The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

"Not even ten thousand spirit stones?"

Liu Jinling paused for a moment while holding the wine glass, then burst into laughter, laughing so hard that tears almost streamed down his face.

"Sect Master Shen, you've got some nerve. Asking for twenty million without even having spirit stones? Are you planning to renege on your debt, or are you going to rob us?"

Shen Yifei chuckled, picked up the bottle of Immortal's Wine in front of him, and downed it in one gulp. "Lord Liu, before you showed up, I did intend to steal it. Now that you've intervened, I'd like to exchange something for it. What do you say?"

"Oh, what will you exchange it for?" Liu Jinling poured Shen Yifei another cup of Immortal's Intoxication.

Shen Yifei took out a bottle of top-grade pills. "Master Liu, how about this?"

Liu Jinling took the jade bottle, opened it, poured out a pill, looked at it, then smelled it, a look of surprise appearing on his face, "Top grade, hmm... not bad."

"Well...Master Liu, how many stones would it take to exchange for this sword?"

After examining the pills, Liu Jinling did not rush to answer. Instead, he put down the jade bottle, picked up the wine cup, and slowly took a sip.

He squinted at Shen Yifei, his gaze as if he were examining a rare object.

"Sect Master Shen, your pills are indeed top-grade, of superior quality. One pill could easily sell for ten thousand or eight thousand spirit stones on the market. You'd need to refine two thousand pills for twenty million spirit stones. Can you afford that?"

"Two thousand pills?" Shen Yifei chuckled. "Sect Master Liu, it's true that a top-grade pill costs ten thousand, but if everyone in a sect takes one, what does that mean? You surely understand, don't you?"

"Hahahaha..." Liu Jinling clapped his hands and laughed. "Oh, Sect Leader Shen, you have a unique eye. Your reason for bargaining is quite good. So, tell me, how many would be suitable?"

Shen Yifei scratched his head; he hadn't actually calculated this carefully. Two thousand top-grade pills—at his current pill-refining speed, he could finish them in a few days.

The problem is, he doesn't want to give that much.

Two thousand top-grade pills—how many spiritual herbs would that take? Although Leng Rushuang can use spiritual herbs at any time, we can't just empty her coffers.

"Master Liu, two thousand is too many." Shen Yifei began to bargain. "One price, five hundred, no more."

Liu Jinling chuckled twice, closed his folding fan, and said, "Sect Leader Shen, do you think this is a vegetable market? Why are you haggling so fiercely?"

"Five hundred, not a single one more." Shen Yifei refused to back down.

"Heh," Liu Jinling sneered, "Sect Leader Shen has really played his cards right. Five hundred coins, what if I don't agree?"

"Master Liu, if you don't agree, I have no choice but to steal it..."

The moment Shen Yifei uttered the word, he reached out and grabbed the long box, flipped over, and flew out the window at an incredible speed!

He had been planning this for a long time. Even if Liu Jinling was at the Tribulation Transcending Realm, he could take advantage of the situation and escape from Zuixianlou. Once he was on the street, with so many people around, Liu Jinling wouldn't dare to make a move easily, and he would have a chance to escape.

At that moment, neither Liu Jinling nor Hongxiu moved. Just as Shen Yifei was about to leap out of the window, he saw Hongxiu's wide eyes.

However, at that moment, there was a loud "bang" and Shen Yifei bumped into something soft but very bouncy, which bounced him off balance and sent him back to his chair.

The long box slipped from his hands and fell to the ground; the box was open.

When Shen Yifei looked inside, the box was completely empty; there was nothing there.

From snatching the sword to escaping, and then being bounced back onto the chair, it all happened in the blink of an eye.

Apart from Hongxiu's slight surprise, Liu Jinling remained unfazed.

Shen Yifei picked up the box, his face serious. "Lord Liu, you're not asking me to spend five hundred pills on an empty box, are you? I already suspected something was wrong!"

Liu Jinling smiled slightly, seemingly not having seen Shen Yifei snatch the sword at all. "Sect Leader Shen, do you really want this sword?"

"Of course I want it! How about I add another three hundred? Eight hundred!"

"Sect Leader Shen, since you want it, I'll give it to you for free!"

"What? You're giving it to me for free?" Shen Yifei could hardly believe his ears. Was Liu Jinling even a businessman? Eight million? How many pimping jobs would he have to do to earn that?

Seeing the disbelieving look on his face, Liu Jinling said seriously, "This sword is called Changtian, and it belongs to Shen Changtian of the Tianyan Sect. You, Shen Yifei, also have the surname Shen, and you rebuilt the Tianyan Sect. I just want to hear the truth from you: why do you want this sword?"

Shen Yifei thought about it and realized that he wasn't sure if the Liu Jinling in front of him was Yun Zhonghe, as the two were too different.

However, up to now, he has not shown any malice towards me.

If you want to play with yourself, you don't need to go to such great lengths!

He gritted his teeth, deciding to take a gamble. "Lord Liu, since you've asked so far, I won't hide it from you. This sword belongs to my father; I am Shen Changtian's son!"

After listening, Liu Jinling breathed a sigh of relief. He stared at Shen Yifei for a long time. Then he laughed, a loud and hearty laugh that brought tears to his eyes.

Shen Yifei noticed that Hongxiu, who was standing behind him, was in tears.

"Good, good, good!" Liu Jinling said three times in a row. "I knew it, I knew you were that kid's son! The first time I saw you at the Demon Extermination Conference, I knew something was wrong with you. What kind of person would have nothing better to do than rebuild the Tianyan Sect?"

Shen Yifei tentatively asked, "Master Liu, you...you wouldn't happen to be Yun Zhonghe, would you?"

"Hehe, it seems Hua Qianmei has told you everything. I am Yun Zhonghe, Hongxiu. Come, let's get acquainted. Shen Yifei, your master Youlan's son!"

Upon hearing the word "master," Shen Yifei froze on the spot as if struck by lightning.

He turned to look at the woman standing behind Liu Jinling, who had just been auctioning off her father's sword with captivating charm on stage. Now, she was in tears, covering her mouth with her hands, her shoulders trembling violently.

"Wait...wait a minute," Shen Yifei's mind was a little foggy, "Hongxiu...you...you're also my mother's bodyguard?"

Hongxiu nodded, then shook her head, sobbing uncontrollably, "Your subordinate... Your subordinate is the princess's personal maid. When the princess infiltrated the human territory, it was your subordinate who accompanied her."

Yun Zhonghe continued, "Later, your father abducted the princess, and I found Hongxiu to be in the way, so I took her with me."

Shen Yifei asked, "So, Hongxiu knows Xueying?"

"Blood Shadow?" Liu Jinling looked at him in confusion.

"Young Master, is Lord Blood Shadow still alive? Do you know him?"

"Hehe, it's more than just knowing each other."

Shen Yifei then recounted the whole story of Xueying, and took the opportunity to reveal his purpose for coming here.

"A water-repelling pearl?" Liu Jinling laughed heartily. "I'll get it for you later! Forget the water-repelling pearl, all my restaurants and beauties are yours!"