Chapter 291: Senior Brother, A Small Profit
Inside the Sand Pavilion Teahouse, the storyteller’s wooden clapper echoed continuously.
Ye Anping walked out with Xiao Yunluo’s spirit sword after chatting with Wu Guang in the inner room for about fifteen minutes.
However, Wu Guang, who escorted him out, looked displeased.
When he was discussing the price with Wu Guang earlier, Wu Guang had asked for five hundred thousand. But after he mentioned that the sword seemed to belong to Young Master Xiao of the Xuan Xing Sect, the price was immediately halved.
After further discussion, Wu Guang finally sold the sword to him for two hundred and ten thousand spirit stones.
Ye Anping felt that Wu Guang had not lost money, but he certainly hadn’t made much.
“Young Master Liang, please go slowly.”
“Mmm.”
After cupping his hands in farewell, Ye Anping put the spirit sword into his storage bag. He then turned and scanned the area around the teahouse entrance, looking for Su Wan’er’s figure.
He felt that Su Wan’er would definitely be waiting for him outside, wanting to see if he had indeed spent spirit stones to buy Xiao Yunluo’s sword.
But now it seemed that Su Wan’er had already left?
The fish didn’t take the bait?
Ye Anping shrugged slightly. If she didn’t take the bait, he wouldn’t force it.
Just as his right foot crossed the threshold of the teahouse entrance, Su Wan’er’s voice came from the side.
“Young Master Liang, did you finish your talk?”
She was leaning against the teahouse entrance, idly tossing a small spirit stone in her hand. Seeing Ye Anping walk out with empty hands, she raised an eyebrow:
“Did you settle the price?”
“I’ve already bought it.”
Ye Anping took the sword out of his storage bag again, showing it off:
“It cost over two hundred thousand.”
Looking at the sword in Ye Anping’s hand, Su Wan’er’s eyes widened:
“Young Master Liang only chatted for fifteen minutes and bought it directly? Aren’t you afraid of overpaying?”
“It’s indeed not cheap, but this sword is a good sword, worth the price.” Ye Anping smiled slightly and drew out half an inch of Xiao Yunluo’s sword. “Two hundred thousand isn’t a large sum for this young master.”
Two hundred thousand isn’t a large sum?
Su Wan’er narrowed her eyes, her gaze involuntarily drifting to the storage bag on Ye Anping’s waist:
“Is Young Master Liang from a great family? Ordinary cultivators can’t just produce so many spirit stones.”
Ye Anping, playing the part of a foolish dandy, chuckled:
“You could consider me a young master from a great family, at most.”
“Is it famous? A great family with the surname Liang…”
“Heh heh… Miss Su has probably never heard of it. The great family I belong to is just a local wealthy family with no particularly powerful cultivators. The patriarch is only a cultivator at the early Core Formation stage.”
Hearing Ye Anping’s words, Su Wan’er felt a surge of delight in her heart:
This is great!
Since it’s not a particularly powerful great family, she didn’t have to worry about being pursued if she stole this kid’s things.
Before, when she went to the Sword Sect, she had only taken a bag of fire spirit pearls, and the Sword Sect had treated her as if she had killed their parents. The entire sect had come out to chase her, forcing her to come to Jade Pass City to escape the commotion.
But then again…
Su Wan’er glanced at Ye Anping’s face again. This kid looked quite intelligent, but he was actually incredibly foolish at heart.
He actually showed off his wealth to someone he had just met.
Did he think she would admire him after he showed off?
Heh…
Although he is indeed good-looking, I’m not a silly girl who can be swayed by a pretty face.
Su Wan’er pursed her lips and asked:
“Young Master Liang, are you not afraid that I’ll rob and kill you, and steal your storage bag?”
“I see Miss Su as a beautiful and kind person, not someone so wicked.” Ye Anping smiled and said, “How about it? If Miss Su doesn’t mind, would you like to have a drink and chat with me?”
“You’re so glib-tongued, but if you’re paying, I don’t see why not. Free wine, why not indulge?”
“Certainly, but I just arrived in Jade Pass City today and have some matters to attend to. Could we arrange it for tomorrow? I’m staying at the inn across the street tonight. If Miss Su doesn’t mind, we could drink in my room tonight…”
“You want to lure me into your bedroom right after meeting? Do you think I’m that foolish?”
