Sweeping All Before Me, Starting with Drawing the Blade
Chapter 655

A con woman, a bastard, and an old monster

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On the west bridge of Ping'an Town.

Nan Li really was the Earth Dragon Tongue of Ping'an City, just as she had claimed. Who knew what methods she had used, but passersby had crowded around her shabby stall.

Nan Li had quite a silver tongue. With Lin Shuguang's help, she had devised a story about a fallen family and being forced to sell a family heirloom. Her tearjerking performance had certainly drawn plenty of attention.

In truth, she had never expected someone as mysterious-looking as Lin Shuguang to be so good at fabricating a backstory. If the bastard weren't such an asshole, she really would have wanted to team up with him.

"Miss, after all that, what exactly does this family heirloom of yours do?"

A question came from someone in the crowd, and quite a few others echoed it.

"Yes, miss. We didn't really catch that earlier. Hurry up and show us your family heirloom."

Nan Li maintained her tearful expression, though inwardly she was somewhat uncertain herself.

When Lin Shuguang had explained it to her earlier, she had only half understood. All she knew was that after his modifications, the Rubik's Cube really had become mysterious.

If she hadn't seen what the Rubik's Cube originally looked like herself, she really would have been fooled into thinking it was some peerless divine artifact.

Now, however, she said, "I've exhausted every other option. That is why I have no choice but to bring out this family heirloom. If any of you are interested, I can only bear the pain of parting with it."

As she spoke, she took the carefully prepared "Rubik's Cube" out of her cloth bag.

"I know very little about this item. I only heard my family's ancestor mention it when I was young... It is called

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