247: Chapter 247 Robbery

"That's not right. Even if the abyss stone is extremely rare, the massive amount of Breath of the Abyss it contains is not only harmful to the human body, but it also cannot be used to craft any Spiritual Artifact. Its true value is at most five million; it's impossible for it to be worth this much!"

Wang Lun spoke up, clearly startled by the old scholar's offer.

The others around them nodded repeatedly, clearly agreeing with his words.

"Young Master Wang, that's none of your business. I'm willing to pay this amount; I'm happy to."

The old scholar spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, his eyes glancing at the abyss stone in the box from time to time, as if afraid that someone would snatch it away.

"Are you in cahoots with them, old man, specifically trying to mess with me!"

Wang Lun's expression turned extremely ugly upon hearing this.

If the stone gambling arena were to buy it back at market price, he would undoubtedly win the bet. But now, this "market-disturbing" old man had popped up; such a coincidental event was practically a slap in his face.

While the two were arguing, Xing Yaoyan was carefully using her Power Of Will to analyze the "black clod of earth" in the box.

In reality, it was indeed as Wang Lun had said; it seemed to contain only the aura of the Breath of the Abyss, and it was all deeply trapped beneath this hard outer shell.

If not for the improvement in her strength, her Power Of Will truly wouldn't have been able to penetrate this hard shell...

Although this was the time for her stone gambling bet with Wang Lun, her mind wasn't on it at all. Instead, it drifted to Yu Linger; she was suddenly curious as to why such a normal Esper would want to trade for this kind of thing...

"...Beautiful lady, are you selling it or not? Give me a straight answer. If it's not enough, I can add more!"

The old scholar's voice pulled Xing Yaoyan's thoughts back to reality.

Wang Lun stood on the side, furious, pointing back and forth between the young lady and the old scholar, feeling as if he had grievances he couldn't voice.

As for why he didn't point at Tushan Qing... it was because his physical intuition told him that if he dared to reveal what he had just said to him, he would never see tomorrow's sun again...

Xing Yaoyan looked at the two people in front of her, then secretly stole a glance at Tushan Qing behind her, suddenly revealing a playful, mischievous smile.

"Sorry, this Young Miss wants to take this back to study, so I won't be selling it."

"Can thirty million do..."

"Sorry, sir... I really won't sell it."

Seeing the White-haired girl speak so decisively, the old scholar sighed, turned around, and left. Wang Lun suddenly looked up, his face full of surprise.

He had originally thought he was destined to lose the bet, but he hadn't expected the other party to refuse to sell even at the old man's price of twenty or thirty million. Doesn't that mean he was going to win!

"No... it's not over yet. I can't laugh yet... Wait a little longer, wait until that old man is gone... Then even if this girl regrets it, there's nothing she can do..." Wang Lun held back the smile on his face, quietly watching the old scholar shake his head and disappear at the doorway.

"Hahaha... Then that being said, according to the market price, this stone is worth five million credits. You've lost this bet!"

However, to his surprise, the other party showed no regret or shock. On the contrary, he could even see the corners of her mouth slightly curl up; there was actually an expression of a scheme having succeeded...

"Fine, lost is lost..." She turned and walked out without showing any sign of wanting to stay. "If you want the compensation, just look for this Mr. Qing who came with me. I don't have any money."

As she said this, she turned her head and smiled slightly at Tushan Qing, whose smile was somewhat stiff, and then continued walking out.

Everything was understood without words...

"This..." Wang Lun had completely not expected things to develop in this direction.

"Hey, brat..."

This was the Voice Transmission of that Mr. Qing.

He walked over, put his arm around his shoulder, and said "kindly":

"You listen to me well. I just bought the gemstone my sister opened for ten million, but it's still in her custody. So... you lost, and you have to compensate me ten million according to the bet..."

At the same time, Wang Lun could feel an unprecedented, terrifying aura erupting from the man in front of him.

No... if I don't agree, I'll definitely die...

Good grief... they aren't even pretending anymore...

"Cash or transfer..." Wang Lun swallowed hard and said in a low voice.

"Transfer."

As he spoke, Tushan Qing casually pulled a small device from his pocket, fiddled with it for a few moments, and a QR code appeared on it.

"An unlimited Gold-Honor Black Card member... You... who exactly are you people..."

After scanning the code and seeing the account information on the other side, Wang Lun nearly wet himself in fear.

Next to the account avatar information on the other side was the logo he had only heard of from his father, just displayed there so blatantly.

This was a privilege that only those at the level of human leaders could possess...

He sized up the person who had come again. But with his strength, he couldn't see anything at all; he only felt that the other party was becoming increasingly unfathomable...

"Kid, count yourself as sensible..." Seeing that the one thousand credits had been added to the account, Tushan Qing grinned, then turned and walked away, leaving Wang Lun alone in the wind, feeling completely bewildered.

He didn't know how long it had been before he finally came back to his senses: "To be honest, is this some kind of new method of robbery..."

...

After stepping out, Xing Yaoyan saw Xiao Meng walking towards her, and of course, the little white fox on her shoulder that looked very excited.

Her disguise was naturally seen through at a glance by Hu Wang.

"Hahaha... Little Xiao Yan, you've definitely lost! I bet right this time; I earned over a hundred thousand Spiritual Crystals in the golden area! That equates to ten million credits..."

"Congratulations, congratulations!" Xing Yaoyan said with a smile, cupping her hands.

Anyway, this was just fun between friends, with no rewards or punishments, so she didn't have any psychological burden.

"Stone gambling risks are still high. I just lost five million credits earlier... haha..."

Xing Yaoyan didn't mention the offer of twenty or thirty million from that old scholar; she hadn't sold it anyway. It was rare to see Senior Hu Wang so happy, so what if she let him win?

However, while she thought that, someone else did not think so.

"Old Fox, don't be in such a hurry. Why don't you take a look at what Xing Yan is holding in her hand?"