Lin Ying: All the Female Cultivators in the World Envy Me
Hearing this, Fairy Qu paused, then looked up at Lin Ying, then at Lu Yang, carefully choosing her words before speaking, "Well... the Turbid Essence Pill is extremely difficult to refine, and the materials are very precious. There are only two left in the shop. As for the rest, because the materials used in its refinement are also very precious, it's difficult to gather enough for a full bottle of ten... Moreover, the price... is not low."
To be honest, she found it hard to believe that a female cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Realm could produce so many Spirit Stones.
Don't let the fact that Qu Mingxin is the shopkeeper and Brother Yu's dao companion fool you; she doesn't actually have that many Spirit Stones to offer!
She might be able to use ordinary pills at will, but these precious pills require rare and valuable heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Even Brother Yu himself is reluctant to use too many, so she naturally has even less chance of obtaining them.
Lin Ying smiled and said, "Senior, could you calculate how many Spirit Stones were spent in total?"
Qu Mingxin glanced at Lin Ying again, then began to calculate. "Two Turbid Essence Pills, a total of 20,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones; Crimson Marrow Pills, the shop still has four in stock, a total of 36,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones..."
She laid out all the prices and calculated them for Lu Yang and Lin Ying. After finishing, her expression was somewhat strange as she said, "Young friends, the total is 897,420 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones."
Qu Mingxin paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "If you need it, young friend, we can round down this large order to 897,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones."
Lin Ying nodded, then glanced at her Storage Bag with her Divine Sense, turned to look at Lu Yang, a hint of a smile flashing in her eyes, "Lu Yang, I don't have enough Spirit Stones."
Lu Yang nodded and chuckled, "I'll pay for it. I'll take it all."
He spoke casually, but inside he was incredibly pleased.
That's more like it!
The Urban Tycoon System requires some shopping and spending, right?
Otherwise, he wouldn't know what to do with the Spirit Stones he had!
In his past life, he had actually thought about what kind of system he would have, which would allow him to have a lot of money and then spend it at the mall.
He had certainly imagined scenarios like, "I don't want this or that, but I want everything else," or "I want the whole building."
I never thought I could do something I couldn't do in my past life, but I did it in this one.
It can be considered a dream come true.
At this moment, a series of question marks appeared in Qu Mingxin's mind.
She had initially assumed that the female cultivator had an impressive background, which explained her extravagant spending on pills.
After all, as the shop owner, she had naturally heard about what happened in other shops.
Unexpectedly, this female cultivator actually asked this male cultivator for Spirit Stones to buy something?
Moreover... that's a whopping 890,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones!
If we calculate it as Low-Grade Spirit Stones, it's a whopping eight hundred million!
As Ning Yu's dao companion, she also possessed a considerable amount of Spirit Stones, but in total, it amounted to only a little over a hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
This is considered quite wealthy among the Golden Core Realm cultivators.
However, even these eight hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones were an astronomical figure for her!
Although Brother Yu can produce so many Low-Grade Spirit Stones, it will still cost him a lot of money!
And this male cultivator actually agreed to the female cultivator's request so easily, spending so many Spirit Stones to buy her pills?!
At that moment, even Qu Mingxin felt a pang of envy and even jealousy.
If it were Brother Yu, he probably wouldn't be willing to go to so much for me, right?
She couldn't help but glance at Lin Ying again. Lin Ying's eyes, visible through her veil, showed little surprise; it all seemed like a very ordinary thing.
This gave Qu Mingxin an even more uneasy guess.
Could it be that this male cultivator frequently spends so many Spirit Stones on her?
Despite her generosity and open-mindedness, the female cultivator showed no surprise whatsoever.
Qu Mingxin felt even more sour inside.
She paused for a moment, then looked at Lu Yang and asked to confirm, "Fellow Daoist, the total is 897,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones. If you have no further questions, shall we begin the transaction?"
Lu Yang nodded, then took out nine Spirit Stone bags, Spirit Stone containing 100,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and smiled, "Count them."
Qu Mingxin took a deep breath, opened the Spirit Stone bags one by one, scanned them with her Divine Sense, and smiled at Lu Yang, saying, "Quantity is fine, deal."
Then she looked at Lin Ying and smiled, "Young friend, you are truly blessed to have such a loving dao companion."
