421: Ah Cai's Scheme

"A Cai, with me here, you don't need to buy these Medicinal Pills."

Gu Yanqing followed A Cai, a hint of displeasure in his eyes.

With him following her, what else could A Cai possibly need? He could just bring the remnant will over, refine it himself, and have her swallow it directly.

It was also very efficient.

A Cai smiled and said, "With you here, things are indeed much more convenient. But in these Spirit Ruins, every extra day spent costs Spirit Stones. So, we need to buy a soul gathering pill."

"Once we have the soul gathering pill, we won't have to look for those regretful essences; they'll come looking for us on their own!"

"Furthermore, we'll encounter even more Regretful Monsters."

Gu Yanqing gave a grunt of affirmation.

He reluctantly accepted this explanation.

They arrived at the Baoxu Merchant Guild.

A Cai stated what she wanted, saying she needed to pick and choose, to take a look.

Gu Yanqing watched A Cai as she examined various bottles and jars.

He was puzzled.

"Aren't these Medicinal Pills all the same?"

A Cai whispered, "Mr. Yan, don't laugh at me. During the days you were gone, I encountered people selling inferior Medicinal Pills. If I don't check these pills, it's very easy to be deceived."

A Cai did not use sound transmission.

When the Shopkeeper of the Baoxu Merchant Guild heard this, he was very displeased.

"Young lady, I don't like hearing words like those. All the pills in our Baoxu Merchant Guild are of high quality. Our Baoxu Merchant Guild is a massive brand."

"We wouldn't bother swindling customers over one or two pills."

"We have no interest in such things, and they frankly disgust us!"

"That time you were deceived, you didn't buy those pills from our Baoxu Merchant Guild, did you?"

"If you're claiming you bought them from our Baoxu Merchant Guild, then you're simply making things up!"

A Cai knit her brows tightly and rebuked him, "How dare you speak to me like that! You're just a salesman. Is it your place to interrupt when I'm speaking? Who acts like this?"

"I see your pills are nothing special anyway. Forget it!"

She pushed the Medicinal Pills in front of her right back.

The pill bottle toppled over.

The Shopkeeper immediately became agitated. "You are truly unreasonable. Young lady, please turn left out the door. Our Baoxu Merchant Guild is but a small temple; it cannot accommodate a great Buddha like yourself."

Saying this, he looked at Gu Yanqing. "Fellow Daoist, is she an acquaintance of yours? I suggest you stay away from such people; they are completely irrational!"

Gu Yanqing raised an eyebrow.

It wasn't that he found the Shopkeeper's words particularly grating.

He just felt that A Cai shouldn't make a scene like this; it made him lose face.

He had always been a man of refined and noble character.

Why was A Cai making him appear so vulgar?

Gu Yanqing tugged at A Cai's sleeve and led her away.

After stepping outside, A Cai said angrily, "Mr. Yan, do you also think I was wrong?"

Gu Yanqing said, "Making a scene like that looks bad; it makes us both seem dreadfully vulgar. If you were truly that upset, you could have just found an Opportunity to kill the man later."

"Why argue and let yourself be stained by such trivialities?"

A Cai was speechless.

This man was fair without but foul within.

He claimed to be so elegant and noble, but his heart was actually black.

A typical hypocrite.

A Cai feigned anger, turning her face away, unwilling to look at Gu Yanqing.

This behavior gave Gu Yanqing quite a headache.

Why were women all like this?

In reality, A Cai was waiting... she was waiting for the Shopkeeper to discover the secret hidden within the pills.

Inside the shop.

The Shopkeeper was tidying up the Medicinal Pills A Cai had pushed over.

As he tidied, he cursed under his breath.

"What a piece of work! Does she really think our Baoxu Merchant Guild is after the few coins in her pocket?"

Hearing this, an assistant said, "It's normal, Shopkeeper. The poorer people are, the more they like to haggle over these things. If you had just offered her a discount, she wouldn't have acted like that."

