Chapter 115: Three Leaves, Three Flowers, Three Fruits

Yu Jiaojiao was waiting.

The Duobao Pavilion manager didn't say a word before dropping Xiao Zigui and the others off.

His eyes held an apologetic look, yet his actions showed not a shred of guilt, "A few guests, please head there yourselves. This is the key to the room, which corresponds to Heaven-rank Room 103."

Xiao Zigui looked at the key being handed to Qin Yuan, opened his mouth, and had a mind to leave right then and there.

However.

Qin Yuan remained motionless.

He had no choice but to stop as well, watching from the sidelines to see what exactly Yu Jiaojiao was up to.

Yu Jiaojiao, however, was completely indifferent to the gazes of others.

She stood there, waiting with composed ease.

Not long after, the manager returned.

His expression carried a strange look; he returned in a hurry, personally presenting the object in his hands to Yu Jiaojiao with both hands, his tone respectful.

"Miss Yu, I failed to recognize a person of importance. This is your Three-Flower Token; please accept it."

The Three-Flower Token! Everyone in the hall was shocked.

Especially Qin Yuan; he lowered his head in disbelief.

The token in his own hand was merely a Two-Leaf Token!

Duobao Pavilion tokens were distinguished by flowers, leaves, and fruits.

A Three-Flower Token...

This meant they held her in extremely high regard.

For a moment, Qin Yuan couldn't help but feel a sense of illusory trance, as if Lu Ren were right by his side.

He had suffered setbacks many times in his life, all thanks to Lu Ren.

Now, this familiar feeling came rushing over him, as if Lu Ren had appeared by his side once again.

Qin Yuan felt his face go numb for an instant without realizing it.

What kind of crazy thought was this?

Did he miss Lu Ren that much? He immediately patted his own face, dispelling the thought.

And then.

Qin Yuan kept his gaze fixed on Yu Jiaojiao with a scrutinizing look.

It wasn't just the others in the main hall who were curious; he, too, was curious.

What kind of mettle did Yu Jiaojiao actually possess? She was actually able to obtain a Three-Flower Token from the Duobao Pavilion.

One had to know that even he had only managed to obtain a Two-Leaf Token!

A feeling of unwillingness to lose welled up from within Qin Yuan's heart.

It made his gaze toward Yu Jiaojiao carry a trace of something strange.

But what he didn't know was that the look Yi Yaoyue gave him from the side caused her sense of crisis to almost erupt.

However...

No matter what, she was still his master.

Yi Yaoyue could only secretly suppress the thoughts in her heart, turning instead to look Yu Jiaojiao up and down like a mother-in-law eyeing a future daughter-in-law.

Yu Jiaojiao didn't know how others felt about her, and even if she did, she likely wouldn't care much.

She weighed the token in her hand, a flash of dissatisfaction appearing in her eyes.

"Only this?"

The manager said helplessly, "Miss Yu, the token in your hand is our Duobao Pavilion's Three-Flower Token."

"It is generally only gifted to experts of the Emperor Realm."

"Above the Three-Flower Token, there is the Three-Fruit Token, but the Three-Fruit Token is only gifted to Emperor Realm experts who possess talent, power, and wealth."

"The Three-Flower Token is the pinnacle of the tokens you are able to obtain."

Upon receiving this explanation from the manager, Yu Jiaojiao nodded dismissively.

But she flicked the token in her hand, still somewhat dissatisfied.

"Is there only one? I want to trade for a few more."

This...

The manager hesitated for a moment, but thinking of his master's instructions, he spoke, "If you still have such treasures that can be used for exchange, it is not impossible."

Once these words were spoken, one could only imagine how many people's jaws dropped.

Yet the manager had no other choice.

Just a moment ago, when he had taken the initiative to contact his master above, the response he received was equally unbelievable to him.

But his master above had spoken clearly: as long as Yu Jiaojiao was willing to trade, everything should be done according to her character.

