You thought you made a killing, but I never lose

Lu Changsheng and Ning Yuxin had already left.

They walked through the city.

Ning Yuxin followed beside him, hesitating for a long time before speaking.

"Senior Brother Lu, I actually still have some Spirit Stones. If you want it, we should be able to buy it!"

Lu Changsheng glanced at her. The anger and ashen look on his face had long since vanished, leaving him as calm and unruffled as ever.

"Spend tens of thousands on something worth a thousand? Am I brain-dead?"

"But didn't you say it was scarlet phoenix grass? And the ancestor wanted it. If we don't bring it back..."

"The ancestor?" Lu Changsheng raised an eyebrow. "With my standing, you think I have connections to the ancestor?"

"Well..."

Only then did Ning Yuxin understand. Lu Changsheng had deliberately transmitted his voice to her so the other party would hear.

At that thought, she could not help glancing at him, suddenly feeling that this fellow seemed a little underhanded.

Yet she still could not resist asking, "But you clearly wanted the scarlet spirit grass. Are you giving up on it?"

Lu Changsheng chuckled without answering. Sooner or later, it would be his. After all, the fellow had provoked him like that. If he gave no response whatsoever, he would truly be too spineless.

Of course, there was no hurry.

Meanwhile, the young man came up to the other two and explained the situation. They took out the Spirit Stones, and he bought the spirit herb, his face beaming with triumph!

But the instant the old woman looked at the spirit herb, her brows knitted.

The young man beside her asked, "Elder, what's wrong? Is there a problem with the spirit herb?"

"This is scarlet spirit grass!"

The old woman spoke in a hoarse voice.

"What's wrong with that?" The young man was puzzled.

The old woman continued, "This really is scarlet spirit grass. You spent over twenty thousand Spirit Stones on a stalk of scarlet spirit grass!"

Smack!

The box hit the ground as the old woman slapped him across the face.

The young man crumpled, dropping to his knees in the street. He stared at the herb in the box in disbelief.

"How is that possible? I clearly heard him say..."

Before he finished, his pupils suddenly quivered, as though he had figured something out.

The old woman closed her eyes and let out a heavy breath. "He played us all!"

Her expression was terrifying, tinged with anger.

Although the young man had been the one toyed with, she had been watching the entire time. Despite her doubts, she had found it plausible.

Moreover, she had sensed extraordinary fluctuations coming from the spirit herb earlier, which was why she had tacitly allowed it.

In the end, she had been played too. She could not tolerate it.

"Bastard, I'll slaughter him!"

"Come back!"

The young man was about to chase after him as he spoke, only to be stopped by her sharp rebuke.

"If you dare touch him, even the Divine Firmament Sect won't be able to protect you. Don't forget why we came!"

Her rebuke brought him back to his senses, but the resentment in his heart did not diminish in the slightest.

"I won't let him off!"

The old woman said, "Come. We'll go to the Cangyun Sect first!"

The others followed. The young man looked down, his hand trembling as he picked up the box.

He had never expected to be toyed with by a boy, paying twenty times the price for something worth a thousand.

Lu Changsheng was in no hurry to return to the sect either. Instead, he took Ning Yuxin somewhere to eat.

Once they had eaten and drunk their fill, Ning Yuxin asked as they walked out, "Are we going back to the sect now?"

"No rush. Come somewhere with me first!"

While Ning Yuxin was puzzling over this, Lu Changsheng brought her to the shop from earlier.

The shopkeeper greeted them with a broad smile.

"Young friend Changsheng!" Smiling, the shopkeeper handed him a cloth bag. "Thanks to you, this spirit herb fetched a good price. These twelve thousand are yours. Come again next time you have an opportunity like this!"

"No problem!"

Lu Changsheng accepted the Spirit Stones.

Ning Yuxin froze.

"Senior Brother, what's this?"

"Spirit Stones!"

"Where did they come from?"

"My commission!"

"Well..."

The girl's face was full of disbelief.

