The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 164 - 163: Just Making Up the Numbers

Chapter 164: Chapter 163: Just Making Up the Numbers

Song Baobao immediately took charge when she saw Xie Jiu planning to settle the bill, "Charge the Spirit Stones to my account."

"That wouldn’t be proper," said Xie Jiu, her mouth making the polite protest, but her movements swiftly securing possession.

Song Baobao then asked, "What else would Little Sister Xiaojiu like to buy?"

"The beast eggs again?" Xie Jiu stood unmoving before the counter with the Demonic Beast eggs.

This puzzled the spies, wondering whether the batch of beast eggs that Rongsheng Trading Company had was of particularly good bloodline.

Song Baobao encouraged her to continue choosing and insisted on paying.

Xie Jiu then pointed out one by one the Spiritual Beast eggs she intended to purchase, to the astonishment of the others, but no one noticed the odd expression on the face of the clerk at the counter.

After purchasing another hundred, Xie Jiu still wasn’t satisfied.

Jian Lingyan reminded her, "Master, everyone is looking at you as if you’re a fool."

"You’re the fool," denied Xie Jiu, "I didn’t spend a single Spirit Stone."

"That’s true," Jian Lingyan suddenly understood.

They continued browsing for another half an hour.

After leaving the trading company, Xie Jiu and her party roamed around the city.

Nangong Qi, however, had trouble continuing to follow them.

After parting ways with the three, a Nascent Soul female cultivator appeared beside Nangong Qi.

The Nascent Soul female cultivator asked, "Young Mistress, do you need me to keep an eye on her?"

"No need, she has become cautious," Nangong Qi’s thoughts were profound. Even if Xie Jiu hadn’t done anything out of the ordinary, she had still sensed something unusual, "The fools in the Eastern Region have startled the snake by beating the grass. Now it’s going to be tough to use a gentle approach to exchange opportunities with her."

"Is she confirmed to be the Child of Destiny?"

"I don’t know."

Nangong Qi had noticed problems with just half a day of observation and hadn’t rashly tried to scheme against Xie Jiu’s possessions.

The Nascent Soul female cultivator hesitated, "But the clan asked you to..."

"I will act within my capabilities, recklessness won’t work," Nangong Qi would only present herself like this today out of obligation to the family.

If it were up to her, she would prefer to think of a plan in the Secret Realm.

According to the analysis by the elder, the Child of Destiny was initially suspected to be Xie Ying, but after eight years of observation, another Xie Jiu appeared.

A three-talent Spirit Root, Foundation Establishment at fourteen or fifteen.

With a wealthy background, possessing an Ancient Ink Turtle Shell, Top Grade Spiritual Stones, and Pure World Lotus?

Xie Ying, besides having her talent changed, had also managed to earn the allegiance of a Water Kirin.

It was said that the Water Kirin only follows those with great destiny, right?

Nangong Qi felt that both were possible, with an equal chance for either.

Aside from the Nangong Family, in a secluded courtyard belonging to the Su Family,

a young male cultivator sat at the head of the main hall, dressed in a moon-white robe with blue auspicious cloud patterns embroidered along the edges, his handsome features slightly pale, displaying a touch of frailty.

"Young Master, the ones sent to inquire have returned," someone respectfully reported from outside.

Su Songting took out a brocade handkerchief and covered his mouth as he coughed, "Let them in."

Soon after, a spy entered and reported every detail, starting from Xie Jiu’s arrival at the city gate aboard the luxurious little palace, without missing a single detail.

They even covered the content of the conversations that Xie Jiu and her companions had engaged in.

After finishing the report on Xie Jiu, the spy briefly summarized Xie Ying’s situation, as there was nothing to report since she had stayed put at her residence.

After listening, Su Songting waved his hand to dismiss the spy, "Continue watching the two of them, no need for unnecessary actions."

"Your subordinate obeys," the spy left.

Su Songting murmured quietly, "Who would have thought that the Song Family knew her?"

