Chapter 449 Trust and a business deal (2/2)
”Ha ha…” Innkeeper Chou laughed, saying, ”I've lived for many years. I'm rather good at seeing through people. You're not that type of person.”
”You think too highly of me.” Sima You Yue said, ”You've been beaten by someone to this state already, right? If I bring that servant and leave Heavenly Tiger Ridge, I'm afraid that someone will kill me before I even reach Innumerable Green Palace.”
”You truly are smart. Much smarter than I imagined.” Innkeeper Chou no longer kept up his greedy appearance and his aura was even stronger than Zhou Hai Mo's. ”Then are you willing or not? If you are willing, I will compensate you properly.”
Sima You Yue walked over and casually pulled a chair over, saying, ”I'm truly interested in your compensatory item. Why don't you let me hear it to see if it can pique my interest.”
Innkeeper Chou gave a thought, and a box appeared on the table beside them. Sima You Yue took that box and opened it. There was actually a large array stone inside.
The bigger an array stone was, the higher ranked array one could assemble. Most array stones were only around the size of a longan. The better ones were the size of a lychee. Even rarer were the ones that were about the size of an egg, but this one was actually the size of her palm!
This truly showed how important this was.
Even someone like her, who had experienced so much of the world, was visibly moved.
”How is it?” Innkeeper Chou asked.
Sima You Yue kept the box and said, ”I'm thinking that if you have been constantly accumulating treasures, if you die and i steal them, you will definitely have items bigger than this array stone. In any case, your servant won't be able to steal them. Who knows, if I take your head and hand it over to your enemy, how well will they compensate me?”
Innkeeper Chou listened silently to Sima You Yue. He was neither anxious nor angry. It was as if she was just joking. He waited for her to finish speaking, then he asked, ”Do you agree to the trade or not?”
Sima You Yue saw that Innkeeper Chou did not flare up, and did not continue joking. She replied, ”You really know how to adapt to the situation. I am rather interested in this array stone, but I am not interested in getting involved in your affairs.”
Innkeeper Chou's eyes dimmed.
”However, I can make a deal with you.” She continued on.
”What deal?”
”I'll heal your injuries and you give me this stone. As for your servant, it's better for you to take care of him. Deal?”
Innkeeper Chou looked at Sima You Yue to confirm if she was joking of not. He eyes flashed with contemplation.
”Are you a doctor or an alchemist?”
”Both.” Sima You Yue said, ”How about this? Do you agree or not? If you continue to drag this on, I won't heal you. I'll even increase the price!”
”You're an array master.” Innkeeper Chou said.
”But this doesn't stop me from being a first rate alchemist.”
”Deal.”
”Cool.” Sima You Yue patted her thigh, then placed the array and its box into her Spirit Pagoda. After that, she took out some needles and lay his throne flat. She peeled some of his clothes completely off, leaving only his underwear.
Innkeeper Chou saw Sima You Yue take out those needles and it was his first time seeing someone cure someone this way.
”Shouldn't you give me some pills to eat? Why are you using needles?” He couldn't help but ask.
”I'll definitely give you some pills. However, some of your body has lost its function. If I don't use these needles to revive them, it's useless even if you ate pills.”
Sima You Yue took out a pill and forced it into his mouth when she finished speaking, using both hands of needles to relieve him of the poison. She took the needles and stabbed it into Innkeeper Chou's body.
This was Innkeeper Chou's first time being stabbed by needles, and he saw that she was actually targeting his major acupuncture points. He immediately knew that it was going to hurt.
As the needles pierced in, he subconsciously closed his eyes.