Chapter 79: A Sword Cultivator Transaction

An auction invitation?

At Lu Qingyuan’s words, Lin Yuchu immediately lifted his head and looked at the man before him. He was somewhat curious as to why this person had suddenly come to deliver him an invitation. It was not for any other reason; he simply found it strange. As the saying went, one did not show courtesy without a reason.

Seeing him look over, Lu Qingyuan immediately laughed, then said, “After all, thanks to you, I borrowed a bit of your wealth luck and earned a rather handsome sum of spiritual stones myself.”

“Since I received benefits from you, I naturally ought to return the favor. Courtesy demands reciprocity,” Lu Qingyuan said.

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu no longer declined.

He reached out and accepted the auction invitation Lu Qingyuan handed over, thanked him, and said, “Thank you for taking the trouble.”

Seeing him accept it, the smile on Lu Qingyuan’s face deepened by a few degrees. He said to him, “Then tonight at the chen hour, I’ll wait for you at Moonview Lake.”

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu raised his eyes and looked at him with a face full of inquiry.

“Isn’t the auction tomorrow?” Lin Yuchu said.

“It is.”

Lu Qingyuan looked at him, then continued with a smile, “Tonight, we’ve arranged to meet a few familiar Daoist friends at Moonview Lake to exchange lists of what each of us needs from tomorrow’s auction.”

“That way, we can avoid raising the final transaction prices through bidding against each other,” Lu Qingyuan said.

After the Sword Path Grand Competition, holding an auction was also customary.

Because of the Sword Path Grand Competition, sword cultivators from all under heaven gathered in Bright Moon Capital. As such, the auction held after the Sword Path Grand Competition was a rare Sword Path grand event.

The auction brought together countless precious and rare metal ores, sword manuals and sword arts, famous swords and divine weapons, spiritual herbs and pills…

Many sword cultivators would also sell their own treasured collections at the auction. Many precious objects that were usually impossible to find no matter how hard one searched might perhaps be found there.

It could be said that this was an exchange among sword cultivators under heaven, each supplying what the others lacked.

It was not an ordinary auction.

For this very reason, the overwhelming majority of what was auctioned there consisted of spiritual objects needed by sword cultivators, and those who came were also sword cultivators.

Since their needs were the same, it was inevitable that they would bid against one another and drive up the prices of the items for no reason. Thus, familiar sword cultivators would privately hold a small exchange meeting among themselves.

They would exchange lists of what each person needed, avoiding mutual price inflation. Also, if someone had something another person needed and was willing to exchange it, they could trade privately and avoid having to bid at the auction.

In this way, they could save a considerable expenditure of spiritual stones.

As soon as Lin Yuchu heard Lu Qingyuan’s words, he understood the implication.

He immediately lifted his eyes, looked at him, and spoke with a tone a few degrees more sincere than before. “Thank you.”

For this sort of private exchange meeting among sword cultivators, the participants were all familiar and trusted people who knew one another’s backgrounds. Newcomers like Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun naturally had neither the connection nor the way in.

Since Lu Qingyuan was willing to bring the two of them in this time, Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun would benefit greatly.

In the narrow sense, it was an exchange of information among sword cultivators before an auction, letting each person supply what the others lacked.

In the long term, it was Lu Qingyuan bringing them into the circle of top-tier young sword cultivators of the present age.

Even if they only became familiar faces, it would still be an enormous benefit to the two of them in the future.

People were always willing to look after and support familiar acquaintances.

Moreover, the circle of top-tier sword cultivators was only so large. Those who came and went all knew one another. Once there was friendship between them, everything became easier to discuss.

Lu Qingyuan’s repayment this time was far more precious than the few million spiritual stones Lin Yuchu had helped him win.

It was an opportunity countless people could not obtain even if they begged for it.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuchu sighed inwardly.

He glanced at Lu Qingyuan, who stood before him with a smiling face. After delivering the invitation, Lu Qingyuan was about to leave. He said to him, “Then I’ll see you at Moonview Lake tonight.”

Lin Yuchu thought to himself, I really do owe him a very large favor this time.

“Mm,” Lin Yuchu answered.

Inwardly, he felt that in the future, he should still be a little warmer and friendlier to him. After all… one became soft-handed after receiving gifts, and short-mouthed after eating another’s food.

