"Look, here's fifty taels of fine silver..."
Guo En's forehead was covered in sweat.
Li Ping'an clutched his chest and groaned.
"Owww~"
Guo En hurriedly corrected himself. "Fifty taels certainly isn't enough. Another twenty."
"Oh, my poor little heart."
"Another twenty certainly wouldn't do either."
Guo En felt his heart bleeding.
Li Ping'an held one hand over his heart and pinched the groove above his upper lip with the other.
Old Ox copied him, pinching the groove above his bovine upper lip with a hoof.
The corners of Guo En's mouth twitched slightly.
In the end, the matter was settled for a hundred taels of fine silver.
Li Ping'an's heart instantly stopped hurting, and he cheerfully loaded the chest of silver onto Old Ox's back.
Old Ox was so happy his tail spun like a little windmill.
"Off we go~"
Man and ox headed home with light steps.
Li Ping'an bought some furniture.
He also used the money to buy a few young hens and several ewes, and raised a litter of adorable little rabbits.
Spirit Stones were rare in a place like this.
Fortunately, he still had some on hand, enough for his cultivation for the time being.
Two months passed in a flash.
Li Ping'an had somewhat underestimated his cultivation speed. The two bags of Spirit Stones were soon almost used up.
So he wondered whether the town's black market had any low-grade Spirit Stones.
He asked around in the black market but found no leads.
Li Ping'an had expected as much. With or without Spirit Stones, he could cultivate just the same.
The only difference was how long it took.
So he had only gone with the idea of giving it a try, and let it go when his inquiries turned up nothing.
That day, Li