Little Girl, Be Careful Not to Get Burned Playing with Fire (Please Favorite and Subscribe)

"Just from this, you're sure I'm an ancestor of the Xiao Clan?"

After hearing Ya Fei's explanation, Xiao Ze smiled faintly. "Couldn't I be someone else?"

Ya Fei smiled with pursed lips. "The gold invitation in Senior's possession was made by my Mittel Family. It bears our family's exclusive seal."

"This servant wouldn't mistake something made by her own family."

Xiao Ze was a little surprised. "So there really was something wrong with this gold invitation?"

He took it out and examined it closely, but couldn't see where any mark had been placed. In the end, he could only put it away again.

He said with a straight face, "Actually, you guessed wrong. I'm a Xiao Clan junior in charge of serving the ancestor."

"As for the ancestor you're looking for, he already left."

"I'm just a junior the ancestor left behind to collect the items he just bought."

Ya Fei clearly didn't believe Xiao Ze's excuse.

Her rosy lips curled up. "Senior, you're joking. I doubt any Xiao Clan junior would dare come here alone carrying the ancestor's gold invitation, would he?"

"Fine. Since you've recognized me, I won't hide it anymore. That's right, I'm the Xiao Clan's ancestor!"

As soon as Xiao Ze finished speaking, a line of text appeared before his eyes.

[You have gained the trust of Mittel Ya Fei. Current trust: One Star]

[Trust Points +100,000]

[Current Trust Points: 400,000]

Hm?

She could provide a hundred thousand Trust Points?

Xiao Ze was a little surprised. Ya Fei wasn't a particularly prominent character. Even by the end, she hadn't managed to become a heroine; at most, she was a confidante.

Why could someone with such modest cultivation and low fortune provide so many Trust Points?

Could the Trust Points gained also depend on how close someone was to the protagonist, Xiao Yan?

Could people close to Xiao Yan provide a lot of Trust Points even if their cultivation wasn't strong?

Xiao Ze couldn't figure it out, but gaining Trust Points was always a good thing, so he smiled. "Little girl, what brings you here to see me?"

"Senior, you misunderstand. This servant simply wanted to pay you a visit."

"After all, my Mittel Auction House will be doing business on your turf from now on. I only ask that you be magnanimous and let this servant off."

Ya Fei bent at the waist, revealing a broad expanse of snowy skin.

She blinked her alluring, peach-blossom eyes. Every gesture, every word, brimmed with temptation. She walked up to Xiao Ze, her voice soft and sweet, like that of a winsome little fox.

"What a little temptress..."

Xiao Ze was, after all, a twenty-year-old young man. He had all the desires any young man would have.

He was only pretending to be old; he wasn't actually old.

If he had already become indifferent to everything, why bother cultivating? He might as well find a ditch in the hills and wait to die.

Looking at the beauty before him, Xiao Ze's gaze sharpened, and a smile tugged at his lips. He suddenly reached out and wrapped an arm around her slender, boneless waist.

"Ah!" Ya Fei cried out. Caught off guard, her soft, alluring body fell into his arms.

"Little girl, hasn't anyone told you that playing with fire can easily get you burned?" Xiao Ze looked down at the beauty in his arms, breathing in her fragrance as a teasing glint shone in his eyes.

His scorching masculine breath brushed against Ya Fei's face. She panicked, her fair cheeks flushing, and her heart pounded as it revealed just how nervous she was.

"Senior..." She bit down lightly on her pearly teeth, her cheeks crimson. "This servant came to deliver the auction items..."

"That can wait!" Xiao Ze smiled as he bent down, stopping just a finger's breadth from her forehead. "But you—how should I punish you?"

"No, please!" His burning breath battered Ya Fei's composure. She had completely lost the calm she'd shown earlier, like a little lamb caught by a big bad wolf, overcome with panic.

"Hmph! Little girl, this is just a warning!"

"If you try this on me again, I won't hold back."

Ya Fei was skilled at using her beautiful, alluring appearance to her advantage. She often relied on her looks to seduce and tease men.

But she'd forgotten that her ability to move at ease among all kinds of men came not only from her personal charm, but also in large part from the Mittel Family behind her.

As one of the three great families of the Jia Ma Empire, the Mittel Family was a behemoth to many powers. That was especially true in a little place like Wutan City, where no one dared offend them.

There was nothing wrong with a woman being beautiful.

But having no strength to protect herself was the real sin!

With her beauty and her backing, Ya Fei could travel freely through ninety-nine percent of the Jia Ma Empire. But before a true expert, her so-called beauty and background could become her greatest danger.

And Xiao Ze happened to be someone who didn't fear the Mittel Family.

