Chen Qiu pondered for a moment, then suddenly laughed as he looked at Liu Zide. "This is our first meeting, and you're already asking me for fifteen thousand Spirit Stones. You've really got the nerve to open your mouth."
"But I think you've got some ideas."
"I'll give you these fifteen thousand Spirit Stones, and this Voice-Transmission Ring too."
"Forget about one-tenth or half of one-tenth. We'll go with the one-tenth you proposed. You get one-tenth."
"I just hope you won't disappoint me."
Very soon.
Chen Qiu removed the Soundproof Talisman and led Liu Zide back into the barren forest. Looking at the scholar, he said softly, "You two will have to work hard and follow him for the next couple of days. For these two days, listen to his orders. Do whatever he tells you to do."
"And this man."
He glanced at the burly man on the ground and said casually, "Since you said not to kill him, then we won't kill him."
He casually tossed another storage bag full of Spirit Stones in front of the burly man.
"Go back and find your boss. Have him mobilize every member of your gang to buy up every Qi-Replenishing Pill available in Mountain-Cleaving City."
"I'll wait for you here."
Only then did he turn to Liu Zide, patting him on the shoulder with a smile. "No need for any flying boat. My two brothers are much faster than any flying boat. I'm putting them in your hands for the next few days. They should speed things up considerably."
"Move, move, move!!"
"Where's the shopkeeper? Bring out every Qi-Replenishing Pill in your shop—we're taking them all!"
For a time.
Hundreds of burly men, bare-chested beneath their armor, stormed through every shop in Mountain-Cleaving City that sold Qi-Replenishing Pills, frantically snapping