Chapter 23: Wild Boars
At this point, Lei Ying began to doubt whether his son had truly stolen something or if someone was slandering him. Xunyu Pavilion was one of the largest chambers of commerce, and stealing anything, even a magazine, was not something his son, with a mere 9th level of Qi Refining Realm cultivation, could do.
"Instead of using a space ring, your son insists on accepting spirit stones in a large bag. Last time, when I left the office to fetch the bag for his spirit stones, the magazine was still on my table. But after your son left, the magazine was gone."
Recalling the previous incident, Senior Huang once again got angry. "After that, I searched all my space rings and the office to find that magazine, but I couldn't. In the end, when I gave up, I noticed the stupid letter from your son."
Lei Ying sighed in relief upon hearing the full story. 'At least Xiao Ming doesn't have the bad habit of stealing. This can only be considered openly borrowing from an elder.'
"Senior Huang, since Xiao Ming openly took your magazine, you shouldn't accuse him of stealing. Also, you're a Foundation Building cultivator while Xiao Ming is still in the Qi Refining Realm. If he managed to take your thing, then maybe you should see it as a reward," Lei Ying suggested with a hint of satisfaction.
Senior Huang: "...."
'Why do I feel that you, Lei Ying, is now very happy when you suddenly found a reason for keeping my magazine?'
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Purple Cloud City was established by the Purple Cloud Palace as a communication hub for its disciples and outsiders. The city is entirely under the Palace's control, which is why it isn't officially recognized by the Wei Kingdom. On official maps, it appears as barren land under the Palace's control.
However, most unofficial maps do mark Purple Cloud City. Therefore, it was not difficult for Lei Kongming and Lei Longwei to find it.
At that moment, two wild boars entered Purple Cloud City, drawing curious looks from nearby residents. Two individuals rode the boars, dressed entirely in black with their faces covered by black cloth. While it was common to dress like this in Purple Cloud City, the reason for the strange looks was the boars themselves. There were poor residents in the city, but no matter how impoverished they were, they would never ride boars within the city limits. Doing so would make others view them as country bumpkins.
These two people were none other than Lei Kongming and Lei Longwei. After a long search, they were able to find and capture the two boars. However, since neither of them knew how to tame wild beasts, they could only store the carriage in Lei Longwei's space ring and ride the boars themselves to reach Purple Cloud City.
Of course, the space ring attracted envious glances from Lei Kongming because it was a second-grade treasure, even though its only function was having a large storage space.
"Brother Long, you said you only have a second-grade sword. Where did this space ring come from?"
"Brother Kong, you're still focused on the space ring? Quickly, find a way to dispose of these wild boars without letting anyone know we're from the Lei family."
"Okay brother Long, just follow me."
After a while, Lei Longwei lost his patience, "Brother Kong, I asked you to kill the wild boars outside the city, and I will keep the corpses in my storage ring. But you didn't listen, and now you are taking me to roam around the city on these boars."
"Brother Long, why are you so impatient? I am trying to find a place to get rid of them."
"Get rid of them?" Hearing this, Lei Longwei's mood became even more annoyed.
"Brother Kong, why don't we just find a deserted alley and dispose of them?"
"Found it? Brother Long, let's go and get rid of these boars."
"Eh?"
Lei Kongming led Lei Longwei to a nearby shop. As soon as Lei Longwei looked up at the shop signboard, which read "Butcher Shop," he became annoyed once again.
"Brother Kong, even if you want to sell them, we can just sell the corpses. Why bother bringing them alive and attracting strange glances from everywhere?"
Lei Kongming sighed and said, "Brother Long, you don't understand. Most butcher shops have friendly relations with animal farms, so they purchase living animals that are not locally available for a higher price."
"Brother Kong, they are just some wild boars!"
"But these types of boars are not commonly found around here," replied Lei Kongming with a smile.
"Brother Kong, our Lei family is not short of money. Those horses lost by us may cost several dozen times more than these wild boars!"
Lei Kongming looked at Lei Longwei with a look of hating iron for not becoming steel.
"Brother Long, you should understand the difference between the clan's money and our own money. Otherwise, you will become one of those corrupted elders who only know how to exploit the younger generation."
Of course, Lei Kongming didn't tell him that he was very poor now. Aside from the sword and armor that the clan gave him, he only had three mind-calming pills, and even the Black Dragon Immortal Arts were taken back by Su Zhiyuan.
'I might be poorer than beggars. At least they have some broken spirit stones.'
"Shopkeeper, how much will you buy these two wild boars for?" asked Lei Kongming as he looked at the plain-looking shop owner.
The shop owner examined the boars and said, "Given that both boars are at the 4th level of the Qi Refining Realm, we can offer 20 spirit stones for the male boar and around 23 spirit stones for the female."
Lei Kongming frowned and said, "Shopkeeper, these are not some farmed-raised boars; we have captured them directly from the wild forest. Catching them alive is not easy."
The shop owner thought for a while and said with some difficulty, "Hm, we can offer you 30 spirit stones for the male and 33 spirit stones for the female, making a total of 63 spirit stones."
"75 spirit stones."
"No, 65 spirit stones. That's our final price."
Lei Kongming thought for a moment and finally agreed to 65 spirit stones. Walking out of the shop, he handed Lei Longwei some spirit stones, "Brother Long, here are 15 spirit stones, which is your share."
Lei Longwei looks at the 15 spirit stones in his hand and then at Lei Kongming, who happily pockets 50 spirit stones.
"Brother Kong, why do I only get 15 spirit stones even though it was me who discovered the boars first?"
"Because it was me who negotiated with the shopkeeper to sell them, so it is considered a middleman profit," answered Lei Kongming, sounding like a qualified capitalist.
Lei Longwei fell silent and said, "Then, since Brother Kong has made a huge profit, you will be paying for the inn and food."
Hearing this, Lei Kongming's smile froze, and then enthusiastically suggested, "Brother Long, I think you have also contributed a lot in capturing these boars. Why don't we split it equally?"
"No, Brother Kong, you should keep it. After all, you have to pay for the inn and food," said Lei Longwei as he ran towards a nearby deserted alley to change his black clothes and mask.
"Brother Long, wait, listen to me."
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