CHAPTER 554: CHAPTER 328: DALANG, IT’S TIME TO TAKE MEDICINE

Innocently blinked her eyes.

Clearly, she didn’t understand.

Su Yi wasn’t new to worldly affairs. She had left the Fox Clan and ventured alone to the Central Plains as a child. Later, she met Lu Luo, and the two sisters depended on each other for survival. Eventually, Lu Luo was exiled to guard a small border town for constantly seducing sect disciples... uh.

Anyway, she followed this former lady of the family and roamed the outside world for over ten years, far from being naive by any measure.

Yet her talent tree was clearly at an extreme compared to Jiang Feng.

In managing shops, gathering intelligence, serving others, and utilizing resources efficiently, she was absolutely ahead, even crushing everyone at Swordmaster Peak. In plain terms, she’s an exceptionally qualified logistics manager.

If it were Jiang Feng bringing back things daily from outside and placing them in Su Yi’s hands, he could be assured, not fearing this girl’s extravagance.

But when it comes to social and resource allocation issues, she’s far behind someone like Mr. Jiang, who repeatedly switched jobs among various companies. To be precise, since student days, school leaders have been channeling resources to their connections in this transparent manner.

At least he’s quite used to it.

"Let me think how to explain this to you..."

"Every Nine Peaks martial arts tournament is orchestrated by the Sect Master, Peak Master, and some elders who contribute prizes together. It’s a way to motivate young disciples and enhance their strength, correct?"

The woman nodded, pressing harder on the man’s firm and powerful shoulders. Even in a prone position, his biceps bulged, and his broad, warm back had such an alluring curve that one couldn’t help but want to touch it.

Not only do men appreciate beauty, but many women also covet handsome men, though they express it more subtly.

Small hands glided over the body, the perfect muscle lines alone were mouth-watering, especially for a woman of great allure with Fox Clan blood.

"The question is, why doesn’t anyone directly swap freely?"

"Wouldn’t it be better to personally exchange treasures suitable for their disciples’ cultivation? It involves no risk, and it ensures the benefits remain in the family."

"But the problem is that your offerings aren’t equivalent to others’. Why would they exchange with you? Attempting to get something for nothing? That’s impossible, and even if the grade of your offering is high, it might not suit their disciples."

"Thus, it becomes a so-called reward."

"Simply put, the grade is high enough, but not quite suitable for the sect’s seed selections. Neither here nor there, slightly awkward."

"Giving it away directly can be painful; keeping it has no use. Conveniently, the Nine Peaks martial arts tournament requires many treasures to motivate disciples, so they toss it up there as filler, hoping some other disciples fancy it."

"So I mentioned, among the top ten, there’ll always be a few unlucky ones who can’t get what’s suitable for them."

The man shook his head.

The sect has tried their best to evenly distribute resources, but the disparity in strength causes some to rank higher and some lower. Though the difference might not be significant, even slightly falling short can still be cruel in a competition.

The frontrunners choose first, and after the prime selections are made and others take what suits them, naturally, a few unlucky ones appear.

"The top-ranking ones are beyond doubt; whoever contributes definitely knows who it’ll ultimately fall to."

"But those at the tail end of the top ten have to watch people’s faces."

"Either compromise and select a lower-grade but suitable alternative or bravely opt for a high-grade treasure that doesn’t suit them at all."

"Eventually, they’ll have to figure out a way to exchange or trade externally. Such an extensive Immortal Pavilion must have someone who’d fancy it, but how long it takes, whether equivalent goods are swapped, and if there’s any trading risk, that’s beyond the sect’s control."

A very humble nod.

Feeling Su Yi’s mischievous little hands wandering down his back, Jiang Feng merely shook his head helplessly. Indeed, a fox spirit is still a fox spirit.

Regrettably, he’s completely drained now, unable to get up, physically and mentally exhausted, speaking in a lifeless manner.

Moreover, about the Nine Peaks martial arts tournament, his senior sister vaguely mentioned it yesterday, which explains why he knows so much...

Hmm, it’s because someone lacks confidence in breaking into the top ten, so he prepared an exit strategy in advance.

If you can’t defeat others, then find a way to exchange what you have with them. Besides, he’s currently holding quite a few good items.

"It’s truly surprising. I didn’t expect such a disparity between the peaks, and the prize differences are equally significant."

The expression couldn’t help but be slightly emotional.

The Peak Master’s status and the various elders aren’t too different, but in terms of strength, they’re not on the same level. Like Zhu Ming and Divine Wood, the Peak Masters of these mountain gates and the current Sect Master are old comrades.

Can young people compare to their centuries-old foundation? Their collections are naturally not at the same grade.

Meanwhile, the Peak Masters of mountain gates like Tianquan and Yuzhu are young, second-generation disciples nowadays, akin to Liu Tangxi, with similar age differences.

They naturally don’t possess the foundation and strength of Old Biden because not everyone is as extraordinary as Liu Tangxi, hence...

Senior sister instructed him to acquire the Heavenly Clarity and Serenity True Technique from this young Yuzhu Peak Master, Nan Yuzhu.

Incidentally, this Uncle Nan was one of the deities who forcibly pulled Jiang Feng’s party back from the brink of death after Jin Shan nearly annihilated them.

There’s probably no mistake; among the most precious Earth Rank treasures, senior sister surely put forth something from her own pocket, presumably a Magic Treasure or Elixir useless to anyone in the mountains.

Lazily yawned.

The fox spirit’s mischievous little hands grew more audacious. Taking advantage of someone’s weakness seems to be a required course for every fox spirit; she slyly nudged Jiang Feng again, flipping him over like a lazy fish.

Flipped him back over, her smile undiminished, though she quietly uttered two words.

"Master?"

Frightening.

Really, if a married man heard these words, he’d understand what’s about to happen, a tone that sends tremors down countless men’s spines.

But this one’s still young, seeing the beautiful woman before him smiling like a fox, he merely rolled his eyes.

"Does your Master look like he has energy right now?"

"Hmm~ I do have a prescription, quite effective. I acquired it from the sisters at Yuzhu Peak. Would you like to try it?"

"Uh, it’s not impossible if there is medicine, but brewing it seems a bit late now..."

"Not late, not late."

With that, Su Yi waved her little hand, smilingly took out a cup of aromatic herbal medicine from the Qiankun Bag; just a whiff made one’s body tremble.

Then she knelt on the bed, cautiously cradling the youth’s head on her lap.

"Come, Master, time to take your medicine."