Lu Qingyuan was a sharp one. How could he fail to notice the change in Lin Yuchu’s attitude before and after?

Although it was only very slight and hard for ordinary people to perceive, Lu Qingyuan, who was skilled at grasping people’s hearts, noticed it immediately.

This made the smile on his face grow even brighter, and his mood became even more cheerful. He felt that this move had been the right one. As expected, this youth responded to softness, not hardness. He looked cold-faced, but was actually warm-hearted, and could least withstand others treating him well.

If you treated him well by one point, he could repay you by three.

Thinking this, Lu Qingyuan smiled until his eyes curved. Inwardly, he thought, He really is a good child.

Humming a cheerful little tune, he turned and left.

He looked forward to tonight.

…

After Lu Qingyuan left.

An arm landed across Lin Yuchu’s shoulder, and a heavy weight immediately pressed down. Lin Yuchu turned his head to look, only to see Gu Chun leaning his whole body against him like a large koala without a tail, pressing Lin Yuchu down until he was almost collapsing.

“True Person Lu really does put his heart into matters involving you.” Gu Chun looked in the direction Lu Qingyuan had left, his expression thoughtful. “How does that phrase go? Like spring wind transforming into rain, making people feel comfortable in every way.”

“I now understand a bit why True Person Lu is praised as Gentleman Sword and Young Master Lu,” Gu Chun said.

Gu Chun understood in his heart that although Lu Qingyuan had counted him in too, he had not gone to this trouble especially for him. Gu Chun was purely benefiting from Lin Yuchu’s reflected light.

Leaving aside everything else, Lu Qingyuan’s conduct and words this time truly answered to that line: in dealing with others, he was like spring wind and gentle rain, making people feel comfortable and at ease everywhere.

But…

“It still feels a little strange…”

Gu Chun looked at Lu Qingyuan’s receding figure and said in a low voice, “Isn’t he putting a bit too much heart into this?”

Lin Yuchu, standing beside him, heard his words but did not answer.

He merely reached out and shoved Gu Chun off his shoulder, then turned his head, raised an eyebrow, and looked at him. “Then are you going or not?”

“Going! Why wouldn’t I?”

Gu Chun immediately split his mouth into a bright grin. “This is money from selling yourself. How could we waste it?”

No matter what Lu Qingyuan was planning, at least Lin Yuchu had accepted his favor this time. The debt of gratitude had already been incurred. Gu Chun felt that, at the very least, they could not waste his little companion’s sell-yourself money!

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu rolled his eyes and said, “You really are thick-skinned. Since you know it’s my sell-yourself money, you can still go with a clear conscience.”

“I’m wronged!”

Hearing this, Gu Chun immediately cried injustice. “If I could, I’d rather replace you and sell myself!”

“Once, twice, three times would be fine! No matter how many times, I’d be willing!”

“Unfortunately, no one wants me.”

Gu Chun wrung his hands, his face full of regret.

“…” Lin Yuchu.

Hearing this, he immediately looked at him speechlessly.

In all my life, I have never seen such a shameless person!

…

Night.

Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun arrived at Moonview Lake together.

Bright Moon Capital was built atop Cloud Peak Mountain. This was the place closest to the sky, and the spiritual energy was dense, clear, and ethereal.

It carried the scent of green mountains and clear waters.

It was stainless spiritual energy unpolluted by the mortal world.

In this famous mountain and spiritual land, every breath in and out was filled with the clear spiritual air of mountains and rivers. It refreshed the heart and nose, leaving the body and mind comfortable.

“No wonder some people say that those disciples of great sects who occupy immortal mountains and cave abodes breathe immortal air every day. Their cultivation advances a thousand li in a single day, and they can’t be compared to ordinary people.”

Walking along the mountain road under the night, Gu Chun spoke with emotion. “No wonder everyone wants to squeeze into a great sect.”

“People strive upward, and water flows downward. It is simply human nature.”

Hearing his sigh, Lin Yuchu spoke in an indifferent tone.

He raised his eyes and looked toward the sky above his head.

All he saw was the Milky Way beneath the night curtain.

The boundless night sky, black as silk, was adorned with countless glittering silver-sand stars.

It was breathtakingly beautiful.

It also contained countless mysteries.

The secrets of the universe were hidden among the stars.

