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Chapter 2396: Chapter 27: Shouzhe Encounters Cai Youdao (Part 4)

When there was no one around, the Shadow Snake Demonic Princess Ji Yueer lifted her hood, revealing a stunningly beautiful and alluring face, and slightly bowed to greet Crown Prince Yuan Zheng.

Her signature red hair and snowy skin, along with her snake-like eyes, made her beauty fiercely striking, the kind that leaves a deep impression at first glance.

As the earliest Void Realm expert who aligned with the Wang family and excelled in various illusion techniques, she frequently appeared among the Wang family’s top tributes.

Standing beside Ji Yueer was another woman, an icy beauty of indiscernible depth, who radiated a sense of extreme danger and power that put Yuan Zheng on guard.

When Yuan Zheng looked over, she nodded slightly and also greeted him, “I am Jiang Yuling, just a hired hand, you don’t need to mind me.”

“So it’s True Monarch Yueer and True Monarch Jade Spirit, greetings to you both.”

Crown Prince Yuan Zheng dared not be negligent and promptly returned the courtesy.

“No need for formalities, Your Highness, let’s get straight to business.”

Ji Yueer cut to the chase, discussing with Crown Prince Yuan Zheng the specifics of the Spirit Rice trade as instructed by Wang Shouzhe.

Currently, Silla lacks Spirit Food, while the Divine Martial World, through years of preparation and accumulation, along with Wang Shouzhe’s continuous improvement and increased grain yields, now experiences abundant Spirit Rice production—making the negotiation smooth and mutually beneficial for both the Food-lacking and the Food-surplus regions.

As for Jiang Yuling, her presence here speaks for itself: she’s terribly poor. Having reached the Mid Transcendent Void Realm at such a young age, her annual resource consumption was astronomical.

Rumor has it that she nearly forced the Da Liang Royal Family into cutting ties with her, and even the King of the North’s Mansion tried to avoid her; the Cold Moon Jiang Clan feared her too…

Unable to bear poverty any longer, Jiang Yuling could only cling to the prosperous thigh of the wealthy Wang Shouzhe, willing to become his lesser wife just to earn large sums of money.

Unfortunately, the competition for the position of Wang Shouzhe’s lesser wife was fierce, with even the Immortal Emperor reportedly showing interest.

Thus, Jiang Yuling could only appear in the faction as a “working person,” though the salary Wang Shouzhe offered was very generous.

As Yuan Zheng continued discussing details with Ji Yueer, he observed the two beauties with side glances, feeling both wary and deeply admiring Young Master Shouzhe.

Not only were his workers stunning, but each possessed their unique charm—clearly, this Young Master Shouzhe, who seemed modest and magnanimous on the surface, was actually quite the rogue beneath it all~~

Meanwhile.

Wang Shouzhe, whom Yuan Zheng considered quite a flirt, was wandering around Immortal City with Yun Tiange, having nothing else to do.

This time, their wander took them to the renowned [Yun Commerce Market] of Silla Immortal City.

Wherever there are people, there is Yun Commerce; wherever there’s Yun Commerce, there’s all sorts of bizarre items and opportunities.

The Yun Commerce Market was filled with tales of discovering Dao-level items, even Immortal Artifacts, codices, as well as various rare treasures.

In earlier years, places like this existed in Changning Guard too.

Wang Shouzhe, along with household head Wang Zhong and friends, once lucked into a beehive there. Later, in order to make a living, he and Lici visited many markets.

However, as Changning County became more prosperous, these semi-deceitful markets gradually vanished.

Strolling through this place brought back many memories for Wang Shouzhe. But despite having money, he wasn’t foolish and wouldn’t readily buy random junk. He wasn’t Wang Anye, who could effortlessly discover Immortal Artifacts.

This time, he only came because Yun Tiange insisted on visiting, so he tagged along.

No choice there, as Yun Tiange refused to believe it was just luck, always feeling she’d find a good snag.

Truth be told, even the Immortal Emperor couldn’t avoid such market trickery; in half a day, she’d already lost several top-grade Spirit Stones on over ten dubious items suspected to be self-fouling Immortal Artifacts.

“Come take a look, have a peek~”

In the corner of Yun Commerce Market, an older man with a wretched appearance sat behind his gambling stone stall, hawking at the passing crowd: “Genuine Spirit Stone Raw Ore from the Primordial Taoist Palace. If you’re lucky, you might just uncover an Immortal Spirit Stone! Hey, hey, hey~ little girl, want to try your luck?”

