thefictionvixens Chapter 1942 Trouble at the Door (3 more Happy New Year)
Chapter 1942 Trouble at the Door (3 more Happy New Year)
Chapter 1942 Trouble at the Door (Happy New Year)
Leaving someone to guard the door? Qu Jianlei blinked twice, he really didn't understand this custom.
Such a custom only exists among the aristocratic families, and those small families are really not worthy of it.
If you really want to imitate someone, it's not impossible, but it will often cause bigger trouble, so it's better not to learn.
In any case, Qu Jianlei has never been exposed to similar information. This shows that it is really difficult to truly integrate into a society.
Fortunately, Qu Jianlei was able to keep his composure and was knowledgeable. "Two golden elixirs?"
You are so rude! Ji Xiaohua muttered to himself, let my Ji family's Jindan guard the door?
But in fact, this was also his own plan. Otherwise, the Ji family's sincerity would not be shown.
The only difference is that it is more appropriate for him to express it proactively, while if the other party says so, it will seem like he is being arrogant.
But looking at the current situation of the Ji family and Hongyeling... it's okay to be arrogant, at least it can be considered as not being shy.
So he nodded, "Exactly."
"You definitely can't be treated as a servant," Qu Jianlei said without hesitation, "Just sit casually at the door, just for fun."
"But we can't absolutely guarantee food and accommodation. For two real people...it would be best if they could have a place to live."
He didn't feel embarrassed at all when he said this.
Whether in his previous life or in the empire before, he had seen many things like "bringing your own food".
Anyway, this was not something he proposed on his own initiative, and there is a risk of infiltration by the other party. It would be better to set the rules from the beginning.
If the other party can't accept it, that doesn't matter. At worst, we can just part ways.
Who would have thought that after he expressed his opinion, Ji Xiaohua looked at him deeply and nodded slightly, "Daoyou is indeed... very smart!"
How could I be so smart? Qu Jianlei was really puzzled. Besides, wasn't this word used to describe women?
After Ji Xiaohua left, Jing Yuexin sighed, "Boss, your request is good. It seems like an alliance but it's not."
Qu Jianlei finally reacted after hearing this.
Ji Xiaohua's whereabouts are usually very secretive, but there are so many children in the Ji family that it is impossible to hide even if he wants to.
Therefore, it would be strange if the two Jindan guarding the gate of the Ji family were not recognized.
Then this question becomes interesting. Others can't help but think about it: what's going on between the Ji family and Hongye Ridge?
Now he proposed to pay for his own food and lodging, which was equivalent to distancing himself moderately, but not completely.
This is probably what Ji Xiaohua meant - neither party wants to be deeply bound to the other, so he received such praise.
"You make sense. I didn't see it clearly at first, but you reminded me."
"It's all trivial," Jing Yuexin smiled lightly, "I'm a woman, and I pay attention to my sense of boundaries."
"There are many women who have no sense of boundaries," Qu Jianlei muttered softly, but didn't say anything else.
The store opened the next day, but it closed after only the morning. It didn't reopen until the next morning.
People who come in can't help but complain, saying that they have traveled all over the country for so many years and have never seen your company do business like this.
That's not the right attitude to do business at all.
Yuanyuan happened to be on duty, and she said calmly, "My family doesn't serve individual customers."
"We opened a store because we were afraid people wouldn't be able to find the place."
This statement was a bit arrogant, but the person sitting in the shop was a Jindan, and there were two Jindans leaning against the wall at the door, half asleep.
So he is really qualified to say this.
However, there were indeed some people who did not believe in it and stood far away and discussed, "How can this store still be open? Isn't it that... that?"
The volume of discussion was not loud, but not small either. Even Yuanyuan could hear it to some extent.
But this was a market town, and people were standing in a public area chatting, so she couldn't do anything.
"It's closed," was the only way she could retaliate. "I'll open later and close earlier the day after tomorrow."
"Fellow Daoist, you can open the door the day after tomorrow," a Jindan from the Ji family said lazily.
"That's right," another Jindan agreed, "There are many people just watching the fun, and those who really need it will find a way to contact them."
"Then let's close the door," Yuanyuan is also a straightforward person - the key is that she knows very well that the team is not here to do business.
However, after closing the door, she did not go back to the backyard. Instead, she pulled a recliner and sat on the street to chat with the two Jindan of the Ji family.
Anyone who has seen someone slacking off at work knows her situation - no matter how much or how little the company earns, it has nothing to do with me.
As they talked, the three of them started chatting about why Baiyao Valley hadn't come to visit them yet.
This is not just Yuanyuan's question. In fact, the entire team is wondering: Is Baiyao Valley really so generous?
A Jindan said, "You haven't seen how ruthlessly they treat other alchemists. They are definitely not as kind as you think."
"Is this normal?" Yuanyuan was not surprised by this. "If you can't be ruthless to your peers, you are courting your own destruction."
Another Jindan hesitated and said, "I heard that... someone is about to condense an infant."
"The fourth Nascent Soul in Baiyao Valley?" Yuanyuan muttered softly.
Two months passed in the blink of an eye, like these ordinary days.
