Chapter 165: Little Profiteer

What the hell, cutting in line?

Zhang Xingyu hurriedly grabbed the items.

He turned his head and saw that the person reaching over was a little girl.

This girl was wearing a red dress, looking pretty, and her face looked somewhat familiar.

Zhang Xingyu had no time to think.

"Little girl, when buying things, you have to pay attention to who came first. I saw this first."

"Fine. Fifty thousand it is. I'll buy these three things."

After speaking, Zhang Xingyu stopped haggling with the stall owner, took a small storage bag from his storage ring, and handed it over.

"I'll offer one hundred thousand spirit stones. Boss, sell it to me!" the little girl said from the side.

"This..."

The stall owner held the storage bag, his eyes seeming a bit hesitant.

Zhang Xingyu glared at the girl.

"Little girl, I've already bought these things, don't come and interfere."

Seeing Zhang Xingyu glare at her, the little girl also widened her big, watery eyes and glared back.

"Hmph, when buying things, naturally the highest bidder wins. I offered a higher price than you, so naturally, it should be sold to me."

This girl was deliberately trying to compete with him.

Is having money so great?

"I offer one hundred thousand and one spirit stones!" Zhang Xingyu glanced at the little girl and said.

"Stingy! I offer one hundred and ten thousand spirit stones!" The little girl didn't show any weakness.

"One hundred and ten thousand and one spirit stones!" Zhang Xingyu bid again.

"One hundred and twenty thousand spirit stones!" The little girl added another ten thousand.

"One hundred and twenty thousand and one!" Zhang Xingyu added one more.

"One hundred and thirty thousand spirit stones!" The little girl looked like she wouldn't stop until she got it.

This girl was deliberately trying to raise the price against him.

If this continued, wouldn't the price of these things be raised to an astronomical level by her?

Zhang Xingyu hesitated, and the little girl urged him from the side.

"Hey, can you actually afford it or not? If you don't bid again, these things will belong to me."

"One hundred and thirty thousand and one!" Zhang Xingyu thought for a moment and decided to raise the price again.

Things that even his soul could sense must be extraordinary.

Such things are rare and hard to find; no matter how expensive, they are worth it.

"Yo, quite rich, huh. Forget it, I won't fight with you anymore; these things are yours."

The little girl clapped her hands and said.

Seeing that she stopped raising the price, Zhang Xingyu hurriedly threw a storage bag to the stall owner, which contained a pile of high-grade spirit stones and a few low-grade spirit stones.

The stall owner took the storage bag and checked it for a moment, then nodded and tucked the storage bag into his bosom.

Seeing the stall owner put away the storage bag, Zhang Xingyu also hurriedly put the bracelet and bells into his storage ring.

The deal was done.

Zhang Xingyu was secretly happy but also a bit annoyed.

It was all this little girl's fault for raising the price by eighty thousand.

Eighty thousand spirit stones, if it were three years ago, even if Zhang Xingyu were sold, he wouldn't be worth that much.

Zhang Xingyu left, and the little girl returned to the stall.

The stall owner handed the storage bag from his bosom to the little girl while whispering in admiration: "Princess, I really admire you. Such a bracelet and foot bells were actually sold by you for the high price of one hundred and thirty thousand spirit stones."

The little girl raised her head and said with a smile: "This is nothing. That person looked like a bumpkin from the countryside, stupid and rich. If I don't cheat him, who do I cheat?"

After buying the things, Zhang Xingyu went to browse the cultivation shops.

The shops were filled with a dazzling array of goods, with all kinds of medium and high-grade magic tools, spirit talismans, and pills.

It's just that the marked prices were too outrageous, so Zhang Xingyu touched his pocket and decided to pretend to be poor.

At dusk, Zhang Xingyu returned to Xiankelai.

Meng Ruyan and Zhang Kaixin had not returned yet.

Zhang Xingyu asked the innkeeper to bring some wine and food, eating while waiting.

Just after eating a few bites, a eunuch walked into the inn.

Zhang Xingyu sized up the eunuch and was secretly shocked.

This eunuch was actually a cultivator, and his cultivation was far above Zhang Xingyu's.

The eunuch walked straight to Zhang Xingyu and said softly: "Friend, please come with me to the palace."

"The palace?" Zhang Xingyu was puzzled.

"Yes, to the royal palace," the strong man added.

"May I ask who wants me to go to the royal palace? What is it for?" Zhang Xingyu's right hand gently gripped the hilt of his sword.

The eunuch smiled.

"You don't need to be nervous; asking you to go to the palace is not to harm you. Besides, with your shallow cultivation, you have no chance of resisting in front of me."

Zhang Xingyu put his hand back to its original position.

"I'll go. However, before I leave, I need to leave a message for my partners so they don't worry."

The eunuch nodded, not expressing any opposition.

Zhang Xingyu handed a sound-recording stone to the innkeeper, instructing him to pass it to Meng Ruyan, then turned and followed the eunuch out of the inn.

The road to the palace was quite long, and the carriage traveled for an hour before stopping.

After getting off the carriage and stepping into a palace built of red crystal, Zhang Xingyu saw the old man who sold the bracelet again.

The old man was dressed in brocade and silk, looking like a eunuch.

Seeing Zhang Xingyu, the old eunuch had someone hand Zhang Xingyu a storage bag.

What's the meaning of this? Giving gifts to a stranger?

Zhang Xingyu did not reach out to take it.

The old eunuch smiled: "Fellow Daoist, this storage bag contains one hundred and fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones; please return the three items you bought from me earlier."

Zhang Xingyu was a bit reluctant. He hadn't even had time to examine those three items carefully!

"Old, old senior. As the saying goes, buying and selling, there is buying and selling. Since you sold the items to me, why do you want to buy them back?" Zhang Xingyu asked, puzzled.

The old eunuch sat down on a chair and signaled Zhang Xingyu to sit down as well.

"I was playing a game of buying and selling with the Princess, and you just happened to be there. Those three items are defensive items given to the Princess by His Majesty, so please return them to me."

Princess?

Zhang Xingyu then remembered that the little girl's face looked very much like the Seventh Princess who appeared in front of the Treasure Offering Hall.

"Could it be the Seventh Princess?" Zhang Xingyu asked.

The old eunuch nodded.

"The Princess is naturally active, and she has taken an interest in doing business these past few days."

Zhang Xingyu took the bracelet and bells out of his storage ring.

Although these three items were good, they were hot potatoes in his ring.

How could anyone obtain defensive items given to his daughter by the King of Aolai?

Seeing Zhang Xingyu being so sensible, the old eunuch was very satisfied.

"Thank you for your cooperation this time. The extra twenty thousand spirit stones in the storage bag are your reward."

Zhang Xingyu thanked him repeatedly and tucked the storage bag into his bosom.

The old eunuch served tea to see him off, and Zhang Xingyu walked out the door.

Just as he stepped out of the palace gate, a red shadow bumped into him.

Zhang Xingyu hurriedly dodged to the side.

The red shadow stopped at the palace gate.

The Seventh Princess stared at Zhang Xingyu with big eyes and said like a machine gun: "Aren't you that big idiot who bought my bracelet and foot bells? Why are you here? You didn't discover you were cheated and want to go back on your word, did you? Let me tell you, once bought, it's sold; don't even think about going back on your word. Don't even think about getting your spirit stones back." ===== CHAPTER 166 =====