Chapter 1241: Chapter 1241: The Clever An Yuhong
Gong Yannan never thought of defaulting because the Green Silk Spirit Grass Gu was really useful to him, worth more than two thousand Spirit Stones.
The reason he went to Tiantong to pledge this Gu Insect was that pledging to other Gu Cultivators, he simply couldn’t get it back.
But his Life-bound Gu was about to advance, and he had to find a place to cultivate in seclusion and seize this opportunity.
However, pledging to non-Gu Cultivators doesn’t fetch a good price as the “Spirit Grass” in the Green Silk Spirit Grass Gu is intended for Gu Insect purposes.
In short, Gu Cultivators are indeed relatively poor—which is not exactly poor, the key is most of their Spirit Stones are exchanged for cultivation resources, or they are unwilling to exchange cultivation resources for Spirit Stones.
Gu Cultivators are a niche group of cultivators, and their cultivation resources are rare and hard to find.
This is like residents of big cities in the Earth Realm buying rice and groceries, thinking choosing five-pound packs is good enough—they might not even cook once a week amidst so many social engagents and takeouts.
Well, that’s one of the reasons, another reason is buying rice and groceries is too convenient, there’s a small supermarket downstairs.
But those living in the mountains… or on a vast prairie would definitely not buy five-pound packs; it’s too inconvenient to purchase rice and groceries.
Gu Cultivators are similar, having resources on hand is the strongest, Spirit Stones are secondary.
When Gong Yannan was planning to pledge the Gu Insect, he was already considering: Where to get the Spirit Stones to redeem?
He has many good things, redeeming is not the problem, the key is… which ones should he sell?
In this situation, Feng Jun’s desire for the Parasitic Insect was noted by him—he knew what you want, and he could find them, so… you have to pay for your needs.
Gong Yannan ca from a Gu Cultivator legacy family and knew many things that ordinary Gu Cultivators didn’t—for example, the ridian Gu.
Most Gu Cultivators did know of the Gray Mist Needle Gu, a low-grade Gu Insect used as their own Parasitic Insect—it could unblock clogged blood vessels or ridians.
But that was the practice before; now with the Spirit Silk Gu, the Gray Mist Needle Gu is basically swept into the history trash pile—the Spirit Silk Gu works much better.
Simply put, both Gu Insects are very low-grade, few Gu Cultivators use them, but Gong Yannan, coming from a Gu Cultivator legacy family, has plenty of records. With his lofty cultivation level, he couldn’t recall when he saw this knowledge, but a check at ho would find it.
Once found, he was very happy: These are very low-grade Gu Insects, relatively niche, but not too hard to find, even purchasing them wouldn’t cost many Spirit Stones—of course, purchasing in Gu Cultivator Town.
Because collecting them isn’t difficult, selling to Gu Cultivators likely won’t earn much, but selling to outsiders is a different matter.
He could sense Feng Jun’s desire for similar Gu insects—since you’re in such a hurry, selling them cheaply wasn’t appropriate.
But deciding the price was difficult—selling for ten thousand would be too expensive, yet selling for one thousand might be too little?
So he had soone investigate Feng Jun.
Don’t be fooled by Gu Cultivators being a niche among cultivators; in fact, information exchange among niche cultivators is faster than among mainstream ones.
This comparison reflects Huaxia’s nich groups… those mainstream communities, are much slower in response.
Gong Yannan learned many surprising things, hence coming to complete the deal.
If not, he had other ans, for instance, he could let the engraved Spirit Beast Talisman dissolve—once dissolved, he could use other thods to take away the unsealed Green Silk Spirit Grass Gu.
However, doing so would face relatively high moral costs.
The price he set for the two Gu Insects was each three thousand Spirit Stones—including cultivation thods.
Expensive? It shouldn’t be too expensive, he initially planned to price them at five thousand each.
In the Gu Cultivator world, this is a sky-high price. These two Gu Insects, along with cultivation thods, each wouldn’t exceed fifty Spirit Stones.
Indeed, just fifty Spirit Stones, these two Gu Insects have no future, mostly bred to be consud by other Gu Insects.
That’s the cost price; selling to other Gu Cultivators, one might expect up to a hundred Spirit Stones.
But Gong Yannan believes controlling sothing others desperately need justifies selling at a higher price, five thousand seems fitting—don’t think it’s exploitative, Gu Cultivators have a notorious reputation; many would pay to avoid trouble.
Strictly speaking, compared to Feng Jun’s cross-boundary trading profits, Gong Yannan is already quite kind.
After learning about Feng Jun’s specific situation, he felt five thousand Spirit Stones was a bit too high, three thousand was more suitable.
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This wasn’t because he thought the Gu Insect was worth three thousand; it was purely a matter of gauging the situation. He first needed to consider redeeming his Green Silk Spirit Grass Gu. Two thousand was the baseline, and making a bit more would just make it three thousand, wouldn’t it?
However, Feng Jun buying two types at once exceeded his calculations. Originally, he just wanted to give the other party more of a choice.
Feng Jun inspected the goods, confird there was no problem with the Gu Insects or the books, and very readily returned the Spirit Beast Talisman to the other party, paying four thousand Spirit Stones as well.
If things had ended there, it would have been a straightforward transaction. However, lucky or not, An Yuhong was resting today and not cultivating. Upon hearing Feng Jun was involved in a transaction, she brought Kong Ziyi along to watch the show.
