It was indeed a big business! Wen Fang gritted her teeth in hatred and said, "Big Brother, you're looking down on me too much. Although the South Edict Manor branch is small, it's still a branch of the Chamber of Commerce. You just had to hand over the business to me, and I would have been able to gather resources just like that Luo Ping. But you didn't even give me the chance to do so. Taking ten thousand steps back, even if you're afraid that I won't be able to finish it, you should at least leave some soup for me to try. To think that I personally made some snacks and came all the way to see you. You're so heartless. "
Miao Yi was speechless. 'Are you here to see me? You're trying to steal my business, right?
Take the matter of those ten thousand jars of wine for example. If Luo Ping hadn't used his personal connections to find someone to appraise them, even Luo Ping himself wouldn't have been able to determine the value of those jars. If he had asked Wen Fang to take over, the wine might have been left behind for Yao Ruoxian to rinse his mouth. It would have been a miracle if it had been the same.
Of course, he only thought this in his heart. On the surface, he still said perfunctorily, "Hehe, next time, next time I will definitely look for you."
Wen Fang's eyes immediately lit up. She seized the opportunity and said, "Big Brother, this is what you said. You can't take advantage of this little sister's ignorance and trick this little sister. This little sister will take it seriously."
"I'll remember it." Miao Yi chuckled.
Unexpectedly, Wen Fang poked his face with her fair little finger. Miao Yi tilted his head back slightly and asked, "What are you doing?"
Wen Fang hooked her pinky finger at him. "Pinky promise. Don't go back on your word."
Under her coercion, Miao Yi helplessly stretched out his pinky and hooked it with hers. He realized that this woman's hand felt pretty good, but this situation was a little like a child's game.
Seeing this, Miao Yi couldn't help but sigh, "I say, Wen Fang. You've done your business to such an extent. The Celestial Nation Chamber of Commerce must be blind to not put you in an important position."
"If you don't want this little sister to be covered in dust, as her big brother, you have to help her, right?" Wen Fang loosened her grip and chuckled. "I see that you're very busy, so I won't disturb you any longer. I'm going back now. I'll go greet Qian 'er and Xue' er. "
After she greeted the two ladies and came out of the house, she smiled sweetly and reminded Miao Yi, "Big Brother, Little Sister will be waiting for your news in South Edict City. If you make me wait for too long, don't blame me for disturbing you again. "
Miao Yi nodded perfunctorily and chuckled, thinking to himself, 'I've finally sent this woman away.'
As Wen Fang turned around and left, the smile on her face gradually became strained. Gradually, he felt bitter, but soon after, he revealed a resolute expression that encouraged himself. He believed that as long as he worked hard, he would definitely succeed. He wouldn't have to sit on the bench in South Edict City forever. He wouldn't be looked down upon forever …
After quickly dealing with the miscellaneous matters around him, the situation in Mount Calming Sea had been stabilized. Accompanied by Qian 'Er, Miao Yi entered the depths of the mountains.
The empty mountain was quiet. Birds were chirping, and old trees were covered with wisteria. Qian 'Er led the way with a pure and beautiful smile. The mountain path was difficult to traverse. Although it wasn't considered difficult for a cultivator, Miao Yi, who was following behind her, still reached out to support her soft waist from time to time out of instinct.
Ever since he arrived at Mount Calming Sea to take up his post, Miao Yi had yet to meet Yao Ruoxian. All they knew was that he was hiding in the depths of the mountains. As for his exact location, they did not know. Furthermore, his hiding spot was rather far away from Mount Calming Sea. This was because Mount Calming Sea had a lot of troops. If they got too close, they would definitely be exposed.
In the end, the two of them arrived outside a cave on a perilous peak. Standing at the entrance of the cave, they saw Yao Ruoxian scribbling on a stone wall.
Qian 'Er called out, "Master, we came to see you."
"Hehe, you're here …" Yao Ruoxian turned around and saw that Miao Yi had arrived as well. His face immediately tensed up. As if he hadn't seen anything, he continued to stroke his beard with one hand while drawing on the stone wall with the other.
Qian 'Er still wanted to say something, but Miao Yi raised his hand to stop her. He gestured for her to wait outside the cave, while he walked in himself. "Senior Yao, I'm here to retrieve my mantises."
Yao Ruoxian turned around and coldly said, "You're about to die. What do you need these worldly possessions for?"
Miao Yi knew that he was referring to his upcoming trip to the Sea of Constellations. He chuckled and said, "If I die, you won't be able to control these mantises either."
"Brat, you're not here for a thrill, are you?" Yao Ruoxian casually tossed away the stone in his hand. With his hands behind his back, he walked to the stone couch and looked at the group of mantises lying on it, gnawing on crystal coins. "If you have something to say, spit it out. Don't think I don't know why you sent those two girls here to leak the news."
"Senior is wise indeed." Miao Yi walked behind him and swept a glance at the little ones on the stone couch. "Help me refine a set of life-saving transcendent artifacts."
"Refining transcendent artifacts is no problem. This is my line of work." Yao Ruoxian extended his hand and said, "Bring me the materials."
Miao Yi swung his hand, and a hundred and fifty urns of Crystalline Obsidian were piled on the ground. A wooden box was placed on top of the pile of Crystalline Obsidian and opened it. Inside were a hundred First Grade Yao Cores neatly arranged in rows, while thirty-three Second Grade Yao Cores were placed on top.
Yao Ruoxian stared blankly at the Yao Cores in the wooden box. He then opened another urn of Crystalline Obsidian to take a look, and asked in surprise, "Brat, where did you get rich this time?"
