156: Chapter 156 Exposure

"This thing of yours is fake, isn't it?"

Xing Yaoyan didn't bother with idle chatter anymore and got straight to the point.

At the same time, she stared fixedly into Moss's eyes, hoping to find a trace of panic from being exposed.

"Miss Xing, although you are beautiful, you cannot slander an innocent person like that..."

Moss crossed his hands on the table, his expression relaxed, not revealing a single flaw.

It was a classic "you have no evidence anyway, so I'll just say it's real, what can you do about it?" attitude.

"Heh..."

Xing Yaoyan smiled faintly and then stood up.

"Since Mr. Moss is so untrustworthy, there is no need for me to waste time here with you. The transaction is over."

She turned and walked towards the door, but halfway there, she suddenly tilted her head and said to the manager who had been standing by the table for a long time:

"Mr. Ming, I recall that I am a Gold Card member of the Dark Pavilion, am I not?"

"That is correct."

Ming replied quickly.

Although his tone was much the same as before, Xing Yaoyan still detected a hint of schadenfreude.

"Then now, I wish to exercise a right exclusive to Gold Card members..."

From Qian Mo's perspective, he could see the gentleman's expression worsening bit by bit as the young lady spoke, as if he had heard something truly terrifying.

"Wait!"

The corners of Xing Yaoyan's mouth curled up slightly.

She turned back around and looked at the gentleman who was no longer composed, her eyes flashing with a cunning light.

"What is it, Mr. Moss?"

"Fine... I miscalculated. I really didn't expect Miss Xing to be a Gold Card member..."

Saying this, he turned his head to look at Ming, whose mouth was slightly upturned, and complained full-faced:

"Ming, you old thing, you didn't even tell me about Miss Xing's membership Rank, such key information! If I had known, I wouldn't have taken this commission..."

At this moment, Qian Mo recalled the content regarding Dark Pavilion members in the "Basic Manual" that Manager Ming had given him when he first started.

Gold members, for instance, have the right to blacklist a trading partner once. Furthermore, the blacklisted individual would be highlighted in red and added to a list of untrustworthy persons, meaning they would be unable to trade anything on the Dark Pavilion for a year...

"Moss... I advised you long ago not to keep pulling these little tricks. Look at you now, you've kicked a steel plate, haven't you..."

Manager Ming looked quite happy.

This was the first time Qian Mo had seen his boss this happy.

"Alright, Mr. Moss, it's useless to say anything now. According to the rules, unless you produce something of equal value to compensate me, I will still blacklist you..."

Xing Yaoyan mimicked Moss's gesture from earlier, shrugging her hands and pretending to be in a difficult position as she retorted.

But soon, her voice cut off instantly.

"Miss Xing... there's a saying: one can pretend to be a novice, but one cannot truly have nothing..."

He pulled out a somewhat worn-out, large iron bottle from who knows where and placed it casually on the table.

But Xing Yaoyan could feel a fatal attraction radiating from that iron bottle.

Her dark golden pupils trembled uncontrollably, and she swallowed secretly.

She felt it—what was inside this bottle was entirely star marrow...

Where she didn't notice, after Moss saw her subconscious reaction, an inexplicable light flashed in his eyes, but it quickly returned to normal.

"Miss Xing, I will offer this large bottle as an apology to you. Do you think that will do?"

Struggling to suppress the longing in her heart, Xing Yaoyan coughed lightly to cover it up.

"This wouldn't all be star marrow, would it..."

"If I didn't take the wrong one at the time, then it should be."

What does "if I didn't take the wrong one" mean...

However, Xing Yaoyan didn't dwell on his words.

"If these are all star marrow, you are truly generous... I'm almost afraid to accept it..."

Her words carried a probe.

Such a large volume of star marrow could not be produced casually. Moss's true identity might be terrifying. She absolutely must not have too much interaction with such a guy just because of her own advancement needs. She knew she couldn't handle this...

"Anyway, this is the only apology I can offer. If you don't accept it, then go ahead and blacklist me."

Moss shrugged his hands again, but this time his expression was no longer playful, but rather carried a hint of indulgent helplessness.

"I..."

Xing Yaoyan's mood at this moment was undoubtedly extremely complex.

So much star marrow was definitely enough for her to complete her Breakthrough to the Four Marks, but Moss's identity was too mysterious, and the fact that he could casually pull out such a large bottle of star marrow... if she accepted it rashly, it would be very easy to invite disaster...

"How about this, Miss Xing, let's talk privately first. What do you think?"

Without waiting for Xing Yaoyan to speak, he turned his head and spoke unceremoniously to Ming on the other side:

"Old thing, the transaction is over. There's nothing left for you here. Go do whatever you need to do; I want to chat with this young lady alone."

Manager Ming was not annoyed, just casually placed a golden cube on the table.

"Top-tier Illusion Array Cube, 10,000 Spirit Crystals per minute. Remember to pay later."

After speaking, he turned and walked towards the kitchen, taking the cleaner along with him.

"Old thing! Why is your stuff so expensive? Can't you just use an Advanced one? You just have to rip me off, right!"

He turned his head and complained to Ming, who was already beginning to fade into illusion.

At this time, Xing Yaoyan also noticed that the Illusion Array Cube had already begun to take effect. The surrounding environment gradually became illusory, and at the same time, her range of perception was completely limited to this small area around the table.

"Mr. Moss, I haven't agreed yet. Isn't this a bit rude of you..."

"Good afternoon, Miss Star Beast..."

Hum~

Xing Yaoyan felt a buzzing in her head instantly.

"Mr. Moss, what do you mean by this?"

Looking at Moss, who was leisurely sipping his coffee, although Xing Yaoyan's heart was in turmoil, she still slowly picked up the coffee in front of her and took a light sip.

"Hmm. Ming's skills have improved quite a bit; he is truly worthy of someone who has studied coffee for decades."

Moss set down the coffee cup and said casually.

"Bitter yet sweet, the texture is dense and lingering. It is truly a delicacy of the human world..."

Xing Yaoyan didn't speak, just pretended to sip the coffee to hide her somewhat panicked heart, but to be honest, she couldn't taste anything in the coffee at all...

Could it be that she heard wrong just now? Or was it a probe? I shouldn't have revealed any flaws, right...

"Oh right, I forgot that you Star Beasts cannot taste coffee..."

It wasn't an illusion!