Chapter 280 Mindset

"Okay, okay!"

Hu Changxiu nodded repeatedly, "I want to buy a suitable weapon, but they are too expensive outside."

"Uh-huh!"

Jia Xitong nodded, "Then let's go tomorrow, I'll be free then. I can also take you to buy some daily necessities while we're at it. There's a second-hand market at school, the things are cheap and the quality is good."

This really struck a chord with Hu Changxiu. "What? When are you going?"

Jia Xitong: "Tomorrow morning?"

Just as the two were discussing, Sharp interjected, "You two go buy daily necessities tomorrow."

"Fellow Daoist Xia, aren't you going?"

"Yes, I have something to do tomorrow."

Sharp nodded slightly, deliberately avoiding eye contact with Jia Xitong, and left alone when he was taken back to the teachers' dormitory. Hu Changxiu watched Sharp's departing figure and scratched his head in bewilderment.

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What was supposed to be a joyful day turned into a complete disaster at the Treasure Pavilion.

Sharp walked back to the teachers' dormitory alone, intending to go back to his room to rest quietly for a while, but was suddenly stopped by someone.

"Fellow Daoist Xia just returned? Where have you been?"

The visitor was Wang, a fellow cultivator who was admitted to the academy in the same batch, and lived right next door to him. "Oh, I remember now, you went out with that talisman cultivator."

The monk, with his large belly and a broad smile, asked, "That fellow Daoist Tong never stays in the teachers' dormitory. May I ask where he lives?"

Sharp didn't want to talk about this, but several people, including Brother Wang, had gathered around. They were all his future colleagues, so he couldn't just leave immediately.

“She has relatives and friends at the college who live outside.”

"You have relatives or friends at the academy? No wonder."

Wang Xiushi and the others had long been curious about Jia Xitong. Seeing that Sharp was willing to talk about it, they continued to ask, "To be able to leave the teachers' dormitory and live outside, her family and friends must be quite extraordinary."

As soon as Wang Xiushi finished speaking, the others began to speculate all at once.

"Maybe he's a full-fledged teacher?"

"Or is it related to powerful or influential families?"

Amid their chatter, Sharp's face grew increasingly dark. "Since you're all so curious, go ask them yourselves."

After saying that, he shook off these people and went into the house, leaving his colleagues outside stunned.

"So what if she hooked up with a female cultivator with a powerful background? Why are you so arrogant?"

Wang Xiushi rolled his eyes, a hint of disdain on his face. "Do you know that he couldn't even afford the spirit stones to register? It was that little bucket who made up for it for him."

"He's just a kept man, why is he putting on airs?"

Those who cultivate themselves have sharp ears and keen eyesight.

They stood right outside the door, making no attempt to quiet their voices, so Sharp inside could hear them clearly…

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The next day

Jia Xitong carried Shang Yanting away again, and she took Hu Changxiu to Wanbaoge.

Only the people of Xianlong Peak knew what she looked like in human form. Her unfamiliar appearance and ostentatious attire led Liang Baoyu to mistake her for a fat sheep.

A golden magic artifact that used to cost only 700 spirit stones now costs her 5,000 spirit stones.

"Four thousand five hundred low-grade spirit stones, that's already a very reasonable price."

Liang Baoyu looked like she really couldn't lower the price any further, saying, "I really can't go any lower!"

A fair price?

A ridiculously bad price?

Jia Xitong looked at Liang Baoyu, who had gained a lot of weight recently, and then at Hu Changxiu, who was extremely fond of the Yaojin magic weapon but had no money.

"Boss Liang, could you lower the price a little more?"

Jia Xitong whispered to him, "I was introduced by Xitong. She said she wanted you to give her a discount."

"Was it introduced by Xitong?"

Liang Baoyu looked Jia Xitong up and down for a moment, "How can you prove it?"

Jia Xitong took out the little backpack that she liked to carry most in her raccoon form from the talisman.

Seeing the bag is like seeing a bear.

Liang Baoyu believed it.

He crossed his arms, putting away his previous shrewd and profiteer demeanor. "We're all on the same side. The 770 low-grade spirit stones I acquired, after deducting shop and labor costs, amount to at least 1,200."

"Isn't it seven hundred?"

Jia Xitong was taken aback. The cost was 770?

"That's the price that Tongbao bought it for. We're not related, so not making a profit is my biggest concession."

Liang Baoyu spoke very realistically, but it deeply moved Jia Xitong. She clutched her heart, exclaiming, "Liang... Bao~"

What did you call me?

"nothing."

Jia Xitong shook her head.

Liang Baoyu felt like she might be hallucinating, after all, Liang Bao was a nickname she and Xitong had used a long time ago. "If you think it's alright, then discuss it with him."

at last

Hu Changxiu bought it.

"It was totally worth it."

He knew he had gotten a great deal and treasured it so much he didn't want to let it go. When he brought the weapon back to the academy, all the teachers gathered around.

Their backgrounds varied greatly; they all came from poor, small countries. Some might have had privileged origins and carried large amounts of gold and silver, but almost none of them could afford weapons.

"This is a superb golden magic weapon!"

Wang, the cultivator, was a connoisseur, and he also visited the Treasure Pavilion. "This magic artifact must cost at least six thousand low-grade spirit stones."

Upon hearing this, Sharp, who had been sitting to the side, also turned his gaze over to look at the radiant magical artifact.

"Actually, it's not too bad; we won't need that many."

Hu Changxiu retrieved his magic weapon, afraid that they would snatch it away. "This...this was chosen for me by Fellow Daoist Tong Dao. It only costs four thousand low-grade spirit stones at Wanwanbao Pavilion."

So cheap?

They were tempted by the fact that it cost two or three thousand less low-grade spirit stones than the Treasure Pavilion.

Hu Changxiu's visit can be seen as advertising for Wanbaoge.

"So, the situation at this academy still depends on the people you know."

Wang Xiushi said with a smile, glancing meaningfully at someone, "You and Fellow Daoist Tong seem to have a good relationship."

This was said specifically to Sharp.

Sharp heard this and left with a gloomy expression.

A woman with no substance

A woman like a nouveau riche

A fickle woman!

She had been on very good terms with him, laughing and chatting, but then she turned around and hooked up with Hu Changxiu!

How could I have been so blind to think the name "Xitong" sounded nice? And that she was cute and kind-hearted?

Sharp walked out of the teachers' dormitory, feeling depressed, and wandered aimlessly along the main road. He didn't know how long he walked, nor where he was.

Just as he was in a daze, he suddenly heard a familiar and pleasant voice, "Cuiping, come here quickly, don't bully people everywhere."

That sound is...

He looked up and saw a sea of ​​flowers. In the center of the white flower sea stood the white-clad fairy he had met at the Treasure Pavilion yesterday.

Noble and elegant, dressed in flowing white robes.

Every smile, every word, and every action exudes the elegance of a young lady from a prominent family.

This is what his dream girl looks like!

(End of this chapter)