Chapter 432: Investigation

Shui Miao quickly grabbed Su Xue and pulled her back as the Tibetan woman walked away directly.

After the Tibetan woman had left, Su Xue finally came to her senses, her voice trembling with excitement as she muttered, “This must be a conspiracy, definitely a conspiracy!”

“No!”

Shui Miao immediately disagreed, speaking softly to Su Xue, “That Tibetan woman’s emotions couldn’t have been faked. The shop owner’s embarrassment wasn’t fake either. If I’m not mistaken, the shop owner will come over shortly, offering to compensate you with goods worth 100,000 yuan or even giving you the cash. First, he doesn’t want to lose a customer like you, and second, he wants to prove his innocence.”

Since taking the Nine-Turn Spirit Concentration Pill, Shui Miao’s spiritual perception had become incredibly powerful. With a mere thought, he could sense others’ inner thoughts.

Su Xue stared at Shui Miao in shock, seeing his serious and solemn expression, she felt momentarily at a loss.

Sure enough, just as Shui Miao predicted, the shop owner approached with 100,000 yuan, offering Su Xue the option to take goods worth 100,000 yuan or accept the cash as compensation.

Su Xue’s mind was in a whirl.

Shui Miao, with a slight smile, asked, “Would you like to hear my opinion?”

“Please, tell me…”

Su Xue looked at Shui Miao helplessly.

Nodding, Shui Miao pointed at the glass case and said to the shop owner, “Could you please take out that knife? The rest of the money can still be compensated to her.”

“Sure, no problem.”

Seeing that Su Xue didn’t object, the shop owner hurriedly took out a horned curved knife priced at 50,000 yuan from the glass case and handed Su Xue another 50,000 yuan in cash. In reality, the cost price of the horned curved knife was only 10,000 yuan, so the shop owner made an extra 40,000 yuan profit.

Sensing the price difference in the shop owner’s mind, Shui Miao pointed at another horned curved knife priced at 50,000 yuan, saying, “Take this one out too. Together, these two knives cost you exactly 20,000 yuan. You still made a profit of 30,000 yuan, which is quite a gain. If you’re not willing, you can just give Su Xue 100,000 yuan directly.”

“…”

Hearing this, the shop owner was momentarily stunned. No outsider should know about the price difference, yet this young man described it accurately!

“Such a huge profit!?”

Su Xue was thunderstruck. She had always thought the price difference on these knives was only a few thousand yuan at most, never expecting such an exorbitant profit.

“Hehe…”

Shui Miao merely smiled faintly, thinking to himself that this tour guide was too naive. Which of the items here didn’t have an 80% profit margin? This shop owner might appear to be a very honest old man, not at all like a rich person, but in reality, his bank deposits had already reached eight figures.

“Alright, alright, since Miss Su Xue isn’t an outsider anyway, but I don’t make that much profit, hehe…”

The shop owner smiled nervously, giving Shui Miao a meaningful glance, and handed him the second horned curved knife. Taking advantage of Su Xue’s inattention, he even shoved a red envelope into Shui Miao’s pocket. This shop owner was indeed a clever and smooth man. Since Shui Miao could casually mention the price difference, he must be an expert. It was better to be sensible in front of an expert, or else he would only end up in trouble.

“Su Xue, let’s go…”

Shui Miao decided to stop while he was ahead, pulling Su Xue’s hand as they left.

At the door, Shui Miao casually took a leather bag from the shelf, priced at over 30,000 yuan, saying, “Uncle, since there’s nowhere to put the cash, you can give us this bag as well.”

“Uh… hehe…”

The shop owner could only keep smiling foolishly. Facing an expert, what else could he say?

Stepping outside onto the street, Shui Miao handed the leather bag to Su Xue, asking her to put the cash inside.

Hesitantly taking the bag, Su Xue stuffed the money in and then looked at Shui Miao with a strange expression before suddenly pointing at him and saying, “You must be in cahoots with them! You want to seduce me, so you orchestrated this whole thing, right?”

“Naughty girl, don’t you know pointing at others with your finger is impolite?” Shui Miao turned and walked away, heading straight to the car.

Su Xue followed him into the car…

“Why did you come without being invited?” Shui Miao looked at Su Xue. Before he could speak, Su Xue said, “Hmph! You’ve messed with me now, and I won’t let you off easily. You have to drive me back.”

In fact, Su Xue had already developed a soft spot for Shui Miao.

Shui Miao almost couldn’t help laughing. This Su Xue really had a childlike heart!

“Aren’t you afraid I might be a really bad guy, a big pervert or something?”

“I have a knife, so I’m not afraid at all!”

Su Xue drew the horned curved knife and stuck her tongue out at Shui Miao.

“Alright then, you win!” Shui Miao started the car and suddenly added with a faint smile, “However, I’m not going to the hotel right now, but to a place where shouting to heaven won’t reach and calling to the earth won’t respond. You’d better be mentally prepared.”

“Stop trying to scare me. You don’t look like a bad person at all.”

