"Do you think I would really ruin my reputation over a mere Duan Xiaoyu?"
Xu Taiping asked coldly.
"Wouldn't you?"
Mo Yu sneered.
"You seem to know me very well?"
Xu Taiping frowned. He had heard something unusual in Mo Yu's words.
Mo Yu seemed to notice this too and hurriedly changed the subject:
"My patience has its limits. If you keep dodging the issue like this, I can have someone pluck out one of Duan Xiaoyu's eyes before we continue our little talk."
Xu Taiping did not provoke Mo Yu further. Instead, he said gravely:
"Surely you don't think a single Moonshadow Stone is enough to make me believe you have Duan Xiaoyu?"
Hearing this, Mo Yu giggled on the other end of the Voice Transmission Jade Slip.
"Then how about I send someone to deliver one of her fingers to you?"
Xu Taiping wasted no words on her and stated his demands outright:
"As far as I'm concerned, I've already made the top thirty of the Golden Scale Ranking. Trading the outcome of one match for a life is not out of the question, but only if this deal is genuine, and I can see Duan Xiaoyu alive after the match."
Soon, Mo Yu's voice rang out from the other end of the Voice Transmission Jade Slip again:
"Go on. What are your demands?"
Xu Taiping gave it some serious thought before saying:
"I want to see Duan Xiaoyu, and I want to speak with you face-to-face."
The other end fell silent for a while. Only after a long time did Mo Yu's voice emerge from the Voice Transmission Jade Slip again:
"I won't meet you, nor will I let you see Duan Xiaoyu. But I can give you another Moonshadow Stone to prove that she is in