Chapter 138: The Magical Beast Beauty Salon

Dear Magical Beasts, gentlemen and ladies, do you wish to become more handsome and beautiful? If so, go find Andy the Beautician in the city of Landon! Over the past half month, this sentence has echoed throughout the entire West Coast.

Backed by the personal endorsements of Lucina and Jenny, Chutian's business flourished day by day, and the gold coins he earned piled up higher and higher. Of course, not every magical beast was as wealthy as Jenny, so the plastic surgery fees for others were naturally lower. Yet, through Chutian's diligent labor, the total amount of gold coins in his possession had already surpassed one million.

Magical beast beautician—a brand-new profession had been added to the continent, though up until now, Chutian was the sole practitioner.

"Andy, someone wants to see you!" Julia had now assumed the role of Chutian's assistant.

"Another plastic surgery client? Tell them to come back tomorrow; today's appointment book is completely full." Chutian was busy performing a double eyelid surgery on a female wolf. Lined up right behind the wolf were two white swans waiting their turn.

"But Andy, the person who came isn't a magical beast; it's a human," Julia said as she gently wiped the sweat from Chutian's forehead. "And that person insists on seeing you immediately!"

"A human? I'm not seeing them!" Chutian curled his lip and said impatiently. Chutian was a veterinarian; although he was capable of performing surgery on humans, the therapeutic results simply could not compare to those on animals. Thus, to protect his hard-earned reputation, Chutian never performed cosmetic procedures on humans.

"Hey! Stop moving around! What am I supposed to do if your twitching makes me poke out your eye?" Chutian noticed that the female wolf requesting the double eyelid surgery had suddenly begun to tremble.

"Master Andy, can I not do this anymore?" Disregarding the eyelid currently undergoing surgery, the female wolf scrambled up and said to Chutian, "You should go see that guest first!"

"We'll come back another day, Master Andy. Please hurry and attend to your guest." After stammering out these words, the two waiting swans unfurled their wings and fled at maximum speed.

"What's going on?" Chutian asked, baffled.

"Hmph! You calling yourself Andy the Beautician, get your ass out here!" A dissatisfied shout echoed from outside the operating room.

"I... I have to go!" The female wolf suddenly turned pale and bolted out of the operating room in a panic.

"You haven't paid yet!" Chutian tried to call the female wolf back, only to find that she had vanished as if running for her life.

"Hmph! So you're Andy?" A gaudily dressed, obese woman strode into the room. Lifting her chin, she cast a sidelong glance at Chutian. "Tell all your other clients to scram. Today, you are exclusively doing my beauty treatments!"

"Praise the God of Death!" Chutian narrowed his eyes and smiled. It was his first time encountering such an arrogant customer. "Hmph! I'm terribly sorry! I never provide beauty treatments to humans!"

"Say that again!" The woman glared fiercely, fixing a cold stare on Chutian as she demanded, "Are you tired of living?"

In an instant, the temperature in the room plummeted to freezing point.

"Then I'll say it again. I do not serve humans!" Chutian's anger was triggered as well.

"I'm sorry, but Andy truly only performs beauty treatments for magical beasts." Julia stepped in to explain on Chutian's behalf. Yet, faced with such an arrogant patron, even the usually gentle Julia frowned.

"Oh?" The woman opened her eyes wide in astonishment, looking back and forth between Chutian and Julia. "You aren't afraid of my coercion?"

"Coercion?" Chutian chuckled. Connecting it with the earlier reactions of the female wolf and the swans, Chutian deduced the woman's true identity. "Julia, step outside for a moment."

Julia stepped out. Immediately afterward, Chutian put on a genial smile. "Haha, which ninth-rank magical beast might you be? What kind of service do you require me to provide?"

The only ones capable of terrifying a seventh-rank female wolf were magical beasts of the ninth and tenth ranks. However, when tenth-rank magical beasts transformed into human form, they could freely control their appearance and had no need for cosmetic procedures at all. Therefore, this arrogant creature had to be of the ninth rank.

"Tell me first, why weren't you and that little girl just now afraid of my coercion?"

Julia possessed Dracula bloodline heritage; although it had not yet awakened, she was not someone easily intimidated by a ninth-rank magical beast. As for Chutian, he carried the blood of the Dragon Emperor. However, Chutian had no intention of telling the truth. "Hehe, perhaps we've seen too many high-rank magical beasts, so we're just used to it."

Fobbing her off with a casual excuse, Chutian continued, "Judging by your appearance, you're not particularly young. Are you hoping to look a bit more youthful? Hehe, rest assured, that is absolutely not a problem. However... the price might be slightly on the higher side."

"My name is Barbara. Tell me, how many years younger can you make me?" Barbara looked at Chutian with a hint of skepticism. "I am eight hundred and twenty years old this year. Can you make me look like a twenty-year-old human?"

Praise the Goddess of Life! Eight hundred years younger in one go? Chutian suddenly felt that if he succeeded in this makeover, it would be a tremendous achievement.

Without directly answering Barbara's question, Chutian instead struck up a warm and familiar chat: "What? Big Sister Barbara is already eight hundred and twenty years old? Haha, I truly couldn't tell by looking at you. You know, women's ages are really quite troublesome; once you get older, not only is it unappealing when you go out, but husbands also tend to have a change of heart..."

"Oh, my dear brother, you are so right!" Barbara felt as though she had met a kindred spirit. The nagging potential of middle-aged and elderly women instantly burst forth. Pulling Chutian down to sit beside her, she said, "You understand us older women so well, little brother! Back in the day, I was the premier beauty of my clan, and the number of my suitors was countless. Ah..."

