Chapter 71: One Step Ahead
As soon as Mu Chen and Ye Shi moved out of the guild, Xie Qiong got the news.
"Did you have a conflict with Muchen?" Xie Qiong looked at Xie Danyan with a gloomy face and asked in a bad tone.
Xie Danyan nodded and said a little aggrievedly: "Yes!"
Xie Qiong sighed helplessly and said with a hint of reproach: "Didn't I tell you? Mu Chen has excellent talent and is a rare genius. He is likely to soar to great heights in the future. Why are you clashing with him?"
Xie Danyan rolled her eyes and said indignantly, "Grandpa, you were deceived by Mu Chen. He is just an uneducated liar. He is not a genius at all, not even a talent."
"You said he was a liar?" Xie Qiong asked with a frown.
Xie Danyan nodded and said confidently, "Yes! Grandpa, I've found out everything about Muchen. Before he was twelve, he was always fooling around, flirting with women, cockfighting, and riding horses. He did everything except work. A year ago, he suddenly became ambitious and became a first-level alchemist. Then, I don't know if it was just luck, but three months ago, he was certified as a second-level alchemist. He has only been in contact with potions for a short time, and his foundation is very weak. He can't answer the difficult questions our guild has. He must have cheated."
Xie Qiong frowned, secretly thinking: Could it be that what Xie Danyan said is true? Mu Chen's previous decision not to take a share and directly buy out the company seems to prove this point...
"Forget it, let Mu Chen move out." Mu Chen said lightly. There are many geniuses in this world, but few can grow up. Xie Danyan is Xie Qiong's proud granddaughter, and Mu Chen is at best an outsider who is a little smart. Compared with the two, Xie Danyan is naturally more important.
"That's right, grandpa. If people knew that you value a liar so much, they would laugh at you." Xie Danyan curled her lips.
Xie Qiong exhaled and said, "Alright, stop talking."
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"Mu Chen, you have so many gems now, what do you want to do?" Ye Shi asked with interest, tilting his head.
Mu Chen raised his hand as a matter of course and said, "Let's change to a space ring first. This one is a bit small."
Ye Shi couldn't help but frown and said, "What a waste! This can still be used..."
Mu Chen said disapprovingly, "How could that be? This is a necessary investment. When we're out in the wild, our rings aren't big enough to hold a lot of things, so we wasted a lot."
Ye Shi lowered his head and thought to himself: Although a lot of things were wasted, those things are all money-losing goods.
"Let's go. After I buy a bigger ring, I'll leave this one on your hand to you." Mu Chen said, holding Ye Shi's hand.
When Ye Shi heard Mu Chen's words, he couldn't help but feel pleasantly surprised. "Really? Mu Chen, you're so kind."
Prices in the imperial capital are high, but not all prices are expensive. For example, space rings are rare in Mo City and difficult to buy, but they are common in the imperial capital. Any larger store sells them. Mu Chen spent 100,000 yuan stones to buy a space ring with a space of six cubic meters. The price is twice as much as the original one, and the space is five times larger.
After buying the space ring, Mu Chen also bought a lot of spiritual herbs. Some time ago, in order to hurry on his way, Mu Chen had not made pills for a long time. Now that he had some free time, Mu Chen planned to practice again to prevent his skills from becoming rusty.
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"Yingyue Shop." Ye Shi stopped in front of a shop, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.
Mu Chen looked at Ye Shi and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Ye Shi frowned and said, "Nothing, I just feel that there is something inside that attracts me."
Mu Chen's mind was working rapidly. In the book, Ye Shi once saw an inconspicuous ink stone in a store. Zhuang Yu was there at the time. When he saw the ink stone, he also liked it. They both said they wanted to buy it almost at the same time, and a conflict broke out immediately. Zhuang Yu's combat power alone might not be that great, but at that time, he was accompanied by the righteous attacker Lu Yao.
Lu Yao helped Zhuang Yu and Ye Shi to quarrel. Ye Shi was naturally no match for the two protagonists. The shop owner came out to mediate and arranged for the highest bidder to win. Lu Yao was rich and powerful, so Ye Shi was quickly suppressed.
It was later proved that the ink stone was actually the weathered demon core of a level five demon beast. What was rare was that after a long period of time, most of the energy in the demon core had been lost, but the remaining energy had become extremely mild and very easy to absorb. Zhuang Yu and Lu Yao took turns using the demon core, and their strength increased significantly.
"Then go in and take a look. Buy whatever you like. We are not short of Yuanshi now." Mu Chen said lightly.
Ye Shi nodded and said, "Okay."
Mu Chen and Ye Shi walked into the shop. As Mu Chen expected, Ye Shi really took a fancy to a piece of black inkstone. "This is it! 30,000 yuan worth of stone. It's really expensive!"
