"Tsk, what are you pretending to be?"
The shop assistant could not stand it any longer. He was just a guest official, and an unknown one at that. He was actually picking things up and walking through three rows of bookshelves without seeing a single cultivation technique book. For a guest official like him, it was already not bad to be able to buy a cultivation technique book on the first row of bookshelves.
Du Feng heard the shop assistant's words but ignored him. He just did not understand why the attitude of this bookstore's service staff was so bad. Did they not want to do business anymore?
"If you can afford it, then buy it. If you can't, then leave. Don't wander around."
This shop assistant was not in this line of work. He even said such words. It was obvious that he wanted to chase the customer away. In his opinion, most of the guest officials were beggars. They used the pitiful merit points they received to buy things and then sold them to earn the difference.
To put it bluntly, the merit points of the guest officials were all obtained by following the main family to complete missions. Under normal circumstances, the main family could kill 90% or even more of the mission targets. The guest officials were just following blindly. To put it bluntly, they were just there to make up the numbers.
Under such circumstances, the main family would adjust the distribution so that the guest officials could only get 10% or even less of the merit points. Thus, they were generally poorer.
However, Du Feng was being picky in the shop. He did not even look at a single cultivation technique book. It did not seem like he was here to shop, but more like he was here to cause trouble. The shop assistant could not take it anymore and was about to chase him away. Hearing his voice, the other shop assistants pretended not to know. In fact, they just wanted to watch a good show.
Du Feng arrived at the fourth row of bookshelves. This time, there was something decent. The price was 50 merit points, 60 merit points, 70 merit points, 80 merit points, and the highest was 100 merit points. Generally, a cultivation technique of this level was not considered weak. Especially for a guest official, most people could not afford it.
However, unexpectedly, Du Feng shook his head and sighed. He still did not like it. His Mystic Divine Palm was worth 200 merit points. Now that he had finally arrived at Silver City, he naturally wanted to buy something better.
"Hey, are you buying it or not? If not, then leave."
The other shop assistant couldn't stand it anymore. He felt that Du Feng was purely making fun of them. He didn't even take a liking to a cultivation technique book that was worth 100 merit points. Wasn't he a little too good at acting like a lord? He was in charge of the fifth bookshelf, and he didn't want Du Feng to rummage through it.
"Don't you have anything good in your shop? Why are they all cheap goods?"
No matter how good-tempered Du Feng was, he couldn't bear to listen to them anymore, so he casually retorted.
"Don't brag. You can't even afford these. What else do you need?"
"That's right. If you don't have money, don't pretend to be a big shot here. If you have the ability, then buy it."
"Take out the money and let us see."
This sentence completely infuriated all the waiters in the shop, and they all scolded him.
Uh … The other party was speechless from their insults, thinking that these people must be sick in the head. They were just a few shop assistants. To put it bluntly, they were just working for others. Why are you scolding the customers instead of serving them properly? Where did the shopkeeper go? Did he not care about them? Even if the shopkeeper didn't care, the owner of the shop wouldn't be willing.
But the strange thing was that no one cared about this situation, and the more the shop assistants scolded, the more excited they became.
What the hell is going on? Is the status of a Foreign Minister in the Silver City so low? But thinking about it, it didn't seem right. When he went to the grocery store to buy things, the attitude of the people there was quite good. Although it was a grocery store, it was quite complete, and the scale wasn't small.
What the hell is this shop assistant doing? Do they have a grudge against me?
Du Feng didn't understand the situation, and he didn't want to cause trouble in the Silver City. Since they don't welcome me, then I'll leave.
"What? You want to leave without buying anything?"
In the end, just as Du Feng turned to leave, he was stopped. Not only did the shop assistants not sell him anything, but they also didn't let him leave.
Something was wrong. Something was definitely wrong. These shop assistants were purposely looking for trouble so that they could force him to make a move. Du Feng immediately became vigilant. One had to know that this was the Silver City, and he would be punished if he made a move first. Moreover, he was in someone else's bookstore. If he made a move, the shop assistant would probably be expelled from the Silver City.
"I'll buy it. Who said I won't buy it?"
Du Feng could really endure it. He still hadn't fallen out with them. He casually picked up a cultivation technique book from the first bookshelf. Since he could settle a troublesome matter with just one merit point, why not?
The shop assistants had originally thought that Du Feng would fly into a rage and start a fight, but they didn't expect him to admit defeat. He picked up the cheapest skill book and was about to pay the bill and leave. It was just one merit point. It wasn't worth getting angry over.
After Du Feng bought the book that was worth one merit point, he was about to go out. He checked his merit points while he was at it.
Eh, something's wrong. He had three merit points left, and this time, he was allocated another 1,000 merit points. The total was 1,003. After buying that book, he should have 1,002 left. Why was it still 1,003?
He was about to ask why when he heard a voice from the door. "Catch the thief, don't let him escape."
Then, the shop's windows were closed. They were planning to catch him as a thief. Du Feng immediately understood that this was a trap. They were purposely provoking him to buy the book. No matter the price, they would eventually fail to pay and say that he was a thief.
According to a normal person's train of thought, they would throw the skill book away and say that they were innocent.
Du Feng did the exact opposite. He held the cultivation technique book tightly in his hand and did not have the slightest intention of putting it back. This was evidence. If he put it back now, it would be easy to be tampered with. Things had already reached this point. It definitely wasn't as simple as the shop assistant looking for trouble.
The shopkeeper had purposely blocked the door. It must have been premeditated for a long time.
"Quick, quickly report to the authorities that we caught the Linghu Family's guest thief."
As expected, this had something to do with the family's struggle. But the Linghu Family had so many guests, why were they targeting him? Du Feng quickly got the answer because the shop's door opened again.
However, after the door opened, there were many people outside. There was also a young master surrounded by the crowd. He looked at Du Feng with a smile.
"I didn't expect that Linghu Yunce's guest thief would even steal a book with one merit point. It seems that he's really stingy."
"Yes, the Linghu Family has always been stingy, especially this Linghu Yunce. He's not even willing to give a single merit point to the guest."
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