Chapter 148: Happiness Comes After Bitterness

Not long after Ye Qiluo left, the door to Li Yuanqing’s courtyard was opened.

Zhao Tai’an walked in from outside and walked excitedly to Li Yuanqing. Looking at the two teacups in front of Li Yuanqing, he asked curiously, “Young Master, do you have a guest?”

“There was a visitor earlier.”

“I see.” Zhao Tai’an looked at Li Yuanqing with admiration. “I’ve already settled the stall that you’ve asked me to arrange for you.”

As Zhao Tai’an spoke, a few jade pendants appeared on the table.

After Li Yuanqing saw these jade pendants, he took out a cloth bag and handed it to Zhao Tai’An.

Zhao Tai’an smiled as he opened the bag and glanced inside.

“Young Master, isn’t this a little too much?” Zhao Tai’an looked at Li Yuanqing in fear. “Didn’t we agree on five spirit stones? Inside…”

Li Yuanqing smiled indifferently. These ten spirit stones were nothing to him. He saw that Zhao Tai’an was quite reliable and was quite willing to contribute. He wanted to befriend this guard captain.

“Captain Zhao has helped me so much this time. You can treat the remaining as a thank you from me.”

“But that’s too much. I’ll charge you one piece at most.”

“It’s fine, Captain Zhao. Just keep it.” Li Yuanqing had a lot of unused beast skins and bones, as well as other refining materials and herbs.

He had no use for these things, so he thought that he could sell them or exchange them for something. However, if one wanted to open their own shop in the inner city market, they would need a permit.

Although Hu Jiujiu could easily get these permits, Li Yuanqing still did not want Hu Jiujiu to have too much to do with him. Hence, he looked for Zhao Tai’an and promised him five spirit stones. He did not expect to get them in a day.

“How could I possibly accept this?” Although Zhao Tai’an said that, his gaze on the spirit stones was extremely passionate.

Now that the cultivation restrictions of the human race had been lifted, many of their companions had broken through. Zhao Tai’an had also broken through to the first-grade in the past two days.

With this momentum, everyone could not wait to obtain more resources to cultivate. Who knew when this unsealing would end? At that time, there would not be such a good opportunity anymore.

Although these five spirit stones were not a huge sum, he would be full for a day if he ate the drumstick.

“Ever since I came to Ping City, Captain Zhao has been taking good care of me. I’ve always felt ashamed. Take this as my gratitude.”

“So you’ve always remembered these things.” Zhao Tai’an laughed honestly and scratched his head. “Actually, the reason why I took care of you in the past is because the human race has been bullied too much in Ping City for so many years. Everyone is used to it.

“Now that the bitter end has come, the status of the human race will only increase in the future.

“Brother Li is right. Happiness came after the bitterness. Ever since the new City Lord came to power, the treatment of the human race has increased greatly. Now, we can get dozens of spirit stones this month.”

Zhao Tai’an looked at the cloth bag in his hand and felt that it was still not suitable, so he said firmly. “Brother Li, let’s not talk about anything else. What do you plan to sell in the market? I’ll help you get the materials you need.”

Seeing as how enthusiastic Zhao Tai’an was, Li Yuanqing happened to have such an assignment for him. “Then help me buy a few shelves and a platform, Captain Zhao. I have some unused materials that I want to sell.”

“That’s easy. I’ll get someone to make two shelves with good wood for you.”

Zhao Tai’an agreed and left excitedly.

Looking at Zhao Tai’an’s energetic appearance, Li Yuanqing recalled the dark aura of the humans of Ping City when he first arrived.

At that time, the humans here could not see any hope of standing out.

After Zhao Tai’an left, Li Yuanqing took out his voice transmission device. When he saw Ye Qiluo today, he suddenly realized that he had not interacted with the humans in the Catacomb for a long time.

Their place was a natural source of materials. After the market opened, they could purchase the materials outside.

