Chapter 501: Ruyi Jingu Bang! (4k for monthly votes and recomndations)_2
The black-haired woman’s smile beca sowhat forced, “No problem, I can give you a discount if you ask for less.”
After all, she was the first client this week to dare to stay.
Earning less was still earning, nonetheless.
Pei Jinye pulled out several gold bars, “Can they be exchanged for cash?”
The black-haired woman at first was taken aback, then nodded furiously.
“Of course, of course.”
Before long.
The woman’s voice beca sowhat shrill.
“It’s too much, too much.”
…
…
Three minutes later.
Pei Jinye left with the Luminous Stone box in his hand.
The black-haired woman remained in place, her eyes gleaming as she stared at the pile of gold bars in front of her.
“They’re all real, so much gold…”
The Fierce Tiger yawned, finding it dull, but not wanting to provoke a certain Dragon Lady who was in high spirits, he pretended to see nothing and continued to rest on the ground.
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…
“Master Nan?”
“You got them? So many?” Master Nan was startled, “Seems like there’s more than enough…”
“No problem, just leave the extra here,” Pei Jinye said with a gentle smile.
“This… well, that’s not quite proper,” Master Nan knew well the value of these.
Pei Jinye pushed the box towards him, “Nothing improper about it, the task of the Ruyi Jingu Bang is now in Master Nan’s hands.”
“Rest assured, leave it to . With the current heat, I estimate about three days or so,” Master Nan said, calculating seriously.
Pei Jinye made an unusual request.
Master Nan thought it was sothing else, but when he realized Pei Jinye wanted to observe, he was slightly taken aback.
Pei Jinye inquired, “If it involves any secrets or inheritance, Master Nan can refuse, I am rely curious.”
“There’s no secret,” Master Nan said with an honest smile, “The temperature inside is quite high, you can stay a bit further away… And when I swing the Iron Hamr, the noise might be quite loud, don’t let the shock hurt you.”
“All right, Master Nan, just go about your work, don’t mind ,” Pei Jinye assured him.
As Pei Jinye spoke,
The curtain outside the door fluttered.
A figure in a red dress appeared inside, holding a skewer of candied fruit.
The temperature inside the shop suddenly dropped a few degrees.
Master Nan instinctively stepped back.
“What are you doing? Aren’t you going ho for dinner?” Red Lotus asked curiously.
“I asked Master Nan to help with Artifact Refining,” Pei Jinye looked over, “How is your injury?”
“I’m already healed,” Red Lotus approached and instinctively offered the candied fruit, “Here, I bought this for you.”
Pei Jinye glanced and declined,
As if understanding the unsaid.
Red Lotus savored a bite gleefully and found a chair to sit down on.
Watching Master Nan’s hesitance and unease.
As Red Lotus leisurely bit into the second candied fruit, her red lips parted lightly, “What are you looking at? I’m getting an artifact refined for my little brother.”
Master Nan didn’t waste any more ti and hurried into the Refining Device Room.
Pei Jinye followed him in.
Red Lotus, finding it too noisy, remained seated outside, contentedly enjoying her candied fruit.
The Iron Hamr swung up and ca down hard.
Mysterious light reverberated.
Pei Jinye’s Vitality was shocked.
He looked up,
His eyes filled with astonishnt.
Was this… a Domain?
A Domain exclusive to Transcendents of the Extraordinary Seventh Rank?
Could it be that everyone living there were remarkable figures?
Red Lotus kept Pei Jinye company for a while, but eventually found it too dull and left a ssage asking Pei Jinye to rember to co ho for dinner.
Pei Jinye acknowledged and continued to watch Master Nan refine artifacts.
Even with his intelligence comparable to a Level 4, he could not fully keep up with Master Nan’s pace.
Ti flew by, and more than an hour had passed.
In fact, Master Nan was also surprised.
He had deliberately controlled his strength, yet over the years, very few people could stand so close to him.
Even fewer were of Pei Jinye’s age.
He suddenly beca sowhat interested in this young man.
“Can you understand it?”
Master Nan suddenly spoke.
Pei Jinye knew this was not a challenge, and he nodded slightly: “A little bit, but my technique is lacking.”
“No wonder,” Master Nan said no more.
In his heart, he still felt sowhat intrigued.
After refining all the materials according to their proportions, it was ti to seal the furnace.
“It needs to be nurtured for twelve hours; let’s go. Co back tomorrow to hamr it a second ti, to remove impurities,” Master Nan also expressed so astonishnt: “The material of this staff is sowhat unusual. I’ll look it up when I return, as I seem to have seen a description of this kind of material sowhere before. It appears it can be further upgraded… Yes, it should be possible.”
