Chapter 136: Great Misunderstanding 2

  In Li Meng's Qingzhuyuan, the atmosphere was somewhat eerie. Li Meng, Xue Shen and Ba Jie stood in front of the portrait in the living room for a long time.

  Bajie was furious, the Snow God was icy cold, Li Meng was helpless and felt wronged. This misunderstanding had gone too far, but he couldn't explain it. He couldn't possibly say that this painting was something he and Shu Dai were going to sell for money, could he? That would not only make him be despised by others, but also might implicate Shu Dai, which wouldn't be right.

  So Li Mang simply chose to remain silent. Let them think whatever they want, he could only comfort himself with the phrase "the clear will be self-clearing".

  The Snow God regained his composure, his face remaining icy cold. That pale but exquisite face showed no emotional fluctuations, and he simply said: "I won't take your courtyard for nothing. This 500-year-old Snow Spirit Ginseng is for you; if you don't need it, you can sell it."

  The Snow Goddess's slender jade hand flipped over, and an ice-carved box suddenly appeared in her palm, emitting a faint chill. She casually tossed it to Li Meng, without saying anything, turned around and left. Cold, aloof, she was not only the Snow Goddess but also a goddess!

  The Snow Goddess came to Qing Zhu Garden mainly because of this. Last night at Gui Hu, she took the initiative to ask for a set of separate courtyards, but it was just to help Li Mang get out of trouble, otherwise Lei Di would not let go of Li Mang, and not to say that she wanted to take advantage of Li Mang's convenience, she is the Snow Goddess, and she doesn't stoop to such things.

  She came tonight, rather than waiting until tomorrow, because she felt a familiar cold aura, and out of curiosity, she often came to Qingzhu Garden. Now that she sees the aura is coming from her own portrait, she has already figured it out, and there's no need for her to stay any longer.

  Li Mang took over the ice box, his body shuddered, his palms were frozen in pain, and he quickly wrapped them with his sleeves, instinctively blowing warm air on his frozen hands.

  But Li Māo's action, in Bajie's eyes, was another scene. He was smelling the remaining fragrance on the box, and couldn't help but secretly despise his younger brother for being so shameless, yet at the same time feeling envious and resentful, with a pair of eyes that were about to spit out fire, gritting his teeth in hatred: "Younger brother, one can't be too... like this."

  "What's wrong?" Li Mang looked at his senior brother in confusion.

  "…you bastard!" Eighth Brother was so angry that he almost spat out blood, and indignantly said: "I know this box still has the scent of Xiaoxue's body on it, but you don't have to sniff it in front of me, do you?"

  In fact, he has another sentence: Isn't this tempting and hitting him?

  "Big brother, what are you talking about? I was just warming my hands up because they were cold. Your mind is not pure." Li Mang's face turned black, smelling Xue Shen's body fragrance? He didn't have any special fetishes.

  "Are you kidding me?! You're doing it on purpose, aren't you?! Just circulate some inner energy through your palms and you won't get frostbite! Don't tell me you don't know that!" Zhu Bajie was about to spit out old blood. Who's got impure thoughts?

  "Oh? ... So that's how it works." Li Meng slapped his forehead, then followed the method of Eight Precepts' brother and applied a thin layer of internal energy to his palm. He stretched out his hand to touch the ice box again, although there was still a hint of coolness, but it didn't hurt his palm.

  "......" Zhu Bajie was speechless again. But judging from his appearance, Li Meng really didn't understand this. Suddenly, he was furious in his heart, "This is just basic knowledge of cultivation, can you be any more ignorant?"

  "Ka!" Li Meng lightly used force, the ice box opened with a sound. A colder chill burst out from the box in an instant, not only did the entire living room drop by at least ten degrees, but even Zhu Bajie couldn't help but shiver and hurriedly circulated his internal energy to resist the cold.

  "Wow, Snow Ginseng!" Looking at the delicate and transparent ginseng in the box, Li Mang's mouth made a clicking sound. Although it was only 500 years old, it was still very valuable. The only pity was that this thing seemed to have no use for him? If he ate it, who knows, he might even be frozen into an ice stick. He hadn't cultivated any ice-based skills, so eating this would be poisonous.

  Next to him, Eighth Brother was also momentarily blinded by desire, but he wasn't blinded by the Snow Spirit's medicine, which had no effect on him. What made his eyes burn with desire was the object that belonged to the Snow Goddess, which still retained a faint scent of her body, making him feel hot and flustered, as if he wanted to snatch it from Li Mang's hands.

  Li Meng unintentionally saw his expression and asked after rolling his eyes: "Senior brother, do you want this Snow Ling Tonic?"

