si-mexico Chapter 431 What's in your box?
Chapter 431 What's in your box?
The cheerful noise quickly attracted the attention of others. Before long, Jiang Liqian's stall was surrounded by a large crowd, all dressed in black robes, their faces obscured.
"Hey, what's in this box that you're asking such a high price for?" someone couldn't help but ask first.
Jiang Liqian followed the example of the other vendors, sitting upright behind the jade box, her eyes lowered in calm composure, showing no intention of speaking.
Xu Youan then pretended to be her bodyguard, standing behind his senior sister with full alertness.
Shui Lian'er's eyes darted around, and she quickly created a persona for herself. She stepped forward with a grin and explained, "Our boss has always been eccentric, and he only came here to buy and sell things on a whim today. Rest assured, esteemed guest, since he dares to offer such a high price, he certainly won't try to fool you. However, our boss is quite fond of the idea of fate and destiny, so what you get depends on your luck."
After saying that, she secretly winked at Qin Beiyao.
Qin Beiyao was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized what was happening. He crossed his arms, raised his chin, and looked down at the person with a disdainful attitude: "This stall does not welcome poor people. If you can't afford it, get lost."
His words provoked anger among those who had been hesitant about spending such a large sum of spirit stones to satisfy their curiosity. The first person to speak, in particular, gritted his teeth and said that he would have already attacked if he hadn't been afraid of losing his life for causing trouble here.
Even knowing that Qin Beiyao was deliberately being arrogant and humiliating him, he still threw down three hundred top-grade spirit stones and sneered as he randomly picked a jade box.
But instead of leaving immediately, he chose to open it in public.
"I want to see what's in here! Everyone's here, you'd better not ruin your business!"
With that, he snorted coldly, and the lid of the jade box was lifted open.
A perfectly preserved spiritual plant, its entire body translucent and bearing only nine leaves as green as warm jade, quietly appeared before everyone's eyes. A refreshing medicinal fragrance instantly filled the entire inner circle as the jade box was opened, lingering for a long time.
Even someone who doesn't know anything about spiritual plants can tell that this is the best of the best.
Someone exclaimed excitedly, trembling, "A Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Nine-Leaf Sunflower! It's actually a Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Nine-Leaf Sunflower, a spiritual plant used in seventh-grade elixirs! My God, it's still so intact!"
His shout silenced the onlookers for a moment, then they gasped in surprise, before frantically throwing spirit stones at Jiang Liqian and scrambling to grab the jade box.
Everyone was jostling and pushing against each other, afraid that if they were even a step too slow, the jade boxes would be snatched up!
Ten thousand years! That's a spiritual plant with medicinal properties that has been around for ten thousand years. Even the most ordinary Qi-replenishing herb can sell for an astronomical price, let alone the extremely rare Jade Nine-Leaf Sunflower!
Let alone three hundred top-grade spirit stones, even five hundred top-grade spirit stones would be a mad rush to buy them!
If all the other jade boxes contained such spiritual plants, wouldn't it be a great deal to snatch one?
The first person to buy the jade box didn't care about losing face. He hurriedly put the jade box into his Qiankun bag and shouted, "Make way, make way! I was here first! I was here first!" He quickly joined the army scrambling for the jade box.
Upon seeing this, even Jiang Liqian, who was pretending to be an expert, was startled and almost jumped up in fright.
She had expected her jade box to be fought over, but she didn't expect it to be fought so fiercely. Fortunately, Xu Youan and Qin Beiyao were there to watch over the collection of spirit stones, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to handle it all by herself.
In just a quarter of an hour, all of the hundreds of jade boxes she had brought out were sold out.
Those who didn't manage to grab one stubbornly refused to leave, chasing after her and asking if there were any left, offering to pay double, no, triple the price.
Jiang Liqian was most afraid of being pestered, so she simply took out some more, but sold them all at three times the price they asked for. After that, she simply said she didn't have any more and refused to take any more.
Those people were so envious that they wanted to kill and rob the treasure, but the layers of guards clearly visible inside suppressed their resentment, and they left in twos and threes, looking back every few steps.
This time, Jiang Liqian earned so many spirit stones from selling spirit plants that she almost lost count. Her Qiankun bag couldn't hold them all, so she had to store them all in her mustard seed space.
Fortunately, her cultivation level has greatly improved, otherwise she wouldn't be able to use the mustard seed space.
However, she wasn't the only one whose stall was being fought over in the inner circle; there were many more stalls surrounded by layers of people, so her stall didn't stand out much here.
After selling everything, Jiang Liqian straightened her robes and walked up to Su Yanqing. However, instead of immediately having Xu Youan release him from his immobilization, she asked with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Su, after the immobilization is lifted, will you come after me?"
Su Yanqing whimpered, clearly furious at Jiang Liqian's shameless question.
Seeing his expression, Jiang Liqian sighed regretfully and turned to Shui Lian'er, saying, "There are many treasures here, why don't we go and browse around? With Fellow Daoist Su guarding our stall, we don't have to worry about anyone taking it over."
Shui Lian'er gave a big smile and immediately nodded vigorously in agreement, also pulling Qin Beiyao and Xu You'an along.
Seeing that they were really about to leave, Su Yanqing quickly made a "woo-woo" sound.
come back!
Damn it, come back here!
He doesn't want to stand here like a monkey anymore, being stared at and scrutinized by people!
At worst, at worst... he just won't retaliate against her!
Jiang Liqian, who was pretending to leave, seemed to be able to read minds. As soon as Su Yanqing gave in, she turned around and slowly walked back to him.
"You promised you wouldn't resort to violence, right?"
Su Yanqing made two "woo-woo" sounds to indicate that she was certain!
Jiang Liqian felt that his eyes were quite sincere, so she took pity on him and let Xu Youan release him from the immobilization.
As soon as Su Yanqing was free, without even taking a breath, he drew his long sword and slashed at Jiang Liqian with a dark face.
Of course, he didn't let his accomplice Xu Youan off the hook either.
Seeing this, Jiang Liqian grabbed Xu Youan's hand and, with a sly smile, pulled him into the bustling crowd. Xu Youan cooperated perfectly, and the two disappeared into the sea of people in the blink of an eye, impossible to find.
Su Yanqing was so angry she felt like she was going to vomit blood.
Well, you always seem so upright, it's all an act!
Shui Lian'er, watching from behind, was almost laughing herself to death. Qin Beiyao couldn't help but chuckle as well, and the two of them soon burst into laughter.
People in the inner circle paused for a moment because of their farce. Some couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh, "Young people these days are really lively..."
Jiang Liqian held Xu Youan's hand tightly until they crossed several streets before stopping to catch their breath.