"Hahaha!"
When he saw Qin Xiao and the others walking away, the shopkeeper laughed heartily. He was in an extremely good mood.
"This bunch of inexperienced little fellows want to play with me?"
"I used a small item worth only ten chaos source stones to swindle a rare treasure worth at least thirty thousand chaos source stones."
"I was just following orders to make things difficult for these people. I didn't expect to get such an unexpected reward. I've really made a killing today."
As he spoke, the shopkeeper took out the immortal treasure and prepared to admire it.
But immediately, his expression became very interesting and unsightly.
"Hmm? Where's the immortal treasure? I clearly placed it here just now. How did it disappear in the blink of an eye? "
"That's impossible. I clearly took it and placed it here personally. There can't be any problems. How did it disappear?"
"Just now … No, no, that young man left immediately after giving me the immortal treasure. I made sure to keep it properly. How did it disappear? Was I fooled? "
In the blink of an eye, a perfectly fine immortal treasure had disappeared without a trace.
The shopkeeper's mouth twitched violently at such a huge loss. His heart felt like it was being stabbed by a knife.
How could this be?
What exactly was going on?
The shopkeeper tried his best to recall every detail. The more he thought, the paler his face became. The more ferocious his expression became, and the more the anger in his eyes burned.
"I understand now. You brat, I actually fell for your trick."
"You brat, you've been pretending to be weak and foolish. In fact, you've been secretly plotting against me. I really fell for your trick."
"I originally thought that you were a young chick who was easy to manipulate. I didn't expect you to be such a shrewd fellow. I really underestimated you."
"I didn't expect that the scheming and astute me would fall for your trick."
"Was that physiognomy just now?"
"Damn it, damn it. How dare you play with me? You made me give you two thousand chaos source stones for nothing. This grudge is formed. Don't think that you'll have an easy time. "
…
Qin Xiao and the others continued to move forward, but because of what had just happened, they were obviously unhappy. Everyone was in a bad mood.
Especially A Xiao, he had been blaming himself. After all, it was all because of him that Qin Xiao suffered such a big loss and was ruthlessly ripped off by that store owner.
The world was sinister and complicated. Although they had heard a lot from the old people in town, they had never experienced it themselves, so it was hard for them to understand.
"Brother Qin, why did you do that just now? I don't think it's your style to do something like this when you know you're at a disadvantage. "Lin Xian couldn't help but ask.
He had been wanting to say something earlier, but he had been holding it in.
Moreover, he had always felt that Qin Xiao should not do something that would cause him to suffer such a great loss.
However, it seemed that things were not as he had imagined. This matter still ended in such a way.
The matter was over, but the way it was resolved clearly made everyone feel very unhappy. They were all very sullen.
10,000 Chaos Source Stones. They had been cheated out of 10,000 Chaos Source Stones. This was wealth that High Mountain Town could not accumulate over tens of millions of years.
Although it was Qin Xiao who had stepped forward to resolve the matter, they still felt that they owed Qin Xiao and felt very apologetic.
Qin Xiao smiled lightly and said, "How is it not my style? Then what style do you think I should use to solve this problem? "
Lin Xian was stunned. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I don't think you would submit to that store owner and suffer such an obvious loss."
"If that's not the case, then what do you think I should do? Do you have a better solution? "Qin Xiao asked again.
Lin Xian was stunned again. Did he have a better solution?
Obviously not. If he did, he would have stepped forward to resolve the matter long ago. It was precisely because he didn't that he didn't know how to bring it up.
Was he really going to use force? What had happened just now was indeed difficult to explain. Even if Ah Xiao jumped into the Yellow River, he would not be able to clear his name.
After all, Ah Xiao had indeed touched that immortal treasure. Although he didn't know what method the store owner had used to break Ah Xiao's immortal treasure the moment he touched it, the store owner had blamed Ah Xiao for it. But the shopkeeper insisted on framing Ah Xiao with this, which was also unreasonable.
If this matter continued, they would only end up fighting force with force. Otherwise, they would report this matter to the City Lord Manor and let the City Lord Manor decide.
However, the store owner was from Flat Demon City. There were probably people in the City Lord Manor who knew him. When that happened, they would be the ones at a disadvantage.
Therefore, no matter how he thought about it, he still felt that there was no solution.
It was precisely because of this that Lin Xian had wanted to spend money to avoid this disaster. He thought that if they only had to compensate him with 100 or even 200 Chaos Source Stones, he would have no choice but to grit his teeth and pay for it.
He would just treat it as spending money to buy safety and a lesson. What else could he do?
Qin Xiao's solution was indeed out of desperation. However, how could he not feel heartache when he thought about losing 10,000 Chaos Source Stones?
Qin Xiao smiled and said, "Lin Xian, you're right about one thing. I definitely won't do something that will cause me to lose out, much less something that will cause me to suffer such a huge loss."
Huh?
What did he mean?
Lin Xian looked at Qin Xiao in confusion. Everyone else also looked at Qin Xiao in confusion.
Wouldn't do something that would cause him to lose out? But he had clearly suffered a huge loss just now.
Could it be that the immortal treasure wasn't worth 12,000 Chaos Source Stones?
But that couldn't be right. The store owner was a sly old fox. How could he have misjudged something so valuable?