“Brothers, did anyone go out to hunt demon beasts tonight?”

“Why are you still hunting demon beasts? That great god is gone. We can’t even find a water source now. Brothers, save your strength.”

“I wonder where that great god went. Why hasn’t there been any movement for so long? Could he have been eaten by a demon beast?”

“00006 is also heading east. I feel that the future of that place is uncertain.”

Li Yuanqing listened to the conversation through the voice transmission for a long time before saying.

“Did anyone want to exchange animal skin and bones for water?”

“Who’s talking? Why does the voice sound so familiar?”

“00001, am I seeing things?”

“God, you’re finally back.”

“Exchange, exchange, we’ll all exchange!”

“The Great God is still alive.”

“Very good,” Li Yuanqing said into the voice transmission device. “I have plenty of water here. Anyone who wants to exchange can call me anytime. It’s still the previous price. I might be purchasing a large number of animal skins and bones in the near future. You can take more action.”

“Sure, sure.”

“But it’s so dangerous outside. If we walk out, I’m afraid we’ll be doomed.”

“What’s there to be afraid of? Didn’t the Great God already walk out? Besides, I think 00006 said this two days ago. He went out and killed two demon beasts and earned a sum of money.”

“That’s right. I feel that the outside world isn’t as scary as before. I think this is our chance. We can’t keep waiting for spirit stones to buy water.”

They discussed for a while and realized that the situation was indeed much better than before. They did not want to stay in the cave and wait for death.

In addition, the price of Li Yuanqing’s goods was rather attractive. Many people were tempted to walk into the darkness to hunt demon beasts.

Ping City, the largest market in the inner city.

A new vendor caught everyone’s attention.

A large number of people had gathered in front of the stall. There were humans and demons. They looked at the strange materials on the shelves in shock.

“Boss, is this beast bone real or fake? Is it really the beast bone of a black-and-white beast?”

An old man at the side stroked his beard and said, “This spiritual energy is thick and its luck is long. It looks very fresh. If it’s really a fresh black-and-white beast, it’s probably worth a lot of money.”

“There’s such a thing? Is this really a Divine Origin Pill?”

“It can’t be true, right? If it’s really a Divine Origin Pill, one would cost hundreds of spirit stones.”

“But the spiritual energy is so thick. It doesn’t look fake.”

“Boss, are you selling all these things?”

There were a lot of people gathered in front of the stall. Li Yuanqing was still busy setting up the goods. Before he could officially start selling, many people had already gathered.

“Oh my god, is this real? What kind of situation is this? He’s too rich.”

Li Yuanqing had only casually taken out some things, but the value of these things was already enough to make people drool.

“I want this Divine Origin Pill!” The one who spoke was a third-stage Spirit Transformation Realm demon.

He raised his hand and took out a few rich mid-grade spirit stones.

Although the value of these mid-grade spirit stones was comparable to a hundred low-grade spirit stones, the rarer something was, the more precious it was. Its unique rarity made its value even higher.

Any middle-grade spirit stone could be exchanged for more than a hundred low-grade spirit stones.

This guy took out five yuan at once. This could be considered a huge sum.

Li Yuanqing only took a glance before taking all the spirit stones and handing them to him.

The demon took the Divine Origin Pill and looked at Li Yuanqing unhappily. He stretched out his hand and said, “Do you know how to do business? The market price of a Divine Origin Pill is only 300 low-grade spirit stones. I gave you five mid-grade spirit stones, why did you give me one Divine Origin Pill?”

Li Yuanqing said without raising his head, “If you can buy the Divine Origin Pill for 300 low-grade spirit stones, then go and buy it.”

In this place, pills had always been priceless. The alchemy skills of these demons had always been very ordinary. No matter how hard they tried, they could not find anyone who could refine pills.

Although this demon was powerful, he really couldn’t buy it elsewhere.

