Hu San waited for a long time but no one came. He began to think that Sun Guoshu was playing a trick on him and wanted to turn against him.
Upon seeing this, Sun Guoshu glanced at him with disdain, snorted in dissatisfaction, and curled his lips to tell Hu San that this thing was what the monks of the Wuliang Sect wanted. The young master might be in seclusion or out, and the sound transmission note must have exceeded the distance, so he did not reply.
After these words were spoken, Hu San was doubtful. Seeing this, Sun Guoshu looked at the sky and said no more. He directly threw out a thousand spirit stones.
Then he curled his lips and said that this could be considered as a deposit. Seeing this, Hu San couldn't help but smile and nodded in agreement.
Sun Guoshu was also very proud. He had been searching in the market for more than half a year, and apart from finding two auxiliary materials, he had not found any other materials.
The prices of the two auxiliary materials were not too expensive. After thinking about it, Sun Guoshu felt that it was not appropriate to notify Li Yan to come, as that would make him look incompetent.
He wanted to notify Li Yan after he found the materials that were highlighted in Li Yan's jade slip, or collected some other auxiliary materials. That way, he would not have to make the hard trip for Li Yan, and his ability to do things could be reflected.
Unexpectedly, when searching in the market today, he found a "Nine Dragon Root", which is one of the four key marked materials in the jade slip, and the age also meets the requirements, which made Sun Guoshu ecstatic.
He made the decision right away, but he was not very satisfied with the result. He wanted to take the opportunity to show up in the store, but the gentleman did not respond, which made him feel regretful. However, he believed that the other party would have a result soon.
But what Sun Guoshu never expected was that in the following days, he used up all the sound transmission talismans given by Li Yan, but they were like stone cows and the sea, unable to create even a single wave.
Gradually, Hu San became unwilling to do so. He had spent more than 10,000 spirit stones to buy it. This thing had been kept in the store, and it had taken up a lot of spirit stones in circulation.
He kept urging Sun Guoshu. At first, Sun Guoshu could still delay with various reasons and kept sending sound transmission notes in private. As time passed, after he had used up all the sound transmission notes, Li Yan still had no message.
At this time, even he felt that Li Yan was playing tricks on him, but fortunately, Sun Guoshu was firm in his belief in clinging to the power of the Wuliang Sect and was still looking for reasons to delay.
He didn't dare to go to the Wuliang Sect. How could any cultivator go there at will? Any cultivator from any other sect who went there without a token would probably be ruthlessly killed.
Finally, under Hu San's repeated urging, Sun Guoshu gritted his teeth and decided to spend all his money to buy the "Nine Dragon Root" first. He was ready to take a gamble and put all his fortune at risk.
But he discovered sadly that he did not have enough spirit stones at the moment, far from enough. The reason was that in recent months, he had sent out several auxiliary materials from the jade slips one after another.
When he couldn't contact Li Yan, he used his own spirit stones to buy it. Now all his belongings were less than a thousand spirit stones.
This left him helpless for a moment. With his reputation, he had many friends in the market, but when he asked to borrow spirit stones, they were all in this business, so who would be willing to lend him the spirit stones
He borrowed several times, and although he did borrow some, he didn't even get half of it.
Of course, Sun Guoshu is not a fool. Instead, he is a man with a long history in the world. All the things purchased before are still in his hands. As long as he is willing, he can sell them at a higher price and he will never sell on credit.
But if that happens, the opportunity you worked so hard to find will be gone, and you don’t know when you will come across it again.
However, few shop owners were willing to accept this endless delay. Hu San initially envied Sun Guoshu, then became half-believing and half-doubting, and finally deeply suspicious.
Hu San also gradually found out some information. A year ago in the Free Market, Sun Guoshu tried to defraud a monk from the Wuliang Sect of his property, but was caught by another monk from the Wuliang Sect, who also took one thousand spirit stones from Sun Guoshu.
Considering Sun Guoshu's recent behavior of borrowing spirit stones everywhere, Hu San has determined that Sun Guoshu has nothing to do with any monks from the Wuliang Sect. It is very likely that after offending a monk from the Wuliang Sect before, he wanted to buy an extremely valuable material to give to him.
In order to be forgiven for his previous sins, but because he did not have enough spirit stones on him, he wanted to raise the spirit stones by delaying time. Thinking of this, Hu San could not help but gnashing his teeth in hatred.
