Xiao Mu glanced at Sister Qi with a look that was half-smiling and half-not, "I have a mole on my butt, does it hurt you that much?"

"Crude!"

Sister Qi's cold face suddenly flushed red. She glanced at Xiao Mu's buttocks, suddenly feeling awkward and embarrassed, and quickly averted her eyes, not daring to look at Xiao Mu's lower body. She stared into Xiao Mu's eyes and said angrily, "You having a mole, what does it have to do with me?"

"Me having a mole is none of your business, so why is me haggling over rent any of your business?" Xiao Mu retorted confidently.

"You..." Sister Qi was momentarily speechless, truly infuriated, glaring at Xiao Mu with her lips slightly trembling.

"Alright, alright, Sister Qi, and this gentleman, please stop arguing. Let's continue discussing the rental situation, shall we? Gentleman, how long do you plan to rent for?" Xiao Ling hastily stepped in as a peacemaker, stopping Xiao Mu and Sister Qi from further quarreling.

She could tell that Sister Qi couldn't win an argument against Xiao Mu, and trying to would only end up with her at a disadvantage.

Xiao Mu had already made a plan and said on a whim, "Let's calculate it for a month for now."

Xiao Ling thought for a moment, lacking confidence, "How about... How about I charge you twenty-eight energy fruits, making it two energy fruits cheaper?"

"That's way too generous a discount, two energy fruits mean one day of cultivation gone," Xiao Mu teased with a laugh.

Xiao Ling was a bit embarrassed by Xiao Mu's laughter, her face turned red as she retreated further, "How about... how about... five fruits, no… no more discount!"

"Xiao Ling, don't give him any discounts, let him rent somewhere else."

Sister Qi interjected irritably again, feeling that Xiao Mu was taking advantage of Xiao Ling, finding Xiao Mu displeasing no matter what.

Xiao Mu glanced at Sister Qi indifferently, "Does my mole grow on your body too now?"

"You…" Sister Qi was so angry she almost spat blood. This person's words were truly infuriating.

"Alright, alright, gentleman, Sister Qi, stop arguing. Five fruits it is, can we agree on that? Gentleman, we'll give you five energy fruits cheaper."

Xiao Ling interrupted their argument again.

"Alright, five it is then." Xiao Mu chuckled, trying hard to act stingy, he rummaged through his belongings, but in secret, he reached into the Earth Seal Space, and eventually took out a high-level energy fruit.

There was no way around it; he genuinely didn't have any lower-level ones on him.

"High-level energy fruit!"

"That's a high-level energy fruit!"

As soon as he took out the high-level energy fruit, Xiao Mu heard two exclamations from Sister Qi and Xiao Ling respectively.

The high-level energy fruit was crystal clear, much larger than an ordinary energy fruit, with specks of clear light flickering inside, making it look extraordinary at first glance.

Once this fruit appeared, it immediately caught the eyes of Sister Qi and Xiao Ling.

It's not because the high-level energy fruit is much stronger than a low-level one; the energy contained in one high-level energy fruit is equivalent to the energy contained in a hundred low-level energy fruits, with no difference in quality.

The key is that such high-level energy fruit is usually only in the hands of True Realm experts, and it's hard for those in the Mortal Realm to obtain it.

"This... is this a high-level energy fruit?"

Xiao Ling was stunned, and so was Sister Qi. Both were filled with surprise as they looked at the high-level energy fruit in Xiao Mu's hand.

"Is there a problem?" Xiao Mu asked indifferently.

"No... no problem. Are you planning to use a high-level energy fruit to pay the rent?" Xiao Ling asked, stammering, with a tone full of disbelief.

"You won't accept it?" Xiao Mu smiled and asked again.

"We'll accept it, we will." Xiao Ling rushed to answer and took the high-level energy fruit from Xiao Mu's hand, but upon looking at it, she couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed, looking at Xiao Mu, "Only half the energy is left in the fruit."

"Yes, the other half was absorbed by me. Let's just count this as fifty ordinary energy fruits." Xiao Mu nodded.

To avoid drawing too much attention, he had purposely absorbed half of the energy inside the high-level energy fruit beforehand, using only the remaining half to pay the rent.

"Alright, okay... okay!" Xiao Ling had no objections. She took two ten-energy fruit vouchers and one five-energy fruit voucher from her belongings and handed them to Xiao Mu with a smile, "This is your change."

Xiao Mu reached out and took them.

"How did you get this high-level energy fruit?" Sister Qi's clear and cool voice asked, her eyes showing concern.

This time Xiao Mu didn't intentionally make things difficult, "I encountered a senior at the headquarters of the ruins. This high-level energy fruit was a reward from that senior."

"A True Realm senior? It must be a True Realm senior; only a True Realm person could come up with a high-level energy fruit." Sister Qi suddenly became very interested, with a hint of excitement in her emotions, "Do you have more high-level energy fruits on you?"

"Do you want one?" Xiao Mu asked back.

Sister Qi nodded with a calm expression, "If possible, I'd like to trade with you..."

"Sorry, I don't have any more." Xiao Mu's single sentence left Sister Qi speechless with frustration.

"You..."

Sister Qi paused, her expression turning cold. She snorted unhappily and stopped talking to Xiao Mu.

"Are you... are you in the Mortal Realm?" At this time, Xiao Ling looked at Xiao Mu confusedly again.

She thought it was odd that someone like Xiao Mu, who was in the Mortal Realm, actually knew seniors from the headquarters.

"Fourth Stage of Mortal Realm, is there a problem?" Xiao Mu said as if it was the most natural thing.

"No... no problem, I just didn't expect you... to be so weak. Ah, sorry! I didn't mean it." Xiao Ling accidentally voiced her inner thoughts, then hurriedly apologized to Xiao Mu in a fluster.

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