Jing Yan and Jing Chenxing were just about to leave the Ru Yi Pavilion when they heard Wang He's voice. They both paused.
As soon as she saw Wang He, Jing Yuqin's expression grew a little uneasy. From what Wang He said, it seemed like the Manager knew Jing Chenxing quite well. She glanced at Jing Chenxing and furrowed her brows. If she had known that Jing Chenxing and Wang He knew each other, she wouldn't have humiliated Jing Chenxing and Jing Yan the way she did a minute ago.
But Jing Yuqin wasn't too worried about it. Even though Wang He was the Manager, he couldn't punish her merely for upsetting a friend. At the very least, he couldn't fire her without a legitimate reason.
The way Jing Yuqin saw it, of course, she hadn't crossed any lines when she decided to kick out Jing Yan and Jing Chenxing. The Ru Yi Pavilion really did have a rule that kept regular customers from visiting the second floor. As glorious as they might once have been in the past, Jing Yan and Jing Chenxing were no more than ordinary people now.
"Wang He, I came to see you because we have some sources to sell," Jing Chenxing said, cupping his hands to Wang He.
"Sources for sale?" Wang He looked a little surprised.
When the guard came to Wang He with the information that Jing Chenxing wanted to see him, the guard hadn't mentioned that Jing Chenxing had sources to sell. Wang He would never have guessed that would be the reason for Jing Chenxing's visit. As the Manager of the Ru Yi Pavilion, he wasn't involved in transactions involving sources very often. Besides, previously, Jing Chenxing had never come to see him to sell sources.
"Yes. Jing Yan recently killed some Spiritual Beasts and got some sources that are quite interesting," Jing Chenxing nodded and said.
Wang He turned his gaze to Jing Yan with a slightly intense look.
Wang He knew about this once-brilliant genius. But now the former gloriously shining pearl had lost its luster.
"Sure!" Wang He said with a smile.
Although he didn't think that the two visitors would have much to offer, he decided to help them for Jing Chenxing's sake. As far as Wang He was concerned, considering Jing Yan's fallen rank, he would be lucky to have brought down a couple of First-grade Spiritual Beasts. That was a best-case scenario.
They had come to see him, the Manager, to sell sources that were so insignificant. Truthfully, Wang He was a bit unhappy about that. But because it was his friend Jing Chenxing, Wang He wouldn't say no to them.
However, Wang He still planned to mention this afterward as a reminder. If ordinary people started bringing Wang He any random sources they could get their hands on, the Manager wouldn't have time to deal with anything else.
As the Manager of the Ru Yi Pavilion, his daily schedule was already filled with important tasks.
"Chenxing, Young Master Jing Yan, come with me this way," Wang He said with a smile.
"Manager Wang He, this Jing Yuqin person kept trying to kick us out. I don't get it. The Ru Yi Pavilion is open for business. Why would she drive customers away like that?" Jing Yan hadn't forgotten about Jing Yuqin's rudeness and arrogance. He wouldn't let it go without taking the chance to get back at her. Letting offenses go just wasn't the way he handled things.
"Did that really happen?" Wang He frowned and turned to Jing Yuqin.
"Manager, based on our rules of the Ru Yi Pavilion, deals involving conventional sources should be completed on the first floor. They came to the second floor simply to sell that paltry sum of sources, which was obviously not compliant with our rules. That's why I told them to leave," Jing Yuqin said in a raised voice.
Wang He paused to think for a second. He looked around and noticed that a large group of people had already gathered around them for the show. He knitted his brows and said, "Jing Yuqin, come upstairs with us."
At this moment, Wang He actually didn't think Jing Yuqin had done anything wrong. Instead, he was a little displeased with Jing Yan.
Wang He took them to a room on the third floor. It was his office.
"Chenxing, I mentioned this before. You can come to the Ru Yi Pavilion and lend me a hand. Ha, if you work here at the Ru Yi Pavilion, you can directly help Young Master Jing Yan to sell whatever sources he earns. What do you think?" Wang He said with a laugh.
"Don't worry about that anymore. I'm doing well," Jing Chenxing said, shaking his head. "Jing Yan, show Manager Wang He the sources you've got."
Jing Chenxing wasn't stupid. Of course, he could tell that Wang He wasn't too happy. But he knew that as soon as Wang He saw Jing Yan's sources, he wouldn't be upset anymore.
"Sure." Jing Yan handed the beast skin sack to Wang He.
Jing Yuqin laughed with contempt. She had noticed the stuffed beast skin sack on Jing Yan's back a while ago. She couldn't wait to see what kind of sources Jing Yan was going to sell. She figured it was probably the corpse of some First-grade Spiritual Beast.
Wang He casually took the sack and opened it.
When the sources inside were revealed, Wang He's breath caught.
Jing Chenxing smiled. He expected Wang He to have such an expression when he saw the sources. When Jing Chenxing opened the sack, he had been quite surprised too.
"Manager, could you please help me sort out the sources and figure out how many Spiritual Stones I can exchange them for?" Jing Yan said as he turned to Wang He with a smile.
"Young Master Jing Yan, did you get all of these by yourself?" Wang He asked incredulously, gazing at Jing Yan. He was still in shock.
He couldn't be blamed for not believing Jing Yan. After all, the beast skin sack was filled with the most valuable parts of Spiritual Beasts. Astonishing!
Wang He hadn't expected the sack to hold anything other than some Spiritual Beast's body.
"Yes, I did!" Jing Yan said.
"Hehe, these are all from Spiritual Beasts Jing Yan killed within two weeks," Jing Chenxing said with a smile.
"Haven't you all looked down upon Jing Yan?" Jing Chenxing thought, feeling a thrill run through him. "Now I'm merely showing you Jing Yan's strength!
"What? Impossible!"
One after another, Wang He took the sources out of the bag. Jing Yuqin's eyes almost popped out.
"A Second-grade Spiritual Beast!"
"No way! How did Jing Yan kill a Second-grade Spiritual Beast?"
"Ah… A Third-grade Spiritual Beast! This is the Sharp Claw from a Third-grade Spiritual Beast! D*mn!" Jing Yuqin's blood started boiling.
Sources from a Third-grade Spiritual Beast were worth at least 100 Spiritual Stones!
D*mn!
"That... Isn't that from a Stone-spotted Tiger?" Jing Yuqin was out of breath.
Regret took her like a drop of ink spreading in the water.
If she had known that Jing Yan had so many sources to sell and managed to perform the transaction for him, how much would she have earned from it?
No doubt, it would have been a big deal.
"Is this...?" When Wang He picked up the fur and the Sharp Claw of a Shadow Gale Wolf, his expression changed again. "A Shadow Gale Wolf? These are really the fur and claws from a Shadow Gale Wolf!"
Wang He looked at Jing Yan with an astonished expression on his face.
Shadow Gale Wolves were extremely rare Second-grade Spiritual Beasts. They were also very sly and challenging to hunt. Even for a warrior at the Precelestial Rank who was lucky enough to come across one, it would still be hard to kill it. Once the wolf sensed the danger, it would escape as soon as possible and make it impossible for warriors to track it.
"A Shadow Gale Wolf?" Jing Chenxing was also a bit surprised.
Although he had taken a look at the content inside the sack, he only glanced through it, so he hadn't seen the fur or the Sharp Claw of the Shadow Gale Wolf.