The group came to a stone table. Shenhe deftly picked up the teapot on it, found the water source inside the abode with practiced ease, filled the pot with clean water, and set it on the stove beside the stone table to boil, like a gracious hostess entertaining visitors in her own home.
While they waited for the water to boil, Yucheng finally had another chance to ask, "What did you come to see me for? And how did Shenhe end up with you?"
"Well, Ningguang has decided to rebuild the Jade Chamber. One of the three things she still needs is a treasure called the Mingxia Floating Life Stone, and we heard you had one."
"Oh, I see. You want the Mingxia Floating Life Stone I left with the Feiyun Commerce Guild?"
"Not quite, Yucheng. According to Xingqiu from the Feiyun Commerce Guild, that stone might fetch over a billion Mora at auction. We're not close enough to ask you to give us something that valuable.
"We came to tell you that you could give the stone to Ningguang yourself. She'll pay a high price for it anyway, and you'll even get to ask her a question. That's an incredible deal."
"Heh, Paimon, how much Mora do you think Ningguang means by a high price?"
"Uh, it wouldn't be as much as the auction, but it should still be seven or eight hundred million Mora, right? Add in the chance to ask her any question you like, and it should be worth it."
Yucheng smiled and held up two fingers, slowly waving them at the girls. "Only two hundred million Mora."
"What? Why so little?" Paimon's big eyes were full of confusion. That was far too big a difference.
"Actually, on the very day the Jade Chamber was destroyed,