Chapter 4: If it weren’t for Your Senior Sister, I really would have Slapped You.
“Young Master, I am Zhu Shiyao, a direct disciple of True Lord Xuan Yi from the Spiritual Sword Sect. This is my junior sister, Susu. It seems we’ve had a slight collision. I offer my apologies.” Zhu Shiyao reacted extremely quickly. Upon learning that the transaction was not yet complete and the Profound Ice Fruit belonged to the young man before them, she quickly bowed and apologized.
“Sister, your oral apology is already showing him great respect given your status. Why do you still need to bow and apologize!” Susu still looked down on Lin Mo.
Among the immortal sects in the world, there are five Rank 1.
The Spiritual Sword Sect is a Rank 1 immortal sect.
It is the foremost sect for sword cultivators in the world. True Lord Xuan Yi is an elder of the Spiritual Sword Sect and holds significant status in the entire cultivation world.
This time, before Lin Mo could even speak, Susu took two steps back, pulling Lin Mo forward. “Alright, hurry up with your transaction. Once you’re done, it’ll be our turn.”
Even a clay figurine has some temper, let alone Lin Mo.
What started as a simple transaction was disrupted by these two women, and that was bad enough.
But then they unreasonably dragged him around.
This was no longer a matter of being spoiled and willful; it was simply asking for a beating!
“I’m not planning to sell this spirit fruit anymore.” Lin Mo coldly dropped the sentence and turned to leave.
If it weren’t for Zhu Shiyao being relatively polite to him, he would have already taught Susu a lesson.
He didn’t subscribe to the idea of male chauvinism like ‘I never hit women.’ Everyone was living for the first time, so why should he yield to them?
“Hey, you can’t go back on your word. You’re not allowed to leave!” Susu once again blocked Lin Mo’s path.
Lin Mo chuckled in anger. “What did I agree to?”
Susu pointed at Xiao Zi. “You were clearly planning to sell the spirit fruit just now.”
Lin Mo: “Just now is just now. Is there a problem with me not selling it now?”
Susu put her hands on her hips and said righteously, “Once you agree to sell something, you can’t refuse!”
At this moment, Xiao Zi spoke up, “Miss Susu, this Young Master hasn’t agreed to sell it yet…”
She was also displeased. If not for Miss Susu’s abrupt intervention, this deal would have already been done.
“Ah…” Susu, not noticing Lin Mo’s darkening expression, continued, “How about you sell this Profound Ice Fruit directly to us? We’ll offer three percent more than what Xiao Zi offered.”
A hint of displeasure appeared on Xiao Zi’s face. As a businesswoman, it was different for a customer to trade directly versus through her. She earned a commission on all transactions handled by her, but due to the other party’s status, she said nothing.
Zhu Shiyao noticed her junior sister’s shortcomings. “Young Master, how about this: I’ll have Miss Xiao Zi offer three percent more for your Profound Ice Fruit, and I’ll discuss the rest with Miss Xiao Zi later.”
Lin Mo’s gaze was cold, and he remained silent.
Assuming the price was still not suitable, Zhu Shiyao continued to increase her offer. “How about sixty percent more?”
Honestly, the price offered by the Treasure Pavilion was already very reasonable. To offer sixty percent more now was quite a generous sum.
She was willing to pay such a high price for the Profound Ice Fruit because it was of great use to her.
She had recently succeeded in breaking through to the Golden Core realm but had injured her vitality due to her obsession with combat. As she possessed a mutated Ice Spirit Root among the Heavenly Spirit Roots, she needed ice-attributed spirit fruits to stabilize and consolidate her cultivation.
Lin Mo slowly spoke. “Ten times!”
“Young Master?” Zhu Shiyao thought she misheard and asked again.
“I’ll sell it for ten times the price.”
“You lunatic, what are you thinking?” Susu couldn’t help herself and cursed at Lin Mo. “Ten times? Why don’t you just dream? Do you take us for fools?”
Lin Mo snorted. “Who was it that said price wasn’t an issue? If you can’t afford it, don’t put on airs.”
“Putting on airs?” Susu clearly didn’t understand the meaning of this modern phrase.
Lin Mo wasn’t in the mood to linger any longer. He sidestepped the two women and prepared to leave.
“You’re not allowed to leave!” Susu reached out to grab Lin Mo’s shoulder.
