Chapter 482: Don't

"You're shameless, you stole..."

Luo Yupo had just regained his ability to move and could barely speak.

Suddenly, another golden light shot out from the treetop.

At that moment, he was terrified, his scalp tingling.

This ghostly golden dot, whatever it was, contained an unimaginably strong explosive force.

Even though he was in the Tianxiang realm and had a full body of protective Ling Yuan, if it hit him, he would undoubtedly be thrown over.

With a whoosh, Luo Yupo stopped mid-sentence and tried to dodge.

But the golden dot was too fast!

A black line streaked through the void. Even though he was prepared this time, Luo Yupo could only manage a desperate flip, barely grazing it with his back.

However, the golden dot seemed to have eyes; when it reached behind him, it suddenly stopped.

At that, everyone's hearts tightened.

Chen Chen felt a chill on his back, grabbed Xu Jing's hand, and covered his own ears as he squatted down.

Sure enough.

"Boom!"

A loud explosion echoed, and the small grove was blasted open with another deep pit.

"Pfft!"

Luo Yupo could no longer suppress his internal injuries.

Just one encounter, two golden dots.

He felt as if he had been blasted into serious injury.

Yet, he hadn't even seen the enemy's face clearly.

How could he face the two fairies like this?

"Ahhh—"

He was furious inside, but after slamming into the ground, Luo Yupo completely submitted on his face.

"Brother, this brother, we can talk things out nicely. Why don't you come down first?"

"Cough cough, pfft!"

He gasped violently and couldn't hold back, spitting out another mouthful of blood.

The small grove was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Yu Zhiwen glanced sideways at the man on the ground; she didn't know why Xu Xiaoshou had chosen to injure someone.

But since that guy had made a move, there must be a reason.

Even if there wasn't...

She couldn't stop him anyway.

Qu Qing'er also coldly stood by with her arms folded.

As for Luo Yupo, even though they were in the same team, such actions in secret—in her heart, she had already tried them many times.

On the contrary, the person in the treetop.

From what that woman said earlier...

"Xu Xiaoshou?"

"If it really is Xu Xiaoshou, then I probably can't do anything about it, right?"

Thinking of that existence in the city lord's mansion, like a god descending, who suppressed all the geniuses of Tiansang County and finally took all eighteen spots alone.

Qu Qing'er thought that if the person in the treetop was indeed the Xu Xiaoshou she knew, then Luo Yupo's current fate should be considered quite good.

"Received curse, passive value, 1."

"Received slander, passive value, 1."

"Received resentment, passive value, 1."

A bunch of negative emotion pop-ups in the info bar, Xu Xiaoshou landed on the treetop, expressionless.

He wasn't someone who liked to actively hurt people arrogantly.

Most of the time, he waited until others came to his door before being forced to strike back and kill.

Today, he took the initiative for two reasons: one, for Qu Qing'er.

He didn't know her well; he had only seen her a few times in the city lord's mansion.

But taking someone's hand is short, seeing someone... well, eyes short.

After all, they were acquaintances.

In a foreign land meeting an old friend, helping out to prevent her from being deceived was good.

On the other hand, it was because Xu Xiaoshou had heard the words of the team below while in the tree.

Ling array hurting people?

In his eyes, the faint spiritual patterns swirling around Luo Yupo completely couldn't escape "perception".

This guy was clearly a Ling array master, yet he still let his team get hurt by a Ling array?

And after getting hurt, he had the face to say things like "our team is short of a Ling array master".

Such a person in the team was a disaster.

If Qu Qing'er foolishly followed him, she probably wouldn't even know how she died.

Of course, their relationship wasn't deep.

Xu Xiaoshou just couldn't stand this kind of person and had no intention of bringing along a Qu surname burden.

After teaching a lesson and venting his sense of justice, he wanted to leave directly.

"Xiao Yu, let's go."

He took out the black clothes from the ring, put on the straw hat, and flew away.

