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Chapter 34 Why is the enemy giving you a face?
When Tang Hao saw Beishan Ming looking at him, he subconsciously took a defensive stance.

But to his great surprise, the other party just glanced at him and then looked away, as if he didn't recognize him.

On the contrary, there were a few law enforcement disciples who nodded to Tang Hao in a friendly manner.

"Interesting, it seems that not all of Beishan Ming's team are his people." Seeing this, Tang Hao suddenly understood something.

This is normal. There was a saying in the previous life.
Where there are people, there will be gangs and factions. Where there are gangs and factions, there will be disputes and struggles, and all kinds of small circles will form.

As soon as Beishan Minggang made a mistake, there would naturally be people who would attack him and try to trip him up in an attempt to bring him down and replace him.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. If the time is right, it would be a good idea to hand him a knife.

The different reactions of the law enforcement disciples made Tang Hao think a lot, but it only took a moment.

At this time, both sides were expressing their views and hoped that Beishan Ming, the law enforcement captain, would make the decision for them.

Zeng Guangwen looked indignant and complained, "I agreed on a price with this fellow Daoist and paid all the spirit stones, but he suddenly tripled the price. Captain Beishan, please give me your opinion. How can this be justified?"

He recognized the words on the ring, looked at the materials, and estimated that the price was okay, so he decided to buy it. Ten medium-grade spirit stones were still within his budget. If the price was higher, he would hesitate, after all, he still had to save spirit stones to buy the Foundation Establishment Pill.

"Hehe, I didn't raise the price temporarily. I just thought that you were asking about something else, so I said the wrong price. Since it was a misunderstanding, you can just take back the spirit stones." The old stall owner said this, but he held the spirit stones tightly in his hand, with no intention of letting go.

The old man was also afraid to return it. Zeng Guangwen really didn't want it. Ten medium-grade spirit stones were not a small number. Even if an ordinary cultivator could afford it, he would not buy such a thing of unknown use. A casual cultivator like him could not earn so much after going through life and death.

But if he were to sell it at this price, he would feel a little unwilling. If he didn't know the other party's identity, he would definitely be happy and think that he had been cheated. But if he knew that the other party was an appraiser from the [Yunqi Pavilion], he would definitely want to make more money.

Although Tang Hao couldn't hear what the two people were thinking, he could roughly guess what they were thinking. One knew that he would be at a disadvantage if he raised the price, and the other felt that he would be at a disadvantage if he didn't raise the price.

Beishan Ming also understood this. After all, he was not just there to eat and do nothing. He had seen a lot of such things.

He reached out to ask for the ring, and carelessly injected his magic power into it. He found that it seemed to be damaged. He glanced at it casually and saw that the material was good, but estimated that the value was about ten medium-grade spirit stones. The old stall owner had a good eye.

"Well, since the stall owner said so, why don't you two give me some face and renegotiate a price." Beishan Ming thought for a moment and gave a solution.

Tang Hao felt that this guy was trying to smooth things over, but then he thought, if this kind of thing happened in his previous life, there seemed to be no good solution. After all, there was no contract signed, so in the end, the only solution was negotiation.

Beishan Ming paused for a moment and said to the stall owner, "Fellow Daoist, please don't mention thirty coins or anything like that. Give me a sincere price."

The old stall owner pondered for a moment, then said in a generous tone, "Okay, then I'll give you a favor, eighteen, no, twenty."

Zeng Guangwen suddenly laughed in anger: "Twenty pieces, why don't you go and rob it? This thing is only worth a little more than ten pieces for the materials."

"Then eighteen." The old man said after a slight hesitation.

"twelve!"

"Sixteen!" "Fourteen!"

The two bargained for a while, but at this point, no one was willing to give in first, and the situation became deadlocked again.

"Just fifteen, what do you two think?" Beishan Ming felt a headache. He already had a headache seeing Tang Hao here, and now he was even more annoyed. If he had not just been scolded by his superiors, he would have lost control of his temper long ago.

