This year's Six Sects Grand Competition is being held at the Fu Immortal Sect.
Although Sword Cultivators are always the poorest, Sect Leader Xiao still gritted their teeth and rented a large flying ship to take their direct disciples to participate in the Six Sects Grand Competition.
Tian Ning slept for several days on the flying ship. When she woke up, Shi Qinxin and Xiao Roushu dragged her to the street for a stroll. With the Grand Competition approaching, the town near the Fu Immortal Sect was especially lively, with all sorts of strange things.
Shi Qinxin bought several large pots, specifically to prepare food for everyone participating in the team competition's entrance into the Secret Realm.
The three people strolled around, buying many miscellaneous things. Just as they were about to go back, a boy of about ten years old suddenly appeared from a stall and rushed into Tian Ning's arms. His legs were bound by iron chains, his body dirty. His delicate little face and beautiful purple eyes had a charm that didn't belong to his age.
Unlike ordinary people, this boy had a pair of furry animal ears on his head. He was a half-human, half-spirit Fox Clan young man.
"Sister..." the boy called timidly, his hands clutching Tian Ning's robe, covered with whip marks. "Can you buy me...? I'll be good, I can do anything..."
Before the boy could finish his sentence, the iron chains on his feet were pulled, his body lost its balance, and he was harshly thrown onto the ground, dragged back to the stall by the stall owner.
"Little bastard trying to run away again, are you?! If you dare have any more bad ideas, I'll beat you to death!"
The stall owner was a large man with a scar on his face, looking fierce and very unpleasant.
In the Cultivation World, mixed-bloods are rarely seen and generally disliked by both sides. However, some gray industries sell these mixed-bloods to satisfy the desires of those with unusual preferences.
Xiao Roushu had never seen anything like this before. Young men are always full of justice, so she immediately stepped forward and asked, "How many Spirit Stones for this child?"
The stall owner didn't even blink, directly stating, "One hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones!"
Xiao Roushu: "..."
Excuse me.
The impoverished Sword Cultivator silently put away their Dimensional Pouch. Let the kind people handle this.
Tian Ning was not short of Spirit Stones.
But since making a contract with the Demon Sword, she could sense the Demonic Qi around her. That Demon Sword also likes to show off, prompting her to take in Demonic Cultivators as subordinates whenever one appears, preparing for her future ascension to Demon Venerable!
And the Fox Boy in front of her was a hidden Demonic Cultivator.
So, was it a coincidence, or... deliberate?
Seeing that the three were not interested and about to leave, the boy hurriedly knelt on the ground and pleaded, "Sister, please help me... I don't eat much, and I can do anything..."
The stall owner raised an eyebrow at Tian Ning and said, "This kid isn't cheap, if you don't have money, scram! Don't waste my time!"
As he spoke, he angrily whipped the boy, directly whipping his back until it was bloody.
Even the surrounding cultivators gasped. A child so young suffering such a beating... anyone with a conscience would try their best to buy the child.
However, Tian Ning took a large step back.
"I see Sixth Sister spending so many Spirit Stones on luxuries, how can you be so heartless?" A familiar voice came, it was Wenren Xue, who appeared from nowhere.
Her right hand had indeed recovered; she was wearing the Fu Immortal Sect Direct Disciple uniform, with Wenren Bai and Long Ye, who glared fiercely at Tian Ning, behind her.
Regarding this moral kidnapping, the onlookers gossiped and criticized.
"Yeah, look at them, they have so many things, yet they're unwilling to save that poor child."
"They're so heartless."
"It's fortunate that the child even asked for her help..."
...
Tian Ning was speechless; she was just strolling and encountered this...
Tian Ning: "We Sword Cultivators are very poor. Look at my clothes, they're all patched up. Do I look like a rich person?"
After she said this, the surrounding onlookers reacted.
Sword Cultivators are indeed the poorest in the Cultivation World.
Wenren Xue naturally didn't believe it. Tian Ning had received so many good things from the Dragon King; how could she be poor?
She immediately said, "Then why are you buying so many expensive things? I saw you earlier, you paid for clothes without any hesitation! Sixth Sister, is this child's life worth less than those inanimate objects?"
Tian Ning realized that Wenren Xue was really asking to be beaten. She had recovered from her injuries and dared to show her face in front of Tian Ning again.
Tian Ning smiled, "Since you're so compassionate, then buy him!"
What a coincidence, perhaps this was Wenren Xue's fish?
"I certainly wouldn't be so heartless like Sixth Sister," In front of so many people, Wenren Xue naturally wanted to show her difference from Tian Ning. She said to the stall owner, "Boss, how many Spirit Stones for this child? I'll buy him!"
The stall owner frowned slightly, "Ten thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones."
Wenren Xue: "..."
The onlookers gasped.
Tian Ning: "6"
I've seen price gouging, but never this extreme. The stall owner is treating Wenren Xue like a fool.
"Boss... I clearly heard you say that this child only costs one hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones!" Wenren Xue was also not calm. She wanted to slap Tian Ning's face, and this Fox Clan young man looked very good, she could add him to her collection, but she didn't expect this black-hearted stall owner to raise the price so drastically!
From one hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones to ten thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones, I've never seen anything like this!
"One hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones was the previous price; the current price is ten thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones!" The stall owner didn't give Wenren Xue any face, "Can't afford it? Then scram!"
While everyone was shocked by the price, Tian Ning keenly noticed something.
The Fox Boy had only clung to her, even though Wenren Xue was likely to help him, he hadn't acted the same way as before.
And the stall owner clearly didn't want to sell the boy to Wenren Xue.
As the saying goes, fortune favors the bold. Tian Ning wouldn't miss such a good opportunity.
She began to speak sarcastically, "No way, no way! This is a life, you're such a kind person, you wouldn't think this child's life is worth less than ten thousand Spirit Stones worth of inanimate objects, would you?!"
Wenren Xue: "..."
She really wanted to rip Tian Ning's mouth apart!
Wenren Xue gritted her teeth, "I, I don't currently have that much..."
"Everyone knows that the Fellow Cultivators of the Fu Immortal Sect are the wealthiest! Especially a direct disciple, you wouldn't pretend to be poor and not be willing to spend ten thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones to save this child's life, would you?" Tian Ning directly drew everyone's attention to the point. Everyone knows that Talisman Cultivators and Pill Cultivators are very wealthy, and once the identity of a Fu Immortal Sect direct disciple is revealed, no one would believe Wenren Xue didn't have Spirit Stones.
Wenren Xue originally planned to use her Fu Immortal Sect Direct Disciple uniform to stimulate Tian Ning. Even if she was expelled from Wanjian Sect, what of it?
She could still join the Fu Immortal Sect and participate in the Six Sects Grand Competition based on her ability!
She had even imagined Tian Ning's shocked expression when she saw her, but she never expected this outcome...
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