Scum Of The Demonic Sect

Chapter Sixteen: Shopkeeper Lin (Part Two)

"Senior Brother Lin, I'm buying three low-grade Qi-union pills at once, can't you give me a discount? I'm a regular customer of yours, eight spirit stones it is!" Inside the stone cave of the first floor market, a seemingly refined middle-aged cultivator, with a bitter face, was haggling with Lin Haoming.

Lin Haoming looked at him and sighed, "I say, Lin Feiyang, Junior Brother Lin, you always haggle with me every time you come. You should know that I'm just an agent. Whatever the senior brothers and sisters of the inner sect say, that's the price I can set. I really don't have much room to maneuver. The things you bought are less than ten spirit stones in total, and you want to deduct one. What am I supposed to do?"

"How about I give you some waste spirit stones?" Lin Feiyang asked with a smile.

Lin Haoming sighed helplessly, "Junior Brother Lin, you always bring some worthless spirit stones as a bonus every time you come. Those worthless spirit stones probably aren't even worth a single Qi Harmony Pill. You're making things difficult for me!"

"Senior Brother Lin, Shopkeeper Lin, this time is different. I've brought out mid-grade spirit stone worthless spirit stones!" Lin Feiyang said.

"Oh! You have this stuff? I haven't seen this much before. Alright, since we both share the same surname, I'll take the loss. Give me the mid-grade spirit stone worthless spirit stones, and I'll give you eight spirit stones!" Lin Haoming said, seemingly having suffered a great loss.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Lin!" Hearing Lin Haoming's agreement, Lin Feiyang was overjoyed. He then took out a bag containing about thirty or forty worthless spirit stones, followed by eight low-grade spirit stones, and accepted three Qi Harmony Pills from Lin Haoming.

"Three Qi-Harmony Pills! I'm 80% confident I can break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining!" Holding the pills in his hand, Lin Feiyang felt a surge of excitement.

Lin Haoming, at this moment, also felt the Merit Bead react. He carefully examined the golden lines on the Merit Bead, which had solidified slightly, and a satisfied smile flashed across his lips.

Lin Haoming truly hadn't expected that being the shopkeeper would bring such great benefits. Every time someone came to buy something, they tried to haggle. Once, after selling a bottle of pills at a low price, Lin Haoming discovered that the Merit Bead was reacting. He realized that selling things could actually earn him merit points; as long as people were grateful, that was enough.

So, Shopkeeper Lin began screening people who might give him merit points. Whenever these people came, regardless of the size of the transaction, Shopkeeper Lin would always haggle with them before selling at a significantly lower price. This way, he could earn merit points at least seven or eight out of ten times, and the quality of these merit points wasn't bad. Although it wasn't as much as when Bao Wenliang was grateful to him, the worst was still at least equivalent to killing dozens of mountain beasts. The Lin Feiyang before him was precisely the fat sheep he'd been eyeing for merit points. This guy contributed merit points almost every time he came, and what made Lin Haoming even happier was that the kid's job was collecting and managing the waste spirit stone warehouse. Although the warehouse was registered, being someone inside always brought some benefits.

Having worked in the market for over half a year, he'd obtained over a thousand waste spirit stones from him, saving him the trouble of going out to buy them himself.

This was the first time Lin Haoming had obtained mid-grade spirit stones.

After collecting the items, Lin Haoming immediately ran into his living quarters.

Besides the outer hall for selling goods and the soundproof stone chamber inside, the cave also contained a secret chamber for meditation and cultivation.

Upon entering, Lin Haoming eagerly took out the mid-grade spirit stones and placed the Spirit Gathering Pearl on them.

Just as he had imagined, the Spirit Gathering Pearl could indeed replenish the spiritual energy of mid-grade spirit stones. However, the capacity of a mid-grade spirit stone was a hundred times that of a low-grade spirit stone, and the time required was also a hundred times longer. Nevertheless, Lin Haoming still let the Spirit Gathering Pearl slowly replenish the spiritual energy of these dozens of mid-grade spirit stones. This was because mid-grade spirit stones had many uses, far surpassing those of ordinary low-grade spirit stones. Most importantly, using mid-grade spirit stones to set up a Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array would be twice as effective as using low-grade spirit stones.

Now, with his daily intake of Qi Gathering Pills and the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array, one day of cultivation was equivalent to more than a month of regular meditation. If he used the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array with mid-grade spirit stones, the speed would be even faster. In the past six months, although much time had been spent interacting with people, it was equivalent to ten years of arduous meditation.

If it were anyone else, even with average talent, they could probably advance from the eighth to the ninth level of Qi Refining in this much time. But Lin Haoming estimated it would take him just as much more time to reach the peak of the eighth level.

Sometimes, Lin Haoming felt frustrated about his body's poor aptitude, but the thought that he was the only one with the Merit Pearl made him feel a little better.

"Where's Lin Haoming! Tell him to get out here!"

Just as Lin Haoming was thinking about how having a mid-grade spirit stone would save him two months in cultivating to the ninth level of Qi Refining, he suddenly heard someone shouting outside.

Lin Haoming immediately put away the Spirit Gathering Pearl and the useless spirit stones and went outside. He saw Ling Shengjie angrily slamming his fist on the counter, yelling. Beside him was an old acquaintance, Zhou Zhiye.

Seeing Zhou Zhiye, Lin Haoming immediately understood that the other party was probably up to no good. In fact, he could tell just by looking at Ling Shengjie's face.

Ling Shengjie stared at Lin Haoming and sneered, "So you're the ninth-generation descendant of Old Ancestor Lin?"

Lin Haoming sensed the coldness in the eyes of this spoiled young master and mustered his courage, saying, "That's right, Senior Brother Ling. Did you need something?"

"Get out of here immediately, or I'll give you a way out. Otherwise, you're dead!" Ling Shengjie threatened directly.

Hearing this, Lin Haoming knew that Ling Shengjie wasn't just bluffing. Given his status, if he really killed him, no one would care, not even Xie Ruolan.

After he said this, Lin Haoming noticed the smug smile on Zhou Zhiye's face.

Just as Lin Haoming had guessed, Zhou Zhiye considered Lin Haoming a great humiliation and wanted to tear him to pieces. Therefore, he had been inquiring about Lin Haoming's whereabouts for the past six months.

Not long ago, he finally learned that Xie Ruolan, now considered the dream girl of many wealthy young masters among the inner disciples, was actually someone Patriarch Lin had specially chosen to be Lin Haoming's future cultivation partner.

Upon hearing this news, Zhou Zhiye was overjoyed. He secretly contacted Ling Shengjie, the inner disciple most fervent in his pursuit of Xie Ruolan, and revealed the information to him. He also told Ling Shengjie that Lin Haoming was currently working for Xie Ruolan in the first-floor market.

Ling Shengjie was extremely intolerant of infidelity, especially given Lin Haoming's past status as Ruolan's future cultivation partner. Sure enough, after hearing this, Ling Shengjie didn't hesitate and went straight to the first floor to cause trouble for Lin Haoming.

The only good thing for Lin Haoming was that Ling Shengjie was still worried that if he directly killed the boy, Xie Ruolan would be unhappy, and someone else might take advantage of the situation. Therefore, he only told Lin Haoming to get lost and didn't kill him outright.

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