With a single word, “Scram,” immense True Qi erupted from Lin Mo’s body.
Susu had just entered the Foundation Establishment stage. The incident was sudden, and she had no time to dodge. She was sent flying backward.
Zhu Shiyao reacted extremely quickly. With a light step, she caught her junior sister, a cold expression appearing on her face. “Young Master, my junior sister was indeed a bit willful, but she did it for me. Your excessive force is unbecoming of a gentleman.”
Lin Mo sneered. “Since you are her senior sister, you should teach her how to ‘be a person,’ not be so shrewish and capricious.”
“To be honest, if your junior sister hadn’t repeatedly angered me, I would have already sold my Profound Ice Fruit.”
Zhu Shiyao could see the problem with her junior sister, but since Susu’s actions were ultimately for her sake, she couldn’t blame her too harshly.
“Sister, how did I provoke him? He’s clearly stingy,” Susu still didn’t realize her own mistake.
In her perception, although she wasn’t as outstanding as her senior sister, most of the young masters from aristocratic families and sects were polite to her. Unlike this petty man in front of her.
Lin Mo’s entire face was now as cold as ice. He really wanted to beat the girl named Susu until she wet herself.
Of course, this was just a thought!
It wasn’t that he feared her, but he was wary of the girl named Zhu Shiyao.
He could sense that she was one major realm higher than him.
After all, she was a direct disciple of an elder from the Spiritual Sword Sect and must possess many magical treasures. If a fight were to break out, his chances of winning would be extremely slim.
Susu suddenly seemed to recall something. “I heard you wanted to buy a sword. Could it be you’re a sword cultivator?”
“So what if I am, so what if I’m not?” Lin Mo stared intently at the defiant girl who barely reached his shoulder, unsure of her next ploy.
“I have a proposal. Why don’t you have a sword duel with my senior sister, with this Profound Ice Fruit as the wager?” Susu’s face was filled with a charming smile, appearing to be in a winning position.
“I’ll wager the Profound Ice Fruit, what will you wager?” Lin Mo asked the question any normal person would ask.
“What will I wager???” Susu hadn’t really thought of anything to wager. She simply hadn’t considered the possibility of losing.
After a long pause, she looked at the sword at her hip, lamenting slightly. “I’ll wager my sword, is that okay?”
Lin Mo naturally didn’t understand the value of a sword, but there was an expert here. He glanced at Miss Xiao Zi. “Miss Xiao Zi, could you please help me determine if this sword is worth my Profound Ice Fruit?”
Xiao Zi smiled meaningfully at Lin Mo and then walked towards Susu. “Miss Susu, please hand over your sword for me to examine!”
Susu said nothing more and handed over her sword.
Weapons were categorized by rank: Mortal Treasures, Spirit Treasures, Magical Treasures, Immortal Treasures, and Divine Weapons, with further distinctions of Superior, Medium, and Inferior for each.
Xiao Zi channeled spiritual energy to sense the sword in Susu’s hand and said, “Miss Susu, your sword is a Superior Mortal Treasure, valued at 800 mid-grade spirit stones. This Young Master’s Profound Ice Fruit is valued at 7800 mid-grade spirit stones.”
The seven thousand eight hundred mid-grade spirit stones was the price previously agreed upon. If it were calculated based on Zhu Shiyao’s later increase of sixty percent, it would have exceeded ten thousand.
Susu hadn’t expected the Profound Ice Fruit to be so expensive. She had offered to wager an item worth less than a tenth of its value. How was that different from him demanding ten times its price?
She felt her face flush with embarrassment and shame.
[Ding, detected someone feeling regret because of Host. Absorbed 250 points of Regret.]
Lin Mo: “……” This 250 points of regret felt like the other party was regretting and cursing him.
However, the Regret he gained was significantly more than what he usually got from the junior disciples on Azure Bamboo Peak.
Susu was an inner disciple of a Rank 1 sect, and their relationship was one of ‘enmity.’ Judging by her behavior, she was an extremely ‘prideful’ person.
His ability to gain so much Regret was closely related to these three matters.
“Miss Xiao Zi, please examine my sword as well.”
Zhu Shiyao proactively took the sword hanging from her slender waist and handed it to Xiao Zi.
The moment Xiao Zi took the sword, she felt a sharp sword intent spread through her entire body from the blade.
Her eyes instantly lit up. “A Spirit Sword of Magical Treasure grade!”