  "Huh?" Zhu Bajie looked at Li Meng incredulously, his junior brother was so infatuated with the Snow Goddess, would he really be willing to give up this thing? He couldn't help but ask for confirmation: "Exchange it for money?"

  "That's right, RMB." Li Mang nodded vigorously in confirmation.

  Zhu Bajie's heart skipped a beat, suppressing the joy in his heart, and said with a straight face: "It seems that my junior brother must be short of money, so I'll buy it for 100 million!"

  One hundred million, this price is no longer cheap, after all, it's only five hundred years old, and the year should be lower. In the world of cultivators, everything emphasizes practicality, and the price will not be raised too high just because of the appearance of ginseng.

  "One hundred million is one hundred million, give it!" Li Meng didn't haggle over the price and directly handed the Snow Lingzhi inside to Bajie, but kept the box for himself. The Lingzhi was useless to him, but this box was different, it could absolutely guarantee safety and seal off any leakage of spiritual energy, keeping it would be useful.

  “……” Holding the icy cold Ling Shen in his hand, Bajie was stunned again. In his imagination, the story wasn't supposed to develop like this. Relatively speaking, he actually liked the ice box more, because the ice box had been touched by the Snow God more, and it was very likely that the ice box was personally made by the Snow God, in his opinion, its value was worth more than any Ling Shen.

  Damn it! This junior brother gave him the Snow Lingcao, but kept the ice box for himself. When Zhu Bajie discovered this, he felt like he had been cheated! This junior brother was not stupid, but a sly person!

  "That... junior brother, can you also give me that ice box? Without the ice box, this ginseng won't be preserved!" Zhu Bajie pretended to ask with difficulty, knowing the reason, Snow Ling Ginseng couldn't be saved without an ice box, so it should be given to him together.

  "This one, there should be a jade box in the group. Brother, you can just take one. I still have a big use for this ice box." Li Mang said seriously, he wanted to sell the Snow Ling Gen, not including the ice box, and didn't think he had cheated anyone.

  “…I'll take your face!” Bajie cursed Li Meng in his heart, but didn't dare show it, instead forcing a smile and saying: “Those jade boxes are not very effective, far inferior to this ice box... How about this, I'll give you another 10 million, and you can transfer this box to me too?”

  "Eighth Brother, I'm really sorry, but this box is not for sale. I don't need the money." Li Meng said with an unyielding tone, his attitude already very resolute.

  If you weren't short of money, would you sell the ginseng? Zhu Bajie really wanted to smash the ginseng in his hand on Li Meng's face and ask him clearly, but after thinking about it, he couldn't bear to do so, and looked sulky.

  "By the way, Brother Li, what brings you to look for me?" Li Mang's tone changed as he asked, and he vaguely remembered that this brother had said he came looking for him just in time to encounter the Snow God. He must have something on his mind, and couldn't help but curiously look at the other person.

  "...anyway, I just came to thank you for helping me with that thing about Fan Yi." Zhu Bajie stammered and chatted, but what he said was actually nonsense. How could he come to find Li Meng at such a late hour? But this couldn't be said. Then he looked at the painting "Snow God" in front of him, his eyes flashing as he asked: "Younger brother, is this painting for sale? It's so well-painted, I'll give you 1 billion!"

  "Ten billion?" Li Meng was shocked, really didn't expect this senior brother to be so extravagant, ten billion for a painting? Not to mention not having the money, even if he did, he wouldn't buy it! That's how much of a spendthrift. Looking at his senior brother Zhu Bajie again, Li Meng's gaze was already somewhat different, wasteful son...

  However, Li Mang thought seriously about it and found that he really didn't lack money. What's the use of holding 1 billion? None, the construction of the mountain villa was already undertaken by Tianbao, and the 100 million just obtained from selling Xue Lingcao was enough for him to spend. What's the use of another 1 billion? None, it's just a pile of useless numbers, this painting is not as good as leaving it hanging to look at!

  After some thought, Li Mang finally shrugged and said: "Sorry, brother, I'm really not short of money for the time being. Let's talk about it another day when I need it!"

  "...... Junior brother, I think I understand now. Anything related to Xiaoxuehua, you can't bear to sell." Bajie looked at him with a ambiguous gaze, his expression seeming to say: I understand you.

  “……” Li Mang's expression was very wronged, he really didn't have any good intentions. That Snow Goddess was a natural iceberg, although extremely beautiful, but also unattainable, he simply didn't have too many thoughts, at most it was just occasional possessiveness that all men had. But this was perfectly normal, which man wouldn't like a pretty woman? This was human nature.

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