That old geezer really hadn't meant well!
Actually, when the old man had tossed Bai Yang five Eighteen Star Fixing Beads in the darkness, Bai Yang had already suspected as much and had stayed on guard. Otherwise, he wouldn't have suppressed them inside the Merit Golden Lotus the moment he got them.
Now that the old man had admitted it himself, Bai Yang had to concede that the guy was shameless beyond belief.
Unlike Song Changge, who got people into trouble by accident, this old geezer did it on purpose. One careless move, and you'd fall right into his trap.
"Senior, putting aside whether you can even recall the six Star Fixing Beads I have here, I did save your life, after all. Surely you wouldn't stoop so low?" Bai Yang said, his face twisted in pain.
His expression was half real and half an act. Half of it was put on; the other half really did hurt.
The old man gave Bai Yang a knowing look. "You're still too young. Besides, I'm not as despicable as you make me out to be. You more or less saved my life in the darkness, and didn't I give you five Star Fixing Beads? You can use them just fine. At most, I'll borrow them back when I need them, and in the end, they'll still be in your hands. You saved me, and I rewarded you. That's fair, isn't it? Now I'm offering you a complete set of eighteen Star Fixing Beads in exchange for that little fellow. You don't know what it really is, so in a way, this is a fair deal too. After all, you'd still be getting a whole set of Eighteen Star Fixing Beads. I haven't even just snatched it from you, and you're still not