What Wang Shoujie said was simple, but it was only relatively simple, much easier than suddenly coming up with hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
In fact, even if he had to earn an extra 20,000 to 30,000 gold coins the following year, it would not be an easy task. It would require careful planning and brainstorming. But the Ancestor must be saved, he did not want to see the Ancestor, who had guarded the family for half a lifetime, die miserably.
Moreover, Ancestor Longyan was a very powerful elder. If she regained her strength, what qualifications would the elders of the Liu Clan and Zhao Clan have to compete with her?
Wang Shoujie cupped his hands and said, "Ancestor, please rest assured, let me handle this matter."
This time he went out, he originally wanted to buy some things at the Hundred Island Guard. So he brought 10,000 gold notes, and his waist bag was naturally bulging. As for safety, there was no need to worry, as the Ancestor was accompanying him.
If a situation arose that even the Ancestor could not control, he would just have to accept it.
"Shoujie..." Ancestor Longyan was full of doubts. In her eyes, Wang Shoujie's ability to make a big profit was due to the situation and his fortune. Such opportunities, how could he have them every time?
"Ancestor, please hold back your plan for now, and let me make a decision a year from now. Give me a chance to prove myself, and also give the Ancestor a chance to turn the situation around." Wang Shoujie was very confident. With his perspective and thinking as a transmigrator, he naturally would not be slow in making money.
Faced with Wang Shoujie's strong confidence, Ancestor Longyan finally nodded slowly, as if agreeing: "However, the Turtle Scale Treasure Shield is of no use to me, sell it and get some resources for you."
This decision, Wang Shoujie did not stop. It was the Ancestor's own spiritual artifact, and she had the right to dispose of it. Moreover, Wang Shoujie did not think that he would not be able to afford spiritual artifacts in the future, at most he would buy a better one and give it back to the Ancestor.
Since he had persuaded the Ancestor, he temporarily took his leave.
The group rested for a night.
Early the next morning, Wang Shoujie invited Chen Fanghua to come and lead everyone to stroll around Jinsha City. Everyone could relax together, and Wang Shoujie could also inspect the overall market of the Hundred Island Guard, and even gain more knowledge would be good.
Chen Fanghua was very familiar with Jinsha City, and his eloquence was also good. As he led everyone to stroll around, he occasionally introduced the local customs and people, which made Wang Shoujie gain some new insights and feel good. He even bought some dried salted fish and other small snacks for Wang Lici to eat.
That girl, once she had something to eat, would forget all her troubles and have a grateful expression towards Wang Shoujie.
"Young Master Wang, going in this direction is the Scattered Cultivator Street," Chen Fanghua introduced. "Most cities will set aside a street for scattered cultivators to set up stalls, so that they can earn some stall fees, and also prevent them from randomly setting up stalls everywhere."
Wang Shoujie understood. Changning Guard also had a similar place, and Wang Shoujie had even accidentally picked up a beehive there. However, picking up treasures at the scattered cultivator stalls was a low probability event, and the high probability was being cheated, or buying low-value items at a high price.
Those so-called heavenly materials and secret techniques were all hyped up to the sky, each one more impressive than the other. Wang Shoujie just casually looked around to gain some experience. With his current knowledge, it was almost impossible for him to pick up treasures.
However, the scattered cultivators in Jinsha Island were much more numerous than in Changning Garrison City, and their cultivation bases were generally higher. Along the way, Wang Shoujie had already seen three or four whose auras he could not see through, obviously their cultivation bases were higher than his. Jinsha Island should have more opportunities around it, and more powerful scattered cultivators would come to try their luck.
For those whose cultivation bases were higher than his, unless they revealed their auras, Wang Shoujie would have a hard time seeing through them.
The usually silent Ancestor Longyan suddenly stopped in her tracks, her gaze sweeping over a scattered cultivator's stall, her brow slightly furrowed, and her body even trembling slightly, as if she could not control it.
Wang Shoujie did not understand, and he stepped in front of Ancestor Longyan, blocking the scattered cultivator's attention, and said with a smile, "These pearls of yours are not bad, how much for all of them?"
The scattered cultivator's attention was immediately drawn to Wang Shoujie, and he immediately introduced, "Young Master, these pearls with spiritual energy are all taken by me from the sea bivalves I personally dived for. They are all top-notch materials for Spirit Elixir【Yangyan Pill】. There are a total of thirteen big and small ones here, 30 gold coins would be fine."
Seeing that Wang Shoujie was dressed outstandingly and had his family's guards accompanying him, the scattered cultivator did not dare to be careless.
"10 gold coins." Wang Shoujie began to act, bargaining the price, and the stall owner refused to budge on the price, and the two began to argue over the price. At the same time, Wang Shoujie was filled with doubts and uncertainty in his heart. With the Ancestor's state of mind, her emotions had changed so greatly, which meant that she must have encountered a great matter.
Could it be that she discovered a great opportunity to pick up treasures at this stall?
While helping to cover, Wang Shoujie was waiting, waiting for the Ancestor Longyan's instructions or actions.
Ancestor Longyan was not an ordinary person after all, and she quickly calmed down. The lips under the veil moved slightly, conveying her meaning to Wang Shoujie.
The message she conveyed, even with Wang Shoujie's mindset as a traveler, still caused him to pause slightly. However, he quickly regained control of his emotions and continued to haggle over the price, while also starting to ponder how to proceed.
