Chapter 47

Huaxia Jiu turned his head with some doubt and saw that the person speaking was a young man dressed in golden robes, short and fat, with an ugly face. Behind him were two men who looked like lackeys, clearly indicating that this short and fat young man had some status and background.

Huaxia Jiu vaguely sensed that the words seemed to be directed at him. However, as long as the other party did not cause him any actual harm, he would not take it to heart. He even failed to notice the change in the woman's expression beside him.

Therefore, Huaxia Jiu's expression did not change at all. He quickly turned his head back and focused on the pill in his hand. His indifferent reaction to the young man in the golden robes, as seen by others, only confirmed what the young man had said.

Xian'er was originally half-doubting, but seeing Huaxia Jiu's reaction, her face turned somewhat ugly. Her gaze towards Huaxia Jiu was no longer gentle but became cold and disdainful.

Huaxia Jiu was completely unaware of all this. Even if he had noticed, he would not have taken it to heart. At this moment, while he was inwardly lamenting the high cost of the pill, his hands did not stop. He opened the jade bottle containing the Soul-Condensing Pill and poured a crystal-clear, round, fingernail-sized green pill into his hand.

Instantly, a fragrant aroma wafted from the pill, entering Huaxia Jiu's nostrils. Huaxia Jiu felt a surge of energy and instinctively took a deep breath.

In the next moment, he felt an extremely comfortable sensation emanate from his soul and quickly spread throughout his body.

" Fellow Daoist! If you're not buying, please don't open it casually. After all, even a single breath of the pill's essence is worth quite a few spirit stones." Xian'er's face showed impatience, and her voice was cold. As she spoke, she reached out and took the jade bottle from Huaxia Jiu's hand, and also took the pill from his hand, putting it back into the bottle.

Huaxia Jiu was taken aback by this and looked at Xian'er with a puzzled expression, revealing a thoughtful look. He glanced at the young man in the golden robes who had spoken earlier and said to Xian'er very sincerely, "You've been deceived. I am buying it."

Huaxia Jiu's voice was not loud, but because he had already attracted the attention of other cultivators in the hall, this sentence clearly reached the ears of everyone in the hall. The content of his words made others feel a slight hint of mockery. As a result, everyone glanced at the young man in the golden robes who had mocked Huaxia Jiu earlier, making the latter's ugly face gradually turn sour, and a glint of killing intent flashed in his eyes.

The young man in the golden robes came from a distinguished background, but because he had been ugly since childhood, with a strong sense of jealousy and a narrow mind, he was extremely hostile towards handsome men. His earlier mocking of Huaxia Jiu was because he had seen Xian'er showing a shy side in front of Huaxia Jiu and noticed Huaxia Jiu's handsome appearance, which had made him jealous and led him to mock and ridicule Huaxia Jiu.

Xian'er was taken aback by this, and then her brows furrowed.

This time, before Xian'er could say anything, Huaxia Jiu said, "I need five Soul-Condensing Pills and one Spirit-Condensing Pill."

"Ah! Oh! Alright, Daoist Brother, please wait a moment, I'll prepare the pills for you right away." Xian'er was still feeling annoyed with herself, but upon hearing this, she was momentarily taken aback. Then, she felt a surge of joy, thinking that although this transaction was not large, it was not insignificant, and the commission in spirit stones would be enough for her to cultivate for ten to fifteen days. She had long forgotten her earlier cold treatment of Huaxia Jiu.

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Xian'er's face was like a blooming flower as she watched Huaxia Jiu leave. She couldn't help but sigh with relief, her expression joyful. But before she could turn around, she heard a middle-aged man's voice.

"Go to the back storage for half a year. Depending on your performance, you might return to the hall if you do well." The voice was cold and condescending, coming from a middle-aged man sitting by the stairs.

Xian'er's face changed dramatically, but she dared not show any defiance. She bowed deeply to the middle-aged man and left the hall with a very unhappy expression, her beautiful eyes welling up with tears. After she left through a small door on the side of the hall, the tears in her eyes disappeared, but a trace of resentment lingered in the depths of her eyes.

The difference in the monthly earnings of a salesperson at the front desk of Tianxuan Tower and a laborer in the storage was like heaven and earth. The former could earn at least several hundred spirit stones, and with good luck, even several thousand spirit stones. The latter, however, earned less than a hundred spirit stones, and once they left the front desk, it was not easy to return.

Therefore, for Xian'er, this was undoubtedly a major turning point in her life, directly affecting her cultivation and her future, a significant setback.

Thinking about the bleak future of her cultivation, Xian'er couldn't help but secretly resent Huaxia Jiu. In her view, Huaxia Jiu clearly had the means to buy the pills but pretended he couldn't afford them, resulting in her poor service and punishment by the supervisor. She never considered that it might have been her own fault.

Huaxia Jiu left Tianxuan Tower and prepared to find an inn to try out the effects of the Spirit-Condensing Pill he had just bought.

Just as Huaxia Jiu had walked out of Tianxuan Tower for a few dozen breaths, the short and fat young man in the golden robes and his two companions also left Tianxuan Tower, following Huaxia Jiu at a distance with a sneer.

Half an hour later, outside a relatively remote and small inn called "Xiao Xiao Inn," the young man in the golden robes and his two companions looked at the inn hesitantly.

"Are we targeting the wrong person? This guy searched six inns before finally choosing this one, which is the cheapest in the entire Wu Ling City. How many spirit stones could he possibly have?" The young man in the golden robes said with some regret.

"Master! Don't you remember, this guy is a miser. At Tianxuan Tower, he complained about the high price of the pills. Besides, this guy is clearly participating in the Ziyu Sect's entrance selection. Regardless of anything else, if we can get that Ziyu Sect entrance selection jade token and sell it, we can get at least tens of thousands of spirit stones!" The tall, thin cultivator on the left of the young man in the golden robes, seeing that the young man was hesitating, quickly stepped forward and whispered in his ear.

The young man in the golden robes' eyes lit up, and a greedy look appeared in his eyes. He said, "Sigh! If it weren't for hiring low-level cultivators in the city to find the adult's long-lost daughter, how could I, the young master of the Zhao family of the Great Wu Empire's cultivation world, possibly engage in such a robbery? However, the cultivation world is a place of the strong preying on the weak. Besides, this guy is so handsome, even more so than me, and he was disrespectful to me at Tianxuan Tower. So, my first robbery in my life will be him."

With that, the young man in the golden robes led the way into the inn. The tall, thin cultivator and the other large-headed cultivator exchanged glances and followed closely behind.

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