Qu Qing'er and the others were still looking up below, only to see a figure in black clothes emerging from the treetop, shooting forward without looking back.

Yu Zhiwen was stunned.

She also wanted to call Xu Xiaoshou down for a talk.

But the other party didn't play by the rules at all; should she follow or not?

Glancing at the people around her.

Even if there were many, these strangers, not only did Xu Xiaoshou look down on them, she did too...

With a step of her lotus feet, she heard Qu Qing'er suddenly call out from beside her.

"Xu Xiaoshou!"

"Received call, passive value, 1."

Xu Xiaoshou paused in mid-air.

"Xiao Yu, aren't you leaving? Got homesick for Shu already?"

Yu Zhiwen had no choice but to step forward and follow.

This guy must have thought that she didn't want to team up with others, so he directly pulled the rug out from under them!

Damn it...

"Received slander, passive value, 1."

"Xu Xiaoshou, I know it's you; we've met at the city lord's mansion."

Qu Qing'er didn't hesitate and continued calling, "What happened just now was a misunderstanding; we can talk it out properly."

Xu Xiaoshou remained unmoved.

Yu Zhiwen had no way out and flew away.

Luo Yupo was resting in the back, very obediently; now he didn't dare to interrupt at all.

Whatever Xu Xiaoshou or Xu Big Attack.

Better if they left.

Hurry up and go to Lingrong Ze to die!

"Received curse, passive value, 1."

Xu Xiaoshou waited for the person and flew towards his destination without looking back.

He had no intention of talking at all.

Qu Qing'er had a brainstorm and shouted at the receding figure, "I have a business deal for you..."

"Thud."

Xu Xiaoshou turned and grabbed Yu Zhiwen's head to stop her from bumping into him.

Then, under the resentful gaze of the beauty, he slowly turned around.

"What business do you want to do?"

Qu Qing'er's heart stirred; so that's how it is?

"You come down first, and we'll talk."

Xu Xiaoshou didn't move: "Say it first; if it's less than a billion, I'm not interested."

Everyone: "..."

Chen Chen looked blankly at the person in the distance, then turned back to Xu Jing in shock.

"This person is crazy, talking about a billion or two billion; I've never seen anyone so arrogant."

"He's entering Bai Ku; does he really think everyone brings all their wealth to throw away?"

Xu Jing nodded solemnly.

Honestly, she didn't know why Qu Qing'er wanted to stop this person.

He looked like a source of disaster; how could they keep him?

"Received suspicion, passive value, 5."

"Don't worry, it's absolutely worth it."

After Qu Qing'er patted her chest and guaranteed, Xu Xiaoshou finally stopped hesitating and flew back.

"How to trade?"

Straight to the point.

Xu Xiaoshou didn't plan to waste time.

"Two deals."

Qu Qing'er smiled charmingly and held up two green onion fingers, "First, I'm very interested in your Linglong Stone; how many do you have left? I can buy them all."

"Linglong Stone..."

Xu Xiaoshou knew she was testing his identity upon hearing it.

But he didn't plan to hide his identity.

Or rather, he only wanted to hide it from the Ling Palace people because he didn't want to join their team.

As for others, it was up to fate; no need to force it.

"For Linglong Stone, including the three from Old Du, plus the three I sold at the teleportation array entrance, I should have ten left."

Xu Xiaoshou calculated in his mind and asked, "Do you know how much one Linglong Stone costs? Can you afford it?"

"What's your asking price?"

Qu Qing'er still smiled, her face showing no trace.

Xu Xiaoshou hesitated and said, "I won't cheat you; the market price for a Linglong Stone is 50 million; I'll sell it to you at that price, how about it?"

"Damn!"

Chen Chen couldn't help but curse from behind.

50 million?

Even if he didn't know the market price, he understood that this number was definitely for cheating.

If one Linglong Stone was worth 50 million, then after coming in, he could just find someone and sell it for 45 million; wouldn't he make a fortune?

Anyway, he didn't plan to take big risks.

Having a Linglong Stone or not didn't make much difference.

