Yun Qishen

Upon hearing Bai Ying's words, Mo Langqin frowned and instinctively tried to rush out to snatch the bone-carved box.

Bian Yu reacted quickly, grabbing Mo Langqin and whispering, "Hey! Young man! Calm down! Calm down!"

"I need that box." Mo Langqin's voice was soft, but urgent.

"But you can't just rob someone outright, can you? That's a big taboo in Fengnan. Do you want to be hunted down by these Fengnan guys for the rest of your life?" Bian Yu said, while pushing Mo Langqin's body further behind the bushes.

Mo Langqin is already avoiding the Mo family, and if he's also being pursued by these Fengnan merchants, he and Bai Ying might not have any peace in the future. After all, Fengnan merchants are everywhere in Gu'ao.

"There is only one way to get what these merchants have in Fengnan, and that is through trade."

As soon as Bian Yu finished speaking, Mo Langqin asked, "Then what should I do? How do we make the deal?"

"Hmm..." Bian Yu pursed her lips, "We might need to look for clues during the day tomorrow first."

Just then, Bai Ying spoke again: "It seems that the merchant is going to hand over the box as well."

“Since the goods have changed hands, let’s lock onto the buyer.” Bian Yu gently peered through a corner of the bushes, but her gaze suddenly met that of the buyer who had traded the bone carving box.

Bian Yu felt uneasy and was about to pull Mo Langqin and Bai Ying away when the buyer's voice rang out: "There seems to be someone over there!"

The Fengnan merchant, who was engaged in the transaction, immediately twirled the ring on his hand and pointed towards the bushes near Bian Yu: "I'd like to see who's so unruly as to be peeping here! Ha!"

Oh no, there's no escaping it, we're going to be discovered!

Just as Bian Yu was about to circulate his spiritual power, Mo Langqin preemptively summoned a ghost beast with her ghostly power: "Ghost beast—Hidden!"

Their figures, voices, and auras were instantly concealed. At the same time, the power within the merchant's ring shattered the bushes they had used for cover, yet neither the merchant nor the buyer found any trace of their presence.

"There's no one here. Could it be your imagination?" The Fengnan merchant was already suspicious, and he was even more worried that the buyer would play tricks on him and steal the goods.

The buyer could see the distrust in the merchant's eyes, but he just wanted to end the transaction as soon as possible: "Stop talking nonsense, the money will be delivered tomorrow during the day."

Seeing the buyer turn to leave with the bone-carved box, the merchant quickly stepped forward to stop him: "Hey, wait a minute. My transactions are always cash on delivery. I can't give you this goods until you pay me."

"I already said I would definitely pay you, I'll send it to you tomorrow!"

"I won't believe it until I see the money. If you're not serious about the deal, then leave and come back when you've received your money!"

"You bunch of businessmen are really something!"

"So what if we're businessmen? We businessmen are profit-driven and love money. You can't just take things away without any proof!"

"What about basic trust! You asked me to bring 10,000 spirit stones out in the middle of the night. What if you suddenly rob me..."

“Hey! We only do fair trade here.” The Fengnan merchant quickly interrupted the buyer, seeing that he wanted to take control. “Since you have concerns, then I’ll sell it to someone else!”

The buyer put down the bone carving box: "Then wait for me for half an hour, I'll come back with the money and we'll complete the transaction!"

"I can't wait! If you don't want it, there are plenty of other people who will."

While the merchant and buyer were arguing, Bian Yu was stunned when she heard the price the buyer quoted: "What kind of treasure is in that box? It costs ten thousand spirit stones!" "Spirit stones?" Bai Ying looked at Bian Yu in confusion, waiting for an explanation. Mo Langqin also cast a puzzled look at Bian Yu.

Bian Yu enthusiastically explained, "Spirit stones are a kind of currency circulated among immortal sects and Taoists. It's understandable that ghost cultivators and demon cultivators like you can't refine them because you lack spiritual power, so you don't know about them. Spirit stones are divided into low-grade, mid-grade, and high-grade. Apart from the common quality of low-grade stones, mid-grade and high-grade stones are further divided into inferior and superior grades. The higher the grade, the rarer, the superior grade, and the stronger the spiritual power of the spirit stone, the greater its purchasing power. The most common spirit stones and spirit crystals that cultivators can refine are the most ordinary low-grade spirit stones and spirit crystals, and these are the most common types of spirit stones circulating in the market."

"I see..." Mo Langqin nodded, having learned some things about the affairs between the immortal sects and Taoist families.

"How much silver is 10,000 spirit stones equivalent to?" Bai Ying asked.

Bian Yu gently scratched her cheek with her fingers: "I don't know the quality level of the spirit stones they are trading, but a rare and high-grade spirit stone should sell for at least a thousand taels of silver."

"A thousand taels of silver?! More than that?!" Bai Ying had never seen so much money before and couldn't even imagine it.

"This is only the lowest."

Yes, and this is just the lowest price.

"That ten thousand spirit stones is..."

Bai Ying counted on her fingers, but Mo Langqin gave a serious answer: "At least ten million taels of silver."

“We don’t have that much money at all…” Bai Ying paused in her finger-counting motion. That was ten million taels of silver.

“Yes…” Mo Langqin rolled up his sleeves, “It seems we still have no choice but to rob it.”

"Calm down, young man." Bian Yu pulled Mo Langqin back again. "They're talking about the treasure inside the box, but all you want is the bone-carved box, right? Don't be impulsive. Once the buyer has bought it, we'll find the buyer and take action."

This is a good approach, but the atmosphere surrounding transactions between merchants and buyers has become somewhat complicated.

The buyer was still arguing with the merchant when a tall, thin figure emerged from the darkness carrying a sack of goods and approached the merchant and buyer.

"Oh my, is this the legendary panacea that can cure all diseases?" The newcomer had a small mustache and a fake smile on his face.

"It's that person from the ship before!" the white figure exclaimed.

"Is there really a miracle cure here...?" Mo Langqin recalled her conversation with the strange uncle. She had thought he was being deceived by false rumors, but she never expected that such a thing really existed in Fengnan.

"Here's the money, count it." The man with the mustache threw the sack on his shoulder to the ground, and several high-grade spirit stones rolled out from the opening of the sack. "Give me the stuff."

"Is this person really that rich?" Bai Ying exclaimed repeatedly.

Bian Yu stared wide-eyed at the mouth of the sack: "Yes, I've never seen so many high-grade spirit stones in my life, it's too unreal."

The appearance of the mustache-wearing uncle did not ease the complicated atmosphere between the businessman and the buyer; instead, it exacerbated the buyer's anger.

"I was the one who requested the transaction first, what right do you have to interfere! Don't you know the rules of Fengnan! You actually spied on other people's transactions! You're asking for it!" The buyer cursed at the man with the mustache.

"Treasure hunting is all about first come, first served," the mustachioed man said with a forced smile. "If you don't get it, who can you blame? Let me correct you, I wasn't peeking; I was invited by this merchant to make the deal." (End of Chapter)