"Ghost Leopard, you... you actually snapped that blade?"
Beside him, Snake Lance Douluo suddenly cried out. His hundred-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin souvenir... was gone.
Hearing him, Ghost Leopard Douluo snapped irritably, "What are you howling for? How was I supposed to know this blade would snap so easily? Besides, it's not worth much. I'll just pay you back."
"Not worth much?"
"I spent a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins getting this blade out of a jar!"
Snake Lance Douluo's face darkened.
"How much? A hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins?"
"Why don't you just rob someone! Forget this lousy blade-with a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, I could buy you an entire mine!"
Ghost Leopard Douluo was now certain that this fellow wasn't trying to scam him for compensation. There was something wrong with his head.
What normal person would spend a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on a lousy blade that could be snapped with a flick of a finger?
No.
It wasn't just one. There were lots of lousy blades. That meant several hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins had gone down the drain...
"It really did cost a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. I'm not lying..."
Snake Lance Douluo tried desperately to explain. But he suddenly noticed that Ghost Leopard Douluo's gaze had changed...
He looked as though he were showing concern for someone mentally impaired...
"Although I don't know what you went through, I can tell you with complete certainty and responsibility: you were scammed."
Scammed?
Snake Lance Douluo froze at Ghost Leopard Douluo's words.
Then he recalled his interactions with Lin Xiao.
He could say with complete certainty and responsibility that, without Lin Xiao's encouragement and constructive guidance, he probably would have given up opening jars long ago.
Then he would never have obtained two Amplifiers to amplify his martial soul, strengthen himself, and fulfill his long-cherished wish.
Snake Lance Douluo said solemnly, "Boss Lin absolutely deserves to be called a good man..."
"Is selling you this lousy blade for a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins something a good man would do?"
Ghost Leopard Douluo sounded even more disdainful.
"These samurai swords are only the part you can see. I've already absorbed the other benefits."
"Absorbed them?" Ghost Leopard Douluo paused, then asked tentatively, "Did you get a Soul Bone?"
"Not a Soul Bone, but something every bit as precious..."
"A treasure that isn't a Soul Bone but is just as precious? You're joking, right?" Naturally, Ghost Leopard Douluo didn't believe him.
Snake Lance Douluo thought for a moment, then said, "I can't explain it in a few words. Come exchange a few moves with me at the training grounds, and you'll understand everything."
"You want to fight me?"
Ghost Leopard Douluo laughed. "Have you gotten too full of yourself, Snake Lance, or do you think I, Ghost Leopard, can't lift my blade anymore? Looks like you've forgotten the pain that left you bedridden for three days last time?"
"I'd like to see just what you absorbed to give you so much courage."
Ghost Leopard Douluo's words dripped with mockery, but inwardly, he was puzzled.
After all, Snake Lance Douluo ranked at the very bottom among the Elders. He never dared bring up sparring himself... in fact, he avoided it like the plague.
Yet today, he had suggested it himself. Who had given him the courage?
"You're awake."
Inside the little shop, Lin Xiao smiled.
The woman across from him fluttered her eyelashes slightly. She seemed to have emerged from her contemplation.
"Mm."
Bibi Dong gave a soft murmur. Her eyes filled with astonishment as she praised, "It's incredible. It really can grant a vast amount of insight into using Soul Skills out of thin air."
"In that brief instant, it saved me at least three to five years of study..."
Bibi Dong wasn't exaggerating. After the improvement provided by the Proficiency Capsule, she could now wield her Soul Skills with far greater ease.
Her combat strength had increased by at least ten percent! For someone of her caliber, a ten-percent increase in strength was an enormous improvement.
"Then let's talk about the last item."
Lin Xiao pointed at the two green bottles of potion in the final jar. "These two potions are called Instant Teleportation Potions. After you drink one, a miraculous power will arise within you and take you to any existing place in your memory."
"Instant Teleportation Potions? They can take me anywhere I want?"
A thought stirred in Bibi Dong's mind. "So they're equivalent to teleportation without any distance limit?"
Lin Xiao nodded. "You can think of it that way."
Another miraculous item... Bibi Dong marveled inwardly, then asked, still eager for more, "Boss, can I open another ten jars?"
"The shop's rule is ten jars per person per week. Remember to come early next week."
Lin Xiao's tone left no room for argument.
"Ah, all right."
After hearing Lin Xiao's reply, Bibi Dong didn't insist. She sighed, her face full of disappointment.
But after putting away the items one by one, a faint smile returned to her face. "Looks like my luck is pretty good..."
Do you have some misunderstanding about what good luck means...? Lin Xiao thought.
In his view, although this woman's luck wasn't particularly bad, it was nowhere near good.
Xie Yue went without saying. He was simply the reigning king of jar opening.
Every batch of jars he opened contained a rare item.
Although Snake Lance Douluo had been terribly unlucky at first, he had eventually gotten two Amplifiers, turning his fate around against the heavens.
This woman, however, had only gotten a single Proficiency Capsule.
As for how much improvement it could provide, Lin Xiao wasn't sure either.
And as for the Sleep Clam Meat...
Surely no one actually thinks spending a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on that thing is a bargain?
Of course, Lin Xiao wouldn't contradict her outright. Instead, he offered an ambiguous remark. "As long as you're happy."
Seeing that Lin Xiao had nothing more to say, Bibi Dong suddenly asked, "Boss, aren't you curious about my name and identity?"
"Why must we have known each other before for our paths to cross...?"
"What your name is doesn't matter to me..."
Lin Xiao shook his head slightly and spoke softly.
At the same time, he added inwardly, Your name doesn't matter. Opening jars does.
"Why must we have known each other before for our paths to cross...?"
Hearing this, Bibi Dong's eyes flickered slightly. She repeated the words softly, and the way she looked at Lin Xiao changed once more.
She wondered just what this young man had experienced to be able to say such words...
"Then goodbye, stranger."
Bibi Dong was decisive. With that, she started toward the door.
Suddenly.
Lin Xiao called out to stop her. "Wait..."
"What is it? Changed your mind?"
Bibi Dong glanced sideways at Lin Xiao with the ghost of a smile.
"Not really. I just wanted to ask whether you have a map of the Douluo Continent. I need one. Of course, I can pay you for it."
Lin Xiao rubbed his hands together, somewhat embarrassed.
He had only just remembered that he was already a level-ten expert and needed to hunt for a soul ring to break through his current rank.
However, as an outsider, he knew little about the Douluo Continent. Even if he wanted to use an Instant Teleportation Potion to reach the Soul Hunting Forest, he needed an exact arrival point.
With a map, he could teleport to a specific location. That made a map especially important to him.
"Hmph."
Bibi Dong's face darkened at his words. She tossed a scroll to Lin Xiao. "It's yours."
Then she left without looking back.
"Oh, she's out."
"She isn't a Titled Douluo. We can ask her what she got, right?"
"Yeah, I'm curious too."
Outside the shop, quite a few people saw a woman emerge and were about to approach her to ask about her haul.
However, Bibi Dong didn't spare them a glance. She took out an Instant Teleportation Potion and drained it in one gulp. The next moment, a burst of silver light enveloped her, and she vanished on the spot.
"Where did she go?"
"She disappeared into thin air?"
"But I didn't see her use any Soul Skill!"
Everyone was stunned.
Someone noticed something unusual. "Did you see that? She only disappeared after drinking something... I suspect it might be another kind of item from the jars."
An item that could make someone disappear instantly?
That... was incredible!
Everyone outside the shop was truly shocked.
An urge to try their luck began stirring in their hearts...
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