Ling Luoyi conjured a peach from thin air and began to eat it, her mood calming.
Indeed, food was the best way to cool down.
The shop was very quiet. Since no one else had arrived and Ling Luoyi hadn't brought any maids, the shop only contained the clerks, Manager Li, and Ling Luoyi.
They dared not speak to Ling Luoyi, and Ling Luoyi was lost in thought, so the shop remained silent until it opened.
There were still many people today. Having witnessed yesterday's events, they were all well-behaved.
As no one caused trouble today, Ling Luoyi dozed off, resting her head on the counter.
"Why are they here?"
Suddenly, a commotion arose from outside the shop.
"Are they here to buy elixirs?"
"Everyone knows they have a feud with the Ling family. How could the Eldest Miss Ling possibly sell elixirs to them!"
"Exactly."
"Could they be here to cause trouble?"
...
Seeing the approaching figures, Manager Li grew anxious. He was no match for them.
Manager Li looked at Ling Luoyi, who still appeared drowsy.
Manager Li quickly woke Ling Luoyi.
"Eldest Miss, Eldest Miss, wake up! Someone is here to cause trouble!"
"Who! Who's causing trouble?!" Ling Luoyi opened her eyes and looked around. Everything seemed normal.
Ling Luoyi looked at Manager Li, her eyes filled with a clear threat.
Damn it, disturbing her nap.
She hadn't slept all night, and while she wasn't exactly tired, it was incredibly boring to just sit here.
"At the entrance," Manager Li whispered.
At the entrance?
Ling Luoyi looked towards the entrance. The people walking in were an elderly man in his fifties, accompanied by a young man.
The old man had a gentle expression and a smile on his lips, appearing very sincere.
The young man behind him was only seventeen or eighteen, his expression calm, but a faint anger flickered in his eyes, and his steps were somewhat forced.
Ling Luoyi thought hard, finally concluding that she didn't recognize them.
"Who are they?" Ling Luoyi asked.
"People from the Yuan family."
"Oh."
Manager Li was bewildered. What did "Oh" mean?
"Eldest Miss, please give us some direction on how to proceed, will you?" Manager Li felt like crying.
Before Ling Luoyi could speak, the two from the Yuan family had already approached.
"What does the Yuan family's Third Elder want?"
"Isn't that the Yuan family's Fourth Young Master? What do they want?"
...
Amidst the crowd's murmurs, the Yuan family's Third Elder walked over.
"Eldest Miss Ling, I am merely here to purchase elixirs. You wouldn't refuse my welcome, would you?"
Ling Luoyi didn't get up. She propped her head and smiled, saying, "Of course not. As long as there's no trouble, I welcome anyone."
What a joke, people coming to spend money, why wouldn't she welcome them? The Ling family was in dire need of funds.
"Eldest Miss Ling, rest assured, the Fourth Young Master and I are not here to cause trouble. Does this elixir pavilion have any elixirs that can heal our family head?"
Upon hearing this, the crowd gasped. Everyone knew that the Yuan family head had been crippled by the Eldest Miss Ling present.
Ling Luoyi felt no embarrassment. She smiled and said, "I'm afraid not. I personally crippled your family head, and I know his injuries very well. The elixir pavilion indeed has no elixirs that can heal him. Even if it did, I wouldn't give them."
The last four words were spoken as if to herself, and no one except Feng Xi within the Jing Nei Guan Yue heard them.
Hearing Ling Luoyi directly mention the matter, the crowd was even more astonished.
The Eldest Miss Ling was truly audacious!
The Yuan family's Third Elder did not get angry. It had been nearly half a month, and he knew that getting angry was useless.
It was the Yuan Fourth Young Master who glared at Ling Luoyi with fury.
Ling Luoyi completely ignored him and said, "Besides, it's been this long. If he were to be healed, it would have happened long ago. Why wait until now?"
"Since that is the case, I shall select some other elixirs."
The Yuan family's Third Elder was truly capable of enduring what others could not. Ling Luoyi shook her head, looking at the Yuan Fourth Young Master, truly young.
