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The setting was Shrek City during the era of Douluo 2. A group of friends gathered around a large dining table at Jiang Nannan's house to enjoy a warm dinner together. The atmosphere was cozy, but the peace did not last long.
Su Yan suddenly put down his chopsticks and grumbled angrily. He said that he was furious with Yanzi. He could not believe she had the nerve to bully his buddy while he was away from them. He promised himself that he would definitely teach her a very good lesson when he got back to see her.
Jiang Nannan stopped eating and looked at him. She looked very puzzled by his sudden outburst. She asked Brother Su Yan why he was so upset since he actually disliked Tang San, so it did not make sense for him to be angry on Tang San's behalf.
Bibi Dong was sitting nearby, enjoying her meal. She felt somewhat speechless when she heard their conversation. She looked at Jiang Nannan and explained that Su Yan was not truly angry because he cared about Tang San. Instead, he was upset because when Yanzi and the others beat up Tang San, they did not call Su Yan to join in on the fun.
Su Yan looked very depressed after hearing Bibi Dong's words. He sighed deeply and told them that it was even more than that. He explained that they did not just destroy Tang San's Blue Silver Grass today, but they also completely destroyed the hidden weapons that Tang San was always so proud of. Because of that severe damage, Su Yan did not know how long it would take for Tang San to recover from this massive loss.
Bibi Dong genuinely wanted to laugh at his expression. She looked at Su Yan's dramatic face and could not help but ask him if he really believed that Yanzi and the others had learned all of this bad behavior directly from him.
Ning Rongrong smiled brightly at this. She nodded her head in agreement and said that it was true. She added that they even remembered to heal Tang San before they left the area. She joked that such charming villainous behavior proved they truly inherited the unique style of Brother Su Yan.
While they were talking, the group chat interface in front of them began to light up with new messages.
Ma Xiaotao sent a message asking Su Yan where they had gone.
Xiao Xiao is the Cutest sent a message saying that they were planning to find Brother Su Yan to hang out, and asked where he was right now.
Su Yan typed a reply saying that he was currently eating at his mother-in-law's house and would come back to find them after they finished eating.
I Am an Orphan replied with several question marks to show confusion.
Bo Saixi joined the chat and asked where he had suddenly conjured up a mother-in-law from.
Back at the dining table, Jiang Nannan read the messages and blushed slightly. She quickly opened the chat to clarify the situation.
Jiang Nannan sent a message saying that they were at her house.
Ning Rongrong laughed out loud in the chat.
Yanzi is not a Swallow sent a message to thank Meng for the spirit tool and said she was returning it now. Along with the message, Yanzi is not a Swallow sent an exclusive red envelope to Red Dust Dream Dream Dream.
Red Dust Dream Dream Dream immediately replied that there was no need to return it. She explained that it was just a Tier 4 spirit tool and she wanted to gift it to her.
Yanzi is not a Swallow wondered if that was too much. She asked how many gold coins it cost so she could send them over.
Red Dust Dream Dream Dream answered that they were good sisters, so there was no need to talk about gold coins. She repeated that it was a gift and said these things meant nothing to her at all.
Group Member No. 9 asked if they could sell one to him because he also wanted to beat up Tang San the next time they met.
Yanzi is not a Swallow called him a rascal and said that her tool was his tool. She promised that once the red envelope was returned, she would let him use it directly.
Red Dust Dream Dream Dream then sent an exclusive red envelope to Group Member No. 9. She asked the whole group who else wanted to have one.
Loves Eating Carrots reacted with surprise. She asked if this was really okay. She confessed that she did not have any money and suggested letting Su Yan pay for it. She begged to be sold one as well.
Ning Rongrong stepped in and told Meng to ship one to Xiao Wu. Then she sent another message telling her to send one to Zhuqing, one to Sister Zhuyun, one to Aunt Ah Yin, one to Aunt Ling Yuan, and to count in Yanzi and Lingling as well.
Everyone in the chat replied with question marks to show their shock at her generosity.
Meanwhile, in Suotuo City, a different conversation was happening. Zhu Zhuyun looked at her sister Zhu Zhuqing with a very complicated expression on her face. She remarked that this spirit tool must be quite valuable and asked if it was really okay to let Ning Rongrong pay for all of them.
Zhu Zhuqing thought about it carefully for a brief moment. She replied that it should be perfectly fine. She explained that Ning Rongrong was so incredibly rich that all she had left in her life besides money was more money. She added that doing this was mainly about giving face to their family and giving face to Su Yan.
Dugu Yan thought about the situation and offered her opinion. She suggested that they should first ask how much the spirit tool actually cost. If it turned out to be very expensive, they could just pay for it themselves. But if it was relatively cheap, they could give Ning Rongrong a good chance to show off her wealth.
Back in the group chat, Bai Chenxiang sent a message saying she wanted one too, but she did not have enough money. She mentioned she only had the twenty thousand gold coins that Ning Rongrong had given her previously, and asked if that would be enough.
Ning Rongrong immediately replied to ship one to Xiangxiang.
