Chapter 21 Speculations
"Xia Yan, go to the accounting office and withdraw three taels of silver and bring it to Mr. Qin." Seeing Qin Ziling nodded in agreement, Xiao Qing said to Xia Yan who was standing beside him.
"Yes." Xia Yan nodded and left the pavilion.
"Mr. Qin, if you have other gains in the future, whether it's game or medicinal herbs, please send them to me. I promise to buy them at the most fair price. Even if it's an exotic animal, I can help arrange the auction and guarantee that you will get the best price." Xiao Qing said after Xia Yan left.
"No problem, but I'm not very familiar with the medicinal herbs in the mountains and forests, and I don't know which ones are valuable. I don't know where to start if I want to collect them. I wonder if Miss Xiao can help me with some advice." Qin Ziling said with a slight movement in his heart.
His spirit can fly in the mountains and forests, and the range he can explore is much wider than that of ordinary people. He can also fly over many cliffs that are difficult for ordinary people to enter. Before, he was so focused on hunting to make money that he forgot that the medicinal herbs in the mountains could also be sold for money.
As for the exotic beasts, they are still beyond his ability now. Moreover, even if he really caught and killed an exotic beast, he would definitely eat it himself and would not be willing to put it up for auction, so he did not consider it.
However, Xiao Qing actually said that he could help arrange the auction of the exotic beasts, which still surprised Qin Ziling. He knew that the owner of this "Shanye Suju" shop was no simple person.
"That's no problem. I have a relatively complete atlas of various medicinal materials in my room. I'll ask Xia Yan to send it to you later." Xiao Qing said.
"How dare I trouble Miss Xia Yan to deliver it to me? When it is convenient for you, let her leave it in the store and I will come to pick it up next time." Qin Ziling said.
It's not easy for him to reveal his identity now.
"Okay, I'll ask Xia Yan to get it and put it in the store later, and you can come and get it anytime." Xiao Qing looked at Qin Ziling thoughtfully, then nodded tacitly .
At this time, Xia Yan came over with three taels of silver.
Qin Ziling took the silver and took the opportunity to say goodbye and leave.
Xiao Qing personally escorted Qin Ziling out of the store and watched him disappear into the street before turning to Shopkeeper Zhu and saying, "Have someone take the wild animals that Mr. Qin just sent to the backyard."
Shopkeeper Zhu was slightly stunned, then quickly nodded and said, "Okay, Boss."
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"Xia Yan, what do you think?" In the backyard, Xiao Qing pointed at two hares and a red muntjac lying on the ground and asked Xia Yan, who had just squatted down to check.
"They were all killed with one blow to the head, and their skulls were shattered. That's not the real trick. Using a metal object to hit the head hard is something any martial artist who has reached the Iron Skin level can do, and even a stronger martial artist who has reached the Cowhide Skin level can do it. The key is that both hares and red muntjacs are extremely agile animals in the mountains, so it's very difficult to hit them in the head with one blow, and to hit them in the head three times, unless I'm extremely lucky, I definitely can't do it."
"So, this person is most likely an iron-skinned martial artist who practices leg skills, or even a strength martial artist. But the strange thing is that I can't feel the strong aura of a strength martial artist on him, or the strong blood and qi flowing in his legs. Moreover, any strength martial artist in Fangqiao City is a local figure, and we should know each other. Even if the iron-skinned martial artist who is good at leg skills is far less famous than the strength martial artist, because there are very few people who are good at leg skills, generally speaking, those who reach the iron-skin level are relatively famous, but I don't remember such a person. Moreover, I can't figure it out. Nowadays, whether it is a strength martial artist or an iron-skinned martial artist who is good at leg skills, it is not easy to make money. Why do they need to go to the trouble of hunting wild rabbits and red muntjacs to make such a small amount of money?" Xia Yan replied.
"Your judgment is similar to mine. I can't see through this person's strength, and I don't understand his behavior." Xiao Qing said.
"Can't Miss Lian see through it? He can't really be a powerful martial artist, right? If a powerful martial artist really restrains his aura, I can't see through it. But Miss, you have stepped into..." Xia Yan took a breath, but when she said the latter part, she seemed to suddenly remember something and stopped quickly.
"Haha, after all, his foundation is damaged and his strength is dissipated. His eyesight must be affected as well. If the other party is hiding it deliberately, it will still be difficult to judge." Xiao Qing smiled self-deprecatingly upon seeing this, with a hint of unwillingness and loss hidden deep in his eyes.
"Miss is extremely talented . As long as she can find the Eight Desolate Jade Python, she will be able to rebuild her foundation and restore her strength." Upon hearing this, Xia Yan hurriedly comforted her.
"The Eight Desolate Jade Python is a third-grade exotic beast, and its power is almost as strong as that of a great martial artist at the Bone Refining Realm. Not to mention that it lives in the depths of Wuyang Mountain, just entering the depths of Wuyang Mountain is extremely dangerous. Even if you are extremely lucky and safely enter the depths of Wuyang Mountain and find the Eight Desolate Jade Python, it is almost impossible to hunt it without a great martial artist or at least three martial artists with the cultivation level of Hua Jin. If grandpa were still alive, perhaps there would be some hope. But now..." Xiao Qing said here, smiled bitterly and shook his head.
“There are only a limited number of people in Fangliao County who can hunt the Eight Desolate Green Python. But the neighboring Qinghe County is a large county. There are relatively more martial artists with Huajin cultivation and great martial artists in the Bone Refining Realm. Maybe someone will be able to hunt the Eight Desolate Green Python. And over in the state capital, there are even more powerful people. It is said that strange beasts appear in the auction house from time to time.” Xia Yan said.
"Haha, it's just a thought. If the Eight Desolate Jade Python really appears, it will not be the turn of people from our small Fangqiao County to fight for it! Okay, Xia Yan, I know what you mean, but this is fate, what can we do about it!" Xiao Qing smiled bitterly and waved his hands.
Seeing this, Xia Yan hesitated to speak, but finally changed the subject and said, "Then about Qin Feng, should we..."
"No need for that. The purpose of opening a business is to make money. As long as there is money to be made, there is no need to pursue other things. But this Qin Feng must be someone with some skills. I still have to tell Shopkeeper Zhu to treat him well and not to have any bad ideas about the price. Just give him the right amount. By the way, I have to go back later and get the book "Catalogue of Precious Medicinal Materials" in my room and give it to Shopkeeper Zhu, and give it to him the next time Mr. Qin comes." Xiao Qing interrupted.
"I understand." Xia Yan nodded.
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From the fact that Xiao Qing, the young and beautiful boss, personally entertained him for such a small business, and later specifically mentioned the exotic beast, Qin Ziling had completely understood that Xiao Qing had misunderstood him.
However, this is also the misunderstanding that Qin Ziling wants.
Defenses can not do without.
This misunderstanding would not only make Xiao Qing wary of him and prevent him from having bad intentions and suppressing the price of goods, but it would also explain his continued sale of wild animals in the future.
Therefore, he did not conceal the injuries of either the two rabbits or the red muntjac, and even when Xiao Qing mentioned the strange beast, he remained calm.
After Qin Ziling left "Shanye Suju", he did not go to the martial arts gym immediately, but turned to a medicine shop called "Yiyuantang".
