As soon as Wang Ting finished speaking, Xu Yi turned and left. He had barely gone when several voices called out, inviting him over to look at their jade pendants. Now that Xu Yi and Wang Ting had failed to make a deal and Xu Yi had walked away, the others could call him over without violating the rules of the Cliff Gathering.
Wang Ting was frantic. He had thought he was about to land a fat catch, but he hadn't expected the buyer to be so crafty. Now, if this buyer slipped away, his jade pendant would go back to being a ballast stone, and who knew how many more years it would lie in his Starry Sky Ring.
He watched Xu Yi, only to see that Xu Yi wasn't heading toward any of the stalls that had called to him. Instead, he stopped in front of Song Chu's stall, interested in the Bodhi Leaf string that no one had even glanced at.
"Thirty Profound Yellow Pills, Senior Brother. Just take it. I'm taking a huge loss on this one, so if you've taken a fancy to it, I've got nothing to say." Song Chu held out the string of Bodhi Leaves with a look of utter sincerity. He even skipped the usual explanation of what the leaves did, clearly assuming Xu Yi already knew.
The truth was, Xu Yi had no idea what they were for. He had stopped only because the string of Bodhi Leaves seemed strange. They looked like real leaves, but when he extended his perception toward them, he sensed that they were formed from an ethereal energy, with power faintly spilling outward.
Song Chu assumed he knew his stuff and didn't explain their use. Afraid of giving himself away, Xu Yi couldn't ask, so