42: Unexpected Guests

The next morning.

As soon as Shen Xi woke up, he was greeted by an unexpected guest.

Ye Zirou!

This surprised Shen Xi quite a bit.

She did have some influence in Zhu Feng City; in such a short time, she had managed to find out the location of his hotel.

“Why are you looking for me?”

Shen Xi asked indifferently.

Seeing this, Ye Zirou couldn’t help but stomp her foot in anger: “How can you be like this! I’m a beautiful woman, after all, and I came all this way to find you. Anyone else would be overjoyed, but you’re so cold to me.”

“We’re not close,” Shen Xi said expressionlessly.

This straight-laced man.

Ye Zirou was so angry she laughed.

Anyone else would have tried every means to get involved with her, but this person, on the other hand, acted as if she wanted something from him, wishing to immediately distance himself from her.

“I heard about what happened last night.”

Ye Zirou suppressed her displeasure and spoke mysteriously.

Hearing this, Shen Xi’s heart stirred.

What happened last night?

Could she know that he had fallen out with Kong Wen?

Or was he overthinking it?

“Kong Wen wants to use you, to make you a weapon in his hand to deal with Chen Fang, and you killed one of his capable subordinates, Black Robe. Your relationship is destined to be one of endless hostility.”

Ye Zirou quickly gave the answer.

She indeed knew the detailed course of events.

This made Shen Xi look at Ye Zirou with increasingly complex eyes.

This girl was definitely not simple.

Such a confidential matter, and she had already investigated it thoroughly in just one night.

“Who exactly are you?”

Shen Xi’s face turned cold, and his voice became grim.

Now in a strange city, he dared not be careless.

“Don’t worry, I’m on your side. After all, you once helped me.”

Ye Zirou quickly explained.

But Shen Xi was not satisfied with this answer.

For a woman with such extensive intelligence, what were a mere two city gate guards’ difficulties?

She wouldn’t even bat an eye.

Whether Shen Xi helped or not, Ye Zirou would not be in the slightest danger.

Nor could she thank him and help him for such a reason.

Her purpose was definitely not that simple.

“You can leave.”

Shen Xi issued an order for her to depart.

“Alright, alright, I’ll tell you the truth, okay?!”

“I came to find you, first, because you helped me, and I find you quite interesting.”

“Second, it’s because I heard you have a lot of heavenly spirit stones on hand. I’m a merchant, so naturally, I want to do business with you.”

“As for the third… no one has ever dared to ignore me. Young man, you’ve caught Young Miss’s attention.”

Only then did Shen Xi nod in satisfaction and pour Ye Zirou a cup of tea.

“So, you want to buy heavenly spirit stones?”

“Naturally. In our Twenty-Fifth City, these are good things.”

To show her sincerity, Ye Zirou directly revealed her origin.

Clink!

Clink!

Clink!

Hearing this, Shen Xi directly pulled out heavenly spirit stones from his storage bag, placing them one by one in front of Ye Zirou.

In a short while, there were hundreds of heavenly spirit stones, piled up like a small mountain, making Ye Zirou’s eyes a little blurry.

“These are just some of them. It depends on how many you can take.”

“Name your price, I want them all, and I want as many as you have.”

Ye Zirou didn’t dither either, and likewise pulled out diamond coins one by one.

Although the diamond coins were far smaller than the heavenly spirit stones, they were clearly more shocking.

One Diamond Coin was worth one hundred million!

Similarly, in just a few words, Ye Zirou produced dozens of diamond coins, including currencies from the wilderness and from the Federation.

This girl is quite extravagant!

Shen Xi suppressed the shock in his heart.

Ye Zirou’s background was indeed not simple; how could an ordinary person carry so many diamond coins with her?

Moreover, this was definitely not all of her assets.

“Four hundred eighty per gram. I still have one thousand nine hundred catties on hand. I’ll give you a discount, let’s say four hundred seventy million!”

“A very reasonable price. Deal!”

Soon, the transaction was complete.

Shen Xi fiddled with a Diamond Coin, feeling quite emotional.

This small coin represented an astronomical sum that countless ordinary people, even if they didn’t eat or drink for ten lifetimes, could never earn.

“If you still have heavenly spirit stones on hand, you can contact me anytime. I buy an unlimited supply.”

Ye Zirou was extremely satisfied with this transaction and spoke again.

“In five days at most, a continuous supply of heavenly spirit stones will appear. I will contact you then.”

In two more days, Shen Xi would have all the Materials for the stealth potion.

Once the potion was made, Li Chengfeng and his team could start working.

With their strength and efficiency, Shen Xi would no longer have to worry about heavenly spirit stones.

“How many can there be?”

Ye Zirou asked casually.

In her opinion, the difficulty of collecting heavenly spirit stones was extremely high; otherwise, the market price wouldn’t be so high.

Shen Xi being able to produce one thousand nine hundred catties of heavenly spirit stones was already an unexpected surprise. Logically speaking, Ye Zirou would need at least several days to acquire so many heavenly spirit stones, by posting bounties all over the Outer City.

Even if Shen Xi could provide more heavenly spirit stones later, the quantity wouldn’t be much.

“At least one or two thousand catties!”

Shen Xi answered casually.

At this moment, Ye Zirou was shocked.

She couldn’t be joking, could she?

To get one or two thousand catties of heavenly spirit stones in a few days?

This efficiency was simply too astonishing.

That’s right!

It must be that Shen Xi had accumulated them over the years, and there were still heavenly spirit stones in his inventory.

Now that he had found her as a buyer, he was having people transport all his stock over.

Thinking of this, Ye Zirou finally calmed down.

“Then I’ll wait for you to provide the subsequent heavenly spirit stones. I wish us a pleasant cooperation.”

Ye Zirou extended her hand, a smile on her lips.

Shen Xi was not coy either, shaking her hand and nodding.

“Since the transaction is over, I won’t keep Young Miss Ye any longer. I look forward to our next meeting.”

Hearing this, Ye Zirou wished she could crack open Shen Xi’s head to see what he was thinking.

Was he so eager for her to leave?

Did this guy not want to keep her at all?

Could there be something wrong with her charm?

Ye Zirou carefully observed Shen Xi, and seeing his serious expression, she could only say indignantly: “Don’t you want to know about Kong Wen? Maybe it will help you with your revenge later.”

“Oh? Young Miss Ye, please elaborate.”

Shen Xi’s change of attitude was faster than flipping a book; one moment he was keeping people at arm’s length, the next he was warmly smiling.