Chapter 68

"Alright, I'll have someone pack it for you right away. By the way, little brother, do you need anything else besides these?" Tong Wu waved to the other clerks and asked Zheng Shiyi.

Zheng Shiyi, propping his chin in his hand, said, "I need a large quantity of high-quality pills that can resist the cold. Help me find them."

"Sure!" Tong Wu responded, personally going to the counter with the pills and taking out all the high-quality ones. He asked, "Little brother, these are all high-quality pills. How many do you need?"

"All of them." Zheng Shiyi picked up one of the pills and replied calmly.

"All of them?" Everyone stared at Zheng Shiyi in shock. The price of pills was very high, especially high-quality ones.

They usually only bought a small portion when they came to buy pills, but they never expected this guy to want them all.

"Can he afford it?" Everyone murmured.

Tong Wu wasn't sure if Zheng Shiyi could afford it, but his intuition told him that if he didn't give this kid what he wanted, he would face big trouble.

"Let's get this kid out of here first." Tong Wu smiled and nodded at Zheng Shiyi, packing the items himself.

Soon, he brought the pills to Zheng Shiyi and the other clerks had also packed the food and placed it in front of him.

Zheng Shiyi shouldered the pills and food and asked, "How much do these cost?"

Tong Wu thought for a moment and smiled, "All these items together cost at least 50,000 taels of silver. Considering..."

Zheng Shiyi interrupted him, "What about soul stones?"

Tong Wu was taken aback, and so were the others.

Soul stones were extremely hard to obtain. Disciples usually saved their soul stones and only used them in dire situations, so no one used soul stones to buy things.

However, items in the general store could still be exchanged for soul stones.

Everyone looked at Zheng Shiyi as if he were an alien.

Tong Wu recovered from his shock and said apologetically, "I lost my composure. If you pay with soul stones, it would be at least 50 soul stones. Considering the dog has offended you, I'll take 45 soul stones."

Everyone was so envious they almost drooled. They had bought things here many times, and the prices were always fixed, but they never expected Mr. Tong to reduce the price by 5 soul stones.

"That's 5 soul stones!"

Ordinary disciples could only get a few soul stones after working for several months or even a year, and Mr. Tong was willing to let this guy off with 5 soul stones.

Who is this guy? Mr. Tong actually gave him such a big favor.

Everyone started to ponder Zheng Shiyi's identity.

"Slap!"

Zheng Shiyi took out 50 soul stones from his pocket and threw them in front of Tong Wu, saying coldly, "Mr. Tong, you are a reasonable person. In the future, control your dog."

Tong Wu sighed in relief, finally getting rid of this troublemaker! This guy was someone even the law enforcement team and elders dared not touch! Like Lu Ming...

They were just helping Xu Sa, but in the end, they were all killed by Zheng Shiyi. If Zheng Shiyi continued to make a fuss, he would be implicated too.

Although Zheng Shiyi said it that way, Tong Wu understood that Zheng Shiyi was speaking to him.

The others looked at Zheng Shiyi with guilt as he left. They had looked down on him because of his ragged clothes, thinking he had no money.

Even when Zheng Shiyi proposed buying all the pills, they still sighed, wondering how he could afford it.

But in the end, the person they had looked down on actually paid with soul stones, while they, who thought they had money, had how much?

Copper coins in their money bags? Don't be ridiculous! The guy took out soul stones!

There were very few people in the Xuanming Sect with such courage!

Only at this moment did everyone realize that their previous whispers and sarcasm were not because Zheng Shiyi couldn't refute them, but because he didn't bother to.

However, although Zheng Shiyi bought the items, don't forget... the food he bought was reserved by inner disciples. Would they let him off so easily?

Everyone shook their heads in pity for Zheng Shiyi, "Inner disciples are not easy to provoke. This kid is in trouble now."

A fat guy in the crowd, propping his chin, was deep in thought, "I seem to have seen this guy somewhere, but where? I can't remember."

"Ah, right!" Suddenly, he had a bright idea. He remembered who Zheng Shiyi was. On the day Zheng Shiyi and Zheng Song had a life-or-death battle, he happened to be standing in front of his boss, Tian Kun.

Before the battle, Zheng Shiyi had a conflict with Tian Kun, so he naturally remembered Zheng Shiyi's face. However, Zheng Shiyi's face was dirty, so he didn't recognize him at first. Now he understood who Zheng Shiyi was.

He smiled wickedly, "When did this kid become so rich, using soul stones to buy things? If I tell Brother Kun, how happy will he be?"

