If Xiaoyao specialized in this business, he could become wealthy and famous as a renowned antique dealer and archaeologist across the entire continent.
However, Xiaoyao had no plans to do this. He only bought things when he found them interesting, had enough money to buy them, or could earn some spare change.
"Huh, strange, there's even someone selling monster beasts here. Chi Chi, those look like your companions..." Xiaoyao suddenly discovered a stall that interestingly wasn't selling second-hand goods but monster beasts.
"Chi chi..." Chi Chi glanced at those monster beasts, then crashed headfirst into Xiaoyao.
"You glutton, why are you hitting me?" Xiaoyao caught Chi Chi and said.
"Chi chi..." Chi Chi looked angry.
"Xiaoyao, there aren't any of Chi Chi's companions there, just some little pig monsters that look similar... I understand now... hehe..." Guxing understood. The companions Xiaoyao mentioned were these little pig monsters. He was saying Chi Chi was a pig.
"Exactly! What's this little glutton angry about? If I threw you over there, people would definitely think you're a little pig!! You just have some fur..." Xiaoyao said while holding Chi Chi.
"Chi chi..." Chi Chi protested, but soon quieted down because it also felt that if those little pig monsters had fur, they'd be about the same, all just furry balls.
In other words, the little glutton was just a little pig monster with fur...
"Why are there monster beasts for sale here? Boss, want to buy one?" Xiaoyao was somewhat puzzled but didn't mind much, because this temple fair's management was chaotic anyway - this stall selling other things wasn't strange.
"No need. Using this type as a life-bound monster beast isn't worthwhile, and I'm not interested in keeping them for viewing!" Guxing shook her head. "I'm not like you. You're a special case!!"
"True, life-bound monster beasts are too much of a burden. Otherwise everyone would catch monster beasts. Fortunately it's like this, or monster beasts would be pitiful and definitely driven extinct by you all." Xiaoyao sighed.
"Not necessarily. Top-tier monster beasts are no weaker than supreme masters, not only in strength but also intelligence! If humans really captured monster beasts en masse, they would definitely intervene. You've said monster beast strength is still an unknown factor." Guxing said.
"Right, our understanding of monster beasts is only partial, too many unknowns remain!" Xiaoyao nodded. "Most we encounter are unintelligent low-level monster beasts, and they're the only ones we can utilize. Only one person in history possessed a high-intelligence monster beast. Legend says that monster beast could even speak and transform into human form - truly interesting..."
"Chi chi..." Chi Chi called from the side, whether dissatisfied with Xiaoyao's comment about unintelligent low-level monster beasts or claiming it could become that kind of high-level monster beast.
"You little glutton, at most you have some spirit, you're far from intelligent," Xiaoyao seemed to mercilessly step on its dignity.
"Chi chi..." Chi Chi wanted to ram Xiaoyao but he dodged, and Chi Chi couldn't stop, flying straight toward one direction.
In that direction, a girl happened to be standing and talking with a stall owner.
"Ah..."
The girl was hit squarely by Chi Chi and startled, then turned around and caught Chi Chi in one motion. From being startled to catching Chi Chi took only an instant.
If it were an ordinary girl, she definitely couldn't complete such movements. Just from this agile action, Guxing could see this girl's strength wasn't weak.
Xiaoyao could very certainly say that not only was this girl's strength not weak, she was almost the strongest rising star in all of Qingyun City. One of Guxing's strongest opponents here.
This wasn't because Xiaoyao was more perceptive, but because he simply recognized the girl before him.
"It's you!!" After seeing Xiaoyao, the girl immediately darkened her face, no, blackened it.
"Miss Nangong, hello. How are you?" Xiaoyao said very politely.
Right, this girl was the Nangong family's eldest daughter, Nangong Suxin. She had changed into relatively ordinary clothes, probably mixing in here to stroll the temple fair.
"Good, I'm doing very well. Where's your Young Miss?" Nangong Suxin said coldly.
"She should still be home drinking," Xiaoyao replied. Recently, due to wine Xiaoyao brewed, she had been living in drunken stupor in her courtyard.
Though scolded by her mother, with her personality, how could she care what others said? Wine was most important, she continued drinking.
Fortunately no one knew Xiaoyao brewed this wine, or he would definitely be forbidden from brewing again. Because of this, the Young Miss firmly refused to tell anyone where this wine came from.
"Take a message to her, tell her to be careful. When I meet her in the preliminaries, I'll definitely make her die miserably." Nangong Suxin said with lingering hatred.
