Chapter 37

"No."

Meng Jing directly refused, fearing trouble. She was about to leave, pulling Jiang Ping'an along.

"Don't go yet."

The man's bulky body blocked the door.

"You can't earn ten thousand spirit stones in a lifetime, but you can get them just by being my concubine."

Zhang Ling had never seen such a beautiful girl before, his heart pounding. She was more beautiful than all his other women combined.

If it weren't for the bad influence of his previous woman-snatching, which got him beaten by his father several times, he would have snatched her right away this time.

"I said, no." Meng Jing coldly replied, her eyes full of disdain.

"I am the son of the city lord of Minghai City. Are you sure you won't consider it?" Zhang Ling's tone lost its previous enthusiasm when he saw her cold refusal.

"Are you done yet?" Meng Jing was getting angry.

Zhang Ling was very unwilling. If it were before, he would have snatched her right away.

To avoid being punished by his father again, he didn't dare to snatch her directly.

"Wood, let's go... Do you want to buy something?"

Meng Jing was about to call Jiang Ping'an to leave, but she noticed he was standing still at the counter.

"Boss, I'll take this knife." Jiang Ping'an said, looking at the beautiful blue-flowered knife.

"Wood, didn't you hear? This knife costs ten thousand spirit stones. We can't afford it, let's go." Meng Jing thought Jiang Ping'an hadn't heard the price, so she planned to buy it.

"Overestimating yourself, do you know what ten thousand spirit stones mean?" Zhang Ling couldn't help but laugh.

Even he, the son of the city lord, found it hard to come up with ten thousand spirit stones. His offer to buy it was just a trick to deceive Meng Jing, hoping to trick her into a physical relationship.

He never intended to buy the knife for Meng Jing.

"Are you sure? Do you have ten thousand spirit stones?" The boss asked doubtfully.

"No." Jiang Ping'an answered honestly.

The boss's face darkened, "If you don't have it, how can you buy it? Do you want to steal it?"

Jiang Ping'an reached out and placed a purple pill on the table, "Is this enough?"

A faint fragrance filled the shop.

"Foundation Establishment Pill!"

"Foundation Establishment Pill!"

Several exclamations sounded simultaneously.

The Foundation Establishment Pill was very famous and easily recognizable.

"Can I take a look?" The boss asked excitedly.

"Sure." Jiang Ping'an said.

Zhang Ling's fat face changed repeatedly, his eyes red with jealousy. This kid actually had a Foundation Establishment Pill, who knew where he got it from.

The boss's eyes were sharp, quickly judging it to be a high-quality Foundation Establishment Pill, and he was overjoyed.

He quickly put away the Foundation Establishment Pill and threw the knife to Jiang Ping'an, fearing he might change his mind.

Meng Jing kicked Jiang Ping'an and said anxiously,

"Are you stupid? The real value of this knife is definitely less than ten thousand spirit stones, but this Foundation Establishment Pill is worth more than ten thousand spirit stones. You're losing out!"

"Girl, what are you talking about? This knife is made of high-quality material and can accommodate advanced runes. If you find a rune master to add runes, its value will double!"

The boss was upset and said dissatisfiedly.

Meng Jing glared at the boss, "Do you think I'm stupid? Finding a rune master is very expensive. Why not use the money to buy better magical treasures?"

"Transaction completed, no returns!" The boss was firm.

"You..."

Meng Jing was so angry she wanted to scratch her head. She patted Jiang Ping'an's head, "You fool, you lost out big time. Ask me next time before making any decisions!"

She was very upset that Jiang Ping'an had been cheated.

"Here."

Jiang Ping'an handed the blue-flowered knife to Meng Jing.

Meng Jing was stunned, "What are you doing..."

"I'm giving it to you." Jiang Ping'an said.

"Giving it to me..."

Meng Jing felt her heart skip a beat, as if something had touched it.

It turned out this man had foolishly traded the Foundation Establishment Pill for the knife for her.

"You also practice knife techniques, I can't accept it, it's too valuable..."

"I'll take it back later. It's good for both of us if you get stronger."

