Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1576 - 1576 0924 The Sucker Who Pays Up

Chapter 1576: Chapter 0924: The Sucker Who Pays Up Chapter 1576: Chapter 0924: The Sucker Who Pays Up Chapter 0924: The Sucker Who Pays Up

Qi Tian smiled as he took the fifty top-grade spirit stones handed over by Mr. Jianqiang, saying, “I often hear people say Mr. Jianqiang is generous and powerful. I always thought there was some exaggeration in that, but today, after seeing for myself, I know their words were not false.”

Mr. Jianqiang didn’t know if Qi Tian’s words were sincere, nor did he want to bother with whether Qi Tian was just being polite because he had received a benefit. He just wanted Qi Tian to leave quickly, so he wouldn’t stand in his way of securing the Three Needle Grass first.

He waved his hand and said, “No need for any more idle chatter now that you’ve got your benefit. Just go. If you don’t leave, don’t blame me for going back on my word.”

Fifty top-grade spirit stones was not a small sum, even for someone like Mr. Jianqiang. To take out so much all at once still hurt. In his opinion, Qi Tian should naturally just take the money and go.

But Qi Tian just chuckled and said, “Don’t be in a hurry. Just give me a little more time to do one more thing, then I’ll leave immediately.”

Qi Tian turned to look at a male cultivator whose cultivation level wasn’t high. His clothing was distinctly different from those of the Chen family and Li family, but instead of staying on the periphery as an onlooker, he was surrounded by the people of the Chen family in two concentric circles.

“Sister, is this the stall owner from whom you were buying the Multi-leaf Chrysanthemum?”

Huang Liuyan nodded and said, “That’s him. He’s not a good person. We had already agreed on a price, but when Mr. Jianqiang came over and said he wanted to buy up all the herbs from his stall, the owner went back on his word and even tried to snatch back the Multi-leaf Chrysanthemum we’d agreed on.”

Qi Tian nodded and said to the stall owner, “It seems you really want to sell all the herbs on your stall in one go. That’s great because I don’t like to haggle either. I’ll buy all the herbs on your stall. Ten top-grade spirit stones, do you think that’s enough?”

Ever since Mr. Jianqiang came over, the stall owner had been in a state of utter confusion. At first, he was happy that Mr. Jianqiang wanted to buy all the herbs on his stall. But things quickly escalated into a conflict between Mr. Jianqiang and Li Rusen, leading to a standoff, with the Li family forming one circle and the Chen family forming another.

Seeing the mood shift, everyone else scattered. Only this outsider, wanting to leave as well, somehow ended up surrounded by the Chen family along with the Li family members, despite his pleas. So, he felt both frightened and confused. What had he done to deserve this encirclement?

Now that Qi Tian was offering to buy all the herbs on his stall, why wouldn’t the stall owner agree? He just wanted to leave this place of trouble quickly, especially since Qi Tian was offering so generously—ten top-grade spirit stones, more than ten times the value of all the herbs on his stall.

Without a second thought, the stall owner took the ten top-grade spirit stones Qi Tian offered and said gratefully, “They are all yours. Please take them.”

Qi Tian smiled and nodded. With a wave at the herbs on the stall, he began gathering up all the herbs.

Mr. Jianqiang, in a panic, quickly signaled his men to block Qi Tian from collecting the herbs.

Suddenly, two Nascent Soul cultivators positioned themselves between Qi Tian and the stall, preventing Qi Tian from taking the herbs away.

Qi Tian, unfazed, looked at Mr. Jianqiang and asked, “Sir, what does this mean?”

Mr. Jianqiang said, “There’s a matter of who came first. I was the one who first said I’d buy all the herbs from this stall. Then you come along, not only extorting fifty top-grade spirit stones from me but also using the spirit stones I gave you to buy up all the herbs on this stall. And you ask me what this means? I would like to ask you. Do you think I, Mr. Jianqiang, am made of mud, to be kneaded and molded by your whims?”

Qi Tian chuckled, saying, “I apologize, I had forgotten you might also be interested in the items on this stall. No worries, everything is negotiable. Since you are interested, let’s speak with spirit stones. If you take out another hundred top-grade spirit stones, I’ll sell all the herbs on the stall to you, not keeping a single one for myself.”

Mr. Jianqiang, who had just been extremely worried, fearing that Qi Tian had discovered the existence of the Three Needle Grass just like he had, could not believe Qi Tian would say such a thing. The implication was very clear: Qi Tian had not discovered the Three Needle Grass and was simply seizing the opportunity to extort a large sum from him again.

While such behavior was detestable and hateful, it was also the least effortful solution. If Qi Tian was unyielding and a fight broke out, there could be casualties, and even he might not come out unscathed. Compared to the value of the Three Needle Grass, not to mention a hundred top-grade spirit stones, even several times more would be willingly paid by those in need.

“You’ll stick to your word? You’re saying if I pay a hundred top-grade spirit stones, you’re really willing to sell me all the herbs on this stall, with no regrets?”