Chapter Thirty: Poor and Only Left with Money

  The old man sent the four people out of the Qiankun Pavilion and gave Tang Lin a delicate jade card. The old man said that as long as he held this jade card, he would receive the highest treatment in the Qiankun Pavilion, and also have the power to make purchases on credit, which made Tang Lin slightly excited.

  Out of the Qiankun Pavilion, the four brothers were beaming with joy. Now they had become wealthy landlords, possessing over 400 high-quality spirit stones and 500 Tianyuan Dan pills. This wealth was enough to make even Long Xiantian jealous.

  "Ah, having money is great! The spiritual stones are 50 yuan each for you guys. As for the Tianyuan Dan, it's also 50 pieces per person. Poor little master's spiritual grass and fruit, my heart aches!"

  "Scoundrel, Ling Shi we'll take it back now. As for the Tian Yuan Dan, we can't use that many either. Ten pills per person is enough. You have poor talent, so you'd better keep more of them. You've already consumed over a hundred Tian Ling Dan, yet your cultivation is only at the third layer of Qi Refining. Now there's only three months left before entering the Inner Sect. This Tian Yuan Dan is extremely precious, so you'd better keep more of it."

  What Zhan Dapeng said is true, Tang Lin's qualifications are indeed rotten and he doesn't have enough elixirs to support him. He wants to enter the inner gate but that's impossible. I've seen Tang Lin eat elixirs like they're food, these 500 Tianyuan Dans may sound a lot, but for someone like Tang Lin who eats them by the handful, it's not much at all.

  "Alright, I'll take it. The bandit leader gave us three days to see if there's anything else we want to buy. It's not easy to come here, so let's make the most of it and buy as much as we can. I've got money!"

  To Tang Lin, those three people all looked down on him with contempt and disdain.

  "Scoundrel, I know your physique is different from ours, strong in body, but your cultivation is really too poor. Why not buy a treasure armor for self-protection, just in case."

  "Da Peng is right, you should indeed buy a good armor, as the saying goes 'be prepared for any situation', you never know when you might need it."

  "The Birdman is right, my little life is the most important thing. Spending all day with you few goods, who knows when I'll offend someone? It's better to buy a treasure armor to protect my life!"

  "Bullshit! Who's always being arrogant and causing trouble everywhere? Is Lu Hu not the one we've been dealing with? It's all because of you, I think you don't need any treasure to save your life, just buy a coffin directly. With someone like you, even if you die, it would be a blessing for the world. Unfortunately, it's us who are being dragged into this mess every day."

  "Get out of here, you damn thing! I'm a straightforward person who never yields to any evil forces. Where can you find another excellent young man like me?"

  "Hehe, hehe!"

  Zhang Dabiao, who had been silent all along, was now staring at the three of them with a silly grin. Originally not looking good, this smile was truly one of a kind, making the two brothers' hair stand on end!

  "Which... which Biao Ge, what are you laughing at? Can't you stop laughing, it's giving me the chills just looking at you."

  "I've never seen so many spirit stones before, with this money, I can even afford to buy a few good accessories for Little Cui, who knows, she might be so happy that she'll agree to my proposal!"

  The two brothers looked at Zhang Da Biao in silence for a while, and after a long time, Tang Lin finally burst out laughing, followed by Zhan Da Peng and Xiao Yao. At this time, the three of them were already laughing so hard that they couldn't straighten their waists.

  "What's so funny? I just think that way!"

  As soon as Zhang Dabiao's voice fell, the three of them approached with a sly smile, especially Tang Lin, who narrowed his small eyes and said:

  "Brother Biao, who is Xiao Cui? What's your relationship with her?"

  "Xiao Cui is... I won't tell you guys, Xiao Cui didn't let me say!"

  "Oh, I see, then we won't ask anymore, how did you and Xiao Cui get to know each other?"

  "Xiao Cui is the first person I met in Tianjian Gate, she's really good to me. When I'm free, I go to her place and chat with her. The Huiyuan Dan you took last time when you were injured was obtained from her by me. She's a disciple of Master Biyun, an inner door disciple!"

  "So that's how it is!"

  Tang Lin finished speaking and looked at Zhan Dapeng and Xiao Yao with a sly smile, a look of satisfaction on his face.

  It wasn't until then that Zhang Dabiao reacted and couldn't help but shout in anger:

  "Little brother, you're taking advantage of me too much. You know I'm not good with words and you're still tricking me into saying things. If Little Cui finds out, she won't care about me anymore."

  "Brother Biao, don't worry, we won't mention your business with Xiao Cui to anyone. You wanted to buy her a piece of jewelry, didn't you? There's a store selling them across the street, go now and we'll wait for you!"

  Watching Zhang Dabiao leave with a smile, the three brothers said in unison:

  "Ah, brain-damaged children have so much fun!"

  ……

  "Jubaozhai" is a place that specializes in the sale of magical artifacts, also under the jurisdiction of Shenmodian. Tang Lin and his companions are currently selecting artifacts under the guidance of a woman.

  The business of this Treasure Pavilion is exceptionally hot, the first floor is already crowded with people, if Tang Lin didn't take out the identity jade card given to him by that old man, he might have had to wait in line.

  Up on the second floor, it's much quieter here, unlike the first floor which is crowded with people. Apparently, those who can come and go from this level are all of high social status.

  "Sister, we need a protective armor, can you introduce us to one?"

  One call of "sister" immediately won over the other party's favor, and Tang Lin's mouth was like a honeycomb, with an extremely high sugar content, at least four plus signs!

  "I don't know how many fellow Taoists need what level of treasure, here we have the lowest is five-level treasure, and the highest is one-level."

