Chapter 35: I Got A Free Miracle Stone |
Gao Peng coughed awkwardly, "Shopkeeper Qian, this person is my good brother Qin Yi, and he's been followin- no, we let him follow us from the start."
Shopkeeper Qian still wore a shocked expression.
That was impossible!
How could he let a third person witness their dirty business?
What if this news gets out and spreads to the ears of the customers?
If that happened, his shop would end up being deserted instantly, and he would suffer a considerable loss. His manager might even fire him from this branch.
No!
With the thought of him getting fired from here and ending up selling fake potions on the streets, Shopkeeper Qian's face couldn't help but turn ghastly.
Such a bleak future, I don't want that!
Should I silence him?
This young man is weak, but he is a disciple of the Sleeping Dragon Sect, the most prominent force in this city.
I'd be in trouble if I made him disappear— wait, there's also Young Master Gao here...
What should I do...should I do...I do...
As Shopkeeper Qian's eyes spun around restlessly and kept asking the same question in his mind, Gao Peng and Qin Yi saw him frantically taking out a sword from his storage bag.
"Wait, calm down, Shopkeeper Qian! Let's talk well, don't do this!" Gao Peng was startled and hastily stopped Shopkeeper Qian's actions.
Shopkeeper Qian is a bit of a paranoid person, Gao Peng has known him for many years, and he hasn't changed at all.
Apart from being paranoid, his carelessness also made Gao Peng helpless.
When he was in a panic and didn't know what to do, he would always end up irrational and a bit extreme—just look at him now.
Gao Peng held Shopkeeper Qian by the shoulders and calmed his back.
"Shopkeeper Qian, calm down for a second. Brother Qin is my good brother, and he would definitely not divulge this secret of ours to the public, right Brother Qin?"
He immediately turned his head to Qin Yi.
But...
Qin Yi: "..."
He remained silent and unmoved to Gao Peng's words like he was not listening at all.
Gao Peng: "..."
Say something, please!
Sheath-
Seeing such a reaction, Shopkeeper Qian immediately took out his sword again and pointed it at Qin Yi while saying, "Do-don't worry, I'll do it gently..i-it won't hurt."
Qin Yi and Gao Peng's mouths twitched.
How about you try it yourself first? See if it hurts or not!
Gao Peng sighed and said, "I said, Shopkeeper Qian, please calm down for a little and let's talk this nicely. My brother will definitely not do anything that will harm our interests. How about this, let him be the second actor and we can act together?"
Shopkeeper Qian paused for a second. This time he seemed to hear Gao Peng's words.
Seeing this, Gao Peng breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "As the saying goes; Two are better than one. If I'm the only one who acts, even if many people will believe it, there will always be skeptical people. However, if we play with two actors, won't the result be better?"
Shopkeeper Qian was moved slightly and seemed to be considering the strategy.
Gao Peng continued to give a suggestion, "Just give my brother a Miracle Stone like mine. Anyway, the Seeking Miracle Pavilion can't possibly just prepare one fake Iron Frade Miracle Stone, right?"
Shopkeeper Qian hesitated for a moment, then said: "Do you think it's that easy to create a fake Miracle Stone? Regrettably, I only have one in my hand."
"...Although I can't give your brother a fake Miracle Stone, I can still let him choose a genuine Iron Grade Miracle Stone from this room."
Gao Peng and Qin Yi immediately looked around. There were only a few Miracle Stones here, it wasn't more than fifty, and there were only ten Iron Grade Miracle Stones.
Gao Peng asked, "What's the difference between the Miracle Stones here and the Miracle Stones outside? What if my brother took an empty Miracle Stone? Wouldn't opening the stone be for naught?"
"Humph," Shopkeeper Qian harrumphed and explained, "The Miracle Stones here are different from those sold outside. They have been inspected by the sir manager using a special method and he said that they might contain valuable treasures. Therefore, instead of selling them, we prefer to collect them and send them later to headquarters."
Shopkeeper Qian wore a respectful and feared face when he spoke about the lord manager.
"There are 10 Iron Grade Miracle Stones here, Young Master Gao, your brother can choose any one of them. Don't worry about not getting anything, since the sir manager said they were not empty stones, that means you will get something from them."
"What do you think, Brother Qin?" Gao Peng turned to Qin Yi and secretly gave him a wink.
Qin Yi, "..."
Seeing such an action, how could he not understand?
