If it was someone else, that person would have tried to leave the scene as soon as possible - afraid that the young man would change his mind of killing her anytime.
However, Ling Yu was no ordinary person.
This house was serene and quiet, the surrounding environment was pretty good as well. No matter what, she still wanted to buy this house as a present for the crown prince. If she could really make the crown prince happy, perhaps she would be able to become his imperial concubine...
As she was thinking about this, Ling Yu calmed herself down and turned her head to look at the middle-aged man. "The price that you’ve set for the house is too expensive. Even though the surrounding ambient is quite nice, it is not worth as much as eight million gold coins. I will offer you eight hundred thousand, take it or leave it."
"Are you kidding me, young lady? Eight hundred thousands gold coins? Is this daylight robbery?" The middle-aged man let out a snort of laughter, "As I’ve said before, this price is too low. No way I would accept it!"
Having heard this, Ling Yu lifted her head high up in haughtiness. "You better think about it carefully! I'm buying this as a present that to gift it to the crown prince. Such a good opportunity to please him, and you plan to let it go just like that? It’s not that I'm calling you an idiot but this is seriously quite a fool of you! Do you even know how many people in this world would do anything just to get on the crown prince's good side? If it weren't for me, Ling Yu, would you even have gotten this chance? It’s already amazing that I didn't ask you to present me eight million gold coins as a token of gratitude. Besides, it’s not like I'm taking this house for free. Didn’t I plan on giving you five hundred thousands as a compensation?"
In Ling Yu's eyes, the crown prince was in a prominent position that not anyone could even go near to him. Now that she was giving him a chance to get on his good side, he should have been the one presenting her a few million gold coins to show his gratitude instead. After all, not everybody could come across such good opportunity.
At once, the middle-aged man was at loss of whether to cry or laugh. Having his house taken away by force? And even go so far as to have to thank her for that? He had never heard of such outrageous nonsense before.
"Lady Ling, my wife is now sick with a critical illness. Only the ghost doctor can cure her of the illness. However, the price of the ghost doctor is eight million gold coins. I have no other alternative but to sell this house. Please don't make things difficult for us. I am already at wit's end now."
Ghost doctor?
When she heard the words of the middle-aged man, Gu Ruoyun's heart leaped a little but she remained quiet.
"What an idiotic person you are!" Ling Yu responded with a sneer, "Your wife is a mere low life, how could she be compared to a comfortable dwelling place for the crown prince? As long as you get on the good side of the crown prince, you would have a promising future ahead of you, even the most beautiful woman would willingly fall into your arms. I am sure your wife’s not that selfish to want to destroy your future, isn't she? Otherwise, why would you still want this kind of woman around?"
The face on the middle-aged man immediately took on a ghastly expression. "Lady Ling, it’s not that I don't want the crown prince to stay here! As long as you could give me the eight million gold coins, this house would automatically belong to you!"
"You....."
Just when Ling Yu was about to open her mouth to respond, Gu Ruoyun's voice was suddenly heard.
"Can you sell this house to me then? I'm willing to make an offer of eight million gold coins!"
The heart of the middle-aged man gave a leap of joy. Lifting up his head, his glance shifted towards Gu Ruoyun instead.
This time, he carefully observed the young girl who was standing in front of him.
That delicate face of hers still showed a sign of adolescence and puberty; her not fully grown and yet-to-be-developed body made her looked meager and undernourished at the same time. However, her face was lighted up with a faint smile, along with a pair of bright and well-lit eyes. Perhaps the first impression she gave off was not captivating nor breathtaking enough, but she undeniably exuded a pleasant and warm aura.
"Young Lady, you wanted to buy a house?"
"That's right," Gu Ruoyun smiled as she spoke. "As for those gold coins, just go to the Hundred Herb Hall and inform Elder Yu, he will give the coins to you. He will also be the one handling all the take-over matters and arrangements. However..."
Gu Ruoyun paused a while before continuing, "I am very interested in the healing art. I hope that I could come and have a look when the ghost doctor shows up to treat the illness."
