"Shopkeeper Li, this is the Tianlan Star Domain. We're bound to cross paths again, so don't take things too far. Otherwise, nobody benefits," Shangguan Rui said with a dark expression, his threat plain as day.
Ning Wuque was furious. That idiot. A deal might fall through, but we can still part on good terms. Who threatens someone just because they disagreed over a few words? I never should have brought that fool along.
Shi Yue's expression also turned cold. "I, Shi, wasn't raised to be intimidated. Fellow Daoist Shangguan, I won't see you out. Fellow Daoist Ning, you should leave too!"
"Fine, I'll leave. Who's afraid of whom?" Shangguan Rui stood and strode away without a moment's hesitation.
Ning Wuque wanted to explain, but seeing Shi Yue's icy expression, he knew there was no point. He followed Shangguan Rui out.
"Boy Shi, didn't the Myriad Beasts Palace pre-order a batch of Rare Spirit Herbs from you? Why did Shangguan Rui specifically want to pre-order Purple Yun Fruit?" Xiaoyaozi asked curiously.
"Who knows? Maybe Shangguan Rui wanted to buy a few Purple Yun Fruits for himself. Three-thousand-year-old Purple Yun Fruits are the main ingredient for refining Purple Yun Pills. They can help a Saint Beast advance when it takes one. But judging by Ning Wuque's reaction, their relationship doesn't seem especially good. You saw how furious Ning Wuque was; he was just holding it in. Since they aren't close, I think Shangguan Rui was deliberately putting on a show for me, trying to provoke me. I suspect someone might have told him to do it, to drive a wedge between Ning Wuque and me. I just don't know which faction is behind it."
Outside the Immortal Herb Palace, Ning Wuque frowned, his face cold. "Fellow Daoist Shangguan, what was that about?