Cultivation begins with the Druid panel

Upon hearing Lu Lin's response, the middle-aged man sat down opposite him. With a flick of his sleeve, a barrier enveloped the private room, obscuring the view from those outside.

"I am the head manager of this pawnshop, and my name is Qian Qiming."

"Fellow Daoist, you can now take out the item you wish to pawn. Rest assured, this barrier can block outside eyes. Within this pawnshop, no one can see through it. Even if you decide not to sell it later, no one will know what treasures you possess."

Lu Lin glanced at the surrounding barriers and couldn't help but admire how thoughtful the pawnshop was.

He laid out all the items he wanted to sell around the private booth, while placing the mahogany products on the ground. The commotion of taking these items out was quite loud, and Qian Qiming's lips twitched slightly when he saw this.

"Fellow Daoist, what is this...?"

Qian Qiming was immediately startled, his expression becoming much more serious: "Fellow Daoist, are you going to sell all these things?"

"Yes, if possible, please exchange them all for spirit stones." Lu Lin nodded and finally took out all the items he wanted to sell from his Qiankun bag and placed them on the ground.

Qian Qiming looked at the items on the ground: there were finely crafted jade pieces, high-quality mahogany furniture, and even a few ironware items that looked quite valuable.

He twirled the jade thumb ring on his finger, pondered for a moment, and then said, "These things, you obtained them all from Peacock City, right?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Lin knew that the other party was not threatening him, but rather trying to take the opportunity to lower the price.

Fengcheng is not far from Peacock City, and it's not surprising that the pawnshop, being well-informed, knew about this.

"Yes, all of them. These redwood items are two for one spirit stone, those Qi-nourishing jade stones are three for one low-grade spirit stone, and as for those ironwares, although they are not magic weapons, they are more or less imbued with spiritual energy, one low-grade spirit stone each, how about that?"

Upon hearing Lu Lin's quote, Qian Qiming shook his head slightly and smiled, "Judging from your words, you must have done your homework, as you quoted a very reasonable price."

If I hadn't known these things came from Peacock City, I would have accepted the price upfront. But since you're here to sell stolen goods, I'll have to offer a 20% discount. How about that?

A 20% discount? Lu Lin looked at the pile of things on the ground and estimated in his mind that it was worth about seventy low-grade spirit stones. A 20% discount would be fifty-six low-grade spirit stones.

"No, that's too much." Lu Lin shook his head and held up one finger: "At most 10%. Fengcheng Pawnshop is an old hand at receiving stolen goods. I know the rules of receiving stolen goods. It's impossible for them to give a 20% discount."

"Then let's compromise, how about 15%?"

"Just one percent." Lu Lin wasn't buying it.

Seeing Lu Lin's confidence, Qian Qiming knew that Lu Lin had come prepared. Furthermore, considering the potential profit from reselling these items, he agreed.

"it is good."

After Qian Qiming agreed, he made a hand seal and threw it outside the barrier. Immediately afterwards, three servants came in and began to count the items on the ground in front of him.

Finally, the prices were tallied.

Sixty-eight low-grade spirit stones.

Qian Qiming looked at Lu Lin, but Lu Lin spoke first: "Give us a 10% discount, round it up to seventy coins."

Qian Qiming laughed: "Fellow Daoist is indeed very shrewd. Well then, I have one condition."

"Speak," Lu Lin said.

"If you have any good products in the future, please come to me first, how about that?" Qian Qiming asked.

"That's natural."

After receiving Lu Lin's reply, Qian Qiming waved his sleeve on the table, and seventy low-grade spirit stones appeared neatly on the table. The spirit stones emitted a crystal-clear light, and their quality was all of medium grade.

After Lu Lin finished counting, he nodded in satisfaction and pocketed the seventy low-grade spirit stones.

Qian Qiming then addressed the servants behind him:

"Move all these things downstairs to the warehouse, clear them out, and then resell them."

