The old woman led them into a room, which was quite ample and with fine arrangements. But the light was dim, and a curtain hung in the middle of the room, with a shadow cast on it.
The old woman pushed the curtain and went in. After a moment, a voice which was not quite pleasant to hear sounded from inside.
âWhat information do you want to buy?â
Ming Shu didnât intend to hide anything from Feng Bei and she answered, âFive Treasures Bible.â
A long silence behind the curtain.
Ming Shu waited patiently. But Feng Bei lowered his voice and asked, âDid you lie to me?â
She said she knew where the Five Treasures Bible was, but now she came here to buy information about it.
âSo what, do you want a fight?â
âYouâŚâ
âI indeed have information about the Five Treasures Bible, but youâre not the only one who wants it. What price will you offer?â
The voice sounded behind the curtain again.
âOur Five Treasures Immortal Clan has nothing but money. Later some people will send you things, and you just need to count the value.â
âAre you from the Five Treasures Immortal Clan?â the person behind the curtain suddenly asked.
âI thought you knew very well about anyone who came to buy information.â
âI only sell information and am not interested in who the buyer is.â
âThen why are you asking?â
ââŚâ
The person seemed to be choked, and after a while the voice continued, âThat lord over there, what news do you want to buy?â
How to kill the leader of Five Treasures Immortal Clan!
Of course Feng Bei didnât dare to speak out his real thoughts.
âFive Treasures Bible.â
âOne piece of information will only be sold to one person.â The voice refused Feng Bei unkindly.
Feng Bei kept silent for a while. âWhere is the Five Treasures Immortal Clan?â
Ming Shu looked sideways at him, and Feng Bei raised his chin to make eye contact with Ming Shu fearlessly.
âThirty thousand liang.â
âWhat? Thirty thousand liang for the location of the Five Treasures Immortal Clan!â Ming Shu protested. âIt should be at least 200 thousand liang!â
Another silence. Perhaps the person behind the curtain had never met an opponent as strange as her.
Her clanâs location was being sold and she wasnât angry at all. Instead, she questioned why it was only worth 30 thousand liang.
After a long while the voice continued, âThe location of Five Treasures Immortal Clan is worth this much.â
âWhy!â
âItâs a trade secret.â
Feng Bei, also speechless, looked at the psychopath beside him, who was ready to roll up her sleeves and start a fight. Thirty thousand liang was already very much, even a life wouldnât cost so much money.
âLeader Mu, donât you remember what you came for?â Feng Bei had to interrupt the conversation. If she really started a fight, did he have to stop her?
Sorry, my character setting doesnât allow me to do so.
Ming Shu also calmed herself in her heart. Recently she had been infected by those incurable disciples.
I need my snacks to calm down.
The tap-tap sounded from outside, and the old woman came out from behind the curtain. Soon the disciples from Five Treasures Immortal Clan came into the room one by one, each holding a box in hand like a cinerary casketâŚ
Donât blame Ming Shu for thinking like so, it was just very similar.
âLeader, all the things are here.â
âGive them to her.â Ming Shu signaled using her chin to indicate for them to give the things to the old woman.
The old woman passed the boxes behind the curtain one by one, and the person inside was silent for a long time.
Then the old woman walked out with a note, still with her dead-fish eyes, and she passed the note to Ming Shu. Then she walked straight to Feng Bei. âFor the location of Five Treasures Immortal Clan, thirty thousand liang in paper money or silver ingot, lord?â
Feng Bei was about to pay the money; meanwhile the disciples over there began to yell, âWhat? Theyâre selling the location of our Five Treasures Immortal Clan!â
The old woman looked at them with fierce eyes and tried to deter these incurable disciples. But these disciples werenât even scared of Ming Shu, how would they be terrified by an old woman?
They were filled with indignation.
