"Senior Brother Ping'an?"
Li Ping'an stepped forward. "Twenty Spirit Stones, take it or leave it!"
"Fellow Daoist, I'm asking for two hundred Spirit Stones, and you're only offering twenty?
My elderly father is still waiting for those two hundred Spirit Stones to save his life!!"
The stallholder's tearful plea moved Yun Shu.
She was about to say something, but Li Ping'an pulled her around and walked away.
"Then we won't take it."
"Hey! Wait, twenty Spirit Stones it is."
Li Ping'an said, "Throw in this drinking cup, too."
"Done!" The stallholder agreed readily.
Yun Shu: ...
What about your elderly father? Wasn't he waiting for two hundred Spirit Stones to save his life?
After they had walked some distance, Yun Shu looked back.
She saw the stallholder tearfully telling his next customer,
"My elderly mother is waiting for three hundred Spirit Stones to save her life!!"
Yun Shu, who had spent years cultivating on Shushan, suddenly felt as though she were discovering the world anew.
Half a day later, everyone gathered together. Everything had gone smoothly.
There was just one more batch of medicinal ingredients that would not arrive for another two days.
After some discussion, they decided Yun Shu would lead the group escorting the medicinal ingredients back first.
Li Ping'an and Situ Lei would wait there for the last batch.
Two days later.
Li Ping'an and Situ Lei left Thousand Dew Marketplace with the final batch of medicinal ingredients.
However, shortly after they left,
several figures silently set off in pursuit.
"Senior Brother Ping'an, something doesn't seem quite right!"
Situ Lei's spiritual sense detected some kind of danger.
Li Ping'an said, "Mm, someone's following us."
Situ Lei's expression changed. "Then... what should we do now? Give them the ingredients?
They must have come prepared. With just the