Chapter 180 Exaggerated Price

Yan Yu pondered for a moment, then took out a copy of "Catalogue of Refining Materials" and "Tiannan Notes" from his storage bag and said,

"These two books are sold in major shops and are worth dozens of spirit stones. I can give them to you together."

Mo Juren just glanced at it and said to himself,

"Hey, knowledge is definitely something that more is better, just like fate..."

Seeing that Mo Juren was still pulling and had no intention of handing over the two Soul Transformation Mushrooms, Yan Ling finally came to her senses and said,
"Okay, so you were fooling us. You are such a greedy person! These books plus spirit stones are worth nearly seven or eight hundred. Aren't they enough to exchange for your two poisonous spirit herbs?"

"Ah," Mo Juren sighed, and casually closed the lid of the wooden box containing the Soul-Transforming Mushroom. "It seems that the two of you only take this fate seriously, just like a dragonfly skimming the water, and it doesn't stop there."

"Why don't you two collect your things first, and let me see if there are any more predestined Taoist friends out there."

Mo Juren pretended to look behind the two of them, as if looking for other buyers.

In fact, Mo Juren knew that those people behind him might all be people who wanted to take advantage of the situation, so how could they possibly offer a higher price than the two young men from the Yan family.

He was just playing hard to get, using the people in the queue as an excuse to put pressure on the brother and sister, because he knew that the two were determined to get the two Soul-Transforming Mushrooms.

Mo Juren took a few steps back, leaving the range of the sound silencing technique, while secretly keeping an eye on the two of them.

The brother and sister were seen whispering something inside. When they got excited, Yan Ling actually lifted up her black hood, revealing her young girl's face.

This black outfit is provided by the secret city to the monks for self-protection. Some monks are confident that they are strong enough and will take off their hoods, which does not violate the rules here.

This gave Mo Juren the opportunity to read her words using lip reading.

Yan Yu, "..."

Yan Ling, "...I know this person is too greedy, like a bottomless pit. But, my aunt's spirit beast may not be able to wait any longer, and it took a lot of effort to find these two highly poisonous spirit herbs that can be used."

Yan Yu, "..."

Yan Ling, "That won't do. Aunt's two-headed duck is a rare and fine breed. It grew up with Aunt and is closer to her than we are. The elders of Spirit Beast Mountain also said that this method of fighting poison with poison has at least a 50% chance of success. We can't give up. We must help Aunt this time. She loves us the most."

Based on the information he heard from the disciples of Huangfeng Valley, Mo Juren deduced that the aunt of these two people was most likely the female cultivator named Yan Ruyan. It turned out that her spirit beast had a problem, so she came to the Spirit Beast Mountain to seek help.

Yan Yu, "..."

Yan Ling, "Including what I have, there are a total of 800 spirit stones... Then we can set a minimum price and give him a few books and 800 spirit stones at most. If he still doesn't agree... then we can find a way to catch up with him first... Let my aunt find those suitors to deal with..."

Yan Yu, "..."

After the two of them finished talking, Yan Ling waved to Mo Juren, motioning him to come closer to discuss the matter again.

Mo Juren cursed inwardly, this little girl seemed to be a ruthless witch in the making. If Yan Ruyan really mobilized foundation-building cultivators like Huang Fenggu's Guan Zhengyi to come forward, he would be in danger.

But on the surface, he pretended to apologize to the people in the queue behind him by clasping his fists, and then came to the brother and sister and said,

"How about it, do you two feel like renewing your relationship with me?"

Yan Ling said first,
"I'll give you three books and seven hundred spirit stones, which are worth nearly a thousand spirit stones in total. Tell me, are you willing to sell them?"

Mo Juren pondered and said, "I feel that fate will come soon. With these, it will be enough for me and the brother's wife and daughter to live for a while."

"It's just that you two seem to be from a big family, you wouldn't have brought just a few books, right? We are grassroots cultivators, and our thirst for knowledge is..."

Yan Ling sneered,
"Haha, you're lucky. I have another copy of 'Treasure Record of Ten Thousand Beasts' here. It was edited by my elders. I'll give it to you. Do you dare to take it?"

Mo Juren smiled and said,
"Haha, this is fate. Your elders are our elders, so why should we be afraid? Then let's do as the young lady says."

"Really? You agree? You won't regret it?" Yan Ling's tone warmed up and she said with some surprise.

Mo Juren laughed secretly under his black robe.

"That's right. The seven hundred spirit stones you two gave me, plus these four books, are more than enough to exchange for these two Soul-Transforming Mushrooms."

"Brother, take it out quickly and give it to him." Yan Ling's tone finally became happy.

Yan Yu also breathed a sigh of relief, as if she was finally relieved. At her sister's urging, she took out the storage bag and prepared to take out the items to be exchanged.

Unexpectedly, the storage bag with exquisite workmanship and obviously high-end quality caught Mo Juren's attention. He thought to himself, why not be a bad guy to the end and do some dirty work at the end.

So he also took out the black storage bag that he had taken from Lingdan Taoist, and said resentfully,

"My brother really suffered. Afterwards, I found his body."

"It's a pity that the storage bag is too small, and I couldn't even bring back my brother's body intact."

"His poor orphan and widow, they couldn't even see each other for the last time, ah..."

Yan Ling was furious when she heard this.

"You're still trying to play tricks on me!?"

Mo Juren was shameless, but he only said to Yan Yu,
"What a trick! How can fate go back on its word? Besides, if I really take this fellow Taoist's storage bag, where will I put his things?"

"However, my black storage bag can hold some things. If you are willing to exchange it, then... that's great..."

Yan Yu said to stop him,
"My brother's storage bag and mine are a pair, look..."

Yan Yu stopped Yan Ling from taking out her storage bag as evidence. She was afraid that she would be targeted by the bad guy again, so she quickly agreed.

"No problem, just give it to him. It's only worth a hundred spirit stones."

So in full view of everyone, Mo Juren took out the various things in the black storage bag one by one. These were all insignificant items that he had deliberately put in there.

There were only some low-end talismans, low-end medicinal materials, low-end magical instruments and other sundries scattered all over the floor, as well as a tattered and motionless puppet leopard.

Seeing Mo Ciren looking so poor, Yan Ling seemed to feel better, so she simply turned her head away and didn't want to look anymore.

Then Mo Juren put the two soul-transforming mushrooms into a black storage bag and threw it to Yan Yu.

Yan Yu took out the other items in her storage bag, put in the spirit stones and books she promised to exchange with Mo Juren, and threw the entire storage bag over...

(End of this chapter)