Chapter 13552 It’s really expensive

Ling Xiao smiled gently, with a hint of indifference and uninhibitedness in that smile: "You don't need to ask too much, just tell me if I can contact the Money Gang. If I can, please help me contact them; if not, forget it, I will find a way."

The beautiful woman fell into a brief silence after hearing this. She seemed to be weighing something, her eyes moving back and forth between Ling Xiao and the storage ring on the table.

After a moment, she finally spoke, with a hint of hesitation in her voice: "Dear guest, please don't worry. Our Star Picking Chamber of Commerce does have a lot of dealings with the Money Gang, and we even helped introduce a lot of their business. But there is a problem. Asking them to make a move will cost a lot! No, it should be said that it is very expensive. I'm afraid it cannot be measured by ordinary spirit stones or spirit crystals."

Having said that, she sighed softly, as if she felt sorry for the huge expenses Ling Xiao was about to face.

However, there was an indescribable light in her eyes, which was a kind of awe for the strength of the strong, and also a recognition of the strength of the Money Gang. She knew that it was not easy to invite the protectors of the Money Gang, but Ling Xiao in front of her was obviously not someone who would give up easily.

Hearing this, Ling Xiao raised a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes revealed an unquestionable firmness: "Money has never been a problem for me." His voice was calm and confident, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.

The beautiful woman was about to speak when the old man who had left earlier walked into the room again. He walked steadily behind the beautiful woman and whispered something in her ear. After hearing this, the beautiful woman smiled lightly, with a hint of joy and satisfaction in her smile.

She turned to Ling Xiao, her eyes sparkling with sincerity, and smiled lightly, "Honorable guest, we have carefully estimated the treasures in your storage ring, and the total value is as high as more than 60,000 low-grade spirit crystals. If converted into high-grade spirit stones, it would be a full 600 million."

Ling Xiao nodded slightly, a satisfied smile on his face: "The Star Picking Chamber of Commerce is indeed worthy of its reputation, it is honest and fair in its conduct. I am very satisfied with this transaction!" His voice revealed his recognition and appreciation for the Star Picking Chamber of Commerce.

The beautiful woman smiled even brighter when she heard this. She gracefully took out an exquisite storage ring from her sleeve, gently placed it on the table, and pushed it towards Ling Xiao. The storage ring was engraved with complex runes and emitted a faint spiritual light. It was obviously a rare treasure.

Ling Xiao reached out to take the storage ring, wiped it lightly, and put it on his finger.

As soon as he thought about it, the spirit crystals in the storage ring flowed into his other storage ring like water. No more, no less, exactly 61,300 spirit crystals! These spirit crystals exuded rich energy fluctuations, much purer than spirit stones, as if each one contained endless power and possibilities.

Feeling the heavy spirit crystals in the storage ring, Ling Xiao felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction in his heart.

At this time, the beautiful woman raised her hand and gently stroked the hair falling from her temples. The jade ring on her fingertips shone brightly under the candlelight. She leaned slightly closer to the counter and asked in a low voice, "Your Excellency just said that you want to find a protector. Are you serious?"

There was three parts of tentativeness and seven parts of curiosity in his tone, and his eyes moved as he looked Ling Xiao over from head to toe.

Ling Xiao tapped the storage ring lightly with his slender fingers. The dark blue ring surface flashed a dark light and was then put into his sleeve.

He turned to look at the beautiful woman, a faint smile on his lips: "Yes, of course." He knocked on the ebony counter with his fingers, causing ripples in the tea in the cup. "It has to be a reliable one, at least in the middle stage of Bao Yuan Realm."

His voice suddenly deepened, and a cold star flashed in his eyes. "Of course, a high-level master in Baoyuan Realm, or even a peak master—" The last syllable was dragged out, like a crack scratched on the ice with the tip of a knife, "That would be even better."

The beautiful woman's eyelashes trembled slightly, and her hands under her wide sleeves unconsciously clenched the gold-embroidered handkerchief.

She quickly put on a proper smile, stepped back half a step and bowed: "Please wait a moment, sir." When she turned around, her scarlet skirt swirled out like a flower petal, but the silver bell on her waist strangely did not make any sound. She walked behind the screen painted with a nine-headed snake totem, and a cluster of blue flames ignited at her fingertips, which quickly burned the communication talisman to ashes.

Ling Xiao leaned on a rosewood chair with a Taotie pattern carved on it, and his fingertips casually played with the lid of the teacup. Twelve colored glass lamps hung from the dome of the Chamber of Commerce, stretching his shadow to different lengths. In the distance came the neighing of a spirit beast mount, and the air was filled with a faint scent of ambergris, mixed with the smell of metal and iron from the weapon shop.

When he closed his eyes to rest, he could feel at least five pairs of eyes watching him from the dark, but he raised the corners of his mouth without caring.

But a quarter of an hour later, the beautiful woman came back. She walked more briskly than before, and the golden hair on her temples shone with tiny streams of light: "The Money Gang has agreed to let us discuss this business with our honored guest."

As she spoke, she took out a black gold token from her sleeve. The ferocious Pixiu on the token had bloodshot eyes. "We are the sole agent and we don't charge any agency fees." She pushed the token in front of Ling Xiao and tapped the Pixiu's fangs with her fingertips. "It's not bad to be able to make friends with this distinguished guest." When she raised her eyes, the light of the glass lamp was reflected in her pupils.

Before the beautiful woman finished her words, Ling Xiao suddenly chuckled. He flicked the black gold token with his fingers, and the blood-red eyes of the Pixiu flashed a dark light: "Okay, in this case, I don't have to run around everywhere." He turned the token over and rubbed the raised runes on the back with his fingertips, "What's the price for this high-level Baoyuan Realm expert?"

When he raised his eyes, they were like the moon reflected in a cold pond. They were clearly smiling, but they sent chills down one's spine.

The beautiful woman's fingers under her wide sleeves moved rapidly on the abacus, and the sound of pearls and jade hitting each other was as crisp as breaking ice. She pondered for a moment, and her red nails scratched a string of cinnabar numbers on the account book: "Ten thousand spiritual crystals!" The sound was not loud, but it shook the smoke column of the gilded incense burner on the desk.

"Ten thousand spirit crystals!" Ling Xiao pressed the token heavily on the ebony table, causing a few drops of residual tea in the teacup to spill out.

His back teeth were sore from biting them, and his left hand hidden in his sleeve clenched and unclenched - he had fought desperately in the secret realm before, and had even fought with the strong men in the Baoyuan realm along the way, and had been circulating here, and he had barely collected more than 60,000 spirit crystals. At this moment, there seemed to be blood-stained spirit stone fragments on his fingertips.

His smile became more and more wanton: "This is really expensive, are you guys taking me for a fool?"

The beautiful woman was neither anxious nor annoyed, and wiped away the spilled tea with her delicate jade fingers. The tea formed a snake-like pattern on the ebony table, which she gently wiped away with her handkerchief: "My dear guest, you are joking."

When she raised her eyes, the oriental pearl on her earrings reflected the glass lamp, casting tiny spots of light at the end of her eyes. "This price is actually very fair. When a strong man in the Baoyuan realm takes action, he can easily affect the vitality of heaven and earth. The Nine Revolutions Rejuvenation Pill used for regulating breathing alone will cost three hundred spirit crystals." (End of this chapter)