"Senior, this is a Spirit Stone!"
Lin Buzheng was taken aback by the old man's attitude, but he quickly reacted and explained seriously.
Lin Buzheng's spirit stone was the reward given to him by the upper echelons of the High Saint Sect for obtaining first place in the Hundred Battles Trial. It was filled with dense spiritual energy, and its quality was even better than that of ordinary spirit stones.
The old man sneered, "Spirit Stones are the essence of Heaven and Earth, the accumulation of the Great Dao. They can help a Venerable One break through and control a King's Magical Weapon. Your Spirit Stone has no Spirit Qi and is so dim that even an ant looks down on it. If it's not a Spirit Stone, what is it? Do you think it's worthy of my wonton?"
The old man's words caused Lin Buzheng to be tongue-tied and unable to speak for a long time.
"The old man is right. You didn't give him a Spirit Stone, but a Spirit Stone Dregs."
Xiao Hui, who was lying on Lin Buzheng's shoulder, said, "When I broke through the seal, I noticed that the Great Dao is not apparent in this world, Spirit Qi is thin, and the cultivation environment is very different from ancient times. It's not an exaggeration to call it the Difficult Dao Era.
"Under these circumstances, your so-called Spirit Stones have shrunk greatly, and the Spirit Qi they contain is pitifully thin. In ancient times, they are indeed Spirit Stone Dregs."
Lin Buzheng frowned when he heard that. He never thought that there would be such a saying. He quickly tried to salvage the situation, "I'm sorry, Senior, this is the first time I've heard of this. Can I give you a Spirit Object?"
The old man shook his head without hesitation, "No! My wonton shop has only accepted Spirit Stones since it opened. It has been like this since the time of the Taichu Heavenly Emperor. No one is an exception! "
"This …"
Lin Buzheng was stunned when he heard that. "To tell you the truth, what I just gave you was the last Spirit Stone I have. You're not willing to accept a Spirit Object, this is difficult … Why don't you owe me for now!"
When Xiao Hui heard Lin Buzheng's words, it was also stunned, "I'll owe you first … Brat, do you know who you're talking to? I wanted to come here to eat wontons, but I had to do it sneakily and fearfully. You, on the other hand, want to eat for free … I think you're going to hang yourself with that Emperor outside the shop! "
"No!"
"My shop is small and doesn't earn much. We don't take credit. You must pay me spirit stones!"
"If you really don't have any Spirit Stones, you can stay in the wonton shop and help me, just like this smelly civet cat!"
The old man snorted coldly, his face filled with dissatisfaction.
Lin Buzheng glanced at the old man and asked cautiously, "Then … how long will I have to work for Senior?"
"Three hundred years!"
The old man's words immediately caused Lin Buzheng to suck in a breath of cold air. He still had many things to do in the outside world, such as diligently cultivating and investigating his past … If he really stayed in the wonton shop for three hundred years and finally regained his freedom, it would probably be too late.
"Don't worry, you're not the worst!"
Xiao Hui said gloatingly, "When Tianheng Emperor came to the shop to eat wontons, he also didn't have a single Spirit Stone on him. In the end, he was detained in the shop by the old man for a thousand years. In the 400th year, a future female Quasi-emperor came to the shop to eat wontons. She also didn't have any Spirit Stones on her and was detained in the shop by the old man for another five hundred years … In the end, when the two of them regained their freedom and left the wonton shop, their big fat son was running all over the place!"
Xiao Hui's words were full of ridicule, half true and half false, causing Lin Buzheng to furrow his brows, desperately thinking of a way, "No, I can't be trapped here for three hundred years, I must think of a way to give this senior the spirit stones to escape …"
"Oh, right!"
"Senior, I have a kind of jade stone with me. Its Spirit Qi is denser than normal Spirit Stones, but I don't know what grade of Spirit Stone it is. Please take a look!"
In the next moment, Lin Buzheng suddenly remembered that he had obtained a kind of mysterious jade stone from the Demonic Dragon's treasure vault. The Spirit Qi it contained was even denser than normal Spirit Stones. The thing that illuminated the jade stone was a top-grade Night Illumination Pearl. The platform on which the jade stone was placed was made of Indestructible Meteoric Iron. No matter how you looked at it, the jade stone was extremely valuable.
Not long ago, when Lin Buzheng and the Two-faced Dwarf exchanged the top-grade Night Illumination Pearl, the Indestructible Meteoric Iron Rod, and half a stalk of Saint herb, all the items he had on him. Only this strange jade stone was left untouched.
Originally, Lin Buzheng had planned to appraise it after entering the Divine Might Sect. Unfortunately, the situation was too urgent and Lin Buzheng couldn't care less. With the attitude of treating a dead horse as a living horse, he took out the strange jade stone and handed it to the old man.
"Hmph, this is a Spirit Stone!"
"Brat, if you had taken it out earlier, everything would have been fine!"
"Hanging out with that civet cat all day long, even letting it be your guardian, sooner or later, it will bring you to the gutter!"
The old man glanced at Lin Buzheng and Xiao Hui, then put away the jade stone. Without another word, he returned to the boiler and busied himself.
Seeing this, Lin Buzheng let out a long sigh of relief.
It was obvious that his guess was correct. This strange jade stone was a higher grade than normal Spirit Stones. It was highly possible that it was a top-grade Spirit Stone used by Martial Arts Almighties.
Only a spirit stone of this quality would be able to catch the eye of the old man and satisfy him.
"Meow, it's this brat who wants to eat for free. What does this have to do with me?"
Xiao Hui was baffled by the old man's sarcasm. However, it reacted quickly and grinned, "Brat, I didn't expect you to have real Spirit Stones. Hurry up and take out a few hundred pieces to show your filial respect to your guardian!"
"You still have the cheek to mention it?"
Lin Buzheng snapped, "You clearly know the difference between the Spirit Stones of today and the ancient times, but you didn't mention it beforehand. You almost made me die of old age in this wonton shop. I didn't even get a single piece!"
Lin Buzheng and Xiao Hui bickered as they left the wonton shop.
"Thank you for the opportunity, Senior. I will take my leave now!"
Before Lin Buzheng left, he did not forget to bid farewell to the old man respectfully.
The bowl of wonton he ate was cooked by the old man using many Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items. It greatly increased his body's potential and brought him endless benefits. The old man only took one Spirit Stone from him as a token. If he were to calculate it seriously, Lin Buzheng would not be able to buy it even if he sold his entire fortune.
Lin Buzheng had received great benefits from the old man. Naturally, he was grateful and thanked him sincerely.
"Old man, I'm leaving too!"
Xiao Hui stood on Lin Buzheng's shoulder, its tail swaying gently. It looked at the old man with an extremely complicated gaze.
It was different from Lin Buzheng. In the ancient times, it had stolen a wonton from the old man and was detained in the wonton shop by the latter. It had lived with the old man for ten thousand years and knew how terrifying the old man was.
But of course, with Xiao Hui's strength, it would be extremely easy for him to escape from the wonton shop. However, he didn't do so, and he hid within the wonton shop instead. In this way, he was able to avoid the calamity that was about to befall him.
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