Chapter 13 A bright light in the dark night
"No." Chen Zhuozheng still refused.
"Dad! Okay, if you don't agree, I'll do it myself. I own some of the stores anyway."
Chen Wei was about to leave angrily.
Chen Zhuozheng was extremely helpless.
"Wait." Chen Wei didn't listen and continued walking, "If you want me to agree, just listen to what I have to say first."
Only then did Chen Wei stop and turn around, looking unhappy.
"What?"
"Have you told her about this? Hanging her shop's sign in our store means that her shop is tied to the Chen family."
"...No, but it's impossible for Sister Qiu Qian to refuse such a good thing!"
Some stores can't even be registered under the Chen family's name! He felt that Xu Qiuqian couldn't refuse such a good thing.
Chen Zhuozheng shook his head: "Have you forgotten what I told you? No matter what you do, you must think it through. It is better to not do it than to make a mistake. What if she doesn't want to?"
"This... shouldn't be the case." Seeing Chen Zhuozheng's disapproval, Chen Wei said reluctantly: "Okay, I understand. I will ask Sister Qiu Qian's wishes."
Chen Zhuo was seen spreading his hands: "Give it to me."
Chen Wei was confused: "What?"
"Give me the things from her store that you should have bought."
"No! I bought this!" Chen Wei quickly protected the storage bag.
"If you don't show me the goods sold in her store, how can I feel at ease to put her store's sign under the Chen family's name? If something goes wrong with the goods, who do you think others will turn to?"
When Chen Wei heard this, he agreed and had to reluctantly take out all the things he had bought.
Chen Zhuozheng took it and told his servants, "Call Uncle Ping over."
After a while, an old man who looked to be in his fifties or sixties came over.
"Uncle Ping, please check it out."
"yes."
Seeing this, Chen Wei couldn't help but ordered: "Don't break it, that was sold to me by Sister Qiu Qian, it's very precious, I still need it!"
"Alright, alright, if you have nothing to do, just go down and don't bother me." Chen Zhuozheng waved his hands with a headache on his face.
As soon as Chen Wei left, the expression on Chen Zhuozheng's face gradually faded.
A man walked out from the darkness. He was one of the guards who had just been sent by Chen Wei to promote Xu Qiuqian's store. Guard Fang was also the one with the highest cultivation level among the group.
"how?"
"There was suddenly a bell above her shop door."
"Bell?" Chen Zhuozheng frowned, "Is there anything unusual?"
"Yes, she called the bell the Three Soul Bell. She didn't say what the bell was used for, but every time someone passed by, the Three Soul Bell would ring, and those who heard the sound of the Three Soul Bell would feel their spirits clear. Making the spirits clear was only the smallest of its uses. The bell should be able to affect a person's three souls. It is an extremely powerful magical instrument. If used properly, the effect is extremely terrifying."
Chen Zhuo was thinking: "A small grocery store actually has such a treasure."
Then he came back to his senses and continued to ask: "What about the Netherworld Fire?"
Guard Fang then repeated the conversation between Xu Qiuqian and Chen Wei, as well as their expressions, word for word.
Chen Zhuo was listening, his expression becoming more and more solemn.
"Are you saying that the fire talisman with Nether Fire that she gave was intentional?"
Guard Fang nodded.
"Why?"
"This..." Guard Fang was also confused, "Maybe she really regards the young master as a friend?"
Chen Zhuozheng rolled his eyes.
"Where's your brain? You became friends the first time you met, and you gave Wei'er such a rare Netherworld Fire Talisman. Do you believe it?"
“…”
"You said that she learned that Wei'er was in danger and gave the Netherworld Fire Talisman to Wei'er out of kindness. That's more believable."
Guard Fang was confused: "But the Rotten Water Beast was startled by a cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining. It was purely accidental. How did she know about it in advance?"
Yes, how could the other party know about something that hadn't happened? Chen Zhuozheng thought: "Unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Heavenly secret." Chen Zhuozheng felt as if he had touched upon some extraordinary secret. Beads of sweat broke out on his forehead. He was shocked by his own guess, "Cannot disclose it." -Xu Qiuqian packed up the things sold to Chen Wei and gave them a friendly price of five thousand spirit stones.
The Shadow Moon Blade was still sold for three thousand spirit stones. Since the price had been set before, it would not be good to change it. The other two basic magic weapons were sold for one thousand spirit stones each, and the elixir was considered a gift. In the end, 500 points were obtained.
Xu Qiuqian didn't think too much and immediately exchanged a bottle of 200-point Zhilinglu for the boy.
After feeding, no changes were seen for the time being, so Xu Qiuqian didn't care too much.
Anyway, she has done everything she could and has a clear conscience.
The boy didn't wake up all day.
At night, Xu Qiuqian lay on the soft cloud bed, thinking that the Shouyang Arena would open in two days. Then she might go to the arena to advertise and see if she could attract some customers to her store...
“Bang, bang, bang!”
Someone is knocking on the door! "Ding-ling-ling-ling..." The Three Soul Bell also kept ringing.
But how could there be someone here in the middle of the night? Xu Qiuqian suddenly remembered what she had said to Yin Shican during the day. Why did the group of disciples from the Question Ji Sect come so impatiently that night? She hurried downstairs to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, a group of young boys and girls swarmed in.
Seeing that there was no one back there, Xu Qiuqian quickly closed the door, turned around and saw the state of the group of people, and took a breath.
"Why is this happening?"
Most of the people were unconscious, everyone had injuries and their clothes were stained with blood. Only Yin Shican and two other boys and a girl were still awake. However, their conditions did not look good either. They were just holding on. After entering the store, they could no longer hold on and fainted. The only one left was Yin Shican, who was the most seriously injured but still conscious.
"It was my fault that I didn't stop them." Yin Shican looked guilty.
"What's going on?"
"At night, Junior Brother and his friends wanted to go to Hong'an Street. I stopped a few of them, but I couldn't stop everyone. Most of them followed Junior Brother to Hong'an Street. I had no choice but to follow them.
After entering, thanks to the reminder from my senior, I brought many pills and talismans to calm my mind, so there were no problems at first, I just felt a little stuffy, and then the dark yellow gas became more and more, I thought it was not too late to leave now, who knew that Junior Sister Ding suddenly swung her sword and stabbed Junior Sister Liu..."
Afterwards, the disciples of Wen Ji Zong began to kill each other.
Yin Shican was always careful, trying not to inhale too much gas, and she kept reciting the Qingxin Jue, so she was least affected.
The other three junior brothers and sisters who came with her after being persuaded by her, although not as affected as the others, also began to be affected. She was alone and could not take care of them all.
She was extremely desperate at the time and thought she was going to die here with her fellow junior brothers and sisters.
Unexpectedly, when she looked up, she saw a store with its lights on, like a bright light in the darkness, guiding her towards the path of life.
(End of this chapter)
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