Chapter 429: Friendship

After checking the rewards, Zhen Yuan helped Shen Xu harvest some ingredients and brew several batches of wine.

When that was done, each began dealing with the orders they took.

Because they didn’t decline any of the requests, the orders numbered in the hundreds, and the two spent four months dealing with them.

“I am bloody tired.” Shen Xu complained.

“How about resting after completing the deal with the Dongfang couple?” Zhen Yuan asked, and Shen Xu sighed.

“I am afraid it won’t be possible.” The double said and quickly continued.

“We have a lot of things to do before we retreat.” He said.

“XiaoXu…” Zhen Yuan started with a solemn expression, but Shen Xu shook his head.

“I know. Resting is important, and I won’t let myself lose sight of what’s important.” He said, and Zhen Yuan nodded.

“Rest when you need to rest.” He said.

After finishing the orders, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu didn’t slow down.

Instead, they continued working, wanting to stock the shop with more products.

Time passed in this way, and before they knew it, it was time to leave the space.

Although it was only five real days since they last stocked the shop, the wine was all gone, but the shop was full of customers.

Seeing this, Shen Xu sighed and raised his voice to speak to the gathered people.

“Ayuan and I will soon be going into seclusion.” He started.

“Order what you want to order and buy what you need. Otherwise, you won’t have another opportunity until one or two thousand years later.” He said, and the customers couldn’t help but feel a little anxious.

As a result, the inventory was directly swept away as soon as the two restocked the shop.

“Alchemist Shen, when will you go into seclusion?” Someone asked.

“One year from now.” Shen Xu said and quickly continued.

“Before then, we will restock the shop and deliver orders on the first of every month.” He said.

After that, the two went to the backroom and began delivering the orders.

When that was done, they accepted monster blood and new orders while waiting for the Dongfang couple to arrive.

The couple arrived in the late evening.

“I almost thought you weren’t coming.” Shen Xu teased, his lips curled in a smile.

“How is that possible? We were just waiting for the crowd to thin.” Dongfang Jing said, but suddenly frowned.

He felt his attitude was too casual.

After all, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu were now transcendent existences within the sect.

However, he couldn’t bring himself to be formal with the two.

’Strange.’ He thought but didn’t dwell on it because he could see that neither Shen Xu nor Zhen Yuan minded his casual attitude.

“How have you been?” Shen Xu asked.

“We joined the first mountain and have been doing okay. Unfortunately, the sect master is in retreat, and we can’t hope to become his disciples.” Dongfang Jing said with a regretful expression.

“You want to become the sect master’s disciples?” Shen Xu asked.

“Sect master Xuanyuan is the most powerful swordsman in the Tianxuan continent. It’s only natural to want to be his disciples.” Chen Yi said, and Shen Xu nodded, but didn’t continue the subject.

“Have you thought about what we talked about? Do you want to sell the six places?” Shen Xu asked, and Dongfang Jing nodded.

“We want to sell five and keep one just in case.” Dongfang Jing said, and Shen Xu nodded.

After that, the two sides negotiated the deal and soon settled the trade.

Since Dongfang Jing and Chen Yi owed Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan for the gold element crystal, they deducted the value from the cost of the Xuanwu secret realm places.

In the end, the trade was settled in spirit stones, pills, talismans, formation disks, wine, weapons, and the gold element liquid.

“Also…” Dongfang Jing started, looking a little awkward.

“What’s wrong?” Shen Xu asked with a curious expression.

“When preparing your pills, talismans, and other goods for the Xuanwu secret realm, can you prepare a set for us? We will buy them at the appropriate price.” Dongfang Jing asked, and Shen Xu chuckled.

“No problem.” He said.

On one hand, he knew Dongfang Jing asked this because he trusted them, and on the other, it was because he wanted to keep a low profile.

After all, he and Chen Yi were fugitives hiding from the Dongfang family.

“What’s your next plan?” Shen Xu asked.

“We want to retreat.” Chen Yi answered, and Zhen Yuan nodded in approval.

Although the Xuanwu secret realm did not discriminate against cultivation level, higher realm cultivators had an advantage because they could better protect themselves.

After eating and drinking together, the Dongfang couple left, and Shen Xu sighed.

“It seems this friendship is destined.” He said, and Zhen Yuan nodded.

Despite not remembering them, Dongfang Jing and Chen Yi didn’t act awkwardly around them.

Most importantly, after spending a little time together, their relationship slid back to its past routine.

“Let’s go back.” Zhen Yuan said, and after inspecting the shop one last time, they entered their portable cave and soon returned to the space.

“I want to first complete the orders, and if there is time, I will contract the fox.” Shen Xu said.

“Good.” Zhen Yuan agreed.

The fox had been in the space for several space years, but its injuries had still not healed.

Considering this, Shen Xu wanted to contract it so that he could better understand what was going on.

Six space months passed in the blink of an eye.

During that time, the two completed the orders and prepared enough goods to restock the shop.

On this day, they left their bamboo hut and went to find the fox.

As before, the fox was lying on a pile of spirit stones, but still had the appearance of an ordinary monster.

“Do you agree to form a contract with me?” Shen Xu asked, and almost immediately, the fox raised a paw in agreement.

Seeing this, Shen Xu nodded and began the process of making a contract.

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