Besides, they had also seen it. Although they didn't have that kind of eyesight, they could clearly see that the immortal treasure was extraordinary. It was definitely a rare and precious treasure.
Therefore, everyone did not understand the meaning of Qin Xiao's words.
Qin Xiao flipped his palm and the immortal treasure that he had just sold to the store owner appeared in his hand again.
Seeing this, everyone's eyes suddenly widened. They were dumbfounded and looked at Qin Xiao in disbelief.
This, this, this, what was going on?
Just now, they saw with their own eyes that Qin Xiao had clearly given this immortal treasure to the store owner. How could it appear in Qin Xiao's hands again?
It didn't make sense. That immortal treasure had already been kept by the store owner. How could Qin Xiao have the ability to take it back silently?
Moreover, he had left immediately after giving it to the store owner. No one had seen him do anything at all.
But soon, everyone saw that the immortal treasure in Qin Xiao's hand turned into countless starlight and slowly dissipated into the void. Soon, it turned into nothingness.
Gone?
Disappeared into nothingness?
This caused everyone to be dumbfounded. They really couldn't understand what was going on.
"Brother Qin, could it be … that you used the art of physiognomy just now?" Lin Xian, who had seen a little of the world, immediately thought of a possibility after thinking about it.
Qin Xiao nodded at Lin Xian and said, "Yes, you're right. It was the art of physiognomy."
"Actually, what I gave the store owner just now was just an illusion created by the art of physiognomy. It wasn't real. Therefore, I also earned 2,000 chaos source stones. "
Qin Xiao rarely used the art of physiognomy. Today, it came in handy.
Usually, Qin Xiao wouldn't use the art of physiognomy in a battle. After all, the only people who were worthy of his attention were those who were at the fourth step of the Celestial Venerable Realm.
Qin Xiao's physiognomy couldn't do anything to those in this realm.
But against a second-step Celestial Venerable, the art of physiognomy was still very useful.
Therefore, Qin Xiao used the art of physiognomy this time and directly played the store owner ruthlessly.
"I'm really impressed. I really admire Brother Qin. I didn't expect you to cultivate the extremely rare art of physiognomy. Moreover, you've cultivated it to such a high level. Both the store owner and I couldn't see any flaws just now. That's a great move. "Lin Xian was full of admiration.
Qin Xiao pursed his lips and smiled. "The art of physiognomy has already lost its effect. The store owner must be hopping mad now."
"I'm giving him a taste of his own medicine. He tricked us first and then I tricked him back. I even earned an extra two thousand Chaos Source Stones from him. I guess I've won this round."
"When dealing with people like him, you should use more ruthless methods."
Qin Xiao's method indeed felt like he was killing people without leaving a trace.
Not only did he settle the matter perfectly, but he also earned quite a bit of money. It was killing two birds with one stone.
Everyone was finally relieved. Everything was clear now.
They admired Qin Xiao even more now.
"But Brother Qin, you cheated the store owner of 2,000 chaos source stones. I don't think the store owner will let it go so easily, right?"
Lin Xian thought about it and said worriedly.
Qin Xiao smiled faintly and said, "Yes, the store owner will definitely not let it go so easily. But it doesn't matter."
"If he can make a move, I can also make a move. It's impossible for him to take advantage of me. "
"This matter is considered over. The store owner is also in the wrong, so he won't easily make trouble for us. If he wasn't in the wrong, he would probably have come after us by now. "
Everyone nodded. That was indeed the case.
Firstly, the store owner was in the wrong. Secondly, the store owner thought that he had gotten a great deal and bought it willingly.
Qin Xiao looked at A Xiao and said, "This matter is over. You don't have to blame yourself. It's not your fault."
"This was a well-designed trap in the first place. You were just unlucky to have fallen into it."
"However, you do have to be more careful next time. Consider it a lesson for yourself."
"But generally speaking, legitimate stores won't cheat customers like this, so don't take it to heart."
"Honesty is the most important thing when doing business. Most stores are not bad. Feel free to look around."
A Xiao gritted his teeth and nodded. He looked at Qin Xiao gratefully and said, "Okay. Thank you, Big Brother Qin Xiao. I understand. I will be more careful in the future."
"I'm sorry to have caused you trouble."
The group continued on their way after this matter was resolved.
Along the way, Lin Xian looked like he wanted to say something but stopped himself several times.
When he saw this, Qin Xiao sent a voice transmission to Lin Xian. "What's wrong? Do you have something to say?"
Lin Xian glanced at Qin Xiao. He knew that he couldn't hide his thoughts. Since Qin Xiao had taken the initiative to ask, he might as well say it. "Brother Qin, I don't think this matter is as simple as it seems."
"What do you want to say?" Qin Xiao asked again.
"I think that the shop owner must have been instructed to do so. If it was an ordinary scammer, he wouldn't ask for such a sky-high price. It would be more reasonable to ask for one or two hundred. If he asked for ten thousand, his purpose was obviously not to get money, but to make things difficult for us. "Lin Xian said.
Qin Xiao smiled. The situation behind this was certainly not as simple as it seemed. He had long seen that the store owner was instructed by someone.
However, he didn't say it out loud for fear that others would be affected.
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