The Legendary Master’s Wife - Chap 45

Chapter 45: Bearded Man

The magic pill transaction concluded without a hitch. Furthermore, the price for these five bottles was even higher than the last time. Due to the effect of the magic pill far exceeding that of an ordinary level one magic pill, a few customers had indicated, one after another, that they were willing to pay a high price after having tasted its sweetness. Although Long Xiang Continent did not lack level one magic pills, in fact, it was more like there was a flood of it bordering on disaster, there was also an unending number of practitioners that had a need for magic pills. As long as there was a better option, they would rather pay a little more.

The manager made use of the magic pills that You XiaoMo sold him the last time to boost his reputation , so the shop now looked completely different. But since he didn’t know when You XiaoMo would come again, he didn’t dare to accept pre-orders. He only agreed to let them be the first to know if more was available. Now, even though there were only one hundred magic pills, it was enough for the shop manager.

Since the selling price for these magic pills had doubled, the manager kindly gave You XiaoMo a higher price. In this way, this young man would most probably only sell the magic pills to him, right? The manager was operating based on this assumption.

After all, there was money to be earned and on top of that, the shop’s reputation could be raised, who wouldn’t want to do that? The only troublesome thing was that the surrounding shops had started to enquire about the origin of these magic pills.

You XiaoMo left the shop perfectly content with the two thousand pieces of gold that the manager had given him. This time , the price for the magic pills increased by fifty percent , which ended up being fifteen gold pieces for one magic pill. One thousand five hundred gold pieces for one hundred magic pills. Add ing to that a few dozen pieces of gold remaining from the last time, his entire wealth was more than that of a lot of the Tian Xin Sect disciples. Even disciples from slightly wealthy backgrounds did not have this much.

Ling Xiao didn’t hinder his selling of magic pills. Seeing that the transaction was over, he left the medicine shop together with You XiaoMo.

“Where to next?” Ling Xiao was not the least bit impatient. His whole person was unreadable, not giving away any sign of what he was thinking.

“Uh, Ling-shixiong, don’t you also have something to take care of? If you keep following me, wouldn’t that hold up your business?” You XiaoMo didn’t immediately answer his question. Instead he looked evasively in all directions, everywhere except at Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao smiled slightly, “There’s no hold up. Furthermore, it is still early.”

You XiaoMo was crestfallen. After this, he wanted to go buy magic herb seeds, but he definitely did not want Ling Xiao to go with him since usually only mages with medicine gardens would buy magic herb seeds. As for him, a newly minted level one mage, there was no reason to buy so many magic herb seeds – obviously , something would seem fishy. Someone as intelligent as Ling Xiao would definitely be able to tell , so when the time came, he would undoubtedly question him.

He had already predicted that Ling Xiao wouldn’t abide by his wishes and leave , but he still maintained a glimmer of hope. In the end, Ling Xiao followed him to South Street where they sold magic herbs.

South Street was less lively than North Street , but there was a still quite a lot of people. A few of them were practitioners , but most of them were mages.

Orchid Pavilion was the magic herb shop that You XiaoMo had visited the last time. When You XiaoMo walked over, the attendant that served him the last time seemed to remember him. Seeing him come over, he warmly received him and invited him in, of course not forgetting Ling Xiao that was by his side. In reality, the one that the attendant noticed right away was not You XiaoMo but Ling Xiao.

For someone like him that worked on commission, judging people was important. With one glance, one could tell that the luxuriantly dressed Ling Xiao was one of those privileged nobles with ten thousand strings of coins in their money belt.

Since he was a previous customer, the attendant’s attention fell mainly on You XiaoMo. Hearing that he was here to buy more magic herb seeds, the attendant swiftly took out fresh stocks that just arrived a few days ago. Level one to level three and all the seeds were fresh and plump.

You XiaoMo thought about the speed at which the magic herbs were growing in his dimension. He also thought about the considerable amount of money in his magic bag. This time , he bought a lot of magic herb seeds in one go; a set of one thousand seed packets for level three and two sets of one thousand seed packets for level two. Altogether it cost him over eight hundred gold pieces , and so his money bag shrank by more than half. The good thing was the beaming attendant gifted him one set of five hundred seed packets of level one magic herb seeds.

Upon leaving Orchid Pavilion, You XiaoMo looked painfully at the money left in his magic bag. There were only seven hundred coins or so left.

You XiaoMo stole a glance at Ling Xiao. Unexpectedly, he actually didn’t ask him why he bought magic herb seeds.

“Ling-shixiong, I have bought all the things I needed to buy. Now , are we going to take care of your things or are we going to meet up with Tang-shimei and company at the rest house?

Ling Xiao narrowed his eyes and looked at him. He kept s taring at him until his scalp started to feel numb , before saying leisurely, “Let’s go to the rest house first. After all, those two were brought here by me. If anything were to happen, it would be difficult for me to explain to the Grand Master.”

