The white-robed cultivator's lip twitched.
These days... there really weren't many pure fools left!
Fortunately, he had run into one!
He warmly patted Xue Mingzhao on the shoulder. “Ah, Fellow Daoist, I happen to have a shop for sale. Since fate has brought us together, why don't I sell it to you at a low price?”
With that, he pulled out a jade slip and handed it over. “I wouldn't sell this to just anyone.”
Xue Mingzhao extended her divine sense inside to take a look—whoa, a three-story shop right in the center of Dongcang Heavenly Capital. It was practically a prime golden location for a shop!
“How much?” Xue Mingzhao suppressed her inner excitement, maintaining her foolish grin.
The white-robed cultivator thought for a moment and tested the waters, saying, “I'll give you an honest price! One million high-grade spirit stones!”
Su Ye instantly blew up. Stepping forward like a mother hen protecting its food, he snapped, “Are you robbing us?!”
The white-robed cultivator quickly explained, “This shop is in the city center! It's right opposite the Thousand Lanterns River! This is the absolute best location! In the past, you couldn't even dream of this price!”
Su Ye rolled his eyes hard. “Everyone in the Eastern Territory has almost run away by now. What use is a good location? Five hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones—take it or leave it!”
Xue Mingzhao cast an appreciative glance at Su Ye.
Not bad, Sixth Senior Brother. You've grown up, you even know how to bargain now!
The white-robed cultivator's face scrunched up. He said aggrievedly, “One million is already a dirt-cheap price. In the past, I wouldn't even trade this shop for one million supreme-grade spirit stones.”
Su Ye curled his lip indifferently. “That was then. Go ask at the Spiritual Registry Office later. They might not even give you five hundred thousand.”
Then he turned his head and gestured with his chin to Xue Mingzhao. “Sister, let's go. Brother will take you to pick a shop with a better location.”
Xue Mingzhao took the cue and lifted her foot, pretending she was really about to leave.
Seeing this, the white-robed cultivator hurriedly stepped forward to block them.
He weighed his options for a long moment, clenched his fists tightly, and finally gritted his teeth. “Six hundred thousand! Not a single stone less! Any less and I'll lose everything!”
Su Ye feigned hesitation, pondering for a moment before speaking reluctantly, “Since my sister likes it, fine.”
The white-robed cultivator breathed a sigh of relief. Six hundred thousand it was. If he missed this sucker, he might never find another one.
Xue Mingzhao took the jade slip and happily transferred six hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones over.
Having received the spirit stones, the white-robed cultivator beamed with joy and quickly slipped away.
Xue Mingzhao pocketed the jade slip, cleared her throat, and shouted loudly, “Who else wants to sell their shop? As long as the location is good, I'll take them all!”
As her voice fell, the queue went silent for a brief moment.
Then, a crowd of cultivators immediately swarmed around her, scrambling to recommend their own shops.
“I do, I do! My shop is on the main street!”
“Mine is bigger! Five stories!”
“Don't listen to him, my location is much more popular!”
The clerk on the steps of the Spiritual Registry Office shook his head and sighed at the scene. “She really got scammed hard by that trickster.”
That said, he didn't stop them—after all, the Spiritual Registry Office didn't have many spirit stones left either. Bargaining with these cultivators every day gave him a massive headache. Now that there was a sucker taking over, he was glad to be left in peace.
Xue Mingzhao acquired twenty shops in the city center and over a dozen more of various sizes in average locations in one go. Her pockets instantly deflated by more than half.
Waving her hand, she ignored the crowd of pleading cultivators behind her and turned to enter the Spiritual Registry Office.
The clerk glanced at the two of them, looking exactly as if he had expected this. “Bought so many shops outside just now, and now you regret it and want to sell them?”
Xue Mingzhao shook her head, smiling brightly. “No, I want to buy land.”
The clerk: “...” So she hasn't squandered enough yet?
Just then, another man walked over and glanced at her. “Which land do you want to buy?”
This person was none other than the director of the Spiritual Registry Office, Fan Xu.
Xue Mingzhao said nonchalantly, “I want all the land within a thousand li of the Grand Primordium Sect.”
The Grand Primordium Sect was originally located on the border of the Eastern Territory, far from the main city of Dongcang Heavenly Capital. Most of the surrounding area was unclaimed land, all under the jurisdiction of the Spiritual Registry Office.
Fan Xu was stunned for a moment. He looked around, gave an instruction to the clerk beside him, and led the two of them into an inner room.
After closing the door, Fan Xu finally spoke, his tone filled with earnest advice. “I saw everything you two did outside just now. Dongcang's fortune has run dry; you're simply throwing your money away! Take my advice: don't squander your entire fortune just because of some nonsense from a charlatan.”
Xue Mingzhao smiled. “Thank you for the warning, Director. We are disciples of the Grand Primordium Sect. Our master wants to expand the sect, so he sent the two of us to buy land. It's not me squandering money on a whim.”
Fan Xu's heart leaped. “The same... Grand Primordium Sect that refined the supreme-grade Mahayana Pill?”
“Precisely.”
Fan Xu cast a complicated look at the two of them. It had been no easy feat for the Grand Primordium Sect to produce a supreme-grade Mahayana Pill. Wouldn't it be better to sell it for money and relocate the sect? Why were they expanding instead?
Had they let a little money go to their heads?
He pondered aloud, “The Grand Primordium Sect is located on the border of the Eastern Territory, where spiritual energy is already sparse. The surrounding land isn't worth much, but to buy everything within a thousand li... that is no small sum.”
Xue Mingzhao nodded. “Name your price.”
Fan Xu thought about it and quoted a price. “At the very least... thirty million high-grade spirit stones.” As he spoke, he carefully observed Xue Mingzhao's expression, expecting her to bargain.
Xue Mingzhao breathed a sigh of relief internally—to be honest, it was much lower than she had expected.
She nodded with an eager look. “Then I will trouble the Director to help me process the land deed jade slips.”
A trace of surprise flashed in Fan Xu's eyes; he hadn't expected her to agree so readily.
He composed himself. He had warned her anyway. Since she insisted on being a sucker, he wouldn't stop her. “Splendid! I will process it for you immediately!”
When dealing with such a big spender, the efficiency of the Spiritual Registry Office was incredibly high. In no time at all, the procedures were complete. Fan Xu handed the jade slips to her. “From this day forth, this territory is entirely under the control of your Grand Primordium Sect.”
Xue Mingzhao nodded, put away the jade slips, bid farewell to Fan Xu, and left.
Once outside the Spiritual Registry Office, Su Ye's face was flushed with excitement, and his steps felt light as air. Even back when he was in the Mist Concealment Sect, he had never spent so many spirit stones at once!
It was too thrilling!
Too extravagant!
Too satisfying!
“Junior Sister! What else are we buying? Let's keep buying! I haven't bargained enough yet!”
“Buy my foot,” Xue Mingzhao muttered, clutching her spirit stone bag, her heart aching terribly.
She had spent nearly fifty million high-grade spirit stones in a single morning. Her heart was practically bleeding!
Fifty million!
That was fifty million!
But at the thought of the endless stream of spirit stones in the future, she started grinning foolishly again.
How could one invest without spending money?
With so many shops, even if she did absolutely nothing, she could just lie back and rake in spirit stones!
Rate on N.U.
