Fighting Soul Clan Demoness

Chapter 283 Ruoruo: Did you hide some private money?
"This this."

Seeing Hun Ruoruo's reply so confidently, Xiao Yan actually had no room to retort for a moment.

She said she traded fairly, but she didn't even want to auction the treasure, and directly kept it in her own hands.

You could say she got something for nothing, but she actually paid for it.
What the hell is this?
"Ruoruo, what you're doing is considered a case of thieves robbing thieves, right?"

After pondering for a long time without any results, Xiao Yan slumped his shoulders in frustration and said with a helpless smile:
"You've only been in the Black Horn Region for less than a day, but I feel like you've already gotten used to this kind of life."

"Hehe, why are you asking such a stupid question now, Senior Brother? I've always been a bad guy."

A glimmer flashed in her eyes, but Hun Ruoruo remained calm and said with a charming smile, "What's wrong with adapting quickly? If we don't trick them, we might be the ones to be tricked."

After hearing the other party's twisted logic and heresy, Xiao Yan couldn't help but shook his head, obviously disagreeing with it.

Although he is not averse to fighting for resources, most of the time he prefers to stick to the idea of ​​keeping out of other people's way.

Besides, even if we really want to do something dark and horny, we can't let girls do these things.
After all, judging from the medicinal power of the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, Ruoruo must have just thrown it to herself after getting it, right?

Thinking of this, recalling the debts he owed, Xiao Yan's expression changed slightly, and his pace couldn't help but quicken a bit, trotting towards the shop in the distance.

".Hey, Senior Brother!"

Looking at the back of the young man running away quickly, Hun Ruoruo was slightly stunned. She subconsciously called out to Xiao Yan, but when she saw that he seemed not to have heard her, she tilted her head in confusion and whispered to herself:
"This guy, he's such a gentleman now, but he gets so angry when I do something bad?"

Thinking back on her previous actions, Hun Ruoruo didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Xiao Yan was not a saint, so how could he empathize with the people of the Black Horn Region for no reason?
Yes, there must be something strange about this!
"Hmph, you're too soft-hearted. In a place like this, if you didn't learn how to cheat your fellow thieves, you'd have been eaten to the bone!"

After spitting out something rather indignantly, Hun Ruoruo's eyes flickered, but she finally took small steps and followed in the direction of Xiao Yan.

She wanted to see what this guy was up to.
Walking along the street, Xiao Yan's eyes kept scanning the surrounding shops. The strange store designs made him feel quite surprised.

The shops are all painted in shabby colors, and even the signboards look rickety. It looks like a very backward neighborhood, but inside the shops are a wide variety of items, some of which are extremely rare in the imperial capital.

It is no exaggeration to say that this kind of design is golden inside and rotten outside.

However, after walking for a distance, Xiao Yan immediately understood the merchant's intention.

He hadn't even finished walking the entire street, which was less than a hundred meters long, when he had already witnessed no fewer than ten fights and bloody fights. The scene of gangs robbing gangs was so common that even the word "chaos" wasn't enough to describe it. If merchants left valuables outside, they would definitely be stripped of everything.
"This Black Horn Region is really quite chaotic."

After complaining speechlessly, Xiao Yan avoided the fierce fighting on the street, but his eyes kept looking forward, as if he was looking for something.

"Brother, you're really stupid. Ruoruo told you a long time ago that these people are ruthless villains. Do you understand now?"

Before he knew it, the girl's graceful figure had quietly arrived and whispered softly beside Xiao Yan.

“Ruo, Ruoruo?!”

Xiao Yan's expression suddenly froze when the other party approached him so casually. He then said helplessly:
"Of course I don't believe what you say. Even before coming to Canaan College, I had already asked Mr. Hai for a lot of information about this place. How could I not understand the local customs and practices?"

"Then why did you abandon Ruoruo earlier? You saw it too. There are bad guys around here who can't take their eyes off girls. If you weren't here, who knows how scared they would be."

"you"

Looking at the girl's eyes that seemed to be filled with both anger and resentment, Xiao Yan's face flushed red. He stammered for a long time and couldn't utter a word. In the end, he could only sigh and pointed helplessly at a magnificent building in the distance.

Following Xiao Yan's gesture, they saw a rather grand and imposing building, which was in sharp contrast to the shabby shops around it, standing at the end of the street.

On the pale red plaque, three ancient characters "Qianyaofang" were written in square and powerful characters.

"Qianyaofang Pharmacy? Brother, are you here to buy medicinal herbs?"

Seeing this, Hun Ruoruo opened her mouth slightly and asked curiously.

"Haha, as an alchemist, isn't it natural to buy some medicinal herbs?"

Touching his nose with a guilty conscience, Xiao Yan smiled awkwardly. He would never say that he was afraid of not being able to walk because of eating too much free food.

As I stepped into the pharmacy, I was immediately greeted by a strong aroma of mixed medicine.

As the two looked around, they saw that most of the medicine shops were filled with crystal counters with all kinds of materials displayed. Many people stopped here and wandered back and forth.

Compared to the outside world, it is truly a quiet place.

"Wood Spirit Three Needle Flower, Blood Lotus Essence, and... Earth Core Fire Ganoderma?"

Xiao Yan was almost blinded by the dazzling prices as he looked at the luxurious variety of high-grade medicinal herbs on the cabinet.
"One plant costs 170,000 yuan, three times more than outside. These guys might as well just go and rob them!"

Xiao Yan, who originally wanted to earn money and resources by refining medicine, now found himself in great embarrassment. He couldn't even come up with the start-up capital!

Previously, the Xiao family had established their power in the imperial capital. In order to prevent Hai Lao from spending excessively, he had basically handed over all his belongings to his father and three elders. Apart from some necessary resources and money, they were basically broke, not to mention buying things in the Black Horn Region, a place of lavish spending.

