A moment of silence ensued as the two figures continued to exchange eye contact.
It was a question of the Leaf-masked boy's morality.
Zhong Xie had never seen such a shameless person before. Aren't goods collected first before paying the price? The boy had no morals at all.
His morality was eaten by a dog!
With no shame in his mind, Gu Mickey spoke in a grave voice, "If you are not planning on paying, then get lost, lady. You are disrupting my business. Have you known that the opening price is 10 spirit coins? The price goes higher by 50% the more you ask questions. I suggest that you ask a question the moment you throw coins in my bucket."
Veins covered Zhong Xie's face, and her small fist clenched up in rage. If she had the strength, she would punch that maple leaf mask off his face.
How can one be so shameless?!!
She regretted even walking up to this helpless soul. Zhong Xie couldn't find the cure for the unexpected poison that turned her into a cripple, not even at Acoustic Grand Treasure Pharmacy. All the healing spells in Acoustic City couldn't heal her.
As they say, desperate situations lead to desperate actions.
She could use some of her spells, but her body couldn't gather Qi anymore. If she used the remaining Qi in her, she would lose her aura as a book lord and become one of those mortals.
'If I wasn't in a desperate state, I wouldn't have bothered to come to you.' Zhong Xie felt hopeless; she could only get scammed. There was no choice left if she wanted to be a book lord again.
'Kukuku...I might have no strength to do anything to you, but I am going to tell my dad about this. With how much he loves me, he is going to make you pay!!' She smiled as she threw a 20-spirit coin.
The coin had [2 0] written in the middle where there was a cyan shine, and the edges were all white like a sheet of paper.
Seeing the coin dance around in his metal bucket, Mickey braced himself for more. He knew that a seed planted gives birth to a tree.
However, at the moment, he had to compose himself and listen to the young girl's question, "What is the cause of the poison in my body?"
Su Xie never expected to hear an answer from the maple leaf masked man, "Drop your blood in this liquid."
Gu Mickey raised a glass cup filled with smelly tree sap gathered from various plants on his way here. He had to make his act seem more believable.
Zhong Xie sneered at the man but did as he asked. First, she had to poke the tip of her finger with a needle, 'Ouch! I am so going to make you pay for this!'
The moment the drop of blood touched the white liquid in the glass cup, it turned royal blue. Mickey immediately raised his voice, "The venom from a blue chameleon."
During some of the exams at Doves Book Lord Academy, there is always a moment when one is bitten by a blue chameleon. No matter what you do, that little guy will always bite you. It is not a profound beast but actually a spell of the Academy Elder.
Mickey was just using the situation to his advantage.
In Su Xie's mind, she did remember getting bitten by such a chameleon during her first exams at Doves Academy. Doubt started to form in her mind, "What do you mean by that? I remember them saying it just causes numbness and is not poisonous!"
The man in the maple mask moved to look at the double cab pickup truck that passed by the piece of land they were standing on. It was one of his dream cars in his past life, but he never got a chance to board it due to insufficient funds at the time. He felt a little envious.
"Sigh... When you don't have, you don't have. The heart must always be vigilant and learn to appreciate what it has."
"What did you just say?" The young girl's voice turned harsh. Mickey's words seemed to say: you are broke, learn to be vigilant in the face of temptation.
"What do you mean I don't have?! So you know that was pocket change to me!"
People from esteemed families always try to maintain their pride, just like how a father can't bear to lose face in front of his children.
Mickey's face remained unchanged at this sudden rebuke. He didn't care about the young girl's feelings, and he was only speaking to himself to comfort his heart that seemed attracted to the riches of this world.
However, Su Xie took his words to heart and threw three 10 spirit coins into the bucket, making a clang echo a bit.
"Tsk, do you still think I am poor? A peasant like you should just bow down his head and worship a sign of divinity like me!"
"I never recall calling you poor. If I did in some way, please forgive me, I am really sorry."
Zhong Xie's arrogance shot up through the roof, and she looked down at Mickey with a grimace. She ordered in a boastful tone, "Now tell me what I need to do to cure this so-called poison from a blue chameleon."
Again, she didn't get a reply and gritted her teeth at this unusual man.
'That didn't count as a question, did it?!'
She reached out for her wallet. For a good number of seconds, she opened and closed it, as she felt reluctant to pay the price.
Although this guy's words carried a hint of truth, she wasn't too desperate to trust him. First of all, he was not man enough to show his face, and second, he was just annoying!
'Calm down, Zhong Xie, you will tell father about how he robbed me out of my pocket money lying to cure the poison in my body, Hehehe. I am sure Grandfather will also make a move. You are finished!'
The young girl took a deep sigh the moment she finished gathering her thoughts. Throwing forty-five essence coins into the bucket, she asked, "What do I need to do to be able to walk again?"
There was a hidden pain in her voice, and a tear escaped from her eyes. By now she should have been at the human realm at the age of 18, but unfortunately, she couldn't even move an inch with her legs.
Gu Mickey handed her a tissue to wipe the tears from her face. He only did so because her tears were landing on his pants.
He needed money, not emotional moments.
He cleared his throat and thought of the best way to confuse the little girl, "At sunset, the monkeys hidden in the sands go to relieve themselves. Mud is formed, acidic flowers grow, pluck the pentagon. Boil it and drink the milk, don't spare the meat!"
He himself didn't understand what came out of his mouth, what's worse a person like Su Xie.
Mickey was lying in his lies! He wasn't sure if he was talking about something in this world.
"The paper you threw away cost 200 spirit coins, it is made from the skin of a tiger. Please pay for it before you leave."
"Ahhh! You shameless man!"
...
It was Friday near dawn, and mortal children could be seen walking back to their houses from their respective schools.
A group of high school girls adorned in pink high school uniforms could be seen passing through the zebra-cross, with their hands holding each other.
However, when they reached the other end of the road, the one at the far-right noticed something amiss, "Where did Lee Yan go to?"
The other girl asked, "Who was holding hands with her?"
No one among the five replied, and a sense of crisis shrouded the group.
"Could she have gotten lost?"
"No way! Lee Yan is a city girl; she can't get lost because of the many turns we took today."
"Could she have gotten kidnapped?"
No one among the girls replied; they didn't want such a thing to happen.
In an alley across the road, Lee Yan was trembling with her obese body leaning against the walls. Tears streamed from her crystal eyes, "Please don't hurt me."
A pair of red eyes gazed at her, "I am a very dirty, dirty man. If you don't make any noise, I promise to never hurt you."
Lee Yan could only accept her fate, as she nodded to the words of the maple leaf masked man.