"I'm so poor right now. How could I get rich?" Miao Yi smiled bitterly. "I spent my entire fortune to buy these things."
As soon as he said this, the little mantises on the stone couch buzzed towards him and pounced straight for the Yao Cores in the wooden box. Yao Ruoxian waved his hand and stored all the little ones into his storage ring. He then turned around and asked in bewilderment, "Those people flying around Mount Calming Sea earlier were from the Chamber of Commerce? You sold that Glorious Star immortal herb? "
Yao Ruoxian had checked through all of this brat's assets. Other than selling the Glorious Star immortal herb, he couldn't think of any other way Miao Yi could've gotten the money to exchange for these things.
Miao Yi shook his head and said, "No. That was the key to my survival when I went to the Sea of Constellations. How could I sell it? Unless I don't want to live anymore."
Yao Ruoxian nodded slightly. He agreed with Miao Yi. However, he twirled his beard as his eyes darted around. 'It looks like this brat has another source of wealth!'
He coughed dryly and asked in a serious tone, "What are you planning to refine?"
Miao Yi pondered for a moment. The more prepared he was to go to the Sea of Constellations, the higher his chances of survival would be. Thus, he braced himself and took out fifty First Grade Yao Cores from his storage ring, then placed them back into the box containing the Yao Cores.
He already had these Yao Cores with him. Most of them were originally obtained from the Sea of Constellations. All these years, he had used them to refine transcendent artifacts, as well as replenish the transcendent artifacts after fighting and killing. He only had about a hundred left. Now, he braced himself and took out another half. The remaining fifty or so Yao Cores he had were prepared for the Sea of Constellations to replenish the transcendent artifacts' energy.
Miao Yi exhaled and pointed at the pile of items. "Help me and Charcoal refine another set of Second Grade transcendent artifacts. Refine the rest of the Yao Cores into various life-saving talismans."
"Looks like you've really thrown caution to the wind in order to save your life, brat. You actually didn't hesitate to refine that single-use toy at all costs. Talismans are expensive items." Yao Ruoxian chuckled, "Aren't you lacking something in the materials you prepared?"
Miao Yi waved his hand and took out another pile of skins he'd peeled from the bodies of the seventy-two Fort Masters. They were all materials for refining talismans. He'd been keeping them on hand all this time. Now that he'd finally emptied them, he asked, "Is it enough?"
Yao Ruoxian gestured with his finger and said with the face of a profiteer, "Refining so many things will require a lot of Blaze Resins!"
He knew that Miao Yi had quite a lot of Blaze Resins on him. If he didn't take this opportunity to extort them, then when would he?
Miao Yi replied indifferently, "No. I sold them all."
"Uh..." Yao Ruoxian was taken aback. He then said disapprovingly, "It's fine if I pay for the Rouge Resins. Count them into my wages. It's fine if you have enough wages. I don't need much from you. Just give me eight or nine billion Gold Crystals."
"No. I'm so poor right now that I can't even take out ten million." Miao Yi's expression was still indifferent.
Yao Ruoxian chuckled coldly, "Brat, are you joking with me? I helped you refine so many things in one go. Not only are you not paying me, but you want me to pay you instead? Are you out of your mind? "
"I really don't have any money. I'll just owe it for now."
"Are you kidding me? With your cultivation, I don't even know if you'll be able to come back alive from that damned place. What if you die without even a speck of dust left? Who am I going to ask for my wages then?" Yao Ruoxian stretched out his hand, "Don't play games in front of me. Pay me first, then I'll refine the things for you. No credit."
Miao Yi flipped his hand and gave it to him. It wasn't his wages, but a jade archive instead.
"What does this mean?" Yao Ruoxian had a suspicious look on his face. He imbued his transcendence energy to examine it. He wouldn't have known if he hadn't looked at it, but once he did, he realized that it was a list of Miao Yi's recent transactions with the Celestial Nation's Chamber of Commerce. As he read on, he realized that Miao Yi had really sold all those Blaze Resins.
When he saw the price of those wines, the expression on his face was very interesting. Soon after, he seemed to have thought of something, and his expression gradually froze. He raised his head and asked weakly, "Why are those wines so expensive?"
He didn't have much confidence in his words. He seemed to recall that he seemed to have drunk quite a lot!
Miao Yi asked in astonishment, "Could it be that Senior doesn't know that what you drank was spiritual wine? A jar of such expensive spiritual wine can easily cost tens of thousands of Gold Crystals. Did you see the most expensive one on the list? I was afraid that Senior would be picky and unhappy if you drank poorly. So in order to flatter you, I gave you mostly those that cost one million and five hundred thousand Gold Crystals a jar. You've drunk about five thousand jars of mine all these years … Senior, what's with your expression? Heavens! Senior, do you really not understand these wines, or are you pretending to be ignorant so that you won't remember my favor? I didn't ask you to pay me back. There's no need for you to disgust me like this, right? "
Actually, Miao Yi didn't know what grade the spiritual wine he gave to Yao Ruoxian was on sale. He guessed that it could be a mix of good and bad. The so-called five thousand jars was nothing. He did have three thousand jars, but he reckoned that Yao Ruoxian wouldn't take it seriously and deliberately keep track of how much he had drunk. If he casually added another two thousand jars, the other party probably wouldn't even know.
"Five thousand jars …" Yao Ruoxian was at a loss. He really couldn't remember. But he made a rough estimate. It had been so many years, and he often drank them. Even though he wasn't sure of the exact number, he probably had a few thousand jars.
More than five thousand jars cost one million and five hundred thousand Gold Crystals …
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