Bargaining is a very normal thing, and for a cultivator, even a few thousand yuan would be a considerable sum.
Soon, Wang Shoujie formulated a strategy, stood up and said unhappily, "Forget it, this young master will go and take a look at other places." Thereafter, no matter how the stall owner tried to persuade him, Wang Shoujie led the group out of the cultivator's street.
"Brother Chen," Wang Shoujie cupped his hands and said, "My niece and fourth aunt are a bit tired, could you please take them to the restaurant in front to have something delicious? Wang Zhong, you go and protect Miss Li Ci and Mrs. Zhi Rou."
"Yes." The two retainers accepted the orders.
Chen Fanghua was also a shrewd person, and upon hearing this, he immediately knew that they were being sent away, perhaps because Wang Shoujie had discovered something he didn't want Chen to see. He promptly returned the greeting and said, "Young Master Wang, rest assured, I will take good care of the young ladies."
Xu Zhirou's eyes flickered slightly, but she ultimately did not say anything. Instead, it was Wang Lici, who, upon hearing that they were going to eat something delicious, immediately developed a much greater fondness for Wang Shoujie, thinking, "Ah, Li Ci misunderstood Fourth Uncle, but Fourth Uncle really does still care about me..."
After the others left, only Wang Shoujie and Ancestor Longyan remained. They moved to a secluded place, and Wang Shoujie's expression became extremely grave as he lowered his voice and said, "Ancestor, are you certain about this matter?"
"There's no mistake." Ancestor Longyan's voice was icy cold, tinged with an indescribable hatred. "I have been tormented by this evil poison for fifty years, and I can't be fooled by even the slightest trace of its ominous aura."
Wang Shoujie was startled, and his heart was already convinced. He then quietly said, "Ancestor, the forces from the Far West have been gradually appearing in our Changning Guard, and I'm afraid the situation is not as simple as it seems. Perhaps there is an even greater force behind it... If we want to take revenge, I'm afraid..."
The Wang Clan was too weak now, and no matter what the other side's plans were, getting involved would undoubtedly lead to their complete destruction.
Ancestor Longyan was deeply attached to the family, and naturally also calmed down. Her eyes revealed a deep sense of helplessness - their overall strength was too weak, and they didn't even have the ability to take revenge.
"Please, Ancestor, bear with it for a little while longer. When your injuries have healed, the strength of the Wang Clan will also have grown significantly." Wang Shoujie said solemnly, "We will take our time to get our revenge! But for now, we can still give the Ancestor some relief."
Originally, Ancestor Longyan had become somewhat disappointed, but upon hearing this, her eyes lit up, and she quietly said, "Shoujie, how do you plan to do it?"
As evening fell and dusk approached, the stall owners on the cultivator's street began to pack up one by one. The cultivator selling sea pearls was also preparing to close up shop, as his goods had not sold well in the past few days.
At this time, a rugged-looking man in his thirties or forties appeared in front of the stall, waving his hand imperiously, "I'll take all these pearls."
While paying, he "accidentally" revealed a stack of gold notes, the golden hue of which was extremely tempting, and it was clear that each note was a 100 gold bill, amounting to no less than 100 notes in total.
The cultivator was stunned, and his gaze was filled with a strong sense of greed. For a Martial Clan with a foundation, even 10,000 gold was a huge sum, let alone for a cultivator.
The subsequent events unfolded quite naturally. The cultivator set his sights on the rugged man, enthusiastically inviting him to eat and drink. After a few drinks, he managed to get a general idea of the man's "background" - apparently, he had "made some money" elsewhere and had just fled to the Hundred Island Guard to hide.
After a round of toasting and bonding, the two became as close as brothers. After the meal, the rugged man expressed a desire to "have some fun" somewhere. The cultivator confidently assured him that he knew a good place, and after settling the bill, led the rugged man through the alleys.
Eventually, they ended up in an extremely secluded corner of a dark alley, where the "cultivator" revealed his ferocious fangs. At the peak of the Qi Refining Realm's seventh layer, he had specially brought in a Qi Refining Realm sixth-layer accomplice to deal with the small Qi Refining Realm fourth-layer "rugged man".
Thus, it was a foolproof plan.
Unfortunately, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
Just as they were greedily and maliciously about to attack the drunken "rugged man," a hazy, smoke-like sword light appeared silently and swiftly, slashing through both of them in a sneak attack.
The two had no idea that a Spirit Realm expert would use a spiritual weapon to ambush them, and they didn't even have a chance to react before they were killed. The "rugged man" was also drenched in cold sweat, his legs trembling slightly.
"Ancestor, are you alright?" Wang Shoujie hurried over from a slightly further distance, supporting the slightly out-of-breath Ancestor Longyan and asking with concern. His cultivation was slightly weaker than the cultivator, so he didn't dare get too close for fear of being discovered.
However, he was also secretly shocked. For the Ancestral Patriarch to use a sneak attack to kill a Qi Refining Realm cultivator, there would be no chance of survival if something went wrong.
"I'm fine." In a matter of breaths, Ancestor Longyan had temporarily suppressed the backlash of the evil poison in her body, and her gaze was slightly reddened, indicating that she had vented some of her anger.
"Wang Zhong, quickly collect the spoils." Wang Shoujie ordered Wang Zhong, and together they quickly gathered the spoils, then left the dark alley with the Ancestor.
In a very short time, the dark alley only remained with the two corpses.
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