Qin Yi's way of thinking and values differed vastly from ordinary people's. Whether in the long term or short term, if he believed something was worth doing, then it was worth doing—even if it ran completely counter to conventional beliefs.
Nine Songs was a top-tier cultivation art certified by Tuanzi, but so long as Qin Yi subjectively judged his old employer worthy of investment, even if the man was merely a minor gentry figure from the Shu Region who had never found the door to cultivation, he could hand over the complete Nine Songs directly.
If the price exceeded the value, he would simply treat it as an investment.
If the other party failed to meet his expectations, then it was merely a failed investment.
As for daring to bite back at him—
Fate's gifts would have their prices marked in the shadows.
Watching Zou Qing still hesitate over whether to accept it, Qin Yi put on the air of a reclusive master's disciple newly entered into the martial world and asked softly,
"Is this pill very precious?"
Hearing that question, Zou Qing's expression became somewhat unnatural. He answered awkwardly,
"A single Spirit-Opening Pill can increase the cultivation speed of a Dharma Entry Realm cultivator like me tenfold for half a month. Even with ordinary silver, one cannot buy it—there is a price, but no market."
Qin Yi showed just the right amount of surprise, while his thoughts immediately began to stir.
In that case, the man's hesitation was understandable. One pill was equivalent to two months of bitter cultivation.
However,
According to him, this pill's effect on Qin Yi was far too weak. It only lasted three days, and its efficiency was merely doubled or so.
Was it because of his physique, his cultivation path, or both?
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