"Which one does the Young Master lean towards?"

An elderly voice inquired.

Su Songting appeared to ponder for a moment and then said in a relaxed tone, "Compared to the older one from the Xie Family, ... the younger one is more like it. Overlooked by the family since childhood, oppressed by the elder uncle’s family at such a young age ... doesn’t it resemble the Child of Destiny’s initial moment of weakness? It’s a pity there aren’t both parents deceased, otherwise it would have been even more striking."

In the shadows, that person fell silent.

The thought was a bit tricky, yet it made quite a bit of sense.

Several other powers were also covertly paying attention to Xie Ying and her group.

However, these people no longer acted as rashly as before, lusting after every new item Xie Ying acquired with an almost immediate desire to snatch it; they had become much more cautious and careful, perhaps because there had been too many previous failures.

Instead of obtaining opportunities, they had actually incurred losses.

No matter how one looked at it, they seemed like big suckers, eagerly offering up Spirit Stones and resources to others.

The very Xie Ying whom everyone was thinking about, along with her two companions.

Returned to their base near evening.

Song Baobao refused to leave no matter what, insisting on riding in the little palace and returning to the base with Xie Ying and the other. Having seen many fine items before, Song Baobao was seeing such an extravagant yet imposing little palace for the first time.

She fumbled around like a bumpkin, touching here and looking there.

Xuanyuan You and she got along very well, huddling together and chatting away avidly.

In contrast, Xie Ying was operating the little palace and was incredibly quiet; only when the two asked her something would she pop out a few words.

When Song Baobao approached the control console, she felt around several times and then concluded, "This control console is outdated, Xiaojiu, you can have our Artifact Refining Master replace it with one that can be driven by Spirit Stones."

"Like the new-type Little Flying Boat?" Xie Ying’s eyes suddenly lit up.

Song Baobao was taken aback, then nodded, "Yeah, that kind of Little Flying Boat."

"That’s doable – then I’ll count on you to make an introduction for me," Xie Ying said shrewdly.

Song Baobao patted her chest and assured her she would make the introduction.

Lastly, Song Baobao added, "It’s quite expensive though."

Xuanyuan You asked with prior interest, "How expensive?"

"I’ll have to ask the Artifact Refining Master to know for sure, but the market price is at least a million Spirit Stones and up." Song Baobao didn’t overpromise on such a demanding task.

Xie Ying and Xuanyuan You expressed understanding.

Xie Ying was even exceptionally pleasant, saying with a smile, "I’ll treat you to roasted eggs later."

Roasted eggs ...

Half an hour later.

At Tianxu Sect’s temporary base, in the open space in front of a small palace.

Three disciples started a pile of firewood.

Xie Ying took out a dozen or so beast eggs, wrapped them in wet clay, and threw them into the fire.

At this moment, not only Song Baobao but also those watching in the shadows finally understood why Xie Ying had purchased two hundred beast eggs.

She’s not using them for contracts, she’s eating them? That’s rather unscrupulous.

When the various hidden masters received the Sound Transmission Talisman, all had mixed feelings.

Relieved that they hadn’t made a move, otherwise would they have spent a large sum of money for a pile of Demonic Beast eggs just to eat?

As Xuanyuan You added more firewood, he asked, "Little Profiteer, can these beast eggs really be eaten? There aren’t a bunch of little unformed young beasts inside, are there?"

"Go away, that’s not the case."

Xie Ying certainly hadn’t bought them haphazardly.

She had chosen freshly laid eggs from domesticated birds.

With Jian Lingyan’s guidance, even if the shelves were protected by Array Patterns that prohibited Divine Sense from probing, she was still able to perfectly avoid real Demonic Beast eggs, the kind where a small creature had formed inside the shell but had not yet hatched.

That’s why the shop assistant had a strange look when picking the eggs.

The reason was ...

My goodness!

All were eggs the merchant used to pad the numbers!