Chapter 107 Spirit Coin

Among the attics, the Baose Xing was considered extravagant. Just from the banner hanging upstairs, Luo Xuanyi could sense that no fewer than six types of restrictions had been applied to it, ensuring that the "Baose Xing" would always radiate. Even the curtain hanging by the doorway was painted with a painting of hundreds of flowers, using spiritual herbs as ink. It couldn't be more vulgar, yet it possessed a unique grandeur.

Baosehang is essentially a pawnshop for cultivators, also operating as an auctioneer. Cultivators wishing to participate in an auction can borrow a list of auctions within seven days and then purchase a token for the auction they wish to attend. If they win an item at the auction, it will be stored in the token. After the auction closes or the seller leaves early, they can return to Baosehang, verify their identity, retrieve the item, and return the token.

Fighting is prohibited in Baose Bank, and Baose Bank worships many powerful people from the six major alliances, so no one would seek death here, and formal transactions are mostly held here.

Cheng Kehan was one step faster than the servant at the door of Baosehang. He opened the curtain for Luo Xuanyi and invited her in. He lagged behind Luo Xuanyi and winked at the people around him all the way. Luo Xuanyi was worried that Cheng Kehan would hit her until they walked to the counter. However, he was worthy of being a veteran in the officialdom and was good at changing his expression.

"Well, sir, would you like to ask the shopkeeper to come out and receive you?"

Cheng Kehan spoke cautiously, as if trying to communicate secretly with Luo Xuanyi, but his voice was neither too loud nor too quiet, allowing the woman who was leaning over the counter with an abacus to hear it. The woman immediately understood and took the initiative to say, "Please come in, dear guest. The shopkeeper will be here soon."

Cheng Kehan let Luo Xuanyi glare at him with a look of carelessness and fear. A servant came and took Luo Xuanyi into the reception room. Cheng Kehan was not qualified to go in and could only wait outside.

Luo Xuanyi used her spiritual energy to secretly investigate and discovered that the children serving tea and leading the way were all at the Qi Training stage, their steps soundless. The servant led Luo Xuanyi straight up to the third floor. The room, though not a reception room, was more like a flower hall. Dozens of potted spiritual flowers and plants were arranged on shelves. A hidden formation within a landscape screen blocked the seemingly open space, preventing outsiders from prying or eavesdropping. The servant ushered Luo Xuanyi to a seat, brought a pot of spiritual tea, and quietly moved aside to take up a corner.

Luo Xuanyi no longer needed tea, but she had to pretend to be a righteous cultivator. She was thankful that she had diligently learned the etiquette Su Yang had taught her, while picking up the teacup and taking a sip.

The tea, brimming with subtle spiritual energy, flowed into his body, truly a spiritual tea. Luo Xuanyi sighed, then saw a man with a protruding belly striding through the door. She smiled, "Look! I've already counted a lot of distinguished guests today! If you come to Longlan City, you can't miss my Baose Shop!"

He was beaming, not the servile, overly exaggerated smile of Cheng Kehan, but the expression of a seasoned businessman. He walked over to sit across from Luo Xuanyi, and a servant brought him a cup of perilla tea. He then slammed his fist and exclaimed, "Ouch!" "I haven't even mentioned my name yet! I deserve a beating! I'm the owner of the Baose Store in Longlan City, and I'm also the general manager of all Baose stores under Longlan City. Zhai Feiye, you can just call me Old Zhai."

"I heard you're from the alliance. I wonder what important business you have today? Just tell me, Old Zhai, everything will be done!"

Who calls themselves "brother"? Luo Xuanyi complained silently in her heart, pretending to be embarrassed: "But shopkeeper, please don't say that, it's embarrassing me. I'm just a casual cultivator. I came to Baosexing to ask for advice on something I don't understand. I don't have any instructions."

"Yes, yes, I was reckless." As expected, the more he said this, the more Shopkeeper Zhai looked like he understood. "Then what are your doubts?"