With a sigh, Barbara continued, "Back then, to marry me, my current husband dove alone into the deep ocean ten thousand miles away and snatched the largest luminous pearl from the patriarch of the Giant Clam Clan. Only then did I agree to marry him. Who could have imagined that now that I've grown old, he would actually... actually..." Barbara could no longer continue, shaking as she sobbed in grief.

While Barbara wept sorrowfully, Chutian's heart was blooming with joy. The luminous pearl of the Giant Clam Clan was a priceless treasure, something even the Caesar Palace could not afford. This Barbara was undoubtedly an ultra-wealthy matriarch. Moreover, a wealthy matron of advanced age who had been dumped by her husband would certainly not hesitate to spend money on beauty treatments!

"Don't you worry, Big Sister Barbara!" Chutian gave a solemn and absolute guarantee. "Once little brother finishes your makeover, I guarantee your husband will have a change of heart—no, I'll make him crawl back and beg you!"

"Really?" Barbara abruptly grabbed Chutian's hand and said earnestly, "Little brother, if you can truly make your big sister look young again, name your price in gold coins!"

Finished speaking, Barbara seemed to recall something. She flicked the spatial ring on her left hand, and a cascade of crystal vials tumbled out. "Little brother, I heard that using medicines from the Holy Priests for beauty treatments yields even better results. See if these are enough."

Gazing at his own medical supplies, Chutian was left utterly dumbfounded. Wound ointment repurposed as the Protection of the Holy Priest—he had seen that before. But how did the antidote that cleared all negative statuses become the Sanctuary of the Holy Priest? And how did the health tonics used for treating common illnesses and strengthening the body transform into the Blessing of the Holy Priest?

"Little brother, what's wrong? Are these not enough?" Seeing Chutian remain silent, Barbara assumed the medications were insufficient. Gritting her teeth, she declared, "Give me a few days, and I can acquire some more!"

"Big sister, let little brother be honest with you!" Chutian narrowed his eyes, putting on his most sincere expression. "These medicines are indeed effective, but..." Chutian pointed at Barbara's plump figure and shook a bottle of medicine. "Each bottle contains so very little, and Big Sister, your physique is rather on the heavy side. I'm afraid these medications simply won't be enough."

Chutian was lying; the medicine's only function was to accelerate wound healing, while the true magic lay entirely in Chutian's medical skill. However, in order to swindle more medicine and gold coins, Young Master Chu had no choice but to take advantage of Barbara's lack of cultural knowledge...

Glancing down at her plump body and then at the pile of medicines that looked smaller than the fat on her own belly, Barbara nodded. Slapping her thigh fiercely, she announced, "Tomorrow! Tomorrow I will bring you enough medication!"

Praise the Goddess of Life! Chutian secretly observed Barbara's murderous aura and prayed inwardly, figuring that whoever was currently hoarding his medicines was about to meet a terrible misfortune!

The following day, Chutian turned away all other clients to wait exclusively for Barbara. However, Barbara did not appear.

On the third day, the fourth day... Just as Chutian began to think he had been conned by Barbara, a battered and bruised Barbara finally materialized before him.

"Little brother, tell me if this is enough!?" A massive sack of medical supplies was slammed down in front of Chutian.

"Enough, more than enough!" Chutian's eyes had crinkled into crescent moons with his smile. Among the medicines Barbara brought, not only were there various grades and series, but there were even a few vials of ninth-rank wound ointment—now rebranded as the Protection of the Holy Priest.

"Can we begin now?" Barbara asked anxiously.

"Big sister, your injuries?" Chutian pointed to the wounds covering Barbara's body, which included burns, frostbite, claw marks, bite marks, and several locations that clearly suffered from bone fractures.

"Never mind my injuries; hurry up and make me young!" Barbara shoved the medical supplies closer to Chutian. "Start right now!"

"Very well, I will begin immediately." Chutian retrieved his scalpel, though he paused almost instantly. "Um, Big Sister Barbara, there is one matter I need to mention in advance." With a deliberately troubled expression, Chutian scratched his head. "Reversing your age is extremely complex and may take many days to complete fully."

"Take as many days as needed!" Barbara failed to understand why Chutian was bringing up this issue.

"But I still have other magical beasts waiting for beauty treatments!" Chutian hinted broadly, "I have quite a few clients every day. If I'm spending all my time on your makeover, what about the other magical beasts?"

"Don't you worry! If anyone dares to muscle in, Big Sister will cripple them!" Barbara waved her hand fiercely and menacingly. Then, a sudden realization dawned on her, and she understood what Chutian was driving at. "Oh, right—how many gold coins do you earn in a day from treating other magical beasts? Rest assured, Big Sister will not shortchange you!" As she spoke, a transparent crystal card was pressed into Chutian's palm!

A colorless crystal card? Chutian narrowed his eyes and smiled. This Barbara was definitely no ordinary magical beast, because colorless crystals could not only store a minimum of one hundred thousand gold coins, but they were also a symbol of high status! Back when Chutian was a Holy Priest, his family did possess quite a few of these crystal cards, but on the West Coast, even Kevin, the patriarch of the Wolf Clan, could only use purple ones when spending money!

"Hehe, then I'll have to trouble Big Sister Barbara!" Chutian accepted Barbara's goodwill with a beaming smile, then raised his scalpel once more. "Please revert to your true form, Big sister!"