"No! I can't stay here! I don't want this treasure anymore! I'll give you fifty Heavenly Origin Jades for free! That's enough, right!? What do I want that treasure for? I don't want it!" Jin Tao's expression changed completely.
I stared blankly at Miss Zhilin. "By the way, why is he so scared? That doesn't seem right. As long as he pays enough to get the thing... Could it be..."
"Hehe, Great Immortal Xia, you're overthinking it. Our Yuelin Society isn't some trading house. When it comes to assessing value, we have our own methods of appraisal." Miss Zhilin flashed a toothy smile.
I thought to myself that this was truly a case of a scholar meeting soldiers—there was no reasoning with them. Getting cheated out of a hundred Heavenly Origin Jades was one thing, but now the old man couldn't even return home. If he were plundered by these bandits from the Yuelin Society, it was hard to say what the result would be. Yuelin Society had managed to grow to this scale somehow; who would believe they were honest people?
They probably relied on this sort of business to build their fortune. What kind of person was Jin Tao? The famous island master of Xianlai Island, yet now he was as frightened as a child who had been beaten. It was clear that having the Yuelin Society visit even once was a life-threatening affair.
"W-wait! I have other things! Lots of things I bought at the auction—I'll give them all back to you at half price! I'll add more Heavenly Origin Jades and make it an even hundred! Could you please say something to Yuelin?! I'm Island Master Jin Tao! I'm Jin Tao! Brother Yuelin!?" Jin Tao shouted frantically.
Seeing him yelling and disrupting the venue, the two