Chapter 289 - Young Playboy Master

A little earlier---

There was silence in the dark stone room.

A woman wearing snow-white night clothes and a fox mask was sitting cross-legged on a straw mat, condensing her energy in meditation, while traces of spiritual energy could be seen floating around her body.

Jingle jingle~~

Suddenly, a bell rang.

!!

Su Waner was so frightened that her body trembled violently. Getting the energy flow in her body out of control, she coughed out a mouthful of blood. However, she quickly stabilized herself and calmed down the spiritual energy in her meridians to prevent herself from exploding and dying.

"Whoo--"

She wiped the blood from her mouth, and with a look of fear on her face, she turned to look at the jade bell she had placed on a simple altar.

She had tried everything she could think of, but no matter whether she roasted it in fire, smashed it with a hammer, or chopped it with a sword, none of these methods had been able to leave the slightest scratch on this jade bell, let alone get rid of it.

Therefore, she concluded that this jade bell was most likely a high-grade tracking magic device, and therefore, particularly frightening.

For the past month and a half, every time she rested or concentrated, this jade bell would suddenly appear and sway next to her ear.

The fact that the jade bell scared her was one thing, but now she was afraid that the old woman from the Black Star Sect would come to her door. So whenever there was any noise around, her nerves would instantly collapse.

Under this double pressure, she was truly going crazy.

Su Waner looked at the bell with a dejected face, and finally expressed her regret, slapping her right hand with her left. "Su Waner, you idiot!! Why did you steal that Young Lady's stuff? If you didn't steal her things, you wouldn't have suffered this torture!"

Then, she rubbed the back of her right hand which was red from the slapping, took a deep breath, and said, "Whatever! I won't hide anymore. The worst that can happen is getting caught by that old woman. No matter how petty she is, she is still a cultivator in the Void Returning stage. She won't lower herself to deal with a small cultivator in the Core Formation stage like me, right? At worst, I'll kowtow to her, wash her feet, massage her back, and so on..."

"But then again, since when did a second Young Lady appear in the Black Star Sect? She looked like she was at least ten years old, and there was never any news at all on the black market."

"Sigh--"

Su Waner sighed and patted her cheeks with both hands to give herself courage.

Then, she stood up, got a set of clothes from her storage bag, and took off the white night clothes that she had not taken off for a month and a half, as well as the fox mask on her face.

Under the mask, there was a baby-ish face imprinted with a large red mark left by the mask, with almond-like eyes and lips like soft cherry blossoms.

She took out a bronze mirror and admired her face. "Hmph~ What a beautiful fairy."

"Let's round it to two hundred and twenty thousand spirit stones, and I'll have a small profit of fifty thousand. Maybe a little more if I find someone I can take advantage of and sell it for two hundred and fifty thousand. For the talismans, I'll give you ten thousand each..."

As the two were haggling, a bell suddenly rang, interrupting Wu Guang's words. Su Waner was startled and quickly glanced right and left as if fearing that someone would enter the door.

Seeing her like this, Wu Guang pursed his mouth and said calmly, "It seems that Miss Su stole these things? Then, according to the rules, it will be 50% off."

According to black market rules, the price of stolen items was reduced by 50%. After all, there was the risk of being found, not to mention, who knew who the items were stolen from.

It wouldn't be a problem if it was an ordinary little cultivator, but it would be troublesome if it was stolen from some ruthless people.

"..."

Su Waner gritted her teeth when she heard this and fiercely looked at the bell on her waist, but said nothing and waved her hand. "Okay."

"Just like that?" Wu Guang frowned slightly as he asked with narrowed eyes, "Could it be that it was taken from the hands of some cultivator here in the Jade Pass? In that case, this thing can only be sold after a month. This is the rule. If you break the rules, your name will be ruined and you won't be able to do business on the black market."

"I got it a month and a half ago. I know the rules in this business better than you."

Su Waner rolled her eyes and waved her hand, motioning him to come with the money quickly.

Jingle jingle~~

Once again the bell rang, and at the same time, a young man wearing a scholar's robe walked in with his hands behind his back.

Ye Anping stepped across the threshold, glanced at the shopkeeper and Su Waner at the counter, and came forward, saying, "Boss, can I have a bowl of Jade Sand's second-best tea?"

This was the code for getting information.

Wu Guang frowned, pulled back his neck, and glanced at Ye Anping. Then, he looked back at Su Waner and wondered, why are today's guests all so short?

"Young master, have you just arrived at the Jade Pass? I don't recognize your face."

Ye Anping replied with a smile. "I used to supervise a store in the Black Star Sect's market, but the boss ran away, so now I came over here to make a living."

"Oooh~ it's quite impressive to be able to run a store in the Black Star Sect's market. What do you want to find out?"

"For example..." Ye Anping squinted his eyes at Su Waner, glanced at the bell on her waist, pretended to be a playboy, and said, "What's the name of this beautiful lady?"

When Wu Guang heard this, his face fell.

Shit, he thought he was here for business, but it turned out he was here to flirt with a girl.

"Tsk..."