"Some people feel they've lost out if they don't gain an advantage."

"That's true enough!"

The Shopkeeper agreed, but then he noticed an extra crystal inside one of the pill boxes.

"Eh? When did this get here?"

The Shopkeeper pulled out the crystal and saw it was a Recording Stone.

After a moment's thought, he projected his Divine Sense into it.

A Recording Stone could store only audio, both audio and visuals, or even text.

Just like a Cultivation Technique Jade Slip, information was carved into it using Divine Sense.

The Shopkeeper saw characters appearing within the stone.

[The man with me is a Rank Four Spirit Beast, a Purple Lightning Qilin Dog. It is impersonating my lover and has the means to contend with the Early Stage of the Soul Transformation Realm. This is a Spirit Beast with the Qilin Bloodline, extremely rare.]

[I give this Opportunity to you; I beg you, Fellow Daoist, to take action and save me!]

Shock flashed through the Shopkeeper's eyes.

That pair of man and woman had seemed somewhat intimate, but he never imagined such an inside story.

The woman's behavior just now suddenly made sense.

No wonder; in the Lingxu Domain, no one should doubt the products of the Baoxu Merchant Guild. It was all to evade the attention of that Purple Lightning Qilin Dog.

This was a Rank Four Spirit Beast. Once it reached adulthood, it could reach the Integration Realm.

Whether it was raised as a servant or had its Qilin blood extracted and refined, this Spirit Beast was an excellent find.

The Shopkeeper felt a surge of joy.

Reporting this information to the owner would be a great service.

But... was this news true?

The Shopkeeper hesitated slightly.

But then he thought, if it were false, he would at most be scolded. However, if it were true and he failed to report it, and the woman found someone else who obtained the Purple Lightning Qilin Dog, it would be a capital offense for him!

Thinking of this...

The Shopkeeper went into the inner room and crushed a sound transmission jade talisman.

"Manager Wang, I have something to report..."

He conveyed the situation.

Manager Wang was silent for a second. "Wait for my word."

The Shopkeeper used his Divine Sense to track the two people still sulking at the entrance, waiting anxiously.

After a few breaths, the sound transmission jade talisman lit up.

After listening, the Shopkeeper was overjoyed.

He grabbed a Spirit Ruins qualification jade token from the counter and ran out.

At the entrance.

Gu Yanqing looked at A Cai helplessly.

After not seeing her for a long time, A Cai had changed.

She was no longer as obedient and simple as before; she had become more worldly and willful.

He didn't understand why she had to make such a fuss over a few Spirit Stones, nor why she had to be so difficult.

Gu Yanqing felt a bit anxious.

But A Cai's tearful, pitiful appearance as she turned her head away immediately made Gu Yanqing's heart soften again.

Gu Yanqing spoke soothingly, "A Cai, I was wrong. I shouldn't have spoken to you like that. Let's talk more when we get back, alright?"

A Cai was also anxious in her heart.

In the Lingxu Domain, the most powerful organization she could reach was the Baoxu Merchant Guild.

For the Baoxu Merchant Guild to establish itself in the Lingxu Domain, it had to have top-tier Deity Transformation Realm experts backing it.

If a Deity Transformation Realm expert from the Baoxu Merchant Guild took action, Mr. Yan would surely be unable to escape the Spirit Ruins.

But could a single Purple Lightning Qilin Dog tempt a Deity Transformation Realm expert of the Baoxu Merchant Guild?

A Cai bit her lip.

Mr. Yan himself had said that this Spirit Beast was something even Deity Transformation Realm experts would be interested in.

She could only gamble.

If the Shopkeeper didn't come out soon, she would come back tomorrow.

Just as she was thinking this, A Cai saw the Shopkeeper of the Baoxu Merchant Guild running out with a smile on his face.

A Cai was overjoyed.

There was a chance!