My Master Knows It All

Chapter 1421: Chapter 338_2

The three chatted casually, naturally attracting the attention of several passing cultivators. The cultivators’ faces immediately showed displeasure, but as they turned their heads and saw Immortal Bi Yue, their expressions instantly softened. The three simultaneously cupped their hands towards her and said, “Greetings, Immortal Bi Yue. Immortal, you’ve also come to Wansheng City.”

The group continued speaking, then turned to Cao Zhen and respectfully said, “This must be Sect Leader Cao of the Hundred Peaks Sect!”

Immortal Bi Yue clearly didn’t know these people, so she only nodded slightly without engaging further. Instead, she looked at the little boy before her, smiling as she took out a hundred-tael Immortal Stone from her Qiankun Bag and handed it to him, saying, “Little brother, although you said the flowers were for your big sister, your big sister is very happy. But I can’t take your flowers for free. Here’s a hundred-tael Immortal Stone for you.”

Immortal Stone!

The little boy’s eyes instantly lit up. He was right to approach her; this immortal was incredibly rich and generous, casually giving him a hundred-tael Immortal Stone!

For a moment, his hands trembled uncontrollably. He had never seen an Immortal Stone before in his life.

Just as his hands reached out for the Immortal Stone, a large hand suddenly stopped him and grabbed the beautiful Immortal’s hand.

“Don’t give him the Immortal Stone,” Cao Zhen said to Bi Yue, stopping her. “He’s just a mortal child. Even if you give him the Immortal Stone, he won’t be able to use it directly. He’d have to find a place to exchange it for silver taels used in the mortal world. A hundred-tael Immortal Stone—who knows how much that’s worth? It could even make him rich overnight.

But people are inherently greedy. Do you think a child can safeguard such a large sum of money? Giving him a hundred-tael Immortal Stone would be harming him.”

Immortal Bi Yue realized the truth upon hearing this and replied with a frightened expression, “Thank goodness you reminded me, or I really would have harmed this child. But I can’t take his flowers for free, and I don’t have mortal currency.”

“No problem, I do,” Cao Zhen said as he took out a silver ingot from his Qiankun Bag and handed it to the little boy in front of him. “Here, take this.”

He had just inspected the mortal currencies used in the Eastern Province—copper coins, silver, and gold. Although the copper coins differed from those of the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty, silver was universal. Having lived as a mortal for fifty years, he naturally had silver with him.

“Thank you, Immortal Sir!” The little boy shouted joyfully, looking at the male cultivator in front of him. In his heart, though, he cursed silently. Do you take me for a fool and think I’m easy to manipulate?

I still thank you!

I thank your entire sect!

You’re so concerned about whether I can guard an Immortal Stone and insist I exchange it for silver taels. Do you think I’m stupid? After getting the Immortal Stone, can’t I cultivate myself?

Even though I don’t have a cultivation technique yet, won’t I gain one once I join a Great Teaching in the future?

Give me back the Immortal Stone!

Stingy! Truly stingy!

While the little boy cursed inwardly, he continued to thank Cao Zhen sweetly. Only after watching the immortals walk away did he turn to sprint into the distance.

Immortal Bi Yue seemed to like these flowers very much; she hadn’t put them into her Qiankun Bag or tossed them aside casually. Instead, she held them in her hands the entire time.

Behind her, Yi Sheng threw the flowers the little boy had given him into his Qiankun Bag casually, chuckling softly, “That little boy really knows how to do business. If I’d encountered him in the Eastern Wasteland instead of the Eastern Province, I might’ve considered sending him to my father to learn the art of commerce.”

“Commerce?” Immortal Bi Yue asked in confusion, “How did you notice that he knows business? I, on the other hand, feel he doesn’t know business at all. He seemed like he wanted to sell flowers, but he ended up giving them to us. If we hadn’t given him money, wouldn’t he have lost money? How could such a child be fit for business?”

“No, we were always going to pay. The reason he approached us was precisely that he judged we would give him money. Plus, we’re immortals; generally speaking, immortals don’t care much about money.”

Yi Sheng glanced at Cao Zhen and said with an admiring expression, “Besides, my master always says that the most expensive things are often free.

Take those flowers, for instance. If he sold them normally, he probably couldn’t even earn a few copper coins—maybe no one would buy them at all. But by giving them to us for free, he almost got a hundred-tael Immortal Stone. Even though my master made you pull back the Immortal Stone, he still ended up with a large silver ingot, which is a value far surpassing those flowers.”

“That’s just luck,” Immortal Bi Yue replied skeptically, “Do you really think a child could plan something like that?”

“You don’t believe it?” Cao Zhen said with a smile. “In any case, the alchemy gathering hasn’t officially begun yet. How about we follow him to see for ourselves? I bet he’s already looking for another group of people to give flowers to—and I bet his words won’t even change!”

“Fine, let’s watch…” Immortal Bi Yue said, still not entirely convinced.

With their cultivation bases, the three easily tracked the boy. From a distance, they observed him carefully, waiting for his next move.

Though they were far enough from the little boy, he suddenly turned to look behind him, as if sensing something.

“How strange, why do I feel like someone is following me?”