Chapter 421: Descendants of Spiders Valley
4:20 AM.
Jiang Yuan arrived at the Ancient Teleportation Array, hurriedly stepped into the Floating Market, set the address to the Cyan Fish Mountain Market, and clicked to display the bronze mask to conceal his aura, pushing the door to step into the queer and shadowy streets.
Meanwhile, in the cloth shop, Miss Hu Jiu held a smoke pipe in one hand and a small notebook in the other, puffed out a smoke ring with brows furrowed in worry, "Xiao Ba, which name do you think is better?"
"Didn't you just say you thought 'Yuerou' sounded nice? I think it sounds nice too; it's a gentle name. When I succeed in Foundation Establishment in the future, I also want a name with 'Rourou'!"
Xiao Ba poked her head from behind the embroidered curtain and whispered, "Our shop is opening at Wo Hu Temple Market, but Third Miss doesn't plan to open a cloth shop. Should I and Xiao Er stay at this shop then?"
Ever since Hu Jiu bought her, she had basically never left Cyan Fish Mountain Market.
Every day she cultivated, rested during the day, and at night, when the market opened, she embroidered, cut fabric, living a calm yet stable life.
Of course, lacking cultivation and lifespan was the biggest problem, but such matters cannot be forced. She dreamt of having a great cultivation technique to become strong, and then follow the ties to find her parents and family, dreaming for so long yet of no use?
No money, no background, not smart enough, nor with strong cultivation talent, being rescued by Hu Jiu was already a great fortune, Xiao Ba dared not ask for more.
However, now that Miss Hu Jiu succeeded in Foundation Establishment and Transformation, gained her own name, and cleverly made the retail business more prosperous, and with the help of Third Miss plans to open the shop in Wo Hu Temple Market, specifically for high-end business exchanging Immortal Jade, she is somewhat worried about her future.
What if Hu Jiu earns a lot, and looks down on this small cloth shop business?
Xiao Er can leave the cloth shop and find any shop to continue working, but she is not good at attracting customers, only knowing embroidery and cutting fabric, meeting a difficult shop owner, she would be at a loss.
"I feel the name 'Hu Yuerou' is too soft, not as stellar as my sister's name sounds."
The little fox spirit pouted and flipped through the backup name list absent-mindedly, "We might need to wait longer on the Wo Hu Temple Market.
Ah, mainly because my cultivation is too low, merely a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator cannot hold the grounds at Wo Hu Temple Market, especially doing business exchanging Immortal Jade, easily targeted."
She took a drag from the smoke pipe, turned to look at Xiao Ba with some worry, "Originally, I thought of moving our cloth shop there, Mr. Jiang could supply a lot of cheap fabrics, plus your skills; we could surely profit.
Listening to Third Sister's perspective, I felt weird and didn't dare to bring you all over.
Wait and see then, after all, we will be retailing talismans here and the remaining miscellanies in Mr. Jiang's little courtyard, if not we could just transform the shop into a miscellaneous shop too!"
A miscellaneous shop?
Upon hearing it, Xiao Ba started pondering, a miscellaneous shop only needs a clerk to sell goods; what else could she do? She looked at her hands, wondering maybe… stand guard in the warehouse and manage inventory?
"Miss Hu Jiu." Jiang Yuan quickly entered, clicked to hide the bronze mask to reveal his true face, and upon entry, asked, "Is Miss Xiao Ba here? I have some urgent matters to discuss with her."
"Oh! Mr. Jiang has arrived!" The little fox spirit's fluffy tail stood straight up, wagging, with a sweet smile she approached to invite the young lord inside, "She's here, and it's just not busy at the shop now, you're welcome upstairs. Xiao Ba too, we can have tea and talk slowly."
Her heart was filled with delight, ever since the idea to help sell goods, indeed binding the business line deeper. Not long after, they would occasionally meet every now and then.
