Chapter 15: Forced Purchase and Sale
Su Lingxi walked and stopped, deliberately slowing her pace, but the result was that she got farther and farther away.
“Was I really too confident? Sigh.”
Seeing that Luo Chuxue hadn’t chased after her, Su Lingxi realized she had miscalculated.
“If I had known, I should have been shameless and asked her to take me with her…”
Seeing that things had come to this, Su Lingxi felt a little regretful, but there was nothing she could do.
But she still had to go to the Snowfall Sect. It was a place she had to go to complete her mission.
The city she was in now was called Cold Moon City, belonging to the northern Canglan Nation. It was the closest city to the Glacial Snow Domain.
Different cultivators from the five nations gathered here, and its prosperity was no less than that of any first-rate town.
The streets were bustling with people, most of whom were preparing to enter the Glacial Snow Domain for training.
There were stalls selling equipment, pills, maps, and so on.
These vendors gave Su Lingxi an idea. She slapped her forehead. “Since I’m here, I happen to have a bunch of stuff from the Ice Eagle Beast King in my spatial ring.”
“If I sell it all, I’ll probably get a large sum of spiritual crystals.”
Su Lingxi acted on her thoughts. After a few inquiries, she rented a stall.
It was still early. She would find an inn and have a good night’s sleep later.
Su Lingxi began to sort through the things in her ring that she thought were useless.
Weapons, shields… some second and third-tier recovery pills… and some ores.
Su Lingxi brought over a stool and sat in front of the stall, imitating the stall owner next to her and shouting, “Come take a look, all kinds of spiritual pills and medicines, weapons and magic treasures.”
Su Lingxi had specially paid a high price to rent a good stall, and with the high foot traffic, many people patronized her stall.
“Boss, how much for this?”
A burly man pointed to a fiery red ore on the stall. Although this ore wasn’t very useful, it could generate heat in certain environments. Although most people here were resistant to the cold, if they were injured, their bodies would rapidly lose heat.
Unless they found a natural hot spring, this fiery red ore could be useful.
So this ore was considered a life-saving item in critical moments, a necessity of sorts.
Su Lingxi had already asked Xiao Bai about the market prices before setting up her stall, and she didn’t plan to rip anyone off.
“Not expensive, ten low-grade spiritual crystals.”
“Boss, can you make it cheaper? How about five?”
“Eight, no less!”
The burly man thought for a few seconds, then took out eight low-grade spiritual crystals from his pocket and took the ore.
With her first pot of gold, Su Lingxi’s business became more and more lively.
For some reason, most of the people who came to Su Lingxi’s stall were female cultivators.
“Young Master, I’d like three Spirit Recovery Pills.”
The female cultivator in front of her had a rather pretty face. She said she wanted Spirit Recovery Pills, but her eyes were fixed on Su Lingxi.
It was hard to tell if she was here to buy things or to look at people.
“Three, huh? That’ll be three mid-grade spiritual crystals,” Su Lingxi thought. This was a big deal.
“I’ll give you five mid-grade spiritual crystals, but I hope you can deliver them to my residence personally tonight, is that alright?”
Su Lingxi thought she had hit the jackpot and was about to agree when she looked up and saw that the female cultivator’s gaze was a bit strange.
It had a lecherous feel to it.
“No, three is three. I don’t want to run errands.”
“Ten, just for one trip… I won’t do anything to you. If it’s possible, I can pay three spiritual crystals as a deposit now…” the female cultivator said, winking at her.
“This…” Su Lingxi hesitated. If she were still a man, she would have taken this deal long ago.
But now she was a girl. What if she was tricked…
“Young Master Han, we’re just a small business. This isn’t enough money!”
Just as Su Lingxi was pondering, a discordant voice came from the next stall.
Following the sound, she saw a lavishly dressed young man causing trouble at the next stall.
His attire was extraordinary, a stark contrast to the cultivators around him.
“It’s your good fortune that this young master has taken a liking to your things. It’s already good enough that I’m giving you some spiritual crystals.”
With that, the young man named Young Master Han casually threw out some low-grade spiritual crystals and dismissed the stall owner.
