Chapter 79

Lin Haoming felt a bit strange; why was this girl so happy to see him? Looking at her, it didn't seem like she had any romantic interest in him.

"Junior Brother Lin, it looks like you're a regular at the Treasure Pavilion!" Jasmine's attitude toward Lin Haoming made Ling Shengjie's suspicions ease, and he even said this on purpose.

"Of course!" Lin Haoming naturally nodded in agreement.

Jasmine didn't care about Ling Shengjie; she just smiled at Lin Haoming and asked, "Fellow Daoist Lin, shall we go upstairs directly?"

"Sure!" Lin Haoming agreed again and followed Jasmine toward the stairs.

When they reached the stairs, Lin Haoming and Jasmine went up, but Ling Shengjie was stopped by a Foundation Establishment cultivator who said, "Fellow Daoist, disciples at the Qi Condensation stage are not allowed upstairs!"

Hearing this, Ling Shengjie became somewhat angry and said, "I am the great-grandson of Elder Ling of the Blood Refinement Sect. I've been to the upper floors before, not just the second floor!"

"Elder Ling? If you really came with your Elder, you would naturally be allowed up!" The Foundation Establishment cultivator said this, with no intention of letting him up.

Seeing this, Lin Haoming was secretly delighted but worried that Jasmine might let Ling Shengjie up for his sake, so he deliberately gave her a look, signaling her not to let Ling Shengjie up.

Jasmine didn't know why Lin Haoming was doing this, but since the person Lu Laoguan had taken care of had signaled her, she deliberately said, "Fellow Daoist, this is a rule of the Treasure Pavilion. Please don't break it. Fellow Daoist Lin was allowed up because a senior specifically requested it. You can wait downstairs for a while!"

Faced with the Treasure Pavilion's people, Ling Shengjie was angry but didn't dare to really lose his temper, at least not without his Elder.

Seeing Ling Shengjie in a bind, Lin Haoming's suppressed mood eased a bit. After deliberately exchanging a few pleasantries with him, he went upstairs.

Walking up the stairs, Lin Haoming had an additional mid-grade spirit stone in his hand, which he directly handed to Jasmine, smiling, "Thank you for your help earlier, Fellow Daoist Lin doesn't want others to know about the transaction. That person has a significant position in the sect, so I'm grateful to you!"

Jasmine was somewhat surprised. The other party was just a Qi Condensation disciple, yet he gave her a mid-grade spirit stone as a tip. She had been working at the Treasure Pavilion for a long time, and the total tips she had received were not as much as this. For a moment, she felt embarrassed to accept it.

Seeing her hesitation, Lin Haoming reassured her, "Fellow Daoist, don't worry, take it. I earned quite a bit from the spirit stone mine competition in the sect!"

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Lin. I'm Jasmine. Please don't call me 'Fairy,' just call me by my name. If you need anything in the future, feel free to find me!" Jasmine smiled and took the spirit stone. This was a significant resource, and using it on herself might give her a chance to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

Seeing Jasmine become more friendly, Lin Haoming knew his tip had worked. However, he also noticed that he was following Jasmine to the Kunjia room.

This time, when they entered, there was no one inside.

Just as Lin Haoming was puzzled, Jasmine spoke first, "Fellow Daoist Lin, please rest for a moment. Senior Qin will be here soon!"

Hearing that it was indeed that woman, Lin Haoming asked curiously, "Jasmine, who exactly is Senior Qin? She doesn't seem like an ordinary person, does she?"

"I can't say much about that, but Fellow Daoist Lin, you must be polite to Senior Qin!" Jasmine thought for a moment before saying this.

Hearing this, Lin Haoming understood and nodded, sitting down at the table while Jasmine left.

He hadn't been sitting long when, with the sound of the door opening, Senior Qin indeed appeared.

The two previous times he had seen Senior Qin, she had been sitting. Now, watching her walk in gracefully, he had a moment of illusion.

Qin Aorou walked in with each step so light, as if she were walking on a cloud. Her cold, ethereal beauty made her seem like a fairy from a painting, stepping out of the canvas.

Though the fairy in the painting was beautiful, she wasn't real, lacking human emotions. The same feeling came from Senior Qin in front of Lin Haoming.

Sitting in the same spot as before, Qin Aorou glanced at the room's open restrictions and said coolly, "Fellow Daoist Lin, what do you want to buy this time?"

Her emotionless tone was something Lin Haoming had gotten used to.

In fact, Lin Haoming had quite a few things to sell this time.

He had obtained so many storage bags and gathered so many items that it was far more than a Blood Refinement Sect disciple could digest in a short time. Selling them at a discount would also bring other troubles, and selling too much would draw attention. So, Lin Haoming had decided to sell everything at a 70% discount.

Although the Spirit Gathering Pearl could produce spirit stones, yielding a terrifying twelve mid-grade spirit stones per day, mid-grade and high-grade waste spirit stones were not so easy to obtain. Therefore, selling the useless items was still very important for him.

Lin Haoming placed five storage bags on the table and said, "Senior Qin, I want to sell these items to the Treasure Pavilion at a discount."

Qin Aorou's expression stiffened as her divine sense swept over the five storage bags.

She was almost disbelieving at the sheer quantity and variety of items the young man had brought out.

Seeing so many items, she took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and after a while, said, "Did Lu Laoguan give you these things?"

Suddenly hearing this unexpected question, Lin Haoming was stunned for a moment before scratching his head in confusion, "Who is Lu Laoguan?"

Qin Aorou looked at Lin Haoming's expression, and for the first time, her face showed a different expression in front of him.

She asked with a hint of surprise, "Lu Laoguan didn't give you these?"

"These are from the spirit stone mine competition in the sect, which I took from others. Of course, I've heard that the Treasure Pavilion doesn't easily leak information about transactions!" Lin Haoming said honestly.

"Of course, I misunderstood you. I apologize, but you have so many items, it might take me a long time to count them all," Qin Aorou seemed to believe Lin Haoming and apologized, though still without any emotion.

"That's fine!" Lin Haoming said without worry.

In fact, Qin Aorou didn't pay much attention to Lin Haoming's attitude. She had already taken out several jade slips and started her work.

Lin Haoming didn't urge her, just watching her continuously price the items in the storage bags.

Seeing Senior Qin's serious demeanor, Lin Haoming suddenly realized that this woman had a unique beauty when she was focused.

Her already beautiful face became even more radiant when she was focused, her eyes sparkling. She transformed from a fairy in a painting into a real fairy, even evoking a sense of heart palpitations.