Playing those tricks in front of him was undoubtedly like playing with fire and getting burned.

If he wanted, he could strip Ya Fei naked right now, and the Mittel Family would only smile and try to smooth things over with him. They might even offer her to him.

In the end, strength was the foundation of everything!

"I-I'm sorry!" Crystal tears welled in Ya Fei's eyes. Her rosy lips trembled as if she might burst into tears at any moment.

This was the first time she'd tasted defeat at a man's hands.

She understood now that not everyone would fall at her feet and willingly let her manipulate them.

At least she couldn't seduce the Xiao Clan's ancestor before her. All she felt from him was deep fear.

"Enough. Let's dispense with the nonsense..." Xiao Ze released her waist and said coldly, "Where are the things I bought?"

"Right here!"

Ya Fei hurriedly took out a jade box and respectfully held it out to Xiao Ze.

"Senior, the Tier 6 Ancient Beast Skin you bought, along with the belongings of that Dou Wang expert... They're all here."

She raised her alluring eyes and looked at Xiao Ze cautiously.

Xiao Ze took the jade box and opened it. Besides the Ancient Beast Skin, there was a Storage Ring inside.

It was probably the entire fortune of that Old Ghost Dou Wang.

"Good!" Xiao Ze wasn't interested in the Storage Ring.

He picked up the Ancient Beast Skin, which was a full three feet wide.

A map had been imprinted on the smooth hide using a secret technique. A faint glow rippled across it, ancient and mysterious.

"This Ancient Beast Skin has been in the hands of your Mittel Family for a long time, hasn't it? After all this time, I refuse to believe your family hasn't studied it at all!"

"Tell me, what do you know?" Xiao Ze asked calmly, holding the Tier 6 Ancient Beast Skin.

A flicker of panic crossed Ya Fei's eyes. Her fair throat bobbed as she hesitated, as if unsure whether she should speak.

Seeing this, Xiao Ze continued, "If you give me more information, I promise to let the Mittel Auction House keep operating in Wutan City."

Hearing this, Ya Fei seemed to make up her mind.

"I hope Senior will keep his word." Her long, narrow, peach-blossom eyes shimmered. "This Ancient Beast Skin has been in my Mittel Family's hands for decades. After studying it, we suspect it may be a map pointing to the Dou Zong Ruins."

"The Dou Zong Ruins?" Xiao Ze narrowed his eyes. "Are you sure?"

"We... aren't completely sure." Seeing Xiao Ze's displeased expression, Ya Fei hurriedly added, "But there's at least an eighty percent chance!"

"We also know that these ruins are very likely located in the Magical Beast Mountain Range!"

"Oh?" Xiao Ze was surprised. "How do you know they're in the Magical Beast Mountain Range?"

"Our Mittel Family spent decades and poured in a great deal of manpower and resources. In the end, we discovered that the terrain recorded on the Ancient Beast Skin closely resembles the Magical Beast Mountain Range."

"So we believe the ruins are likely located in the Magical Beast Mountain Range."

Ya Fei composed herself. She seemed to have regained the alluring charm she'd shown earlier.

After hearing her explanation, Xiao Ze nodded slightly. "Since you already know the ruins are in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, why not search for them yourselves?"

"Senior, you're joking." Ya Fei smiled helplessly. "The Magical Beast Mountain Range is too vast. My Mittel Family simply doesn't have the strength..."

That was true enough.

The Magical Beast Mountain Range stretched far and wide, nearly running through the entire northwest region. Each of the five empires had its own mountain range within its borders.

Even knowing that the Magical Beast Mountain Range held Dou Zong Ruins, ordinary factions simply couldn't search for them.

This information might not matter to anyone else, but it was extremely important to Xiao Ze.

At the very least, it gave him a definite direction to search in.

"In the Magical Beast Mountain Range?"

"Looks like I'll have to search for them when I get the chance."

A set of Dou Zong Ruins was important, but it was also unimportant.

At most, Xiao Ze would treat it as an adventure. It would be great if he found it, but it didn't matter if he didn't.

"Very well. I understand the information. From today onward, your Mittel Auction House can continue operating in Wutan City."

"If there's nothing else, I'll be going!"

After learning what he needed about the Ancient Beast Skin, Xiao Ze prepared to leave.

But just as he reached the door, something occurred to him. He glanced back at Ya Fei in the room.

"Oh, right!" He waved at her with a teasing smile. "Little girl, until we meet again... Bye-bye!"

With that, he strode off with a hearty laugh.

Ya Fei's face flushed. Her shy eyes were tinged with panic, and she inwardly spat in disgust. "Shameless old man!"