The three servants nodded and left one after another with the items.

Watching from the side, Lu Lin couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why not use a Qiankun bag to transport it?"

Such a large pawnshop must have some kind of secret bag.

"These items need to be inventoried again and recorded before they can be put into storage. If they are put into the Qiankun Bag in advance, they are easy to be stolen by someone guarding the place. Fellow Daoist is not a businessman, so it is normal for you to be confused about this." Qian Qiming explained to Lu Lin while flicking his sleeve to completely remove the surrounding barrier.

Now that Lu Lin has sold these treasures, even if someone sees them and becomes greedy, they won't target Lu Lin himself. As for targeting the pawnshop... that's even more impossible.

"You dare thief! Take this!"

However, not long after the barrier was removed, and the servants had just moved the items for sale into the inner room, a man happened to appear outside the pawnshop. He immediately recognized the Qi-cultivating jade that the pawnshop servants were carrying as belonging to the Peacock Tower's Moon Gazing Pavilion. He was instantly shocked and enraged, and turned to attack Lu Lin.

Lu Lin was also startled, and immediately turned his head to look. When he saw the man's appearance, he was even more astonished: "Young Master Ri of Wangyue Pavilion?"

What a coincidence!

Feeling the pressure coming at him, Lu Lin frowned, fearlessly preparing to make a move. This young master was only at the third level of Qi Refining, and it was uncertain who would live and who would die in a fight.

But before he could make a move, Qian Qiming stepped forward first, and an invisible wave of energy rippled outward from him, forcibly distorting the light in the air. The previously aggressive Young Master Ri was forced to kneel on one knee under this force, and the floor cracked with countless fissures.

His face turned deathly pale instantly.

"Five floors!"

Qian Qiming is actually a cultivator at the fifth level of the Qi Refining stage!

"Who dares to be so presumptuous in the Fengcheng pawnshop!" Qian Qiming snorted coldly, showing no regard for Young Master Ri.

In Peacock City, Young Master Ri could run rampant and act lawlessly, but in Feng City, he was clearly no match for him, and was easily suppressed by Qian Qiming.

However, Qian Qiming wouldn't kill Young Master Ri for this. After all, he was a businessman who lived for profit. Although Young Master Ri was presumptuous, he hadn't caused him any serious consequences. Giving him a lesson was enough, and perhaps he could still do business with him in the future.

"My lord, spare my life!" Young Master Ri kowtowed heavily on the ground.

Qian Qiming snorted and then said, "What grudges you, Peacock City, have with him is none of my business, but disputes are strictly forbidden within my pawnshop; that's the rule."

"Yes, yes, I know I was wrong." Young Master Ri kowtowed and admitted his mistake in a panic.

He understood that even if he killed the person in front of him here, the sect leader would never avenge him.

Qian Qiming then turned to look at Lu Lin, saying with a hint of apology, "It's quite a coincidence that this happened; essentially, neither of us is at fault. Fellow Daoist, after you leave this pawnshop, please consider this carefully."

What happened today was indeed too coincidental.

No one expected that Young Master Ri would come to Fengcheng today, and that he would happen to come to this Fengcheng pawnshop, and that he would happen to see the Qi-Nourishing Jade, and that Lu Lin would not have left yet.

Lu Lin glanced at the kneeling Young Master Ri, then cupped his hands towards Qian Qiming and said, "Thank you for the reminder. I'll take my leave now."

After saying that, Lu Lin left the pawnshop.

Young Master Ri then stood up, his forehead and knees a bloody mess, but he seemed oblivious to the pain and rushed out the door.

Once outside the pawnshop, anything that happens there is no longer the pawnshop's concern. Qian Qiming withdrew his gaze, glanced at the cracked floorboards, and ordered, "Fix the floor; the pawnshop still needs to open for business."

Immediately, a servant boy appeared quickly from the inner room, carrying a new floor tile. He skillfully replaced the cracked tile.