Chapter 143: Righteous Backstab, Firm Dao Heart

Most importantly, Brother Qian Chen was generous. If he bought this item, it would be much more cost-effective than the friendship price given to a fellow sect member.

Selling to a fellow sect member is just a friendship price; how can it compare to selling to a tycoon?

Qian Shidi Yan secretly hoped that Brother Qian Chen would take it away. He only needed to say lightly that this guest had already decided. No matter how Yan Yan Shixiong Gao acted, he would have something to say.

But Brother Qian Chen didn't have the "I haven't opened my mouth, so anyone who comes later must wait obediently" overbearing habit of the family disciples in this world.

Brother Qian Chen only followed the habits of his previous life; only after asking the price and finalizing the deal could the contract be considered reached.

Since he hadn't said he wanted to buy it, and others had chosen it first, what was he robbing? Did he have to do this to show his dominance?

Of course, what that Young Master Tao was looking at was not the Wu earth true Jin Sha that Brother Qian Chen valued most, so Brother Qian Chen followed the local customs and let him know what it meant to be first come, first served. And although this thunder essence electric snake could also be used to refine pills, there were plenty of substitutes. In Brother Qian Chen's heart, it didn't have the importance of being indispensable or something he had to take down even if he had to fish for it.

He now also knew how to provoke these family disciples. If he wanted to take action in a justified way, there were at least dozens of ways to make this thing eventually fall into his hands.

Brother Qian Chen signaled the Qian Shidi Yan to please go ahead, and he himself first opened his mouth to set the Wu earth true Jin Sha and several other heavenly materials and earthly treasures transformed from strange yuan qi.

"That Wu earth true Jin Sha and that altar of Gui water true water..." Brother Qian Chen mentioned a few more spiritual materials and finally said: "I want them all!"

The Qian Shidi Yan was stunned, and then overjoyed. He shouted to the children around who were in a daze: "What are you still doing? Quickly bring the things over." Those children hadn't seen Brother Qian Chen's generosity in throwing money around on the floor below, and were still doubting if they had heard wrong. At the command, they could only hold the various vessels and follow Brother Qian Chen step by step. Brother Qian Chen glanced at them, and under the unbelievable gaze of Young Master Tao and Yan Yan Shixiong Gao, he took out a stack of San Shan Talismans, preparing to pay.

Brother Qian Chen had just taken out these talismans, then frowned, thought about it, and tucked the talismans back into his bosom.

Young Master Tao finally breathed a sigh of relief, but seeing the thick stack of talismans Brother Qian Chen had taken out, he very sensibly didn't speak to mock him.

He squeezed the thin stack of San Shan Talismans in his own sleeve, and even felt a sense of shame for no reason.

At this time, Brother Qian Chen changed to another place, took out a jade bottle from his sleeve, and threw it to the Qian Shidi Yan of the One Qi Sect.

Young Master Tao's heart couldn't help but lift again, with a trace of curiosity and a trace of relief, wanting to see what Brother Qian Chen had exchanged for to pay the bill.

Brother Qian Chen just wanted to use up most of the San Shan Talismans here, and it would be inconvenient to purchase anything later, so he wanted to see if these yuan qi spiritual pills were really as hard currency as Si Si Qingguo said.

From the current point of view, they could be used at the level of the King Wuling Immortal Sect's market managers.

Qian Shidi Yan took a look at the jade bottle and was surprised. He reached out and gently tapped out a spiritual pill, placing it in his palm. A wisp of true qi like green smoke floated up in his palm, wrapping around the spiritual pill. At first, his brow was slightly furrowed, then a look of shock appeared, and even a trace of struggle. Yan Yan Shixiong Gao saw that his junior brother didn't go to take the gourd containing the thunder essence electric snake, but just played with changing his face there.

His face turned green, red, and white, which was quite a sight.

With a belly full of doubts, he couldn't care about continuing to win over Young Master Tao, and squeezed forward.

But he heard his junior brother's mouth twitch slightly, his expression not yet recovered from the shock, just looking at Brother Qian Chen and saying: "The distinguished guest's spiritual pill, I can make the decision to exchange, but it's not worth that much." After saying this, he only kept two-thirds of the spiritual pills in the jade bottle, put the rest into a small gourd, and handed it back to Brother Qian Chen.