Qu Qing'er's smile froze.

"50 million?"

"How many do you have?"

She didn't refuse immediately but chose to observe.

Xu Xiaoshou realized that this girl might not really know the market price of Linglong Stone.

Because he remembered that when he auctioned Linglong Stone at the teleportation array, it was already the later period.

At that time, basically no more young people from Ling Palace or family forces were entering the teleportation array.

So, could she accept this price?

"Six."

Xu Xiaoshou said and directly took out more than half of his inventory from the ring.

Linglong Stone was a good thing.

He planned to keep the extras for emergencies.

But even without taking out all, the sudden appearance of six still made the people behind stare in astonishment.

"Really six Linglong Stones?"

"Heavens, where did this guy come from? Could he be the one specially robbing those family disciples in Bai Ku?"

Chen Chen was shocked; he grabbed Xu Jing and silently backed away a few steps.

"Cough cough."

Luo Yupo, who had just regulated his breath, suddenly choked.

He also looked at Xu Xiaoshou with shocked eyes.

Six Linglong Stones.

That was one more than the entire Bai Ku quota of his Luo family.

How did this guy collect them?

"Received suspicion, passive value, 4."

Qu Qing'er's eyebrows twitched.

Unlike the others' reactions, she was a bit doubtful about the six in front of her.

Logically, Xu Xiaoshou had taken eighteen Linglong Stones.

She had inquired for a long time and never heard that he intended to sell.

Now that he had just entered Bai Ku and the price of Linglong Stone had dropped sharply, if she wanted to buy, he should take out all.

Why only six?

"Only this many?"

She asked doubtfully.

Xu Xiaoshou nodded without hesitation: "Six, that's three billion; first, say if you have the money?"

Several hisses sounded from behind.

Chen Chen watched the two discussing a business worth billions so casually and suddenly felt like a country bumpkin who had seen the world.

"Three billion, I have it."

"But your Linglong Stones are not only few, the price is also a bit high."

Qu Qing'er teased, looking at Xu Xiaoshou.

"Then how do you want to do it?"

"Lower the price?"

"You name a number; if I can accept it, I'll consider."

Honestly, even three billion, Xu Xiaoshou felt a bit unmoved at the moment.

In his heart, if he waited until the latter half of Bai Ku, when everyone's Linglong Stones were almost used up.

As long as he caught a dying person and handed over a Linglong Stone, maybe one billion, the other party would buy it.

But that would take too much time.

The principle of delays leading to changes, Xu Xiaoshou understood.

The red-clothed had entered Bai Ku; who knew what would happen later!

If he could sell the stones first, that would be good.

If not, he could always earn it back at zero cost anyway.

"I don't need a lower price."

Qu Qing'er shook her head and suddenly transmitted her voice quietly: "I can give you three billion, but similarly, there's an additional small condition."

"Hmm?"

Xu Xiaoshou looked over, not understanding.

"I want to join your team." Qu Qing'er said seriously.

Join the team?

Xu Xiaoshou glanced at Yu Zhiwen, who was quietly waiting and not interrupting.

"No."

He refused outright.

"Why not?"

Qu Qing'er didn't understand.

"No means no, no reason."

"I'll give you three billion!"

"That's your transaction money, not a gift."

"Since I'm trading three billion with you, can't you agree to this small condition?"

Qu Qing'er paused and said seriously: "I'm a Zongshi; I won't hold you back."

"You will."

The conversation abruptly stopped.

Qu Qing'er looked at the young man in front of her in astonishment, her full belly of rebuttals stuck.

She was trembling with anger, her eyes glancing at the woman beside him, "She's only Xiantian!"

"She and you are different." Xu Xiaoshou shook his head.

"What's the difference? I'm Zongshi, her realm is lower than mine."

"She looks better than you."

The conversation stopped again.

Qu Qing'er felt like she had been punched hard in the face, her complexion turning iron-blue.

Her stunned gaze shifted back and forth between the young man and the woman, unable to rebut for a moment.

