194: Chapter 193 The Arrogant Young Lady

The waves of the Chaotic Star Sea seemed to have grown a bit more docile at this moment, but beneath that ink-blue abyss, the surging undercurrents were enough to tear any negligent person to shreds.

The Azure Sea Merchant Alliance's flagship, the "thousand gold," was like a golden palace floating on the sea. The deck was paved with precious agarwood, and every inch of the crevices flowed with a pale-golden defensive light. This was the center of wealth in the Chaotic Star Sea and the most snobbish place in the entire Second Heaven.

Lin Chen stood at the entrance of the gangway. Behind him, Cold Moon Heart had already faded back into the shadows, serving as his lethal trump card.

"Where did this wild Loose Cultivator come from? Is this a place where you can set foot?" A female guard commander wearing the merchant alliance uniform, her chin tilted almost to the sky, pressed her hand against the long saber at her waist. Her eyes swept over Lin Chen's black robe, which wasn't particularly luxurious, with contempt. "Get lost. Don't dirty the Young Miss's deck."

In the First Heaven and Second Heaven, a man's status often depended on the woman he was attached to. To them, a Foundation Establishment Loose Cultivator like Lin Chen, who was alone and had his aura restrained to the extreme, was no different from a beggar.

Lin Chen wasn't angry; his eyes didn't even flicker. He understood the psychology of these women all too well. In this abnormal society where women outnumbered men, they were accustomed to using arrogance to disguise their own weakness.

"Don't be in such a hurry to draw your sword." Lin Chen's tone was flat. With a flick of his palm, a crystal-clear jade bottle appeared between his fingers. "I've heard that the merchant alliance's Eldest Young Miss Shen has been exhausted lately due to internal factional struggles, and even her complexion has suffered. This 'Heavenly Yuan Beauty Pill' was something I obtained by chance. Not only can it preserve one's appearance for a thousand years, but it can also nourish the Sea of Consciousness. If you send it in, this merit will be enough for you to be promoted to vice-captain."

The guard commander's originally cold face instantly froze, and her breathing became rapid. A Beauty Pill! This kind of luxury, which only existed in legends, was no less lethal than a top-grade Magic Treasure to female cultivators who valued beauty as much as life and prioritized cultivation.

"You... are you truly willing to part with it?" The guard commander tremblingly took the jade bottle and quietly pried open a small crack. A refreshing fragrance instantly wafted out. With just one sniff, she felt her Meridians become much smoother.

"Take it. I only want an Opportunity to see Shen Jinse." Lin Chen calmly withdrew his hand. The highest Realm of financial intelligence was not accumulation, but opening tightly closed doors through the exchange of interests.

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Half an hour later, in the luxurious inner cabin on the top floor of the "thousand gold."

The decorations here could only be described as "outrageous." Even the carpet was woven from deep-sea extreme-cold ice silkworm silk, making stepping on it feel like walking on clouds.

Shen Jinse was sitting on a dragon-head chair made of ten-thousand-year-old warm jade. She wore a magnificent golden bun, and the two strands of hair hanging from her temples exuded a naive yet sharp nobility. Dressed in a red and gold Dharma robe adorned with dust-avoiding beads the size of a baby's fist, she was the living embodiment of a walking humanoid Spirit Stone mine.

"So it's you who wants to buy this Young Miss's time with a single Medicinal Pill?" Shen Jinse toyed with the jade bottle in her hand, her phoenix eyes slightly raised with a condescending gaze. "Hmph, the Medicinal Pill is decent, but Spirit Stones are the one thing this Young Miss doesn't lack."

With a wave of her slender hand, a bulging Storage Pouch slammed onto the ground at Lin Chen's feet with a crisp clatter.

"Here are a hundred thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones. Take them and get out of this Young Miss's sight." Shen Jinse lifted her legs, clad in red silk boots, and crossed them, her toes hooking impatiently. "Man, greed must have limits."

This arrogance was almost etched into her bones. As the merchant alliance Young Miss, the men she had seen in her life were either servants kneeling to lick her boots or swindlers plotting to trick her out of resources. She believed that "anything that can be solved with Spirit Stones is not a problem," because that was the only sense of security she could grasp.

Lin Chen looked at the bag of Spirit Stones. Instead of moving, he let out a light chuckle. With a slight push of his right leg, he steadily kicked the bag of Spirit Stones back to Shen Jinse's feet.

"Young Miss Shen, I have plenty of Spirit Stones. But if Young Miss Shen doesn't have certain things, I'm afraid this 'thousand gold' will be renamed the 'Thousand Gold Tomb' by tomorrow."

"Presumptuous!" Shen Jinse stood up abruptly, her tightly bound Peaks trembling violently, and her golden bun swaying slightly. "A mere Foundation Establishment dares to curse this Young Miss? Someone, come and—"},{