Su Wan’er crossed her arms. She stood on tiptoe but found she was still shorter than Ye Anping, and felt a little helpless, pouting:
“Forget it, we’ll talk tomorrow.”
Ye Anping cupped his hands. “Then it’s settled for tomorrow.”
Su Wan’er glanced at the inn Ye Anping had pointed to, nodded, and walked away in the opposite direction.
After Ye Anping watched her figure blend into the bustling crowd, he was about to head back to the inn when a soft chime came from the Returning Star Bell in his storage bag.
Jingle-jingle~~
The sound came from the roof of the Sand Pavilion Teahouse behind him.
It seemed Su Wan’er had pretended to leave but had actually hidden on the roof behind him to observe him secretly.
He had to admit that Si Xuanji hanging a bell on her had been a great help.
Now, even if Su Wan’er’s escape arts were amazing, he could still know her location, increasing his chances of catching her.
“Hoo…”
He just didn’t know what Si Xuanji’s original intention was when she hung the bell on her. It probably wasn’t just for his convenience, right?
Ye Anping shrugged and stopped thinking about it, walking towards the inn.
Upon returning to the inn, Feng Yu Die was still feasting at the table, already on her third roasted chicken.
Pei Lianxue sat beside her with a disgusted expression, drinking water and spacing out.
Hearing Ye Anping’s footsteps, she quickly changed her expression from disgust and turned to look:
“Senior Brother, you’re back?”
“I went to the black market across the street to have a look and bought a spirit sword.” Ye Anping walked back to the table and sat down. He took out the spirit sword he bought from Wu Guang and placed it on the table, saying, “Senior Sister Feng, I bought this for you.”
!!
Feng Yu Die, who was gnawing on a roasted chicken, heard this and her head tuft stood on end:
“Oh? You bought it for me? Is it free?”
Ye Anping shrugged slightly and said:
“Don’t you need a spirit sword right now? This sword suits you. I bought it for fifty thousand, how about I sell it to you for forty thousand?”
“Fifty thousand…” Feng Yu Die narrowed her eyes, looking suspicious, and asked, “You’d do a losing business? Are you trying to trick me?”
Ye Anping put on a bitter smile and replied:
“You’ll need a good sword when you go to the Sword Sect in the future.”
“Then be honest… how much did you actually buy it for?”
Ye Anping looked away and replied:
“Forty.”
“Huh?” Feng Yu Die’s eyes narrowed even further. “Forty? Tell me the truth!”
“Alright, alright, I bought it for thirty thousand. Negotiating a price also has costs, let me earn something at least.” Ye Anping raised his hand in surrender. “Thirty-one thousand, take it or leave it.”
“Hmph~ Then you profited twenty thousand from me, but profiting ten thousand is acceptable then.”
Feng Yu Die wiped her nose with her oily hands and very readily took out three large bags and one small bag of spirit stones from her storage bag and threw them on the table:
“Letting you earn ten thousand! If it were anyone else, you wouldn’t even earn one thousand.”
“Yes, yes…”
Ye Anping took the spirit stones and put them into his storage bag. Then, he pushed the spirit sword towards Feng Yu Die. However, when Feng Yu Die unfurled the oil paper wrapping, she was stunned.
She furrowed her brows and asked:
“Isn’t this Senior Sister Xiao’s sword? Did something happen to Senior Sister Xiao?”
“Senior Sister Xiao must have pawned this sword.”
“Pawned it?”
“In short, Senior Sister Xiao is fine, and since you’ve paid for it, the sword is yours now.”
“Alright.”
Feng Yu Die pondered for a moment, drew out the sword, and examined it. Although she still felt it was a bit expensive, she didn’t feel like she had lost too much, so she didn’t say anything more.
Ye Anping was silent for a moment, then looked towards the inn’s entrance and said:
“The Immortal Thief has taken the bait. Don’t sleep tonight, all of you. And remember, don’t use your spirit sword or talismans, just use your fists. Don’t give her a chance to breathe or escape, beat her to death. Junior Sister, use the Snow Jade Myriad Spirit Sword to block her escape route, just don’t get too close.”
