The Strongest in the Caverns of the First Volume Chapter 22 Having Money is Everything

  When Chu Yi and Tie Niu arrived, nearly a hundred inner disciples were already gathered around a stall, watching the commotion. Dongfang Rou stood in front of the stall with a wronged expression.

  The story went that Tie Niu had already told Chu Yi on the way, and it turned out that Dongfang Ruo had also looked at it for a long time and couldn't help but have the idea of buying it. After several rounds of haggling, he finally reached an agreement with a stall owner to buy a Flying Heaven Symbol for 300 spirit stones. This Flying Heaven Symbol can defy the wind and carry people, traveling three thousand miles without losing its effect.

  Although this item is a consumable, it has always been the best choice for cultivators who have not yet reached the fusion period and cannot cultivate escape light, nor can they afford to buy flying treasure.

  But just as Dongfang You was about to make a deal with the stall owner, a disciple wearing golden robes and possessing a cultivation level that seemed to be in the Open Enlightenment period suddenly intervened, opening his mouth to buy all eighty "Flying Heaven Talismans" on display.

  Dongfang Ruo was the first to arrive, but he didn't have a lot of money or a big attitude. However, he had already taken out all his spirit stones and was about to make a transaction. He only wanted to buy one, so he spoke in a friendly manner with that person.

  Who would have thought that this person was overbearing, looking down on Dongfang with disdain. Dongfang, being young and hot-headed, argued with him for a few sentences, but unexpectedly the man flew into a rage, shouting insults, and if not satisfied, he even challenged Dongfang to a duel to the death.

  The Gate of Life and Death is a trial ground for the disciples of the Supreme Mysterious Yang Sect to settle personal grudges, where life and death are decided, but no guilt is accounted.

  If the Easterner hadn't reached the fifth realm of Xiantian, how could he be an opponent for a cultivator in the Open Heaven stage? Although he had a belly full of grievances, compared to Ling Shi, his family didn't have as much, and his strength was far inferior to others. If it weren't for his stubborn personality, he would probably have been so humiliated that he would have cried out loud.

  Chu Yi, although he had only recently set foot on the path of cultivation, was a top-notch elite who had crawled out of the big dye vat of modern society. Upon learning of the cause and effect, he already had a plan in mind.

  He squeezed into the crowd, Chu Yi smiled and patted Dongfang Ruo's shoulder, saying in a low voice: "Xiao Ruo, seeing that 'Fei Tian Fu' is such a useful thing, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

  "Brother Chu..."

  Dongfang seemed to not understand what Chuyi meant, but a hint of emotion flowed out from his eyes. However, he didn't want Chuyi to repeat the humiliation he had suffered before, so he bit his lip and said: "Let's go, we can't buy it here, there must be somewhere else that sells it."

  Chu Yi smiled and shrugged his shoulders, saying: "Even if there's a 'Flying Heaven Token' elsewhere, I don't want to buy it. If I'm going to buy one, I'll buy it from this family!"

  Chu Yi's words were extremely loud, instantly attracting the gaze of the golden-robed man, who had initially thought that someone impressive would appear, but it turned out to be just another inexperienced rookie who hadn't even reached the foundation period.

  "Little kid, I'm Feng Lin who's going to buy this thing, are you daring to compete with me?"

  As the eldest grandson of Feng Xiong, one of the eighteen elders of the inner sect, Feng Lin has always been arrogant and overbearing, with others usually giving in to him due to his family background.

  In fact, this person is really unlearned and untalented. After all, he started practicing at the age of five and had an inner sect elder supporting him greatly, but it took him fifteen years to reach the initial stage of enlightenment, which is only slightly better than being a fool.

  "I'll take all eighty of these Flying Heaven Talismans, how much do they cost?" Chu Yi seemed to have treated Feng Lin as air, ignoring him completely, and instead asked the stall owner.

  "This junior brother..."

  The stall owner looked embarrassed, after all, he didn't want to offend Feng Lin either. "How about this, in ten days or half a month, I'll refine some more 'Flying Heaven Talismans' and sell them to you, okay?"

  "Not good."

  "If I'm not mistaken, the rules of this trading floor are that if both parties bid on the same item at the same time, the higher bidder gets it. Fellow seniors and juniors present, do you agree or disagree?"

