20demayo Chapter 388 Gaining Several Spirit Stones for Free
Chapter 388 Gaining Several Spirit Stones for Free
"Are you really going to let this go? Not report it?" Ma Yibo asked in a deep voice.
Actually, giving a few thousand more spirit stones wouldn't be difficult, it's just that this matter is a bit frustrating.
In the past, not only would they not have had to give spirit stones, but the other party might have even been beaten up. With the Ma family's capabilities, they could have resolved the matter quietly.
But this happened at this particular time, during the competition for the new city lord of Xingyu City, where any negative image would affect the competition.
In the immortal realm, strength speaks volumes, that's for sure.
However, the four families in Xingyu City are currently of similar strength. None of them have Foundation Establishment cultivators, and each family only has two or three elders at the ninth level of Qi Refining. The remaining juniors are of similar ability, mostly below the sixth level of Qi Refining.
As for cultivators at the seventh or eighth level, they are extremely rare; it would be good if each family had two.
The reason.
First, breaking through from the sixth level to the seventh level without the aid of elixirs, relying solely on one's own cultivation, greatly tests one's talent and effort.
Secondly, the cities in the vicinity have very few Breakthrough Pills, and almost none Foundation Establishment Pills.
Therefore, many cultivators from nearby cities would travel out to seek opportunities and break through their cultivation level once they reached the sixth level of Qi Refining.
Not long ago, the city lord's mansion in Xingyu City was massacred by enemies in one night. Just then, a beast tide arrived, and just then, the head of the Chu family returned from his travels. During the process of killing the monsters, he learned that the head of the Chu family had already reached the seventh level of Qi Refining.
At this critical juncture, the Chu family has one more cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining than the other three families. What does this mean? The other three families remain silent, waiting to defeat the demonic beast before discussing it further.
Therefore, after the beast tide receded, rebuilding the city and re-establishing a city lord became the agenda.
Currently, the Ma family has three elders at the ninth level of Qi Refining, the Chu family also has three, and the other two families each have two.
Logically, it should be the Ma family and the Chu family competing, but in order to show fairness, the four families made an agreement.
Xingyu City is holding a tournament where anyone can sign up. The scores of each family's children after the tournament will be included in the competition score. In addition to the contest of strength, people's usual words and deeds, contributions to the city and defamation will also be added or deducted accordingly.
Therefore, Ma Xiaoru's sarcastic remarks about the cultivators entering the city actually damaged the city's reputation. If this action is confirmed, it will risk deducting points, thus affecting the Ma family's total score in the competition for city lord.
Therefore, when Chu Xihuan concluded that Ma Xiaoru's actions were damaging the city's reputation, Ma Yibo became furious.
However, upon hearing that the matter could be resolved by compensating with spirit stones, Ma Yibo's anger was suppressed.
"Add another two thousand, and this matter will be over. Is that really true?" Ma Yibo confirmed again.
Chu Xihuan did not answer immediately, but turned to ask his grandmaster, "Second Elder of the Wen family, what do you think of this matter?"
"Young Master Chu, this is all a matter between the younger generation, nothing serious, right, Erlang?"
The grandmaster turned around and gave Wen Chengbin a look, and the latter said knowingly, "Oh, right, it's nothing serious, my sister was just a little frightened."
After saying that, Wen Chengbin tossed the bag in his hand.
"Little sister, your second brother bought you something delicious to calm your nerves, don't be afraid!" After saying that, he reached out his big hand and patted Wenwen's head.
"Yes, Second Brother is so good. I'll listen to you." Wenwen cooperated with a timid look in her eyes, tightly holding Wen Chengbin's hand.
In reality, the two were secretly communicating with each other.
"Second Brother, you're really good with your mouth. You can get spirit stones just by talking."
"If I had known that smearing the Ma family could earn me spirit stones, I should have said a few more words earlier."
"Ugh--"
Wen Chengbin sighed softly.
Wenwen shrugged, her timid and cowardly appearance earning her the pity and sympathy of the onlookers.