This was a line Lin Yuchu had once read before: everything in this world was written in the endless river of stars.

Cloaked in starlight and moonlight, his clothes damp with dew, he traveled beneath the night.

The night wind blew gently, carrying a few traces of bleak chill.

The world was both quiet and clamorous.

Lin Yuchu did not stop walking, but he did not speak again.

Until up ahead—

A burst of golden light came into view.

Lin Yuchu lifted his head and looked over. In the broad expanse of Moonview Lake ahead, a three-story pleasure boat, lit with countless lamps and flames, was anchored.

“What are you standing there in a daze for?”

A voice came from ahead, interrupting Lin Yuchu’s thoughts. He withdrew his gaze and looked toward the shore in front of him. Lu Qingyuan, dressed in blue robes, had already been waiting there.

Seeing Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun, Lu Qingyuan smiled at the two of them and said, “Why aren’t you coming over?”

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu did not speak. He only quickened his pace. Gu Chun also followed silently beside him.

Once they arrived before Lu Qingyuan, Lu Qingyuan glanced at the two of them and said, “Everyone’s here. Then let’s go aboard.”

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu was startled, then said, “How do we get on?”

Lu Qingyuan curled his lips. “Naturally, we fly up.”

After saying this, he seemed to remember something. He looked at Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun before him and asked, “You two can fly, right?”

“If it’s a short distance, then no problem,” Lin Yuchu said.

Gu Chun did not speak, which counted as tacit agreement with Lin Yuchu’s words.

The two of them only had Qi Refining cultivation. Their spiritual energy and cultivation could not support them in freely riding the wind as they pleased.

Thus, Lu Qingyuan had asked such a question.

“That’s good. If you still couldn’t fly, then I’d have no choice but to carry you along,” Lu Qingyuan said, looking at the two of them with an ill-intentioned smile at the corners of his mouth.

As for exactly how he would carry them, both Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun tactfully did not ask.

In any case, it surely would not be any proper way of carrying them…

…

The pleasure boat was anchored in the center of Moonview Lake, not far from the shore.

Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun followed behind Lu Qingyuan, riding the wind with graceful ease. Their feet hovered just above the surface of the water. When they reached the side of the boat, they exerted force at the tips of their toes, tapped the water, and used the wind’s force to rise into the air, then landed forward on the boat.

“You two have learned the Water-Treading Art quite well,” Lu Qingyuan turned his head and said to them with a smile.

Hearing this, neither Lin Yuchu nor Gu Chun spoke.

What was the Water-Treading Art? They had no idea!

They had never learned it.

Whether Lin Yuchu or Gu Chun, who had come from an unorthodox background, neither had learned these finely categorized cultivation methods.

As the saying went, once one understood one method, one understood ten thousand. The use of spiritual energy changed in myriad ways, but never departed from its essence.

The so-called cultivation methods and Dao arts were all paths that later generations had systematically summarized from the experiences of those before them. They could be called “shortcuts.”

There had originally been no methods in this world. Methods were made by people.

Lin Yuchu seemed to have been born knowing many things; as long as he thought a little, he would understand them. Gu Chun, meanwhile, had figured out some methods of cultivation on his own in ordinary times.

These two could be called rare prodigies.

However, neither Lin Yuchu nor Gu Chun corrected Lu Qingyuan’s words. Properly hiding one’s clumsiness and keeping a low profile was beneficial for protecting oneself.

“Follow me.”

Lu Qingyuan said this to the two of them, then led them into the second floor of the pleasure boat.

The second floor of the pleasure boat was an enormous, spacious venue.

Inside, countless sword cultivators had set up stalls. On each stall were all kinds of heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

Lin Yuchu swept his gaze over them and saw that the sword cultivators manning the stalls all wore cold, aloof expressions, looking down on everything with chilly elegance.

Even though they were all sitting on the floor without so much as a chair, each and every one of them had still managed to put on the bearing of a grand lord.

A random cloth spread on the ground became a stall, and on it was arranged a dazzling array of all kinds of items.

At first glance, Lin Yuchu almost thought he had arrived at a night market from modern society in his previous life.

Yet at this sword cultivator trade fair that looked rather like a night market for cheap small goods, what was being sold were all good things difficult to obtain even for a thousand gold.

