While Xiao Yexuan was playing little games with his two maids at home, Zhu Zhuqing had also cultivated long enough to need a rest.
She left Maple Forest Evening and headed toward Shrek Academy.
Today was Shrek Academy's admissions day, and many Soul Masters would be there.
She was not going there to enroll, but to sell the pills she had obtained to those Soul Masters.
She figured that even if a Mystic Water Pill sold for only five thousand Gold Soul Coins, she could pay over a hundred months of rent.
That would give her over a hundred draws.
Even if she could not draw a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, surely she could at least draw another precious pill like the Mystic Water Pill?
Then she could sell that Mystic Water Pill and draw again.
Sooner or later, she would draw everything Xiao Yexuan had!
Shrek Academy was not far from Maple Forest Evening.
Zhu Zhuqing soon spotted a dilapidated village.
A rather battered-looking sign hung from the wooden archway at the village entrance, carved with five simple characters: Shrek Academy.
Before those five characters was a green, goblin-like face.
Shrek Academy was so run-down that it did not even have a single Mimicry Training Ground.
She really had no idea how Dai Mubai had been talked into coming here.
By now, a line had already formed at the entrance. At a glance, there were a full hundred people or more.
Soul Masters were few to begin with, and seeing over a hundred gathered at once was rare.
Rather than joining the line, Zhu Zhuqing went to the entrance where Soul Power and age were tested.
"She's..." The moment Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing, he felt a sense of familiarity, and his eyes went fixed.
After all, did the sort of person Dai Mubai was really need any introduction?
Especially now, after using the Mystic Water Pill, Zhu Zhuqing's skin had become even more supple and smooth, and her charm had risen several notches.
Dai Mubai licked his lips. A girl like that must taste delicious!
So Dai Mubai hurried over to her and asked:
"Are you here to register for the assessment too? May I see your Martial Soul?"
He intended to give Zhu Zhuqing special treatment and farm some favorability.
Zhu Zhuqing's eyes were icy. Without so much as looking at him, she took some things out of her storage tool.
It was a simple rack with several items arranged on it.
She was here to set up a stall.
It seemed this girl came from a poor family.
Dai Mubai felt that a girl like this would be even easier to handle.
He patted his chest and said:
"Beautiful young lady, stalls aren't allowed here, but I can buy everything you have. Don't let this hold up your assessment."
As he spoke, he grandly produced a pouch containing a little over a hundred Gold Soul Coins.
With that, he even helped himself to a bottle of coconut milk as though they were already close.
Just then, Zhu Zhuqing took out a piece of cardboard with a list of items written on it.
Coconut milk: one Silver Soul Coin per bottle.
Spicy strips: two Silver Soul Coins per bag.
Soul Ascension Pill: five thousand Gold Soul Coins.
Mystic Water Pill: fifteen thousand Gold Soul Coins!
The prices for the coconut milk and spicy strips were somewhat high, but still acceptable.
But when Dai Mubai saw the prices of the Soul Ascension Pill and Mystic Water Pill, his eyeballs nearly flew out.
"F-fifteen thousand Gold Soul Coins!"
There was no way he could produce even ten thousand Gold Soul Coins right now!
Zhu Zhuqing pushed Dai Mubai's money pouch off the rack in disdain and said:
"If you want to buy everything, this little bit of money won't be enough."
"What are these things? Why are they so expensive?" Dai Mubai felt Zhu Zhuqing was here to scam people.
Xiao Wu was hungry too. Seeing someone setting up a stall, she ran over, noticed something was wrong, and said even louder:
"Over ten thousand Gold Soul Coins? Why don't you just rob someone?!"
Something costing over ten thousand Gold Soul Coins immediately drew plenty of attention.
Curious about just what this thing was, everyone crowded around.
Once enough people had gathered, Zhu Zhuqing explained:
"The Soul Ascension Pill can help a Soul Master raise their Soul Power by one level."
"The Mystic Water Pill can improve an ordinary Soul Master's aptitude by one level of Innate Soul Power. It can also cleanse the meridians and temper the marrow, increasing a Soul Master's cultivation speed!"
Hiss...
These were absolutely treasures!
However, none of them believed her, and they all began scoffing:
"How is that possible? How could pills like that exist? They must be fake."
"Anyone who believes that is a fucking idiot."
"She's so pretty, yet she's a scamming bitch!"
"Over ten thousand Gold Soul Coins? Whoever sells this stuff, I could laugh at them for two and a half years!"
Tang San's nose twitched as he caught the medicinal properties in the pills' scent.
His eyes shifted. These two pills were definitely genuine.
But his purse was empty. How could he afford these pills?
Besides, he and Xiao Wu both had Innate Full Soul Power, so the effect of improving Innate Soul Power was useless to them.
But he could give it to Yu Xiaogang.
Moreover, he had worked with poisons in his previous life and possessed a deep understanding of medicinal ingredients. If he could decipher the ingredients of these two pills, he could reproduce them.
Then they would become a page in his great Tang Sect's Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record!
So he stepped forward and asked:
"Miss, could you lower the price of these pills?"
Tang San did not have that many Gold Soul Coins, but he had Hair Gold.
That stuff could fetch over ten thousand Gold Soul Coins too.
If necessary, he could throw in a few hidden weapons!
"This is already the lowest price."
Zhu Zhuqing refused decisively. After all, if she lowered the price right at the start, she would lose her edge and only get bargained down ruthlessly.
"Brother, why would you buy these lousy pills?" Seeing that Tang San wanted to buy the pills, Xiao Wu hurried to dissuade him.
How many delicious things could she eat with that many Gold Soul Coins!
Tang San merely smiled, then took the Hair Gold out of his storage tool and said:
"I don't have that much cash. This is Hair Gold, a very rare treasure. This should be enough to trade for those two pills in your hands, right?"
Zhu Zhuqing frowned. "I only want Gold Soul Coins. Besides, your Hair Gold isn't worth as much as you say!"
After all, Hair Gold could only serve its greatest purpose in Tang San's hands.
For them, it could only be used as a collectible.
Wouldn't trading with him mean taking a huge loss?
Rebuffed, Tang San was just about to offer his Storage Soul Tool in exchange.
A pink-haired girl leaned forward with her hands behind her back, brought her nose close to the pills, and sniffed. Her eyes lit up as she said:
"Good stuff~!"
She was Ning Rongrong, and she had taken many pills since childhood.
She could tell whether a pill was good just by smelling it.
Judging by their scent, even if their effects were not as good as Zhu Zhuqing claimed, they could still bring her some benefits.
That alone made them worth the money.
"I'll take all of these!"
Ning Rongrong brought out twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins with lavish extravagance.
As the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, she certainly had this much money.
Zhu Zhuqing was thrilled. She had not expected to meet such a big customer. If she built a good relationship with Ning Rongrong, she could quickly turn the treasures she drew into Gold Soul Coins in the future.
But just as she was about to accept Ning Rongrong's Gold Soul Coins and complete the transaction, Tang San reached out to stop her and said:
"Miss, shouldn't it be first come, first served?"