"This...." The middle-aged man hesitated for a while before he spoke again, "I'm not in a position to make a decision about this. I would have to ask permission from the ghost doctor first. Although the ghost doctor has quite a good skill, his temper can be a little peculiar. If he was fond of somebody, he’d heal that person without even asking for one gold coin as payment. However, if he didn't like that person, he would never bother to treat him at all even if a whole country was given to him as a repayment."
"It's alright, just inform me when the time comes."
Fondling her chin, Gu Ruoyun gave a sinister smile.
When she first came to the West Spirit Mainland, she had also heard of the reputation of the ghost doctor before. If she could manage to take him into the Devil Sect, she would not have to worry anything about medical field anymore...
"Master, your smile is a little terrifying."
A cold shiver ran down the Mo Yu's spine. Why did she have a feeling that master was going to do something bad?
"Xun Feng, Mo Yu, let's go!"
Gu Ruoyun did not take offense about what Mo Yu said at all. She shrugged her shoulders and gave her final word before she turned and left the house.
Watching the slender silhouette slowly disappeared, Ling Yu couldn't help clenching her pink fists together, stressing each syllabus as she said, "Gu Ruoyun, I'll let you be arrogant this time! Wait till big brother’s done with his cultivation, you’ll then meet with your death sentence!"
Ling household.
Inside the secret room, the young man who was sitting cross-legged at first slowly opened his eyes where a glimpse of dark light flashed past.
"I finally succeeded in cultivating the secret technique that Lady Shi Yun passed on to me and right now, it’s finally the time for me to get my revenge! Just you wait and see, Gu Ruoyun! I will defeat you in front of everybody in just two days time! Then, I'll finally pay off old scores!
...
In regards to the plans of the Ling family, Gu Ruoyun obviously had no clue at all. Recently, she had been so busy that she did not have time left to even pay the slightest attention to them.
"That's right, Elder Yu. Has Dongfang young master left yet?"
As if recalling something in her mind, Gu Ruoyun turned her head towards Elder Yu and asked.
Nodding his head, Elder Yu's eyes were filled with concern. "Something has happened to the Dongfang family. Young master has been summoned by the master to go back home."
"Something has happened?" Gu Ruoyun knitted her brows together, asking, "What's happened to the Dongfang family? Also, is the Weapon Refining Sect still in Azure Dragon Country?"
Every time she met with Dongfang Shaoze, she would always feel a sense of warmth and friendliness. Naturally, she would not want anything bad to happen to him.
"That's right."
Elder Yu laughed out grimly, "Not only that, the spies of the Weapon Refining Sect always comes to the entrance of the Gu family household to scoop for news. It seems like they will not give up until they’ve achieved their purpose. It's so unfortunate that the Dongfang family has met with such mishap, otherwise, they wouldn’t have let the Weapon Refining Sect off easily."
Gu Ruoyun said while shaking her head, "There's no need for Dongfang Shaoze's subordinate to take action. You see, I don't like to rely on others."
Opening his mouth like he was going to say something, but Elder Yu paused before he closed his mouth again eventually.
A few days after.
The entire Azure Dragon Country was shaken by a piece of news.
"Did you hear about it? The young master of the Ling family, Ling Xi, plans to have a duel with the loser who got kicked out of the Gu family two days later! On top of that, the judge will be no other than the master warriors from the Weapon Refining Sect."
"It is said that this duel was set by both parties a few months before, but it seems like somehow it got called off again. Perhaps it was Gu Ruoyun who chickened her way out. I can't believe that she has the guts to accept the challenge again!"
"This time, the news was released by the Ling family. Both of them have even made a promise that if Gu Ruoyun lost the duel, Hundred Herb Hall's ownership would be passed on to the Ling family from now onwards! I wonder why did the manager of the Hundred Herb Hall agree to such conditions? It is an obvious fact that they’re giving away the Hundred Herb hall just like that. That Gu Ruoyun was nothing more than a servant of the hall. How is it worth it to agree to that kind of promise for her sake?"
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