Chapter 31 – The Cloud-Stepping Lynx
Chapter 31: Stepping on the Cloud Lynx
In the Hundred Herb Hall.
Lu Xuan strolled around the bazaar and got nothing, he wasn’t disappointed and came to visit Steward He in passing.
“Lu kid, coming over?!”
The thin old man was looking at his account book, and after skimming Lu Xuan’s glance, he paid no further attention.
Lu Xuan casually found a place to sit and watched several thirteen and fourteen year old medicine boys in the Hundred Herb Hall busy themselves with their work, coming in and out.
The collected spiritual plants needed to go through several processes, and what the medicine boys were doing was the rudimentary treatment.
This is not much technical content, so the Hundred Herb Hall in the hall to deal with the big and bold, not afraid of people to see.
“Come, have a cup of hot tea.”
Not long after, Steward He, who had finished the matter at hand for the time being, came to Lu Xuan and handed him a cup of tea with tender green spirit tea floating in it.
A mouthful of spirit tea entered his throat, and the refreshing fragrance drifted into his nose, causing Lu Xuan to savor it for a long time.
“How is it? Are the spirit plants growing alright? If it’s not up to par, then you’re going to lose a lot of profit!”
The thin old man asked with concern.
“Not bad, better quality than the last batch.”
Lu Xuan smiled back, he knew that the spirit plants in the spirit field not only concerned his own earnings, but to a certain extent, it also represented Steward He’s face, after all, he was the one who introduced himself into the Hundred Herb Hall.
Hearing Lu Xuan’s reply, Steward He was slightly relieved, and the two of them casually chatted.
Suddenly, a woman with a child hurriedly barged into the Hundred Herb Hall.
The woman looked weepy and her eyes were swollen, so it was evident that she had been crying for a long time.
The child’s face had a trace of bewilderment, his mouth open, allowing the woman to hold him tightly.
The woman asked a few questions and went inside the Hundred Herb Hall. Steward He was worried that something had happened, so he followed her in.
A moment later, he returned to the hall with a heavy face.
“There was a spiritual plant master in the hall who established a partnership who accidentally had an accident, and his family members came to ask about the follow-up treatment of the spiritual plant.”
“What’s going on?”
“It is said that several people were invited to go together to a secret realm to pick spiritual plants, but as a result of bad luck, they ran into an injured second-grade demonic beast, and two out of the four fell on the spot, while the other two were also seriously injured and their lives were on the line.”
“What was the name of the Spirit Plant Master who established a cooperative relationship with the hall?”
When Lu Xuan heard Steward He’s words, he couldn’t help but think of Lei Fei who had invited himself to enter the secret realm together some time ago.
“Called Lei Fei, one of the two who fell, why, do you recognize him?”
As expected, Lu Xuan received confirmation from Steward He that it was the Spiritual Planter Lei Fei who had invited him at that time.
“At that time, they tried to want to invite me to explore the secret realm together, I was worried about the Spirit Plants in the Spirit Fields, and I was also afraid of running into danger, so I didn’t agree.”
Lu Xuan sighed.
“Luckily you didn’t agree, otherwise …… the possibility of encountering misfortune would have to be added to you.”
Steward He couldn’t help but say.
“I can only say that they have this calamity, having already entered the secret realm of countless cultivators, they actually managed to encounter a second grade demonic beast.”
“Then what should we do with the spirit plants he’s solicited?”
“The spirit plant master died, and his family members are not very good at cultivating first grade spirit plants, according to the rules, the hall should take over and transplant the spirit plants over, giving some compensation to the family members.”
“It’s just that that would be much cheaper compared to a mature spirit plant, and the family member came over this time because she wanted to plead for leniency, so that the hall would give the remaining spirit plants to her to plant.”
Steward He did not explicitly say how to deal with it, but Lu Xuan looked at his expression and guessed seven or eight points.
The Hundred Herb Hall was definitely profit-oriented, and in front of profit, a little bit of affection was dispensable.
In his heart, he was even more determined not to go into danger, after all, if he went out and couldn’t come back, wouldn’t the spiritual plants in the courtyard be cheaper for others for nothing?
After this episode, he also did not have the idea of tasting the spiritual tea, after swallowing it into his stomach, he got up and left.
