You Call This the Blazing Blade?

"Oh? What kind of deal do you want to make?" Li Jingzhe countered.

"Everything you have here is too low-tier; I mastered them just by glancing at them. I want to see the real Pavilion Master behind you and discuss a big deal!" Huo Wu raised an eyebrow, the corners of her mouth curling upward involuntarily.

"Mastered them just by glancing?"

Li Jingzhe was stunned. He checked the system for a moment, then looked Huo Wu up and down with a strange expression.

He didn't rule out the possibility that some martial arts prodigies could indeed master certain techniques at a glance, but this Huo Wu before him was definitely not one of them, as the system hadn't given any notifications.

What exactly is this woman trying to do?

Just as Li Jingzhe was pondering...

Whoosh—

Flames erupted, and soul power surged.

Immediately after, the young girl flicked her hand, and her soul power transformed into fire. The glow illuminated the entire first floor of the Scripture Depository. As the light condensed, a lifelike Blazing Blade appeared in Huo Wu's palm.

"This is..."

Li Jingzhe's expression grew even stranger.

"Heh, isn't this the Blazing Blade!?"

The girl looked smug. "How about it? Can I see the real Pavilion Master behind you now?!"

Li Jingzhe looked perplexed. "No... you call this thing a Blazing Blade?"

"What else would I call it?"

She toyed with the Blazing Blade in her hand, making it flip between her fingers like a coin. "Just tell me, is it fire? Is it a blade?"

"Well, I suppose it is..."

Li Jingzhe nodded, finding it somewhat amusing.

"Then there you go! Hurry up and call the real Pavilion Master! I really have a big deal!"

The girl lifted her chin, exuding a sense of spirited boldness.

Li Jingzhe couldn't help but chuckle; he almost had the urge to buy some melon seeds for this "Fire Fool." "Heh, you're overthinking it. There's only me here! Of course... if you want to interview for a position as a shop assistant, that's not impossible."

Shop assistant?

And an interview?

Heh—

Huo Wu was so angry she laughed. "Are you mistaken? I am a dignified level 43 Soul Ancestor, and you want me to be a shop assistant in this dump?"

Li Jingzhe waved his hand to signal her to stop. "So, what exactly did you come here for?"

Huo Wu's expression faltered. "No... why is it so hard to communicate with you?"

"I already said I have a big deal! What? You don't believe me?"

Slap—

As she spoke, she slammed her hand onto the table, revealing a purple card—an anonymous purple card worth one thousand Gold Soul Coin!

"One thousand Gold Soul Coin! Tell me what Dugu Yan bought from you! How about it? Can a little shop assistant like you make that call?"

Huo Wu leaned over the table, resting her head on her hand, staring straight at Li Jingzhe with a mischievous look.

Li Jingzhe's expression was strange... one thousand Gold Soul Coin?

He almost couldn't hold back his laughter, then looked at Huo Wu with amusement. "Is this the sincerity of the Fire Clan's eldest daughter?"

"You know who I am?"

Huo Wu frowned.

Li Jingzhe gestured toward the team uniform she was wearing. "Isn't it obvious? The only female member of the Blazing Fire Academy team."

Huo Wu looked down at her attire... it did seem quite obvious, didn't it?

Wait, no!

"What do you mean by 'is this it'?"

Coming back to her senses, Huo Wu was annoyed. "This is one thousand Gold Soul Coin! Listen clearly, it's Gold Soul Coin!"

Li Jingzhe picked at his ear, quite displeased by this lion's roar. Honestly, it was as if no one had ever seen one thousand Gold Soul Coin before...

But then again, even a mosquito's leg is meat, right?

"Fine, fine, fine, I get it!"

"Here, take this!"

Li Jingzhe reached out, and a copy of the Thousand Spider Poison Hand flew out from the bookshelf. He tossed it to Huo Wu and took the purple card in one motion, smiling. "Miss Huo Wu is certainly generous! I won't stand on ceremony for this one thousand Gold Soul Coin!"

Huo Wu: ???

No...

You...

She looked at the purple card in Li Jingzhe's hand, then at the Thousand Spider Poison Hand pushed toward her, her brain stalling for a split second.

You're just leaking client privacy like this? Without a shred of hesitation?

My one thousand Gold Soul Coin, just gone like that?

Don't be so polite, could you at least pretend to be?

Although she was the one who came to scout for information, the fact that one thousand Gold Soul Coin had vanished so easily still made her heart ache.

Too fast...

There wasn't even a sliver of room to maneuver...

However, things had reached this point, the money was already spent, and the dignity of the Fire Clan could not be lost!

She took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the pain of losing one thousand Gold Soul Coin, and her gaze fell upon that copy of the Thousand Spider Poison Hand...

"Are you... sure?"

She frowned at Li Jingzhe, feeling that something was strange!

"You aren't just grabbing some random thing to swindle me, are you?"

Nothing else, this item had come too easily, so easily that she couldn't bring herself to believe it.

"Tsk, women are such a hassle..."

Li Jingzhe curled his lip: "If you don't believe me, why ask?"

As he spoke, he made a move to put the Thousand Spider Poison Hand away.

Unexpectedly, Huo Wu was quick-eyed and nimble-handed, snatching the Thousand Spider Poison Hand into her arms: "Fine, I'll trust you once! How much? I'm buying it!"

"One million Gold Soul Coin!"

Li Jingzhe quoted the price leisurely.

"W-what?"

Huo Wu's expression stiffened visibly, her voice instantly spiking: "How much? One million? Have you lost your mind?"

"What? No money?"

Li Jingzhe clicked his tongue twice: "Tsk tsk, you, the dignified eldest lady of the Fire Clan, surely you can't be unable to produce even one million?"

"Oh, right, it's Gold Soul Coin!"

He deliberately dragged out the tail end of "Gold~ Soul Coin."

Huo Wu's face flushed red: "Who, who said I can't afford it!"

"Total, one million Gold Soul Coin! Cash or card?"

Li Jingzhe leaned back into his chair, crossed his legs, and looked at Huo Wu with eyes full of mockery.

"I, I..." Huo Wu's face turned even redder.

"Pfft, you don't have the money yet you try to act like someone scouting for information! Tsk, I thought the Fire Clan eldest lady who tosses out one thousand Gold Soul Coin like nothing would be so wealthy, but it turns out... tsk tsk..."

These words were like knives, like the cold winds of the Far North, shredding the thin veneer of face she had been desperately propping up!

"No, no, that's not right... for a piece of junk like this, you want one million? Have you gone crazy for money?"

Her originally embarrassed expression suddenly paused; realizing something was wrong, she immediately did a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree turn.

What the hell!

A broken book for one million Gold Soul Coin?

Seriously... I almost let him lead me into a ditch!

Huo Wu's beautiful eyes glared at Li Jingzhe with a hint of anger, but... the panic, embarrassment, and helplessness she expected to see after his lie was exposed never appeared.

"Heh..."

Li Jingzhe didn't speak, only watching her with a very strange gaze.

That look was calm, yet extremely aggressive, carrying a sense of scrutiny while also revealing disdain...

It made her very uncomfortable...

It was just like how she used to look at those poor losers who tried to act rich...

"You... I..."

Her face was completely red; she wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

The scene was awkward to the extreme!

Just as Huo Wu reached the peak of social death...

"Pavilion Master, I'm back again!"