When Chen Lin heard someone wanted to buy Mengpo Soup, he could not help glancing over.
Though the other person was disheveled and filthy, she looked much better than Consort Xu. At least her features were clearly visible. She was very beautiful and seemed in good spirits, as though she had not been here long.
She also wore a Phoenix Crown identical to his.
In fact, everyone here wore a Phoenix Crown. This was the Cold Palace, after all, a place for punishing the Xuanyin Great King's consorts.
If every Phoenix Crown had the same function, it was genuinely hard to say whether this person was a man or a woman.
"If you want Mengpo Soup, just buy it from Meng Po yourself. Why come to me?"
Chen Lin's eyes flickered as he questioned her.
To leave this place, he needed more information, so naturally he would not refuse someone who approached him.
The woman opposite him smiled sheepishly. She rubbed her face, wiping off some of the grime, then straightened up and said, "I've run out of Nightmare Coins. That old woman only accepts Nightmare Coins, nothing else. But I can trade you something else!"
"What?"
Chen Lin looked her over. Her clothing was so filthy it had acquired a patina; she hardly looked as though she possessed any treasures.
The woman hesitated, then reached into her grime-encrusted robes. After fumbling around for a while, she produced a glittering stone and held it up. "I'll trade this gemstone for it. How about it?"
As though afraid Chen Lin would not recognize its worth, she immediately added, "This isn't an ordinary gemstone. It contains a special kind of energy. If you can use it, it's extraordinary!"
Chen Lin said nothing, but inwardly he was astonished.
What she had taken out