Chapter 914 Negotiations between the Old and the Young
Old Man Qian did have the intention of defaulting on his debt.
After all, he jumped into the pit too casually this time, and he spoke too quickly and was caught by Jingtian.
I thought this young man was sensible and would just let it go, but I didn't expect him to hold on to it and not let go.
The old man was a little angry and depressed, staring at Jingtian.
"What do you want?"
"I don't want to do anything. I have to accept the consequences of my bet. Even children understand this. There's no way you don't understand it, right?" Jingtian found the angry old man more and more amused.
This old man is definitely not a cunning person. His personality should be becoming more childish as he gets older.
"Hehe, I, an old man, don't care about those things. I'm in a bad mood so I just act like a spoiled brat. What can you do to me?" The old man rolled his eyes and grabbed the wine jug and took another sip.
"My goodness, how much have you drunk in such a short while?" Jingtian discovered that the wine jug the old man was holding was obviously not the same one as before.
"Ahem, this wine is so delicious that I couldn't help but drink a little more. This is the third pot... eh!" After the old man finished speaking, he burped.
"Even if it's good wine, you can't drink too much... This seems to be of no use to cultivators." Jing Tianxiaang tried to persuade him, but he thought that this was only said to ordinary people, and cultivators didn't have to worry about drinking to death.
Even if they are drunk, it is their own will. If they don't want to be drunk, a wisp of true energy can dissolve the smell of alcohol.
Of course, this does not include special items like Monkey Spirit Wine, which can even make one drunk with true essence.
"Never mind you. It's none of my business if they drink it all. Let's talk about the bet. Are you really going to cheat?" Jingtian changed the subject.
"I... forget it, the old man admits defeat. Just tell me what you want me to do. Killing people or arson is not a problem." The old man's expression changed for a while. Finally, he took a look at the wine jug in his hand and gave up.
He was also thinking about getting more fine wine from Jingtian in the future, especially since Jingtian had previously taken out a pot of high-end wine that was more delicious than the current wine. The old man still felt itchy when he thought of the taste.
"There's no need for murder or arson, and I don't have any enemies. Please tell me who you are first." Jingtian said with a smile.
"You don't need to worry about my identity. Anyway, you guessed right. I am indeed not an ordinary person. At least in this small town, my words still count. Otherwise, I'll just give you some Yuanjing." said the old man.
"You finally admitted it, but I can earn Yuan Jing by myself. Do you think I, a pill master, would refuse Yuan Jing?" Jing Tian said.
"Other alchemists may not be short of it, but I know you are. You can't even take out 500 Yuan crystals for a test card, and you still have the nerve to say you don't need it?" The old man curled his lips and looked down on you.
Jingtian was embarrassed for a moment, as he was in a very poor situation now.
"Then I don't want Yuan Jing either. Let's put it this way, you know I'm an alchemist, and now I urgently need a batch of spiritual medicines to practice, so you can give me a batch of spiritual medicinal materials." Jingtian looked at the old man and said with some ill intentions.
"You... still say you don't want Yuan Crystal. Spiritual medicinal materials are much more valuable than Yuan Crystal." The old man rolled his eyes at Jingtian.
"Hey, that's different. Some spiritual medicinal materials can't be bought even with Yuanjing." Jingtian smiled.
"Cunning little guy, I can agree to your conditions, but I can't give you too much. I will give you five spiritual herbs of grade one to grade six. The total value of these must be more than two thousand middle-grade Yuan Crystals." The old man said with narrowed eyes.
"Only two thousand? Isn't that a bit too little?"
Jingtian raised his eyebrows. If the test card had not been broken, Jingtian would have thought that a few hundred medium-grade Yuan Crystals would have been a huge fortune.
After all, that is equivalent to tens of thousands of low-level Yuan Crystals.
But now, Jingtian knew that he was really poor, and a few hundred medium-grade Yuan Crystals were nothing.
"Boy, don't think about asking for too much." Seeing that Jingtian was obviously not satisfied, the old man became unhappy again.
"I haven't said anything yet, but what you have is really too little. The quantity of each grade can remain unchanged, but I want the ninth-grade spiritual medicinal materials." Jingtian said with narrowed eyes.
"What? You are really asking for too much. Do you know that high-level spiritual medicinal materials, the most ordinary seventh-grade spiritual medicinal materials cost more than two hundred intermediate Yuan Crystals, and the ninth-grade ones even reach one thousand intermediate Yuan Crystals!" The old man glared and shouted after hearing Jingtian's words.
Jingtian was a little surprised. Although he knew that higher-grade spiritual herbs would be more expensive, he didn't expect the difference to be so big.
After a careful calculation, if there are five plants of each of the seventh, eighth and ninth grade spiritual herbs, then at least 20,000 intermediate Yuan Crystals will be needed.
It's indeed a bit too much.
"Then we'll just take two of each. You're such a prestigious person, you shouldn't be short of such little things, right?" Jingtian pondered for a moment and took the initiative to lower the standard.
"These are indeed nothing to an old man, but the spiritual herbs are all recorded, and I can't just take them out casually... Besides, you can't use the high-grade spiritual herbs now, so it's better to change them for medium or low-grade ones." The old man did not refuse this time, and said as if he was thinking for Jingtian.
"I... keep it for backup. High-level elixirs are hard to find." Jingtian almost let the cat out of the bag. After all, he is a ninth-grade alchemist.
"Backup? It's too early for you. The spiritual herbs will be wasted if not properly stored." The old man shook his head stubbornly.
Jingtian was a little depressed, wondering whether he should just tell the old man that he was a ninth-grade alchemist.
After weighing the pros and cons, Jingtian knew that there was a certain risk, but he really needed high-level elixirs. Although he could find a way to buy them, that would be a huge amount of Yuan Crystals for him, which he had no .
"Then don't worry about it. Just get it for me. If it doesn't work, I'll sell it." Jingtian said, and decided to try not to expose it.
"No, I said high-level spiritual medicinal materials..."
"This is the condition for you to lose to me. I'm not asking you to do anything particularly difficult. If it really doesn't work, then I'll change the condition." Jingtian interrupted the old man directly and deliberately showed a sly smile at the end.
When Old Qian looked at Jingtian's expression, his heart tightened and he subconsciously thought that he must not let this kid change his conditions again.
"How about this, I'll give you a high-quality spiritual medicinal herb, and then starting tomorrow, more customers will come to you to do business. This way, you will have many opportunities to practice, and you can also earn a lot of spiritual medicinal herbs. How about it?" The old man rolled his eyes and adjusted the conditions.
"Like this? That's fine, but you have to make sure I'm not idle." Jingtian weighed the options and felt that this proposal was a good one.
He also didn't want to be like what happened today, where he set up the stall for half a day and only received one transaction.
"Deal, don't worry. As long as you are not afraid of working yourself to death, I can have you refine thirty to fifty furnaces a day."
Mr. Qian was happy. In fact, this condition was originally intended for Jingtian and had already been arranged before.
As for the topic of recruiting Jingtian, the old man did not mention it. He probably felt that the time was not yet ripe.
"Go ahead, come over tomorrow morning and get the herbs from me." The old man waved to Jingtian.
"Then I'll take my leave."
Overall, Jingtian was still very happy. After all, these things were like picking them up for free. He was also looking forward to setting up the stall tomorrow. He could finally let go and make pills.
"By the way...your wine?"
Jingtian had already said goodbye, but just as he reached the door, the old man suddenly called Jingtian again.
