Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 135 Trading, Spirit Stones

"A storage bag full of scrap metal, worth 20,000 spirit crystals!"

In the backyard of the Baibao Pavilion, Tong Xin summoned more than ten shop assistants before they began to clean up Su Qing's goods.

The first storage bag contained the remains of fallen cultivators from Black Tiger Mountain, an unexpected windfall.

Su Qing herself never thought of picking up the dead man's money pouch; it was Xiong Er who took initiative and collected seven or eight storage pouches.

This wasn't much; most of it was picked up by Li Hailang himself. As the leader, it's understandable that he was dealing with his underlings' belongings.

However, when they went down the mountain for the second time, Liu Yun'er killed some of them. Their storage bags were left on the mountaintop, and no one dared to pick them up. Xiong Er then took them.

Unfortunately, the cultivators loved to drink and carouse, living for the moment and spending their money as soon as they had it. As a result, all that was left of them was enough to fill a storage bag, and very little of it was of any value.

"But isn't 20,000 spirit crystals a bit too much? Look at that gilded black light hammer, it was used by a first-level body cultivator. That fellow cultivator who wielded this hammer smashed several first-level demonic beasts!"
"You only value this demon-slaying weapon at five hundred spirit crystals? Are you looking down on this hammer, or on that fellow cultivator?"

Su Qing pointed at a gleaming golden warhammer and complained to Tong Xin.

"Fellow Daoist, you may not know this, but this hammer has not yet reached the next level. It is only coated with a thin layer of Heavenly Spirit Gold on the outside, and the rest is made of ordinary gold and iron."

"I'm only offering 500 spirit crystals because of you, fellow Daoist. If it were anyone else, my shop might not even accept 300 spirit crystals!"

Tong Xin cupped his hands and explained that the hammer's buyback price was indeed at most three to five hundred spirit crystals, but when he resold it at his Hundred Treasures Pavilion, he would sell it for eight or nine hundred spirit crystals.

"Let's say six hundred spirit crystals. I have a lot of goods today, and I can't even take all the spirit crystals I earn with me. It'll just benefit your Treasure Pavilion!"

Su Qing waved her hand, too lazy to argue with Tong Xin anymore. Relying on her abundant goods and money today, she simply had him under her control.

"Alright then, I'll take the liberty of giving you 23,000 spirit crystals for this batch of goods. This really isn't profitable; it'll take who knows how long to sell all of this!"

"Twenty-eight thousand spirit crystals is, after all, the life savings of dozens of fellow cultivators. Fellow cultivator, we cannot be too stingy with them!"

In the end, the gifts given by the cultivators before their deaths were bought up by the Hundred Treasures Pavilion for 26,000 spirit crystals.

He didn't expect to get a good price for the junk left behind by these poor cultivators; getting more than 20,000 spirit crystals was already pretty good.

He could sell those inferior storage bags for some spirit crystals, but he needed to keep them for his own use and couldn't sell them.

Next, with his permission, Tong Xin had the men open the second storage bag.

Upon seeing that this storage bag was a mid-grade first-tier storage bag, Tong Xin had even higher expectations for the contents inside.

And the result did not disappoint him.

Wow!
The opening of the storage bag burst open like a flood, instantly piling up hundreds of kinds of monster materials into a small mountain.

It's just that the courtyard of the Hundred Treasures Pavilion is big enough that all these materials piled up together only occupy one or two tenths of the courtyard.

If it were Su Qing's small courtyard, the front and back yards combined wouldn't be enough to hold all these monster materials.

"Are these all your spoils from Black Tiger Mountain, fellow Daoist?"

Looking at the mountain of monster materials, Tong Xin said with a mixture of joy and envy.

"I guess so!" Su Qing nodded. Most of it came from the trip to Black Tiger Mountain, while a small portion was a gift from the witch.

During their time on the mountain, the witch often hunted demonic beasts to feed the two of them. After eating the most tender and flavorful parts of the beasts, the witch discarded the remaining large beasts as if they were worthless, which naturally benefited Su Qing.

The demonic beasts hunted by the witch are all of the first-tier high-grade. Occasionally, an unlucky first-tier ultimate demon king is targeted by the witch and will not escape death.