Lin Yuchu only gave a rough look and saw several precious metals and ores that were priceless and impossible to find on the market outside.

Tempting!

Even Lin Yuchu was so tempted he could barely stand it. No matter how cold and steady his nature was, he was still a sword cultivator!

There was no sword cultivator who did not love swords. And swords needed metal ores to be forged, upgraded, and repaired!

Therefore, every sword cultivator had a fanatical pursuit of rare and powerful metal ores.

Hadn’t Gu Chun, standing beside Lin Yuchu, already started glowing green in the eyes, drool about to spill from his mouth?

“T-this… is this the Heaven of Ultimate Bliss!”

Gu Chun stared wide-eyed at the stalls before him, which were covered everywhere with rare and powerful metals and ores of every kind, as well as all sorts of heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Inwardly, he thought, If I bought all of these! If I took them to feed my sword, wouldn’t that mean…

Wouldn’t that mean a triple jump!

Gu Chun seemed to see a golden, glittering, brand-new lifebound sword beckoning to him.

He was so happy he was about to faint.

At this moment, whether Lin Yuchu or Gu Chun, both of their gazes and expressions were excited.

Their faces were filled with longing.

They wished they could buy up the entire trade fair.

These, these, these! I want them all!

Lu Qingyuan, standing behind them, looked at the expressions on their faces and could not help laughing.

His voice was teasing as he said, “Are you tempted?”

“Do you really want them?”

“Do you want them all?”

Yes, yes, yes, yes!

You’re exactly right!

Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun, standing before him, heard this and immediately wished they could disregard their image and nod repeatedly in agreement.

Forcing themselves to hold on to their last shred of willpower, they said reservedly and modestly, “It’s… it’s all right.”

Hearing this, Lu Qingyuan immediately revealed a gratified smile and said, “That’s good.”

“It’s truly wonderful that you can hold yourselves back like this.”

“…” Lin Yuchu.

“…” Gu Chun.

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun immediately had a bad premonition.

They forcibly came back to their senses, moved their gazes away from those precious objects in the venue ahead, and turned to look at Lu Qingyuan behind them.

Their eyes questioned him, and their tone was hesitant. “…What do you mean?”

Seeing that the two of them had very quickly realized the problem, Lu Qingyuan immediately said with a face full of gratification, “I know the two of you aren’t lacking spiritual stones right now.”

They had just earned several million, even tens of millions of spiritual stones, from the gambling pool. How could they lack spiritual stones?

“But the things here cannot all be bought with spiritual stones.” Lu Qingyuan looked at the two of them, raised the corner of his lips, and revealed a smile that could be called wicked. “This trade fair was set up by sword cultivators with specific needs, for bartering items for items.”

“…” Lin Yuchu.

“…” Gu Chun.

When the two heard this, their eyes immediately widened.

They looked like they were about to explode.

Lin Yuchu glared at him. For the first time, he could not hold himself back. His eyes went round, his fur bristled, and he asked, “Since that’s the case, why did you bring us here?”

Did he not know that the two of them were young, with shallow foundations and meager reserves, and fundamentally… fundamentally had nothing they could take out to exchange?

Or was he deliberately teasing them?

If it was the latter, Lin Yuchu expressed: Heh—

Die! Take my sword.

Hearing his words, Lu Qingyuan looked at him and said in a surprised tone, “Could it be that you didn’t want to come?”

“…I did,” Lin Yuchu answered honestly.

Hearing this, Lu Qingyuan immediately smiled and said, “Then that’s that. I thought that even if you two couldn’t afford to buy anything, you’d still be very happy just to look.”

“So I brought you here to broaden your horizons,” Lu Qingyuan said with great consideration.

“…” Lin Yuchu.

Then I really must thank you!

Although what you said makes a lot of sense, and is very correct, but… I still really want to beat you up!

Being able to look but not buy was too cruel!

In an instant.

Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun, who had just been full of energy, excitement, and longing, immediately wilted. They were like eggplants beaten by frost, listless and dispirited.

Seeing this, Lu Qingyuan had watched enough of the entertainment and knew he could not play with them too much.

So he spoke up to comfort them. “It’s not all barter.”

Hearing this, there was a swish—

Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun, who had just been hanging their heads in dejection and depression, instantly lifted their heads and looked at him in unison.

