By contrast, Su Shi'er remained calm, still as water. He betrayed nothing, making his true thoughts impossible to read.
In truth, beneath that composed exterior, his emotions had long been churning.
The moment Madam Mei spoke, he knew she was certain he had more than a thousand top-grade Spirit Stones.
Perhaps she had guessed it from the large quantities of top-grade Spirit Stones Ning Caiyun and the others had been selling in secret.
Or perhaps she had some other means of detecting the spiritual energy fluctuations of the Spirit Stones in his Storage Pouch.
Whatever the reason, facing a Nascent Soul Stage giant who knew so much left him uneasy.
More than anything, he was relieved that he had brought only Spirit Stones on this trip.
The Heaven and Earth Furnace and his other treasures were with his other incarnation, safely back in the cave dwelling.
His thoughts raced. After a few breaths, Su Shi'er regained his composure.
When he looked again at Jiang Xueyan, her master, and the Fish-Patterned Old Man, all that remained in his heart was excitement.
He could certainly produce a thousand top-grade Spirit Stones.
Between his own Spirit Stones and Ning Caiyun's steady gains over the past few days, the top-grade Spirit Stones in his possession had exceeded a thousand several days ago.
And under the circumstances, there was little real difference between trading five hundred and a thousand top-grade Spirit Stones with Medicine King Island.
If anything, by Madam Mei's terms, trading a thousand would benefit him more.
Not only would he receive a thirty-percent premium, but he would also obtain the Thousand Year Stone Rock and Earth Hiding Spirit Sand. She had even promised him a favor.
Even setting that favor aside, the first two benefits alone made it impossible for him to