Chapter Ch289 - Demanding a Lion’s Share
“This is a treasure card with 100,000 gold.” Lin Xuanzhi took out a card from his storage bag with a smile and handed it to Esteed Huai Yu, “Of course, this is only used to compensate for the spiritual plants. I don’t know how much Martial Uncle’s face is worth? Why don’t Martial Uncle say a number, so that I can be ntally prepared.”
This ti, it was Esteed Huai Yu’s turn to raise his eyebrows in surprise.
In fact, 100,000 gold was not much money, especially in the eyes of this Demon Venerable, who had been paying for everything with spirit stones all these years; the 100,000 gold was even less worth ntioning.
But it was the first ti he saw a person take out this much money so straightforwardly. He didn’t even hesitate at all. If it weren’t for the fact that Lin Xuanzhi was using money everywhere now and didn’t have much money for himself, Esteed Huai Yu would have suspected that Lin Xuanzhi was actually a very rich man.
This grand sum of money–
One hundred thousand gold... This definitely was not a small sum in terms of the Five Continents’ currency value.
He’s afraid that Lin Xuanzhi probably had to expend a lot of energy to earn so much money.
This boy didn’t even ask any other questions. When soone asked him for money, he gave it to him. Huai Yu didn’t know whether he was just plain stupid or smart as hell.
But Huai Yu felt that he had received quite a bargain when he got the money and felt very happy.
“Are you kidding ? Is This Venerable’s face sothing that a vulgar thing like money can buy?” Esteed Huai Yu’s voice was deafening. “This Venerable’s face is priceless!”
Esteed Lan Yue couldn’t help but cast his nutjob of a junior martial brother a sideways glance.
Lin Xuanzhi fought back the impulse to twitch the corners of his mouth. He had an urge to bring Ah Hen back to his side. If his Ah Hen followed such a master who had sudden fits from ti to ti, Lin Xuanzhi wasn’t sure if Ah Hen would be led astray one day.
Lin Xuanzhi coughed softly, “Martial Uncle, what other troubles did Ah Hen cause?”
Esteed Huai Yu thought for a mont, “Nothing else for the mont. When I think of it, I’ll co back to ask you for money; it’ll be good as long as you prepare as much as you can in advance!”
Esteed Lan Yue, “...” So embarrassing. He didn’t want to admit this was his junior martial brother.
Lin Xuanzhi’s face remained unchanged and he smiled, “Then I’ll wait for Martial Uncle to think of it.”
Esteed Huai Yu’s old heart felt comforted. He felt that Lin Xuanzhi really was very different from that father of his, who loved to act all pretentious; Lin Xuanzhi also had self-awareness and knew how to conduct himself with integrity. If Lin Xuanzhi showed even a tiny bit of reluctance today, he would have intentionally made so more trouble for him.
As for now... this boy behaved pretty well. It’s okay to let him off for the ti being.
Esteed Huai Yu couldn’t help slapping Lin Xuanzhi on the shoulder a few tis, “Lad, you’re good, really good. In that case, I will reluctantly allow my naughty disciple to go down the mountain to play in a few days.”
Lin Xuanzhi and Esteed Huai Yu exchanged gazes and a light flashed through his eyes. He saw the aning “happy transaction” reflected in each other’s eyes.
Lin Xuanzhi couldn’t help but feel funny. He really didn’t think Esteed Huai Yu was a money-grubber before.
One would have to use new eyes to look at a gentleman after not seeing him for three days. Lin Xuanzhi had previously felt that his family’s Ah Hen was already a small money-grubber, but to think that there was soone who was even more of a money-grubber than Ah Hen, and was even so open and exceedingly outstanding at it.
Lin Xuanzhi thought for a mont, “I don’t think Martial Uncle often leaves the mountain gate. Why don’t you let Ah Hen go down the mountain for a few days, and he can even bring so more gifts to Martial Uncle. If Martial Uncle wants to buy anything, he can also tell Ah Hen or . When Ah Hen returns, I will let him take it with him.”
Esteed Huai Yu thought secretly, This little fox is really eloquent and can handle matters well. It wasn’t like he truly wanted to trap Ah Hen on the mountain, so he pretended to think hard for a mont before reluctantly agreeing, “Since you are so anxious to show filial respect for
in his place, I’ll give you this opportunity. I have many things I want to buy. I’ll make a list when I go back and let my darling disciple bring it to you.”
