Junior sister, I really need to control you

"This……"

The shopkeeper broke out in a cold sweat, wondering what it meant. Why was this female cultivator suddenly asking a question she already knew the answer to?

Are you perhaps going to call me out?

Unsure of Mu Xiaoyu's intentions, the shopkeeper wiped his sweat and gave a conservative answer: "This bracelet seems to be a very rare defensive magic artifact, and its price is much higher than that of ordinary magic artifacts."

"Logically speaking, such precious magical artifacts are usually obtained through barter, and it usually takes two ordinary magical artifacts or similar precious items to exchange for them."

"If we have to calculate it in gold, it would be worth at least thirty or forty thousand taels of gold, right?"

Mu Xiaoyu nodded.

This bracelet would normally cost around three thousand talismans to buy and sell.

In other words, one talisman coin is roughly equivalent to about ten taels of gold.

Is a ginseng root worth 800 talismans?

I'm not sure if this calculation is correct? Would it be inaccurate to use only one thing for conversion?

Mu Xiaoyu thought for a moment, and just to be on the safe side, she took out the small black hammer that she had previously crafted.

"Shopkeeper, how much do you think this is worth?"

Seeing Mu Xiaoyu pull out a low-grade magic weapon for attack, the shopkeeper broke out in a cold sweat again.

What does this mean? Why are they pulling out low-grade magic artifacts again?

Pulling out such a sharp weapon, are you threatening me?

Shrinking his neck slightly, the shopkeeper forced himself to remain calm and said, "This hammer of yours is already a low-grade magic weapon, which is probably not something that can be bought with gold."

"If you want to trade low-grade magic artifacts, you can only do so through barter or by using talisman coins from a major corporation..."

"What if it's considered gold?" Mu Xiaoyu pressed.

"Then it would have to be at least... two or three hundred thousand taels, right?" the shopkeeper replied, forcing a smile.

Actually, he didn't know how to calculate it either. What respectable cultivator would exchange gold for a low-grade magic weapon?

Under such circumstances, he dared not not answer, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and make up something.

"Hmm?" Mu Xiaoyu started scratching her head.

This ridiculous little hammer is only worth a little over ten thousand talismans. If we calculate it this way, then suddenly one talisman is equal to twenty or thirty taels of gold.

It's such a mess.

She put away the small black hammer and frowned in thought.

The shopkeeper breathed a slight sigh of relief, thinking, "Finally, she took it back. Everything should be fine now, right? She can't possibly pull out another incredibly valuable mid-grade magic artifact, can she?"

A chilling, azure flying sword flew out of Mu Xiaoyu's Qiankun bag.

The moment the flying sword appeared, the entire shop was enveloped in a chilling blue light. The shopkeeper's face was deathly pale against the blue light.

"Up, up, up..."

The shopkeeper forcibly covered his mouth, swallowing back the rest of his words.

There's no mistake! A top-grade magic artifact! This is the legendary top-grade magic artifact!

He once attended the birthday banquet of a great cultivator. At the banquet, the great cultivator drank to his heart's content and once showed off his superior magic weapon in public. He had seen it from afar and would never mistake it!

A threat! This is absolutely a threat!

This person looks young and innocent, but in reality, his words are full of sinister threats hidden in his gentle words!

They might be the kind of treacherous cultivators or even evil cultivators who specialize in killing, robbing, and plundering their fellow practitioners!

This person has some nerve! Doesn't he know that the market is protected by the all-powerful Golden Lion Hermit? That's a highly skilled body cultivator!

No, no matter how famous Jinshi Sanren is, he's not with me right now.

Besides, what cultivator could possess such cultivation at such a young age? They must have used a method to conceal their identity!

The shopkeeper's heart trembled violently, feeling that he might die here today.

"Shopkeeper, how much gold do you think this sword is worth?" Mu Xiaoyu asked.

"Priceless treasure!" The shopkeeper's voice was somewhat shrill due to the crack in his tone.

"Huh?" Mu Xiaoyu was even more puzzled.

Why are the prices in this mortal cultivation world completely different from those on the mountain?

While she was on the mountain, she visited Baoguang Temple many times and had already gained a considerable understanding of the prices in the cultivation world.

But once he came down the mountain and went to buy things from other independent cultivators, he found that all his knowledge seemed to have become useless.

She looked at the three ginseng roots again, intending to ask the shopkeeper if she could use something else to offset the price since she didn't have that much gold with her.

But then a thought flashed through my mind.

My senior brother also told me to find out the origin of these ginsengs. I should have asked about their origin before buying them.

What if he refuses to tell me after we've exchanged money and goods?

