109: Learn from the fifth-grade black-hearted vendors, you play tricks on me and reciprocate

Ye An then chatted with the monkey for a while about other things.

He then put him into his storage ring.

As they were now close to Jianglan City, it was indeed inconvenient for the monkey to come out.

After all, if he was seen, the Li family would surely deduce that it was he who robbed their shop.

So, for the sake of caution, Ye An could only put him into his storage ring!

...About half an hour later.

Ye An and his group finally arrived at the city gate of Jianglan City.

Honestly, it was only when Ye An saw the grand gate of Jianglan City that he truly understood the vast difference between Ye Family Pass and Jianglan City.

The city gate of Ye Family Pass could simply be described as dilapidated.

In contrast, the city gate of Jianglan City was incredibly magnificent and majestic!

Even the people passing by seemed noticeably more confident than ordinary people!

“Let’s go, into the city!”

Ye An called out, then drove the carriage, carrying the two people into the city.

The first thing to do after entering the city was, naturally, to find a place to stay.

Ye Mier was quite familiar with this.

After all, as the manager of the Ye Family’s shop, Ye Mier had naturally been to Jianglan City before.

Under her recommendation and guidance,

the group quickly found an inn and settled down.

By now, the sky was already beginning to darken.

So, Ye An and his group didn't delay, went downstairs, ate some food, and then headed towards the Eight Immortals Hall.

After all, the monkey had said that Young Master Xu would go to the Eight Immortals Hall every night to pick up girls if he had nothing else to do!

Therefore, if there was a place in Jianglan City where he was likely to be found,

it was probably only the Eight Immortals Hall!

However, on the way to the Eight Immortals Hall, Ye An soon noticed that many street-side shops were selling Fifth-Grade secondary profession manuals!

So, while Ye Mier and Liu Bairan went to buy candied hawthorn,

Ye An also came to the entrance of a general store.

The shopkeeper, seeing Ye An approach, enthusiastically greeted him.

“What do you want to buy, brother?”

“Our shop only has things you can’t think of, never things you can’t buy!”

Ye An smiled upon hearing this.

“Such a full stock?”

“Do you have Fifth-Grade secondary profession manuals?”

The shopkeeper smiled upon hearing this.

“Of course, we have that!”

“Look!”

As he spoke, the shopkeeper indeed took out three different manuals.

They were precisely the manuals for Fifth-Grade Alchemy, Talismans, and Formation.

Ye An looked at the three manuals and smiled.

“Can I take a look first?”

The shopkeeper laughed upon hearing this.

“What’s there to look at? You won’t learn it in a short while!”

“It’s better to buy them and read them slowly at home!”

Ye An, however, smiled and said,

“I need to see if they are real or fake!”

The shopkeeper, resigned, could only nod and let him look.

Ye An didn’t waste words; he immediately opened the three books and started flipping through them simultaneously.

Sure enough, almost at the same time, the System’s voice rang out in his mind.

【Ding! Host is detected to be learning Fifth-Grade Alchemy, Talismans, and Formation manuals!】

【A total of 600 merit points can be invested this time to directly learn all three manuals!】

Listening to the System’s broadcast, Ye An breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the merit points required for these Fifth-Grade secondary professions didn’t exceed his expectations too much.

When he learned Fourth-Grade, each only cost one hundred merit points!

Now, learning Fifth-Grade cost two hundred points each.

This was still within Ye An’s acceptable range!

Thinking this, Ye An no longer hesitated and immediately called out in his mind,

“Learn!”

Sure enough, the System’s voice rang out again.

【Ding! A total of 600 merit points have been deducted this time. You will subsequently learn Fifth-Grade Medicinal Pill, Formation, and Talismans!】

【Estimated time: ten minutes. Please wait patiently!】

As the System’s voice sounded, Ye An indeed felt three vast information streams rapidly appearing in his mind!

That information was precisely about Fifth-Grade secondary professions!

The boss, seeing Ye An lost in thought, also smiled and said,

“Young man, if you like them, buy them and study them slowly!”

“For these three combined, I’ll just charge you one thousand Spirit Stones!”