Calm down.

I need to calm down.

Qu Qing'er took a deep breath.

She had seen Xu Xiaoshou's sharp tongue in the city lord's mansion.

At that time, she could watch him angrily rebuke the whole audience with a smile, finding it extremely interesting.

But now, facing it directly...

This feeling of being forcibly silenced was indescribable!

Finally, she caught her breath.

"Xu... Zhou Tiancan, I'm sincerely discussing business with you, please don't..."

"I'm sincere too." Xu Xiaoshou interrupted: "I only talk business, not other things, including small conditions."

"And..."

He paused, feeling that since his identity hadn't been exposed yet, he shouldn't be called by name.

"I'm not called Xu Xiaoshou; I'm called Zhou Tiancan."

Qu Qing'er: "..."

"Okay, Zhou Tiancan, we're about to complete a three-billion business deal; you can't even give me this small favor?"

Qu Qing'er said seriously: "I'm the buyer, you're the seller; in a situation where I'm already at a loss."

Xu Xiaoshou sighed.

"You think you're at a loss, but you're not."

"Linglong Stone is only good to sell at the end; selling to you now is like I'm selling at a loss."

"Of course, I don't care about this small money, just like I don't care about three billion. If you want to buy, buy; if not, leave. It's very simple."

"I don't lack money right now, so business is business; if you want a favor..."

Xu Xiaoshou thought for a moment and said: "I can also do it; I'll sell you one for 45 million, how about that?"

Qu Qing'er was stunned.

So easy to bargain?

"Each one less five million, six is thirty million!"

She didn't understand: "Thirty million, do you know how much that is?"

Xu Xiaoshou stared straight at the girl.

"Small money."

Qu Qing'er: "..."

For the first time in her life, she felt what it was like to be speechless.

Hold on, Qu Qing'er!

You're the future heir of Duojin Trading Company; you can't fall to a seller!

But even now, even if it meant urging the other to raise the price, Qu Qing'er couldn't care less.

She really wanted to leave Luo Yupo and that team.

Xu Xiaoshou's arrival was a great opportunity.

Of course, she had her own considerations.

Joining the team seemed simple, but once done and they fought side by side.

A talent like Xu Xiaoshou.

Only then could she be considered to have made a connection.

Such potential factors were what she, Qu Qing'er, truly overlooked the thirty million for!

"Xu... Zhou Tiancan, are you stupid?"

"Take an extra thirty million and get an extra Zongshi combat power in the team; isn't that a good thing? I don't understand what you're thinking!"

Qu Qing'er was a bit angry.

"You really don't know what I'm thinking..."

Xu Xiaoshou thought to himself, you really aren't combat power in my eyes; at most, a burden with self-protection.

But such hurtful words, Xu Xiaoshou wouldn't say.

"Let me put it another way!"

Xu Xiaoshou pondered his words and said after a long time: "I'll give you thirty million, then we trade normally, okay?"

Qu Qing'er was immediately astounded.

"Your meaning is, you want to use thirty million to send me away?"

As soon as she said it, even she felt that the situation had gone a bit wrong.

Weren't they trading?

How did it turn into...

A bit off-flavor?

"If you have to understand it that way..." Xu Xiaoshou stepped back, "Then yes."

Qu Qing'er looked at his feet, her heart suddenly racing a few beats.

"Received concern, passive value, 1."

"Okay, I understand your meaning, I accept, I get it."

Qu Qing'er said a bit lost: "One Linglong Stone for fifty million, total three billion, I don't need you to lower the price, and no extra conditions, I'll buy, I'll buy, okay?"

Xu Xiaoshou's lips moved, hesitating: "It seems like I didn't force you to buy, how come you look more aggrieved?"

Qu Qing'er: "..."

At that moment, she really wanted to tell Xu Xiaoshou to shut up!

Every time this guy spoke, she felt her liver hurt, kidneys hurt, whole body hurt!

With a swoosh, the golden card transaction, six Linglong Stones changed hands.