Early this morning, Hu San found Sun Guoshu and told him that someone had already asked for the "Nine Dragon Root". In addition, considering that Sun Guoshu had been delaying the matter again and again, the deposit of one thousand spirit stones could be regarded as offsetting the cost price for these four months.
Sun Guoshu became anxious when he heard this. Not only would things not be done properly, but he would also lose a thousand spirit stones in vain. This was something he could not bear, so he started arguing with Hu San in the store.
"No matter how much you say today, it won't make sense. I have been waiting for you for four months. Until now, can you give me a definite news, when will your young master from the Wuliang Sect come? When will he arrive
Once you've explained clearly, I'll see what date is available, and you pay the corresponding deposit, we can talk."
Hu San looked like he didn't want to delay any longer. He pouting his goatee and looking coldly at Sun Guoshu.
"So, you don't give face to the young master?"
Sun Guoshu's face became increasingly gloomy.
"Hehehe... Why didn't I give it to you? It's been four months, hasn't it?"
Seeing that Sun Guoshu was about to get angry, Hu San rolled his eyes.
"How about this, tomorrow at the latest? There are like-minded people here to witness it. It's not easy to run a small business. Tomorrow, that is tomorrow, as long as you can give an accurate answer, we can discuss it again.
Otherwise, after tomorrow, I will sell this "Nine Dragon Root". What else do you have to say?"
Seeing how persistent Sun Guoshu was, Hu San couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.
"Is it really what the monks of the Wuling Sect need?"
The price of this "Nine Dragon Root" is not low. Although a cultivator wanted to buy it yesterday, he later hesitated, perhaps because he thought the price was too high, and said he would go back and think about it.
But with Hu San's vision, he could still see that the monk was 70% determined to buy it, so he agreed to a deadline of tomorrow. He thought he could still delay it by finding a random excuse today, and he had room to advance or retreat on both sides.
When Sun Guoshu saw that what had been said was true and many cultivators in the surrounding area were looking at this place, he realized that his reasoning was not good enough and that he was just occupying the name of the Wuliang Sect. He nodded vigorously, turned around and left.
He left and went to borrow some spirit stones from everywhere, but it was midnight, and all the money he had borrowed was only 13,000 spirit stones, which made him anxious and bloodshot. When it was almost dawn, Sun Guoshu gritted his teeth and immediately left Peiyang Market, flying directly to the Wuling Sect. He really had no choice but to take a risk.
And this was indeed true. He felt that the monks from the Wuliang Sect would not take his life as soon as they met him. He just needed to give him a chance to speak.
He flew at full speed and arrived at the gate of the Wuliang Sect in more than an hour. However, looking at the pressure of the protective formation of the Wuliang Sect at the gate, Sun Guoshu felt his calves twitching.
Looking at the huge mountain gate, which seemed like a bottomless mouth, Sun Guoshu couldn't help but hesitate. He even regretted coming here so rashly. But for a moment, he felt it was a pity to leave, so he couldn't help but wander in front of the mountain gate.
His unusual behavior was discovered by the patrolling disciples, and several of them stepped forward and arrested him.
But everything was fine, at least he didn't take action immediately, but asked the reason coldly. Sun Guoshu was waiting for this moment and quickly brought up Li Yan's name.
And he kept saying that Li Yan had instructed him to come and notify if he couldn't be contacted due to any problems, etc. The rest of his words were just nonsense.
However, at this moment, as long as he could see Li Yan, he believed that Li Yan would not blame him. After all, he said that in order to get things done.
After hearing this, the patrolling team of disciples were skeptical, but many of them had heard of Li Yan's name. After all, there were too few disciples in Xiaozhu Peak.
One of them went to Xiaozhu Peak, but came back with a gloomy face and a hint of hostility in his eyes. Li Yan was in seclusion and did not see any outsiders at all. Sun Guoshu said that Li Yan asked him to come, which was obviously a deception.
After Sun Guoshu learned that Li Yan was really in seclusion, he saw the monk who had come to report the incident and had a bad look on his face. He trembled all over and was so anxious that he couldn't help but think of Bai Rou.
But he didn't know Bai Rou's name, and he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. Finally, he swore to the heavens and the earth and told Li Yan that Bai Rou was present when Li Yan asked him to do something.
He also described Bai Rou's appearance and her expertise in puppetry. It must be said that Sun Guoshu was extremely lucky, otherwise, today would have been the day he died.
