The members of Akatsuki did not know about the conversation between Lin Chuan and the old man. All they saw was Lin Chuan standing in the middle of the Cosmic Light Hall with his eyes closed, his expression constantly shifting—ferocious one moment, furious the next, then flushed red...
"What's going on?" Northern Dipper asked quietly.
"No idea, but judging by the look of it... he was probably scammed..." Southern Dipper said cautiously, afraid that Lin Chuan might overhear.
"He looks like he got scammed pretty badly... I remember White Lotus tricked him a few times back on the Southern Bright Continent, but I never saw him like..." Before Vermilion Bird could finish speaking, a figure suddenly appeared behind Qin Lang.
"Qin Lang, don't think I can't kill you just because you have an Impure World Reincarnation body!!!" Lin Chuan's gloomy voice rang out, startling Qin Lang.
"Fuck..." Lightning flashed around Qin Lang's body, and he instantly darted into a corner of the Cosmic Light Hall, hiding there... trembling...
Lin Chuan shot Qin Lang a glare but did not pursue him any further.
"Ah... ahahaha... so, um... what happened?" Southern Dipper laughed awkwardly, trying to break the stifling atmosphere.
Unfortunately, he had brought up the matter of Lin Chuan getting scammed again.
With a swish, Lin Chuan's expression darkened even further.
"What's wrong? Have you been scammed a lot?" Shi Jin asked, utterly clueless.
"No one will think you're mute if you don't speak!" Lin Chuan said indignantly.
Lin Chuan had built his reputation on scamming others; when had it ever been someone else's turn to scam him? Yet some things in this world were simply his natural nemesis. White Lotus had tricked Lin Chuan before, one trap after another, to the point that Lin Chuan had even helped White Lotus