Even though he put it like that, You XiaoMo felt that there was no sign of the difficulty he mentioned on his face. Just as they were about to set out for West Street, the crowd behind them suddenly burst out noisily, accompanied by a chaotic rush of footsteps.

You XiaoMo turned to take a look and saw a group of people rushing towards them but the look on their faces was not one of alarm but rather a look of curiosity after having heard some juicy news. This type of expression was something You XiaoMo was used to seeing. The look of wanting to witness something exciting.

The group of people rushed passed them towards East Street. You XiaoMo was not interested and was about to leave when he heard two street vendors chatting.

“I hear something is going down on East Street.”

“I heard it too. It seemed there is again some conflict. The last time it was at West Street. This time it is at East Street.”

“Don’t tell me it was the same group of people? They don’t seem to think much of the Tian Xin Sect ba . Although He Ping is not inside the limits of the Tian Xin Sect, it is still under its influence. Who is behind that group of people, actually daring to stir up trouble here?”

“Who knows. But it must be someone big. No one dares to provoke them. It’s only that the girls of He Ping are now in a wretched situation.”

“Exactly. The girls in my house are not allowed to go out, lest they encounter that group of people.”

“Haha, the girls from your house? There is still the question of whether they would be interested.”

“What do you mean?”

You XiaoMo’s eyes popped out when he heard the last bit. If he isn’t mistaken, Tang YunQi and that Li-xiong seemed to have gone to East Street. Thinking of this, he immediately turned to Ling Xiao, “Ling-shixiong, how about we go take a look at East Street first?”

If it really was what he was thinking of, things are bound to go to hell. Because with Tang YunQi’s character, the situation could only get worse and worse.

Ling Xiao was not interested in finding out if the protagonist was Tang YunQi. He only felt that she would bring him trouble, but since Tang YunQi was the daughter of the Grand Master, he couldn’t just stand aside. This was the only thing that made him go along with You XiaoMo towards East Street. South Street was not very far from East Street, but even leaving now, it would take the time to brew two cups of tea to get there. Who knew if in this short period of them, something irrevers ible would happ en b ecause of this, Ling Xiao simply picked up You XiaoMo by his collar and walked to a corner.

When they reappeared, the both of them were already at East Street. You XiaoMo was confused and dizzy, basically having no clue of what just happened. Soon he was shocked back to his senses by a shrill scream.

This familiar voice was something he couldn’t forget even if he wanted to, that voice was the one that came out of Tang YunQi’s mouth. Turning towards the direction of the voice, You XiaoMo’s pair of eyeballs almost pop out of their sockets. His face flushes bright red, glancing left and right, not daring to look towards Tang-shimei again.

With Tang YunQi’s appearance of that moment, it was really unimaginable that they had parted ways not more than an hour ago. The pink long robe was missing a huge piece of cloth revealing a pair of beautiful slender and fair legs. The remaining piece of cloth barely covered her ample buttocks. The top part was even more tragic since the material at the chest had been ripped open, vaguely revealing soft white breasts. The exposed skin was flushed pink most probably because she felt extremely ashamed and furious. It couldn’t be denied that Tang YunQi was even more beautiful than before and even more alluring.

All the men in the crowd were dumbstruck while the women were looking on in admiration, jealousy and hate. A few of which were also gloating at her misfortune.

If there was anyone not moved by her beauty, it was most probably only Ling Xiao, his face couldn’t be any calmer. His gaze was definitely not like the others looking lecherously at the barely clothed Tang YunQi. Instead, it was directed at the bearded man facing Tang YunQi ; he calmly narrowed his eyes. That man was the one that attacked Tang YunQi, the lecher that tore her clothes to shreds ; but he was definitely not an ordinary lecher.

“Damn lecher. Disgracing me like this. Wait till my father finds out. He will definitely set a thousand knives on you and hack you into ten thousand pieces.” Tang YunQi was so furious that it distorted her pretty face. The intense flames of hate in her eyes burned fiercely. If looks could kill, the man in front of her would probably have died a million times over.

The man was not the least bit afraid of her threats, laughing out loud instead. Licking his lips lewdly and wickedly, he said, “By the time your father finds out, I’m afraid it will already be too late. By that time , you will already be mine. I advise you to obediently yield to me. Perhaps the great me will be pleased and treat you a little gentler.”

“Evil lecher. My Da Shixiong is close by. If you dare to touch a single hair on my Shimei, my Da Shixiong will definitely not let you go.” Chen GaoYang , who was sprawled out on the ground said hatefully. Earlier, hearing this man humiliate Shimei, he had fought , but was unable to beat him. If not, Shimei would not be in such a dire condition. On top that, the earlier scuffle severed both his legs leaving him unable to even stand up.

“Da Shixiong? Hmph!” The man laughed coldly. “Don’t worry, if he dares to appear in front of the great me, I will… ”

A flippant voice emerged from the crowd, cutting him off, “What will you do?”