CHAPTER 69: CHAPTER 69 HOW ABOUT LETTING THE MASTER TALK TO YOU PERSONALLY? _1

Immediately, she wiped the smile from her face and feigned anger. "But I’m warning you..."

Wang Xiu raised his hand. "Rest assured, Senior Sister, I’ll never be late for a mission again!"

Is that the point?

Xiao Qingyu slapped Wang Xiu’s hand away. "This has nothing to do with an overdue mission. It’s about you rashly getting involved in a Golden Core Stage Demon Cultivator’s mission. That sort of thing is extremely dangerous."

"If you all hadn’t been so incredibly lucky this time, running into that demon on an off day and seeing him slain by Heavenly Retribution, your entire group would have likely been annihilated."

"We Cultivators may not fear death, but we must not die a meaningless death!"

"If you take such a risk again, you can forget about ever getting another mission from me. Just stay obediently on the mountain!"

Although it was a threat, Wang Xiu was no fool who couldn’t recognize kindness. He could feel the deep concern in Xiao Qingyu’s words.

He raised his hand again in a pledge. "Don’t worry, Senior Sister. I know I was wrong. I definitely won’t dare to do it again."

That’s more like it.

Only then did a smile return to Xiao Qingyu’s face. She carefully lifted the Nourishing Soul Lotus. "Junior Brother, you are truly fortunate to have found a Nourishing Soul Lotus."

"With this lotus, we can heal one more elder whose spirit has been damaged."

With that, Xiao Qingyu glanced at Wang Xiu. "Junior Brother, you won’t be angry if I sell this Nourishing Soul Lotus to the Alchemy Sect, will you?"

The young woman watched Wang Xiu and added teasingly, "If you mind, then I won’t sell it."

Wang Xiu was momentarily taken aback. After some thought, he smiled. "Since this lotus was a gift to you, Senior Sister, it is yours to do with as you please."

"However," he continued, "I do have one more favor to ask, and I hope you could help me arrange it."

A half-smile played on Xiao Qingyu’s lips. "I knew your flower wouldn’t come without strings attached. Go on, what kind of trouble do you want your senior sister to handle for you this time?"

WHOOSH!

A light flashed from the space ring on Wang Xiu’s hand, and five wooden boxes materialized before him.

He smiled slightly. "Here are five Nourishing Soul Lotuses. I hope you can help me sell them for a good price and then buy something for me."

Xiao Qingyu: ???

Good heavens. He gave four Nourishing Soul Lotuses in one go before, and now he’s found another six? Junior Brother must have had some incredible fortune on his trip to Maple City!

However, as a True Disciple of Dragon Head Peak, Xiao Qingyu knew what to ask and what not to ask. Every Cultivator has their secrets, and it’s extremely foolish to pry into every last detail.

She opened a box and smiled. "Junior Brother, your fortune is truly astounding. These five Nourishing Soul Lotuses are in excellent condition. Sold as a bundle, they could fetch a price close to twenty thousand Spirit Stones."

"As for buying something, what do you wish to purchase?"

Wang Xiu smiled. "Array flags, again. I hope you can contact the Formation Sect and the Artifact Sect to refine a set of supreme Magic Artifact-grade Green Lotus Sky-covering Array Flags for me."

Xiao Qingyu: ???

She gave Wang Xiu a helpless look. "Junior Brother, I can run this errand for you, but getting a bargain like last time is probably impossible."

"After all, Elder Lu has already refined a batch of Supreme Soul-Nourishing Elixirs for free. We can’t keep taking advantage of him, can we?"

Wang Xiu nodded. "Don’t worry, Senior Sister, I understand."

"There’s no need for an inflated trade. As long as the price of the array flags is roughly equivalent to the value of the Nourishing Soul Lotuses, it’s fine. Even taking a small loss wouldn’t be an issue."

Favors were all about give and take, after all.

Wang Xiu had gotten a great deal when he’d traded for the Four Symbols Formation flags. If not for that "birdshot-rifle-to-cannon" upgrade, which multiplied their defensive power, he would have been in a very passive position when facing Daimon Qianmian’s attacks at the Zhao Residence. He might have been crushed to death before he could even finish chanting the Heavenly Calamity Curse.