Although the store was only open every now and then, during this period, it still received five sets of Nascent Soul techniques.
With the Thousand-Handed Immortal as an example, people who come to trade have a list of Nascent Soul techniques and only go for the techniques after finalizing their needs.
In this way, unnecessary expenses can be saved.
Correspondingly, the store paid out ten bottles of repair fluid.
On this day, Yuanyuan was sitting outside the shop, chatting with two Jindan. A group of people were walking towards them from a distance, with the two Jindan walking in front.
A group of people walked to the door of the store and looked down at Yuanyuan who was sitting on the recliner.
The leader took out an antique bronze mirror with two deep cracks on it without saying a word.
He looked at Yuanyuan and spoke slowly, "Boss, do you still remember this thing?"
"Remember," Yuanyuan nodded slightly. This was an extremely peculiar piece of protective gear, more than just a heart guard.
Not only is the mirror extremely strong and able to block physical and magical attacks, there is also a considerable amount of space inside the mirror.
Once the situation becomes critical, you can activate the heart-protecting mirror to collect the enemy into the mirror world.
However, the world in the mirror can only trap people but not refine them. The owner of the mirror can release the people and subdue them after finding helpers.
The efficacy of this magic weapon is quite good. Considering that it is only at the Jindan level, it is really rare.
When this person came here before, there were already two cracks on the mirror, which made it useless.
Later, he used two sets of Nascent Soul skills to exchange for four bottles of repair liquid, which should have been able to repair it.
"It's useless to repair it," Jin Dan looked at her and spoke lightly, but there was uncontrollable anger in his tone.
"What does this have to do with me?" Yuanyuan didn't even look at him, her eyelids drooping, "I only sell repair fluid, I don't do repairs."
"What are you talking about?" Jin Dan suppressed his anger and said, "Can you guarantee that it's not the repair fluid's problem?"
"Okay," a Jindan from the Ji family said. He looked at the heart-protecting mirror and said, "I don't see any changes."
"Look at this," Jin Dan handed the mirror over, "there are some tiny cracks."
There were originally only two deep scratches on the mirror, but now there are indeed some tiny cracks next to the deep scratches, and there are quite a few of them.
It felt like it was totally beyond repair, no wonder he was so angry.
Ji Family Jindan said calmly, "That was a problem during the repair. What does it have to do with the repair fluid?"
"I asked Master Lei from the Weapon Refining Alliance to repair it!" Jin Dan said angrily, "You said it was his fault?"
Master Lei also has the Jindan cultivation level, and his weapon-refining skills are slightly better than Zhen Yezi's. He spends most of his time in Qingyang Market.
He has some relationship with Qingyang Sect, and some of his weapon refining techniques were also inherited from Qingyang.
The most crucial thing is that there is a wisp of earth fire specially brought in by the sect in Qingyang Market, which is of great help in refining equipment.
Baiyaogu Market cannot compete with Qingyang Market in terms of equipment refining, but that's normal as the main business here is elixirs.
Zhen Yezi came here because he felt that the competition in Qingyang Market was too fierce and it would not be his turn to use the Earth Fire easily.
I heard that the Ji family's golden elixir was related to Master Lei, but it was not easy to say anything too harsh, after all, so many people were watching.
He just said, "Who can guarantee the success rate of repair? Can the pill master of Baiyao Valley guarantee a 100% success rate?"
This is not disrespectful, it is simply stating a fact.
"Then why should I use two sets of Nascent Soul exercises to trade for the repair fluid?" Jin Dan asked angrily.
"If I can't improve the success rate, why would I spend so much money? Now I have nothing!"
There is nothing wrong with this logic. The key is his outburst, which shows his frustration and annoyance after losing everything.
To say that he was deliberately looking for trouble doesn't necessarily seem to be the case.
However, Ji Family Jindan still said calmly, "This statement is biased."
"Zhen Yezi's refining furnace, Cuiping Mountain's Nascent Soul Sword Box, the Ji family's medicine garden...they were all repaired with the repair fluid."
That’s right, the Ji family now has a space medicine garden, and this news has been released.
The Space Medicine Garden was originally a treasure passed down from the Ji family, and it was also a magical tool to assist in daily life, so it didn't matter if it was promoted.
The key point is that Ji Xiaohua once appeared in the store and stayed for a long time. Others could not help but speculate what magic weapon the Ji family was repairing.
The secret treasure of space must not be passed on. As luck would have it, the Ji family took back the ancestral miniature cave.
So after Ji Xiaohua returned to the Ji family, he took the initiative to spread the news to avoid others making wild guesses.
"Yes, it has been repaired, and you have publicized it," Jin Dan laughed helplessly.
"But what hasn't been repaired, have you publicized it?"
If you don't say that there must be something hateful about this poor man, he would insist that he was deceived.
As he shouted loudly, more and more people gathered around him.
There are many sensible people among the crowd, but in this kind of environment, there are more people who don't use their brains.
Just as everyone was talking, the door of the shop opened and a beautiful lady in palace dress walked out.
(I wish you all a happy New Year's Day in 2025. Three updates on the first day of the new year, calling for double monthly tickets.)