(Although my first application for an A-level contract didn't go through, I'm still pretty confident, because I have all your support. Life is always rough for newcomers! I'll keep working hard, and I hope you can help spread the word when you have time. My promotional efforts alone really don't amount to much! Thank you, everyone, and especially my friend Fanmi for the support!)
"Junior Brother Li, Junior Brother Li! I'm strapped for cash too. I just wanted to get some spirit stones to buy pills to improve my cultivation. Let me apologize!" The stallholder clung tightly to Li Xiaoya, as though afraid he would run away, and kept apologizing.
"Hmph! You knew who I was, yet you still tried to swindle me. That's going too far! No! I'm telling Senior Brother! You're bullying me!" Still furious, Li Xiaoya struggled to get away and tell Senior Brother Liu Hang.
Their commotion seemed to draw attention. There were now quite a few more cultivators in the Trading Market, and some looked their way.
"Junior Brother Li! It was all my fault. This Dharma Artifact, this Dharma Artifact... just take it!" Seeing this, the stallholder lowered his voice. Looking as though it pained him to part with it, he pushed the Dharma Artifact into Li Xiaoya's hands.
"What? Is that the sort of person you think I am? Someone who would just take your things without paying?" Li Xiaoya spoke indignantly, even as his hand accepted the Flying Bamboo Arrow Dharma Artifact the stallholder offered.
"You!" Hearing those words and watching what Li Xiaoya's hand was doing, the stallholder turned livid. Veins bulged at his temples and throbbed fiercely. He was clearly furious.
"All right! Let go!" Li Xiaoya shook off the stallholder's grip, took three or four low-grade spirit stones from