Bo Saixi cleared her throat in the chat with a short message.
Ning Rongrong replied enthusiastically, telling Meng to send them to everyone. She said that no matter how many people were currently in the group chat, Meng should send one item to each person. She declared that she, Ning Rongrong, would cover the entire expenses for the group chat today.
Su Yan saw this and commented that she was being utterly extravagant.
Call Me Her Majesty the Empress asked if she would get one too.
Liu Erlong sent a message to the Little Princess to apologize. She said she should not have mocked her earlier that day because her conscience was now feeling very guilty.
Ma Xiaotao explained that Tier 4 spirit tools should usually be priced somewhere in the four digits. She noted that this small amount of money really did not seem like much to their Old Ancestor Rongrong.
Red Dust Dream Dream Dream replied to the group. She said that since they were all good sisters, she had originally intended to give the tools to them directly for free. However, since Old Ancestor Rongrong insisted on treating everyone, she decided to give each of them a Storage Spirit Tool as well. She told Old Ancestor Rongrong to just send her twenty thousand gold coins as a simple token of appreciation.
Ning Rongrong read the message and was completely stunned. She could not find any words to say. She looked at the screen in disbelief because more than twenty spirit tools were only going to cost twenty thousand gold coins.
Bibi Dong was also very confused by this price. She said that this kind of spirit tool corresponded to a Spirit Ancestor level. She wondered aloud if it was really true that they cost less than one thousand gold coins apiece.
Su Yan recalled his knowledge about these items and explained the situation. He told them that this specific type of spirit tool could be mass-produced in large numbers, so it should naturally be relatively cheap. However, he noted that Meng had definitely given them an exceptionally low price because of their friendship.
Tang Ya sighed deeply when she heard this. She looked at the others and asked if they now understood why she hated spirit tools so much. She complained that such powerful spirit tools were sold for only a little over a thousand gold coins. She wondered how she could possibly continue running her own Hidden Weapons business under these conditions.
Bibi Dong snapped at her immediately. She told Tang Ya that the problem was just because she was being stupid. She asked why she could not simply combine Hidden Weapons with spirit tools to make something better. She also pointed out that spirit tools required activation by spirit power, but traditional Hidden Weapons did not need any spirit power at all. She suggested that Tang Ya should make some simple Hidden Weapons to sell to ordinary people who had no spirit power, which would allow her to make money in a completely different market.
Red Dust Dream Dream Dream sent question marks to the chat. She then suggested that Old Ancestor Rongrong should not pay anything at all, and she would just gift them to everyone since they were all items from their own family.
Ning Rongrong quickly replied to tell Meng not to misunderstand her reaction. She explained that she only thought the price was far too cheap. She added that if other people found out about this low price, they might think the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had gone bankrupt and could not afford real luxury. She demanded to upgrade the order and asked to send everyone a Tier 5 spirit tool instead. She said they should consider it as a special red envelope coming from her Brother Su Yan.
Yanzi is not a Swallow praised her choice in the chat.
I Am a Little Bird commented that being rich truly meant being willful.
Ma Xiaotao stated that this was exactly what she expected from her Old Ancestor Rongrong. She joked that a tool worth only one or two thousand gold coins was too embarrassing for her to give away, so she was sending ones worth tens of thousands instead.
Liu Erlong praised her, calling the Little Princess their true princess.
Bai Chenxiang expressed her deep gratitude, saying that the Little Princess's favor could simply never be repaid.
Ning Rongrong noticed a specific phrase and asked Meng what she meant by saying the items were from her own family.
Tang Ya spoke up at this moment to explain the background. She told everyone that Meng Hongchen belonged to the Mortal World Family of the Sun Moon Empire. She explained that they were the core organization that controlled spirit tools within the Sun Moon Empire, and they were specifically responsible for the research, development, and manufacturing of all spirit tools.
Hearing this explanation, Ning Rongrong turned to look at Su Yan with wide eyes. She exclaimed that from now on, they could just buy all their spirit tools directly from Meng.
Su Yan nodded his head slightly to confirm this. He said that they could certainly do that, but if the requested quantity became too large, Meng would not have the authority to make the final decision alone. He advised that when she went there, she could arrange a proper transaction directly with Meng's grandfather.
Bibi Dong looked somewhat conflicted as she thought about the future. She asked if they would be willing to sell their actual spirit tool technology to them.
Su Yan thought about the matter for a moment before he replied. He said that technology for Tier 6 and below should be fine to purchase. However, getting Tier 7 and Tier 8 technology would definitely require paying a very heavy price. As for Tier 9 spirit tool technology, he stated that it was absolutely impossible for them to sell it under any circumstances.
He added that another issue was that other people's manufacturing technology was still immature, so the same spirit tool produced by outsiders would not be as effective as the ones made by the Mortal World Family.
But for their group, they currently only lacked the low-tier tools. Therefore, he suggested that besides purchasing the finished spirit tools, they could also buy various low-tier spirit tool manufacturing techniques and arrange for capable people to study them carefully when they returned home.