Chapter 147 Eastern Region 10 Early the next morning, the rest of Jinling City…
The next morning, the others from Jinling City were still excited about their arrival in Buzhou Immortal Realm. After reporting to the leader, Qingyuan Swordsman, they went out to play in groups.
Qingyuan Sword Master was not good at handling routine affairs either; the reporting matters were actually handled by Xie Jiaoyue.
She glanced at the destinations of each group and saw that they were mostly going to visit elders to give instructions on their visits, or to bookstores, auction houses, and other very active places. She felt that Jinling City was truly inspiring this year.
The names of Jin Wan and others did not appear, yet these people were already standing expectantly in front of her, like stray dogs that had finally found their owner, waiting for a response.
Xie Jiaoyue had a bit of a headache: "Don't any of you have anything you want to do? This is the Buzhou Immortal Realm, and this is the first time for everyone here. Don't you want to explore it yourselves?"
Xie Jiaoyue pointed at Xie Lingliu: "Weren't you planning to find a rich husband? I'm not a rich husband, so what are you doing following me?"
Xie Lingliu giggled charmingly: "Sister Jiaoyue, with my cultivation level, how could I possibly tell whether those young men are truly talented or not? It's more likely that I'll meet talented men if I stay by your side."
Xie Jiaoyue then looked at Pianxian: "And what about you?"
As for the others, it's one thing, but she wasn't even that familiar with Pianxian. Strictly speaking, Pianxian wasn't even from Jinling City, so how did she end up here?
Pianxian wanted to rub against Xie Jiaoyue, but there were too many people around Xie Jiaoyue, and she couldn't squeeze through. So she could only rub against the two female cultivators next to her: "Lingliu can teach me to distinguish men, and Xiuying can teach me alchemy. But those people in Yicheng often talk about how I was once Gongshi Yu's concubine's furnace, and they look at me with strange eyes. I don't want to be with them."
Xie Jiaoyue didn't have much to say, she just felt that there were so many people around her that it made her dizzy.
Gongshi Moyu thought so too. He thought that once they arrived in Buzhou Immortal Realm, these people would have some life of their own and wouldn't always be following Xie Jiaoyue around. Unexpectedly, not only did all of their original little followers remain, but there were even more of them.
Didn't Xin Xiuying always avoid him before? Why doesn't Feng Qianqian want to go find Chu Xingjin? Isn't Jin Wan the most fond of playing around?
Don't ask, it will only make you sad. He's bad with words and he's going to lose the competition for affection.
Besides relying on his cultivation level to firmly occupy the closest position to Xie Jiaoyue, Gongshi Moyu had no other choice.
“Alright, Qingyuan Sword Master just gave me a general introduction to the Buzhou Immortal Realm. I’ll take you around today.” Although the current economic crisis has not yet been resolved, there’s no rush. Xie Jiaoyue felt that since they had just arrived, everyone should take a break.
So, a group of people followed Xie Jiaoyue down the stairs. Xie Jiaoyue was in the center, surrounded by a circle of people, making it look like a princess on a royal procession.
If the clothing were more luxurious, it would look even more like it.
Xie Jiaoyue thought today would be a peaceful and stable day, but before she could even step out of the inn, she was stopped by the waiter once again.
"Hey you, the female cultivator in the middle of that group, don't go yet, wait a minute." The waiter had been watching the customers coming and going all morning, afraid of missing his target. Little did he expect that his target was hidden in a crowd, and he almost got away with it.
If Xie Jiaoyue really gets away with it, he'll get a severe scolding from the shopkeeper.
The waiter resumed his arrogant demeanor, flipped through the ledger, pointed to the name on it, and said, "Xie Jiaoyue, right? Although you paid for six days' room, there are many people in Buzhou Immortal Realm recently, and some customers are willing to bid more spirit stones to compete with you. We're in business, and we can't refuse wealthier customers, can we?"