However, the manager could understand it to some extent; one had to know that the items Yu Jiaojiao had brought out were all heavenly treasures that others couldn't even beg for.

Watching Yu Jiaojiao's eager expression, he added a caveat to his words, "However, our Supreme Treasure Pavilion Master has also given instructions: if Miss Yu wishes to exchange for tokens, we can only give you three more at most."

"Three?"

Yu Jiaojiao was a bit dissatisfied.

"That's too few!"

But after a second thought, she reluctantly nodded, "Fine, three it is."

Immediately after, she tossed out a pile of treasures that others would kill for; her attitude was as if they were mere weeds in her Storage Bag, making the eyelids of everyone else twitch.

"Is this enough?"

Yu Jiaojiao stopped and asked the manager.

The shopkeeper regained his senses, his expression complex beyond words, and he nodded reluctantly, "That is enough..."

He took away these Spirit Treasures and rare flowers, exchanging them for three more tokens, though this time, two of them only had two flowers.

He added, "I only have these few tokens on hand, but I have already imbued them with a mark; as long as you go to a designated Duobao Pavilion outpost, you can exchange them."

Yu Jiaojiao pursed her lips and accepted them, barely satisfied.

Immediately following this, she skipped over, leaned in close to Lu Ren, and put on a well-behaved face.

"Senior, I wonder if you might need this?"

"I just happen to have some extra, I'll give them to you, Senior!"

Just happen to.

This really was just happening to.

Yu Jiaojiao did not blush in the slightest; instead, her eyes were filled with little stars, looking exceptionally sincere.

"After all, I exchanged real gold and silver for these, and I don't have any friends; if you don't accept them, Senior, I can only throw them away."

Weisheng Yucheng snapped his fan open with a swish.

He could not stop laughing.

"This little girl is interesting, truly interesting. Qianren, where did you find such an interesting little girl?"

Lu Ren, courtesy name Qianren.

Weisheng Yucheng could identify Lu Ren's disguise at a glance, yet he had no intention of calling out his name; as a compromise, he chose to address him by his courtesy name.

Few in the world knew Lu Ren's courtesy name.

He only knew by coincidence.

Thousand-Man?

Yu Jiaojiao, however, was wondering: is the Lu Family Head's courtesy name Thousand-Man?

This senior seems very familiar with Senior Lu, so who could he be?

White clothes and a folding fan, looking rather scrawny—the features are too common, she couldn't recall who it might be.

Lu Ren glanced indifferently at the tokens in Yu Jiaojiao's hand but did not take them.

He shook his head, acknowledging the good intention, and raised his hand to produce an object, "No need, I already have one."

A token flashed across his hand.

Only Yu Jiaojiao saw clearly that the token in Lu Ren's hand was the very "fruit token" the shopkeeper had mentioned earlier.

And on it...

It was not a single fruit.

It was three fruits.

Her breath hitched, yet at the same time, she felt it was only natural; he was, after all, a senior she could only look up to.

Yu Jiaojiao naturally took back one token, but left the other two untouched.

She said sweetly, "If Senior Lu doesn't need them, the two of you seniors must surely have a use for them!"

Yet, she did not expect.

Having rarely been rejected before, she met with a second rejection at this moment.

A trace of reminiscence flickered in Ji Shisi's eyes.

"Tokens, huh..."

"This old man has no need for these. The Lan boy wanted to give them to me back in the day, but I truly have no use for them."

"You had better keep them, little girl. If I wanted them, I could obtain them with the greatest of ease."

Lan? Yu Jiaojiao did not know who Ji Shisi was talking about.

But she had a guess in her heart: could the person Ji Shisi mentioned be the Supreme Treasure Pavilion Master of the Duobao Pavilion? The shopkeeper beside them, however, widened his eyes in disbelief, utterly horrified.

Lan? All sorts of information about his Pavilion Master had long since been buried by the passage of time.

Who is this old man? Why does he still remember? And... his tone was actually like he was addressing a junior! (End of chapter)