"You've done your homework, haven't you?"
Xu Yi said coldly. His earlier indifference had only been an attempt to drive down the price; he hadn't expected the old man in the hemp robe to be so calculating.
The old man said, "I risked everything and nearly got myself killed to obtain this chart. If I let you cheat me out of it for a pittance, I might as well smash it and die with it."
Xu Yi asked, "How many Spirit Stones do you want for it?"
After only a brief exchange with the man, Xu Yi had already abandoned the idea of seizing it by force.
"I don't ask for much. Just half of what you've earned lately—two hundred thousand Spirit Stones!"
The old man in the hemp robe dropped the bombshell without a moment's hesitation.
Xu Yi went pale with shock. "Two hundred thousand? You've got some nerve!"
He was now certain the man had studied him, even going so far as to find out exactly how many Spirit Stones Xu Yi had made in the arena battles.
The old man said calmly, "From those words, Brother Xu clearly doesn't understand how precious the Heavenly God Chart is. If you submit this fragment of the Heavenly God Chart to the prefecture, your current situation will surely change completely. The Prefect of Huaixi might even grant you an Earth Soul Talisman without your having to ask. Do you believe me?"
Xu Yi did, of course. From Chen Xuan's hesitation when Xu Yi had asked him for an Earth Soul Talisman earlier, Xu Yi had already realized that this fragment of the Heavenly God Chart was certainly worth one.
But Xu Yi was the buyer; why would he complain that the price was too low? "Two hundred thousand Spirit Stones?