Thus, the monster materials in this storage bag are not only plentiful, but also of extremely high quality.

"Fellow Daoist, are you selling all of these?"

Tong Xin had considered that this fellow Daoist Su might have some goods, but he never expected that he would have so many!
There were so many that he was starting to lose control and was already preparing to go upstairs to ask Manager Liu to come and make a decision.

"Why are you so flustered, fellow Daoist? You should know that opportunities don't come often, and when they do, you must seize them! Just like when you risked your life to come to the front camp, gambling your future with your life."

How come you've become so cowardly now that you've achieved success and fame!
It's just a business deal. Whether I do it with you or with Manager Liu doesn't really matter. But for you, if you don't seize this opportunity, there won't be another chance!

Su Qing didn't want to have a showdown with that cunning old shopkeeper Liu. Right now, she just wanted to keep Tong Xin in check so that she could sell this batch of materials for a good price!
"This amount is too large. I've never taken on such a big deal before!" Tong Xin said hesitantly.

"Everyone has a first time. If you're not steady, accurate, and decisive the first time, there won't be a second time!" Su Qing comforted her, then added:

"Besides, I have a long-standing friendship with Fellow Daoist Tong. Please feel free to bid. I won't blame you for anything too high or too low. Please rest assured!"

At this point, Tong Xin, whose performance was far behind the other three managers, gritted his teeth and decided to take the order himself.

After the dozen or so men sorted the various monster materials, they invited two appraisers to authenticate the valuable materials and provide reference prices.

After silently calculating the prices of all the materials in his mind, Tong Xin cautiously quoted the price.

"Fellow Daoist, this batch of materials includes three first-order limit demon kings."

Among them, the King of the Earth-Turning Rats is the most complete and the most valuable, worth about 40,000 spirit crystals.

The other two are priced at 27,000 and 32,000 spirit crystals respectively; I'll take them on.

There are twenty-four high-grade first-tier demonic beasts in total. I have also marked the prices for each one. Fellow Daoist, please take a closer look. The total price is approximately 190,000 spirit crystals.

Although there are many remaining low-to-mid-grade first-tier demonic beasts, they are only worth a total of 128,000 spirit crystals.

"Therefore, the total price is 417,000 spirit crystals. I'll round it up to 420,000 for you, fellow Daoist."

Four hundred and twenty thousand spirit crystals!

This is even more than the big orders I received from the Yunshan Sect. No wonder rogue cultivators are so keen on killing demonic beasts; this life-or-death profession can be quite lucrative!
The price Tong Xin offered was roughly the same as his own budget, but since he urgently needed to boost sales, he shouldn't be surprised if Tong Xin didn't offer any discounts.

"Four hundred and fifty thousand spirit crystals. I'm a straightforward person. If you'd like to accept them, you can take these materials. If not, I'll go check out Yuanlai Tower!"

Su Qing said confidently, "I also have connections at Yuanlai Tower!"

That old courtesan still harbored feelings for him!

Tong Xin had failed to handle the Lizard Warrior, causing Su Qing to deliver the order to Yuanlailou. He was severely scolded by Manager Liu afterward, and the lesson was still fresh in his mind.

Hearing Su Qing bring up Yuanlailou to manipulate him, he immediately felt miserable.

But the price he offered was the market price, fluctuating between 30,000 and 50,000. Although he could make the decision, he would still be held accountable by the cabinet afterwards.

Seeing his hesitation, Su Qing added fuel to the fire.

"What are you worried about, fellow Daoist? I've already obtained the spirit crystals, and I'll still be spending money here with you, won't I?"

Upon hearing this, Tong Xin nodded. If Su Qing could continue to spend money here, he would have no trouble earning back the extra 30,000 spirit crystals.

“Alright, then I’ll take the liberty of buying all of your materials for 450,000 spirit crystals!”

"Good! That's more like how a manager should act. However, I'd like to trouble you to settle my account with spirit stones!"

"Ah, Fellow Daoist Su, why do you need spirit stones? What do you need them for? Didn't we agree to spend them at my shop?"

"Spirit stones are certainly useful, don't worry. I'm a man of my word. If I say I'll spend them, I will. I even have spirit crystals on me!"

"That's four hundred and fifty thousand?"

"That's not true!"

(End of this chapter)