Brother Qian Chen just used the exchange ratio between the market's San Shan Talismans and Yuan Qi spiritual pills, and stuffed a few Master Chunyang Pills into it.

He didn't expect that he could even get back a small half...

At this time, Yan Yan Shixiong Gao finally couldn't help it. He grabbed his junior brother's wrist and said: "What kind of spiritual pill is this precious? Junior brother, don't just agree to it and break the rules. Let senior brother take a look!"

The two of them had similar methods of appraising spiritual pills, both releasing a wisp of true qi to trigger the spiritual pill. After the true qi touched the spiritual pill, his face changed instantly, as if he had been struck by lightning. He couldn't even control his mouth and shouted out!

"Yuan Qi Pill!"

"This... could it be the Yuan Qi Pill mentioned in the secret transmission of our One Qi Sect, refined by the Supreme True Transmission Alchemy Art?"

Yan Yan Shixiong Gao's face changed, and Qian Shidi Yan saw that he looked like he wanted to grab it himself, so he slapped his hand away, asked someone to bring him the thunder essence electric snake, and flattered Brother Qian Chen by putting all the things Brother Qian Chen wanted into a Qiankun Bag, and even presented the Qiankun Bag as a gift. Brother Qian Chen's divine sense swept over, counted them, and prepared to get up and leave.

Yan Yan Shixiong Gao, holding the gourd containing the thunder essence electric snake, suddenly reached out in a panic and said: "This fellow Daoist, please stay!"

Brother Qian Chen stopped his steps, frowned slightly, and turned to look at him.

He respectfully handed the thunder essence electric snake to Brother Qian Chen and said: "There is a principle of first come, first served. Since the fellow Daoist arrived one step ahead of me, how can I not ask for your opinion before deciding on this item? I see that the fellow Daoist has exchanged for all the thunder-attribute spiritual objects in this pavilion, so I think this thunder essence electric snake must also be something you fancy."

"I cannot rob you of what you love. This spiritual object, I will return it to you."

Young Master Tao was shocked. He didn't expect that his good friend would give him a backstab in the blink of an eye. He hurriedly said: "Brother Gao, I already agreed with you on this thunder essence electric snake! I was just about to use it to refine a treasure to resist thunder."

Yan Yan Shixiong Gao looked apologetic and said: "Brother Tao, I did agree with you beforehand. But at that time, I didn't expect that a fellow Daoist had already taken a fancy to this spiritual object and was one step ahead of us. Brother Tao, since it's such a coincidence, let's just accept it!"

"You fart..." Young Master Tao was so angry that he spat out fragrant words: "This thing, you clearly already let me have it!"

"You just want to exchange for the fellow Daoist's spiritual pills!"

Not to mention him, hearing Yan Yan Shixiong Gao's words, even Brother Qian Chen was a bit stunned... Is it this realistic?

Yan Yan Shixiong Gao was full of righteousness and said solemnly: "Brother Tao, you are so anxious that you are speaking nonsense! I had already decided on this item with Qian Shidi Yan, and now I want to let the fellow Daoist have it. What does it have to do with others? Qian Shidi Yan, help me temporarily withdraw this item from the sect. Fellow Daoist, now it is I who want to let you have it... just to make a friend. What does it have to do with Young Master Tao?"

Young Master Tao looked at the back of Yan Yan Shixiong Gao as he left, laughing without a word.

You are indeed a direct descendant of a family, and your status is far higher than mine, but I am not a vegetarian either. With the protection of the sect, no matter how capable you are or how broad your face is, you can't force the sect to punish me, right?

And this qi pill has a very high essence, and the pill qi is pure. Just by touching it with true qi, I felt a sense of qi movement. If I refine this pill, I will have the opportunity to impact the Core Formation! This Yuan Qi Pill, which is compatible with my magic power, can fully use the One Qi Internal Refining Art of our sect to achieve the opportunity to step into Core Formation.

Yan Yan Shixiong Gao was determined to the point of not even wanting his face.

He took out a section of thunder-struck peach wood that he had prepared earlier to curry favor with Young Master Tao and said: "This thunder essence electric snake, combined with the thunderous pure yang qi of this eight-hundred-year-old thunder-struck peach wood, is enough to refine a good magic treasure. The two combined are worthy of one of your spiritual pills."

