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Chapter 16: "Isn't she a performer?"
Chapter 16: "Isn't she a performer?"
"Yeah."
Chen Qiu nodded and, while Fat Dragon stood there in a daze, quickly changed into her clothes. She tightened her waist with a cloth strip, making her outfit fit better. Only then did she casually say, "I've almost spent all my spirit stones. I only have three left."
"If you spent all your spirit stones, you might have even broken through to the eighth layer of the Qi Condensation Stage."
"What's so surprising about that?"
"That's more than thirty spirit stones!" Fat Dragon couldn't help but wince. "Brother Chen Qiu, didn't you struggle with the decision before spending them? You spent them so decisively. You should have hesitated for a while!"
"Hesitate?"
Chen Qiu finished packing her clothes and only then walked over to the red table. She poured herself a cup of cooling tea and drank it in one go. Still not satisfied, she brought the spout of the teapot to her mouth and drank the entire pot. Only then did she wipe her mouth contentedly and set the teapot aside.
"The Huang Family has already sent people to block the city gates. If you hesitate now, do you plan to let your spirit stones accompany you to the grave?"
"Let's not talk about that. You said something big happened. What is it?"
"Hmm!"
Fat Dragon took a deep breath as he spoke about this matter. He also sat down at the red table, dipped his finger in the teapot, and wrote on the table with the wet finger, "The Huang Family is quite famous in Fufeng City."
"Their family business is mining."
"The family head is a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator at the sixth layer. This time, they've sent the Seventh Elder to seek revenge. He's at the eighth layer of the Qi Condensation Stage and has brought six or seven thugs at the fifth and sixth layers of the Qi Condensation Stage."
"They've publicly declared that they will kill us to avenge the Huang Family's young master."
"But according to the inside information I've obtained, this Eighth-Layer Qi Condensation Stage Seventh Elder won't take action to kill us right away. The Huang Family's main goal this time is to use us to get rid of these six or seven thugs."
"These thugs joined the Huang Family some time ago, but they've spent all their monthly allowance on their families. They refuse to spend any on cultivation, and after so many years, their strength hasn't improved. They've aged, and their physical condition is much worse than before. Their combat power is far less than when they were younger."
"This means that although the Huang Family gives them the monthly allowance for a sixth-layer Qi Condensation Stage cultivator, these thugs can't provide the strength of a sixth-layer cultivator."
"But it's not easy to expel them directly. After all, these people have dedicated half their lives to the Huang Family. If they are all expelled, it will demoralize many others in the family. So, the Huang Family plans to take this opportunity to have them all die in our hands, and then the Seventh Elder will return with our heads."
"The Huang Family won't provide any compensation."
Fat Dragon took another deep breath before continuing, "At the same time, I also learned a shocking secret. The Huang Family actually doesn't want to come for revenge because they are at a critical moment!"
"One of the Huang Family's mines is about to reveal a great opportunity."
"It's said to be a random Heavenly Principle Entry."
"One of the main reasons the Huang Family insists on coming for revenge is that if they don't take action, they will easily be suspected. So, they had to come to Ask Heaven Market. The thugs they brought are the weakest in the Huang Family, serving a dual purpose!"
"Additionally, the Huang Family sent people here for another reason. Ask Heaven Market is the largest market within a hundred li in this area and the strongest power near Fufeng City. By coming to seek revenge, they've hired many people to monitor the city gates, using this opportunity to observe if Ask Heaven Market knows about this news."
"After all, the leader of Ask Heaven Market is at the Golden Core Period. If he wants this Heavenly Principle Entry, the Huang Family would have no choice but to let him have it."
"But—"
Fat Dragon paused, his expression turning serious. "In fact, many other powers have already secretly received the news and sent people to Fufeng City. Remember the opera troupe that came from the Imperial Capital last night?"
"That's the Performer who refused to sell her body for three Spirit Stones, even to a big shot from the Imperial Capital."
"She's from the Flower Offering Sect."
"A large crowd gathered at the east gate of Fufeng City, causing chaos. Even the Huang Family didn't realize that many had secretly entered the city. The sudden opening of the Celestial Path Secret Realm near Fufeng City last night wasn't a coincidence; it was influenced by the Heavenly Principle Clause!"
"Brother Chen Qiu!"
"Did you understand what I just said?"
"Soon, perhaps even today, Fufeng City will witness a major battle, and it seems we've been dragged into it!"
". . ."
Sitting at the red table, Chen Qiu's initial confusion turned into silent shock. After Fat Dragon finished speaking, he paused for a moment before asking in a low voice, "Brother Fat Dragon, are you telling me that you gathered all this information by visiting taverns or tea houses?"
He was well aware of Fat Dragon's skill in gathering intelligence.
But he never imagined that his skills rivaled those of the Imperial Guards.
"Of course not."
Fat Dragon shook his head. "I used various methods, including visiting the 'World Pavilion' shops that specialize in selling information. I observed which factions' members came to buy intelligence and where they went afterward."
"I also considered the rumors about Fufeng City, and how things have changed in recent days compared to the past. It's a combination of all these methods that led to this intelligence."
"The accuracy rate is eighty percent."
"Did you spend Spirit Stones?" Chen Qiu nodded in understanding.
"Yes."
"How many?"
"All of them."
". . ."
Chen Qiu fell silent again, his lips twitching slightly. "You had fifteen Spirit Stones in your pocket, didn't you? You just said I was too quick to spend them, that I should at least hesitate for a moment. But it seems like you didn't hesitate much either."
"Nonsense!"
Fat Dragon's face darkened. "The Huang Family has blocked the city gates. Is this the time to hesitate? Should we let the Spirit Stones be buried with us?"
"That's good."
Chen Qiu nodded, deep in thought for a moment before speaking softly, "This is good news for us. At least it gives us some breathing room."
What he needed most was this breathing room. As long as he had time to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Stage and learn a few spells, destroying the Huang Family would be a blink of an eye.
But...
It seemed that fate had other plans.
"Bang, bang, boom!"
After two crisp knocks, a loud collision followed, and the door was kicked open.
A tall woman in a crimson silk dress, holding a round fan and wearing a red veil, entered the room with two burly men. Fat Dragon, who was about to get up to open the door, froze in place.
"Are you the Outer Sect Elder of Thunderclan?"
The woman casually fanned herself, her eyes glinting with amusement as she looked at the frozen Fat Dragon. She let out a silvery laugh, "Meeting again, you've grown older. Is your sect still recruiting?"
"Can I join?"
". . ."
After a long silence, Fat Dragon turned to Chen Qiu, "This is the Performer from the Imperial Capital's troupe that I mentioned earlier."
"You know her?"
"Yes, I hired her before."
"Isn't she a Performer?"
"It's a lie to sell herself at a higher price."
"The rumor about a big shot from the Imperial Capital offering three Spirit Stones and still being refused was my idea."
(End of Chapter)
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