Jiang Ping'an pushed the knife into Meng Jing's hands and didn't say anything more. He took out a cultivation technique and handed it to the boss.

"Boss, how much is this cultivation technique worth?"

This was the "Earth Piling Technique" given to Jiang Ping'an by Meng Kuo.

He might not pursue the path of spirit cultivation in the future, so the technique wasn't very useful to him.

This shop bought and sold treasures, so it should be able to appraise cultivation techniques.

The boss, who had made a big profit from the Foundation Establishment Pill, was very enthusiastic and took the "Earth Piling Technique" to examine it.

After a few glances, his expression became strange.

"This cultivation technique... is very low-level."

He actually wanted to say it was trash, but out of respect for the other party, he didn't say it directly.

"The method to judge the level is simple, just see how many meridians it can open."

"Three to ten meridians is a common technique, ten to fifty is an excellent technique, and over fifty is a super technique."

"This technique... seems unable to open meridians."

Hearing this, Meng Jing's face turned red. She recognized it as the technique her father had given Jiang Ping'an.

Stupid father, Jiang Ping'an was so generous, giving her a valuable knife worth ten thousand spirit stones, and you gave him a useless technique.

And you said it was found in a top-secret realm, how embarrassing. I'll have to talk to him later.

"Thank you."

Jiang Ping'an wasn't disappointed by the low-level technique, put it away, and left with Meng Jing.

The plump Zhang Ling stared at Meng Jing's petite and lively body, swallowing hard.

When he looked at Jiang Ping'an, a greedy look flashed in his eyes.

Jiang Ping'an and Xiao Bai went to a guesthouse to rest, "Two rooms."

"Sir, I'm sorry, we only have one room left." The boss smiled apologetically.

"Then one room." Jiang Ping'an could meditate and didn't need to sleep.

Meng Jing, who was playing with the sword, suddenly felt her heart race and dared not look at the man.

It was her first time sharing a room with a man, and she felt very embarrassed.

How can this be? Her father said girls should be conservative and not stay with other boys.

Should I refuse him?

After paying, Jiang Ping'an took the room key and said, "Let's go, upstairs."

"Okay."

Meng Jing, holding the knife, followed with her head down.

The room wasn't large but was clean, with only one bed.

"You sleep on the bed, I'll meditate in the corner."

Entering the room, Jiang Ping'an locked the door and sat in the corner to meditate and recover his strength.

Because they were traveling, he couldn't practice the energy-consuming "Dominant Body Technique," so he took out the "Earth Piling Technique" to read.

He was actually quite curious. Even a low-level technique should be able to open one or two meridians.

But this technique couldn't open any meridians.

Meng Kuo had said this technique was found in a top-secret realm, and he wouldn't lie. This technique might have special properties.

Meng Jing, holding the knife, saw Jiang Ping'an focused on cultivation and felt a bit upset. She didn't know why she was upset, it was just a strange feeling.

"Stupid Wood, the rice cake is on the table. Eat it if you're hungry."

Meng Jing pouted and jumped onto the bed, playing with the blue-flowered knife.

It was the first time she had received such a valuable gift, and she was almost too reluctant to use it.

After a while, Jiang Ping'an in the corner frowned.

"Something's not right. Other techniques open meridians, but this one follows the body's existing blood vessels."

Like the thick earth breathing technique Jiang Ping'an had practiced before, it required opening ten meridians in the body, and spirit energy would circulate through these ten meridians.

The more meridians opened, the faster the spirit energy circulated.

The reason for opening meridians was that the body's natural blood vessels were fragile and could burst with a slight impact, so special channels for spirit energy were needed.

Common physical cultivation techniques followed the natural blood vessels, which was very painful and could easily go wrong.

This was one of the reasons why physical cultivators were few.

This technique also followed the blood vessel paths!

Moreover, many parts of this technique were difficult to understand, unlike a low-level technique.

Although Jiang Ping'an had limited knowledge, he knew this was a special case.

After some thought, Jiang Ping'an decided to try practicing it.