Their eyes could be said to contain hope, ignited with flames of hope.

“…” Lu Qingyuan, stared at by two pairs of such expectant, longing eyes.

He immediately felt pressure as heavy as a mountain.

It seemed he had overdone it…

Lu Qingyuan sighed inwardly. He had underestimated these two boys’ self-control and resistance. This was basically… no resistance at all. Faced with treasures they wanted, they had not a shred of self-control. That astonishing willpower and temperament had vanished completely at this moment.

Thinking this, Lu Qingyuan could not help wanting to laugh.

As expected, they were still children?

Only at times like this could one realize that these two were only teenage youths, truly still young children.

When they stood on the arena and drew their swords, their strength and stunning bearing were such that even many adults felt ashamed of their own inferiority.

How could anyone still remember their age then?

Thinking this, the smile on Lu Qingyuan’s face softened a few degrees, and his voice also became gentle. “Not everything here is exchanged by barter. If some sword cultivators have no needs of their own but want to clear out miscellaneous items, they’ll sell those things that are useless to them at extremely low prices.”

“So many cultivators come over, walk around, and see whether they can pick up a bargain,” Lu Qingyuan said.

Not every sword cultivator was wealthy. In fact, sword cultivators were poor their whole lives.

Whether forging a sword, nurturing a sword, or cultivating the sword, all were extremely expensive. Thus, most sword cultivators were relatively poor.

It could be said that the appearance and rise of this trade fair was precisely due to sword cultivators’ poverty, thrift, and household management.

Therefore, many sword cultivators would come to stroll around the trade fair even if they did not trade anything, to see whether they could pick up a bargain.

Lu Qingyuan had brought Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun here not simply to let them look. More importantly, it was to pick up bargains!

Hearing this.

Only then did Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun’s expressions look a little better. Lin Yuchu gave Lu Qingyuan a look that said, I’ll let you off this time.

Seeing this, Lu Qingyuan immediately gave a bitter laugh.

Inwardly, he thought he had miscalculated. He had not expected this youth to be so unable to take teasing.

He still did not understand Lin Yuchu’s money-grubbing nature…

At his core, Lin Yuchu was still greedy for wealth. He wanted… all of it!

“Since that’s the case, what are we waiting for?”

Lin Yuchu’s face was cold as he said sternly, “Hurry up and go! If we’re late, the good things will be gone.”

Hearing this, Gu Chun immediately followed suit and nodded. “Exactly. Hurry up!”

After speaking, the two immediately walked forward.

With an impatient look, they began going through the stalls one by one.

“…” Lu Qingyuan, who was one step slower and got left behind.

Seeing this, he was first stunned.

Then he immediately gave a bitter laugh.

Did this count as lifting a rock only to smash his own foot?

…

Just as Lu Qingyuan had said, they had come to broaden their horizons.

Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun truly had their eyes opened wide. Many precious metals and ores that were spoken of outside in legendary terms, priceless and impossible to find on the market, were all casually placed on the ground for anyone to choose.

Of course, items were exchanged for items, and what they were exchanged for were equally precious and rare materials.

Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun could only… look.

The more they looked, the more their hearts ached for themselves.

And just as Lu Qingyuan had said, there were indeed many heavenly materials and earthly treasures for sale in the venue, needing only half the outside price or even less.

Lin Yuchu bought quite a few precious metal ores, as well as some spiritual herbs and medicinal materials. He discovered one issue: at this trade fair, most of what was being traded and sold were materials. It was not like the merchant houses or auctions outside, which mostly sold finished spiritual tools, magic artifacts, and weapons.

Perhaps this was a sword-cultivator-specialty trade fair.

Because sword cultivators only used swords and very rarely used other weapons. Their whole lives, they cultivated only one sword. Therefore, they did not have much desire to pursue divine weapons and sharp arms. On the contrary, because they had to nurture and cultivate their swords, they had an enormous demand for forging materials.

No wonder Lu Qingyuan had said that this auction could not be missed.

An opportunity like this, where sword cultivators from all under heaven had gathered and collectively taken out their private collections to exchange and sell, truly did not come often. Missing it really would be a pity. As Lin Yuchu thought this inwardly, he excitedly bought, bought, bought.

Lightning ore, buy!

Snow iron, buy!

