Primordial Cultivator

Chapter 338: Exorbitant

Fan Ping grumbled in anger when he saw the cheeky and arrogant expression of Zhu Wenqian.

“Although I promised to pay… I never said when though.” Fan Ping suddenly said.

His sorrows instantly turned to joy as he grinned from ear to ear.

Zhu Wenqian nodded her head.

“Indeed, you never mentioned when.” She agreed with his claims.

Afterward, she stood up from her bed and started walking toward the door.

“Since someone wants to be shameless like that, then I shall gladly play by their game as well.” 

Fan Ping raised an eyebrow.

“What do you mean by that?” He asked.

“Simple, I shall head out to meet with Yang Wei and mention that someone is hiding in my room. After all, I only promised to let you hide here, but never once did I mention about not exposing the person.” Zhu Wenqian smirked.

Fan Ping’s face turned ashen white.

He was truly stumped by the swift thinking of Zhu Wenqian.

“I-I was merely teasing you, Zhu Wenqian. 10 mature Dragon Soul Grass, right?” Fan Ping said as he cleared his throat slightly.

However, Zhu Wenqian shook her head and scoffed coldly.

“Originally, it was 10 mature Dragon Soul Grass, but now the price has increased to a whopping 20 mature Dragon Soul Grass.”

Fan Ping twitched his mouth.

“When did the price suddenly increase?” He asked in an uproar.

Although he could be counted as filthy rich with the immense amount of treasures within the Pagoda, he couldn’t just waste it without giving a thought.

Meanwhile, Zhu Wenqian crossed her arms and sneered coldly. 

“I’m extorting you because you didn’t wish to fulfill your promise.”

She then stuck her tongue out and laughed, “Bite me!”

Fan Ping clenched his fist before releasing it and flung his sleeve.

Soon, multiple Dragon Soul Grass appeared outside and landed next to Zhu Wenqian.

“Hmph, this is the last time that I would be scammed by you.” Fan Ping said as he vanished from sight.

Zhu Wenqian grinned wickedly as she gladly held the 20 mature Dragon Soul Grass in her hand.

“Heh, a pleasure to do business with you,” She then said and slowly savored one of the Dragon Soul Grass.

Sometime later, the door to Zhu Wenqian’s room was knocked once again.

“Zhu Wenqian, I know you’re up so open the door already.” Yang Wei’s voice resounded.

Zhu Wenqian almost had a heart attack when she heard Yang Wei’s voice.

‘H-How did he know?’ She wondered silently.

Suddenly, the door to her room opened and shocked her deeply.

“Y-Yang Wei… How can you just enter a woman’s room without permission?” Zhu Wenqian stuttered.

“Get back outside.” She ordered in a commanding tone, but inwardly, she was sweating a lot and had a cold chill running down her spine.

Meanwhile, Yang Wei narrowed his eyes as he took small steps forward.

“I don’t think a person helping a culprit gets to have any say in this.” Yang Wei said calmly as he grabbed a chair and sat down.

His gaze remained locked onto the guilty Zhu Wenqian, who purposely tried to avoid eye contact.

“I-I don’t know what you’re talking about, Yang Wei.” Zhu Wenqian said as she shrugged her shoulders. 

“I have been sleeping in this bed for a long time- resting like you had told me to do before.”

Yang Wei nodded his head.

“Indeed, I have ordered you to rest, and maybe my brain might be a bit lacking due to multiple events occurring. But I don’t think I recall ever asking you to secretly hide someone in here.” He said.

Zhu Wenqian swallowed some of her saliva nervously.

She was like a guilty kid being caught doing something naughty by an adult and was now scared for her life or the punishment incoming.

Yang Wei saw her guilty act and snorted coldly as he extended his hand out.

Zhu Wenqian raised an eyebrow as she was confused by his action.

“W-What are you doing?” She asked.

Yang Wei remained silent but his gaze was extremely frightening, almost like he had turned into a predator and that Zhu Wenqian was a prey to satisfy his hunger.

Knowing how she could no longer avoid him, Zhu Wenqian bit her lips softly.

With a clear reluctance expression on her face, she retrieved 15 mature Dragon Soul Grass from her storage ring and slowly placed them on Yang Wei’s hand.

“I-I was simply tempted by him…” She tried to explain her action and reason for doing so.

Yang Wei ignored her words as he stored the 15 mature Dragon Soul Grass back into his storage ring.

After that, Yang Wei extended his hand out once again, shocking Zhu Wenqian.

Zhu Wenqian became alarmed as she stood up and showed a pitiful expression. 

“I-I already gave you everything… what else do you want?” She cried aloud.

Yang Wei sneered at her poor acting as he crossed his legs.

“Did you think I didn’t know what occurred here?” Yang Wei said softly as he snapped his finger.

A projection screen instantly appeared out of thin air and it was replaying the scene of Zhu Wenqian extorting Fan Ping.

To make things worse for Zhu Wenqian, the screen also had a sound function- meaning Yang Wei could hear their entire conversation and how they collaborated to fool him.

Zhu Wenqian’s face turned ashen white as she plopped to the bed.

“Y-You are a creep, Yang Wei. How could you spy on a woman’s room?” Zhu Wenqian quickly said in shock as she held a disgusted look at Yang Wei.

“I can’t believe I even chatted with a peeping tom.” She added and tried to walk away.

However, before she could even take another step forward, Yang Wei held her wrist.

With a slight smile coming from his face, Yang Wei glanced at Zhu Wenqian kindly.

“If you don’t cough up the extra 5 mature Dragon Soul Grass- including the one you chewed on before, then we will have a problem.” 

“B-But I earned those-“

Yang Wei raised an eyebrow and showed a fierce glare without speaking any further.

Zhu Wenqian could only sigh in defeat as she handed over the 5 mature Dragon Soul Grass to Yang Wei.

‘T-The exorbitant gets extorted in the end…’ She cried silently in pain.