[Fu Hui]

"How did you find me?" A feminine voice echoed as a stunning woman emerged from the woods.

The woman appeared to be around 15 years old, with skin as white as snow and an aura as cold as an ice floe.

This woman was Fu Hui.

Jian Ning looked at her with indifference and coldness. Despite still being a young man, in this cruel world of cultivation, he had learned to distrust everyone, especially those who appeared the weakest, like the elderly, children, or women, as they often turned out to be the most dangerous.

"Why are you spying on us?" Jian Ning did not answer but instead posed a question.

In fact, Jian Ning himself was not entirely sure someone was spying on him, but he had felt a slight danger emanating from the woods, which did not resemble the brutality and savagery of beasts nor the spiritual pressure of cultivators. It felt more like an overwhelming spiritual superiority.

Fu Hui bit her lips in frustration, then began to speak.

"I want to trade one of these Yin ice fruits," said Fu Hui, glancing at the nearly frozen spiritual tree.

I completely forgot ...

If I remember correctly, according to the status given to me by Ling, this girl has a dormant body with Yin ice attributes. So, fundamentally, this fruit is an invaluable treasure for her, and such a fruit is extremely rare.

"I do not trade," replied Jian Ning coldly without batting an eyelid.

Although these fruits are important for Fu Hui, it doesn't mean that Jian Ning doesn't need them too. Moreover, even though exchanging one of these fruits might allow him to gain luck points, he had no doubt he could gain luck points even by refusing.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for coldly refusing Fu Hui and receiving Fu Hui's hatred, +1,500 W.E, +50 luck points]

'Not bad, although I know I can do better,' Jian Ning thought joyfully, considering the luck points he had earned today.

Although he did not know the status of this girl or the power that might be behind her, the fact that he felt danger emanating from her, even if she had done nothing special, made him realize that luck points were something Jian Ning did not want to miss, just like the opportunity to enhance his talent with this fruit.

Even if this girl had a special dormant body, so do I.

And if this girl had a powerful force supporting her in the shadows, Jian Ning did not doubt that he too would have one in the near future.

It was the arrogance of a genius, not just the genius of the Jian family in Tianjin city, but a genius with a special body and sky-rank luck.

"You!" Fu Hui said angrily. After all, how could she, a girl who had always been spoiled, accept a no?

But she quickly calmed down and, intending to negotiate with him, opened her mouth to speak but quickly closed it.

"Don't even try to negotiate," said Jian Ning with indifference, as if he could read her mind.

"You!" Fu Hui said again angrily.

'Is that the only word she knows? Tss, they can't say anything other than 'you!' silently commented Jian Ning in his mind.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for again coldly refusing Fu Hui and receiving Fu Hui's hatred, +2,500 W.E, +9 luck points]

Jian Ning mentally nodded at the notification, though he was a bit disappointed with the amount of luck points collected. But he wasn't going to complain.

After all, it should be noted that they both had the same rank of luck, so being able to obtain so many luck points was a very good surprise for Jian Ning. He even began to think that it was not so difficult to obtain luck points.

Fu Hui, having understood that she could not negotiate with Jian Ning, quickly turned her attention to Jian Shi, who was next to him.

"I want to trade a Yin ice fruit for 100 low-grade spiritual stones and ten Qi gathering pills," Fu Hui bargained with Jian Shi.

Jian Ning, next to him, could not help but notice the shamelessness of this girl.

100 spiritual stones and ten low-level pills to trade a practically unfindable fruit, which is worth more than a thousand medium-grade spiritual stones, or 10 high-grade stones.

Although her offer might be tempting for low-rank cultivators, especially in this region, it should be noted that it takes 10,000 gold pieces to exchange for a spiritual stone. So 100 spiritual stones represent more than a million gold pieces.

But it should also be noted that a high-grade spiritual stone is worth 100 medium-grade spiritual stones, in other words, 1 high-grade spiritual stone is worth 10,000 low-grade spiritual stones.

So this fruit is worth about 100,000 low-grade spiritual stones!

And this woman wanted to buy it 1,000 times cheaper than its real price. Jian Ning had to admit that this woman had a certain courage.

The courage not to be afraid of being hit by any sensible person who knows a minimum about the world.

Even Jian Shi next to him was shocked by such a low price, though he hesitated a bit because he urgently needed spiritual stones to increase his strength and cultivation.

Seeing Jian Shi hesitate, Jian Ning wanted to practically bang his head against a wall.

Is he really hesitating?! Although Jian Ning knew that his adopted brother did not have a very bright mind, he did not think he was that foolish!

"Brother, don't accept it, because this fruit is worth MUCH more than what she offers you, she is just trying to scam you," said Jian Ning with a frown, earning a bit of hatred from Fu Hui.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for again coldly refusing Fu Hui and receiving Fu Hui's hatred, +2,000 W.E, +70 luck points]

'It looks like what I just did made her a bit angry,' commented Jian Ning joyfully in his mind.

He was so happy, especially when he saw the '+70 luck points'.

I've earned 200 luck points today alone. Although Jian Ning worked hard for this, between stealing the fortunate son's luck and antagonizing a girl who surely comes from a major clan or power on the continent, Jian Ning took enormous risks.

Haha... but these risks are well rewarded!

While Jian Ning was congratulating himself in his mind for his extraordinary intelligence, Jian Shi opened his mouth.

"I cannot trade it to you at that price," replied Jian Shi after having thought it over.

Unlike Jian Ning, Jian Shi wanted to get rid of the Yin ice spiritual fruits. Since he could refine a pill with one fruit, he might as well sell the other, especially since the longer he keeps the fruit, the more likely it is that ill-intentioned people will know of its existence.

After hearing Jian Shi, Fu Hui was both happy and angry.

Happy that Jian Shi wanted to trade a fruit with her, but angry that he knew the real value of the fruit. In fact, neither Fu Hui nor the force behind her had the wealth to buy this kind of treasure without attracting the wrath of one of the three suzerains.

After all, the last time such a treasure appeared, it caused blood to rain on the continent before it was finally taken by an elder of one of the three suzerains who gave it to one of his descendants. It is said that this descendant, having awakened his high-rank special body, has already left the Celestial Cloud continent to continue his cultivation path.

"Dear benefactor, you must know that you cannot keep this fruit for long unless you have a powerful backer behind you. So, why not trade it to me for 10,000 low-grade spiritual stones and a favor from me and the force behind me?" Fu Hui bid, carefully choosing her words.

Upon hearing Fu Hui's conditions, Jian Shi was about to accept, especially upon hearing the favor from the force behind her.

After all, what is the value of a favor from a force that can give its descendants more than 10,000 spiritual stones?

"Brother, don't be fooled by this witch, the force behind her must be weak. Otherwise, why would she come to a small sect like the Lingyun sect?" said Jian Ning quickly with logical reasoning.

After listening to his brother's words, Jian Shi quickly changed his mind. Although it was not comparable to the change in Fu Hui, who seemed on the verge of charging at Jian Ning.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for again coldly refusing Fu Hui and receiving Fu Hui's hatred, +2,000 W.E, +20 luck points]

"I can tell you what force is behind me and why I came to such a small sect," said Fu Hui quickly and eagerly.

"Alright, I'm listening. If it satisfies me, I will trade with you," replied Jian Shi with a small laugh.