Cultivating In Secret Beside A Demoness

Chapter 420: You Know How To Bargain?

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Jiang Hao walked into a pavilion somewhat helplessly.

He thought he would find a place for Hong Yuye to stay and go out alone to buy tea.

Unfortunately, Hong Yuye came along with him to the city.

He had no choice but to take her along to buy tea leaves.

The pavilion didn’t look very big, so Jiang Hao dared to explore it. He was worried that the price for the tea would be too expensive here than at the Heavenly Note Sect.

The place was filled with spirit tea.

No one was there to welcome him, so he explored the place alone.

Soon, he saw the Thousand Flower tea. It was priced at 181 spirit stones.

It was unexpectedly cheaper, but the minimum purchase was twenty-five grams.

If he bought and resold it, he could make a decent amount of money.

Then he saw Snow Queen Spring, which was priced at 70 spirit stones for five grams.

That was 20 spirit stones more expensive than what he bought at his sect.

If he could set up a stall here, he could sell it for 60 and still make a profit.

He could fully utilize the golden rings and come here to sell things.

Leaving the sect wouldn’t be too difficult either. He could take on a mission from the Law Enforcement Hall and set aside two or three thousand spirit stones as compensation.

But unfortunately, nothing was that simple. Tea leaves weren’t easy to sell either.

“What would you like to buy, fellow disciples?” asked a young woman.

She was at the early stage of the Golden Core Realm.

‘Was this all a Golden Core Realm cultivator capable of?’

It made sense somehow. The city was crowded, and there wasn’t much opportunity. Competition was fierce.

“Help me get…’

The moment Hong Yuye’s spoke, Jiang Hao felt anxious. “Ancient Spirit Tea!” he said hurriedly.

He had seen that tea in the Heavenly Note Sect before. It was priced at five hundred spirit stones for five grams.

“Alright, please follow me.” The young woman was quite surprised, but she nodded and smiled.

Jiang Hao felt a chill run down his spine. He didn’t dare to turn around.

If Red Yuye had just asked for Red Azure Tea, he would have gone bankrupt.

He could only cut her off.

Fortunately, it seemed that Ancient Spirit Tea still met her standards.

The woman prepared to brew a pot of tea. “Please have a taste and check the quality first.”

Jiang Hao and Hong Yuye sat down and waited.

Only after they were seated did the young woman sit down.

She was very polite and professional, which surprised Jiang Hao.

She was at the Golden Core Realm, while they only displayed their cultivation at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Hong Yuye must have suppressed her cultivation to be on par with his. After a while, a pot of Ancient Spirit Tea was ready. The woman poured them each a cup.

“Please try it. If you like it, you can buy the tea. If not, then this pot of tea can be considered a gift from the pavilion.”

Jiang Hao’s attention wasn’t on the tea but on the brewing process. It was rather complicated.

He picked up the cup, and the fragrance wafted into his nose.

He took a sip. It was slightly bitter. As it cooled down, he felt the spiritual energy surge into his body.

It gave him the feeling of being among the mountains and rivers. This tea was good.

Jiang Hao turned to look at Hong Yuye.

At this moment, the cup had just left her lips.

“This is average quality.”

The young woman was surprised. She smiled. “Your assessment is similar to our pavilion master’s. I can lower the price by 30 spirit stones. It’ll be 450 spirit stones now. What do the two of you think?”

Hong Yuye didn’t say anything. The woman turned to Jiang Hao.

He hadn’t expected her to lower the price. In the end, he bought 50g of Ancient Spirit Tea and 50g of Red Sleeve Tea.

He got a discount of another 80 spirit stones.

In total, it cost him 5,300 spirit stones for everything.

The tea should last until the end of the trip.

Now, he was left with 11,168 spirit stones.

All the spirit stones he earned over two years were spent here.

After getting used to the surroundings, he decided to find a place to set up a stall and sell his goods.

He hoped to accumulate enough spirit stones for the incarnation of the Immortal Peach Tree.

He had one concern. His cultivation realm was in the middle stage of the Soul Ascension Realm. He didn’t know if it would be enough to set up a stall here.

After all, this was a city near the Bright Moon Sect. If someone were to cause trouble, they might be at the Soul Ascension Realm or higher.

He needed to be prepared.

When they left the pavilion, Hong Yuye looked at him.

“You know how to bargain?”

“It can save some spirit stones.” Jiang Hao nodded.

“But what if she had refused to sell it?” Hong Yuye asked.

“That’s alright. We never know until we try, after all,” Jiang Hao said.

“I never saw you take a gamble before.”

“Well, it’s different. Gambles include risks. I just want to be careful with certain things,” said Jiang Hao. “How old are you this year?”

“Thirty.”

Hong Yuye fell silent. She seemed deep in thought.

Jiang Hao didn’t know what she was thinking.

But it meant that the two of them had known each other for ten years, and soon it would be eleven.

Eleven years had swiftly passed by.

“Where do you want to go next, Senior?” Jiang Hao asked.

Hong Yuye was silent for a while, Then, she said, “Let’s go to the riverside.” It was nighttime, and the stars and moon were radiant in the sky.

At the riverside of Star-Moon City, the reflection of the stars fell on the water’s surface.

Jiang Hao rented a boat.

Hong Yuye stood at the bow of the boat, while he ferried the boat at the stern.

In the darkness of the night, Jiang Hao gently sailed the boat through the river.

A gentle breeze rustled Hong Yuye’s hair, and her robes swayed lightly. She looked ethereal.

“Hahaha!” A sudden voice echoed.

Jiang Hao turned to see a man standing on another boat nearby. He was drinking wine and laughing merrily. However, he seemed somewhat puzzled.

“When did I find myself on the Sea of Stars again? Hahaha. The stars on the water are quite something, though a bit dizzying.” “This is good wine. Hahaha!”

The man was a bit incoherent. He seemed to be drunk.

Hong Yuye also looked at him. She heard a resigned voice behind her.

“Unaware of the heavens while drunk and sound asleep while crossing the

Milky Way.”

She looked at Jiang Hao in surprise. “How do you know that?”

“My father was a scholar, so I learned some things,” said Jiang Hao.

His memory of his father was quite vague. He only remembered his father occasionally going out to sell calligraphy.

Now that he thought about it, the business must have been good. The family had lived well. Although his meals were quite plain because his stepmother didn’t give him much.

At this moment, a figure descended from the sky and stood on the surface of the river. He gazed at Jiang Hao.

“Apologies for the interruption,” said the middle-aged man politely. “May I ask if the poem you just recited was composed by you, fellow disciple?” Jiang Hao greeted him politely. Then, he shook his head.

“Senior, you’ve misunderstood. That was a line of poetry I heard somewhere before. I’m not knowledgeable about such matters.”

The person’s aura was restrained, so it was difficult to discern their cultivation realm, but he emanated a certain kind of pressure.

This was definitely not an ordinary cultivator.

Even the drunk person from before was the same.

Many powerful cultivators had gathered here.

If it weren’t for the Bright Moon Sect monitoring the place, things might have gotten out of hand..