In the Imperial Secret Vault, Shang Xin Lei watched item after item appear out of thin air, her expression rather complicated.
Yan Qing could understand. In her mind, the mastermind behind the Trading Board should have been a powerful existence as divine as a god or demon, or at the very least an unparalleled schemer—not a mortal who had not even reached Foundation Establishment, and who would even end up trapped with her in a secret vault more than thirty zhang underground.
He carefully studied Shang Xin Lei's eyes, trying to catch any emotion she might reveal. In truth, he was not afraid that Shang Xin Lei would leak this secret. After all, he had no bottles or jars in this world. At Thieves' Den, once he pulled up the covers, no one would bother him. What he feared was Shang Xin Lei growing greedy.
He disliked testing human nature. It was like how no gamer would test whether a computer case could keep running after water got inside. They only hoped the computer could run the game forever, and he only hoped this brief friendship with Shang Xin Lei could last as long as possible—until he no longer cared about this woman.
"Do you really have to use the Heart Protecting Mirror to exchange for them?"
Unexpectedly, Shang Xin Lei was the first to question Yan Qing's extravagance. "There are quite a few stacked second-rank tokens here too. Couldn't you use those to exchange for these items? A third-rank Heart Protecting Mirror could obviously sell for a high price. Using it to exchange for these door-opening items is such a waste."
"It has to be the Heart Protecting Mirror." Since he had already exposed himself, Yan Qing did not mind saying a little more about the Treasure Hunting Token,