Chapter 178: Speaking ill?

Wang Ping'an glanced at Hu Jiushisan in surprise, never expecting it to say such a thing; logically, when facing someone who steals one's business, one would usually be at least a little angry.

Hu Jiushisan did not act directly, indicating that the person stealing the business has some background.

One can tell from their forms of address!

Moreover.

If Hu Rui had no background, she could not have come to steal Hu Jiushisan's business, and Hu Jiushisan's subordinates would be even less likely to defect to Hu Rui.

Serving as Hu Rui's eyes and ears!

Just.

He did not expect Hu Jiushisan to be so deferential in front of Hu Rui.

It did not know whether to say that Hu Jiushisan lacked courage, or that Hu Rui's status was extraordinary, or that Hu Jiushisan simply did not care much about his monster corpse.

Actually.

From Hu Jiushisan's recent attitude, one can see that Hu Jiushisan is not very willing to do the monster corpse business with him.

Perhaps because…

This line of business might earn it some money, but perhaps not much, and it also worries about Hu Rui's status, which is why it has not clashed with Hu Rui.

It will be deferential in front of Hu Rui!

He is very curious, wondering what Hu Jiushisan will do if Hu Rui steals the talisman business.

He is very much looking forward to it, hoping Hu Jiushisan will not disappoint him!

Wang Ping'an was not polite, picking up one exquisite yet heavy cloth bag after another in front of him, each filled with low-grade spirit stones, which he carefully counted.

It turned out to be exactly four thousand!

This was his first business dealing with Hu Rui; even though she acted as if money were dirt, he still dared not be too careless.

Who let the low-grade spirit stones at this moment be so important to him, able to increase the area of the World Pearl?

Suddenly obtaining a full seven thousand low-grade spirit stones, he did not know how much more area they could add.

He hoped it would be at least ten mu, or even more!

That would make it convenient for him to plant more spirit fruit trees, spirit rice, and spirit herbs!

Moreover, he was also preparing to learn the skill of refining pills!

From the Jiu tou shan ji shi market, it was not impossible to purchase medicinal ingredients for refining pills, even the prescriptions were available for purchase, but he believed that the spirit herbs he grew himself would certainly be better than those bought.

Moreover, it would not cost low-grade spirit stones and could even save a large amount of them.

Of course.

He could likewise earn low-grade spirit stones by selling the pills he refined!

Just.

Nothing could compare to growing spirit herbs, refining them into pills, and selling them for greater profit!

Wang Ping'an pointed to the monster corpses one after another in front of him, ignoring Hu Jiushisan, who was half resentful and half relieved, and nodded at Hu Rui.

Indicating that these four monster corpses belonged to it!

Although.

He was very curious how a monster like Hu Jiushisan could have such a rich expression on its face, but at present he had more important matters.

He sent the loot taken from three monsters and one Evil Cultivator, as well as the three thousand low-grade spirit stones owed by Hu Jiushisan, or Hu Rui's payment, to his main body's hand.

Moreover, on this treasure-hunting trip he had gained a great deal of Merit, and many skills awaited his selection for advancement to the Cultivation stage.

He did not know how many brain cells would be consumed, nor whether there was any spare time to linger here.

"Please wait a moment, fellow Daoist!"

Wang Ping'an had not taken a few steps when he heard Hu Rui's shout from behind; not surprised, he halted and turned to look at Hu Rui.

Waiting for Hu Rui to speak!

Actually.

From the beginning, he knew Hu Rui's purpose was not to buy the four monster corpses he had just obtained; she seized them from Hu Jiushisan's hands and offered the same price, not adding even a single low-grade spirit stone.

She was completely unafraid of offending Hu Jiushisan!

Obviously she was using this matter as a pretext to draw closer to him, snatching from Hu Jiushisan the talisman business that 'belonged' to it.

Naturally she did not care whether she would offend Hu Jiushisan!

"Fellow Daoist..."

Hu Rui was about to speak when she saw Hu Jiushisan glaring at her from the side, frowning and saying, "Uncle Thirteen, could you step aside for a moment? I have a private matter to discuss with this fellow Daoist; it's not convenient for you to stay and listen here!"

"No way!"

Hu Jiushisan spoke righteously: "Third Miss, I must consider your safety; if you suffer any mishap, even losing a single hair, I would die ten thousand times without regret, and I cannot leave under any circumstances.

Of course.

"Third Miss, if you are worried, rest assured I will seal my mind and guarantee I will not hear what you say to this fellow Daoist!"

Hu Rui coldly stared at Hu Jiushisan, not believing a word of what he said, despite his righteous-sounding speech, but wondering what scheme Hu Jiushisan was hatching.

How could it possibly not know?

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Hu Rui's face darkened, her tone unfriendly as she said, "Uncle Thirteen, do you mean this fellow Daoist will harm me?"

'"Damn it, she's still digging a trap for me here; this little girl may be young, but her heart is utterly vicious!"'

Hu Jiushisan cursed silently, but dared not show the slightest displeasure on his face, quickly changing his words to explain:

'"Third Miss, this must not be said carelessly; although I have only just met this fellow Daoist a few times, I know he is a first-rate good person who would never do anything to harm Third Miss!"'

'"Your words sound better than singing, but what did you just say actually mean?"'

Hu Rui snorted coldly, having finally managed to dig a pit for Hu Jiushisan, hoping to affect her relationship with Wang Ping'an; she would not give Hu Jiushisan a chance to explain, and spoke again:

"Niuda, take my Uncle Jiushisan away, don't let it interfere with my private talk with this fellow cultivator!"

"Ox beast..."

Hu Jiushisan was about to shout abuse, trying to stop Niuda from getting close, but seeing the fierce and menacing Niuda, seeing the cold smile on its face...

Knowing that during this time, it had humiliated Niuda, filling Niuda with rage.

Now Niuda has Hu Rui as his backing, and he would jump at the chance to get revenge; even if it gets beaten by Niuda, it would be for nothing.

He could only hold back the foul words at his lips!

Just that.

Thus being dragged away by Niuda, unable to hear the conversation between Wang Ping'an and Hu Rui, it felt very unwilling.

Who knows whether the conversation between Hu Rui and Wang Ping'an will affect its talisman business with Wang Ping'an?

It struggled with all its might against Niuda's pulling, but in the face of Niuda's enormous strength...

It was like a sailboat in a storm, unable to resist.

No matter how it struggled, Niuda easily dragged it away, even leaving a trail on the ground.

"Fellow cultivator, do you know that you will soon be in mortal danger? Someone..."

Hu Rui blurted out, her words not yet finished, as if noticing something, she turned her head to look at Hu Jiushisan being dragged away by Niuda in the distance, seeing its twitching ears, she knew it was eavesdropping.

Hu Rui gave a cold snort and said no more.

Hu Jiushisan first stared, not understanding the meaning of Hu Rui's cold smile; suddenly, a flash of inspiration crossed his mind, recalling what he had done not long ago at the market.

To satisfy Wang Ping'an's love of slaughter, it let him easily attract large numbers of monsters and evil cultivators to hunt him, and it had heavily publicized Wang Ping'an's wealth.

Hu Rui suddenly gave a cold snort, obviously preparing to tell Wang Ping'an what it had done, embellishing and distorting its true intentions to ruin its relationship with Wang Ping'an.

(End of chapter)