Bai Rou keeps a low profile in the Wangliang Sect. In fact, her reputation is even lower than Li Yan's. She usually never goes out, but fortunately, there happen to be two disciples from the Four Symbols Peak in this patrol team.
After listening to Sun Guoshu's description, they knew that the person he was talking about should be Bai Rou. Seeing Sun Guoshu swearing such a poisonous oath, the patrolling disciples did not want to really kill the wrong person.
It would be a bad thing if Li Yan and Bai Rou became dissatisfied. The disciples of Xiaozhu Peak were few and not easy to deal with. Finally, a disciple from Sixiang Peak flew to Sixiang Peak again.
At this moment, Sun Guoshu's spirit had almost collapsed. Before that, he had been mentally confused and a little insane due to the constant questioning and intimidation from several opponents.
At this moment, there was only one thought in my mind, which was to hope that Bai Rou would not go out or go into seclusion.
Perhaps his prayers really worked. Not long after, Bai Rou arrived at the mountain gate with a suspicious look on her face and recognized Sun Guoshu at a glance.
The moment Sun Guoshu saw Bai Rou, tears immediately flowed down his face and he almost knelt down to Bai Rou. This made Bai Rou stunned. How could this man in front of her look like the arrogant Sun Guoshu in the market that day
After finding out Sun Guoshu's reasons, Bai Rou also saw Li Yan calling Sun Guoshu aside to talk that day, but Li Yan was in seclusion at the moment and could not call him at all.
After a little hesitation, she actually proposed to follow Sun Guoshu to the market. Her proposal surprised Sun Guoshu.
Li Yan was in seclusion, he had given up the idea of getting the spirit stone back. He asked Bai Rou to come out as a proof to save his life. He didn't expect that after hearing what he said, the other party would actually go with him. He couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
Bai Rou thought about the giant ape puppet, and heard that if she didn't buy what Li Yan wanted today, the other party would sell it to someone else. After weighing it over and over again, she decided to go there.
Along the way, she was even more nervous, but despite her careful vigilance, she still arrived at the market town safely.
Afterwards, with Sun Guoshu looking very proud and Hu San looking very fawning, she directly took out the spirit stone and purchased the "Nine Dragon Root".
Although Hu San didn't know the reason why the cultivator of the Wuliang Sect went from being a grandfather to a mother, this was a real cultivator of the Wuliang Sect, and he was indeed called by Sun Guoshu. He couldn't help but take Sun Guoshu seriously.
Afterwards, Sun Guoshu took out a storage bag and explained that it contained several other auxiliary materials purchased by Li Yan, and then handed it to Bai Rou.
After asking about the price, Bai Rou not only gave Sun Guoshu all the spirit stones for the materials, but also gave him another 5,000 spirit stones in front of many cultivators after she left.
Tell him that one thousand spirit stones are the reward, and the other four thousand spirit stones are the deposit. Just continue to do good things for Li Yan. If you can't find Li Yan next time when you need something, you can come to me directly. After that, I also gave Sun Guoshu ten sound transmission notes.
After receiving this large amount of spirit stones, Sun Guoshu was grinning from ear to ear, especially in front of Hu San and some cultivators around him. He looked even more beaming. This made all the cultivators around him know that it was a fact that he was working for the cultivators of the Wuliang Sect.
Although Bai Rou rarely goes out, she is very smart. The reason why she did this in front of others is, firstly, to give Sun Guoshu an identity in front of outsiders, so that he can do better for Li Yan in the future;
Secondly, although the number of spirit stones given to Sun Guoshu was as many as five thousand, it was not too eye-catching. No one would dare to risk offending the Wuliang Sect and kill people for these five thousand spirit stones. If they did, they would only end up being hunted everywhere.
Five thousand spirit stones are to tell some shop owners that Sun Guoshu will not be short of money to buy things, and he hopes that he can place an order after paying a deposit.
After this matter was settled, Sun Guoshu, who was also a tactful person, directly offered to escort Bai Rou back to the sect, and Bai Rou naturally nodded in agreement.
When she came out, those disciples saw her coming out with Sun Guoshu, so they thought he wouldn't dare to have any bad intentions, especially since she was also a foundation-building cultivator.
These worries were of course unnecessary. Sun Guoshu was careful all the way and escorted Bai Rou to the sect.
Finally, Bai Rou told him that after Li Yan came out of confinement, these materials would be delivered to him intact. Only then did Sun Guoshu return to the market with great satisfaction.
Bai Rou entered the sect gracefully.