The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 705 Did You Fall into a Nest of Spirit Herbs?

Situ Xiu!

What's this guy doing here?
Perhaps sensing someone watching, Situ Xiu turned her head, her eyes lighting up instantly, and excitedly exclaimed, "Lin Chen!"

Lin Chen smiled and asked, "What are you doing here?"

It has been four or five months since the two parted ways after entering the secret realm, and this is their first meeting.

Situ Xiu turned around and pointed to a shop behind her: "My family has a shop here. There were some issues at the shop, and I was there to handle them..."

Lin Chen laughed and said, "Weren't you kicked out of your home and cut off from all ties?"

"I should thank you for this."

Situ Xiu explained, "I went into the secret realm before, but I was very unlucky and encountered a demon beast. I was seriously injured and had to go home to recuperate for more than two months. As for the conflict between you and Liu Yuan at Flying Waterfall Peak, Liu Yuan was taken back to Heavenly Elephant Peak and put in confinement. Her matter with me is now completely over, so I naturally returned to my family."

After explaining, Situ Xiu warmly invited, "Come on, let's go sit in the shop."

With nothing else to do, Lin Chen followed Situ Xiu into a rather large storefront called Wanzhen Pavilion.

Lin Chen looked around the shop and smiled, "So this is your shop?"

Situ Xiu smiled and said, "Yes, the Situ family is in business. We have shops in many cities, and our business covers a wide range of things. By the way, are you here because of the robbery of the black gold mine?"

Lin Chen nodded: "Senior sister brought me out to broaden my horizons."

Situ Xiu sighed, "This matter is quite troublesome. Feng Jixin from Jinghun City is at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and he is very powerful..."

Even if Lin Chen, with his Golden Core stage strength, wanted to help with this matter, he was powerless to do so.

"My senior sister has already gone to the Wujin Mine to check on the situation. I hope it will have a good result."

Situ Xiu asked, "Were you shopping just now?"

Lin Chen nodded: "Just strolling around, and while I'm at it, I'll find a shop to sell off a batch of spiritual herbs."

Situ Xiu laughed and said, "Why do you need to look for it? My family buys and sells medicinal herbs. I'll have someone come and take care of it for you."

Lin Chen didn't refuse and readily agreed, "Okay."

Situ Xiu called the shop's head manager back, and Lin Chen also brought out the spiritual herbs he was going to sell. The huge pile of spiritual herbs stunned Situ Xiu.

"Did you stumble upon a treasure trove of medicinal herbs? How come you have so many?" Lin Chen naturally couldn't explain that these were the fruits of Mei Nu's labor, which he had been reaping the benefits of during this time. He could only laugh and say, "I've just been lucky."

The head shopkeeper looked somewhat puzzled, because among this large pile of spiritual herbs, there were several kinds that were very numerous and of almost identical quality, which did not seem to be collected from the wild, but rather to be uniformly cultivated.

As the head manager, he naturally had a keen eye for business, but he didn't ask any questions. Instead, he proceeded to quote prices one by one.

Situ Xiu smiled and said, "This is Lin Chen, who has done me a great favor."

Upon hearing this, the head manager immediately understood that this was a reminder to offer a higher price.

Lin Chen had sold this product once before, and now he had the same variety again. Hearing the price, he knew that it was about 20% too high, so he laughed and said, "You don't need to deliberately give me a high price, just the normal price is fine, otherwise, I won't sell it to you."

The head shopkeeper smiled and said, "Young Master Lin, the quality of this batch of spiritual herbs you have is excellent, and there is a considerable quantity. The quality is also quite good, so they are top-grade. The price should indeed be higher than that of ordinary spiritual herbs."

Lin Chen smiled and nodded. What the head manager said was actually true. Since that was the case, then he would take the spirit stones.

Soon, the head manager finished sorting through all the spiritual herbs, and after tallying them up, he smiled and said, "The total is 1.15 million spirit stones. Young Master Lin, do you have any questions?"

Lin Chen shook his head and made his request: "Does your shop have Xuan Tie Wu Jing?"

The head shopkeeper replied, "We are out of stock at the moment, but if Young Master Lin needs it, I can have our Situ family's caravan purchase it in another city and then send it to Baitao City."

Lin Chen was overjoyed: "I need a lot of Xuan Tie Wu Jing. If possible, please help me with long-term procurement. I can pay more handling fees."

Situ Xiu smiled and immediately made the decision: "No problem. What's with the handling fee? It's a small matter. It was already included in the purchase order."

Lin Chen was quite pleased. With the Situ family's merchant caravan traveling all over the country to help him purchase Xuan Tie Wu Jing, he wouldn't have to run around so much. Moreover, he could also sell the spiritual herbs he cultivated to the Situ family to directly offset the payment for the Xuan Tie Wu Jing.

"I won't mention these spirit stones for now. I'll just buy a flying boat for transportation, and the rest will be deposited in your shop as payment for the Xuan Tie Wu Jing. If you can buy more Xuan Tie Wu Jing, please buy as much as possible. As for the payment, I will deduct it with spirit medicine or other items."

The head shopkeeper smiled and said, "Yes, Young Master Lin, I will have them do their best to purchase more Xuan Tie Wu Jing."

Just then, a man in his thirties strode into the room, his face full of anxiety: "Manager, those sky pirates have sent another message..."

His words came to an abrupt halt, clearly because he had noticed Lin Chen, an outsider.

Situ Xiu's smile vanished, and he turned to Lin Chen with an apologetic smile: "Please have a seat, I need to take care of something."

Lin Chen asked, "What's going on? What air thief?"

(End of this chapter)