"Young Master Xu?"
Seeing that Xu Taiping had not answered for a long time, Head Shopkeeper Song prompted him again.
"Elder Song, I'm looking for a treasure. I wonder if your Relic-Seeking Studio has it."
Xu Taiping picked up a brush from the counter, then dipped it in ink and began writing as he questioned Head Shopkeeper Song without turning his head.
"A treasure?"
Head Shopkeeper Song leaned his head over in surprise, wanting to see what Xu Taiping was writing.
Yet after a single glance, his pupils suddenly widened.
Xu Taiping had written on the paper:
"Elder Song, I am Xu Taiping. What did Commandery Princess Xiaoxiao ask you to tell me?"
The situation was urgent, so Xu Taiping did not explain how he knew Head Shopkeeper Song had something to tell him.
At the same time, he took out the Water-Cutting Blade he had been nurturing inside the Iron Gourd and gently laid it on the counter.
At the sight of the blade, the surprise and confusion in Head Shopkeeper Song's eyes instantly turned to delight.
The scenes of the great battle against the Ghost King seven years ago remained vivid in his mind to this day, which was why he recognized Xu Taiping's Water-Cutting Blade at once.
He immediately drew a letter from his sleeve and discreetly slipped it into Xu Taiping's hand.
At the same time, he turned toward the door and said:
"Since you aren't interested, Young Master Xu, I won't insist."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping smiled and cupped his hands to Head Shopkeeper Song.
"Then I'll take my leave."
With that, he lightly swept his hand over the paper he had written on, and the ink vanished without a trace.
Then he walked out of the Relic-Seeking Studio without looking back.
Just then, the