Chapter 3994 — Linghua Strikes
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At the sight, Shangguan Lan'er pressed a hand to her forehead, caught between laughter and tears. "Senior Brother Linghua, it wants you to trade for this Foundation Establishment golden pill as well..."
At those words, the whole hall could not help but smile. This little Juanjuan Bear was indeed a sly one.
Steward Linghua crouched down with a laugh and patted little Juanjuan Bear on the head. "Little thing, only a top-grade Foundation Establishment golden pill can be traded for a top-grade Foundation Establishment golden pill. What you're holding won't do at all—at best it counts as a pile of dog dung."
"Whimper!" Little Juanjuan Bear clearly froze for a moment, then suddenly flung the Foundation Establishment golden pill in its hand far away, and even rubbed its paws in utter disgust, giving the impression it had truly grabbed hold of dog dung—a sight to make one laugh and cry at once.
And that flung-aside Foundation Establishment golden pill was, just as Steward Linghua had said, no better than a pile of stinking dog dung. Even lying there on the ground, from first to last no one paid it any heed—not a single person gave it so much as a second glance.
Watching this unfold before his own eyes, Kang Jingming—already beaten to the point of spitting blood—this time felt his vision go black and nearly fainted from rage.
Damn it all, this was the fruit of ten days and ten nights of my bitter labor! Put on the market, it would fetch several hundred spirit jades at the very least. Was there any need to despise it like this?
At this point, Xu Lingchong could hold back no longer and spoke up abruptly: "Steward Linghua, are you certain both these pills are genuine? Do be careful not to misjudge and take a loss. Your own loss would be a small matter, but if you drag all the distinguished personages present into becoming a laughingstock along with you, that would be rather unfortunate. Don't you agree?"
At these words, Steward Linghua's elegant brows drew slightly taut, and he said coldly, "What, does sitting in the seat of chief senior brother of the Chongsheng Pavilion's stewards lend one's words such confidence now? You mean to question even my judgment?"
These words could well be called an overflow of domineering spirit—yet everyone in the hall seemed long accustomed to it.
Steward Linghua ordinarily seemed effeminate, a sissy through and through, but those who truly knew him understood that when the critical moment came, this man's domineering ferocity yielded to no one.
Of course, by his present identity as chief steward of the herb gardens, he seemed less impressive and imposing than Xu Lingchong, chief senior brother of the Chongsheng Pavilion's stewards; by rights he ought not dare speak to Xu Lingchong in such a tone.
And yet, in backing he was deeper than Xu Lingchong, not shallower; in strength he was greater than Xu Lingchong, not weaker; and in status, besides being chief steward of the herb gardens, he was also a powerful candidate for the next hall master of the Dan Hall.
One must understand that the Dan Hall, like the Law Enforcement Hall, stood among the foremost of the Threefold Pavilion's independent halls. To become the Dan Hall's master would at once place one on the same level as Gongyang Jun; thus even as a mere candidate, Steward Linghua need not regard Xu Lingchong as worth his notice.
Indeed, even Gongyang Jun would have to look at him with new eyes in the future. After all, among these cultivators, who did not take pills? Who could avoid seeking the Dan Hall's favor? When the time came, one word from Hall Master Linghua and you would be on the blacklist—could you really count on Kang Jingming to refine pills for you then?