However, the Wen family members perceived it differently.
The two elderly men had their beards sticking up, tried hard to control their eyebrows from twitching, and tried their best to keep their eyes straight ahead.
Wen Qilin and the others gritted their teeth and persevered, pursing their lips to prevent even the slightest smile from appearing on their faces.
Wen Chengjian and the others blinked hard, trying their best to suppress their laughter, determined to hold on until the very end.
Wenwen looked like a frightened rabbit at that moment; it was truly an eyesore.
Ma Yibo couldn't bear to look, so he took out another bag of spirit stones and stuffed it into Wen Chengbin's hand.
"Fellow Daoist, I am truly sorry. I apologize to you again on behalf of my sister."
Wen Chengbin took the bag and answered very seriously, "As your older brother, I understand how you feel. You did the right thing, absolutely the right thing."
Anything that can be solved with spirit stones is no big deal; a misunderstanding was perfectly resolved.
"Alright, stop staring and go do what you're supposed to do."
"Alright, disperse, don't affect the shopkeepers' business."
"There are still quite a few good things in Xingyu City, let's keep exploring!"
Chu Xihuan offered his advice, and Zhang Qian and Li Ming joined in, instantly transforming themselves back into their identities as patrolling cultivators.
Just as the crowd dispersed, the Wen family was about to leave.
Chu Xihuan called out to everyone, "Second Elder of the Wen family, please wait a moment."
After a while, the three patrolling monks left, and Chu Xihuan walked over.
"Chu Xihuan greets all the elders and seniors."
"Second Elder of the Wen family, is there anything I can do to help you in Xingyu City?"
"Brother Wen, Brother Ye, Sister Wen, we meet again."
Chu Xihuan greeted several familiar faces one by one.
"So your name is Chu Xihuan, huh? Hehe," Wen Chengbin said.
“Wen Er, you can also call me Chu Xiao Si, hehe, my dad and third brother happen to be home today, and my little sister is home too.”
"How about you all come to my house for a chat?"
Chu Xihuan's enthusiastic attitude stemmed entirely from his high expectations for the arrival of the Wen family.
This story begins on Donglinhai Island.
After Wenwen and her companions exchanged several spirit beast bags with them using demon beast meat, spirit plants, and spirit herbs, their stock was about to run out. The old turtle and Long Jiaoyu were anxious, worried that they would run out of food. In the end, to comfort the two demon beasts, Wenwen actually took out several bottles of pills and fed them to them.
This action startled the Chu family.
What kind of family background does he have to feed pills to demonic beasts like snacks? He's incredibly extravagant.
At that time, the head of the Chu family asked privately, "May I ask the second elder of the Wen family, does your family have an alchemist? Can he refine Breakthrough Pills or Foundation Establishment Pills? The Chu family will pay a high price to buy them."
At that time, the master did not answer directly, but said tactfully, "Let's think of a way."
In fact, Wenwen is now a third-level alchemist and has no problem refining Foundation Establishment Pills. In her space, there are about a dozen bottles of Foundation Establishment Pills. The quantity is not large because the growth period of Gengyan Fruit is too long and the supply cannot be met. Otherwise, there would be more than such a small quantity.
As for the number of Breakthrough Pills, there are plenty. Sometimes when she's in her spatial dimension and has nothing to do, she refines pills. There are enough medicinal herbs in her space, so she makes a lot of them over time.
She also stockpiled other pills needed for the Qi Refining stage.
Even the Qi-Quenching Pill, which has a similar but slightly inferior effect to the Barrier-Breaking Pill, is also available.
Therefore, it's perfectly fine for her to feed the monsters some pills and snacks.
However, it did reveal his wealth to some extent.
“Young Master Chu, this is not appropriate. We are newcomers and it would be too much of a disturbance for us to enter your residence.”
The grandmaster politely declined to visit the Chu family.
"Or, could you recommend a restaurant so we can go in and rest for a while?"
Chu Xihuan looked at the street and said, "Alright, elders and seniors of the Wen family, this way please."