Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 20: Chapter 20 Skyrocketing Prices From the Ground Up

The bodyguard hesitated, but the woman frowned and said, ”Give him the three million!”

Reluctantly, the bodyguard handed the backpack to Su Yang. Su Yang took the backpack, counted out a hundred thousand, and walked straight to the sleazy man.

”Here’s a hundred thousand, give me your item!” Su Yang said.

The sleazy man scratched his head and suddenly said, ”No, a hundred thousand is not enough. I want to raise the price to three million!”

The sleazy man wasn’t stupid. Su Yang’s behavior had already indicated that he certainly must have real skills. And since he was interested in his item, it surely meant that the item was of great value. If he didn’t take this chance to hike the price, only a fool would miss such an opportunity. He shouted three million with cunning, because the woman had given Su Yang three million exactly!

A cold light flashed in Su Yang’s eyes as he said, ”Only one hundred thousand, take it or leave it!”

”Then I won’t sell it!” the sleazy man said abruptly, ”My treasure will surely find a buyer!”

Everyone in the store was watching the sleazy man, especially the shop owner, whose eyes never left the box. Su Yang didn’t care for the twenty million but wanted this, indicating that the item was worth more than twenty million!

”Fine!” Su Yang put the money away and said with a faint smile, ”I hope you won’t regret this.”

”What would I regret?” the sleazy man immediately glared and walked over to the woman, saying, ”Miss, this is a marvelous treasure. Why don’t you buy it? Three million, just right!”

The woman frowned; she could guess it was something valuable. But it was something that Su Yang wanted, and she couldn’t snatch it from him.

Seeing that the woman didn’t respond, the shop owner promptly came over and said, ”Come, come, let’s take a look and discuss a deal.”

The woman glanced at Su Yang, hesitant to speak. Su Yang clearly wanted the item very much, but why was he now staying out of it? After all, she had given Su Yang three million—he could have taken it all to buy the item. Maybe the item was even more valuable and could earn the money back in an instant!

The sleazy man carefully placed the box on the table, opened it excitedly, and said, ”This is a porcelain pot from the Song Dynasty— it should also be imperial use. Take a look...”

Before the sleazy man could finish, a sharp sound suddenly came from the box. Immediately after, black smoke spewed out of the pot, hitting the shop owner’s face.

”Ah!” The shop owner screamed in agony as he fell to the ground, clutching his face and rolling around in pain.

The sleazy man was dumbfounded; he had no idea what was happening.

The woman was startled; it was a good thing she hadn’t gone to look. What if it had been her in that moment?

”How did this happen?” the sleazy man said, completely bewildered.

Su Yang approached and said, ”This is indeed a porcelain pot from the Song Dynasty, but not for imperial use. It is a cauldron used by magicians for alchemy.”

”The cauldron has absorbed too much medicinal property and contains deadly toxins. The jostling on the way here must have caused the toxins to vaporize. Opening it hastily would release the poison. You’d better call an ambulance now. If you wait any longer, the shop owner might be beyond saving, and then you’ll be a murderer!”

”Ah?” the sleazy man panicked, saying urgently, ”This—this has nothing to do with me, you all saw it, this has nothing to do with me!”

”It’s your item; how can it have nothing to do with you!” the woman said coldly while also casting another curious glance at Su Yang. How could this young man know so much?

The sleazy man was nearly peeing his pants with fear. If only he had known it would come to this, he would’ve sold it for a hundred thousand right away. Why get so greedy?

”Fifty thousand, how about fifty thousand? If that’s really not okay, then thirty thousand, twenty thousand, even ten thousand will do!”

Su Yang waved his hand impatiently, ”You should be more concerned about how to escape if the shop owner dies from this!”

It was then that the sleazy man remembered the shop owner. His face filled with fear, he suddenly turned and ran.

”Stop him!” the woman commanded. The bodyguard stepped forward and tripped the fleeing sleazy man, dragging him back.

”One hundred, I’ll take the pot!” the woman said, dropping a hundred on his face, not bothering whether the sleazy man agreed or not.

”My friend, this pot is now yours,” the woman walked over to Su Yang and said, ”But, it contains deadly toxins—what use will you have for it?”

Su Yang chuckled, walked over to the shop owner, and patted him. The shop owner immediately stopped screaming, got up, and looked around in confusion as if he had no idea what had happened.

”This...” Everyone was stunned. What just happened?

”Since I wanted this pot, I obviously have a way to deal with it,” Su Yang said as he casually picked up the pot, nodding at the woman. ”Very well, we are even now!”

The woman was puzzled. She was extremely beautiful and came from a distinguished family, surely a lady favored by the heavens. Countless men dreamed of even the slightest connection with her. What was up with this Su Yang? He had never given her a second glance, and now it seemed he wanted nothing to do with her, keeping the relationship so clear-cut. In her life, she had never met a man like this!

As Su Yang started to walk away, the woman hurried after him, ”Wait, what... what is your name?”

Su Yang behaved as though he hadn’t heard, continuing forward with the pot in hand.

”I’m Ye Wantong!” the woman said stubbornly, ”Thank you for today. Can I invite you to a meal?”

Without turning back, Su Yang carried the pot past the street corner.

Ye Wantong stamped her foot in frustration. She was used to others saying such things to her, not the other way around. This Su Yang was going too far, wasn’t he?

”Is this guy nuts?” The bodyguard came over and said angrily, ”Miss, shall I teach him a lesson?”

”No need!” Ye Wantong glared at him and said, ”He just helped us out a lot. Why would you teach him a lesson?”

The bodyguard lowered his head, and Ye Wantong watched the direction Su Yang had gone with contemplation. After a long silence, she gently waved her hand and said, ”Alright, let’s take this jade vase to celebrate grandfather’s birthday!”