If Wang Lici were here, she’d instantly recognize this miserly and greedy old man as Cai Youdao.

As the story goes, Cai Youdao had his quality Spirit Stone Raw Ore bought up by Wang Lici, leaving only a few quality pieces in the entire batch. To compensate for his losses, he dared not linger near the Sacred Dynasty and major powers, instead wandering remote Immortal Dynasties to recoup what he could.

Once exposed for low-quality gambling stones, at worst, he’d just change locations.

Thus, after years of fraudulent efforts, merely two or three tenths of that batch of gambling stones remained.

Naturally, he kept his habit of flirtatiously asking young ladies if they were True Immortal reincarnations.

“Young master, I feel like I have a lucky streak lately.” Yun Tiange, restless, said, “Why not try gambling on some stones? Striking Immortal Spirit Stones would be a huge profit.”

“Right, right, and maybe you’ll strike a Chaos Spirit Stone too.” Wang Shouzhe teased through voice transmission, “Where’s all this confidence coming from?”

“Being able to pair up with you for so long, isn’t this the sign of a lucky streak?” Yun Tiange said, already approaching the gambling stone stall, “Old man, are your Spirit Stone Raw Ores legit?”

“Absolutely legit, I swear by my ancestors and the Heavenly Dao; these raw ores all originate from the mines of Primordial Taoist Palace.” Upon the arrival of a big customer, Cai Youdao eagerly pounded his chest, vowing earnestly.

However, mentally, he couldn’t help but add, “Legit raw ores, indeed, but alas, all the good stuff was picked out by Lici, and these are just the leftover scraps.”

Yun Tiange’s eyes sparkled and she was about to sweep the place, but Wang Shouzhe blocked her with a smile, “Didn’t Tiange hear the saying, ’lucky in love, unlucky in gambling’?”

This instantly put a broad smile on Yun Tiange’s face: “What a wise saying, young master. I’ve been so blissfully fortunate in love lately, perhaps I should avoid gambling; no wonder I got it wrong earlier. Let’s go, I’ll save some Spirit Stones to treat you to a feast.”

As they were about to leave, Cai Youdao wouldn’t let them.

With a swish, he leapt in front of Wang Shouzhe, blocking his way, “Brat, don’t you know, cutting off someone’s income is akin to murdering their parents?”

Before Wang Shouzhe could respond, Cai Youdao turned to Yun Tiange and badmouthed him in front of him: “Miss, I can tell this boy is all slick and sly; his brows full of flirtatious mischief, most likely an idle aristocrat who cleans up and vanishes without a trace. We are all True Immortal Realm friends here; you should watch out for him…”

“You’re also in the True Immortal Realm?” Yun Tiange stared in shock; she actually couldn’t tell.

“Indeed, roaming the world means knowing some Aura Concealing Techniques.” Cai Youdao grinned, revealing white sharp teeth, “Lovely girl, your technique is just so-so, not fooling this old man.”

“Young master, since he’s a True Immortal senior…” Yun Tiange became a bit tempted.

She was too short on money; seeing Ruolan with a Sacred Artifact, she wanted to save up for one too!

“Tiange, gambling is often deceitful; you’re not familiar in these parts… Lici and I have witnessed a lot of this…” Wang Shouzhe laughed, “Maybe once we locate Lici, she can accompany you?”

“Lici?” Upon hearing the name, Cai Youdao shot up as if his tail was stepped on, nervously eyeing Wang Shouzhe, “Do you…know that rascal Lici?”

Wang Shouzhe glanced at Cai Youdao’s expression, then at his gambling stone stall, understanding dawned, and he chuckled, “Senior, did Lici visit your stall?” Tut tut…alright, alright, I get it, Tiange, let’s go…”

“Wait…” Cai Youdao, seeing them leave, quickly called out again, inspecting Wang Shouzhe with some disbelief, “Do you, knowing Lici so well, also have the surname Wang? What’s your name?”

“Senior, I’m Wang Shouzhe.” Wang Shouzhe grinned, “Looks like you and Lici have quite the ’deep connection’, huh~~”

“Wang Shouzhe? The ’Fourth Uncle’ Lici mentioned?” Cai Youdao’s beady black eyes suddenly sparkled, eagerly fixating on his waist pouch and storage ring, “Are you rich?”

“…”

Wang Shouzhe remained silent.

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