Chapter Eighty-One: Cheating the Guest

  "Hey! Elder Lin, you're here!" As Lin Tianyang walked into the Wan Hua Pavilion, a young servant who was only at the fourth layer of Qi Refining immediately nodded and bowed to greet him.

  This Wan Hua Pavilion is located in a small town called Wan Hua Town, three hundred miles away from Luo Yang Valley in Hezhou. This small town is the nearest gathering place for cultivators to Luo Yang Valley. Lin Tianyang and others have been living here since they arrived in Hezhou, and it has been almost half a year now.

  For half a year, Qiū Guāngshēng and others took turns going to Luò Yuān Gǔ to check on the situation of the dispersing poisonous fog. Meanwhile, Lín Tiānyáng rented a room in an inn in this town and continued his cultivation here.

  Wanhua Pavilion is the largest store in Wanhua Town, Lin Tianyang has been here three or four times. Because his cultivation base in the middle period of foundation building is already considered a high person in this small town, so the people here also remember him.

  Xiao Cong immediately led Lin Tianyang to the third floor of Wan Hua Pavilion, where only foundation-building cultivators and above were qualified to enter. As for Qi-refining cultivators, they did not have the qualifications to come up here.

  After the young servant presented Lin Tianyang with a cup of spiritual tea, an old man with white temples immediately walked up to him with a smile. Upon seeing Lin Tianyang, he quickly clasped his hands and said: "Elder Lin, you've arrived!"

  This old man has a cultivation base of twelve layers in the Qi Refining stage, but because he is too old, he has lost his chance to build his foundation. However, due to his extensive experience and knowledge, he became the manager of the Wan Hua Lou.

  Since the other party was only a Qi Refining stage cultivator, Lin Tianyang merely hummed in response and directly tossed a storage bag at him, saying: "Shopkeeper, take a look at what's inside this bag and tell me how many spirit stones it's worth."

  The old man respectfully accepted the storage bag, scanned it with his divine sense, and after a moment of contemplation, said: "Lin, senior, there are two upper-grade artifacts, three middle-grade artifacts, and lower-grade artifacts..."

  "Alright, don't say it out loud, just give me a number!" Lin Tianyang interrupted him impatiently as soon as he heard that he was going to elaborate.

  Zhang Guizi saw Lin Tianyang's displeased expression and immediately said, "Yes, I've calculated it. With so many things, it's roughly around 9,000 spirit stones."

  90,000 Spirit Stones. This price is slightly lower than what the Song Clan female cultivator sold it to him for in the Lei Yan Sect. However, this place is relatively remote, and being able to get this price already shows consideration for his status as a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Lin Tianyang nodded directly: "Alright, that's settled then. Do you have the 4th-grade snake and python-type demon beast inner cores I mentioned earlier?"

  At these words, the old man obviously hesitated for a moment.

  "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" Lin Tianyang asked loudly as soon as he saw him.

  The old man's face turned slightly pale when he heard Lin Tianyang's inquiry, and then said: "Lin senior, this inner elixir was indeed obtained by our sect a few days ago. However, apart from you, there is also another senior in the late stage of foundation building who wants it. Can you compromise a bit? Otherwise, it would be difficult for me! I will definitely help you find another one as soon as possible. What do you think?"

  "Shopkeeper, didn't I mention this to you half a year ago? Don't you think I still have time to wait another half year?" Lin Tianyang asked with great dissatisfaction.

  "This... Elder Lin, I really have no choice. You may not be aware, but that elder who also wants the inner elixir is a notorious mad cultivator named Long Tao, famous in this region. If I were to give the inner elixir to you, he wouldn't just blame me, he might even take his anger out on you, Elder Lin!" The shopkeeper immediately began explaining with great anxiety.

  Lin Tianyang looked at him with a seemingly helpless expression, but in his heart, he sneered and followed up by saying: "Shopkeeper, this Wan Hua Pavilion is owned by the Wan family of Wan Town. As far as I know, although your Wan family doesn't have any Golden Dan stage cultivators, you do have three Foundation Establishment stage cultivators stationed here. I think even if Long Tao has a big appetite, he wouldn't dare to take on three people alone, right? Go and get the stuff!"

  When Lin Tianyang got angry, the shopkeeper was initially somewhat intimidated, but then his face turned gloomy and he lost his respect for Lin Tianyang. Instead, he spoke with a straight tone: "Lin senior, I respected you as a senior because I explained it to you clearly. Honestly, Long Tao is a friend of my Wan family's predecessor, so even if we gave it to him, we wouldn't sell it to you. If you really want to make trouble, don't blame our shop for being impolite. Just like what you said, our Wan family has three late-stage foundation-building elders who absolutely won't be afraid of a single mid-term cultivator like you!"

  "Oh, is that so?" Lin Tianyang looked at him like this, obviously wanting to bully the foreign cultivator. He couldn't help but feel a cold laugh in his heart, and his spiritual pressure pressed down on Zhang, saying: "You're quite bold, aren't you? Not afraid of bringing disaster to the Wan family."

  The shopkeeper was forced back several steps by Lin Tianyang's sudden burst of spiritual pressure, but just as he did, a middle-aged man in a green robe suddenly appeared in front of him and glared at Lin Tianyang, saying coldly: "Your tone is quite big, I'd like to see how you bring disaster to the Wan family!"

  "Late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, you're not a common cultivator. If I'm not mistaken, aren't you Long Tao?" Lin Tianyang asked in a lukewarm tone.

  Long Tao patted the shopkeeper behind him and let him calm down, then replied: "Not bad, you dare to make trouble in Wan Hua Lou, your guts are not small!"

  "I don't want to make a scene, it's just that the Wan Hua Pavilion is not very particular about rules. I ordered an inner elixir half a year ago, but they directly gave it to you. If you were in my shoes, you would be angry too!" Lin Tianyang didn't want to have a direct conflict with a foundation-building late-stage cultivator, so he explained himself.

  Long Tao smiled and said directly: "So it was for the inner elixir, since you were the one who made the appointment first, it should be yours!"

  Zhang Guizi was taken aback by Long Tao's words and looked at him with a surprised gaze. He then immediately turned to Lin Tianyang and said respectfully, "Lin senior, I was rude earlier. Since Senior Long is willing to give up the inner elixir, I will naturally sell it to you!"

  There's only a little more than a month left before the fog in the valley disperses. Lin Tianyang didn't want to make trouble at this time, so he also put down his somewhat dissatisfied tone: "Then why don't you go get the things!"

  The shopkeeper's son heard this and immediately ran downstairs.

  Lin Tianyang looked at the middle-aged man in green robes, thinking of the shopkeeper's son mentioning him with a proud expression earlier. He shouldn't be this easy to talk to, unless...

  Lin Tianyang was pondering this matter when Zhang Gui returned and handed him a storage bag directly.

  Lin Tianyang scanned the contents with his divine sense and found that there was indeed an inner elixir and 5,000 spirit stones inside. It seemed that Lin Tianyang only counted this inner elixir as 4,000 spirit stones for himself, probably because he had offended him before, so he intentionally gave himself a discount.

  Since everything had been taken, Lin Tianyang didn't plan on staying any longer and left with a cold hum.

  After leaving the Wan Hua Pavilion, Lin Tianyang did not go to the town inn, but instead left the town and flew slowly in a southwesterly direction for thirty miles. After landing in a forest, he slightly raised the corners of his mouth and said loudly: "You've indeed followed me, since you've followed me, then come out!"