"The Fourth Prince, please stop!"
Suddenly, a voice rang out to stop Qi-Da-Tang. The owner of this voice was none other than the young woman, Luo-Qing, behind Jin-Tian. She decided to appear because she could not bear to see Diao and Den's family destroyed.
Huh...?
Qi-Da-Tang stopped and turned to look at the owner of the voice. Then he frowned in slight shock and exclaimed, "Fourteenth Younger Sister! Why are you here?" Qi-Da-Tang said in a voice that sounded extremely soft, different from just moments ago.
"Why can't I be here, Fourth Brother? My uncle is this city's city governor. It's normal for me to be here," the young woman replied, without hiding her status any longer.
When she revealed her status, Diao, who had always been fascinated by her, suddenly got goosebumps and was startled. He stared at the young woman with wide eyes and gasped in shock. As for Den, he did not show a shocked expression, but he did experience a slight shock as well.
They came here regularly and met this young woman all the time. They never thought that she would be the Fourteenth Princess of this kingdom and also the niece of the city governor of Huang-Di. Of course, in this city, her power was second only to the city governor.
"Then why are you with those low-level scums?" Qi-Da-Tang continued to ask, looking at the three with a contemptuous expression.
"They are my friends. And I won't let my friends and their family get into any trouble!" Luo-Qing stated her stance to Qi-Da-Tang, saying that she was ready to protect Diao and Den's family.
"You!!!" Qi-Da-Tang's expression turned distorted and ugly when he heard the young woman's words, indicating she was willing to help people he disliked. But soon, he calmed himself down and continued, "Alright! Since Fourteenth Younger Sister wants that, I won't do anything to them in this city. But I'm not sure they'll be safe going out of the city," Qi-Da-Tang said with a smile on his lips.
"You!"
"Thank you so much, Princess Luo-Qing, for helping us. This is enough. As long as we're safe in this city, there's nothing to worry about because only a few people will go outside the city," Den, the elder brother, interrupted Luo-Qing with a serious expression before she could speak.
"Sigh... I must apologize on behalf of Fourth Brother. He is such a person. And I'm sorry for always lying to you about my true status," Luo-Qing, also known as Princess Qi-Luo-Qing, sincerely apologized to the two of them with a worried expression before slightly glancing at Jin-Tian.
Jin-Tian's expression had not changed at all. He stood still, showing no emotion. Only his sharp eyes stared at Qi-Da-Tang, who had just walked away. Soon, Jin-Tian realized that Luo-Qing was looking at him, so he turned to look at her, and their eyes met.
When Luo-Qing's eyes met with Jin-Tian's, her cheeks suddenly flushed red, and she hurriedly lowered her head to the floor, slightly embarrassed—no one could see her expression. As for Diao, he was still in a state of shock, amazed, and dizzy, so he did not say anything.
"Ne... ne... never mind. It's nothing," Luo-Qing said in a stuttering voice, looking slightly embarrassed as she replied to Jin-Tian.
After everything was over, they all went downstairs and waited in the chamber of commerce's executive lounge, which was a private room she had reserved. Once she entered the lounge, Luo-Qing immediately had someone go upstairs to tell Zheng-Fu where they were.
In a short amount of time, a staff member of the chamber of commerce brought Luo-Qing's message upstairs and informed Zheng-Fu. Of course, her true status was also revealed by that middle-aged man.
Back to Zheng-Fu...
After going up to the fifth floor, Zheng-Fu met two middle-aged men and two elders sitting in each corner. Of course, they were all key figures in this Huang-Di City Branch's Chamber of Commerce. Their energy levels were all quite high.
The two middle-aged men were at the ultimate Immortal Soul stage, and the two old men were at the first and second levels of the Divine Emperor stage. Based on Zheng-Fu's approximation, he thought the two elders were probably the rulers behind this chamber of commerce.
When the four saw Zheng-Fu coming up, they all knew that Zheng-Fu was definitely not an ordinary young man because, even in front of them, Zheng-Fu did not feel any fear or pressure. As such, the only explanation was that Zheng-Fu had to be at a very high level or perhaps from a large clan.
