Chapter 134: Chapter 134: Conspiracy and Approaching Danger

Jinling Marketplace.

Carrying the thirty Low Grade Spirit Stones he had just earned from selling seeds, Song Yunxi summoned his flying sword in an excellent mood and headed straight for his next destination.

CRASH!

Shortly after his departure, the sound of a shattering porcelain bottle erupted within the Master’s Mansion. It was immediately followed by a furious string of curses!

"Song Yunxi, you bastard! Have you no shame at all?!"

The Pavilion Master of Jinling Marketplace was named Jiang Lei, who was also at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer. Much like Song Yunxi, he had capitalized on the massive wave of deaths among Pavilion Masters, pulling various strings to seize his current position. The man possessed a full beard and a tyrannical demeanor.

However, despite his fierce appearance, his background connections were nowhere near as rock-solid as Song Yunxi’s! Because of this, when the latter waltzed into his territory and made off with his Spirit Stones, Jiang Lei could only feign indifference and say calmly, "The best price wins. It is entirely up to the Spirit Plant Cultivators to choose whose seeds they buy."

Deep down, however, Jiang Lei had mentally cursed every female member of Song Yunxi’s family!

"Master, please calm down," a gorgeous female cultivator with flowing long hair whispered, gliding gracefully on golden lotuses toward Jiang Lei. She placed her slender, jade-like fingers on his chest and gently stroked downward to soothe him.

"I let him sell here once last year to give him some face! What, does he think I’m a pushover? He’s pissing right on my head!" Jiang Lei grew increasingly furious as he spoke, wishing he could hack the man to pieces.

"Master, sulking here isn’t going to solve anything," Guan Ying murmured softly, pressing her body slightly against his and speaking almost directly into his ear.

"Solve anything? What can we even do? That animal sells a pound of Spirit Seeds for four taels of Spiritual Sand! He’s just trying to disgust me! Even if he has a breeder in the Great Success Realm of the Qi Crossing Technique, how much money can he possibly make? Damn it! Bah! Son of a bitch!"

"But what if he really does have the kind of breeder you mentioned?" the beautiful female cultivator asked, raising an eyebrow with an alluring gaze.

She had sought out the Pavilion Master at this time partly because of their intimate relationship—it was only natural to comfort him. As for the other reason...

"Hmm?" Jiang Lei’s eyes widened as he looked at the beauty in his arms. "What do you know?"

"A lot! I actually sent someone to investigate him last year," Guan Ying replied, smiling beautifully. It was her honor to solve the Pavilion Master’s troubles.

"Tell me, quickly."

"Song Yunxi was originally the shopkeeper of the Yi Er San Grain Station in Ancient Dust Marketplace. You knew that, right?"

"Of course! That bastard!"

"Then, does the Pavilion Master know that he swore brotherhood with someone of a different surname in Ancient Dust Marketplace?"

"A sworn brother?" Jiang Lei had truly never heard about this. Trivial matters like that rarely caught his attention.

"Yes, and this brother of his is a Spirit Plant Cultivator."

"Impossible! Why would a Pavilion Master associate so closely with a Spirit Plant Cultivator?!"

Guan Ying smiled and shook her head. "Master Jiang, don’t be so impatient!"

"Go on, tell me."

"As you said, given Song Yunxi’s status, why would he swear brotherhood with a Spirit Plant Cultivator? So I looked into it, and guess what I found?"

Jiang Lei’s eyes instantly lit up. He slammed his hand on the table and stood up, exclaiming in excitement, "Is that the Great Success Realm breeder behind him?!"

"The Pavilion Master is brilliant as always, guessing the key detail right away!" Guan Ying took the opportunity to flatter him. "With a ten-to-one seed yield rate, combined with their close relationship, they can definitely afford to sell them for four taels!"

"But they still can’t make that much money!"

