Chapter 72: 72

72 「Transaction completed, the one who owes a blade Tushan Jiu, respectfully seeing off the City God? 」

"Hmm, hello." City God looked at Xie Shiyu with interest; this kid is quite savvy.

These people of fortune also come in many types; the extremely wealthy and noble all have some fortune on them.

He, uh...

All that can be said is that being the richest person in Nan Cheng is not his limit; within a few years, becoming the richest in Huaxia is completely not a problem.

He then looked at Tushan Jiu again.

His brows bore a kind affection for the promising junior.

Youth is good; the older generation should honestly lie flat on the beach, from now on it's their world.

For the City God, one-tenth of divine power cannot be said to be optional, but it's also not a difficult matter.

In his palm gathered a dazzling white ball of light, which he pushed forward.

Tushan Jiu grabbed the jade bracelet that had merged into her wrist.

This storage array can hold anything except living things.

The previous storage talisman worked on this principle.

Oh, right, their Item and such are the same.

So Tushan Jiu merely made an improvement and innovation.

But this improvement is not that easy; her own Qi cannot possibly accomplish it, the first half is easy, the second half hard, requiring not just Qi but also spiritual power or divine power.

In the present age, spiritual power is already scarce; if she slowly collects it, by the time she peacefully enters the earth, she might not even finish gathering it.

If she went to the underworld, this thing would be utterly useless.

So she had long had a plan in mind: to find the earth immortal who owed money on the ledger and ask for some divine power.

But she never expected such a coincidence to occur.

That stone sprite actually wanted to impersonate the City God to swindle incense offerings; then let him see the real City God.

This also reminded her that the City God of Nan Cheng on her ledger still owed money.

Thus, just as the City God could see through at a glance.

The stone sprite monster was merely an afterthought.

Her main purpose was still to collect the debt.

So the stone sprite at the door, now shrunk into a stone ball, is completely ignored by everyone, utterly overlooked.

Divine power fully merged into the jade bracelet; Tushan Jiu lifted her head to look at the Nan Cheng City God, then blinked her big eyes twice: "Transaction completed, the one who owes a blade Tushan Jiu, respectfully seeing off the City God?"

Nan Cheng City God: "......"

Never mind, never mind, this is just the Tushan family's usual style; we're used to it.

The Nan Cheng City God left the City God statue.

The City God statue returned to its original appearance, except the eyes that had just been carved also disappeared together.

Sun Ying couldn't help but marvel in his heart: it turns out the end of science is truly mysticism; otherwise, why would so many famous stone‑carving masters have to follow the rules, needing to complete the formal ceremony before they start carving?

The City God's aura completely vanished, and only then did Bai Yu dare to come out of the guest room.

He complained: "Tushan Jiu, my dear Jiu sis, if you're going to summon a god you should have told me beforehand—you scared the baby to death!"

Tushan Jiu looked at him, her expression indescribable: "A big baby in his twenties, first time seeing."

Xie Shiyu nodded in agreement: "Indeed."

Bai Yu: "…… um, Jiu sis, let's discuss something with you."

He leaned toward Tushan Jiu, showing a mouthful of big white teeth, smiling somewhat ingratiatingly.

Xie Shiyu frowned, drew Tushan Jiu close, and said: "Tired? Go sit on the sofa for a while."

Bai Yu pursed his lips and muttered softly: "Has the vinegar jar become a spirit? Humans' damn possessiveness, tsk~"

Sun Ying beside them didn't hear clearly, so he asked: "Teacher Bai, what's a vinegar jar, what's humanity?"

Bai Yu waved his hand, saying it's fine; he said he wanted to drink coffee, asked if they had a coffee machine, and requested that he make him a cup.

Sun Ying is a night owl, so of course he has a coffee machine.

He asked Tushan Jiu and Xie Shiyu if they wanted any.

Tushan Jiu glanced at Bai Yu, then said she wanted a cup with extra sugar; Xie Shiyu didn't want any.

Sun Ying said okay, then went to the kitchen island to make coffee for them.

After he left, Bai Yu lowered his voice: "Jiu sis, I want to buy the stone sprite's demonic power with money."

Tushan Jiu shook her head and firmly refused: "No."

"I'll offer fifty million!"

"......"

"One hundred million!"

That is a great tonic; the demonic power of the monster is greatly beneficial for his cultivation.

Tushan Jiu pursed her lips and still insisted on refusing; she said directly:

"I need this stone sprite to nourish my fiancé's body; if you want it, wait until next time."

Hearing this, Bai Yu looked at her longingly, disappointment written on his face.

Tushan Jiu: "......"

Is he trying to act cute with her?

She thought for a moment, then soothed: "You've probably heard that the underworld's assessment system has changed, right? So I'll be making moves often from now on, won't lack these things; when the time comes, if I see something suitable for your cultivation, I'll sell it to you, okay?"

As soon as he heard she would often act, Bai Yu immediately perked up.

He reached out to take Tushan Jiu's hand to show excitement and gratitude, but in his peripheral vision he saw Xie Shiyu's warning glance, and he instantly wilted.

He nodded vigorously, "Okay, okay, okay, simply too awesome!"

You know, someone like her being a pervert—oh, pah, wrong, is she such a genius, that's something you see only once in a hundred years; now his 'cultivation rations' will truly never run out!

He can just lie back and relax now!

Tushan Jiu didn't know what Bai Yu was thinking; if she knew, she'd definitely kick up a fuss!

She still wants to lie back and relax!

She still wants to be a salted fish!

Who can she go to reason with!

After drinking coffee, Tushan Jiu then moved to smash the stone back into its original shape.

A piece of greenstone the size of a palm.

Because it grew at the tail of the spiritual vein of Mount Chunbai, by a fortunate coincidence it gained consciousness.

For a stone to become an essence is tens of thousands of times harder than for a living being; without specific conditions it's simply impossible.

Such a rare opportunity, and he actually doesn't properly walk the righteous path—truly wasting a great chance.

In short, the opportunity is yours, but you're just not up to it!

Sun Ying's blade debt, Tushan Jiu collected fifty thousand from him.

This also happens to be within his capacity to bear.

Sword Debt depends on the person; different people have different debts.

Just like when Tushan Jiu was in Yun Shi, villagers at the foot of the mountain needed blade credit, and the compensation she took wasn't high.

Also, there was the time the Tushan disciple helped that child retrieve his soul from the water ghost's hands; when that family later regretted it and suffered retribution, the Tushan disciple only collected two hundred bucks from them.

So people might say it's about the matter, not the person.

But those who deal in Sword Debt are the opposite: it's about the person, not the matter.

Tushan Jiu sealed that piece of greenstone with a mark, then asked Sun Ying for a trash bag and threw it inside.

All done, go home and sleep!