Is this guy trying to pull him into the water?
No wonder he did not tell Qin Yi about this business before meeting with Shopkeeper Qian.
He even took advantage of Shopkeeper Qian's carelessness to get Qin Yi to enter the Seeking Miracle Pavilion with them.
Qin Yi shook his head and smiled helplessly.
This guy really planned everything from the start.
Qin Yi originally only wanted to warn him, but who would have thought that Gao Peng would instead tie him with the same rope?
This guy even helped him to woo a profit from Shopkeeper Qian.
When the development had already reached this point, what else could Qin Yi say?
Even though the gains might be nothing compared to what he could gain from extracting the Miracle Stones outside, he couldn't simply refuse Gao Peng's request.
Anyway, he just had to pretend to buy, get a treasure and show it to others.
It's a simple act.
As a good and honest boy, he couldn't possibly do something as shady as this.
However, this is just helping friends.
Yeah...helping a friend is a good thing~
Qin Yi sighed and said, "You guys won't take my opinion into account, will you? Even though I don't particularly appreciate doing shady things like this, I should still give Brother Gao face because he has already helped me a lot."
"Haha, what are you saying, Brother Qin? We are brothers, it's natural that we help each other." Gao Peng laughed shamelessly.
"...yeah, helping each other."
Help each other, your sisters!
You clearly forced me into your business!
"Alright, Young Master Qin, quickly pick one of the Iron Grade Miracle Stones and then get out of here. We've spent too long here." Shopkeeper Qian rushed Qin Yi.
"May I have a look at all the Miracle Stones here?"
If Qin Yi wanted to extract all the Miracle Stones here, he had to approach them first.
However, considering how the Shopkeeper Qian treasured them so much, it was quite unlikely for him to let Qin Yi walk around freely in this place.
"No! You can only look at Iron Grade Miracle Stones, don't go near the others!" Shopkeeper Qian refused directly.
Well, that's to be expected.
Qin Yi walked over to the Iron Grade Miracle Stones without thinking further and checked them one by one using the system.
'System, extract this Miracle Stone!'
Soon, the results were out...
[Extraction completed!]
[Obtained 20 Spiritual Energy]
[Obtained 3 Spirit Stones. Grade: Low-Grade]
[Note: The system found mysterious power from this stone. The system was unable to extract it because the current host's strength was still too weak to contain such power.]
Qin Yi frowned.
That's it?
Only 3 spirit stones?
And what's with this mysterious power?
Could it really be the so-called power of the world's law that Gao Peng mentioned earlier?
Never mind, since he can't extract it, there's no point in mulling over it.
He immediately moved to the next Miracle Stone and extracted it.
[Extraction completed!]
[Obtained 10 Spiritual Energy]
[Note: The system found a poisonous snake petrified by a mysterious power. It is still well-preserved and alive despite being in a petrified state. Thus, the system cannot recreate it.]
What the... it's still alive even though it was petrified like that.
Is it possible that the Miracle Stone's concept of space and time is the same as the concept of space and time in his storage system?
It's really mysterious.
Then, Qin Yi continued to extract the other Miracle Stones.
[Extraction Completed!]
[Obtained 10 Spiritual Energy]
[Obtained an artifact "Fury Thunder Sword." Grade: Normal Artifact.]
No wonder the shape of the stone is elongated; it turns out there is a sword.
Unfortunately, this sword was only a Normal Artifact.
Qin Yi already had many Normal Artifacts in his collection; adding one was not enough for him to rejoice.
He continued to extract more Miracle Stones, but he was disappointed that there was no more treasure worth more than the Fury Thunder Sword.
Most of them only contained a few spirit stones, which didn't even exceed their selling price.
He began to doubt the ability of that sir manager that came out of Shopkeeper Qian's mouth to see through the inside of the Miracle Stones.
Did that manager just guess at the Miracle Stones randomly?
Among them, there was even something as dangerous as a poisonous snake.
How could it be considered a treasure?
Qin Yi had finally arrived at the last Miracle Stones, but he didn't have high expectations for it since everything he had previously was just so so.
What's more, he only sensed fragile spiritual energy from this Miracle Stone.
Maybe it's just another spirit stone.
However, when a notification from the system appeared in front of him, he was slightly surprised.
[Extraction completed!]
[Obtained 5 Spiritual Energy]
[Obtained Mystic Beast Egg: Void Cat]
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