Chapter 54: Invitation
It did not take long for the duo to return to Maple Leaf City. Tang Yin headed straight to the inn, regardless of the time, he fell asleep on the comfortable bed when he entered his room.
He was both mentally and physically tired, Xiao Fei also seemed drowsy after guarding Tang Yin and the cave for 3 days straight. She fell asleep right beside Tang Yin, she was in her little chick form. Therefore, she barely took up any space on the bed.
A week passed like that. Tang Yin mostly slept. Whenever he woke up, he would go downstairs to eat and come straight back to go to bed. He wanted and needed to get rid of the fatigue that came from the depths of his soul.
After a week of sleep, Tang Yin felt refreshed like never before. Xiao Fei was the same, she was much lazier compared to Tang Yin. Therefore, she was still yawning even now while Tang Yin roamed the bustling streets of Maple Leaf City.
Tang Yin had donned his black cloak and mask and used the Heaven Deceiving Art to change his aura to one of a 9th-stage Spirit Channelling Realm cultivator. He had done this because he wanted to sell all the Demonic Beast Cores he had obtained during his bountiful hunt.
He could not walk into Nie Jin’s room having advanced 5 stages within a few months, he could not escape the suspicion or greed of the Nie family in that situation.
Before long, Tang Yin and Xiao Fei arrived at the Nie family’s auction site. He had decided not to hide Xiao Fei this time, he had enough strength to protect her if anything happened.
The disciple he met was the same as last time, when the disciples saw Tang Yin, he immediately put on a fawning smile and ran over. "Senior, this way please." The disciple did not waste any time with words, he knew this would displease Tang Yin.
Tang Yin and the disciple arrived outside Nie Jin’s room shortly after. "Elder Jin, the senior you told me to wait for has arrived." The disciple wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed deeply to the door with a respectful expression.
"Please enter." Nie Jin’s tone of voice was starkly different from before, clearly, he regarded Tang Yin with great importance.
Tang Yin entered the room; the disciple closed the door and paid his respects to Nie Jin before leaving silently. The room was the same as before, this time Nie Jin did not have a woman within his embrace. Instead, his expression was serious.
Tang Yin sat opposite Nie Jin, he did not say anything but brought out the items from within his storage ring. "I want to sell all these herbs, ores and Demonic Beast Cores for Mid-grade Spirit Stones." Tang Yin stated flatly.
Nie Jin took in a sharp breath of frigid air, the items before him left him speechless. There were various herbs and ores of varying quality, and there were 37 Low-tier Rank 2 Demonic Beast Cores and 22 Mid-tier Rank 2 Demonic Beast Cores.
"The herbs and ores clearly come from the Inner Ring of the Demonic Beast Mountain, they are much more precious than last time’s batch, and they are worth a total of 630 Low-grade Spirit Stones. The 37 Low-tier Rank 2 Demonic Beast Cores are 3,700 Low-grade Spirit Stones with each being 100 Low-grade Spirit Stones."
"The 22 Mid-tier Rank 2 Demonic Beast Cores are worth 200 Low-grade Spirit Stones each, this is 4,400 Low-grade Spirit Stones. The total is 8,730 Low-grade Spirit Stones, or 87 Mid-tier Spirit Stones and 30 Low-grade Spirit Stones."
"Fellow cultivator, I apologize but our auction hall does not have 87 Mid-tier Spirit Stones. The most we can offer is 40 Mid-tier Spirit Stones and 4730 Low-grade Spirit Stones."
"As an apology, I can round up the 4730 Low-grade Spirit Stones to 5000 Low-grade Spirit Stones." Nie Jin explained the prices of each item with extreme care and precision, afraid he would displease the big customer in front of him. He spoke for a long time as if he were afraid Tang Yin would just get up and leave.
"Hm, it’s not bad. Alright, I agree to the transaction." Tang Yin said in a casual manner as if this wealth meant nothing to him. In fact, his heartbeat was racing. Even Xiao Fei’s eyes were shining with a greedy glint when she heard Nie Jin.
Nie Jin brought out a bag from his storage ring and another storage ring from within his luxurious robes.
The bag contained 40 Mid-grade Spirit Stones and the storage ring contained 5000 Low-grade Spirit Stones, they amounted to a small pile within the storage ring. Tang Yin took the bag and inspected it before putting it inside his storage ring. He then took the storage ring containing 5000 Low-grade Spirit Stones before transferring all 5000 Spirit Stones to his own storage ring and returning the other ring to Nie Jin.
Tang Yin got up and walked towards the door, prepared to leave. "Fellow cultivator, please wait." Nie Jin hurriedly said when he saw Tag Yin walk towards the door. Tang Yin turned around to look at Nie Jin without a word.
"On behalf of the Nie family, I would like to invite your master to become a guest elder within the Nie family." Nie Jin hurriedly and politely asked Tang Yin.
Tang Yin’s lips curled up into a mocking smile, "I don’t have the authority to accept this invite, ill ask my master his decision and let you know the next time I come to make a transaction." Tang Yin replied in an apologetic tone, but this only gave Nie Jin hope as his invitation was going to reach that mysterious master.
Tang Yin wrapped his fist in his palm as a farewell and left the auction hall, with his Heaven Piercing Gaze, he discovered that Nie Jin did not send anyone to follow him. If Nie Jin did send someone to follow him, Tang Yin would have broken all ties with the Nie family.