Just earlier, before transmitting his voice to Ning Yuxin, Lu Changsheng had transmitted his voice to the shopkeeper, and the two had worked together...

"But how were you sure he would spend that many Spirit Stones on it? Weren't you afraid he'd discover you were lying?" Ning Yuxin asked.

Lu Changsheng said, "That's where the shopkeeper's methods came in!"

Although she did not know exactly what those methods were, she was worried.

"They're from the Divine Firmament Sect. If they find out, you have the sect protecting you, but wouldn't the shopkeeper..."

"This is a Heavenly Secret Pavilion business. If they dare make a move, they won't even make it out of Cangyun City. The Heavenly Secret Pavilion is no weaker than the Divine Firmament Sect!"

"So you anticipated all this and planned it?"

Lu Changsheng shook his head. "Who the hell knew he'd come looking for trouble? I came up with it on the spot."

For a while, both fell silent.

A moment later, Ning Yuxin said, "Senior Brother Lu!"

"What?"

"You're really underhanded!"

"Not that bad!"

Lu Changsheng walked off with a smile.

Watching his retreating figure, Ning Yuxin could not help falling into a daze. After spending this time with him, she felt increasingly that he was no ordinary person.

At the very least, when it came to screwing people over, he really was ruthless.

"Luckily, he's on my side. He hasn't scammed me!"

Ning Yuxin felt rather fortunate. If he set his sights on her, she would not even know how she had been scammed. Thank goodness, thank goodness!

Yet although the old woman had already left Cangyun City, her body suddenly halted before the city gates. Her face turned ashen, and even the hand gripping her cane began trembling uncontrollably.

"Elder, what's wrong?"

The young man asked in confusion.

Smack!

Another slap greeted him.

This time, it knocked him flat on the ground. Agonizing pain surged through him, and his entire head felt as though it would explode.

The old woman looked at him. "Idiot, this is all because of you!"

Her Divine Sense had been covering the surroundings the entire time. She had sensed everything that happened after Lu Changsheng returned to the shop, and for a moment, her composure completely crumbled.

After the others learned what had happened, each looked worse than the last.

A dignified elder of the Divine Firmament Sect had come here with a group of disciples, only for a mere brat to scam them until not an inch of skin remained unscathed...

It had all started because the young man wanted to provoke him.

They had thought victory was in their grasp and the situation under their control, yet they had been toyed with from beginning to end!

"Lu Changsheng, I want you dead!"

Only after a long time did he climb up from the ground, catch up with the others, and head toward the Cangyun Sect.

Meanwhile, Lu Changsheng took Ning Yuxin back to Qingyun Peak at an unhurried pace.

The Divine Firmament Sect's people arrived, and the sect welcomed and entertained them. What baffled everyone, however, was that their faces were all frighteningly green upon arrival.

They looked as though they had eaten a dead child.

Still, no one asked any further.

Lu Changsheng looked at Ning Yuxin and said, "Junior Sister, take tomorrow off first. We'll start the day after!"

"All right!"

Ning Yuxin answered and returned to her room.

Lu Changsheng began preparing to refine pills.

His sword intent was overbearing, and Ning Yuxin could not withstand it. He needed to strengthen her body. Once she also broke through to the Essence Condensation Realm, she should more or less be able to withstand the baptism of sword intent.

Just like Zhou Qingyu, who tempered his body while cultivating and comprehending the Sword Dao, afraid that his body would be unable to bear it.

Lu Changsheng had also helped him find the most suitable cultivation method. From time to time, he took on the guise of the Nighttime Madman to help test the results of his cultivation. Whenever there was a problem, he would find a way to tell him.

That was how the present Cangyun Little Sword Immortal had been forged.

Having even nurtured Zhou Qingyu, nurturing a Ning Yuxin would not be difficult.

Moreover, while refining pills, he discovered a pair of eyes fixed intently on Qingyun Peak. Only at midnight did they reluctantly withdraw!