related. When someone's grudge reaches the extreme, if we erase their memories and format everything in their mind, it becomes a brand-new grudge-producing tool. It won't be ruined after one use."

Wesright froze, his sharp beak trembling as he stared at Xu Lang, excited: "Mr. Xu Lang, have you truly considered joining the Agareth family?"

[Wesright sent you an invitation: accept or decline to become his investment advisor. If you accept, you will remain forever in Fantasy Wonder Night]

The system prompt appeared again.

Xu Lang shook his head and declined, "No thanks. Wesright, could you tell me more about the Fantasy Circus?"

"No problem." Wesright nodded.

After that, Wesright and Xu Lang talked with enormous pleasure.

Xu Lang did not hide anything; a stream of provocative ideas poured out—planting memory seeds, engineering specific hypnotic memories, mass-producing grudges, and so on.

Wesright also revealed many backstage secrets of the Fantasy Circus.

The two enjoyed a lively conversation, and after two hours, Xu Lang suddenly asked, "Wesright, do you know if the ringmaster has a kind of golden nectar? I want to buy some. Can you put in a word?"

Wesright laughed heartily, "That shouldn't be hard, but it's not cheap. How much can you pay?"

Xu Lang thought a moment and took out a Sequence Encyclopedia, "I don't have much money on me. I wonder if this encyclopedia can cover some of the cost."

Wesright opened it and glanced through, "Just a hand-copied encyclopedia. It records a few rare Sequence details, but it's not worth much."

A real Sequence Encyclopedia updates in real time, while a hand-copied version lags behind.

"I also have these silver coins." Xu Lang extracted all his silver coins from his personal panel.

Wesright nodded, "These silver coins plus a favor should buy ten portions of golden nectar."

"Then thank you, Wesright!" Xu Lang said warmly.

At the same time, he felt a twinge of doubt.

These silver coins seemed to be worth more outside!

Inside the dormitory building, they could only use them on lottery machines and some entertainment projects.

Was the dormitory cheating players?

Wesright left, and about ten minutes later returned with ten portions of golden nectar.

A smile crossed Xu Lang's face.

Golden nectar could raise Comfort Level and also boost combat power considerably, enabling many high-difficulty moves ordinary people couldn't imagine.

Last time Xu Ruyan performed an exquisitely perfect Aheyan, her Comfort Level surged by two points—very nice.

"Brother, the three of us want to go to the restroom, so we'll take our leave first." Xu Lang pocketed the golden nectar and straightened his collar as he stood.

"Do you want me to take you?" Wesright's eyes flickered.

"No need." Xu Lang shook his head.

After Xu Lang and the other two left, Wesright glanced at the performing animal tamer, let out a cackling laugh, and then stood up and walked away.