Incoming Turbulence
Xuan Zhengtang voiced, “Master Yu, he…”
“He was just joking, right, Mr. Yue?” Mu Yu answered, smiling.
“Yes, it was but a joke,” responded Yue Wenyang.
“Master Yu, he is here to steal the level seven fiend spirit,” reminded Xuan Sitong.
“You speak in jest, Miss. I am here to apologise to you for the rude things we have done to you recently. We should not have put you in such a tough position. Mr. Xuan, you are welcome to sell your fiend beasts to us in the future. We will purchase your goods at 50 percent higher than the market price.”
“R-really?”
“Really. I heard you have two level six fiend beasts you were struggling to sell owing to our uninvited actions. I have a million spirit stones here for you as payment for the two fiend beasts and my apology,” conveyed Yue Wenyang, presenting a spirit stone jade piece.
“Are you sure about this, Mr. Yue?”
First, Xuan Zhengtang felt a little guilty for taking money from Yue Wenyang after being involved in Yi Feiying’s death. Second, he was worried that Earth Sovereign Sect would turn around and pick a bone with him.
“He’s serious. Mr. Yue and I have reached an agreement. The terms are just as he stated,” Mu Yu affirmed.
“Master Yu is right. You can take all of the remaining fiend beasts to our store, and I will have someone close the deal immediately for you. I shall take my leave now, then,” promised Yue Wenyang, bowing out.
“Master Yu, is this true?” questioned Xuan Zhengtang.
“It is. They won’t heckle you. Feel free to take the level six fiend beasts over.”
“But… But…”
“The more time you spend dawdling here, the longer your wife will suffer. Collecting five million spirit stones is your current priority, is it not?”
With that, Mu Yu convinced Xuan Zhengtang to get a move on.
Xuan Sitong pursed her lips until she finally decided to say, “Thank you.”
“Don’t worry about it.”
Mu Yu killed Yi Feiying instead of killing the latter due to the latter’s superior cultivation. In Yue Wenyang’s case, he was more useful as a pawn. Additionally, it was the fastest way to wrap things up so that he could turn his attention to the mountain range the elemental demons were claimed to be most active.
Xuan Zhengtang soon came back in high spirits to effuse, “I have successfully sold all of them to Beast-Taming Hall. Thanks to the price deal, we sold them for 22.5 million! Master Yu, this twenty-two million is yours. I will only take five hundred thousand.”
Mu Yu put away the big spirit stone. “Thank you.”
Mu Yu had no qualms giving Xuan Zhengtang more. The issue was Xuan Zhengtang would not accept it.
“Do you have enough now?” Mu Yu inquired.
“I now have 390,000.”
“I’ll lend you two million. Go and have Hundred Herbs Hall order a Taishi purple sky pill. They told me it’d take ten days to be delivered, so place the order now.”
“Thank you. Thank you, Master Yu. I was going to shamelessly ask to take a loan from you, but thank you. I will do my best to repay you.”
After Xuan Zhengtang took off with the money, Mu Yu passed the jade piece with five million to Xuan Sitong. “Save this for emergencies. You don’t need to let your father know about it.”
“I can’t accept it. I am grateful for your help, but I must stick to my principles.”
An upward curve came to Mu Yu’s lips. “We’re just helping each other out. Consider it payment for bringing me to this city. The amount isn’t important. What’s important is… What’s important is that I feel those who do good should be repaid in kind.”
“What’s more important is that we’re rich and wilful,” Xiaoshuai chimed in.
“Rubbish,” reproached Mu Yu.
“Thank you, Master Yu. I’d like to share this good news with my mother right away.”
Xuan Chisan meandered to Mu Yu after Xuan Sitong left to inquire, “Master Yu, are you, perhaps, interested in my senior sister?”
“Huh? No, I already have someone I like.”
“But my senior sister likes you!”
“Why do you look even more eager than her, then?”
“I… I, uh, umm…”
“Oh,” drawled Mu Yu. “You have a crush on her?”
“N-no. I just do not want her… her…” Mustering up courage, Xue Chisan explained, “I know that I cannot compare to you. I want her to have someone who can protect her. Because you seem indifferent to her, I am worried for her…”
“You’re wrong, then. She doesn’t like me.”
“B-”
“Her gaze. You can tell if someone has feelings for another based on the look in their eyes.”
“Their gaze?”
Mu Yu cast his gaze onto the blue dome, unexpectedly seeing what resembled two red human silhouettes flit past. “I’m not a professor in romance, but I can tell when somebody has feelings for another person. She is grateful to me, respects me and is curious about me. That’s it. She keeps stealing glances for she’s curious as to who I am.”
Mu Yu spotted grey silhouettes soar past this time.
“So…” – Xuan Chisan’s face went from dark to bright – “Senior Sister…”
“The one she likes is you,” replied Mu Yu, spotting white and yellow silhouettes streak across the blue blanket this time.
“Are you serious?”
Mu Yu pulled his brows together as he watched more silhouettes zip past, thinking, “Those aren’t cultivators. Something is making me feel uneasy. I feel… I recognise this aura.”
“Chisan, go see what’s happening on the streets.”
“Did something happen?”
Ding! Ding! Ding!
The floor at Xuan Chisan’s feet suddenly felt soft. His heart skipped a beat, his skin clammy.
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