"That's only worth a few thousand! The materials alone must cost over a thousand, right?" Li Xiaoya did not believe his nonsense for a second and exposed his lie outright.
"Hey, how did you know?" Zhang Facai froze and blurted out blankly. Then he immediately caught himself and clapped a hand over his mouth, bitterly regretting it. Why had he let that slip?
"It's obvious if you think about it. These Formation Flags are so marvelous that they must be difficult to refine, and the materials aren't common, either. You're bound to waste plenty during the refining process. Besides, I'm a beginner, so I'll need even more materials. We might even end up paying out of our own pockets!" Li Xiaoya had already weighed the pros and cons and spilled them all out at once.
"Hehehe! So you already knew, junior brother!" Zhang Facai said with a sheepish laugh.
"Hmph! Trying to fool me? Not a chance!" Li Xiaoya snorted. Back in Treasure Immortal Town, he had always been the one fooling others. Who had ever managed to fool him?
"Ah, junior brother, you've certainly opened your senior brother's eyes!" Zhang Facai said helplessly. "Well, what will it take to satisfy you?"
"Oh, I don't want anything else. Just give me that book of yours!" Li Xiaoya finally revealed his true aim, pointing at the book on formations Zhang Facai had brought out.
"This?" Zhang Facai paused, picked up the book, and glanced at Li Xiaoya. Rather than refusing outright as Li Xiaoya had expected, he handed it straight over with a grin. "If you can understand it, junior brother, go ahead and take it!" His infuriating expression made it clear that he thought he had Li Xiaoya firmly under his thumb.
"Ah..." Li Xiaoya froze. Right, how had he