Mithril, buy!

Fire crystal stone, buy!

Basically, it was… buy whatever he saw.

Gu Chun at the side was no better. He was exactly like Lin Yuchu, buying, buying, buying in a complete frenzy.

Lu Qingyuan, who followed behind the two of them, immediately wore an expression too painful to look at and wanted to cover his face.

These two…

Truly, could you not be a little more reserved?

Could you not… leave a little for others?

Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun said, perfectly justified, “No!”

“I have money. Why can’t I buy?” Lin Yuchu said, perfectly justified dot jpg.

“…” Lu Qingyuan.

Fine, fine, fine. What you say makes sense.

I know you got rich overnight and have no shortage of spiritual stones.

Lu Qingyuan wiped his face with one hand and followed behind the buy-crazy Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun with an expression of resignation, accepting his fate.

…

As for the sword cultivators trading and selling in the venue, all of them had gone to watch the Sword Path Grand Competition.

They had all seen Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun’s matches. There was no one who did not recognize them. It could even be said that they had left a deep impression.

These two young sword cultivators were young and promising, with extraordinary talent.

Out of care for juniors, as well as appreciation for talent, the sword cultivators in the venue took very good care of Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun.

The prices they gave were all very low, and they even threw in many things for free. It was basically equivalent to giving things away without money.

This made Lin Yuchu and Gu Chun feel somewhat embarrassed.

“Ahem…”

Lin Yuchu, who had finally calmed down from his fervor, regained his reason. He glanced at the young sword cultivator before him, and a somewhat embarrassed expression appeared on his face.

Lin Yuchu had bought a piece of precious and rare snowflake sandstone from him for one hundred thousand spiritual stones. If the same item were placed outside, the starting price would be at least three hundred thousand spiritual stones.

The young sword cultivator had also given him a small bag of ores as an extra.

Lin Yuchu glanced at the bag of ores he had given him. Altogether, no matter how one counted it, it was worth at least a hundred-some to two hundred thousand spiritual stones.

“…” Lin Yuchu.

Wasn’t this a loss!

Not only was he not earning money, he was paying out of his own pocket.

Lin Yuchu immediately felt a twinge in his conscience. He lifted his head and glanced at the young man before him, his face full of pained indignation. You’ll lose everything doing business like this!

Were sword cultivators all such naive fellows?

No wonder… they were poor!

With such little ability to live properly, it would be strange if they weren’t poor.

The young sword cultivator sitting casually on the ground in front of Lin Yuchu looked with great interest at the youth standing before him. The expression on Lin Yuchu’s face shifted unpredictably, black one moment, white the next, red for a moment, then green, as if he had knocked over a palette, constantly changing colors.

It was extremely amusing.

Especially when he had seen how, on the arena, this youth had been cold and ruthless, his sword striking out like a flash of lightning, taking someone’s head in an instant.

Now, seeing such a rich variety of expressions on him, he found it extraordinarily unexpected and extraordinarily interesting.

“Ahem…”

Lin Yuchu coughed several times, forcibly making himself calm down. “I can’t take your things for free.”

Hearing this, the young man raised his eyebrows and said, “It’s not for free.”

Lin Yuchu looked at him.

The young man curved the corners of his mouth and continued, “It’s not like I give things away to just anyone. I find you pleasing to the eye, so I’m willing to give them to you.”

“…” Lin Yuchu.

Was it his imagination?

Why did he keep feeling like… he seemed to have been… taken advantage of?

“Even so, I still can’t take it for free!”

Lin Yuchu put on a stern face and said seriously, “I’m not a casual person!”

“Pfft—”

Hearing this, the young man sitting before him immediately burst into laughter.

He looked at him, unable to stop laughing, his whole body shaking. He pointed at him with a trembling finger and said, “You brat…”

“What nonsense are you saying!”

“You’re killing me, hahahaha!”

The young man immediately laughed so hard because of him that it took him a long while to finally stop. He reached out and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. “I said I’m giving them to you, so I’m giving them to you.”

“They aren’t anything valuable,” the young sword cultivator said lazily, not caring.

“…” Lin Yuchu.

The things you’re calling not anything very valuable are worth over a hundred thousand spiritual stones, all right!

Lin Yuchu felt that he was beginning to no longer understand what counted as valuable and what did not!

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