Lin Ying smiled slightly, her tone filled with pride. "Yes, meeting him is the greatest luck of my life."
Qu Mingxin felt a pang of bitterness in his heart.
Let alone this Foundation Establishment Realm female cultivator, even for her, meeting such a person is the greatest fortune.
A male cultivator who can casually produce such an astronomical number of Spirit Stones to buy her pills—what female cultivator wouldn't like that?
She gave a dry laugh, unsure how to respond, so she took out the pills and counted them in front of Lu Yang and Lin Ying.
As Alchemist, Lin Ying could easily verify the authenticity of a pill by simply smelling it. Once that was done, the transaction was complete.
Qu Mingxin chuckled and said, "It's a rare treat for you two distinguished guests to come all this way. Why don't you try some of our shop's prized spiritual tea?"
Lin Ying shook her head and smiled, "No, we have other things to do."
Lin Ying wasn't particularly interested in spiritual tea; what spiritual tea could compare to Dao Comprehension Tea?
Even excluding the Dao Comprehension Tea, Lu Yang had all sorts of other miscellaneous spiritual teas in his possession, more than she could possibly drink.
Qu Mingxin didn't insist, but simply smiled and saw the two out of the VIP room.
The cultivators on the second floor exchanged a shocked glance when they saw Qu Mingxin's smile, which had previously been reserved and arrogant, now warm and welcoming. She saw the two of them out the door and even escorted them downstairs.
They were well aware of Qu Mingxin's temperament.
Qu Mingxin herself came from the Qu Household Qu Household, a top-tier Golden Core Lineage. She was quite talented, possessing Supreme-Grade Spirit Root. In addition, she had Ning Yu, the personal disciple of the Supreme Elder of the Crimson Cloud Sect, as her dao companion, so she was naturally extremely proud.
Unexpectedly, Qu Mingxin was being so enthusiastic towards the two unidentified cultivators.
This seems to have caught them somewhat off guard.
However, cultivators who have reached the Golden Core Realm are naturally not stupid. They quickly guessed that the two cultivators had bought a lot of good things in the private room, and the amount of Spirit Stones they spent probably moved Qu Mingxin.
Thinking of this, many Golden Core Realm cultivators' eyes flickered, and a few of them left the second floor, disappearing without a trace.
After saying goodbye to Qu Mingxin, Lin Ying took Lu Yang's hand, her eyes sparkling with sweetness, and smiled, "Senior Qu seemed quite envious of me just now."
Lin Ying also used a lot of Divine Sense- related heavenly materials and earthly treasures. At this moment, her divine soul was also at the Golden Core Realm, so she could vaguely sense Qu Mingxin's emotional fluctuations.
Lu Yang smiled slightly and said, "She's not the only female cultivator who envies you."
Lin Ying's eyes sparkled with love as she smiled gently and said, "If others knew what kind of person my dao companion is, I'm afraid all the female cultivators in the world would envy me."
Lu Yang puffed out his chest with a smug look. "What you said makes a lot of sense."
Seeing Lu Yang's smug look, Lin Ying opened her mouth, originally wanting to thank Lu Yang for appearing in her life, but after thinking about it, she realized that given their relationship, there was absolutely no need for such a thing.
She silently moved closer to Lu Yang, their arms intertwined, and continued walking silently down the noisy street.
Then, Lin Ying seemed to remember something and glanced at Lu Yang with some surprise, asking, "By the way, that Fairy Qu was exceptionally beautiful, why didn't I see you exchange telepathic tokens with her?"
Lu Yang: "???"
Good grief, why do I feel like in Lin Ying's eyes I'm some kind of lecherous guy who wants to contact every pretty girl he sees?
He was exasperated, and said righteously, "What are you talking about? I'm not that kind of person! I still have principles, okay? She's a married woman!"
Lin Ying blinked, then teased with a mischievous smile, "So that's why? I was wondering why you'd changed your personality."
Lu Yang: "..."
He squeezed Lin Ying's small hand speechlessly, then leaned close to Lin Ying ear, a little embarrassed and angry, and said fiercely, "You little brat, Yingying, how dare you tease your husband! I'll teach you a lesson tonight!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Ying's expression changed, and a hint of fear flashed in her eyes, recalling everything that had happened yesterday.
She didn't want to be treated like a pet, so she quickly straightened her expression and said, "Let's continue our stroll..."