Chapter 50: You Asked for This

Hearing Xiao Jiu's cheerful voice, Chen Yusheng couldn't help but smile.

"It really is quite lively."

At this moment, Chen Yusheng's appearance had completely changed; he had become someone no one had ever seen before.

The reason for changing his appearance was mainly for fear of being discovered the moment he appeared; according to what that little girl said earlier, he was a person wanted by the Base.

As for how he changed his appearance? As a cultivator in the Condensing Origin Realm, changing his appearance was simple for him.

"Brother, is that something to eat? I want to eat it!"

Xiao Jiu caught sight of a candied hawthorn stall on the side of the road, and her eyes instantly lit up.

During this time following Chen Yusheng, she had become increasingly bold, likely because she felt from the bottom of her heart that Chen Yusheng was a good person.

Hearing this, Chen Yusheng thought for a moment and did not refuse: "Wait until I exchange for some money, and I will buy it for you."

He casually stopped a passerby and asked: "Excuse me, is there a place nearby that buys things?"

"Walk five hundred meters forward along this road, there is a pawnshop, you can go take a look."

"Thanks!"

"Xiao Jiu, let's go."

Before long, Chen Yusheng brought Xiao Jiu to the pawnshop.

"Customer, are you buying or selling?" the pawnshop manager asked, looking up.

He was wearing a long gown and looked to be in his fifties.

"I am selling something."

Chen Yusheng fished a Mutated Beast Crystal Core out of his Space Bead.

This was a crystal core from a mutated wolf; he estimated that this thing should be able to exchange for quite a bit of money.

Behind the counter, the manager's eyes widened abruptly when he saw the egg-sized crystal core Chen Yusheng took out.

But in an instant, his expression returned to calm.

Only his slightly rapid breathing still betrayed his inner agitation.

Chen Yusheng also noticed the manager's anomaly; he didn't activate his Spiritual Power to perceive, but his ordinary senses were also very sharp.

It was just a Mutated Beast Crystal Core, after all; if he had other valuable things on him, he wouldn't have used this to exchange for money.

"See how much this is worth." Chen Yusheng handed the crystal core over.

Upon hearing this, the manager hurriedly reached out to take it, casting aside the rule that the pawnshop could not handle items directly.

According to the rules, one had to place the item on the counter first, and then the other party would pick it up.

Both ways, it had to be placed on the counter, just to avoid accidents during the handover and to prevent disputes if the item was damaged.

The manager took the crystal core and hurriedly examined it carefully.

After a moment, he looked up at Chen Yusheng: "Where did you get this thing?"

"My little sister found it outside the city." Chen Yusheng casually made up a reason.

The manager was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but take a few extra looks at the little girl, Xiao Jiu, beside Chen Yusheng.

In order not to make Xiao Jiu too conspicuous in the Base, Chen Yusheng had changed her into ordinary clothes.

At this moment, she was wearing children's clothing, head lowered, a hat pulled down over her head, hiding behind Chen Yusheng, looking timid as if she were shy of strangers.

The manager quickly calculated in his heart: looking at this pair of siblings, they didn't look like people from a wealthy or powerful family, otherwise they wouldn't have come here to pawn things for money.

Little did he know, Xiao Jiu kept her head down and dared not look at him because her pupils were blood-red, and it would be easy to give herself away if they made eye contact.

After thinking for a moment, the manager offered a price: "This is just a piece of ordinary crystal, but it looks quite nice; I'll give you one thousand Contribution Points, how about that?"

"Hmm?"

Hearing this, Chen Yusheng's eyes narrowed instantly.

This person actually dared to try and scam him?

What ordinary crystal; if this crystal core hadn't been dug out of a mutated wolf's head by his own hands, he might have really been fooled by him.

"Forget it, I'm not selling it; give the item back to me."

This pawnshop was clearly trying to cheat him, so Chen Yusheng decided not to sell it at all.

If the other party had acknowledged it was a Mutated Beast Crystal Core, even if they had lowered the price, he wouldn't have been angry.

But this manager actually said his crystal core was an ordinary crystal, which was going a bit too far.

"Customer, this price is already not low; how about this, I'll add another five hundred Contribution Points," the manager continued to persuade.

Chen Yusheng was almost angered into laughter.

"Do you think I'm easy to fool? That's enough, give the item back to me." He reached out directly to demand it.

The manager's expression didn't change, but the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, knowing his trick had been exposed.

But he didn't return the crystal core; instead, he counted out twenty coin-like things and placed them on the counter.

"This is two thousand, we'll take this crystal," the manager said in an unquestionable tone.

"What do you mean? Forced buying and selling?" Chen Yusheng frowned, looking at him coldly.

The manager said indifferently: "Your crystal is only worth one thousand to begin with; I'm giving you two thousand now, don't push your luck."

"Ha!"

Chen Yusheng was truly angered into laughter this time.

"Do you believe I'll burn down this broken shop of yours with a single fire?" his tone was icy.

"Ha, I advise you not to cause trouble here; do you know who the owner of our pawnshop is?" the manager said with a look of disdain.

"Oh? Who?" Chen Yusheng asked in response; he really wanted to know the backing of this shop.

"Someone you can't afford to offend. Have you heard of the He Family, one of the three great families of the Base? This shop is an industry of the He Family; if you dare to cause trouble, think clearly about the consequences," the manager said with a threatening tone.

Upon hearing that it was an industry of the He Family, Chen Yusheng laughed instead.

If it were anyone else's business, he might have shown some restraint,

but the He Family? Then he would not be blamed for being impolite.

The He Family had tried to kill him time and again; it was not excessive to collect some interest first.

"Fine, if you want to force a sale, then don't blame me."

Chen Yusheng no longer hesitated and quickly formed hand seals with his fingers.

"What are you trying to do?" The shopkeeper did not understand Chen Yusheng's actions, but he pressed the alarm button behind the counter immediately.

This alarm was connected directly to the He Family; once pressed, people from the He Family would arrive very soon.

By this time, Chen Yusheng had finished forming the seals.

The next second, a basic Thunder Method shot out and instantly struck the shopkeeper behind the counter.

"Thump!"

Even if it was just a basic Thunder Method, its power was not something an ordinary person could withstand.

Chen Yusheng had already held back his strength, but the shopkeeper was still struck dead on the spot.

"Amitabha, you brought this upon yourself, so don't blame me."

As Chen Yusheng said this, he pushed the door to the side and walked into the counter area.

He glanced at the shopkeeper on the floor and took the Mutant Wolf Crystal Core back from his hand.

Even at the moment of death, this shopkeeper had still been clutching the Crystal Core tightly.

After retrieving the Crystal Core, Chen Yusheng opened the box behind the counter; it was filled with many coin-like pieces of currency, looking to be at least several hundred.

Calculating at one hundred per coin, this money amounted to nearly several tens of thousands.

Chen Yusheng waved his hand casually and swept all the coins into his Space Bead.

After finishing this, he looked up and met Xiao Jiu's pair of bright red eyes.

"Brother, since we are robbing money to buy delicious food, why don't we just rob the delicious food directly?" Xiao Jiu looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Hearing this, Chen Yusheng was stunned for a moment; since Xiao Jiu learned to speak, she has had quite a few strange ideas.

"Well, Xiao Jiu! The reason I did this is because I have a feud with the He Family, I am not a bad person who just robs things.

Besides, it was he who first tried to force a purchase of my item, which is why I took his money; you must not learn from me in the future, this is wrong."

Xiao Jiu was still a child, and he could not let her be led astray.