She did hate her somewhat. Besides that speechless move Xiaoyao used to defeat her, making her hate this small servant, she could only transfer this to the main culprit. The Young Miss.
If it were just this one matter, perhaps she wouldn't be like this. But recently another incident occurred that greatly increased her resentment toward the Young Miss.
"You should tell her that yourself. I might not encounter her..." Xiaoyao naturally wouldn't take on this matter. The other party wasn't a Mo family member, and he wasn't her family's servant.
"Forget it. If you don't encounter her, don't mention it. I'll meet her eventually anyway. I want her to know some things can't be done," Nangong Suxin didn't mind either. What was there to argue about with a small servant?
If she knew that another matter making her angry at the Young Miss was also related to this small servant before her, she definitely wouldn't be so calm.
Speaking of this matter, it was nothing else but the Young Miss pursuing Nangong Su. The Young Miss's ill intentions had been exposed not long ago.
The person who exposed this was definitely the Young Miss herself. At a recent New Year noble family gathering, she had made a naked declaration of love to Nangong Su in front of many people, making Nangong Su extremely embarrassed and wanting to find a hole to crawl into.
If it were a man confessing, Nangong Su wouldn't be like this, she'd know how to handle it. But she never expected the other party to be female.
Therefore, she was beginning to hate the Young Miss. However, the Young Miss said in response that the deeper the hate, the deeper the love.
Regarding the Young Miss's special hobby, Mo family elders and others didn't take it seriously, just thinking she was being playful. After marrying, she would naturally improve.
Setting these aside, after Nangong Suxin ignored Xiaoyao, she threw Chi Chi back to him and began talking with the stall owner again about the treasure she'd taken a liking to.
"Boss, I want this item, one hundred taels!"
Worthy of being the Nangong family's eldest daughter, one hundred taels with one move. Xiaoyao had just spent one tael, while one hundred taels was ten years of savings for ordinary people.
"Xiaoyao, another hundred taels..." Guxing said with a light smile. After experiencing the earlier incident, she was somewhat affected by this phrase.
"This hundred taels is also worthwhile. What she wants was made by the world's greatest craftsman from three hundred years ago. Though it has no special value, it's very interesting and quite valuable for girls." Xiaoyao said.
"Huh?" Miss Nangong looked at Xiaoyao somewhat curiously. She seemed not to have expected that a small servant could identify what she wanted, and apparently understood it even better than herself.
"What do you mean?" Guxing was completely blank about this, apart from cultivation, she had no exposure to other things.
"You can only tell at night, it's a kind of light and shadow mechanism. The Mo family can make them too, just not this compact." Xiaoyao said. "However, because it's so compact, the light and shadow effects are somewhat limited. Tonight ours will look much better."
"Then why would she spend a hundred taels buying this? It's completely useless." Guxing didn't understand.
"Originally this thing's value is subjective, some think it's priceless treasure, others think it's worthless." Xiaoyao said indifferently.
"What do you think?" Guxing asked, still using Xiaoyao as her standard.
"Completely worthless!" Xiaoyao said very decisively.
"Oh..." Guxing said faintly.
"...Could you not discuss this so directly? I still need to do business!!" The stall owner was very depressed, and even more depressed was Nangong Suxin.
The item she chose, which she thought valuable, was called completely worthless by someone, and this person was just a small servant.
If this servant didn't know goods, she'd feel better. But this small servant could explain the item's value and function. How could he not know goods?
"Forget it, I don't want it," Nangong Suxin shook her head. She was originally half-and-half about this, not particularly wanting it. After Xiaoyao said this, it would be strange if she still wanted it.
"Damn, kid, you just ruined my business!" The stall owner was angry and cursed at Xiaoyao.
"Boss, don't be so angry. Since she doesn't want it, I do. Though I can't offer such a high price, how about ten taels?" Xiaoyao said with a smile.
"Get lost!!"
At this moment, black lines appeared on two people's foreheads. The stall owner and Nangong Suxin!
The owner's reason was simple, this kid not only ruined his business but was now lowballing him, directly cutting to one-tenth the original price.
As for Nangong Suxin, she felt Xiaoyao had just said it was worthless but now wanted it. Though only offering ten taels, she still felt Xiaoyao was playing with her. Weren't those ten taels still valuable?
Did you deliberately tell me it's worthless so that you could buy the things yourself?
(End of Chapter)