"Really?!" Liu Changhai's first reaction upon hearing this news was disbelief. He thought he must have misheard. He had searched the entire continent for the most famous alchemists for his youngest daughter, but no one could help him. Even Lin Pinggu, the Alchemist God with the Nascent Soul cultivation, was helpless. Could such a young girl in the Golden Core stage really cure Li'er?
Shi Xuan nodded, staring at Liu Changhai, and said, "The treatment will be done in several sessions. She will be in some pain during the first two sessions, and I'm worried that your family won't be able to bear seeing her suffer."
The group of people exchanged glances; they were also quite conflicted.
They found it difficult to trust Shi Xuan, but they hoped for this one, because she said she could cure him!
Liu Changhai thought that a Golden Core cultivator wouldn't dare to harm a seriously ill girl in their home territory, especially with their menacing and aggressive demeanor.
Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's treat it!"
Liu Tai, standing to the side, added with obvious concern, "If you cause any harm to my little sister, we won't let you off the hook!"
That's extremely impolite; you wouldn't even speak to a quack doctor in the countryside like that.
Shi Xuan stood up abruptly. She had already given them enough face; being too nice would only make them take advantage of her.
Her expression turned cold as she looked at the willow altar that had brought her, and said, "Heh, I can't possibly serve someone like this. You'd better find someone else. A mere 23,000 high-grade spirit stones? You think that's too much to buy your life?! May I ask how you usually invite others to come and see for themselves?!"
After she finished speaking, she threw the bag of spirit stones that Liu Tan had given her onto the table like trash, and turned to walk out the door.
They certainly weren't like this when they invited others, especially when they invited the Alchemist Lin Pinggu. They treated him like royalty, spending countless spirit stones, but in the end, he wasn't cured, and they didn't dare utter a single word.
However, they underestimated this little girl when she first came with Liu Tan.
Liu Tan hurriedly chased after him, pleading, "Master! Master, please don't go! My family members are just worried and confused. Master, please be magnanimous and don't take it to heart!"
“I’m not magnanimous. I’m narrow-minded and not broad-minded. If I’m not feeling well, I can’t work. Aren’t you afraid that I might have some evil thoughts when I treat your sister?”
When she arrived, no one believed she was capable. Now that she's giving up and leaving, everyone suddenly panicked.
Liu Changhai patted Liu Tai on the head, and his attitude toward Shi Xuan also changed: "Don't listen to his nonsense. When a master comes, he is our honored guest. My eldest son has never been very bright since he was a child. Please don't mind him, Master."
People with poor brains have all reached the Nascent Soul stage? If she believed that, then she's the one with poor brains.
Shi Xuan remained unmoved: "I mind."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Liu Tan and said, "I have returned the spirit stones you auctioned. Consider this trip a waste of time. From now on, your Liu family should not participate in my auctions anymore. Farewell."
Shi Xuan brushed past Liu Tan's shoulder and walked out.
Liu Tan was extremely anxious. He had gone to great lengths to invite the master, only to have him driven away by these incompetent teammates!
He stamped his foot and shouted, "Father! If you miss this opportunity, you'll regret it for the rest of your life!"
Liu Changhai suddenly realized the truth. He had dismissed Shi Xuan's abilities based on his first impression and held her in contempt. But what if Shi Xuan really could cure him? She had just said she could!
If they really let this person go this time, their only sliver of hope will be gone!
"Master, wait!" Liu Changhai hurriedly rushed out the door and stopped Shi Xuan, who had already entered the courtyard.
"Master, it was our fault. I, Liu, apologize to you!" He even changed his form of address. For a patriarch at the Nascent Soul stage to treat a Golden Core cultivator with such deference shows how anxious he was.
Shi Xuan stopped in his tracks, looked at him, and asked, "Patriarch Liu, are you sure you want me to treat Liu Li?"
"Confirmed!" Liu Changhai said through gritted teeth.
Just as Liu Tan said, if we don't try this time, I'm afraid Li'er won't live much longer.
Shi Xuan lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, then raised his eyes and said, "I have already returned the spirit stones to you. If you still want treatment, the price will have to change."
"No problem!" Liu Changhai replied immediately. He would accept double the amount of spirit stones as long as his youngest daughter could be cured!
"I don't want spirit stones this time."
"Master, just name whatever you want, as long as we have it!" Liu Changhai was now filled with regret. If only he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have done it in the first place.
Shi Xuan said, "There is a Soul Gathering Stone in your daughter's room. I want that stone."
Liu Changhai was stunned for a moment when he heard her request. The Soul-Gathering Stone was hidden behind his daughter's bed curtains; he hadn't expected Shi Xuan to be able to detect it. Was this the master's ability?
But this Soul Gathering Stone was something he left for his daughter to gather vital energy, fearing that her soul would leave her body. Now that Shi Xuan wanted this... he hesitated for a moment.
Shi Xuan couldn't sense where the Soul Gathering Stone was; it was Lu Shenzhi who detected its aura. Perhaps only those who appear in a soul form can sense the Soul Gathering Stone.
Seeing Liu Changhai's doubts, Shi Xuan added, "I will first treat your daughter's dantian. If she recovers, she will naturally no longer need that soul-gathering stone. If she doesn't recover, I won't take yours."
"Excellent!" Liu Changhai was overjoyed. It was good that Shi Xuan wanted the Soul Gathering Stone. Her certainty that she wouldn't want anything if she couldn't cure her daughter showed that she was absolutely certain of healing her. How could Liu Changhai not be ecstatic?
Seeing that he had agreed, Shi Xuan followed him back to Liu Li's room.
As they walked, he kept muttering to Lu Shenzhi, "See? I endured so much humiliation for your Soul Gathering Stone, and I didn't even accept three times the amount of spirit stones. Now that I've got this Soul Gathering Stone, you owe me another 80,000 high-grade spirit stones!"
"Eighty thousand?" Lu Shenzhi was shocked. Just now, wasn't the spot that Liu Tan won 23,000 high-grade spirit stones? How did it become 80,000 for him?
“Yes,” Shi Xuan replied confidently, “It started at 23,000, but I went to his door to provide this stone and even got treated badly! You saw Liu Changhai’s attitude just now. Back then, let alone 80,000, even if I asked for 100,000 high-grade spirit stones, he would have given it to me immediately, believe it or not!”
Lu Shenzhi fell silent. Judging from the situation just now, it was indeed as Shi Xuan said, but how could Liu Changhai's emotions be attributed to him?!
Seeing Shi Xuan's expression, Lu Shenzhi chose to remain silent. He knew that no matter how hard he tried, it wouldn't lessen the debt. How much did he owe now? It seemed like a million. Didn't he initially say he would be her bodyguard to pay it off? When did it become a debt? And it was getting bigger and bigger!
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