Huang Fu Flawless, who could check Gu Insect prices, wasn’t present. However, An Shangren had benefitted from Feng Jun and felt it was necessary to help Mountain Master Feng, so she contacted a few fellow disciples who were nearby.
anwhile, Gong Yannan didn’t leave imdiately after the transaction because he hoped Feng Jun could help deduce what kind of Gu Insect would be suitable for the Qi Refining Ninth Layer Gu Cultivator to advance.
This Gu Cultivator was nad Gong Yiyun, the grandson of Gong Yannan’s brother. Gu Cultivators generally don’t trust others of their kind, but their own kin are an exception.
Gong Yannan chose several suitable Gu Insects for his grandnephew’s advancent. A Gu Cultivator family certainly wouldn’t lack related knowledge, but… which one was truly the most suitable?
He couldn’t possibly ask other Gu Cultivators. For one, it involved family secrets, and second… those people might not necessarily know more than he did.
Originally, he planned to take a chance, but after learning Feng Jun could deduce, he considered asking him for help.
After saying all this, he looked at Feng Jun pitifully, “I’m the only one in the Out-of-Dust Stage in the clan. The growth of this child is very important to our Gong Family. I hope Fellow Daoist Feng can fulfill this request.”
Feng Jun was silent for a mont before speaking, “If you want to deduce, the physical Gu Insects must be present. Did you bring them?”
Gong Yannan hesitated for a mont but still nodded, “I brought them. My grandnephew is already at the Qi Refining Peak and could break through at any ti. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be rushing to bring him here.”
This was because Feng Jun’s reputation was well-known, and Kong Ziyi was a High Disciple of Taiqing. If soone else had asked, he might not have said the truth.
Feng Jun slightly nodded, “Take them all out and place them on the stone table in the yard. Gong Yiyun, you sit next to it.”
After the other party finished preparing, he turned and walked into the house, “This calculation… will cost money, you know.”
He didn’t mind helping people find matches. You could say Gong Shangren had helped him too, but since the other was quick to pay, naturally, he would handle things by the book.
Gong Yannan smiled and nodded, feeling quite wealthy having four thousand Spirit Stones, “Of course.”
Feng Jun stayed inside for more than twenty minutes—not that it actually took this long, but since money was involved, taking more ti showed respect for the client.
anwhile, An Yuhong had already found out the relevant prices of Gu Insects from fellow disciples, “My gosh, it’s this overpriced? Zi Yi, co here, let tell you sothing.”
Kong Ziyi was relatively indifferent to pricing and such matters. It wasn’t that she didn’t know how to bargain, but she often wasn’t sensitive to prices, including this ti, when it was An Yuhong who contacted fellow disciples to inquire about prices. Kong Ziyi hadn’t even considered it.
But hearing the price did surprise her, “You can buy it for just a hundred Spirit Stones… Which fellow disciple said this, are they reliable?”
Once Kong Ziyi confird the fellow disciple was indeed not wrong, she shook her head, “Quoting this kind of price is excessive.”
“Yes,” An Yuhong nodded, speaking in a low voice, “Looks like this Gu Cultivator thought Huang Fu Flawless wasn’t around, so no one would know the price… He wouldn’t dare quote randomly in front of Huang Fu Flawless, but he dares with us. Is this mocking us Taiqing lacks people?”
Starting to escalate the situation, even Kong Ziyi couldn’t handle it. She calmly expressed, “Taiqing disciples aren’t in business. It’s normal not to know prices for so uncommon items, but we also can’t just watch our friends suffer.”
An Yuhong nodded, smiling as she spoke, “Luckily, Mountain Master Feng forgot to ntion how much a deduction would cost, so there’s room to rescue the situation.”
Actually, Feng Jun hadn’t forgotten to ntion the price; rather, he didn’t know what result the deduction would yield.
So charge per instance of deduction. Feng Jun felt that wasn’t necessary. Like last ti, when he helped the Fang Family’s twins deduce, he didn’t find anything particularly useful but discovered An Yuhong’s hidden danger.
After that incident, he thought charging per instance was inappropriate and should instead charge different fees based on varying circumstances.
The Gu Cultivator was quite pitiful, so he should charge less if possible.
As he walked out the door and was about to speak, Kong Ziyi’s Divine Sense transmitted a ssage, “Don’t rush to na a price, co over here first.”
Feng Jun walked over, whispered a few words, then returned, looking at Gong Yannan with a mix of amusent and helplessness, “Friend Gong, I used to trust you quite a bit, but your pricing… it’s a bit outrageous.”
Gong Yannan’s face reddened for a rare mont. He wouldn’t blink an eye at killing for treasures, but being a dishonest trader was unfamiliar territory to him, which made him a bit awkward. Nonetheless, he maintained his ground, “Well… Fellow Daoist Feng, in business, one commits to the deal; one must accept the risk.”
Feng Jun surprisingly laughed. He wasn’t truly angry, just found it amusing. This sowhat naïve guy actually said this?
He laughed for a while before speaking, “I just feel a bit regretful. Last ti, you pawned the Green Silk Spirit Grass Gu, claiming you urgently needed a thousand Spirit Stones, yet pawned it for two thousand and even then, I didn’t take advantage of the situation to lower your price. I treated you with sincerity, and this is the kind of return I get?”
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