"But, where is this kid going with so many things?"

With this question in mind, he followed Zheng Shiyi, and many others followed as well.

Zheng Shiyi walked to a secluded place, put down the two large bags, took out the Swallowing Heaven Bag, and quickly put the food and medicine inside.

The people who followed him didn't know where Zheng Shiyi was going, so they searched everywhere. After a while, they found him.

Looking closely, they saw Zheng Shiyi putting the medicine and food into a bag he had taken from his waist. No matter how much he put in, the bag seemed to be empty.

"Swallowing Heaven Bag! It's actually a Swallowing Heaven Bag!"

They immediately understood what the bag in Zheng Shiyi's hand was.

Each of them looked like a hunter who had found prey, their eyes gleaming! The Swallowing Heaven Bag was extremely valuable, and who could afford it except for disciples from powerful families?

"His Swallowing Heaven Bag probably contains a large amount of soul stones. If I can take it, won't I be rich?"

These people narrowed their eyes, calculating something. When they came to their senses... Zheng Shiyi was already gone.

"Where is he?"

Everyone was surprised at how quickly Zheng Shiyi disappeared and quickly chased after him.

"I have to tell Brother Kun about this!" The fat guy said and headed for Tian Kun's residence.

Zheng Shiyi walked to the Death Deep Pool and jumped in, returning to where the woman was.

Zheng Shiyi smiled and said, "Senior! There really are so many soul stones there. Could it be that this place was your home, and you were imprisoned here after stealing soul stones?"

The woman opened her eyes and looked at Zheng Shiyi, shaking her head, "I did not commit any wrong."

Zheng Shiyi stretched his neck and said, "Then were you framed?"

The woman smiled but said nothing.

Zheng Shiyi naturally understood that the woman had been framed and patted his shoulder, promising, "Since you were framed, I can help you challenge the 'Three Trials' to clear your name!"

The woman shook her head, "The 'Three Trials' are useful for you and inner disciples, but not for me."

Zheng Shiyi's emotions were stirred. The punishment elder had told him that after enduring 300 Soul-Extinguishing Sticks, he could punish anyone he wanted, and no one could interfere. How could it not be useful for her?

Zheng Shiyi frowned and said, "The 'Three Trials' are not useful for you? Senior, what is your background?"

The woman hesitated and said, "Actually, there's no need. I live quite comfortably here."

Zheng Shiyi looked at the chains binding the woman and the bun crumbs nearby, "Comfortable? I don't see it."

"Since that's the case, let's put this aside for now. If you ever want me to challenge the 'Three Trials' for you, I can help."

"Perhaps when my strength improves, I can find out more about you."

The woman frowned, "Why are you so interested in my affairs? Are you really not sent by those people? No! You must be putting on an act for me."

The woman looked at Zheng Shiyi coldly and said, "If you don't want to die, don't inquire about these matters."

"Right!" Zheng Shiyi remembered the food and pills he had bought, which were still in the storage bag. He slapped his head and took them out.

Soon, the items were piled up like a small mountain.

The woman looked at the items in surprise and asked, "Why did you buy so much food?"

Zheng Shiyi proudly spread out the items and explained, "Not all of it is food; there are also some pills that can resist the cold. You can't eat fish every day, can you?"

"If you're hungry, come and find some food. If you feel the cold again, these pills should help you for a while. I'm going to practice now."

With that, Zheng Shiyi walked to the lake and jumped in.

The woman stared at the place where Zheng Shiyi had left for a long time before closing her eyes again.

In the whirlpool, Zheng Shiyi activated the "Blood Flame Heart Method," and large amounts of spiritual energy gathered from his body to the wheel.

The spiritual energy on the wheel did not break through the ninth spirit wheel to carve the tenth. Zheng Shiyi knew he was missing tyrannical soul power.

He opened the Swallowing Heaven Bag and grabbed a handful. The soul stones in his hand instantly turned to powder, and crimson soul power flowed into his body through his palm. Half of it was absorbed into his soul seed, and the other half went to the wheel.

"How strange, why didn't the soul power completely enter the soul seed? Only half of it did?"

Zheng Shiyi felt puzzled by the change in soul power. When he first practiced with soul stones, the soul seed absorbed all the soul power from a thousand soul stones without leaving any. Why was only half of it entering the wheel now?

"Could it be that something below is pulling the soul power, preventing it from fully entering the soul seed?" With this doubt, Zheng Shiyi grabbed another handful of soul stones.

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**End of Chapter**