"It's not expensive, only 30,000 yuan per piece." Mu Chen bought the three pieces of inkstone without saying a word. In fact, Ye Shi only liked one of them, but Mu Chen was afraid of accidents and bought all three pieces of inkstone to cover up his tracks.
Seeing Mu Chen's lavish appearance, Ye Shi couldn't help but feel uneasy. "Mu Chen, is this okay? I might be mistaken. I don't even know what this inkstone is used for."
Mu Chen smiled and said, "It's okay." For the sake of a Level 5 demon beast's demon core, it was worth taking a risk. A Level 5 demon beast was equivalent to a Martial King-level expert! There were only a few Martial King-level experts in the Xuanfeng Empire. The true value of this item was no less than several million Yuanshi.
"Master Mu, this is yours." The store manager handed the inkstone to Mu Chen.
As soon as Mu Chen handed over the items, a familiar sound of footsteps came from his feet.
"Mu Chen, what did you buy?" Zhuang Yu's voice came from behind.
Muchen secretly rejoiced. Originally, even though the goods in the store were clearly priced, there was still room for bargaining. However, fearing that Zhuang Yu would suddenly appear, Muchen acted like a nouveau riche. Now it was proved that his choice was indeed right.
"Nothing?" Mu Chen wanted to put the ink stone away, but Zhuang Yu still saw the things in the box.
"Hey, what beautiful ink stones! Brother Muchen, can you give me the ink stone in the middle?" Zhuang Yu said softly.
Zhuang Yu opened his eyes wide and looked at Mu Chen with anticipation. He didn't know what was wrong with him, but he wanted the ink stone so much as soon as he saw it.
Mu Chen frowned and said, "No, I spent a lot of money to buy this thing, I can't give it to you."
Zhuang Yu looked at Muchen with some grievance, "Brother Muchen, what's wrong with you? You said before that you could give me anything, but now I ask you for a stone and you won't give it to me."
Mu Chen threw the things into the space ring and said unmovedly: "It won't work anyway."
Zhuang Yu looked at Mu Chen with tears in her eyes, and Mu Chen got goose bumps all over his body when he was stared at by Zhuang Yu.
"Mu Chen, let's go." Ye Shi said, holding Mu Chen's hand.
Lan Ruofeng stopped Mu Chen, "Mu Chen, after all, you once deeply loved Zhuang Yu. Is it really okay for you to do this?"
Mu Chen gritted his teeth and said, "That's all in the past. I have nothing to do with him now."
"Mu Chen, true love doesn't have to be obtained. True love is when you just look at the person you like and feel happy. You hold a grudge against Zhuang Yu just because he doesn't like you. This is not true love." Lan Ruofeng said earnestly.
Mu Chen raised his eyes and said impatiently, "Master Lan, you are right. You are absolutely right. The facts prove that I don't have true feelings for him."
"How could you do this?" Lan Ruofeng stared at Mu Chen with dissatisfaction.
Mu Chen said nonchalantly, "That's just how I am."
"You...how can you be so rude!" Xie Worried, who was originally standing aside watching the show, saw Mu Chen's unfriendly attitude towards Lan Ruofeng and interrupted with dissatisfaction.
Mu Chen was too lazy to argue with them anymore, so he just left without saying anything.
Xie Danyan looked at Mu Chen's receding figure, frowning in disdain. "He's already moved out of our guild. I guess he realized his true abilities have been exposed and he's too embarrassed to stay in our guild. Grandpa actually fell for such an incompetent and ungentlemanly person. It's really... baffling."
Lan Ruofeng looked at Muchen's back, thoughtfully. He had stopped Muchen before not simply to stand up for Zhuang Yu.
Zhuang Yu was born with a keen eye and could sense many treasures that looked ordinary but were actually very precious. Zhuang Yu himself was actually not quite aware that he had such an ability. Under Zhuang Yu's guidance, Lan Ruofeng bought several very useful things.
Lan Ruofeng clenched his fists, and once again felt that something very useful had been snatched away by Muchen. If the imperial capital had not been heavily guarded, the Lan family's influence in the imperial capital would have been very weak. Lan Ruofeng would have wanted to find the elders of the family to rob Muchen.
Zhuang Yu looked at Mu Chen's back and felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.
Zhuang Yu lowered her head with a look of resentment, "Why is Ye Shi always like this? He always wants to snatch things from me."
Lan Ruofeng comforted her, "Okay, Ayu, don't be sad. It's just a piece of stone."
Xie Danyan frowned as she watched from the side. Zhuang Yu was really weird. It was obviously Muchen who was unwilling to give the stone to him, but he pushed the matter onto Ye Shitou. Lan Ruofeng was also puzzled. He was usually a smart man, but when it came to Zhuang Yu's affairs, he always acted ridiculously. Zhuang Yu was really a vixen.
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