But the second possibility was unlikely because the four of them all knew the clan that Zheng-Fu had transformed into. This clan did not have anyone with more energy levels than the elementary Immortal Soul stage, and it was not a noble or superpower clan.
So, the four became very suspicious that the middle-aged chamber keeper brought him up personally. But no matter how curious they were, they did not say anything and went back to doing their work as if nothing had happened.
"After we finish the business deal, I'll lead you down to them," said the middle-aged man with a warm smile after he and Zheng-Fu heard the message Luo-Qing had left. Then his expression changed to one that was somewhat expectant of something.
Zheng-Fu knew what the middle-aged man wanted to communicate. He took out the previous six elemental spiritual stones again and placed them on the table in front of him.
Thump!!!
"How much will you offer me? But this time, I'm telling you that I won't sell them for a low price like the previous two Qi energy stones," said Zheng-Fu with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
At the same time, the two middle-aged men and the two elders in the room turned to look at the chamber keeper's desk in unison with sparkling eyes and mouths agape. They hurriedly got up from their seats and walked straight towards Zheng-Fu and the chamber keeper.
"These are...!!!?"
The four of them shouted at the same time in disbelief because elemental spiritual stones were rarely seen. They were very valuable, and their prices were also very high, even higher than Immortal Qi energy stones.
"How long has it been since elemental spiritual stones last appeared?" said a middle-aged man who had just walked in, staring at the six stones with gleaming eyes.
"Probably about five to six years or more. As time passed, even Qi energy stones became rarer and rarer, not to mention elemental spiritual stones. But there are six of them, and they are different elements. This is just too unbelievable!" added another middle-aged man.
The two elders shared the same opinion. With these six elemental spiritual stones, they believed they could be sold for huge sums of money, probably tens of billions of demon crystal coins. Or maybe even hundreds of billions!!! Because even the royal family wanted them, not to mention the big clans.
The bigger the clan, the greater the demand, because just a single elemental spiritual stone could greatly increase the strength of the clan. If the strongest person in the clan absorbed energy from it, it would still yield good results even if it was not the right element.
But now there were six elements together. They could choose the element that matched them. Thus, these four men had the idea of possessing the stones, and one of the elders spoke first.
"The price of these six elemental spiritual stones is equal to your desired items. Or maybe a billion coins more than that. What do you think, kid?" said the elder with a sly smile on his lips, staring at Zheng-Fu.
Of course, the elder was underpricing, saying that the exchange price was equal to the goods Zheng-Fu wanted, with more than a billion coins remaining. If it were someone else, then the number of billions of coins would be considered very large, comparable to the overall wealth of a middle-class clan.
"Equal to the price of what I want? Ha ha ha! Do you think I'm that stupid? If they're equal to the price of the items I wanted to buy, then I'd like to cancel this trade first. Wait for me to take these six stones to auction and come back to buy them again next time," said Zheng-Fu, with an amused face, staring at the elder as he canceled the trade.
As soon as Zheng-Fu finished speaking, the elder's expression looked very bad, as did the expressions of the other elder, the two middle-aged men, and the chamber keeper of the chamber of commerce. They all understood the meaning of Zheng-Fu's words very well. This statement indicated that Zheng-Fu was not as gullible as they had thought.
However, only the chamber keeper did not think like the others. He knew that Zheng-Fu was definitely not an ordinary young man. Having these six elemental spiritual stones in his hand and being able to easily take them out without any caution showed that he was not afraid or worried about being robbed.
Of course, even though everyone in this room was an advanced martial master, Zheng-Fu did not show any fear or anxiety. With that in mind, the chamber keeper made an effort not to dissatisfy Zheng-Fu.
"Young Master, please calm down. Elder Duan-Dong didn't mean that. He just wanted to say that one elemental spiritual stone is already equal to the price you want and with even a billion demon crystal coins left. What you heard is just a misunderstanding."
The chamber keeper immediately re-explained to Zheng-Fu that the elder was wrong and that it was just a misunderstanding. It was also a very big misunderstanding of the price the old man had mentioned compared to the new price the chamber keeper had just said.
"Just a misunderstanding?"
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