"From one marketplace, sure, they can’t make much. But what if it’s three or five marketplaces? I asked around last year. Aside from White Snake and our Golden Ridge, Song Yunxi played two other marketplaces as well. I did a rough calculation—it’s about three thousand pounds of Spirit Seeds," Guan Ying said thoughtfully. "Assuming that breeder named Chen Mo..."

"His name is Chen Mo?!"

Guan Ying shot Jiang Lei a chiding glare, prompting him to chuckle sheepishly.

"With that breeder Chen Mo’s ten-to-one seed yield rate, producing three thousand pounds of Spirit Seeds would take about a month. The timing lines up perfectly! After deducting costs and labor, he can still make about two taels per pound. Therefore, this business venture is definitely viable for them!"

Hearing this, Jiang Lei was instantly filled with envy.

"Ten to one... ten to one... If Jinling Marketplace had a breeder with a Great Success Realm Qi Crossing Technique, I’d swear brotherhood with them too!"

The most talented breeder in his entire marketplace only had a yield rate of around thirty to one. Selling at five taels a pound was already pushing their absolute limit! If they rashly tried to match Song Yunxi’s price cuts, it would be a purely money-losing endeavor—they were better off not selling at all.

"Master Jiang, a breeder with such talent is naturally something you can only chance upon, not actively seek out."

"Then why don’t we find a way to poach him?" Jiang Lei’s eyes lit up as the idea struck him.

However, his Dao companion Guan Ying shook her head. "I don’t think that’s very likely."

"Why not?!"

"Song Yunxi can match whatever we offer. There’s absolutely no reason for Chen Mo to risk his safety and bear the infamy of betrayal just to join us!"

"Then what do we do?" Jiang Lei was momentarily stumped.

Guan Ying flashed a wicked smile. "Does Song Yunxi think we’re pushovers? He specifically chose to offend three marketplaces with weaker backing than his. Isn’t it obvious he thinks we can’t do anything to him?"

"Then..."

"Exactly! We might not be able to touch him, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do anything about his breeder!"

"What are you planning?" THUMP THUMP. Jiang Lei’s heart began to pound rapidly.

"If we can’t solve the problem, we solve the person!" Guan Ying bit her lip; this was the best solution she had come up with!

"You mean, we send someone to kill that Spirit Plant Cultivator named Chen Mo?"

"No, no, no," Guan Ying said, shaking her head repeatedly.

"Then you..."

"Not just us. It will be us alongside the other two marketplaces!"

In the Wandering Bookstore.

"Shopkeeper, do you have any Melody Class magic here?" Chen Mo asked, looking around.

Kong Xu glanced up at him, clearly taken aback. He recognized the man. Last year, this person had spent twenty Low Grade Spirit Stones here to purchase the *Setting Sun Sword Technique*. He also knew that this man shared a very close relationship with Song Yunxi, Master Song.

"We do... but aren’t you cultivating the Sword Dao?"

"I’m quite interested in melody, so I’d like to study it when I have some free time," Chen Mo replied, casually coming up with an excuse. He couldn’t exactly admit that he wanted to learn it so he could play music for the pigs, cows, sheep, and chickens he was raising, could he? Others would just think he had lost his mind!

Kong Xu pulled two Ancient Texts from the bookcase behind him and placed them on the counter. "Have you ever dabbled in melody before, fellow Daoist?"

Chen Mo shook his head.

That simple gesture instantly left the shopkeeper stunned.

"Melody, melody—if you don’t even understand melody, why are you trying to learn this kind of magic?"

Looking slightly puzzled, Chen Mo flipped open the two Ancient Texts before him. One was the *Calm Heart Zither Technique*, and the other was the *Burning Law Sound Array*. Judging by their functions, the first one was clearly much more suitable!

"Do I really need to learn melody before learning Melody Class magic?"

"What did you expect?" Kong Xu asked, both annoyed and amused.

"Then I’ll take this one!"

"Twenty taels of Spiritual Sand!"

After paying, Chen Mo headed straight for the Fragrance Pavilion!

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