“Looks can be deceiving, you know. Haven’t you heard the saying ‘you can know a person’s face but not their heart’?”

“I’m not afraid at all. I have a knife!”

“There you go again… Alright, you win again!”

Shui Miao pressed the accelerator, and the Hummer zoomed forward, turning towards the dark northern road instead of the hotel.

“…”

Su Xue suddenly felt tense inside.

Shui Miao whistled, occasionally flashing a mischievous smile, intentionally teasing this innocent and adorable Su Xue.

Finally, Su Xue couldn’t help herself anymore, “You… where are you taking me?”

“You got on the car yourself. I didn’t invite you. So the place we’re going is naturally where I want to go.”

“So… where do you want to go?”

“Didn’t I just say? A place where shouting to heaven won’t reach and calling to the earth won’t respond.”

“…”

Su Xue stared at Shui Miao suspiciously, trying to judge his true nature from his appearance, hairstyle, expressions, and movements.

“Hmph! Stop pretending. You’re dressed so tackily, your eyes are so clear, and there’s nothing flashy in this car at all. You definitely aren’t a bad person.” Su Xue sheathed the horned curved knife.

Shui Miao gave her a thumbs-up, “You’ve got good taste. I actually am a good person. Enough joking around. Do you know the story behind this horned curved knife?” The reason Shui Miao chose the horned curved knife was because he sensed a faint positive spiritual energy from it. In the shop, besides the Dragon Scale Knife having negative energy, this horned curved knife was the only one with spiritual energy.

“Not much. I just heard it’s a curved knife made from the horns of snow mountain yaks, and it’s said to ward off evil spirits.” Su Xue was still wary of Shui Miao and had no mood for stories. Seeing Shui Miao driving out of Qamdo County, Su Xue became increasingly nervous: “Hey, Shui Miao, have you played enough? If you don’t stop the car now, I’m going to call the police!”

“You weren’t the one who said I’m a good person?” Shui Miao kept driving, not even turning his head.

Looking at the pitch-dark road ahead, Su Xue grew even more anxious.

Just as Su Xue was about to draw the horned curved knife again, Shui Miao suddenly turned the steering wheel, and the car veered off the road, speeding into a dark, open field. After parking, Shui Miao quickly turned off the engine and the car lights… This series of actions made Su Xue extremely frightened. As she was about to scream, Shui Miao suddenly covered her mouth with one hand and held down her knife with the other, whispering in her ear, “Don’t make a sound. I’m following that Tibetan woman who bought the Dragon Scale Knife for 100,000 yuan. Believe me, with your looks, you’re not enough to make me, this super feng shui master, lose my senses.”

Shui Miao circulated his spiritual energy, dispelling the negative aura around Su Xue.

Su Xue immediately felt less fear.

After removing his hand, Shui Miao watched the outside window intently. In the distance, three motorcycles’ lights appeared on the road. Su Xue whispered anxiously, “You really followed that Tibetan woman here? How did you know she would be here? You’re so mysterious! Do you have special powers?”

“I’m a cultivator…”

Shui Miao turned back, whispering, “Do you remember the three sky-burial masters we saw on the road?”

“Yeah, of course I remember. We even saw one of them being killed with an axe when we were having dinner at the restaurant that night… Oh right, you had just left the restaurant before that. Ah! Could it be that he was killed by you?” Su Xue wasn’t stupid; she was very smart. Combining Shui Miao’s mysteriousness, she quickly connected many dots.

“Nonsense! You’d be a shame not to write novels!”

Shui Miao shook his head with a sneer.

But Shui Miao knew clearly that this incident had at least some connection with him.

To speak of the sky-burial master’s death, it was entirely his own doing.

“Yeah, there were three of them, and you’re so weak, you couldn’t possibly be their match.” Su Xue tapped her head, puzzled, asking, “Shui Miao, don’t be mad at me for prying, but I’m really curious. If this incident has nothing to do with you, why are you following that Tibetan woman in the middle of the night?”

“Su Xue, didn’t you tell me the legend of the Dragon Scale Knife?”

“Yeah, yeah…”

“But before you told me the legend, I was already looking at the Dragon Scale Knife. Not for any other reason, just because I sensed a negative aura from it. After you told me the legend of the Dragon Scale Knife, I helped dispel the negative aura you had acquired earlier when I covered your mouth just now, and you suddenly felt less scared, right?”

“Ahh! So you really are a cultivator?!”

“Duh! If I weren’t a cultivator, how could I know so much? Now be quiet. I suspect that the Tibetan woman is the daughter of the sky-burial master who was killed with an axe today. I originally planned to come here alone, but you insisted on getting into the car, and you had negative energy on you, so I brought you along. Now, I want to see why she bought the Dragon Scale Knife and what they plan to do with the dead sky-burial master.”

“Wow! So this is so exciting and thrilling!”

Su Xue’s eyes widened, now that all the pieces were clear, she actually found it thrilling and exciting.

“Shh!”

Seeing the three motorcycles stop not far away, Shui Miao quickly signaled Su Xue to keep quiet.