Chapter 789: Chapter 789

Mo Wuji nodded slightly, "That's right, if the butler wasn't so confident, we might have been exposed long ago."

"So, people shouldn't be too confident. Speaking of which, that old fox Lin Zhengnan really taught me a lesson this time.

He played me like a fiddle using my confidence."

Mo Wuji laughed, "Didn't you use their confidence to turn the tables in the end?"

"Overall, Lin Zhengnan did remind me of something this time. Even a lion uses all its strength to hunt a rabbit; never underestimate anyone."

Just as Mo Wuji was about to speak, Qin Yi suddenly made a gesture to signal silence.

"Someone's coming, let's go."

Mo Wuji also sensed it at this moment, several powerful auras were sweeping over.

The two of them quickly hid in the clouds above.

Soon, they saw several figures flying past below them.

"It's Lin Zhengnan and his men," said Mo Wuji.

Qin Yi squinted his eyes, "As expected of a City Lord, he breaks formations much faster than I imagined, we'd better hurry back to the inn to hide."

What Qin Yi didn't know was that Lin Zhengnan had the Break Array Stone.

The two of them discarded their armor and returned to the inn.

Bai Jingqing had already booked the room.

The group gathered in one of the rooms, the inn was built of stone and wood, and the rooms were the same.

However, the room was quite spacious and also neatly cleaned.

"Didn't I tell you to book six rooms? Why are there only two?" Qin Yi asked.

Bai Jingqing replied irritably, "With the few silver coins you have, it's only enough for a few bowls of tofu pudding. Getting these two rooms, I had to pawn my jade hairpin."

"Is there inflation here or what, are silver coins really that worthless?"

Bai Jingqing curiously asked, "Did you succeed?"

"Drop that question mark for me. With me and old Mo taking action, how could we fail?"

As Qin Yi spoke, he casually waved his hand, and a large bag of Earth Spirit Stones appeared.

"Is... is this bag full of Earth Spirit Stones?" Zi Yuan exclaimed in shock.

Qin Yi proudly said, "Of course. Do you think I could put stones in to fool you?"

Qin Yi paused, thinking to himself: I missed a trick there.

Why didn't I think of this earlier? Should have hidden some Earth Spirit Stones, put some regular stones in and claim the butler messed up, no one could verify it.

"There must be over a thousand pieces, right?" Bai Jingqing eyed the animal hide bag with burning desire.

No Qi Refiner could resist the allure of Earth Spirit Stones.

Qin Yi composed himself and said, "Alright, now let's divide the spoils. I mean, distribute them."

The group, faces full of excitement, was about to divide the spoils when suddenly there was a commotion outside. Since the room's window faced the street, the noise came from outside.

Qin Yi and the others walked to the window, peeked through a gap, and saw numerous armored warriors running back and forth on the street outside.

"Brother Qin, it seems Lin Zhengnan has realized the Earth Spirit Stones were swindled by us, and these armored warriors are searching for us."

Qin Yi nodded slightly.

"They won't find us here, right?" Bai Jingqing worried.

Qin Yi shook his head and said, "No, look, those armored warriors are heading out of the city.

Old Mo and I flew towards the city outskirts in front of the City Lord's butler, they must think we've already left the city."

Mo Wuji commented, "Lin Zhengnan must be furious by now."

"Who told him to trick me first?" Qin Yi snickered a few times, "I'd love to see old Lin jumping up and down in rage right now."

At the City Lord's Mansion, Lin Zhengnan sat in the main hall, gripping the teacup in his hand so tightly it was about to crack.

Wang Zheng, Heiya, the butler, and others stood bowing on the ground.

"You've been with me for decades, always handled things carefully, how could you be so careless this time?" Lin Zhengnan, with bulging eyes, was furious.

If the butler hadn't been loyal to him for decades, he would have had him taken away and executed long ago.

The butler hung his head in shame, knowing that no words could change things now.

"You've been with me for decades, decades. Haven't you ever seen me take out more than five hundred pieces of Earth Spirit Stones at once?

A thousand Earth Spirit Stones, I can't sell enough tofu pudding to make up for that."

What was supposed to be a serious matter, Wang Zheng almost burst out laughing when he heard Lin Zhengnan say this, why did it sound so funny?

"City Lord, I've sent everyone out already. We will definitely find Qin Yi."

Lin Zhengnan roared, "You better find them. If not, you'll all be selling tofu pudding to make up for the loss with me."

The group hung their heads low, knowing Lin Zhengnan's frugality well, losing a thousand Earth Spirit Stones would likely keep him up at night for years if they weren't recovered.

"Go and find him, mobilize everyone, we must catch that deceitful little thief Qin Yi."

Lin Zhengnan, seething with anger, was about to smash the teacup in his hand to the ground, but stopped halfway. This thing's quite expensive, breaking it means buying a new one, it's been used for years and can last a few more, saving some expenses.

Wang Zheng and the others took their orders and left. Lin Zhengnan was left alone, stewing in his frustration.

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In the inn's room, Qin Yi and the others were happily dividing the spoils.

However, it seemed only Qin Yi was happy; the others weren't.

Because the distribution was unequal.

Qin Yi gave himself five hundred pieces, Mo Wuji three hundred pieces, and the remaining two hundred pieces were for Bai Jingqing and the other four.

"You're too greedy, what makes you think you deserve ten times what we get?" Bai Jingqing complained.

Qin Yi glared, "Who's greedy? Getting the Earth Spirit Stones was thanks to me and old Mo. You guys didn't do anything, shouldn't you be content with fifty pieces each?"

"We wanted to go, but you didn't let us. Now you blame us for not helping. We're a team, so it should be fair."

"Fair my foot! This is the fairest, more effort, more reward. Old Mo and I put in the most effort, so we should get a bigger share."

Bai Jingqing sneered, "Then why does Mo Wuji get two hundred pieces less than you?"

"Can't you do the math? Old Mo's three hundred pieces, plus your two hundred, isn't that five hundred?"

"You mean our two hundred pieces are Mo Wuji's?"

"No kidding, you and Old Mo are practically dying for each other, you're an item. I'm not related to you, so your two hundred pieces are actually from Old Mo, be content with that."

Mo Wuji smiled bitterly and stood up, "Alright, everyone, stop arguing. Actually, I think this method was Qin brother's idea, and he did the most during execution, so I think this division is reasonable.

Sister Bai, how about this, I'll take out two hundred more pieces. Except for brother Qin, the five of us will each get a hundred pieces, how about it?"

Bai Jingqing was stunned, incredulously looking at Mo Wuji, "Are you an idiot? These are Earth Spirit Stones, not roadside pebbles, and you're just splitting them with us ?"