Scanning the herbs in front of him with a numb expression, Xiao Yan realized that if he bought all of these herbs suitable for alchemy, he would need at least a million gold coins.
"Hehe, Senior Brother, you were so ambitious earlier, how come you're so easily stymied by money?"

Looking at Xiao Yan's wrinkled face, Hun Ruoruo was in a good mood and chuckled:
"To be honest, ever since Senior Brother became an Honorary Elder of the Alchemist Guild, he has received an additional income of 150,000 gold coins every month. Unfortunately, Senior Brother spends money lavishly and never cares about these things."

After that, the girl took out two cards from her hand like a magic trick, shook them towards Xiao Yan, and then counted on her fingers.
"Well, Senior Brother has been an Honorary Elder for two months, which is 300,000 gold coins. On top of that, as a second-grade alchemist, he received an additional 3,000 gold coins every month. So far, he has exactly 50,000 gold coins."

"Here, three hundred and fifty thousand gold coins." Seeing the tender white hand in front of him, Xiao Yan subconsciously looked towards her. After seeing the teasing smile in her eyes, he instantly understood her intention -

He only gave me half of the money, it was obvious that he was waiting for me to ask for it!

"What's wrong, Third Young Master? Although I'm from the same school as you, I haven't forgotten my position as your maid. Naturally, I'll help you manage your finances."

Hun Ruoruo blinked and said with a smile, "Or, does the Third Young Master want to ask me for some necessary resources for cultivation?"

What a mess
Listening to the other party's complicated interpersonal relationships, Xiao Yan felt overwhelmed and shouted:

"stop."

"These are enough. I will pay for the rest myself."

Taking the purple gold card from the girl, Xiao Yan took a deep breath and said as if he had made some kind of decision.

"Oh?"

Hun Ruoruo looked at the serious-looking young man in surprise, obviously not expecting that the other party could actually afford the expensive price of medicinal herbs.

In her opinion, with the rate at which this guy spent money like water, he would be lucky to have tens of thousands of gold coins on him. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was the poorest fifth-grade alchemist in the entire Douqi Continent. How could he afford the remaining 700,000 gold coins?

As if she felt that her judgment was correct, Hun Ruoruo continued to ask, "Brother, do you have some hidden money? That's impossible. With your 'upright' character, you..."

Before he could finish his words, Hun Ruoruo saw Xiao Yan's face flushed slightly as he took out a green crystal card from his arms. He carefully wiped the fingerprints off it and stammered:

"Well, Ruoruo, I do have some money here."

In an instant, Hun Ruoruo's beautiful eyes widened, and she looked at the stiff young man in front of her in disbelief, as if she had just gotten to know him all over again.
"Heaven—Brother, do you really save some private money?"

"Well, I guess so. After all, I owe you so much, so I always have to pay it back. That's why I usually save some money, haha."

Facing his sweetheart's continuous questioning, Xiao Yan's eyes flickered and his heart beat like a drum, and he behaved unexpectedly innocently.

The card in his hand was undoubtedly the savings card his father had given him. The Black Horn Region had a wide range of financial resources, and crystal cards issued by several surrounding countries could be used here, so there was naturally no problem.

What really concerned him was the meaning contained in the card——

That was the money his father left for him to marry a wife. Logically, he could only take it in and not spend it out!

Now if I spend
After struggling with the issue for an unknown amount of time, Xiao Yan finally gritted his teeth and walked towards the checkout counter with great pain in his heart, as he really didn't want to borrow money from Ruoruo anymore.

"Little brother, looking at you, are you going to buy something for the girl you like?" The clerk seemed to have accidentally caught a glimpse of the two people talking, and immediately came forward and whispered:

"Little brother, as business people, let me give you a piece of advice. How can you be so reluctant to spend money on such a pretty girl? Your wavering behavior might just hurt her feelings."

“Who, who said that?!”

Xiao Yan's eyes widened in anger, and he slammed the card directly on the counter with his big hand, causing the clerk's body to tremble.
"Bill, please!"

Half an hour later.

"There really are over 800,000 gold coins! I didn't expect that Senior Brother could be so secretive. Ruoruo really admires him."

When Xiao Yan came back dazed after paying the bill, Hun Ruoruo, who was guarding the door, immediately came over with stars in her eyes.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan spread out his palms and said helplessly, "After buying those herbs, I only have a few tens of thousands of gold coins left. If you want them, take them all. But remember not to throw away the card. It's very important to me."

"Since you intend to repay the debt, I won't be polite."

As she spoke, Hun Ruoruo raised her small hand, grasped the green card in her hand, and raised it towards Xiao Yan.

"I want to eat candied haws!"

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Looking at the girl's sweet, half-teasing smile, Xiao Yan's eyes were dull, but his heart was beating fast.

Even though I know that Ruoruo has no romantic feelings for me yet, and even her personality is still flawed, it is precisely this occasional unveiling of the fog and the momentary true feelings revealed by the other party that makes her particularly tempting, like a deadly poison that I can't stop.
After all, a scheming demon woman who regarded seventh-grade elixirs as easy prey, when facing him, made a carefully considered request, which was even just a string of candied haws that could be bought anywhere.

This might be the easiest girl to please in the world, right?
When he came to his senses, the girl's figure had already turned into a faintly glowing dot, and he didn't know how far she had run.

"Damn, this money is worth it!"

His dry lips moved slightly as Xiao Yan muttered to himself, no longer showing any sign of pain.

"A string of candied haws!"

Hun Ruoruo excitedly handed over the card in her hand, and then glanced at the thin figure standing in a daze in the distance, a strange light flashed in her starry eyes,

"By the way, remember to give me the change. It's very important."

She added immediately, as if to emphasize it.

(End of this chapter)