Chapter 131: This is too bizarre!
“Brother Gu, to be honest, unlike my father, I’m just a clothes seller… so, I don’t have anything worth showing off.”
Hearing Gu Yu’s words, Ying Liu couldn’t help but shake his head helplessly, thinking that his trip this time was too impulsive!
If he had inquired earlier, he wouldn’t be in such a passive situation.
However, it wasn’t too difficult to exchange for the Longevity Pill.
But if he were to give that away… Ying Liu felt like his heart would ache to death.
Now, facing a difficult choice between the Longevity Pill and his treasured possession, Ying Liu was struggling.
It wasn’t just Ying Liu who was entangled; Gu Yu was in the same boat.
He was determined to obtain the Iron Lion.
If Ying Liu couldn’t produce a good item afterward, he would arrange for Xi Yang to sneakily steal it tonight.
Coincidentally, he still had the Iron Lion, which Gu Mengyao had split in half, in his spatial storage.
He could directly swap it then… and it wouldn’t be traced back to him, Gu Yu, it would just be a bit more troublesome.
Therefore, if Ying Liu could make the exchange here, it would save him a lot of trouble.
However, seeing Ying Liu’s indecisive appearance, Gu Yu was anxious for him.
As a grown man, he shouldn’t be so indecisive.
If you want the Longevity Pill, then take a courageous step. Bring out anything, and it will be exchanged!
“However, I have a precious item in my hand that can be exchanged for the Iron Lion for the Longevity Pill… but I want ten Longevity Pills!”
After hesitating for a while, Ying Liu finally followed his heart.
He wanted to increase his lifespan…
Earlier, Ying Liu had seen how anxious people of his father’s generation were for a small pill, as if they were going to die the next day.
They were desperate to get the Longevity Pill into their hands and swallow it to feel at ease.
Ying Liu was very disdainful of this.
However, after knowing the efficacy of the Longevity Pill, and understanding Gu Yu, knowing that he wouldn’t lie… this made Ying Liu compromise in the end, realizing that he had become as afraid of death as his father.
To live a few more years, what was wrong with giving up a treasured possession!
As long as he was alive, he had hope of obtaining it again…
“Ten pills…”
However, Ying Liu had figured it out, but Gu Yu hadn’t.
He didn’t know what kind of treasure could be exchanged for ten Longevity Pills???
Did he think his Longevity Pills were like cabbage?
He asked for it so casually!
Compared to that, it would be better to send Xi Yang to steal the Iron Lion!
Although it was a bit troublesome, it was much better than Ying Liu’s exorbitant demand!
Seeing the slight change in Gu Yu’s expression, Ying Liu immediately understood what was wrong… He had been so focused on getting the Longevity Pills that he hadn’t mentioned what the treasure was.
It wouldn’t be good if Gu Yu misunderstood…
“It’s like this, the treasure I have is a piece of fabric, as thin as cicada’s wings and it glows on its own. When worn at night, it emits faint starlight, shining like a firefly!”
“Oh? There’s such fabric?”
“This treasure was something I acquired from overseas trade a few years ago. I wanted to buy several more bolts at the time, but the other party said that this item was very precious and couldn’t be sold in large quantities at once… If I liked it, I could come back and buy it next time. However, when I went back next time, I heard that the foreigners on that ship had died in a shipwreck, and no one survived.”
While describing his treasured fabric, Ying Liu also sighed with regret, thinking that if the people on that ship hadn’t died at sea, he could have owned more fabric.
Now that he only had one bolt, and he had to exchange it for Longevity Pills… Ying Liu felt his heart bleeding, making him regret it a little.
“If that’s the case, it is indeed rare, but I’m not very interested in fabric!”
“Ah, that’s truly a treasure!”
“No matter how precious it is, to someone like me who doesn’t like it, it’s just like ordinary fabric… At most, I’ll just resell it and earn some silver.”
Then, listening to Gu Yu’s indifferent words, Ying Liu could tell that he genuinely didn’t like it.
This was something Ying Liu hadn’t expected, and the situation had developed like this!
This Gu Yu person was too bizarre!
No matter what treasure was presented to him, he always had a calm demeanor, as if he had seen many treasures in the world and looked down on ordinary things.
Even his treasured fabric couldn’t catch Gu Yu’s eye… He didn’t know what Gu Yu would be interested in!
“Brother Ying, you don’t need to worry. It’s just that I have rather peculiar preferences. I only like practical things like gold and silver jewelry. As for cultural relics and fabrics, I don’t have much demand for them.”
Seeing Ying Liu’s dejected appearance, Gu Yu was afraid he would just get angry and leave, so he explained himself.
However, what Gu Yu said was also the truth.
He really had no interest in any fabric!
Even if Ying Liu praised it to the heavens, Gu Yu would still think that silver was more beautiful.
If it weren’t for the treasure map associated with the Iron Lion, Gu Yu’s novelty would have worn off after obtaining the first Iron Lion.
Even looking at it again would seem ordinary, and he wouldn’t like it much.
Unlike silver, which could be spent…
“Alas, I came here this time wanting to exchange for Longevity Pills, but if I don’t bring any back, my father will scold me again.”
“Hmm… I’m sorry, Brother Ying, what you’ve mentioned doesn’t meet the standard… and it’s not that I’m price gouging, but the materials for the Longevity Pill are too special. It requires a thousand-year ice silkworm as an ingredient, along with other precious medicinal herbs, to refine even a few pills.”
After that, Gu Yu’s words made Ying Liu understand why the Longevity Pills were so rare.
He thought about it, it was something that increased lifespan, so how could it be easy to refine!
Just now, he had rashly asked for ten pills, which was indeed an outrageous demand.
“A thousand-year ice silkworm is a very rare treasure, no wonder Brother Gu says so… After thinking about it, I don’t want ten Longevity Pills anymore. I only want two Longevity Pills, and I’ll present the fabric and the Iron Lion together.”
“This…”
“Please grant my request, Brother Gu. If you have any instructions for me in the future, you can come directly to me!”
After learning about the rarity of the Longevity Pills from Gu Yu, Ying Liu couldn’t bring himself to say goodbye and leave.
He wanted to obtain the Longevity Pills to extend his and his father’s lifespan.
Such a precious item reminded Ying Liu of the ship that had been lost to the waves… At that time, he knew that the foreigners had several more bolts of the same fabric, but he had given up because they said they would come back next time.
As a result, there was no next time.
Now, Gu Yu’s Longevity Pills were the same.
Miss this village, and you won’t find this shop again…
“This… alright, then I’ll exchange it for Brother Ying’s sake.”
When Gu Yu heard Ying Liu’s words, although he showed a hesitant expression on his face, he was internally overjoyed.
The deal was made.