He presented the gourd containing the thunder essence electric snake and the charred thunder-struck peach wood together, truly showing great sincerity.

Brother Qian Chen pondered slightly. Calculating it this way, it was indeed cost-effective. And Yan Yan Shixiong Gao's decisiveness, the ruthlessness of his backstab, and his ruthlessness in not leaving himself a way out were more worthy of the title of "firm Dao heart" than Pei Pei Junhu. Brother Qian Chen knew that if he didn't want to exchange, it would be an endless consequence. Although he could easily execute this Yan Yan Shixiong Gao three hundred times with a light sword strike.

But clearly, just by raising his hand, he could fulfill this person.

Why make things difficult for him?

So he nodded and said: "It is worth exchanging. This Master Chunyang Pill will be left for you!"

After saying this, he only left one spiritual pill, waved his sleeves to roll up the gourd containing the thunder essence electric snake and the thunder-struck peach wood, and floated away on his cloud. Zhou Kang watched a good show and secretly admired Yan Yan Shixiong Gao's decisiveness. Seeing Brother Qian Chen turn and leave, he hurriedly followed.

Downstairs, he saw that Young Master Tao had already dismissed his entourage and was waiting there alone.

Seeing Brother Qian Chen come downstairs, he bowed and said: "This fellow Daoist, can we borrow a step to talk?"

In a quiet room in a pavilion not far away, Young Master Tao said in a low voice: "This thunder essence electric snake is nothing. If I hadn't urgently needed a treasure to resist thunder today, how would it be the turn of such a villain to flatter? I observe that the spiritual objects the fellow Daoist bought are mostly related to thunder. I think the fellow Daoist is either proficient in this path or has other uses. Did I guess right?"

Brother Qian Chen nodded slightly: "What you guessed is indeed correct. I have been practicing a divine ability recently and need to refine thunder essence to achieve success."

Young Master Tao hammered his left palm with his right fist and laughed: "That's a coincidence!"

"My Tao family has some connections in Guangling Commandery. A few days ago, we discovered a secret realm located in a place where yuan magnetic forces gather underground. That secret realm has thunder and lightning striking each other from time to time. A slight touch will attract the yuan magnetic forces in the secret realm to gather, and under thousands of thunderbolts, it is difficult for ordinary people to survive. The fellow Daoist should know that this kind of secret realm is most likely to gestate thunder-attribute spiritual objects."

Brother Qian Chen frowned: "If there really is such a secret realm, the spiritual objects gestated are naturally extraordinary, but you and I are not related, so why tell me this secret?"

Young Master Tao said frankly: "Fellow Daoist, one person's plan is short, two people's is long."

"That secret realm is vast, and it is not something my Tao family can swallow alone. If there is a fellow Daoist proficient in thunder arts to help, everyone will get benefits and overcome difficulties together, which is the best of both worlds. Now that the geomagnetism has not entered the calm period, the fellow Daoist still has time to consider. If you trust me, just send a message to the Peach Blossom Studio in this city!"

After Brother Qian Chen left the quiet room, Young Master Tao ordered his men: "Keep an eye on this person. Remember, don't act rashly. Even if he wants to leave, you can only send a letter to me and wait for orders."

Brother Qian Chen returned to the street, feeling a bit strange in his heart.

"This is... finally my turn for a secret realm ruin to find me?" ===== CHAPTER 144 =====

Brother Qian Chen frowned. "If such a secret realm truly exists, the spiritual objects it nurtures are naturally extraordinary, but you and I are strangers, so why tell me such a secret?"

Master Tao said frankly, "Fellow Daoist, one person's plan is short, two people's is long. That secret realm is vast and not something my Tao family can swallow alone. If we have a fellow Daoist proficient in thunder methods to help, everyone gains benefits and faces dangers together—that is the best of both worlds. Now that the geomagnetism has not yet entered a period of calm, Fellow Daoist still has time to consider. If you trust me, just send a message to the Peach Blossom Studio in this city!"

After Brother Qian Chen left the quiet room, Master Tao instructed his subordinates: "Find someone to keep an eye on this person. Remember, do not act rashly. Even if he wants to leave, you can only send a letter to me and wait for orders."

Brother Qian Chen returned to the street, feeling a bit strange in his heart.

"Is this... finally my turn to have a secret realm ruin come looking for me?"