Seeing the chaos over there, Lin Jiujiu didn't offer any help, but she secretly sent a message to Tantai Yueming.
When Tantai Yueming came out, he saw a group of sword cultivators swaying precariously on their swords on the sea.
Some swords had four or five people hanging on them, giving the impression that they would sway precariously in the wind.
As fellow disciples, Tantai Yueming wouldn't stand idly by seeing them in such a sorry state.
However, since this flying boat was Baili Chenyuan's magical artifact, he was too embarrassed to bring people up directly.
He was also a sword immortal, but not much wealthier than his fellow disciples.
He did have a flying artifact, which was a gift from his master when he first entered the sect. However, it could only carry four or five people at most, which was not much better than hanging on a sword.
Tantai Yueming awkwardly reached out her hand towards Baili Chenyuan.
"Brother Baili, use it as a flying magic tool."
Although he had never seen Baili Chenyuan take out any other magical artifacts, for some reason he was certain that Baili Chenyuan still had this one.
Baili Chenyuan glanced at him and was about to take it out when the little boy suddenly tugged at Tantai Yueming's sleeve.
"Uncle Tantai, Bao'er also has a spirit boat, Bao'er will lend it to you."
Upon hearing this, Tantai Yueming's eyes lit up. The little guy had quite a few treasures on him, all of which Lin Jiujiu had prepared for him.
Although he felt it wasn't right to lie to children, Tantai Yueming was still tempted, and just as he was about to nod, he agreed.
Lin Jiujiu had already thrown a small spirit boat out.
She glared at Tantai Yueming with annoyance.
"If you don't save them now, you should go fish your fellow disciples out of the sea."
Tantai Yueming looked at the other, rather old, spirit boat that Lin Jiujiu had placed outside, and the corner of her lips twitched involuntarily.
He thought to himself, "This woman is really stingy. She just wants to see what good things the little guy has. She's not really trying to cheat him out of his treasure. Does she have to be so wary of him?"
Lin Jiujiu knew exactly what he was thinking, so she rolled her eyes at him and ignored him.
Ning Yi, however, looked at the silly little boy who had almost been fooled by Tantai Yueming and pulled him aside to whisper something to him.
Seeing the two, one big and one small, whispering to each other, Lin Jiujiu simply smiled and said nothing.
The little guy is naturally kind and innocent, which is not a bad thing, but his tendency to be too soft-hearted is a bit worrying for him.
Since Ning Yi was willing to help her teach, Lin Jiujiu was naturally happy to do so as well.
Only Tantai Yueming, watching the spirit boat that Lin Jiujiu had released, which was comparable to the one that had been smashed to pieces, twitched even more violently at the corner of his eye.
Lin Jiujiu clearly has countless good things, but he has no idea where she found this piece of junk.
It's better to have something than nothing. We can't just watch all our fellow disciples die like dumplings in a pot and then have to search for them in the sea.
It was a while later, after he had brought everyone onto the spirit boat and settled them in, that he finally managed to get them all on board.
To prevent Tantai Haoze from being affected by external factors during his Foundation Establishment breakthrough, Lin Jiujiu had already sent Baili Chenyuan to watch over him.
Now, only Lin Jiujiu is leisurely drinking tea on the deck of the spirit boat, while Ning Yi and Xiaodouding have disappeared.
When Tantai Yueming returned, she brought someone with her.
It was clearly the same elder from before.
The elder immediately thanked Lin Jiujiu upon seeing her.
"Many fellow Daoists have donated precious artifacts."
Lin Jiujiu raised an eyebrow and looked at Tantai Yueming, who was awkwardly wiping his nose.
She glared at him irritably.
She had already guessed that Tantai Yueming would pull this trick on her, which was why she didn't let the little boy take out his flying artifact.
Knowing that he was just making a fuss over nothing, Lin Jiujiu didn't intend to argue with him.
But that doesn't mean she enjoys being schemed against.
"Fellow Daoist, you're too kind. If you should thank someone, it should be Fellow Daoist Tantai. He exchanged this spirit for 20,000 high-grade spirit stones from me."
Otherwise, since we are complete strangers, there's no reason for me to present such a generous gift upon our first meeting, is there?"
Tantai Yueming, relying on her pride, deliberately claimed that the spirit boat she lent them was a gift. In that case, she would have to come over and say that Tantai Yueming had asked her to buy it. She didn't believe that this guy would be so shameless as to say no in front of his fellow disciples.
It's just anti-kidnapping, she can do that too.
Tantai Yueming's face turned pale when he heard her words.
She knew Lin Jiujiu wouldn't fall for the trap, but she didn't expect her to set a trap for her instead. What a lousy spirit boat, daring to ask for 20,000 high-grade spirit stones.
It is important to know that one hundred low-grade spirit stones can be exchanged for one mid-grade spirit stone, and one hundred mid-grade spirit stones can be exchanged for one high-grade spirit stone.
That translates to 200 million high-grade spirit stones.
You should know that in all these years, the cultivation world has only accumulated one million low-grade spirit stones, but even so, they are already among the richest people in their Spirit Sword Sect.
He just spoke recklessly for a moment, and now he's incurred a debt of 200 million yuan for himself.
Tantai Yueming felt like vomiting blood for a moment.
Lin Jiujiu didn't care what he thought, and accepted Elder Lingjian's thanks with a smile before seeing him off.
Turning around, he saw Tantai Yueming looking at him with an ugly expression.
Lin Jiujiu ignored him completely, took out paper and pen, quickly wrote an IOU and threw it in front of Tantai Yueming.
It clearly stated on the document that it contained two hundred million low-grade spirit stones, plus one percent interest.
Tantai Yueming gritted her teeth as she looked at the IOU.
"A shrewd businessman."
Lin Jiujiu didn't take his words seriously.
Instead, he laughed.
"How can this be considered a dishonest business? I just wanted to teach you a lesson."
Before scheming against others, you should first consider your own capabilities, lest you end up losing more than you gain.
Tantai Yueming's face turned green then white, then white then green again. In the end, unable to find any rebuttal, he simply pointed to the one-cent interest on the plate.
"Isn't this too high? Given our relationship, shouldn't we just waive the interest?"
He's already lost a lot of money buying a broken spirit boat for 20,000 high-grade spirit stones. Now he has to pay such high interest. It would be better to just make him sell himself into servitude.
Lin Jiujiu smiled but did not nod.
Instead, she looked at him meaningfully and said...
"Don't worry, from now on, if you do things for me, the payment will be less than the interest."
It would have been better if she hadn't said that; her words only made Tantai Yueming feel even more like she had fallen into someone's trap.
But he was the one who started this scheme, and the other party was just playing along, so he can't really blame anyone else.
Thinking this, Tantai Yueming sat down alone and started to get angry.
Lin Jiujiu ignored him and instead made a hand seal, openly eavesdropping on the conversation outside.
From their conversation, she came to understand something.
The sea they are currently in is also called the Azure Sea in the cultivation world, and there is a secret realm in the Azure Sea that opens once every thirty years.
When it opens, only cultivators below the Foundation Establishment stage are allowed to enter.
The Azure Orchid Secret Realm contains many rare and precious materials suitable for cultivators below the Golden Core stage.
Therefore, every time the Canglan Secret Realm opens, various sects will select some outstanding disciples below the Golden Core stage to enter the secret realm for trials, while also searching for rare and precious materials for their sects.
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