My ancestors were spiritual plant growers, so it's not surprising that I hunt demons every day,

"This∽"

Upon hearing this, Wang Rong was stunned.

Back in the day, in order to avoid being cheated by vendors who shortchanged her, she developed the unique skill of being able to tell the weight of something just by picking it up with her hand.

Now that I'm accompanying my daughter to sell things, the roles have reversed, and I've become the object of suspicion.

While she was still in a daze, the beautiful female cultivator flicked her handkerchief and suggested:

"You'd better use a scale to measure it for me; I don't trust you to take it like this."

"this!?"

Wang Rong exchanged a glance with Cui Ying and Zhu Chaoyun. Zhu Chaoyun gritted her teeth, turned around, and said:

"Aunt, Sister Cui Ying, you wait here for me. I'm going to buy a scale."

"Wait a minute."

Just then, the old man beside him called out to Zhu Chaoyun, and said with a smile:

"By the time you get it back, it'll be too late. Let me weigh it first."

It turned out that the old man had spoken up to help, and took out a gleaming silver Dharma bell from his storage bag.

Next, the scales weighed the lump of demon bear meat and found it to be a full 21.6 jin (approximately 18.8 kg), which was 2 liang (approximately 100 grams) more than the amount Wang Rong had reported.

The female cultivator finally nodded in satisfaction, took out seven spirit stones and thirty-five spirit fragments to settle the bill.

"Thank you so much for your generosity in lending me the scales."

After the female cultivator left, Wang Rong naturally expressed her gratitude to the old man.

"It's just a little effort."

The old man waved his hand dismissively and laughed:

"It's getting late. I need a pair of demon bear paws and five hundred catties of demon bear meat. Half for those at the seventh level of Qi Refining and half for those at the fifth level of Qi Refining."

The old man chuckled and turned to his servant, instructing him:

"Jiu'er, lead a few fellow Daoists to take the demon bear meat to the kitchen."

"Okay, Dad."

After Zhu Chaoyun carried the weighed demon bear meat and demon bear paws into Piaoxiang Food Shop, Wang Rong also settled the bill with the old man.

Cui Ying couldn't help but give her mother a thumbs up and praise her:

"Mom, you really made the right decision to come. You sold over 500 jin in just a few words, that's amazing!"

Zhu Chaoyun, who came out empty-handed, was also very excited and said:

“Aunt, the old fox is still the most cunning. With just a few words, you managed to coax those cultivators into handing over their spirit stones. If it were me and Sister Cui Ying, they probably wouldn’t even give us a second glance.”

Wang Rong grinned from ear to ear, stuffing the counted spirit stones into Cui Ying's storage bag:

"This is nothing. Two or three thousand catties of demon bear meat, and we've only sold a little over five hundred catties. If the rest can be sold retail, we should be able to earn a hundred or more spirit stones this time."

In the following time, some more cultivators who came out to buy things gathered around to watch, but there were more people watching than buying.

"If we wait like this, we're afraid we won't be able to go home until tomorrow."

After selling another seventy or eighty catties of monster meat, Wang Rong thought for a moment and said to Cui Ying:

"Honey, I remember there are several other restaurants on that street over there. Why don't we take the rest of them to their doors and ask around?"

"Okay, I'll do as Mother says."

"Okay, let's do as Auntie says."

After discussing it, the mother and her children decided that Zhu Chaoyun would pull the cart and they would go to find a big buyer.

Thundercloud City covers a vast area, with hundreds of thousands of resident cultivators. In the short half hour they had been there, they had already passed by four or five restaurants.

However, these restaurants all stated that all the monster meat they used was supplied by designated monster hunters.

Only two restaurants, 'Hongjia Ancient Market' and 'Qingzhu Restaurant', showed interest in their demon bear meat. Wang Rong was the one who spoke with them, while Cui Ying and Zhu Chaoyun stood by as accompaniments.

Cui Ying, in particular, simply sat cross-legged on the cart floor and became a hands-off manager.

Perhaps because they heard that Piaoxiang Restaurant had bought 500 jin of bear paws, they didn't linger outside these two restaurants and quickly bought about 800 jin of bear paws as well.

Although the calculation was based on thirty-five spirit stones, Wang Rong was still very excited to receive so many spirit stones at once.

Seeing her mother's smiling face, Cui Ying felt happy too. She glanced at the sky and suggested:

"Mother, it's already a quarter past noon. Let's go to the Green Bamboo Restaurant next door and have something good to eat."

"Why go to a restaurant? Come with me."

Unexpectedly, Wang Rong refused outright. She looked around a few times and then led Cui Ying and Zhu Chaoyun to a roadside stall selling wontons, where they ordered three large bowls of delicious chicken soup wontons.

"This wonton soup is made with spirit chicken. It's cheap and delicious. Eating a bowl of it can fill you up and nourish your body. Isn't that wonderful?"

"Sigh~ The food outside smells so good."

After the three bowls of wontons were served, Zhu Chaoyun immediately buried himself in the food and devoured it like a whirlwind. He quickly finished and stood up, saying:

“Aunt, you often help Wanqiu and me out. Today, I’ll treat you to these wontons. You and Cui Ying can enjoy yours.”

With that, he stood up, turned around, and left.

Wang Rong grabbed his hand and said:

“Silly child, there’s no reason for you to spend spirit stones when you go out with your aunt. Besides, it’s not easy for you to save up a few spirit stones. You should save these spirit stones for your future marriage. In addition, you’re the one supporting Wanqiu while she’s practicing Qi at the academy.”

After saying that, she gestured with her chin towards Cui Ying beside her:

"Also, although your aunt doesn't know the little secret between you and Sanya, we are all descendants of the Cui family's ancestors, and our bloodlines are still connected even if our bones are broken."

"Now that San Ya is capable of helping you to some extent, you should seize the time to improve your cultivation and save spirit stones."

"In short, you siblings should help each other out and make a good life together. That's more important than anything else."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Chaoyun's eyes welled up with tears, and he choked up as he said:

“Aunt, you are truly my second parents. We will never forget the kindness you have shown us, my siblings and me, for all eternity.”

Wang Rong patted his shoulder and laughed:

“An aunt is also a mother. It’s only natural for a mother to be good to her children.”

While Zhu Chaoyun was still stunned with emotion, Wang Rong had already taken out spirit stones to pay the bill and called out:

"Are you still hungry? Vendor, another bowl, please."

"I'm full, Auntie, I'm really full."

Before Zhu Chaoyun could refuse, the stall owner cheerfully brought over a large bowl of steaming chicken soup wontons and stuffed it into his hands.

A moment later, Zhu Chaoyun licked the bowl that was now completely empty, let out a satisfied burp, and asked:

"Aunt, Sister Cui Ying, we still have over 1,200 jin of demon bear meat left. Where should we sell it?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Rong, who had been smiling, frowned slightly, looking troubled, and pondered:

"Let's sell as we go. If the restaurants and eateries behind us don't want them, we'll head to the underground market. If all else fails, we can sell them at a lower price. Whether we sell them all or not, we have to get home before the city gates close."

Just as Zhu Chaoyun was about to get up to push the cart, Cui Ying, who was beside her, suddenly seemed to remember something and said:

"Mother, before we go to the underground trading market, I need to go somewhere first. A senior asked me to deliver some rare monster meat to her, and I want to deliver it to her later."

"Okay, then let's send it over to that senior you know first."