"I have no money, but you can take my life!" Shen Xiu angrily pushed Chang Ping away.
She threw her bra, skirt, stockings, and other luxuries onto the table, sat on the bed in a huff, crossed her legs, and sulked.
She had worked herself to the bone all day, returning home parched, only to be denied even a cup of tea or a word of praise. It was utterly inhuman!
"Alright, don't be angry, it was just a joke." Chang Ping bolted the newly replaced door latch, turned to Shen Xiu, and decided to reward this capable woman. "You've worked hard, I'm going to reward you properly." Shen Xiu
stared blankly at Chang Ping as he walked over and unbuttoned his shirt: Is this how he rewards people?
Some time later.
Shen Xiu lay on the bed, her face buried in the pillow, motionless like a dead fish. She had no desire for tea now.
Chang Ping sat on the bed, counting the demon crystal cards one by one.
Exactly ten sheets, that's a hundred thousand yuan.
"I have forty bottles here. Take them all and sell them this afternoon. Then we'll use the money to buy Purple Orchid Grass. Once the price skyrockets, we'll dump it all and make a killing!" Chang Ping poked Shen Xiu with his cucumber-thick finger.
"Did you hear me? I'm talking to you!"
Shen Xiu gave a perfunctory "hmm." She was exhausted and didn't want to say a word.
"Slap!"
Chang Ping slapped her round bottom, stood up, put the forty bottles of shampoo on the table, and went out.
He planned to use the hundred thousand demon spirit coins to buy some Purple Orchid Grass.
In Radiant City, people only knew that Purple Orchid Grass could repel mosquitoes; they didn't know it had any other uses.
Chang Ping knew that Purple Orchid Grass could increase the success rate and yield of refining Soul Gathering Pills, and that using it for bathing could beautify the skin and increase soul power.
However, Chang Ping only knew these two uses, while Nie Li knew sixty-three.
Although he didn't know as much as Nie Li, the uses he knew were enough to make the price of Purple Orchid Grass soar. Even without Nie Li's help, he could still make a lot of money.
Although selling shampoo would be more profitable, his power points were very precious; he needed them to upgrade his talents and exchange for cultivation techniques, and he didn't want to use them unless absolutely necessary.
Just as he was buying Purple Orchid Grass at the pharmacy on Academy Street, he ran into an acquaintance.
Xiao Ning'er!
She was also there to buy medicine.
Their eyes met, but neither of them spoke.
Xiao Ning'er only paused slightly before putting away the medicine and leaving the pharmacy with a cold expression.
"How aloof!" Chang Ping sighed, watching Xiao Ning'er's departing figure. "She probably bought medicine to treat her extreme cold ailment, right? Perhaps I should help her."
Chang Ping went to the counter and asked the clerk what medicine the girl in blue had bought.
The clerk replied that it was medicine to soothe the meridians and improve circulation.
Chang Ping nodded; it was indeed for treating extreme cold ailments, just as he had suspected.
"Sir, what medicine do you want? We have excellent tiger penis wine here, with excellent effects in strengthening the kidneys and enhancing male virility. One cup is enough for an hour." The clerk, who often worked in pharmacies, could tell from Chang Ping's complexion that he was somewhat lacking in energy.
"I don't need it!" Chang Ping glared at the clerk, annoyed. Stop talking nonsense! How could someone as vigorous as him have kidney deficiency? "How much Purple Orchid Grass do you have? I'll take it all!"
Purple Orchid Grass was very cheap now; one demon spirit could buy several kilograms.
"What do you need Purple Orchid Grass for? That stuff only repels mosquitoes, it won't cure kidney deficiency," the waiter kindly reminded him.
Chang Ping was furious. He grabbed the waiter by the collar and lifted him up with one hand: "If you dare mention kidney deficiency again, I'll smash both your kidneys, you believe me?"
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"I won't mention it again, I'll never mention it again!" The shopkeeper swallowed hard, begging for mercy.
This guy was practically a humanoid beast, not someone to mess with!
Most of the Purple Orchid Grass on Academy Street had been bought up by Nie Li and his group; Chang Ping only managed to get a few thousand catties, spending just over a thousand Demon Spirit Coins.
With no other option, Chang Ping had to go to other commercial streets in the North District to buy more.
He spent the afternoon traveling around the North District in a carriage, finally spending all 100,000 Demon Spirit Coins he had.
That evening, when he returned to the dormitory, Shen Xiu had once again successfully completed her mission, bringing Chang Ping a huge sum of 600,000 Demon Spirit Coins.
"Shouldn't it be 400,000?" After counting a thick stack of Demon Crystal Cards, Chang Ping felt somewhat incredulous.
"The price went up!" Shen Xiu lay on the bed, patiently explaining, "Scarcity drives up the price. I told them this was the last forty bottles of shampoo, so I had to raise the price. Those wealthy ladies weren't short of money; they not only agreed but also gave me a lot of gifts."
She was a little confused; they'd been lying on the bed for so long, why hadn't Chang Ping made a single move? Was this position not alluring enough?
Unbeknownst to Shen Xiu, Chang Ping had taken the advice of the pharmacy clerk at noon to heart and decided to abstain from excessive indulgence, limiting himself to a maximum of twice a day.
He would bathe once in the morning, receive a reward at noon, and then not come in the evening.
Shen Xiu was truly a wicked vixen; not only had she stolen his heart, but now she was ruining his kidneys. He had to keep his distance from her from now on.
"Thank you for your hard work,"
Chang Ping said perfunctorily, depositing the money into his small ring before standing up.
Just as Shen Xiu thought Chang Ping was going to reward her, she heard him say, "Oh, and don't forget to wash my clothes later." With that, Chang Ping strode away from the dormitory, leaving Shen Xiu alone in her empty room.
Shen Xiu was stunned; all her excitement had been for nothing.
"You bastard! I'm never talking to you again!" Shen Xiu was so frustrated she felt like vomiting blood.
Night fell silently.
Chang Ping leaped over the wall and entered the trial grounds.
He was now a Gold-level martial artist; a mere ten-meter-high wall couldn't stop him.
The dark jungle was utterly silent.
Perhaps because he had killed all the horned sheep, the surroundings were eerily quiet, as if you could hear a pin drop.
He searched the forest for a long time, not knowing what was going on, but couldn't find any trace of Xiao Ning'er.
"Strange, where did she go?" Chang Ping squatted on a large tree, swatting a venomous snake that had tried to ambush him, looking around in confusion. "I went to save you, not to play with you, why are you running around like that?" What
Chang Ping didn't know was that after discovering he had hunted horned sheep in the beginner area, Xiao Ning'er had moved to the intermediate area.
Suddenly, a faint scent of Chinese medicine wafted through the air.
Chang Ping frowned, following the scent.
"Is it her?" Looking at Xiao Ning'er, who was tidying up her medicine bowl, Chang Ping was very puzzled: why had she come to the rocky forest in the intermediate area? Wasn't she afraid of being swallowed whole by the giant rock pythons that lived there?
Just as he was squatting on a tree branch, wondering, a large rock behind Xiao Ning'er moved.
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