297: Chapter 297 This job with the blond guy, Cao is a pro!

In Xiao Chen's eyes, merchants were all profit-driven.

Faced with the temptation of a Grade Seven Exotic Fire, Pei Qinglan would absolutely be unable to resist.

She would definitely lower her pride and come begging him for a trade again.

As for that gigolo, under the radiance of the Grade Seven Exotic Fire, he wasn't even worth a fart!

However, just as Xiao Chen was feeling smug, thinking he had everything under control and was preparing to welcome Pei Qinglan's shock and regret...

...a harsh, disdainful laugh suddenly rang out in the hall.

"Pfft—hahahaha!"

Cao Kun laughed out loud without caring about his image. He even let go of Pei Qinglan, clutching his stomach as he doubled over in laughter.

Everyone in the hall looked at Cao Kun as if he were a madman.

"What's wrong with this Young Master? Did he suffer some kind of shock?"

"Could he have been scared stupid? That can't be right; looking at his composed demeanor earlier, he shouldn't be that fragile!"

Watching the gigolo's actions, Xiao Chen was momentarily confused.

"What are you laughing at?!"

Cao Kun stopped laughing and looked at Xiao Chen as if he were an idiot.

"Is that it?"

"You've been holding back for half a day, and I thought you were going to pull out some earth-shattering peerless divine weapon."

"You're showing off with a pathetic little flame, holding it up so high as if it's some kind of treasure—aren't you afraid of getting burned?"

"Have you been stuck in the mountains for too long? Have you never seen the world?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the smug expression on Xiao Chen's Face froze.

A pathetic little flame?! This is a Grade Seven Exotic Fire! A supreme treasure that you can't find even a few of in the entire Central Province!

This ignorant fool is too arrogant; to actually call it a pathetic little flame?!

He felt that Cao Kun was just bluffing.

"Shameless boasting! Ignorant brat!"

"Since you say my Exotic Fire is no good, then why don't you take out an item better than this flame! Stop just yapping with your mouth!"

Xiao Chen used this provocation quite directly. He was certain that a gigolo who relied on his Family could absolutely not produce anything of substance.

"Fine, want to broaden your horizons? Today, this Young Master will show some kindness and let you open your eyes."

Cao Kun turned his head to look at Pei Qinglan, who was waiting respectfully by his side.

"Qinglan, go. Does your Treasure Pavilion vault have an Exotic Fire of a similar grade to this pathetic little flame? Just bring me one."

Pei Qinglan didn't even ask a question; she immediately nodded and replied:

"Young Master, please wait a moment. The main vault happens to have a Grade Seven Mid-tier Nether Cold Fire sealed away. I will have someone fetch it immediately."

With that, she immediately sent a voice transmission to the manager.

Seeing this, Xiao Chen immediately let out a sneer filled with extreme mockery.

"Heh! I thought you had some great ability!"

"After all that, you're still going to use things from the Treasure Pavilion! Using a woman's things to compete with me—what kind of man are you!"

"If you can only use Treasure Pavilion items to put on a show, then I'm willing to admit defeat."

"After all, I, Xiao Chen, don't have the ability to live off a woman!"

Some Cultivators in the hall also shook their heads secretly. Borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha—this was indeed winning unfairly. In this battle of wealth, this Young Master had lost a point in terms of Face.

However, faced with Xiao Chen's mockery, Cao Kun just lazily replied with one sentence.

"Why are you barking like a dog?"

"Just stand there obediently and watch. Today, this Young Master will teach you what a dimensional strike is."

Before long, the hall manager came running over in a hurry, holding an ice-crystal jade box radiating extreme cold, and respectfully handed it to Pei Qinglan.

"Young Master, the Nether Cold Fire has been retrieved. This fire is extremely Yin-cold; please be careful not to hurt your hands."

"It doesn't matter."

Cao Kun casually took the ice-crystal jade box and took out a mirror emitting a faint light!

"Open your dog eyes wide and watch closely!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Cao Kun aimed the replication mirror in his hand at the Nether Cold Fire.

No one knew what kind of tricks this Young Master, with his boundless arrogance, was trying to pull.

But as spiritual power was injected, a scene that everyone present would never forget occurred.

They saw that within the mirror's surface, a Nether Cold Fire identical to the one in the ice-crystal jade box was born from the Void Realm.

It finally floated quietly above Cao Kun's palm. It was the same deep, dark blue, the same bone-chilling cold.

Even the frequency of the flames dancing and the rhythm of the Heavenly Dao Laws emitted were exactly the same.

"This... this is impossible!" The first to react was the previously mentioned Grade Six Artifact Refiner.

"Exotic Fires above Grade Seven are nurtured by the Great Dao and seize the fortune of Heaven and Earth! There are absolutely no two identical Exotic Fires in this world!"

"He... he actually just shone a mirror at it and created a second one out of thin air?!"

"What kind of Magic Treasure is this mirror that defies the principles of the Heavenly Dao? Is it an Immortal Artifact?!"

It wasn't just him; all the Cultivators in the hall felt it was inconceivable.

Mass-producing Grade Seven Exotic Fires? If this news got out, the Alchemist and Artifact Refiner guilds of the entire Central Province would probably go crazy on the spot.

Xiao Chen stood where he was, staring blankly at the Nether Cold Fire in Cao Kun's hand. He didn't believe it! He absolutely refused to accept this reality!

"Teacher! Look quickly! That must be fake, right?"

"How could there be a Magic Treasure in the world that can copy Exotic Fires!"

Xiao Chen eagerly probed his Divine Sense into the black iron ring to ask, attempting to get a negative answer from this former Mahayana Stage expert to stabilize his collapsing Dao Heart.

"Chen'er..." "The spiritual power fluctuations match perfectly... The Yin-cold Origin is pure and flawless... There isn't a shred of falseness..." "This... this is a genuine Grade Seven Nether Cold Fire!"

Hearing Elder Yan's final confirmation, Xiao Chen could no longer remain calm. The huge sense of disparity crushed all his pride and all his confidence into pieces!

His trump card, which he was so proud of. He had thought that bringing it out would shock everyone, make Pei Qinglan regret everything, and make this gigolo feel completely humiliated.

Yet in the end, it turned out to be cheap goods that could be mass-produced just by shining a mirror at them! How could he dare to Face this?

[Ding! Detected that the Son of Luck, Xiao Chen, failed to show off. The Host successfully used a dimensional strike to crush his self-esteem!]

[The Son of Luck, Xiao Chen's, Dao Heart has developed severe cracks. Stage One interception mission complete!]

[Reward issued: 10,000 task points, Rare Space Law fragment x1!]

[Current task points balance: 72,900.]

As the System notification sound faded, a Law fragment shimmering with silver light directly merged into the Dragon's scales.

The surrounding space seemed to turn into paper that could be kneaded at will in his eyes. The mysteries of shrinking the ground to an inch and Void Realm teleportation were all within his grasp.

[Stage Two chain mission unlocked: Forcefully take his soulmate 'Guan Linger' from his hands and bind her as a Jade Beast!]

[Mission completion reward: 15,000 task points!]

"Guan Linger?" Cao Kun calculated inwardly. Just hearing the name, she sounded like a beautiful, vivacious girl.

This System was truly sensible, knowing that he still had vacancies in his Jade Beast slots. It had directly packaged the Son of Luck's soulmate and delivered her to his doorstep.

Playing the homewrecker, he, Cao Kun, is an expert at that.

Guan Linger