Zhu Jiao was deep in his thought, he even pulled Jimmy in for a conversation about what exactly he should say to them that would give the biggest impact and the sweetest satisfaction.
"How about… Who are you to stop me!?"
"Nah, it's not impactful enough. Why not try, Trash that dares to stop this young master die!" Jimmy replied.
"Dude, I'm supposed to be a protagonist that's way too fierce. How about... hmph and a sleeve wave pushing everyone away before I walk up the stairs?"
Zhu Jiao replied while he thought about the motion in his head, Jimmy who is inside the headspace mimicked the action as well before replying.
"That's good! Let's go with that one."
Zhu Jiao pulled back his arm as he readied himself for a loud hmph.
"Who are you to stop him!?"
A voice boomed out in front of him.
"Wha… What is this deja vu? Damn it!" Zhu Jiao thought to himself.
The guards surrounding him immediately took a step back, and the staff that initiated it took 2 steps back before his face turned pale.
"What are all of you doing? Just because of this midget! All of you step back!?"
A servant behind the young master pulled his sleeve trying to get his attention. The staff was livid and looking afraid.
"There's no need to try to instigate them! This midget huh! Is it because of my height that you're making fun of me? That you look down on my guest?"
Ai Ren was fuming, his eyes turned red as the energy that looked like red flames rolled off his back. He was quick to action, it seems like not only was he short, his temper was short too (hehe).
He turned to look at the staff beside the young master and pointed,
"Are you not going to escort him out now? Do you want to be escorted out together with him?"
He humphed as he waved his sleeves and the guards immediately ran to surround the young master.
"That's my move! I planned that! What the heck!" Zhu Jiao raged internally, while Jimmy clutched his stomach laughing madly.
"Does this happen to you often here?" Jimmy asked.
"What happens?"
"I mean do your face-slapping opportunities always get taken away?" Jimmy clarified as he stroked his chin.
"Yeah, not sure if this is the 2nd or 3rd time this happened already. I'm not sure why either." Zhu Jiao replied a bit angered.
"It seems like some higher power is trying to prevent you from getting a face slapping."
"A higher power? That's not possible… Wait, did it have anything to do with the old man that brought me here? IS HE TRYING TO ENRAGE ME!?"
Zhu Jiao continued raging in his mind space as he watched the spectacle play out in front of him.
The young master struggled for a bit before shouting out.
"Do you know who I am!? Let me go this instant and I'll let you off! Otherwise, the Kong clan will not let you go!"
Ai ren smirked as he replied.
"If you're only allowed on the 4th floor, I have nothing to fear. Kong Clan is it, I'll put out a restriction order for all the Kong clan descendants to be unable to come into the Equipment Hall."
"You can't do that! How can you do that"
The servant beside him whispered into his ear. "Young Master, as I was trying to tell you earlier, this gentleman is the Giant of the North, Ai Ren. He manages the Equipment Hall branches all over the northern regions."
Immediately Young Master Kong felt his legs weak and stumped on the ground.
"Be thankful I've only given your family a 1 month's ban. To offend a Rune Array Master, you should know what your family would do to you if they find out right?"
Young Master Kong immediately fainted, the 1-month ban was a bit of a hassle but overall it wasn't so serious, with everyone in the world fighting over Rune Array masters, offending one was like failing the entire clan. The servant carried Young Master Kong out as they retreated in fear.
"Master Lin, I apologize for the horrid display you have seen, I hope the resolution of this situation is to your satisfaction."
Zhu Jiao nodded his head, as they continued walking again. Internally he still held a grudge. "Satisfaction my ass, why wouldn't you just stand aside and let me settle it while you just bootlick me, that'd satisfy me more."
No one caused any more problems as they arrived on the 7th floor, they entered a private room and they took a seat in front of each other.
"I'll be frank with you Master Lin, I'm quite curious about the items you will be selling to our humble business today. What kind of Rune Arrays would you present to us?" He said as he took a sip of the tea.
"Erm, I think you're mistaken, I'm not really selling any Rune Arrays… more like just some random equipment I guess…" Zhu Jiao replied as he fiddled around with his tea.
Ai Ren smiled a bit, trying to hide his sadness, he wanted to see what interesting rune arrays a rune array master could provide, but alas, it was only some random equipment. Ai Ren was someone who believed in building relationships so nevertheless the type of random equipment that Zhu Jiao wanted to sell he would accept wholeheartedly.
"Sure, take out the equipment and we can take a look. I'll be sure to give Master Lin a good price."
Hearing that, Zhu Jiao immediately reached into his
As Zhu Jiao brought out the equipment, one after another, the resplendent glow grew brighter. Ai Ren's face grew more and more contorted until it finally held into a lock-jawed pose.
"This… This is…"