Gold was the common currency in the world of martial arts, more precious than silver.
Chi Deposition Pills that could greatly increase the cultivation speed of qi path martial artists only cost three hundred taels of gold each.
The Lin family's elders' annual salary was only ten thousand taels of gold.
Not long ago, Lin Buzheng bought a set of mid-grade defensive magic tools including a magic robe, armor artifact, and spiritual boots for a mere sixty thousand taels of gold.
But right now, Fatty Lin's entire table of food and wine cost a shocking three hundred thousand taels of gold.
To Fatty Lin, such a price was an astronomical sum. Not only could he not afford it, but Lin Buzheng also could not afford it.
At that moment, Fatty Lin was like an ant on a hot pan, anxiously pacing around. His expression was one of extreme anxiety and fear, almost to the point of peeing himself.
"Cut the crap, this is how much your meal costs, don't order if you can't afford it!"
"If you can't afford three hundred thousand taels of gold, don't even think about leaving. You'll have to work at the Drunken Immortal Inn and pay for it!"
When the waiter of the Drunken Immortal Inn saw Little Fatty Lin's performance, his eyes were filled with disdain. He was even more certain that Little Fatty Lin was here to freeload. Even his gaze towards Lin Buzheng was filled with contempt.
"Here you go."
"This is three hundred thousand taels of gold, keep it well."
However, at that moment, Lin Buzheng spoke calmly. He reached into his chest pocket and took out a thick stack of gold notes, handing it to the waiter without even looking at it.
"Wow, so many gold notes!"
"I've misjudged, so you really are a big customer!"
The waiter of the Drunken Immortal Restaurant hurriedly took the gold note and turned it over several times. After confirming that the amount was correct and that it was indeed three hundred thousand taels of gold, the way he looked at Lin Buzheng and Little Fatty Lin changed.
He smiled and bowed, regretting that he looked down on Lin Buzheng just now and did not see through his extravagance.
"Hmph, what do you mean don't order if you can't afford it?"
"Do you see that? We have plenty of money. Hurry up and serve the spiritual wine and spiritual meat!"
When Little Fatty Lin saw that, he instantly became majestic and arrogant, ordering the waiter around as he pleased.
"Brother, when did you become so rich!"
But in the next moment, after the waiter left, Fatty Lin's face changed. He looked at Lin Buzheng with a look of utter shock. He had not expected Lin Buzheng to be able to take out so much gold.
Lin Buzheng smiled without saying a word.
When he first came to Evergreen County, his cultivation base was low and he did not have much money.
But later on, with the increase of his cultivation and a series of fortuitous coincidences, Lin Buzheng's value soared.
For example, he casually sold a Emerald Water Mystical Serpent's egg and earned more than ten million gold taels.
In comparison, Lin Buzheng could easily take out a mere three hundred thousand gold taels, so he didn't care about it at all.
"Fatty, who's this senior?"
Lin Buzheng asked calmly. While talking to the waiter, he looked past Fatty Lin's fat figure and fixed his gaze on the old man at the same table.
It was an old man in a black robe.
He had dark hair and a small body, only reaching Lin Buzheng's chest.
However, his gaze was firm and he was in high spirits. He had a white beard that was a few inches long. He looked dignified without being angry.
As Lin Buzheng and Fatty Lin bickered with the waiter, the black-robed elder did not utter a single word. He was completely focused on eating the spirit meat on the table, as if there was nothing more important than eating to him in this world.
In fact, Fatty Lin did not even touch the spiritual wine and meat that were worth three hundred thousand taels of gold. It was the old man who was eating, and he was almost done.
"Don't mention it."
"What senior? He's just an old bastard through and through!"
"Others explore for treasures, but when it's my turn, I dug up an ancestor. How infuriating!"
When Little Fatty Lin heard that, he was instantly enraged. He flew into a rage and looked like he wanted to devour someone alive.
It turned out that not long ago, when Fatty Lin heard that a treasure had been unearthed from the Eagle Claw Mountain, he went to search for it.
In the end, when he was digging for treasure in a nameless mountain, he accidentally dug up this old man in black.
The old man was a man of few words and his background was a mystery. He looked like a normal person, but he did not know anything. After he was dug up by Fatty Lin, he had been following him around.
If that was all, then it would be fine.
What was worse was that the old man's appetite was terrifying. He only ate spiritual meat and drank spiritual wine every time he ate. All his expenses were paid by Fatty Lin.
If Fatty Lin refused, not only would he have nightmares that night, he would also feel uncomfortable as if he was being held down by a ghost.
When he woke up the next day, all of his valuables would have disappeared without a trace, all of them gone.
After a period of torture, Fatty Lin finally broke down.
He borrowed money from everywhere and was in debt. He fed the old man well, as if he was paying tribute to his ancestor.
"Big brother, to tell you the truth, I've been in debt for a hundred thousand taels of gold just to serve this ancestor."
"Big brother, help me think of a way to get this ancestor to leave, or else you can slap me to death!"
Little Fatty Lin complained to Lin Buzheng, snot and tears running down his face. It looked like he had been tormented by the black-robed elder quite a bit during this period of time.
"The meat is finished, I want more!"
At that moment, the old man burped and finished the last plate of spiritual meat, as if he was purposely trying to provoke Fatty Lin. He signaled to Fatty Lin that he was not full and that more food should be served.
"Oh my god!"
"This plate of spiritual meat is worth sixty thousand taels of gold. I haven't even smelled anything and you've already finished it!"
"I-I … Big brother, I won't say anything else, just give me a quick death!"
Fatty Lin cried. He felt that he really did not want to live anymore.
"Little Fatty, stop messing around!"
"There must be a reason why this senior chose to stay by your side. You should be more respectful to this senior!"
Lin Buzheng shook his head.
Although this black-robed old man looked extremely ordinary and there was nothing special about him, Lin Buzheng instinctively felt that this person was not simple and was definitely not ordinary.
In the next moment, Lin Buzheng called the waiter over.
According to the old man's request, he ordered a portion of all the expensive spiritual meat.
"Haha, delicious!"
"Delicious, delicious!"
When the spiritual meat was served, the old man laughed heartily and devoured it happily. He did not even look at Lin Buzheng and Little Fatty Lin.
"What senior, I think this old man is just a good-for-nothing!"
"Because of this old man, not only did I become a pauper, I even owe a debt of four hundred thousand taels of gold."
"Sob sob sob, my life is so bitter!"
Fatty Lin watched the old man gobble down the meat. His stingy heart was in so much pain that he could not breathe.
This old man was not eating spiritual meat, but his own gold!
If it was possible, Fatty Lin really wanted to cut off his own flesh to exchange for it.
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