âSelling our location, did you ask for our consent?â
âSelling our location but not giving us money in return! This kind of profiteer should be beaten to death!â
âThirty thousand liang, if we get a half, thatâll be fifteen thousand liang!â
âLeader, we propose to beat this profiteer to death.â
The disciples discussed heatedly and soon they decided how to punish the profiteer.
The profiteer behind the curtain probably choked on water, and several fierce coughs sounded from inside.
What the hell is going on today!
The leader was a freak, and her disciples were also freaks. This was like the saying that a fish begins to rot from the head.
Ming Shu maintained a calm smile. Thatâs okay, Iâm used to these freaks.
Feng Bei paid the money under pressure and the old woman also gave him a note with the answer on it.
âYou may leave.â
Ming Shu ignored the disciples who were yelling and shouting to punish the profiteer and left quickly. Since she was gone, the disciples lost their momentum at once and followed Ming Shu out reluctantly.
Ming Shu stood outside and opened the note.
The handwriting was scratchy and it was only three words: Half Moon Villa.
Nie Shuang lied to me?
It shouldnât be!
If Nie Shuang lied to me, then her acting was really good.
Or did the profiteer provide fake information?
âHowâs this profiteerâs reputation?â Ming Shu asked the upset disciplesâthey were quite sad as they didnât beat the profiteer up.
âItâs okay.â The disciples were absent-minded. âNine out of ten pieces of information from him are correct. When itâs incorrect it might be because the person involved is dead or encountered some accident.â
Ming Shu: ââŚâ This is called okay?
Do you have any misunderstanding about what is âokayâ?
âLeader Mu, your disciples are interesting.â Feng Bei stood behind Ming Shu and blatantly provoked her.
âYes they are, and theyâre more interesting than you when you paid to buy the location of the Five Treasures Immortal Clan in front of its leader.â Ming Shu covered the note in her hand and didnât let Feng Bei see the content. Then she deliberately leaned toward his side. âHall Master Feng, do you want to destroy my Five Treasures Immortal Clan and remove the evil for the martial arts circles?â
Ming Shuâs aura came close to him, and he could see all the emotions in her eyes at a glance. But there was nothing to distinguish. Her eyes were only filled with tender smiles.
Warm.
And comfortable.
Feng Bei took a step back and maintained a distance from Ming Shu. âIf thereâs a chance, Iâd like to do that.â
Iâll definitely kill her if I get a chance! I mean it!
Ming Shu chuckled. Her clear and melodious voice scattered into the air, pleasing to the ear.
âThen Iâll wish you success in advance, Hall Master Feng.â
Feng Bei didnât know her meaning.
âThank you, Leader Mu.â
Two excellent performers looked at each other and then averted their gazes at the same time. They were pondering their own thoughts separately.
Ming Shu was thinking about how to make Feng Bei angry and drop his character setting.
While Feng Bei was caught between killing her and getting her to fall in love with him.
âYou lied!â Feng Bei suddenly accused Ming Shu. âYou said that you know where the Five Treasures Bible is!â
Ming Shu smiled as usual. âNow I know.â
Feng Bei: ââŚâ I actually donât know what to say now.
He turned his head to look at the courtyard. He actually knew nothing about this place.
He only knew that Heart Desire Den was where information were sold the most in the martial arts world.
âHere they sell all kinds of information that you can think of.â
The disciples maybe saw through Feng Beiâs confusion and they began to voluntarily answer questions for the âfuture husband of Clan Leader.â
âA lot of high-priced information in Heart Desire Den comes from here.â
âYou will never know!â
âBut the problem is the profiteer didnât let us share in the spoils as he sold our location!â
âNot spoils, itâs called a dividend, illiteracy.â
âWell well, I had the same meaning. Anyway itâs that he didnât give us money.â
âRight right right, Leader, I think we should go back and kill him!â
Feng Bei: ââŚâ It is a miracle that these disciples havenât been killed.
Ming Shu: ââŚâ Sure enough, itâs much livelier when theyâre around.
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