The old stall owner glanced at Zeng Guangwen, and Tang Hao noticed that the old man seemed to have been tempted a long time ago, but was just worried that if he gave in first, he would be forced to lower the price again.

Zeng Guangwen, on the other hand, frowned deeply, as if he had truly reached his limit. He hesitated for a moment, then said to Beishan Ming, "I'm sorry, Captain Beishan, but fourteen is already my limit. After purchasing this item, I'll have to spend time and money to clean the rust off it. If I accidentally damage the inscription on its surface, its value will be greatly reduced, and I won't be able to make up for it."

What this means is that the material plus the text on it are worth the price. Now that the price has been raised to fourteen pieces, it is already a risk. If it doesn't work out, I plan to give up.

After saying this, Zeng Guangwen turned to the old man and said, "Fellow Daoist, I have made my words very clear. What do you think?"

The old man was still a little hesitant, but Beishan Ming raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He had not looked carefully just now and did not notice what words were engraved on the ring.

His eyes fell on it again, and his pupils suddenly shrank when he saw it. His thoughts couldn't help but go back to the days several years ago when he was on a deserted island overseas.

"Does this writing seem to be the same as the one on the door to the cave at the foot of the island?" Beishan Ming glanced around calmly. Seeing that no one noticed his unusual behavior, he breathed a sigh of relief and pretended to be curious about Zeng Guangwen's words, examining the ring carefully.

Suddenly, several of the characters caught his attention. He was sure that these characters were on the stone gate, and even the order of arrangement was exactly the same. Beishan Ming no longer had the mind to facilitate the transaction between the two parties at this time. He was only thinking about how he could get it.

Before he could come up with a plan, he heard someone from the law enforcement team suddenly say, "Let me say something. What do you think?"

The old stall owner and Zeng Guangwen immediately looked over, while Beishan Ming frowned, not knowing what the other party was planning.

"Is that the one who showed me kindness just now, the deputy captain?" Tang Hao noticed that the person who spoke was also dressed in a white robe. The entire law enforcement team only had these two inner disciples, so their identities were naturally self-evident.

"Captain Song, please speak." Zeng Guangwen also knew the other party and immediately gestured.

Song Yuanyu glanced at Tang Hao vaguely and said with a smile, "Why don't you two ask an expert to clean up this thing? Fellow Daoist Zeng will no longer have to worry about it and will be happy to take the fifteen spirit stones. Fellow Daoist can also pay a small reward, so it can be considered a good price. Isn't it the best of both worlds?"

"Captain Song, stop joking. With the quality of this thing, it will take a refiner at least in the Foundation Establishment stage to remove it with true fire without damaging the fetus. The cost is not something that a mere mid-grade spirit stone can afford." Zeng Guangwen frowned and shook his head, obviously thinking that this method would not work.

The old stall owner also said, "Fellow Daoist Zeng is right. After I got this item, I also tried it with real fire, but I found that to remove it, I had to use exquisite and skilled refining techniques, so I gave up."

Tang Hao looked at Song Yuanyu with a strange expression: "He wants me to take action and solve this matter with [Cleansing Technique]? What's his purpose? To disgust Bei Shanming? You've been trying to mediate for a long time but failed to resolve it, and now you have to rely on your opponent's methods. Hmm, just think about it, with Bei Shanming's personality, I'm afraid he will be upset and vomit blood."

But for him, this was something he had been longing for. He was just worried that he would not have the chance to do it. Even Beishan Ming probably wouldn't offer his face to him for him to hit, right?

Just as he was considering whether to recommend himself, Tang Hao was surprised to see that Beishan Ming actually offered his face to him.

"Junior Brother Tang, although we have some grudges against each other, we are, after all, from the same sect. Today's incident may be minor, but it also concerns the reputation of the sect. If you and I join forces, it will be a good thing. What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)