"How can the Tu and Wei families act in this way!" Liu Changhai angrily rebuked. "They don't even have the most basic integrity! How can they stand on their own two feet!"
Shi Xuan didn't want to get involved in the Liu family's affairs, but after just a few words, she understood what crisis the Liu family was facing. Sure enough, she was right. The Tu family was no good for producing a disciple like Tu Ye.
The disciple continued, "The Tu family steward said that they have found better alternative materials and want us to sell them to them at 10% of the price. Otherwise, they will not accept our two spiritual plants."
Fufeng and Blue Sea Hemp are not common materials on the market. Only a few pills can use these two spiritual plants. So if the Tu and Wei families who ordered them don't want them, this batch of goods will be stuck in their hands. Then the Liu family will have no income this year and may even lose a lot!
"I won't sell!" Liu Changhai roared. "This is clearly taking advantage of our misfortune! Even if these spiritual plants rot in our hands, we won't sell them to them!"
“But…” The disciple hesitated. This batch of goods was huge. If they were sold, even at a 10% discount, they could recover some of the cost. But if they were just thrown away, they would lose everything.
Blue Ocean Hemp and Fufeng? Shi Xuan thought to himself, these two ingredients are not commonly used in pills, and the dosage is really small. Even if they were released for retail, not many would be sold, and it would only make the market price order more chaotic.
"How are these two spiritual plants? Would you mind taking a look?" Shi Xuantian asked during their silence.
This was his daughter's savior. Even if he was upset at the moment, Liu Changhai could not show it. He patiently took out some Blue Sea Hemp and Fufeng and spread them out in front of Shi Xuan.
Shi Xuan nodded. Both of these spiritual plants were grown very well. Compared to other spiritual plants of the same level, their spiritual energy was exceptionally abundant, which showed that the Liu family's planting techniques were indeed superb.
"Since Patriarch Liu's contract has been broken, I'll accept these two spiritual plants," Shi Xuan said calmly.
"Absolutely not!" Liu Changhai said, "Such a massive quantity is completely useless to you, Master. Even the Tu and Wei families had to join forces to absorb such a large amount..."
It was obvious that the master was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see their miserable state, so he wanted to help them, but they couldn't do something so unethical.
Shi Xuan ignored his refusal and asked again, "With such an unusual spiritual plant, why are the Tu and Wei families ordering such a large quantity? Didn't you notice anything amiss?"
Liu Changhai sighed: "This is indeed not right. These two kinds of spiritual plants were the least cultivated by our family before, but those two families said they had a new pill formula that required these two, and there had never been any problems with their previous cooperation, so we believed them."
Don't they have even this much sense of caution? It's not easy for the Liu family to have survived to this day.
However, from another perspective, it also illustrates the kind and honest nature of the Liu family.
“Sell it to me, I have a use for it,” Shi Xuan said.
For Liu Changhai, he certainly wanted someone to take over this business, but that person shouldn't be Shi Xuan.
Upon hearing Shi Xuan say that she was useful, Liu Changhai asked with some skepticism, "May I ask what her function is, Master?"
Maybe it's just a pretense that it's useful; they really have to help them out.
It must be said that he has a very rich imagination.
Shi Xuan said, "To feed my spirit pet."
These words left not only Liu Changhai but also the rest of the Liu family speechless.
What kind of spirit pet can eat so much food? It's no exaggeration to say that if it were piled up, it would be as high as a small mountain.
But seeing Shi Xuan's confident demeanor, they recalled their initial disdain for him and realized that perhaps their understanding was inadequate; others might genuinely possess spirit pets capable of consuming so many...
Liu Changhai gritted his teeth and said, "If the master is really useful, then let's sell this batch of spiritual plants to the master at one-tenth of the price. Anyway, they're useless to keep them. Rather than letting the Tu and Wei families benefit at one-tenth of the price, we might as well sell them to the master."
Shi Xuan shook his head and put the bag of spirit stones back on the table. That's enough.
Speaking of these spiritual plants, Shi Xuan roughly calculated that the total price of the two orders should be around 50,000 high-grade spirit stones. He had 23,000 spirit stones in his storage bag, so even if he bought them at a 50% discount, it was still quite reasonable.
Speaking of which, Red Hair, who loves to eat, hasn't had much to eat in a long time, so this mountain of spiritual plants is just right for him.
Liu Changhai was deeply moved. Master Xuan was indeed a man of good character. He probably saw that they were in trouble and couldn't bear to accept their spirit stones anymore, so he used another method to repay them.
Under normal circumstances, Liu Changhai would really like to decline, but now, having just paid for his daughter's medical treatment, and with the whole family needing to spend money on cultivation, even though the Liu family is strong, suddenly losing such a large sum of spirit stones is a bit of a problem.
“These are useless!” Liu Changhai said.
“Patriarch Liu, there’s no need to be so polite. There’s no need to sort these spirit stones. If there are any extra, you can add some of your other stockpiled spirit plants. I’ve already received my reward once.”
After some reverse bargaining, Shi Xuan exchanged the bag of spirit stones for Blue Sea Hemp and Fufeng, and also got two other bags of other stocked spirit plants.
After accepting the gifts, Shi Xuan asked, "The Tu family seems rather domineering. Are they the strongest among the cultivation families?"
Liu Changhai nodded: "The Tu family started out by gambling and has never lacked resources, attracting many high-level cultivators to serve as guest elders. But their own disciples don't have many with good aptitude."
So that's how it is. Casinos have always been a shady business, which explains why Tu Yecheng is so arrogant and domineering; he must have been used to being domineering at home.
"It seems the Tu family's casino is quite good. I'll go check it out sometime," Shi Xuan said.
"No!" Liu Changhai hurriedly stopped him: "Master, you must not go to the Tu Family Casino! As far as I know, almost every cultivator who goes there suffers greatly! Those who come out to boast about winning spirit stones at the Tu Family Casino are all their own people!"
The Tu family hired high-level cultivators to oversee the casino, so whatever they said went without question. No wonder she had heard of many cultivators losing everything in the casino, not only wiping out their accumulated wealth but also incurring huge debts.
In the cultivation world, cultivators who do not gamble rarely incur debts after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, except for her senior brother.
Of course, Shi Xuan did not actually intend to make Lu Shenzhi return the spirit stones, but Lu Shenzhi was unaware of this.
She spent her days seriously teasing Lu Shenzhi, making him believe it was real, and he was even calculating when he would be able to repay his junior sister's debt.
Once outside the Liu family's house, Lu Wenxing, who had been silent the whole time, finally spoke. His junior sister had told him not to talk in other people's homes, which had really made him hold back.
"Junior Sister, let's go to the casino and see what it's like!"
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