Having said that, Esteed Huai Yu narrowed his eyes and warned, “Don’t get any ideas about my darling disciple, especially during the day. You should not disturb him when he’s cultivating. Also, don’t always give him things that can make him lazy. Otherwise, people not in-the-know might think that you are deliberately trying to kill him or raising him into a good-for-nothing. You can protect him for a while, but you can’t protect him all the ti. There are so roads that he should walk alone.”
Lin Xuanzhi paused and his heart sank slightly. “I will pay attention to this.”
Esteed Huai Yu’s words woke him up.
Before, he’d been afraid that Yan Tianhen would be bullied or be unsafe, so he stuffed all the offensive, defensive, and auxiliary devices to Yan Tianhen, but after Esteed Huai Yu said these words, Lin Xuanzhi suddenly realized that this kind of spoiling soone without reservation actually made Yan Tianhen less interested in cultivating.
Of course, Yan Tianhen had already made a lot more effort than he did before, but compared with most people eager to improve their cultivation, he still had a long way to go.
The reason for this was probably inseparable from those magic tools of his.
Lin Xuanzhi thought of his soul imprint that had been erased. “Martial Uncle Huai Yu, although I can’t see my Didi, I still need to say a few words to him occasionally. I hope that Martial Uncle can be magnanimous and give us a break.”
Esteed Huai Yu narrowed his eyes at him and thought for a mont. “I heard that you still have quite a few good self-defense magic tools?”
Lin Xuanzhi as understood as soon as he heard this, and he also felt relieved.
Since Esteed Huai Yu needed them, that ans that there was still room for negotiation.
Lin Xuanzhi smiled, “I have many magic treasures here. What does Martial Uncle want?”
Esteed Huai Yu answered, “I think the hairpin in my disciple’s hair is not bad, and the self-defense items on him are also good. Oh, by the way, that dagger of his is quite handy to use. If you have the sa model, please give
one. Recently, the pill furnace that I use to make dicine pills in is also not working too well. You can take the ti to make
one. The grade cannot be too low. It needs nine openings.”
The more openings there were, the more rare and expensive the pill furnace. If you wanted to find one with nine openings, you certainly wouldn’t be able to get it, even with millions of gold. Furthermore, this thing had great demand but no sellers.
Esteed Lan Yue cast him a sidelong glance. “Junior Martial Brother, you’re demanding a lion’s share.”
Esteed Huai Yu smiled, “Does Senior martial Brother feel sorry for your disciple? I haven’t really demanded a lion’s share yet. Besides, this much is nothing at all for us, don’t you think?”
Lin Xuanzhi couldn’t help but smile bitterly in his heart. This Martial Uncle Huai Yu really didn’t think of Lin Xuanzhi as an outsider, and obviously regarded him as a tool for refining weapons.
However, what else could he do?
Currently, Yan Tianhen needed to study under Esteed Huai Yu for the next three years at least. If he didn’t curry favor with Huai Yu in advance, Esteed Huai Yu just might get angry one day and take it out on Yan Tianhen. Therefore, by comparison, going through so pains to get the things Esteed Huai Yu wanted was nothing.
With this in mind, Lin Xuanzhi said quietly, “The others are relatively easy, but I haven’t received any news recently about any the nine-openings pill furnaces. If I were to refine it, I’m afraid that Martial Uncle would have to wait a long ti. I don’t know whether Martial Uncle can afford to wait.”
Huai Yu raised his eyebrows, “Naturally, I can afford the wait, as long as you treat this seriously.”
Lin Xuanzhi nodded. “Although there are so difficulties, since Martial Uncle requested it, I will naturally help Martial Uncle acquire it, even if I have to climb the mountain of knives or go down to the sea of fire.”
Esteed Huai Yu raised his eyebrows and exclaid to Esteed Lan Yue, “Look, look, this is what’s ant by knowing how to conduct oneself and having good judgnt. Senior Martial Brother, my Martial Nephew Huarong is much more generous than you.”
Esteed Lan Yue scoffed, “All you have is the ability to bully children.”
Esteed Huai Yu was not ashad but instead was proud, smiling, “How can you say it’s bullying? I’m sure that Lin Xuanzhi wants to be filial to
with absolute sincerity, don’t you think so?”
