Chapter 1522 — Take Care of Yourself, and the Twelfth Trialist, Just Like the Eleventh Before Him, Flushed Red with Excitement!
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"I..." Zhao Qilei was taken aback, not expecting Xiao Qing to dismiss him so quickly, but he dared not disobey and could only say hastily, "I will leave right away..."
Zhao Qilei had originally meant to wait for Wei Zhao so they could return together and deepen their friendship on the road, but now that hope was shattered. Still, Zhao Qilei did not intend to leave outright. He planned to wait for Wei Zhao at the inn in Ice Snow Spirit Town.
"I will wait for you at the inn!" After saying this, Zhao Qilei hurried out of the reception room, where Ice Palace disciples were already waiting to escort him down the mountain.
"Ling Yi, Yang Qiqi, what about you?" Xiao Qing asked only after Zhao Qilei had left.
"You speak first." Wei Zhao guessed that what he wanted was likely rather precious in the Ice Palace, and bargaining over it would be troublesome, so it was better to let Yang Qiqi speak first.
"I need a Millennium Snow Lotus as a medicinal primer!" Yang Qiqi said. "I have no heavenly treasures to exchange for it, but I can buy it with money!"
"A Millennium Snow Lotus?" Xiao Qing frowned slightly, but still nodded. "Though it is a little precious, if you were to exchange it with heavenly treasures, I truly doubt you have anything so valuable. But buying it with money is acceptable! Five billion, and if you accept, I will have someone take you to complete the procedure."
Five billion... Yang Qiqi felt dizzy. Although this sum was not large compared to the value of a Millennium Snow Lotus, to Yang Qiqi it was a rather great amount. Five billion, her pocket money from childhood until now plus what she had earned on missions these past years did not even reach a tenth of five billion!
Yet Yang Qiqi desperately needed this Millennium Snow Lotus. Otherwise, her sworn sister Xiao Jiu might well lose her life. So Yang Qiqi gritted her teeth and said, "Very well! I will take it!"
In Yang Qiqi's family, children were raised to be self-sufficient. The family generally did not give much monetary support, providing only a monthly allowance before the age of eighteen.
Therefore, for Yang Qiqi to produce five billion to obtain the Millennium Snow Lotus, she would need to borrow money from her family!
That is right, borrow! Afterward, she would have to complete many more missions to repay the family's loan.
"Take her to complete it." Xiao Qing waved her hand, and an Ice Palace disciple came over to lead Yang Qiqi away to exchange for the Millennium Snow Lotus.
The Millennium Snow Lotus was not, in fact, an ordinary snow lotus, but an extremely rare variety! Common snow lotuses have a flowering season and do not bloom all year round, whereas the Millennium Snow Lotus blooms in all four seasons and grows only on the snow mountains of the far north!
Though precious to the Ice Palace, this Millennium Snow Lotus was not rare there, and its use to the Ice Palace was not great. It was merely a medicinal herb, possessing miraculous effects for prolonging life and curing certain illnesses, but its effect on cultivation was not very significant.
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