"Eldest Miss Ling, they did not queue!" The person who shouted this then fled, and no one knew who it was.
"You didn't queue?" Ling Luoyi became agitated and said, "This won't do! Everyone is queuing, how can you cut in line? Please queue at the back."
"Eldest Miss Ling, you are going too far!" the Yuan Fourth Young Master couldn't help but roar.
"You didn't queue, and I'm telling you to queue. Is that bullying? Do you misunderstand the meaning of bullying? Shall I teach you?" Ling Luoyi said.
"You!"
"Fourth Young Master!" The Yuan Third Elder pulled the Yuan Fourth Young Master back.
"What 'you'! You have the nerve to talk back when you didn't queue! Do you want me to teach you a lesson on behalf of your mother!"
"Ling Luoyi!"
"I'm right here, no need to shout so loudly."
"Fourth Young Master!" the Yuan Third Elder said sternly.
After the Yuan Fourth Young Master calmed down, the Yuan Third Elder said, "Eldest Miss Ling, please don't be angry. My young master is merely worried about his father. We will queue now."
"I understand. However, there are so many people outside. By the time it's your turn, they'll likely be sold out. Perhaps you should come back tomorrow."
"This... I heard that Eldest Miss Ling accepts custom orders. How about I order a batch of elixirs?"
"What do you want to order?"
"A Grade Two Detoxification Elixir, one thousand pills. Come pick them up at this time tomorrow."
"One thousand Grade Two Detoxification Elixirs." Ling Luoyi glanced at the display, where there were not many left. She said, "That will be twenty Orange Crystal Coins per pill, totaling twenty thousand Orange Crystal Coins. For pickup at this time tomorrow, there will be a time surcharge of three tenths, making it twenty-six thousand Orange Crystal Coins. You need to pay a deposit first, fifty percent, which is thirteen thousand Orange Crystal Coins."
"Didn't you sell them to others for only eleven Orange Crystal Coins? Why are you selling them to us for twenty?! Isn't this ripping us off?! If this gets out, who would dare buy your elixirs?!"
"Yuan Fourth Young Master, my prices are clearly marked. Buy if you want to, or leave if you don't. Also, these are elixirs I refined, and I can sell them for whatever price I want. If you're not satisfied, you don't have to buy them, and I'm not forcing you."
"You!"
The Yuan Third Elder pulled him back and said, "It's alright, I'll buy them. Here is the deposit, which contains fifteen thousand Orange Crystal Coins."
The Yuan Third Elder produced an orange crystal card. Ling Luoyi took it, looked at it, and said, "Agreed. Come pick them up at this time tomorrow and bring the remaining payment. Don't be late."
"Alright."
The Yuan Third Elder pulled the Yuan Fourth Young Master away.
Seeing that everyone around was stunned, Ling Luoyi said, "You may continue. If you didn't buy any today, please come back tomorrow."
Ling Luoyi was about to rest again when she suddenly sensed the aura of a group of high-level Spirit Masters, and one Spirit Scholar, though they were all unfamiliar.
Ling Luoyi cast a sharp glance out the window. It was only for a moment, and no one noticed.
A moment later, a group of older individuals walked in.
"What do you few wish to do? If you're here to buy elixirs, please queue. If you're here to cause trouble, you are not welcome!" Ling Luoyi threatened.
"This little girl is truly impolite. How can she speak to elders like that?" said a person dressed as a Daoist, displeased.
"You are quite old, and your cultivation seems quite high."
The ten people suddenly looked at Ling Luoyi strangely. They had not exuded any pressure, so how did this girl perceive their high cultivation?
They couldn't discern this girl's cultivation at all!
There were only two possible reasons for this situation. One, she had no cultivation, but that was impossible. Without cultivation, how could she refine elixirs! Two, her cultivation was higher than theirs, but was that possible? She was only eighteen years old.
"What are you looking at?" Ling Luoyi said impatiently.
"Little girl, how about we strike a deal?" said an old woman with a smile.
"Alright, please come upstairs." Ling Luoyi also smiled at the group and waved to Manager Li, saying, "You all carry on with your work."
Ling Luoyi led the way, and the ten people followed.