Looking into the young man's pitch-black eyes.
The woman inexplicably felt her heart tighten. Then she forced a smile and spoke frankly:
"You must be joking, fellow cultivator."
"Not only am I not cheating you, but because these two Magic Treasures are of such fine quality, I'm offering about twenty percent above the usual market price."
Hearing that, Ye Li nodded slightly.
"Then we have a deal."
Without another word, he reached out and took the pouch full of ancient coins she offered.
Clatter-
The crisp clinking of the ancient coins was rather pleasing, and Ye Li inexplicably found his mood improving a little.
"Thank you for your patronage, fellow cultivator."
Beaming, the woman cupped her hands in thanks, then turned to greet the next group of cultivators disembarking.
Ye Li tucked the leather pouch into his sleeve and headed toward the city gate.
Once his figure had vanished into the distance.
A scrawny, plain-looking man sidled up to the woman and couldn't help lowering his voice.
"Boss, why did you give him so much?"
"Those two Magic Treasures clearly came from the Kong and Wang Families. They're probably stolen goods he can't sell openly!"
"If you ask me, even if you'd pushed the price lower, he probably wouldn't have dared complain..."
The smile slowly faded from the woman's face.
She turned toward the man, who looked utterly pained by the expense, and her gaze grew colder.
"So you knew they came from the Kong and Wang Families?"
She carefully put away the Magic Treasures, then looked in the direction Ye Li had gone.
"He managed to get Magic Treasures like these from the Kong and Wang Families and bring them here without a scratch."
"Do you think... someone like that is a person our fleet can afford to offend?"