When this fellow heard Li Yuanqing’s words, he was immediately unhappy. He slapped Li Yuanqing’s table and said angrily, “You humans, are you living too comfortably? I’m talking to you. Don’t you know how to look up?”

Many humans at the side could not help but retreat to the side when they saw this fellow’s arrogant words. Although he felt that this guy was very domineering, he was truly at the Spirit Transformation realm. His sixth-grade cultivation was very outstanding among everyone present.

Li Yuanqing was not frightened by his aura. He just continued to place some materials on the table. “If you want to cause trouble, you’d better go somewhere else. I’m only giving you this one chance.”

This demon’s messy hair was like a bird’s nest, and there was a pair of wings on its back. It was a pair of crow-like wings. He looked at Li Yuanqing coldly. “You’re new here, right? Haven’t you figured out the rules here?”

“Urdar, what are you doing here? Those are the rules of the past. Now that the new City Lord has taken office, it’s time to change the rules here!”

A burly human stood up. It was a human who was also doing business. This person was also at the Spirit Transformation realm and had a sixth-grade cultivation. He was originally at the fifth-grade, but now, he had broken through to the sixth-grade.

The demon called Urdar looked at the human coldly and said, “What’s wrong? The human race has always been a low-level race in Ping City. Don’t think that you can be saved by a muddle-headed City Lord!”

“Urdar, if you think the current City Lord is incompetent, you can challenge her. As long as you win, you can be the City Lord.”

“Hmph, is she worthy of being called the City Lord?” The demon snorted coldly and said in disdain, “She looks so seductive. I wonder how many times she has been played by the humans before she can be a slave to them.”

“Hahaha…”

When he said that, some of the demons beside him laughed out loud.

Many demons despised Hu Jiujiu’s actions. They were all secretly cursing Hu Jiujiu. They felt that Hu Jiujiu had given up all the privileges of the demon race. Now, they were even cursing her in the market.

Li Yuanqing stopped what he was doing and his aura suddenly turned cold.

In the crowd, the old man who was watching looked up and shivered from Li Yuanqing’s aura. What kind of oppression was this?

Urdar was shouting when he suddenly felt that something beside him had changed. He turned around and saw that Li Yuanqing was still the same Li Yuanqing. He was still standing in front with his head lowered. It didn’t seem to be any different.

But when Urdar turned to look at the human in front of him, he suddenly realized that there was no one in front of him.

A majestic snow mountain was placed in front of him. The pure white snow landed on his shoulders, and an incomparably cold aura seeped into his body.

“Where am I?” Urdar took a few steps back in his panic, but he bumped into a soft body. He turned around and saw a pure-looking little girl standing behind him.

Urdar let down some of his guard, but was immediately overcome by a raging temper. “Who are you? How dare you stand in my way here?”

Urdar raised his hand in anger and was about to slap her.

But in the next moment, a long sword suddenly emerged from his heart. He looked down at his chest in disbelief. He wanted to shout, but he couldn’t say a word. He couldn’t even breathe.

The tip of the sword flickered.

Li Yuanqing was like a demon god as he said indifferently, “Watch your mouth in your next life.”

As he spoke, countless vines emerged from his body and instantly enveloped this sixth-stage Spirit Transformation Crow Clan member before this fellow’s body could fall.

Everyone in the market was bewildered as they looked around. Urdar had been arguing fiercely just now, so why was he gone just like that?

The Divine Origin Pill was still fine. It was lying on the table as if no one had touched it just now.

“Where’s Urdar? Where did he go?”

“He was here just now?”

“Who did it?”

The demons looked around angrily at these humans, feeling that they had done something.

The burly man who spoke among the humans said disdainfully, “This coward must have known that he had said something wrong and fled obediently. However, if he had left a little later, he would have been captured and questioned in the City Lord Manor.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of guards suddenly walked over from outside the market. The guards rushed to Li Yuanqing’s stall.

“I received a report that someone here spoke rudely about the City Lord!” The guard looked around. “Where is that person now? Come out yourself!”

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