Ye An hadn’t spoken yet when Ye Mier had already walked over with Liu Bairan.

Hearing the boss’s quote, Ye Mier immediately became displeased!

“One thousand Spirit Stones?”

“Boss, do you think my husband looks like he’s from out of town?”

“Easy to fool, huh?”

“One thousand Spirit Stones, I’ll beat you up, and your medical expenses won’t even be worth one thousand Spirit Stones, do you believe me?!”

The shopkeeper’s face visibly darkened upon hearing this, and he said,

“Go, go, go! These are all genuine articles, what do you know?!”

Ye Mier laughed upon hearing this.

“Genuine articles? What a joke!”

“On this street, whose Fifth-Grade secondary profession manuals aren’t genuine articles?!”

“These dime-a-dozen items, are there even fakes?”

As she spoke, Ye Mier hooked her arm through Ye An’s and said,

“Husband, let’s go. This is a black-hearted merchant!”

“These Fifth-Grade manuals, all three combined, are worth at most ten Spirit Stones!”

“The most expensive part of a Fifth-Grade secondary profession isn’t the manual; don’t let him fool you!”

“Hey! You girl!”

The shopkeeper was furious.

Ye An, however, pulled Ye Mier back and said seriously,

“Madam, you can’t say that!”

“Look at the boss, coming and going in the wind and rain, it’s not easy to do business!”

“His skin is all tanned; he’s clearly in his early twenties, but the sun has made him look like an old man of seventy or eighty!”

“It’s not easy for him to live!”

“Husband, you!”

Ye Mier was extremely annoyed, but Ye An patted her, signaling her not to worry.

Then he looked at the shopkeeper and said,

“Shopkeeper, am I right?”

The shopkeeper thought he had met a fool and immediately echoed,

“Yes, indeed!”

“Young brother, it’s not easy for me to do business. I have an seventy-year-old mother above and an unborn son below!”

“How could I overcharge you?!”

“These are all clearly marked prices, honest dealings!”

Ye An quickly said,

“You see, I knew this boss wouldn’t lie!”

“The boss is definitely an honest person!”

The boss, seeing that the deal was about to be made, also smiled and said,

“That’s right, that’s right!”

“You’re really discerning, young brother. Come, come, I’ll wrap them up for you right away!”

“I’ll also give you a small hairpin as a gift, so you can coax your wife when you go back!”

Ye An was overjoyed upon hearing this!

“You’re even giving a hairpin? Boss, you’re so kind!”

As he spoke, Ye An inserted the hairpin into Ye Mier’s hair, then said to the boss,

“Thank you, boss!”

“I’ll take this hairpin, but as for those three books, forget about them!”

“What did you say?”

The boss was instantly stunned upon hearing this.

Ye An said,

“I said forget about those three books, I have them at home. I was just looking!”

“Just looking?”

“You talked so much with me just to look?”

The shopkeeper was completely speechless.

Ye An asked, puzzled,

“Just looking, can’t I talk this much with you?”

“Besides, did I ever say I was going to buy them?”

“You! You’re playing with me?!”

“Give me back the hairpin!”

The boss immediately became anxious.

Ye An, however, said,

“Didn’t you play with me first? This is called returning courtesy!”

“Besides, you already gave me the hairpin, so it’s mine. Why should I give it back to you?!”

“Give it back to me!”

The boss said, reaching out to snatch it.

Ye An, however, took a step forward, blocking Ye Mier, and said coldly,

“Boss!”

“Do you think I’m easy to bully?”

“Try moving your claws again!”

“You!”

The boss was furious, but he didn’t dare to truly offend these three people in front of him.

After all, their attire clearly showed they weren’t ordinary people.

Ye Mier, at the side, had long been laughing uncontrollably, looking at the boss and saying,

“Serves you right for trying to swindle people!”

Ye An waved his hand, then led the two women and turned to leave the shop.

However, what none of the three noticed was that,

just as they were playing mind games with the boss,

at the entrance of a medical clinic not far away,

a woman wearing a white bamboo hat was staring at them in a daze.

It wasn’t until the three of them turned and walked towards the woman’s direction that

the woman hurriedly entered the medical clinic!