Lin Xuanzhi nodded his head. “Naturally, if Martial Uncle has any other magic tools he wants, he may as well make a list for
now so that I can refine them for Martial Uncle as soon as possible.”
Esteed Huai Yu was elated, and he quickly ntioned seven or eight kinds of magic treasures that weren’t very easy to refine but were still within the scope of Lin Xuanzhi’s crafting abilities. Finally, he reluctantly shut his mouth only under Esteed Lan Yue’s ominous stare, which was full of warnings.
“That’s all for the ti being. Try to refine it as soon as possible and bring it to . If the grade is not up to standard, I’ll get angry.” After Esteed Huai Yu finished his warning, he raised his hand and threw several Voice Transmission Bells to Lin Xuanzhi. “I have erased my soul imprints on them. You can rebrand your soul imprint.”
Lin Xuanzhi held the Voice Transmission Bells and re-entered his own soul imprint.
After that, Lin Xuanzhi took out a bulging bag and handed it to Esteed Huai Yu. “Martial Uncle, here are so Voice Transmission Bells and thunder bombs that I refined these days. Troubling Martial Uncle to please bring them to Ah Hen for .”
Esteed Huai Yu scamd a lot of good stuff without having to pay for any of it, so he was in a good mood. Thus, he casually accepted the bag. “You really do care about your Didi.”
“After all, he’s my only younger brother.”
Esteed Huai Yu curled his lips up, smiling with profound aning, “That’s hard to say.”
Lin Xuanzhi was slightly shocked. He always felt that there was so other aning behind Esteed Huai Yu’s words.
Esteed Huai Yu seed to ask unintentionally, “Has your younger brother always been not fond of cultivation?”
Lin Xuanzhi paused. “Ah Hen has a special constitution. He can’t practice ordinary techniques, so he hasn’t been very interested in cultivation. However, he should have already found techniques suited for him by now, so he’s more interested in cultivating than before.”
He wasn’t quite sure whether Esteed Huai Yu knew that Yan Tianhen was a demonic cultivator, but since Esteed Lan Yue sent Yan Tianhen to study under Esteed Huai Yu, nine tis out of ten, Esteed Huai Yu was also aware of this.
However, just to be on the safe side, Lin Xuanzhi still kept his response vague.
Esteed Huai Yu sneered, “Then you don’t know him very well at all. A few days ago, he suddenly told
that he didn’t want to continue cultivating anymore. I could only let him cultivate his auxiliary path, alchemy. As for the reason, I’m too lazy to ask. Since you’re his brother, you should handle the matter of persuading him.”
Lin Xuanzhi never thought that Yan Tianhen, who promised to beco more powerful to protect him just the other day would actually give up on demonic cultivation... No, sothing must have happened to cause Yan Tianhen to change his mind.
Lin Xuanzhi sank his eyes and said cautiously, “When I can talk to him again, I will definitely ask about this.”
Esteed Huai Yu nodded, “It’s good as long as you didn’t instigate this.”
Lin Xuanzhi gave a wry smile, “I can’t wait for him to beco more powerful; how could I have instigated that?”
Esteed Huai Yu always felt that Lin Xuanzhi was not very pleasing to the eye, so he spoke in a sour tone, “Who knows if you’re going to deceive Ah Hen with bad intentions.”
Lin Xuanzhi wanted to explain sothing, Esteed Lan Yue spoke up first with a dark expression, “Huai Yu, you talk too much.”
Esteed Huai Yu shrugged his shoulders and said with a rather indifferent voice, “All right, since Senior Martial Brother has a problem with it and wants to protect his cub, then I won’t say much. There is nothing more for you here, so you can go first. I have other things to say to your Master. “
Lin Xuanzhi’s goal was also achieved, so he gave a half-salute to the two elders. “Excuse
then, Huarong will leave first.”
After seeing Lin Xuanzhi leave, Esteed Huai Yu was silent for a long ti. “Lin Xuanzhi is actually this tolerant. I gave so many excessively harsh demands, but he didn’t show any dissatisfaction at all. It was really beyond my expectation. When his father was his age, he didn’t this kind of tolerance. “
Esteed Lan Yue couldn’t help but look at him askance. “So you also know that your demands were excessively harsh.”
Esteed Huai Yu laughed, “One is willing to hit and the other is willing to bear it, what do you want
to do?”
Esteed Lan Yue, “....”
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