Since he had taken advantage of their goodwill, it was only right to accept a small loss on this second trade. It wasn’t as if all the good things in the world could fall into his lap.

"Your mindset is excellent, Junior Brother," Xiao Qingyu said with a smile. "I’ll do my best to negotiate for you! There are quite a few elders in the Sect with damaged spirits, so these Nourishing Soul Lotuses give us plenty of leverage."

"If it really doesn’t work out, I’ll go and plead with my Master for help. His bargaining skills are far superior to mine."

As everyone knew, the Sect Leader ranked first among the four nuisances of Sanqing. Why? It was all thanks to his darned bargaining skills and his knack for moral blackmail. It was said that if an immortal crane so much as flew over Dragon Head Peak, it would have to leave behind two pounds of its feathers! Even ’Deadly Omen Luo Binglan’ and ’Sword-Hiding Dugu Qingqian with a Smiling Gift’ were no match for him!

"Ahem." Wang Xiu said helplessly, "I appreciate the thought, Senior Sister, but... for such a trivial matter, we shouldn’t bother the Sect Leader."

Good grief. The previous Sect Leader was the one who kicked the bucket in the battle eight hundred years ago. It’s a miracle my Master isn’t targeting the Divination Sect already, so why would a lowly disciple like me go prancing in front of him? That’s not just courting death; it’s plain stupid. If I really caught his attention, the entire pool of Nourishing Soul Lotuses on Spirit Turtle Peak would be confiscated by the Sect in exchange for 500 Spirit Stones and a commemorative banner.

Having turned in his mission, Wang Xiu left the Task Hall and flew toward Spirit Turtle Peak.

Xiao Qingyu, meanwhile, took out a Memory Crystal and channeled a magical art into it. An image of her holding the Nourishing Soul Lotus instantly appeared on its surface.

CLICK.

The image froze within the Memory Crystal—the lotus was cold and beautiful, as was the girl.

I’ll use the Memory Crystal to record the lotus my junior brother gave me.

Gently caressing the crystal, Xiao Qingyu smiled. She closed all the boxes, then took a Communication Token from her waist and sent out a call.

"Hello~~~"

"Elder Lu, it’s me, Qingyu~"

"Don’t hang up, don’t hang up!"

"Elder, what bad intentions could a frail, pitiful little fairy like me possibly have?~"

"I just saw you working so hard refining the Supreme Soul-Nourishing Elixirs and wanted to show my appreciation. You love Peach Blossom Brew, don’t you? I’ll send a few jars your way in a bit!"

"Oh~"

"You’re almost done with those four Nourishing Soul Lotuses? You produced twenty-seven elixirs with triple the potency?"

"Wow~! Elder, you’re so amazing!~"

"What? You were just a bit rusty since it’s been so long since you’ve refined Soul Supplement Pills, so the first cauldron only yielded six, but the next three cauldrons each yielded seven?"

"Oh, I see~"

"So the main problem is that you ran out of Nourishing Soul Lotuses? Otherwise, with a few more cauldrons, you’re confident you could push for eight elixirs per batch? And the quality of the Soul Supplement Pills would be even better?"

"Elder, you’re the best!~"

"Hehe, well, isn’t this a coincidence~!

"I just so happened to find five... I mean, six more Nourishing Soul Lotuses, so could you possibly..."

BEEP~

BEEP~

BEEP~

...

Watching the light on the Communication Token dim, she knew he had hung up. Xiao Qingyu sighed softly. She sent another communication request and was rejected. She sent it again, still rejected. After three or four attempts, she finally gave up on harassing him.

Instead, she chose to leave a message—

Elder, I know refining elixirs is hard work, so this time it won’t be for free. I’ll pay you a handsome reward.

If that’s still not enough, then perhaps I’ll have to ask my Master to have a word with you?

Yes, she would give up on harassment and opt for a threat instead.

It was well-known that Xiao Qingyu, the True Disciple of Dragon Head Peak, always tried to win people over with virtue and reason, never going too far. But if the Sect Leader got involved... well, that man had no shame whatsoever.

He could cry poverty and freeload someone to death!

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