I first asked him about his background, and if he didn't tell me, I threatened not to buy it.

Hehe, I'm so smart!

Having figured this out in an instant, Mu Xiaoyu coughed lightly.

The shopkeeper shuddered.

"Shopkeeper, may I ask where these ginsengs come from?" Mu Xiaoyu asked.

"This... of course, I bought it from a cultivator who came to sell medicinal herbs," the shopkeeper said cautiously, uttering a meaningless statement.

After all, in this line of work, there's no reason to betray your customers so easily. Besides, the person in front of you is definitely not someone to be trifled with.

What if she asked this in order to intercept the cultivator who offered the ginseng?

"Who exactly is it? Can you tell me, shopkeeper?" Mu Xiaoyu asked innocently.

So you really are going to intercept and kill the rogue cultivators!

And you're pretending to be completely harmless? Do you think my decades of hard-earned experience are just for show? Do you think I'm that easy to fool?

The shopkeeper cried out in his heart.

He had intended to brush it off by saying that "the person concealed their identity and did not reveal their true nature."

After all, the other party had sold him century-old ginseng several times, so they were practically friends, and he couldn't just sell them out.

But when the words were about to come out, his gaze fell on Mu Xiaoyu's innocent smile and the icy coldness of the Hanming sword in her hand, and he suddenly couldn't say them.

The cultivator who came to sell ginseng did not hide his face, but the person in front of him had indeed concealed his face. If he angered the other party and he was killed, it would be too much of a loss.

After hesitating for a moment, he still told the truth: "That person is an inner disciple of the Yiqi Sect in the capital. His surname is Hao and his name is Hao Liang."

I'm sorry, Brother Hao. It's really not that I, Brother Kun, have broken my promise. I had no other choice.

Although I don't know where you got so many century-old ginseng, I hope Yiqimen can protect you.

Once this person leaves, I must hurry and inform the Golden Lion Hermit. If the Hermit takes action and captures this fiend, then Brother Hao should be safe, right?

The shopkeeper was filled with unease.

The moment the shopkeeper spoke, golden characters appeared before Li Yinsheng's eyes, and a change occurred.

The "Current Spell Training Time" column suddenly changed to "Three Years".

Inside the shop, Mu Xiaoyu silently remembered the answer, nodded, and looked at the three ginseng roots.

"Shopkeeper, I want all three ginseng roots, but I don't have that much gold..." she said.

"Just give me whatever you think is appropriate! We offer discounts for bulk purchases!" the shopkeeper immediately replied.

Mu Xiaoyu was taken aback: "Huh?"

Chapter 127 The Encircling City Array, Familiar Faces

Mu Xiaoyu walked out of the shop with three century-old ginseng roots and ran to Li Yinsheng.

"Senior brother, we've bought them all. We exchanged them for ores and pills. It's probably worth about 1,200 talismans. You can get a 50% discount if you buy three."

Mu Xiaoyu said happily.

Li Yinsheng was both amused and exasperated.

This isn't a 50% discount; you're clearly threatening the shop owner to give him a discount on the bones.

Although he couldn't read minds, he could easily guess what the shopkeeper was thinking by observing the changes in his expression.

He could only lament that the living conditions of rogue cultivators seemed rather harsh.

However, the shopkeeper immediately associated the act of taking out a few magical artifacts for appraisal with threats, murder, and robbery.

Clearly, such things are not uncommon among independent cultivators; otherwise, the shopkeeper wouldn't be so easily frightened.

Just like in his previous life, when he heard a "crackling" sound, a normal person would think it was firecrackers.

But in some countries, within a second of hearing a "crackling" sound, everyone instinctively takes cover.

However, he didn't know that for the shopkeeper, the most terrifying thing was not that Mu Xiaoyu took out the magic weapon.

Rather, she "hid her age and appearance," which are the most obvious characteristics of the Tribulation Cultivators.

In particular, her methods of concealing her identity were extremely skillful, leaving no clue whatsoever; she must be a veteran among the cultivators of the Tribulation Realm.

Li Yinsheng shook his head, put the ginseng into his Qiankun bag, and led Mu Xiaoyu and Changchunzi to continue forward.

As for the shopkeeper...

He quietly placed another three hundred talismans on the shopkeeper's table to make up the price difference, making it five hundred talismans per plant.

According to Changchunzi, this price is already very fair for a century-old ginseng.

As for the junior sister's barter, it was actually unnecessary. The talisman coins of the Taihao Immortal Sect also circulated outside the sect and were even considered a kind of hard currency among independent cultivators.

Although this person is a shrewd merchant, he wouldn't stoop to taking advantage of a few hundred coins.

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