42: Chapter 42 Petal Gem

"Wow, Brother, your experiences are just too exciting, right?"

On the streets of Tianhun City, Nan Qiuqiu wrapped her arms around Lin Feng's arm, instantly sinking into it, unable to extricate herself. Her pink, tender lips parted, revealing a flash of clean, white teeth.

The soft sensation coming from her palms made Lin Feng's face flush red, but he quickly recovered, straightened his face, and gave her a light glare.

"Let go!"

"No way, I haven't hugged enough yet..." Nan Qiuqiu shook her head like a rattle-drum, looking at him with very stubborn eyes.

"Behave. Men and women should not touch; it's not appropriate for us to be this intimate. What if someone sees us..." Lin Feng held his head, his face full of helplessness.

Nan Qiuqiu straightened her chest and rubbed against him slightly. "We're siblings, so what if we're a little intimate?"

Lin Feng's mouth twitched. The way she played this hand was truly clever!

He wanted to reach out and pull his arm away, but Nan Qiuqiu wouldn't let him, no matter what. The slight friction between his arm and her chest instantly made him dare not move again.

"Ying..." Nan Qiuqiu let out a soft moan, her face instantly flushing with a trace of crimson. The contact just now seemed to have touched a sensitive spot, and her face was instantly covered in a blush.

And this soft moan of hers made Lin Feng even more afraid to move around.

Nan Qiuqiu squinted one eye while opening the other wide, glancing at him lightly. The next moment, she leaned her entire body against him and blew a puff of hot air into his ear: "Brother, does it feel good?"

Lin Feng's eyes darkened. Suppressing the rage in his heart, he reached out and pushed away her face that was leaning in, his expression very cold: "It doesn't feel good, it doesn't feel good at all. Can you let go now?"

"No way. If you don't feel good, as long as I feel good, that's fine!" Nan Qiuqiu pouted, her expression clever and eccentric, sometimes giggling, sometimes sly.

Lin Feng sighed softly, covering his face in despair, looking like he had resigned himself to fate. There was nothing he could do...

"Brother, come quickly, that's so pretty, buy it for me!" Suddenly, Nan Qiuqiu seemed to have discovered something novel. Her eyes lit up instantly, and she dragged Lin Feng as she trotted toward a place.

Lin Feng held his head, laughing bitterly as he said: "Alright, alright, run slowly, my arm is about to be pulled off by you..."

Nan Qiuqiu stuck out her pink tongue and rolled her eyes at him dramatically.

In the blink of an eye, the two arrived in front of a large stall selling gemstones. The stall owner was a middle-aged man with stubborn whiskers that stood out like steel thorns, very eye-catching.

"Boss, what is this?" Nan Qiuqiu reached out and pointed to a small box on the table. Inside were pieces of crystal-clear blue flower petals, filling half the box.

The vendor glanced at Nan Qiuqiu and chuckled: "Young lady, you have a good eye. These are gemstone petals formed after the solidification of Crystal Orchids. I'm the only one in all of Tianhun City who sells them!"

"May I take a look?" Nan Qiuqiu was delighted to see something she liked. She released Lin Feng's arm, clasped her hands together, and stared at these gemstone petals intently, her eyes shining.

"Of course, please go ahead, little sister!" The middle-aged man glanced at Lin Feng, a look of surprise appearing in his eyes, and then smiled gently at Nan Qiuqiu.

Seeing that the stall owner agreed, Nan Qiuqiu immediately picked up a gemstone petal and held it under the sun to examine it closely.

The patterns inside and outside these gemstone petals were naturally formed; no two pieces were exactly alike. Moreover, in terms of color, shape, and purity, they could be considered top-tier gemstones.

Lin Feng also picked up a red gemstone petal and stroked it gently with his fingers. A faint aura of Soul Power immediately emanated from the gemstone petal, and his eyes lit up instantly.

A moment later, he put the gemstone petal down and looked at the stall owner with a smiling gaze: "Boss, are these gemstone petals all made by you?"

"Of course, is there some quality issue?" The stall owner looked at Lin Feng's smiling eyes, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat. Could it be that he figured it out?

"Hehe, interesting!" Lin Feng smiled faintly and did not delve further into this topic. Instead, he asked: "Boss, name your price. I want all of these gemstone petals!"

The stall owner's eyes lit up—a big customer had arrived! He thought for a moment and slapped the table, saying to Lin Feng: "If you want them all, I'll make the call and give you a 10% discount. It will be one thousand gold coins!"

"How much? One thousand gold coins?" Nan Qiuqiu's eyes widened, staring at the petal in her hand in shock. She immediately retorted indignantly: "Boss, are these gemstones made of gold or silver? Why are they so expensive?"

The stall owner's smile didn't change, and he said bluntly: "Little sister, apart from me, no one else can make these petals. It's a rare, one-of-a-kind thing!"

"When made into jewelry accessories, those high-ranking officials and noble ladies love these pretty things the most. One thousand gold coins is really not expensive."

"But... even so, it's not worth that much!" Nan Qiuqiu's voice gradually lowered.

Lin Feng sneered, put the petals from his and Qiuqiu's hands back, and looked at the stall owner expressionlessly: "They are just some petals condensed using a Spirit Ability. Do you really think they are some rare treasure?"

As he spoke, he took out ten gold coins from his storage spirit tool and placed them on the table, his gaze quietly staring at the other person: "Ten gold coins. If you don't sell, we'll leave. After today, everyone will know your secret..."

"You... you figured it out?" The stall owner's expression changed in shock, then he said with a full face of smiles: "Customer, don't be angry. Although my cost really isn't much, they are indeed very pretty, aren't they?"

"How about this, I'll give them all to you, I only ask that you be lenient and spare me this time!" The stall owner put his hands together, pleading with a face full of begging.

Lin Feng put the box away and said indifferently: "No need. These ten gold coins are its price, and also your hard work fee."

After speaking, Lin Feng took Nan Qiuqiu's hand and left the place.

After the two left, the stall owner's expression was uncertain. He quickly packed up the gold coins and the stall and ran away quickly. The speed and coherence of his actions clearly showed this wasn't the first time he had done something like this.

Along the way, Nan Qiuqiu kept questioning Lin Feng: "Brother, how did you figure out that those gemstones were fake?"

Lin Feng chuckled: "I sensed a faint aura of Soul Power on the petals. It was clear that the stall owner used some kind of Spirit Ability to condense the petals into gemstones, and then left them for a long time. Only after the Soul Power gradually dissipated did he dare to take them out to sell."

"However, his Spirit Ability should be quite interesting, it's a pity his strength isn't high..." Speaking of this, Lin Feng suddenly smiled and said that even giving ten gold coins was too much.

But considering the gemstones were indeed pretty, he wouldn't quibble over it that much...

In an instant, Nan Qiuqiu suddenly realized. She gritted her teeth and said viciously: "I knew it, how could those petal gemstones look so real? They were real!"

Gemstones are like glass; the more they look like glass, the more valuable they are, but they can't actually be glass!