  "Sister, let's take a look at the first-class ones. If we're going to buy one, let's get a good one."

  "Alright, we don't have many high-grade treasures here. The prices are all between five to ten top-quality spirit stones. Follow me!"

  The woman led everyone to a counter and pointed at a suit of armor in the middle, saying:

  "This treasure armor is the best among the first-class treasures, its defensive power is extremely high. Wearing it, no one below the foundation period can hurt you, but it can only withstand ten attacks. Exceeding ten times, the defensive formation attached to it will lose effect. This armor sells for 10 top-grade spirit stones."

  "It can only withstand ten attacks, and it's so expensive, it doesn't seem worth it!" Zhang Dapeng said.

  "This Daoist friend's words are incorrect, this treasure armor has the ability to recover on its own, if the number of uses is exhausted, it can be used again after just ten days, however, this requires a high-quality spirit stone to activate."

  "It's still a bit expensive. This treasure armor is only effective for those below the foundation-building period. If the opponent's cultivation exceeds the foundation-building period, isn't this treasure armor like a useless chicken rib?"

  Xiaoyao also expressed his views on this treasure armor at this time. In his opinion, this treasure armor is just a useless thing.

  "Hum! A bunch of poor wretches, I really don't know how they managed to get into the second floor!"

  A very discordant voice came into the ears of the crowd, and Tang Lin looked in the direction of the sound. He found that not far away from them, there were five people wearing the same clothes. Tang Lin recognized the origin of these clothes at a glance. It was the same as what the Xuan Tian Sect wore during the collision with the Immortal Fate.

  "Who did you say is poor?"

  Zhan Dapeng rode his horse forward and looked at the five people saying.

  "Hmph! You're the ones I'm talking about. Without any money, what are you doing here pretending to be big shots? That first-class treasure is not something you can afford, and as for high-quality spirit stones, I doubt you've even seen one before. Just look at your poor and shabby appearance, you're overestimating yourselves."

  The person speaking is not very old, similar to Zhan Dapeng, with a cultivation of six layers of Qi refining at its peak. He looks quite extraordinary, white and clean, comparable to Zhan Dapeng.

  Just as a few people were about to blow up, they were stopped by Tang Lin. At this time, Tang Lin walked over with a smile on his face, clasped his fists together and said very politely:

  "This Taoist friend said that we really can't afford it, just taking a casual look. It seems that several Taoist friends are also here to buy the treasure armor. One look at you and I know you're not ordinary people. Let me apologize on behalf of my brother for any inconvenience caused, sorry!"

  "Alright, alright. I'll forgive them since you're being so polite. This isn't a place for country bumpkins like you to come to. That first-rate treasure is quite valuable, worth ten top-grade spirit stones. Not just you, even someone like me can only look at it longingly. Why don't you go downstairs instead? The treasures there aren't bad either, two or three lower-grade spirit stones should be enough."

  Both of them knew Tang Lin well. This guy never suffered a loss, and now he was speaking in a low voice with the other party, obviously holding back some evil intentions.

  "Haha, this fellow daoist is absolutely right! I can see that several of you have extraordinary bearing and must be of uncommon status. Earlier, my four brothers and I saw a fine armor on the lower floor, but the price was too high, requiring ten pieces of low-grade spirit stone. We are all poor men, and even if we pool our resources together, we only have three pieces of low-grade spirit stone. We had our hearts set on that armor, but alas, our pockets are empty. It's a great fortune to meet several exceptional individuals like yourselves today. I wonder if you could lend us seven pieces of low-grade spirit stone? When my brothers and I come into some money, we will definitely repay you double!"

  Tang Lin's words completely stunned Zhan Dapeng and the others. What kind of situation is this? They had just met, and yet they were already asking him to lend them spirit stones. This was no ordinary face-saving request.

  "Hahaha, I say your face is really big, we don't even know each other, what makes you think you can borrow spirit stones from me? Look at your poor and shabby appearance, four of you only have three pieces of low-grade spirit stones, and you still have the nerve to come into this Treasure Pavilion, it's laughable."

  "Heh heh, yes, we're all poor people, that's why we're like a few of you. You are all exceptional individuals, of course, you won't lack spiritual stones. A few pieces of low-grade spiritual stones are nothing but a drop in the bucket for you."

  "Hmm, I'd like to hear you out, but we can't lend you this spirit stone because we never bring low-quality spirit stones when we go out."

  "Oh, I see. Actually, none of us brothers have ever seen what a high-quality spirit stone looks like. Would you be willing to show us one or two, so we can broaden our horizons?"

  "This..."

  "It doesn't matter, if a few of you don't have it, then I won't force the issue either. After all, high-quality spirit stones are extremely precious!"

  "Who says we don't have any? Elder brother, isn't that a high-quality spirit stone you have there? Take it out and show these country bumpkins, let them open their eyes."

  "Senior brother, it's not possible. The high-grade spirit stone is for purchasing spiritual herbs, we can't use it at will."

  "Big brother, take it out and show them, they won't dare to have any crooked ideas."

  "Alright, let them country bumpkins take a look at the true power of our Xuantian Sect."

  After finishing speaking, the young man took out a high-quality spirit stone from his storage bag and held it in his hand, looking at Tang Lin with a complacent expression:

  "This is a high-quality spirit stone. For rural cultivators like you, it's probably something you've never seen in your lifetime. How about that, has your eyes been opened?"

  Seeing the top-grade spirit stone in the young man's hand, Tang Lin revealed an envious expression, which also made several people from Xuantian Sect feel pleased!