[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-urban-peerless-expert":3,"chapter-urban-peerless-expert-urban-peerless-expert-chapter-2197":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Urban Peerless Expert",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1448003,1898,"Chapter 2197 - 2197 2217 Are You Trying to Coerce a Sale","urban-peerless-expert-chapter-2197",2197,"\u003Cp>2197: Chapter 2217: Are You Trying to Coerce a Sale?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>_1 2197: Chapter 2217: Are You Trying to Coerce a Sale?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>_1 Though Lin Chen didn’t feel smug about being praised by his lady, he was still very happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What man doesn’t want to be recognized, even adored, by his woman?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what should I do now, continue to comprehend?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Purple Cloud nodded, “Considering how quickly you’ve grasped something, it’s both due to your capability and probably the effect of this Meditation Valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it works, go ahead and comprehend for some more time…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, that Yin-Yang Spring isn’t going anywhere; even if it’s acquired by the Qingyuan City, it’s still around.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On second thought, Lin Chen realized that once inside the Secret Realm, battles and power struggles were inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stronger he was, wouldn’t his chances of success be higher?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haste makes waste!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lin Chen prepared to continue his Closed Door Cultivation and comprehension, a middle-aged man suddenly appeared on the platform where Lin Chen had been sitting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man appeared to be in his forties, tall and thin, with a cold face and a slightly gloomy look in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze fell on a pile of dust on the platform, and spreading out his palm, a pinch of dust flew into his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Mo Xian Crystal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After inspecting it for a few seconds, a spark of excitement gleamed in the middle-aged man’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking up at Lin Chen, he asked, “Are you using the Mo Xian Crystal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Lin Chen drained all the Spiritual Qi from the Mo Xian Crystal, it devolved into a pile of Qi-less dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the course of three months, Lin Chen had consumed quite a few Mo Xian Crystals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, plenty of dust had accumulated on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen had forgotten to clean it up, and now it had caught the attention of this middle-aged man, who recognized it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen nodded calmly, “Yes, I am.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes of the middle-aged man suddenly sharpened as he scrutinized Lin Chen, “May I ask which immortal sect you hail from?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this man probing his background?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen casually fabricated, “North Sea Qing Shen Sect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yao Xiong should have joined the Qing Shen Sect by now, and Lin Chen was his son-in-law, so pretending to be a disciple of the Qing Shen Sect should not be a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man smiled, “Your Excellency seems to have quite a few Mo Xian Crystals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would like to make a deal with you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had this man set his sights on Lin’s Mo Xian Crystals?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man replied arrogantly, “I am Chen Da, a disciple of the Haoyang Sect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haoyang Sect?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never heard of it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that the Haoyang Sect was insignificant or unknown, but there were thousands of immortal sects in the Ten Thousand Gods Immortal Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen was a newcomer, how could he know about it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Lin Chen’s somewhat confused expression, Chen Da knew that Lin didn’t know about his sect and his tone turned colder: “Haoyang Sect is the most powerful sect within a range of a hundred thousand miles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strictly speaking, the Meditation Valley also lies within the influence of our Haoyang Sect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen immediately realized, Ah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The local bigwig!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Chen, what kind of deal do you want to make?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Da stared into Lin Chen’s eyes, “I want to buy your Mo Xian Crystals with Spirit Stones; you name the price.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen gently declined with a smile, “Brother Chen, I did indeed have quite a few Mo Xian Crystals before, but I’ve used quite a few of them in these three months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m afraid I don’t have much left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, I’m unable to make the deal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Da spoke in a low voice, “This is Eastern Brilliance, not North Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since you’re on the territory of my Haoyang Sect, shouldn’t you give me some face?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s do it this way: I don’t want much, just sell me a hundred Mo Xian Crystals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t worry, I won’t take them for free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can name the price; I’m not short on Spirit Stones.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You certainly have enough Spirit Stones, but you lack Mo Xian Crystals!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interestingly, I also have enough Spirit Stones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s this about giving face?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s clearly taking advantage of your power to bully me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re saying, ‘This is my territory, you have to sell even if you don’t want to; you have to sell even if you refuse!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obviously, when Chen Da first inquired about Lin Chen’s origin and he mentioned Qing Shen Sect, it didn’t scare him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He should have claimed to be from Dragon Cloud Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You might not feel pressured by the North Sea’s sect located so far away, but how about the Dragon Cloud Mountain in Eastern Brilliance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you afraid of it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thought flashed through Lin Chen’s mind, but he couldn’t really take that step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was the one who had refused Master Floating Cloud’s offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it would be outrageous to use him as a human shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen smiled and said, “Brother Chen, you are putting me in a difficult situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t have many Mo Xian Crystals left, and I don’t even have enough for myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How can I sell them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Spirit Stones, I actually have quite a few of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I could purchase Mo Xian Crystals with Spirit Stones, I would be willing to buy some.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spirit Stones are hard currency, but there are many things in the Immortal Realm that are priceless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Items like the Mo Xian Crystal, that can be used from the Da Luo Venerable down to the immortals, and the effect is stronger for those with lesser strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless of whether they are Loose Cultivators or from a sect, they would retain them for improving their own strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless someone was desperate and had nowhere to turn, who would sell them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Da sneered, “You don’t have much left either?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why don’t you show me your Spatial Ring?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Chen calmly responded, “Brother Chen, that demand is a bit overboard!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Checking someone else’s Spatial Ring is almost equivalent to humiliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they’re not in a completely helpless and unresisting situation, who would willingly let others inspect their Spatial Ring?\u003C\u002Fp>",1066,"2026-06-06T01:52:26.328Z",1,"novelbin.me","34c07e31e31eaa43fb5a72eeb863206e4fb5d77233af1f5ed0b73aa1219c6300","urban-peerless-expert-chapter-2198","urban-peerless-expert-chapter-2196",4071,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Furban-peerless-expert-cover.jpg"]