"I wonder what the current exchange rate for spirit stones is for spirit coins?" Luo Xuanyi took out a spirit stone and placed it on the table. Although she had collected it from fellow demonic disciples, the Zang Yao Sect value label had been erased, making it no different from any spirit stone mined by the righteous. Even so, she still wanted to see if Zhai Feiye would notice anything.

This was to check the value of the currency. Zhai Feiye picked up the spirit stone and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If he was the kind of black marketeer who deliberately lowered the price, he would definitely be investigated. However, as the head shopkeeper, he already knew the market value of all the items traded in the Baose Bank by heart. He said directly, "It depends on the spiritual energy in the spirit stone. Ten strands of spiritual energy will be exchanged for one spirit coin. If there is a shortage, take it out and return it, or we can negotiate and exchange it for goods of equal value."

"Very good, then bring all these over to me in exchange." Seeing that even a seasoned businessman like Zhai Feiye hadn't noticed anything amiss, Luo Xuanyi felt relieved and tossed a storage bag filled with spirit stones onto the table. Zhai Feiye opened it and gasped.

What casual cultivator would bring a storage bag full of spirit stones?! They were all very poor, basically bartering. Zhai Feiye wondered which young lady from aristocratic family was so poorly pretending to be a casual cultivator. He calmly asked the servant to take it away and exchange it, his tone becoming more respectful. "I wonder if you have any other instructions?"

"Well, there's one more thing." Luo Xuanyi smiled bitterly. "The Feiyi disaster is getting worse and worse. Shipping has been cancelled in many places. The map I have is old and no longer usable."

"That's easy. We have a new map of the Mortal World here, with routes that can be used during this Fat Heritage Disaster marked on it. I'll have someone get it for you right away."

With all the matters at Baosehang now smoothly resolved, Luo Xuanyi could finally turn most of her attention back to Lu Gu. Lu Gu had already led Xi Xingji and the others into a storeroom within the government office. Inside, the registrar, Cai Xiangyuan, whom Lu Gu called "Old Cai," sat hunched over, holding an oil lamp encased in a glass shade. He looked like he had been waiting for quite some time.

Compared with Lu Gu and Cheng Kehan, this old man dressed in gray had a normal attitude and a calm tone, as if he was facing not the city guards and immortal cultivators, but just any random person.

"The files of Fu Jishan and Fu Jizhen are in this pile. You only need to check them in the warehouse. You are not allowed to take them out or copy them privately. No open flames are allowed in the warehouse. If you use a lamp, it must be covered with a glass cover. No ink is allowed. Anyone who damages the files will be punished..."

Lu Gu waved his hand helplessly, trying to interrupt him: "Old Cai, these are the elders of the immortal cultivators. You should put away those old-fashioned words. You won't get tired of saying them no matter how many times you say them."

Cai Xiangyuan glanced at him, waited for him to finish, and then continued slowly with the last few words: "...deliberately damaging important evidence, according to the law, imprisonment, and twenty lashes of the cane."

After saying that, he didn't say another word. He stuffed the glass cup in Lu Gu's hand and slowly squatted back in the corner of the warehouse to continue sorting the files.

Lu Gu took a deep breath and said to Xi Xingji with an apologetic smile, "Old Cai is a man who doesn't know how to adapt, but he's not a bad person. He's been taking care of the warehouse seriously and hasn't made any mistakes in years. Please bear with me."

Shang Qian had long been impatient with Lu Gu. He had a problem with Lu Gu driving away the villagers who were fetching water, and he had been holding it in until now: "Okay, we'll just look at the files ourselves, you just wait outside." After he said that, he strode towards the pile of files, and Qu Qitao followed behind him.

Only Xi Xingji gave Lu Gu a way out. He smiled apologetically and said, "Your Excellency the City Guard is very busy with official duties. Since the files are all here, we will not disturb you any further."

Lu Gu, a seasoned official, naturally wouldn't let his embarrassment show on his face, so he went down the stairs. After the two of them exchanged greetings, Xi Xingji also entered the warehouse.

Second update~ I like to describe minor characters, and basically there will be no second appearance of that kind hh