The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 734 Talking about spirit stones is too formal.
"You previously donated over seven million spirit stones, so here's ten million back to you. Consider the extra as a return on your gratuitous investment."

Lin Chen handed a card containing ten million spirit stones to Situ Xiu and said with a smile, "Whether you make a lot or a little, at least you didn't lose money."

Situ Xiu didn't reach out: "It was originally a free support, so why talk about returns? Just give me the principal. You want to refine a body of sword bones right now, and it would probably take several hundred million spirit stones. I'm short of money right now."

Lin Chen directly stuffed the spirit stone card into Situ Xiu's hand: "One thing at a time, take it."

Situ Xiu had no choice but to accept it, and said with a wry smile, "I originally intended to burn it, but I didn't expect to make a profit."

Lin Chen chuckled and said, "The winner takes all, and the loser always has to pay the price."

Lin Chen then handed the remaining two 10 million spirit stone cards to Situ Xiu: "We had to stop buying materials because of the city defense. Now let's continue. Use all 20 million to buy Xuan Tie Wu Jing as soon as possible."

Situ Xiu readily accepted: "Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

Refining sword bones requires not only Xuan Tie Wu Jing (玄铁乌精), but also other medicinal ingredients. However, the amount of medicinal ingredients needed for refining the sword bones of the limbs in the early stages is not much, but the amount needed for refining the skull and vertebrae in the later stages is much more precious, and the value even far exceeds that of Xuan Tie Wu Jing.

In Qiao Wei's claim list, apart from 40 million spirit stones, the fifty pieces of Xuan Tie Wu Jing were worth less than 20 million spirit stones. The other 40 million spirit stones were all for the precious medicines needed to refine the sword bones. It can be seen that 206 pieces of Xuan Tie Wu Jing were necessary for refining a body of sword bones, but they were not the biggest expense.

No wonder Qiao Wei has tried every possible way to make money and has been running around for so long, but she still hasn't earned enough resources.

Lin Chen saw Situ Xiu off, but then suddenly heard that Su Mubai's father, Su Dingbo, had come to visit.

"Mr. Su!"

Su Dingbo looked at Lin Chen with a slightly complicated expression.

He had learned the whole story of the city defense from his daughter; it was incredibly dangerous.

The city fell, and the Nascent Soul expert broke through into the city, but suddenly fainted. If not for that, Lin Chen would probably be dead.

Su Dingbo smiled and said, "Mr. Lin, the Su family couldn't send anyone to rescue Baitao City after it was attacked. We have no choice but to accept this. Please understand."

Lin Chen smiled and said, "Mr. Su, you are too kind. Miss Su personally brought twenty million spirit stones to help us. I will always remember this kindness."

Su Dingbo breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought that Lin Chen was just an ordinary disciple of Feipu Peak. He had asked the sect leader for Xuan Tie Wu Jing before because it was for Qiao Wei. Now he learned that Lin Chen had become Qiao Wei's junior brother and had been taught the sword bone technique by Qiao Wei. His identity had suddenly changed dramatically.

Although Lin Chen's strength is not yet sufficient, his status is now on par with the Su family, and his future is limitless. Su Dingbo does not want Lin Chen to harbor resentment over this matter, feeling that the Su family was unwilling to help.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Su Dingbo confirmed that Lin Chen had no complaints about the Su family, and then smiled as he took out a spatial ring: "Lin Chen, I recently took Mu Bai to the market and happened to see someone selling Xuan Tie Wu Jing, so I bought it all. It cost thirty yuan in total. Please accept it."

Lin Chen was overjoyed; thirty pieces of Xuan Tie Wu Jing were quite a lot.

This thing is extremely rare. Even if a sect has reserves, it usually won't be sold. After all, it can greatly improve the quality of weapon crafting and is a necessity for sects. Therefore, as soon as this thing appears on the market, it will be bought up. Ordinary cultivators may not be able to buy it even if they have spirit stones.

"Thank you, Mr. Su. How many spirit stones are there in total?"

Su Dingbo chuckled and said, "Talking about spirit stones is too formal. This is for Mr. Lin. You returned my father's remains and saved my daughter's life. This is a great favor, which cannot be compared to a little Xuan Tie Wu Jing. This is just a small token of my gratitude. Please accept it and don't refuse."

This matter had been discussed before in the Myriad Swords Hall of the Myriad Swords Sect. At that time, Su Dingbo said he would help Lin Chen purchase Xuan Tie Wu Jing as a token of gratitude. Since the matter had been discussed, Lin Chen no longer refused and readily accepted it.

Su Dingbo stayed in Baitao City for one night. The next morning, Su Mubai came alone to say goodbye to Lin Chen.

"Miss Su, are you leaving?"

Su Mubai smiled and said, "That's right. The matter in Baitao City is over, and I should go back. I've had some insights recently, and I'll go back and cultivate in seclusion. Maybe I can make a breakthrough."

Lin Chen exclaimed in surprise, "Breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage?"

Su Mubai nodded: "Let's give it a try, hopefully it will succeed."

Lin Chen laughed and said, "Then I wish you all the best. The next time we meet, you might be a Nascent Soul expert, which I can't beat."

Su Mubai laughed and said, "That's not necessarily true. Even Peak Master Qiao is only at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage. Even those at the late stage of the Divine Transformation stage wouldn't dare to say they could definitely win. If you cultivate a body of sword bones, even if you're only at the Golden Core stage, it's entirely possible that you could easily defeat most Nascent Soul cultivators."

Lin Chen laughed and said, "It's not that easy. Not to mention time and cultivation, just the resources alone would cost at least several hundred million. It's not easy to earn."

Su Mubai smiled and said, "I believe you'll be fine. By the way, you'll be participating in the Western Houzhou Sect Competition a year from now, right?"

(End of this chapter)