Master Nan was muttering to himself.
Pei Jinye’s interest was piqued.
He had to admit that at first it was indeed the staff’s intriguing na, Ruyi Jingu Bang, that had attracted him.
But now, Master Nan’s skills seed to be revealing sothing to him.
“Although it doesn’t compare to the Primitive Era, it’s still pioneering in its own right,” Pei Jinye allowed himself to feel so anticipation.
He was curious whether this Extraordinary Ruyi Jingu Bang could make a fierce na for itself in the realm.
He returned to his separate residence.
Pei Jinye brought along barbecue and invited Master Nan, but the burly man kept waving his hands, as if Red Lotus’s dwelling was off limits, forbidding anyone from seeing or entering.
On the way, he encountered the young man called Xiao Qiu. Xiao Qiu didn’t notice him as he clutched his injured shoulder, swiftly scaled the wall, and slipped into his own room.
“… That’s a rather unusual way to enter,” Pei Jinye retracted his thought of asking him to join for dinner.
Once back in his own room,
Pei Jinye found it odd not to see Red Lotus.
Instead, he found a note on the desk.
[A friend has co visiting. I’ll be away a few days. If needed, find the Master. A ssage from your brother.]
He felt a sense of strangeness rising in his heart.
Pei Jinye quietly folded the note, “It’s a pity, they’ll all miss out on this late-night feast.”
The old Master arrived with wine, following the sll without any pretense, placing two small wine cups in front of himself and Pei Jinye.
“Fine wine, night sky, and barbecue—it’s rare to be so at ease in life,” the elder said with a chuckle.
Pei Jinye drank with him: “Had I known there’d be wine, I would’ve bought more.”
“No matter, this is enough,” the elder said cheerfully: “Did you visit Master Nan this afternoon?”
“Yes, Master Nan’s craftsmanship is truly brilliant. It was an eye-opening experience,” Pei Jinye was not stingy with his praise.
“Indeed, Master Nan was once unmatched—” the elder suddenly paused: “The past is the past. When there’s a chance, let him tell you himself; I won’t overstep.”
Hearing this, Pei Jinye looked at him while eating skewers, chuckling: “From what you imply, Master, it seems you too must’ve been quite renowned back in the day, no?”
“Ha ha, not at all,” the elder picked up his wine cup: “Just an old fellow with a fondness for a bit of yellow wine, that’s all.”
Pei Jinye didn’t believe him.
But since the elder had said as much, he didn’t inquire further.
Instead, he asked directly: “Shifu, about that God Water you used to heal earlier—if I may ask, what is it?”
“Sky Blood,” the elder looked at him with no intention of hiding: “It cos from the Fountain of Youth. I only had that one bottle, and there wasn’t much left. After using two drops on you, there’s even less now.”
Seeing the elder’s pained expression, Pei Jinye could only offer an apology: “Where is the Fountain of Youth? I don’t seem to have heard of it before.”
“The Fountain of Youth is on the Other Shore,” the elder said wistfully: “I think you might have heard of it.”
Pei Jinye nodded.
Back in the Western Continent, he had heard that woman and the Old Dragon ntion this place.
However, it seed they were mistaken about the world behind the Fla God’s Coffin. It wasn’t the sa Other Shore they yearned for.
But the next second, he looked at the elder in surprise.
“Shifu, have you been to the Other Shore?”
“It was all a fluke. I was unwittingly taken there by soone, and then I ca back just as perplexingly,” the elder sighed softly: “Life is like a dream. Sotis I truly feel that this world’s wonders are endless, and there’s so much we don’t know.”
“What is the Other Shore really like?” Pei Jinye finally asked after a mont of silence.
The elder seed taken aback.
Stroking the edge of his cup, his gaze held a hint of reminiscence.
“It’s like a marketplace, carefree yet heartless.”
Pei Jinye did not disturb, listening quietly.
The elder himself didn’t know how to get in… Pei Jinye tentatively believed this, because the elder ntioned that the person who had taken him in was still alive.
As for who it was, the elder skirted the question without revealing it.
Suddenly, noise ca from outside the door.
Soone was being loud and boisterous.
Pei Jinye looked up.
The elder rose to his feet: “I’ll handle it. It’s not the first ti.”
…
Pei Jinye sat alone in front of the window.
Looking up,
in tonight’s moonlight, there was blood.
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