Chen Ping kept a smile on his face as best he could, unwilling to show any timidity before someone as shrewd as Xu Jiawei.
"Of course, I came to meet one of the standouts among Shrek's finest generation," Xu Jiawei said.
Then Xu Jiawei changed tack. "And while I'm here, to thank you for pointing out the problem with the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone. You spared the Starlight Auction House damage to its reputation."
"What you said about the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone's drawback was entirely correct. Forcibly absorbing it will only cause sudden death, not make the body explode."
The corner of Chen Ping's mouth twitched slightly. Less than an hour had passed since he had pointed out the problem with the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, yet Xu Jiawei had already reached the most accurate conclusion.
Those conclusions had naturally been bought with human lives. As for exactly how many people had died, Chen Ping could not say.
But just one death probably would not have satisfied Xu Jiawei.
Speaking of which, was this part of Xu Jiawei's plan too?
Sacrifice a few lives to see how a teenage kid like me would react, making it easier to discuss other things afterward?
Chen Ping stole an unobtrusive glance at Xu Jiawei, a trace of contempt showing in his eyes.
All you know how to do is bully kids, huh? Aren't you worried I'll swap Xuan Zi in halfway through and have him carry on talking to you?
Fortunately, Xu Jiawei understood perfectly well that after frightening a child, one had to offer a sweet date. He promptly turned his left hand over, and something appeared in his palm.
It was none other than that Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, whose cultivation started at fifty thousand