Chen Chen and the others watched the two in disbelief.

One willing to slaughter, one willing to be slaughtered.

In the end, the slayer still put on an innocent face.

And under his clearly stated words, the one willing to be slaughtered still had a resentful look and took it all.

"What's wrong with this world?"

Chen Chen said speechlessly, turning back to look at Xu Jing.

Xu Jing was staring at Qu Qing'er's golden card in a daze.

"Three billion... So, Qu Qing'er, is this rich?"

Luo Yupo in the back, his eyes gloomy and terrifying.

For Qu Qing'er, he did have thoughts.

Now, seeing her eagerly sticking to someone who didn't want her.

He couldn't help but feel deep anger.

This anger wasn't directed at Qu Qing'er.

But at Xu Xiaoshou!

But this guy...

"What's the use of anger?"

Luo Yupo loosened his clenched fists with a crack; he couldn't beat him at all.

"That's right!"

A flash of inspiration in his mind, his sight suddenly looked into the distance.

"Lingrong Ze?"

Yes!

That place with a naturally generated array, others couldn't manipulate it, but he could drive it a bit.

As long as Xu Xiaoshou dared to step into that place, wouldn't it be his opportunity?

"But, Ling array master..."

"Those two are also..."

Luo Yupo hesitated.

Perhaps, if he did that, he only had one chance.

If it didn't succeed...

Looking at that guy's combat power.

Failure would mean death!

"Transaction complete."

Xu Xiaoshou smiled and took back his card.

Making money was sometimes this simple.

With just this card on him, his life should be worry-free.

Solving a lifetime's living expenses in two days.

This efficiency was simply too fast!

"You have a second business?"

Xu Xiaoshou's voice finally had a hint of smile, and he had some appreciation for this straightforward girl.

"Yes."

Qu Qing'er put away the Linglong Stones.

As a businesswoman, she also knew that these things in her hand might be of great use later.

Xu Xiaoshou was right; for now, she seemed to have lost out.

But in the long run, it was absolutely a steady profit!

"The second transaction has nothing to do with money; it's an intelligence."

"What intelligence?"

Qu Qing'er moved gracefully upon hearing, "I assume Xu... Zhou brother came here because of 'Lingrong Ze', right?"

"Hmm."

Xu Xiaoshou thought, 'Lingrong Ze' and such, this was the second time he heard it.

The first time was just now from you all.

But that didn't stop him from pretending, "How so?"

"'Lingrong Ze' as a famous forbidden area in Bai Ku, its appearance location is different each time."

"But after all, it has been discovered in previous years; although it wasn't completely excavated, that time also made the pioneers earn a full pot."

"Our Duojin Trading Company, one of the targets this time, is to develop 'Lingrong Ze'!"

Qu Qing'er said firmly.

"Oh, then why so few of you?"

Xu Xiaoshou asked.

Does that matter?

Qu Qing'er was angry.

If it weren't for the surveying device on me, if it weren't for the special communication jade slip being broken, would there be only me here?

She chose to skip Xu Xiaoshou's words and said:

"'Lingrong Ze' not only produces a lot of fire-type spiritual medicines, but legend has it that there are also special exotic objects."

"Including its highest guardian, including the map route, including the peripheral heaven and earth Ling array..."

"These intelligences..."

Qu Qing'er's words carried a bit of temptation: "Do you want them?"

Fire-type spiritual medicines, exotic objects?

Xu Xiaoshou was stunned.

Honestly, hearing the first part, he was a bit moved.

But the latter part, what the hell?

Highest guardian...

That should be the carrier of the 'Jin Zhao Great Fire Seed', the white skeleton?

Map route...

Isn't that covered by 'perception'?

Heaven and earth Ling array...

Isn't that covered by Xiao Yu?

However, thinking that the other party had so readily given him three billion just now, Xu Xiaoshou felt he couldn't not give face.

So, after making up his mind in his heart, he still hesitated for a full three breaths before saying seriously:

"No."