  The crowd of onlookers grew even larger at this moment, and Chu Yi's words immediately gained everyone's approval, with voices of agreement rising and falling.

  Feng Lin had never suffered such a loss before, and his anger surged as he said: "What a great profit you've made! Eighty Flying Heaven Talismans worth 24,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones, can you take them out?"

  Feng Lin used his wealth to humiliate people more than once, and as he spoke, he took 240 top-grade spirit stones from his storage ring and tossed them in front of the stall owner, laughing wildly: "You little brat, if you don't have the capital, then don't come out here pretending, it's just making a fool of yourself."

  The onlookers surrounding them couldn't help but start discussing, "Alas, Feng Lin has a good family background and plenty of spiritual stones. If we compete with him in wealth, it's inevitable that we'll suffer a loss."

  "We only offer two hundred medium-grade spirit stones every month, and even if we add the tasks sent by the sect, it's estimated that it will take three to five years to accumulate this many spirit stones. I think this junior brother is still shallow in his cultivation and has obviously not been a disciple for long. Comparing the amount of spirit stones with him would only lead to embarrassment!"

  "Cultivating the truth is all about piling up spirit stones, if I had the capital of Feng Lin, I'm afraid I would have already entered the fusion period, it's really as the saying goes in the mortal world, having money is everything."

  Feng Lin was now filled with pride and satisfaction, he rather enjoyed the feeling of being envied and hated by others, his contempt for Chu Yi had already overflowed into words.

  However, Chu Yi did not reveal his familiar resentment or unwillingness, which made Feng Lin somewhat unhappy.

  However, the thing that made him unhappy continued, because at this moment Chu Yi was constantly taking out one after another of the top-grade spirit stones filled with spiritual energy from his Qiankun storage bag.

  "Impossible, a mere congenital realm's minor cultivator like you, how could you possibly have so many spirit stones."

  At first, Feng Lin thought that Chu Yi was just pretending to be tough and would eventually run out of money and leave with his tail between his legs.

  However, as Chu Yi took out more and more top-grade spirit stones, Feng Lin's face, which had been smiling with a mixture of arrogance and contempt, gradually stiffened.

  "Two hundred and forty high-grade spirit stones, equivalent to twenty-four thousand mid-grade spirit stones. I'll add one more low-grade spirit stone on top of that, the price is higher than his. If no one bids higher than me, these eighty 'Flying Heaven Symbols' will be mine." Chu Yi's calm voice was like a sharp bone needle piercing into Feng Lin's heart.

  "Twenty-five thousand..." Feng Lin suddenly exploded and roared.

  "Twenty-five thousand, plus one low-grade spirit stone." Chu Yi's cold eyes swept over the first person, and the hint of disdain in his smile was absolutely more lethal than Feng Lin's arrogant attitude.

  "Twenty-six thousand." Feng Lin's face hurt as he spoke; it was no longer a matter of how many spirit stones there were, but rather a matter of his own pride.

  Chu Yi's movements didn't stop, continuing to pull out one after another top-grade spirit stones from the Qian Kun storage bag, "26,000 plus one low-grade spirit stone."

  The onlookers around them started murmuring again, but this time they were discussing Chu Yi, rather than the flustered Feng Lin.

  "I guess he's a relative of some elder, otherwise with his meager innate realm cultivation, where did he get so many spirit stones?"

  "Cut, I don't think so, I guess he just stumbled upon a treasure left by his predecessors and got rich unexpectedly..."

  "Look at what's hanging from his waist, it seems to be a Pure Yang Token. I heard that the Pure Yang Sect's Shibo has not taken in any disciples for 160 years, until this time's 'Great Selection' when he finally took one person. It can't be him, right?"

  "That's right, it's a pure order, which is also reasonable. In terms of prestige, Chun Yangzi is not weaker than Feng Xiong Lao, and he is also the number one alchemy master in the sect, with strong financial resources. Giving some to his beloved disciple to spend is also acceptable."

  These words fell into Chu Yi's ears, and instead of making him worried, he threw away the slight concern in his mind. "Since everyone thinks that I have such wealth relying on my master, it's not a bad thing at all. At least it won't attract people's attention and expose my secret."

  Similarly, the murmurs of the crowd, Feng Lin also heard everything, and learned that Chu Yi was actually the only disciple of Chun Junfeng in 160 years. He had already felt a little empty in his heart, but now he was forced to go up the Liangshan, and he was not willing to give up yet.