Xie Jiaoyue frowned upon hearing this: "What do you mean? We've already paid the spirit stones, but you're planning to kick us out? Don't you know that the Heaven and Earth Bureau doesn't allow arbitrary price increases during the All-Region Competition?"
The waiter clicked his tongue twice: "How can you talk like that? We haven't raised prices. Go outside and look, the prices on our signs haven't changed! But people are willing to pay more spirit stones to stay here, are we supposed to refuse?"
The waiter adopted the demeanor of a shrewd merchant: "We won't rip you off. We'll allow you to stay one more day, and we won't pocket the remaining room fee. We'll refund it all to you, plus an extra 10%. It's a win-win situation for everyone."
Jin Wan, the most hot-tempered and slow-witted of them all, finally understood. He glared angrily, "This isn't an auction house! We've already agreed on a price and paid the spirit stones, and now you want to break the contract! You're all unscrupulous merchants! You're nothing but unscrupulous merchants!"
The waiter pulled a feather duster from under the table and began shaking off the dust from Jin Wan's face: "Speak properly! Who are you calling a swindler? With the regional competition underway, everyone in the inn has to work overtime to serve you outsiders. Shouldn't we give them extra spirit stones? Isn't the inn's damage higher than usual? We didn't raise prices on our own initiative. They offered us spirit stones, so how could we refuse? There's no such thing as doing business like this!"
Jin Wan snatched the feather duster and snapped it in two with a snap: "There are no merchants in the world as cunning as you!"
Seeing that Jin Wan had already rolled up his sleeves, Xie Jiaoyue immediately stopped him and, together with the others around her, dragged the husky out of the inn, straight through the alley, and out of the waiter's sight.
Xie Jiaoyue had no money, but everyone present was from a prominent family, and the others still had pocket money. Xie Jiaoyue casually found a teahouse by the roadside, pressed Jin Wan down into a chair, and Xin Xiuying arranged for the shopkeeper to bring some tea.
It was just a few bowls of tea. Xin Xiuying originally thought it would be very cheap, but when the shopkeeper mentioned the price, she was stunned for a moment. Then she hurriedly took out her spirit stone bag and added some more spirit stones.
During the regional competition, prices rose alarmingly.
Jin Wan was still yelling, "Sister Jiaoyue, why are you stopping me! I'm going to have to settle things with that waiter today!"
Xie Jiaoyue tapped Jin Wan on the head: "What do you want to do? Do you want to beat someone up on the territory of the Heaven and Earth Division? Don't even mention that Director Baili isn't here. Even if he were here, he couldn't protect you."
Jin Wan was so angry that she ran around the small tea shop three times, almost knocking over the large bowl of tea that the shopkeeper brought over, before finally sitting back down on the bench.
"Sister Jiaoyue, what do we do now?"
Xie Jiaoyue flipped through the messages on the Spirit Compass. Director Baili had said that the spirit stones would arrive in a few more days. Originally, there was no problem with the time, but now they were clearly short of spirit stones.
Xin Xiuying and Feng Qianqian exchanged a glance, and Xin Xiuying spoke on their behalf: "Otherwise, if the few of us pool our resources, we can probably get through these few days. If it really doesn't work, we can call everyone together. Our families should have given us spirit stones, so we should be able to hold out until Director Baili arrives."
As Xin Xiuying spoke, she stared at the expensive large bowl of tea in front of her, her tone somewhat hesitant.
That should be enough, right?
Although Xie Jiaoyue didn't like this approach, it was indeed a method.
If things really get too bad, we can only try to hold on.
Suddenly, her psychic mirror lit up.
Director Baili sent a message.
"Jiaoyue, the person I sent to deliver spirit stones to you has discovered that another barrier has become loose. He's keeping an eye on it, and I'll be going to deal with it soon. Can you hold on for a few more days?"
Xie Jiaoyue's face immediately darkened.
How come I never noticed before that Director Baili was so unreliable?!
Xie Jiaoyue sighed, "Alright, let's split up and check the prices at other inns first."
Before leaving, she drank the large bowl of tea in front of her in one gulp.
This cost spirit stones.
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