Chapter 2585 — Double It
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Wang Xinyan nodded and said nothing more, quietly reading her book—but her heart was far from calm. Her relationship with Wei Zhao was growing closer by the day, and Kang Jinglong could see it as well as anyone. Though Kang Jinglong had made no extreme moves for the time being, and seemed to have vanished without a trace since the winter trip, what worried Wang Xinyan was this: if Kang Jinglong kept enduring in silence like this, might he be plotting something even bigger?
For a moment Wang Xinyan felt restless and irritable, her mind a murky blur, unable to take in a word of her book. A little dizzy, she said, "I'm going to sleep for a bit… I'm a little tired…"
"All right." Wei Zhao had noticed that Wang Xinyan had been sleeping much more lately. She never used to nap, but now it happened all the time. He found it a little strange, but then reasoned that her health wasn't good, and that was probably why she was so sleepy.
After a while, You Panhu came back into the classroom. He was about to say something loudly when Wei Zhao cut him off: "Xinyan's asleep. If you want to make the trade, keep your voice down—otherwise get lost!"
"Uh… all right. Wei Zhao, my grandfather agreed to your terms, but as for second-grade cauldrons, my family only has one spare at the moment. We haven't been given this year's quota yet, so I can only give you one. For the other, I'll write you an IOU—does that work for you?" You Panhu asked.
"That won't do. What if you copy the materials and then refuse to honor the debt? Payment and goods change hands at the same time, or there's no deal!" Wei Zhao said, with the finality of a blade cutting iron.
"…Then what am I supposed to do? This is all my family has. Why are you so rigid? Can't you be a little flexible? How about we get Leader Bai to act as witness—it's not as if I can cheat you," You Panhu said, somewhat helplessly.
"If we bring in Leader Bai, do you really think you'd still get to walk away with the materials?" Wei Zhao countered.
"That…" You Panhu thought it over and realized he was right. If Leader Bai was willing to hand him the materials, there would be no need to go through all this trouble trading with Wei Zhao. So he said, "What if I make up for the other cauldron with something else? How about that?"
"Something else…" For a moment Wei Zhao genuinely couldn't think what to ask for in its place. He thought it over, then said, "Then throw in another set of third-grade cauldron refining materials?"
"That… we don't have any at the moment either…" You Panhu's face darkened. "The two sets were leftovers from before. All the excess third-grade cauldron materials my family had were given to the Mystic Pill Sect for research. Getting them back would take waiting for the right opportunity…"
"Damn—this you don't have, that you don't have. What do you have?" Wei Zhao had finally managed to come up with one thing, and You Panhu didn't have it either.
"How about this: didn't you want ten portions of third-grade pill ingredients? I'll give you twelve—four portions of each kind. How's that?" Seeing that Wei Zhao truly had no need for anything else and only wanted third-grade cauldron refining materials, You Panhu made up the difference with ingredients for other pills.
"Oh, is that so? That'll do, then." Wei Zhao nodded, but inwardly he was thinking: so third-grade pill ingredients aren't worth much after all—otherwise why would You Panhu suddenly offer two extra portions out of the blue?