……
“You want forty spirit stones for such a small cloud treading lynx? Are you crazy?”
“Fellow Daoist, this is not an ordinary Treading Cloud Lynx, look at its eyes, this is a fae lynx, the price definitely can’t be the same as usual.” In the midst of loitering, an argument at a stall not far away attracted Lu Xuan’s attention.
With a thought, Lu Xuan came to the stall and his attention was attracted by an iron cage in the corner.
I don’t know what material the iron cage is made of, the slender bars have a fine pattern, flooded with coldness, the corners of the cage are also affixed with talismans to prevent the things inside from escaping out.
Through the gap in the bars, Lu Xuan saw a young lynx inside the cage.
The lynx fur was black, only four paws as white as snow, standing as if stepping on four white clouds, the word “stepping on clouds” is presumed to come from this.
The two long and thin ears are standing high, and there are two small tufts of white hairs on the tips of the ears, which are straight and long, like two antennae.
A pair of pupils like turquoise emerald eyes were extremely noticeable, coldly looking around.
Seeing Lu Xuan’s gaze looking over, the bruised Treading Cloud Lynx showed its teeth and slightly leaned forward, making a gesture of impending combat.
“Are good-looking eyes a fae? Then does my sable count as a Fae cultivator at the waist?”
A Qi Practicing Cultivator in front of the stall couldn’t help but refute the stall owner.
It was no wonder that he was angry in his heart, this Treading Cloud Lynx young beast, if it was according to the usual price, twenty spirit stones would be able to casually get, but this stall owner, with this Treading Cloud Lynx with fae pupils in front of him, opened his mouth wide and actually wanted forty spirit stones.
“Forty spirit stones, no lower!”
The stall owner did not waver and kept insisting on the original price.
“You keep this so-called Fae Treading Cloud Lynx for yourself! It’s so good looking, look at it every day!”
The Qi Practicing Cultivator dropped a sentence and left.
“Can’t read the goods.”
The stall owner mercilessly scoffed a sentence.
“This fellow Daoist, may I ask how this Cloud Treading Lynx was obtained, and what’s with these pupils of its?”
Suddenly, a gentle voice rang out from the side, and as the stall owner followed the voice, a clear and handsome young man was standing in front of the iron cage, his eyes looking at himself with clarity.
“This is something that my companion and I, together, went through great trouble to obtain from the depths of a secret realm.”
“The Treading Cloud Lynx is a first-grade spirit beast that moves swiftly and silently, and has a good attacking power, and this young beast in front of me is still different from the ordinary Treading Cloud Lynx, and its pupils may have some divine differences when it grows up.”
“What do you think?”
“How about thirty spirit stones?”
Lu Xuan habitually cut a large chunk.
“Huh.”
The stall owner wrapped his hands around his chest, not bothering with Lu Xuan.
“Fellow Daoist said that it is a Fae Treading Cloud Lynx, I wonder what the basis for that is, just based on its pair of turquoise eye pupils?”
“You must know that Fae demonic beasts are very rare, and the appearance of a Fae in a First Grade demonic beast is even more so one in a million.”
“This pair of turquoise eye pupils, it’s also possible that it was just stimulated by something during the embryo molding process, or was affected by the special aura environment, you Taoist friend directly designated it as a Fae species, that’s also too arbitrary.”
“Moreover, I see that this Treading Cloud Lynx cub in your cage isn’t in very good condition, it’s estimated that it suffered quite a bit of damage during your friend’s capture, and it’s been trapped in the cage, not receiving good treatment and recuperation.”
“With its current state, it’s still unknown if it can be successfully raised.”
“Thirty-six spirit stones, it can’t be any lower, you have to know that we paid a big price for capturing it.”
“Thirty-two spirit stones, I’ll take it directly.”
Lu Xuan knew that the stall owner had already been convinced by his own reasoning, plus he was extraordinarily fond of this turquoise-eyed Treading Cloud Lynx, so he relaxed the price a bit more.
“Good, then it will be cheaper for you, fellow Daoist.”
The stall owner gritted his teeth and finally agreed.
He was also clear in his mind that the possibility of it being a fae was extremely low, and he was afraid of not being able to raise it if he kept it in his hands, being able to earn more than half as much as an ordinary Treading Cloud Lynx young beast was already a pretty good result.
(End of chapter)