The stall owner sighed repeatedly, not daring to confront the young man.
The surrounding stall owners were also glad that this Young Master Han hadn’t taken a liking to their things, otherwise they would have lost everything.
Seeing Young Master Han walking towards Su Lingxi’s stall, the female cultivator in front of her’s expression changed. She forced a smile at Su Lingxi.
“Young Master, I won’t joke with you anymore. You look new here. I advise you to be careful of this Young Master Han. He is the only son of the city lord of this Cold Moon City, Han Feng.”
The female cultivator kindly reminded her. With that, she dropped three mid-grade spiritual crystals and left.
Su Lingxi quickly collected the three spiritual crystals and turned to see that Young Master Han smiling at her.
His gaze made Su Lingxi’s hair stand on end.
“You look new here. Just arrived in our Cold Moon City, have you?” Han Feng stood with his hands behind his back. He hadn’t figured out Su Lingxi’s background yet, so he didn’t plan to do anything to her for the time being.
“Yes, just passing through, selling some things,” Su Lingxi replied.
Han Feng raised an eyebrow. “Oh? My Cold Moon City welcomes merchants from all over. It’s just that the rules of Cold Moon City… you should know them.”
Hearing the word “rules,” the stall owners nearby sighed. It seemed another person was about to be scammed.
“What rules?”
“That is, to sell things in my Cold Moon City, you must have a permit issued by my Cold Moon City.”
“I’ve already paid the stall fee.”
Han Feng’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, “That only allows you to set up a stall here, but it doesn’t allow you to earn spiritual crystals here.”
“The permit is easy to obtain. I won’t make things difficult for you.”
Han Feng slowly held up three fingers.
Su Lingxi: “Three mid-grade spiritual crystals?”
Han Feng shook his head and slowly uttered two words: “High-grade!”
Hearing the words “high-grade,” the surrounding people gasped.
The so-called rules that Han Feng spoke of were actually just him using his status to extort some spiritual crystals.
The amount he demanded depended entirely on his mood.
For someone like Su Lingxi to be asked for three high-grade spiritual crystals at once was considered extremely unlucky.
Su Lingxi’s expression turned cold. She knew this person was here to cause trouble.
Although she had found hundreds of high-grade spiritual crystals in the Ice Eagle Beast King’s cave, high-grade spiritual crystals were extremely precious.
Even if she had more, she wouldn’t give them to this kind of person. If she were to hand over three high-grade spiritual crystals at once, it would inevitably arouse the greed of others, leading to more trouble.
“Sorry, I can’t afford three high-grade spiritual crystals!” Su Lingxi replied coldly.
“If you can’t afford it, that’s fine. I see the things at your stall are quite good. I’ll just take these things as compensation.”
With a wave of Han Feng’s hand, the two people behind him immediately moved to take away Su Lingxi’s stall.
“Stop! Are you trying to rob me?”
Su Lingxi released her spiritual energy, unleashing the pressure of a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator. The two people in front of her immediately stopped, and Han Feng was also stunned.
He hadn’t expected this person to be at the peak of Foundation Establishment at such a young age. But this was his territory.
Although he, Han Feng, was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, his father was the city lord.
The two guards beside him were also at the peak of Foundation Establishment. If they were to fight, they weren’t afraid of a single Su Lingxi.
“Not bad. It seems your cultivation talent is quite high, so high that I’m a little jealous!”
After Han Feng finished speaking, he immediately took two steps back. The two guards erupted with the strength of peak Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Most of the cultivators in Cold Moon City were at the Qi Refinement or Foundation Establishment realms, so peak Foundation Establishment was considered a high level of cultivation in this city.
The surrounding people, seeing that a fight was about to break out, quickly moved far away. Some even packed up their stalls and left.
Su Lingxi hadn’t expected to be subjected to a forced sale right after arriving here. Her heart was also pounding.
Even with the system, she couldn’t beat two peak Foundation Establishment cultivators…
Just as the two sides were at a standoff, a sharp cry from a distance interrupted them.
“Stop! I’ll take everything at this stall!”