Once at Wo Hu Temple Market, the opportunities to meet would be even more.
The only regret now is her realm is too low, to Mr. Jiang, she's just useful for selling goods, unlike Third Sister who seeks a spot in the little courtyard.
So the little fox spirit felt conflicted, wanting to dual cultivate with the young lord to avoid the pain in cultivation, but now needs effort in cultivation to elevate her realm to catch his attention and have the chance for dual cultivation.
Each time thinking of this matter, she felt slightly not up to the standard for such a mesmerizing fox spirit.
Snow Mountain Fox naturally charming, a legend claiming a glance can arouse countless cultivators to fall, how at the critical moment couldn't even enchant the young lord's soul?
"Mr. Jiang specifically came to find me?" Xiao Ba was a bit dazed, Hu Jiu keeping longing for Mr. Jiang to visit, yet he came once only to find her?
Could it be still concerning the Spiders Valley?
She quietly sighed, the poison gas was too intense, even as a descendant of Spiders Valley, she was truly helpless against the poisonous miasma.
"Miss Jiu…" Jiang Yuan sat down with a look of apologetic smile,"
The other party immediately understood he wanted to talk with Xiao Ba privately, immediately her eyes charmed with laughter, "You two have urgent matters to discuss, I will check the storeroom for where the spirit tea I bought last time was stored. Mr. Jiang finds time to visit, must surely taste my tea-making skills."
As she clattered downstairs, Jiang Yuan then stood up, came to the slightly bowed and somewhat lost Xiao Ba, took out five palm-sized, gold-shining suppressing objects from his storage bag, lined up on the table, "Miss Xiao Ba, these are the Five Elements Suppressing Objects of your Spiders Valley.
Refining them will allow you to inherit Spiders Valley, which also contains the Spider Race's legacy, permitting you to comprehend your race's unique cultivation technique!"
The suppressing objects on the table glared dazzlingly, Jiang Yuan's words were overloaded with information, causing Xiao Ba to stiffen completely.
"Do you have a storage bag? Quickly put them away!" Seeing the non-reactive state, he lowered his voice reminding, "These matters are crucial, try not to disclose it to anyone to prevent others from coveting it.
You haven't established Foundation yet, holding treasures like a child carrying gold in a market, once targeted not only is your life endanger but Spiders Valley's future too falls into others' hands!"
"Ah! This..." Xiao Ba finally understood, realizing what Mr. Jiang spoke about, suddenly pale with several hands awkwardly wringing her clothes, "I... I have no storage bag..."
Such things are too expensive, since I eat and live in the store daily, don't need it.
These suppressing objects... Did Mr. Jiang retrieve them from Spiders Valley? Appreciative for your efforts! Just that I... I can't even achieve Foundation Establishment, such a heavy duty...
Jiang Yuan: ???
Why are you so muddled? What am I supposed to refine! That's your Spider Race's territory!
"Aren't you still hoping to advance your realm to find your long-lost family?" He slowed his speech to persuade, "Before you is the legacy of your Spiders Valley.
If you become the Valley Master and inherit the legacy, you gain more suited cultivation techniques and power independent of others, having the chance to find your family and lead them back to Spiders Valley, rejuvenating the clan!"
Then, Jiang Yuan brought out the storage bag from the demon monk Guang Hui he confiscated, all kinds of treasures inside had been emptied, perfect for a favor, "This storage bag is for you, take good care of these suppressing objects.
Nowadays relying on others is inferior to relying on oneself, if you truly don't want to inherit the ancestral business, meet other clansmen in the future and transfer it."
Xiao Ba's eyes instantly reddened, with a thud, the large spider body prostrated to kneel before him," I want to receive the legacy, always dream of growing stronger to find my family!
But, but I'm afraid, I can't even touch the threshold of Foundation Establishment, if I refine the suppressing objects and receive the legacy but still don't cultivate well, wouldn't it betray Mr. Jiang's high expectations?"