Gradually, fewer and fewer people remained. The underworld market was about to close. The stall owners shook their heads inwardly and left one after another, thinking he was just a fool.
Just then, a figure emerged from the crowd, her gaze immediately falling upon the three jade boxes on a small stall in the corner. The old man in black robes beside her respectfully whispered, "Your Highness, this stall has the scent of Cold Yin Grass and Bone Fragrance."
A woman's voice slowly rang out: "Then let's go take a look."
Lu Fuyue, whose body was mostly obscured by the shadows in the corner, paused slightly. It was... a voice that seemed to be a ghost.
The moment she set up her stall and took out three jade boxes, she heard someone whispering to her that he wanted the three jade boxes, but she would have to wait there for a while.
Before she could even discover where the person behind the scenes was hiding, the person had vanished.
Unexpectedly, the person behind this was Si You, and the voice that had just been transmitted to Si You was that of the old man in black robes who was with Si You.
Siyou and the old man in black robes quickly arrived at Lu Fuyue's stall. She looked at Lu Fuyue, whose face was obscured by a veil, and said softly, "I want everything in these three jade boxes. Please wrap them up."
Lu Fuyue raised her hand and put the three jade boxes into a storage bag, then stood up and handed them to Siyou, saying indifferently, "A total of 50,000 high-grade Yin stones."
Si You paused as she took the storage bag. Before she could say anything, the old man in black robes suddenly darkened his face. "Little girl, your price is way too outrageous."
Fifty thousand high-grade Yin stones are almost a tenth of his total wealth.
Lu Fuyue smiled faintly, "Then you should also know that the price of spiritual herbs is often determined by their grade and quality. Since you have doubts about the price, why not open it yourself and see if it's worth it?"
The old man in black robes dissipated most of his anger. After a moment, he looked Lu Fuyue up and down. He couldn't see her face through the veil, but she was not even a hundred years old yet she had already cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage. He wondered where this young genius came from. After hearing her words just now, he knew that this woman was definitely not an ordinary person.
Those who are independent cultivators or come from small families do not have such insight.
He hesitated, glancing at Siyou beside him. "Your Highness, why don't you open it and take a look?"
Si You shook her head, then looked up at Lu Fuyue and suddenly smiled, "No need, I trust this fellow Daoist."
"Old Blackie, give her the Yin Stone."
The old man in black robes was instantly speechless: "Your Highness..."
Lu Fuyue's expression darkened slightly, but she quickly came to her senses, took the item reluctantly handed over by the old man in black robes, and said, "Then thank you for your trust, fellow Daoist."
After saying that, she raised her hand and put away the stall on the ground, then turned to leave, but was suddenly stopped by someone.
"Fellow Daoist, why don't you go sit in the teahouse up ahead?"
Lu Fuyue turned around, while Si You stood still, a faint, polite smile on her face. The old man in black robes beside her had disappeared.
...
After the two entered the teahouse, the waiter came to greet them. However, when Lu Fuyue saw the waiter's face clearly, she paused for a moment. This person was exactly the same as the waiter she had seen in the restaurant outside that day, and even the tone of his voice was the same.
The waiter bent down and asked with a smile, "What would you two like, esteemed guests?"
However, when he looked up and saw Si You's face, he was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lu Fuyue with a look of confusion in his eyes.
Si You glanced at him, then walked upstairs: "Shopkeeper, take us to the private room upstairs."
The waiter immediately bowed respectfully and said, "Yes, Your Highness."
Lu Fuyue watched this scene, her eyes darkening slightly, and she immediately understood something. Then she followed behind Siyou and walked up.
Soon, led by the waiter, the two entered a beautifully decorated and luxurious room. A moment later, Lu Fuyue and Siyou sat down at a table by the window.
...
The stars twinkled in the sky above the window, and every now and then, streamers streaked across the sky.
"You should have guessed my identity by now." Si You raised her hand, poured a cup of tea, and handed it to Lu Fuyue.
also?
Lu Fuyue took the tea with a slightly darkened look in her eyes, but only placed it on the table without taking a sip. She looked up at the other person and slowly said, "Your Highness, the only princess of Zhongdu City, I think there are few people in the Underworld who don't know you."
After all, Si You still used her original face and didn't use anything to cover it up, so anyone who had seen her before could recognize her.
"You know that's not what I meant, Fairy Lu." Si You smiled suddenly, poured herself a cup of tea, and took a small sip.
Lu Fuyue paused for a moment, staring intently at Si You for a long time, "Your Highness seems to be different from usual."
Lu Fuyue wasn't surprised that Si You guessed her identity. After all, if she wasn't mistaken, the person in front of her was the mastermind behind most of the restaurants in Zhongdu City. These restaurants were almost identical in terms of people and things, but they were all formed from Si You's Yin power.
She is extraordinary in herself!
Si You sighed softly, "You're very smart, but I didn't intend to hide it from you."
"Let's not beat around the bush. I suppose you're not here just for the Yin Stone, are you? How about we make a deal?"
Lu Fuyue didn't reply, her gaze still fixed on her. The last time they met, it was just a brief encounter. At that time, she was massaging Jiang Xun in the room, her eyes filled with affection for her beloved.
But now, not long after, a feeling of breaking free from restraint suddenly arose from Si You's body, and she became as gentle and calm as a breeze, as if she had seen through something...
However, she possesses a fatal attraction that makes it impossible to look away.
Lu Fuyue slowly asked, "What kind of deal?"
Si You's lips curled slightly. "If I'm not mistaken, you are an alchemist, and of a high rank at that."
While admiring her, Lu Fuyue couldn't help but feel wary. She quickly realized that the faint scent of pills on her body had given her away. She rarely refined pills, so the scent of pills on her body was very faint, so faint that no one had ever noticed it before. She never expected that a ghost cultivator would discover it.
Lu Fuyue lowered her eyes and nodded, "That's right, I am indeed a pill refiner."
When she was still in the Golden Core stage, she was able to refine fifth-grade pills. Now that her cultivation has reached the Nascent Soul stage, she can start refining sixth-grade pills whenever she wants. She has spiritual herbs, as well as a pill refining furnace and divine fire.
"I want you to save someone."
"who?"
"My brother, Si Ming."
A hint of surprise flashed in Lu Fuyue's eyes. Hadn't her brother already perished?
Si You naturally noticed Lu Fuyue's doubts, and she said with a bitter smile, "Do you know? I used to have... a brother who loved me very much, but he died ten thousand years ago to protect me."
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