  "Twenty-seven thousand." Feng Lin gritted his teeth and said.

  The price war continued to escalate, and when Chu Yi shouted out 36,000 spirit stones plus a low-grade spirit stone, Feng Lin finally retreated.

  There is a senior like Feng Xiong, and Feng Lin indeed has advantages and wealth that ordinary inner disciples cannot match. However, there is also a limit, 36,000 spirit stones, which is already half of Feng Lin's entire family fortune.

  He spent it all on eighty "Flying Heaven Tokens", and even if Feng Xuejing hadn't found out later and scolded him severely, he himself would have felt the pinch.

  Chu Yi's ability to discern words and expressions was extremely sharp, seeing the situation he burst out laughing, glanced at Feng Lin with a slanted eye, waved his hand, and said disdainfully: "Since you can't afford it, why bother staying here and losing face."

  Feng Lin was able to withstand such sharp ridicule and hastily said: "40,000 spirit stones."

  Just as everyone thought Chu Yi would add another low-grade spirit stone to the bid, he unexpectedly spread his hands and said with a nonchalant attitude: "Brother Feng indeed has great courage, buying 80 'Flying Heaven Symbols' for 40,000 spirit stones is truly admirable."

  As they spoke, Chu Yi put all the spirit stones he had taken out earlier back into his Qian Kun storage bag, leaving Feng Lin looking flabbergasted.

  "Xiao Ruo, Tie Niu, let's go..."

  Chu Yisheng came with an imposing aura, but left with a calm and gentle demeanor. Without spending even half a spiritual stone, he managed to make Feng Lin almost suffocate with anger. In the end, he handed over 40,000 spiritual stones in exchange for 80 "Flying Heaven Symbols". Although Feng Lin's abilities were limited, he knew how the nearly hundred inner sect disciples who had gathered to watch the commotion now looked at him.

  "Foolish, idiot, scapegoat..."

  Feng Lin faintly heard some words in his ear that made him furious, but he had nowhere to vent.

  "Jun Feng Chu Yi, I remember you." Feng Lin flew away quickly after completing the transaction, leaving the scene at an astonishing speed, he really couldn't bear to lose this person.

  A corner of the trading floor.

  Tie Niu stared blankly at Chu Yi and said, "Brother Chu, why are you leaving just like that?"

  Before Chu Yi could respond, Dongfang Yu laughed and said: "Tie Niu, Brother Chu has already driven that guy mad, why don't you leave? Do you want Brother Chu to waste his money on a lawsuit?"

  "That's right, that guy's eyes were blazing with fury just now, he was ready to devour someone." Tie Niu muttered, rubbing his forehead.

  "When dealing with evil people, we must use extraordinary means. This place is not like the ordinary world, but in many ways it's no different from the ordinary world. Cheating the good and fearing the evil, relying on strength to bully the weak, these things will always happen to us. We don't provoke others, nor do we want others to provoke us. Otherwise, there are methods to punish them."

  Even in the early days of the earth, Chu Yi had such a temperament, calm and quiet on the surface, but with a hint of arrogance deep down, which he rarely showed to others.

  Previously, when facing off against Feng Lin, Chu Yi wasn't without worries. As the saying goes, "wealth shouldn't be revealed in public", and as a small-time cultivator of the Pre-Heaven realm, he had easily taken out tens of thousands of spirit stones, which couldn't help but make people suspicious.

  But Chu Yi's bones were full of vigor and pride, making all these worries seem like floating clouds. I'm arrogant, I don't offend others, others don't provoke me, it's that simple.

  Dongfang nodded slightly, seemingly touched by Chu Yi's words.

  At this time, Chu Yi said: "Just like just now, I was able to speak up for Xiao Ruo and let out a breath. It's not just because I wanted to, but because I could. If it were just me wanting to, that would be empty talk."

  "Only I have, I have the strength, I have the capital, I have what he can't match, can I not be bullied by others, can I suppress others with my ability, and can I make myself live a better life."

  "We three all came from the Huayun Mine, in the past we were miners, but each of us had our own pursuits, fighting to set foot on the path of cultivation, in order to become strong, strong enough not to be threatened by anyone, strong enough to live the life we want at will. Now we are still very weak, but as long as we strive and continuously strengthen ourselves, I believe that one day this wish will come true."