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Join the ServerInexhaustible spirit fire? That’s basically a perpetual motion machine!
A car that never needs fuel, a power bank that never needs charging, an energy source that never runs out!
What a treasure! Where is this wonderful thing right now?
Lin Yaoyao asked the system to show the exact location of the Mystic Spirit Wood.
No way! It’s where Zeng Old Madam is.
Lin Yaoyao looked Zeng Old Madam up and down. The Mystic Spirit Wood was actually inside her cane.
The Mystic Spirit Wood was enclosed within the pear-wood cane. No wonder no one had ever discovered it.
Zeng Old Madam grew uncomfortable under Lin Yaoyao’s odd stare. She had lived through many storms and read many people, and she knew the girl before her was no pushover.
“Miss Lin, we acknowledge the two million spirit stones in interest on the promissory note. But the head of the household is not here today. Without his seal, we cannot withdraw money from the treasury.”
Lin Yaoyao didn’t care about spirit stones. Right now, all she could see was the cane in Zeng Old Madam’s hand.
Her little mind was working overtime as she tried to figure out how to talk the old lady out of her cane.
Lin Yaoyao moved to Zeng Old Madam’s side and took her arm, guiding her to sit in her own chair.
“Old Madam, though this is our first meeting, I feel a great warmth from you, as if you were my own grandmother. I feel an instant connection. The matter of interest can be discussed, of course!”
Grandmother? Instant connection? Just moments ago, she had been ready to stick a steel needle into the old lady. Lin Feiyuan was witnessing a master class in lying through one’s teeth.
Gu Mingchun stood nearby in silence, puzzled by Lin Yaoyao’s sudden one-eighty in attitude.
After Zeng Old Madam sat down, a smile crept onto her face. She suddenly seemed much more affectionate.
“Miss Lin, could you grant us some more time on the interest?”
That stall tactic had worked on Lin Feiyuan for three years. Now Zeng Old Madam was trying the same trick on her, but Lin Yaoyao wouldn’t be fooled.
“Old Madam, the interest concerns the interests of my family, so it’s not something I can decide alone. However, you do resemble my late grandmother, and for your sake, I might have a solution. Would you care to hear it?”
Zeng Old Madam nodded, signaling her to continue.
“I miss my grandmother dearly. In my memory, she had a cane just like yours. I would like to buy your cane for one million spirit stones. If the Zeng residence pays just one million spirit stones, the promissory note will be returned.”
Paying just one million spirit stones made Zeng Old Madam a little tempted.
Then a servant from the Zeng residence whispered a few words in the old lady’s ear, and her expression changed immediately.
Lin Yaoyao was standing close, and with her cultivation improved, her hearing had become exceptionally sharp.
The servant told Zeng Old Madam what had happened at the Tang residence’s gate when Lin Yaoyao and her group went there. The Tang family had paid a full three million spirit stones and still ended up disgraced.
Zeng Old Madam knew how to do that math easily.
“Miss Lin, since fate has brought us together, I’ll decide on this. It’s settled.”
Zeng Old Madam agreed immediately, afraid that Lin Yaoyao might change her mind. She quickly ordered someone to fetch the spirit stones from the residence.
Two million spirit stones suddenly dropping to one million didn’t sit well with Lin Feiyuan. He pulled Lin Yaoyao aside.
“Yaoyao, why do you want that piece-of-junk cane of hers?”
Lin Yaoyao glanced around and lowered her voice.
“Third Brother, I have my reasons. This place is full of people and ears. It’s not a good place to talk.”
Fangfei Pavilion
Lin Yaoyao reclined on the soft couch, toying with the cane in her hands.
Who would believe that inside such an ordinary-looking cane lay a treasure of the mortal world?
Lin Yaoyao finally understood the feeling of striking gold.
[System, how many points can I get for this Mystic Spirit Wood?]
The system replied gently: [Host, you can exchange it for 100,000 points!]
‘Only 100,000 points? The Restoration Pill to heal Big Brother costs 300,000 points!’
This Mystic Spirit Wood is one of the three great divine trees of antiquity. How can it be worth only 100,000 points?
[Damn system, are you deliberately trying to lowball me?]
The system said with grievance: [I am the very model of fairness and justice. All item recycling and exchanges follow clearly marked prices.]
Lin Yaoyao wasn’t stupid. Points could be earned through quests or exchanged for ordinary treasures, but the Mystic Spirit Wood was the only one of its kind in the world.
The spirit fire of the Mystic Spirit Wood was inexhaustible. It was the perfect partner for alchemy.
In half a month, they would enter the Tianxuan Secret Realm. Once she found the Transformation Cauldron there, with the Mystic Spirit Wood’s fire, refining the Restoration Pill would be a piece of cake.
[Too few points! I’m not trading it in!]
[Host, then how many points do you want?]
‘Damn system, it really was trying to cheat her. So it could be bargained with.’
[One billion!]
[One billion?]
A long silence. The system went quiet. Lin Yaoyao was obviously just teasing it.
“Yaoyao!”
A familiar call came from outside the door. Lin Feiyuan and Gu Mingchun had arrived.
Those two were a pair of blockheads. In the past, when they went to collect debts, they said every nice thing they could think of, but the other party ignored them, and they came away with a mouthful of frustration.
Today, when they went with Lin Yaoyao to collect debts, the debtors practically rushed to return the items. When they saw them off, they were all politeness and respect.
Zeng Old Madam was furious, but she could only paste on a smile.
All of that was thanks to Lin Yaoyao. She had shown them the proper way to collect a debt.
After supper, the two came back to Fangfei Pavilion to find Lin Yaoyao.
Chunyu stretched out both arms, blocking them with her body. “Third Young Master, it’s so late. Miss has already gone to bed!”
Third Young Master brings young Master Gu to Miss’s courtyard every day. There are plenty of eyes in the Lin residence, and some are already gossiping about Miss behind her back.
Besides, it’s this late, and Third Young Master brings Young Master Gu without any concern for appearances. Miss’s reputation was already not great to begin with. At this rate, how will she ever marry?
The room was brightly lit with candlelight. Lin Feiyuan wasn’t stupid; Chunyu’s excuse was too flimsy.
“Chunyu, let them in!”
With Lin Yaoyao’s permission, Lin Feiyuan swaggered in, with Gu Mingchun following close behind, head slightly lowered.
“Yaoyao, you need to have a word with that girl Chunyu. She stopped us at the door for no reason and wouldn’t let me see you!”
Lin Feiyuan was full of complaints, grumbling that Chunyu didn’t know her place.
Chunyu shot Lin Feiyuan a resentful look but stood aside in silence.
‘Who really didn’t know how to behave? Clearly it was him!’
Every night he brings another man to his sister’s courtyard. That just gives people ammunition, especially those in the second branch. They’d love to use this to slander Lin Yaoyao.
A careless person like Lin Feiyuan would never think that far ahead.
“Alright, Third Brother. I’m the one who told Chunyu to say I’d gone to bed and wasn’t seeing visitors.”
Lin Yaoyao took the blame onto herself. Chunyu’s eyes shimmered with gratitude. Her young lady understood what she was trying to do.
Lin Feiyuan scratched his head and gave a silly grin. “Before we came, Gu Mingchun advised me that it was late and we should come tomorrow. But when I remembered how satisfying today was, I dragged him over to celebrate with you.”
The day had been very productive, far beyond Lin Feiyuan’s expectations.
The treasures from the Tang and Zeng families had been recovered, plus four million spirit stones in interest. Lin Feiyuan wouldn’t have dared to dream of this before.
Things some people didn’t even dare to imagine, others accomplished with ease and composure.
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