Chapter 407: Chapter 407

What was this, highway robbery?

"Why don't you just go rob someone!!" the shopkeeper roared angrily. A little servant—why should she be polite to him?

"This isn't robbery, this is negotiating a price. Everyone's discussing it reasonably. Don't get so angry, or the losses will be huge. Eh, why are you all looking at me like that? Miss Lingxiao, please continue. Don't stop, or I won't be able to bargain properly," Xiaoyao noticed everyone was staring at him, casually replied, then continued haggling with the shopkeeper. "How about it, shopkeeper? Consider it!"

This Xiaoyao—who knew what he wouldn't do! Xuanwu Lingxiao looked at Xiaoyao with great interest. She was increasingly discovering that Xiaoyao was very entertaining—he could actually do something .

If Xiaoyao knew her thoughts, he would answer that this was a duty. Servants had to obtain the maximum benefit for their master's family. They could do shameless things as long as their masters could be their protective umbrella. Fighting and such—that was the masters' business.

"Consider my ass! I can't take this insult. If you want to fight, then fight!" the shopkeeper said angrily. She was getting mad.

"Shopkeeper, you said it yourself. Miss Lingxiao, you can start hitting a few times. You don't need to protect the clothes on your body so well. Since the shopkeeper agreed, even if they're damaged, we can still return them to her and don't need to pay," Xiaoyao said with a smile.

"..." The shopkeeper suddenly realized that the dress Xiaoyao wanted was the one Xuanwu Lingxiao was wearing. If they fought, it would definitely be damaged.

"Don't fight yet. How about ten taels? This is the biggest concession," the shopkeeper suppressed her anger. Minimizing her losses was what mattered—she had to endure any insult.

At this point, everyone felt Xiaoyao had succeeded. From one hundred taels to ten taels—this was something that had never happened before. It was already a huge advantage.

Although Xiaoyao was very shameless, people felt having such a servant wouldn't be bad—he could save them money. Never mind about face—it wasn't them doing it anyway.

But at this moment, beyond everyone's expectations, Xiaoyao waved his hand and held up one finger—"No good, one tael!"

"Boy, don't go too far. This dress uses the finest materials, made by the Azure Dragon Empire's best master tailor, taking two months to complete. One tael of silver—are you planning to make the master tailor drink the northwest wind, or make me drink the northwest wind?" the shopkeeper got angry again. This boy was too irritating.

"Xiaoyao, let's just do this. Ten taels is quite good!" Xuanwu Lingxiao spoke up.

"That's right, boy. Don't go too far!" Zhuque Leiting expressed condemnation of Xiaoyao, condemning him for not knowing good goods. If it sold for one tael, wouldn't that mean she had been buying overpriced items all along, being taken for a fool?

"No, Miss Lingxiao. This dress isn't worth ten taels. My offering one tael isn't excessive," Xiaoyao shook his head. "Of course, you're the young miss. You have the final say!"

"Boy, if you don't know goods, don't speak. Do you think the clothes here are the same as what you're wearing? Really haven't seen the world. Xuanwu Lingxiao, you should properly discipline your people!!" Baihu Yingqiong mocked coldly from the side.

"Whether I don't know goods or you don't know goods—we'll find out soon!" Xiaoyao said lightly. "Shopkeeper, I don't know if you know this, but this dress's construction is quite good, using the rather difficult Hundred Flowers Needlework..."

"You actually know Hundred Flowers Needlework?" the shopkeeper was a bit surprised. People who knew Hundred Flowers Needlework were all masters among tailors. She only knew about it because she was in this industry. She believed none of the women buying clothes here would know about this. From this point, this boy indeed knew goods better than they did.

But if he knew goods, why did he still say it wasn't worth it? Could it be he was deliberately causing trouble?

Forget it. Since he could recognize Hundred Flowers Needlework, he had some ability. She could sell this at a loss to him! The shopkeeper had decided to sell to Xiaoyao at a loss—it wouldn't be a big loss anyway.

Meanwhile, seeing the shopkeeper's reaction, Baihu Yingqiong felt her face getting hot because she understood that Xiaoyao had slapped her in the face. So this boy not only knew goods but understood a lot.

No, this might be a coincidence!!

"Mm, I understand some. The person who made this dress definitely isn't skilled. This Hundred Flowers Needlework has failed areas. Although it doesn't hurt the overall effect, it greatly reduces this dress's value. So it's not worth ten taels!" Xiaoyao continued.

"Failed? How is that possible? This dress was made by Master Wu. He's top-level—impossible to fail," the shopkeeper replied, looking at Xiaoyao with disdain.

"If this also counts as top-level, then I can count as one too. Miss Lingxiao, then we don't need this one tael of silver either. We'll buy some fabric ourselves and I'll help you make a set," Xiaoyao looked at the shopkeeper with contempt. Despise me? Of course I'll despise you back.

"You can also do this?" Xuanwu Lingxiao looked at Xiaoyao puzzledly. She knew Xiaoyao could raise monster beasts, knew monster beast medicine, and could also organize and repair books. These two skills were already quite good. Now he was saying he could also do tailoring.

"A little. We servants have to know a little of everything," Xiaoyao said with a smile.

"Oh, I see," Xuanwu Lingxiao responded.

"Just knowing a little, yet daring to compare with our master!" the shopkeeper became even more disdainful after hearing Xiaoyao's words.

"Do you understand what's called a modest way of speaking? Quickly call your master out. I want to see if he's really the person who made this dress," Xiaoyao shot back.

"You want me to call him? Who do you think you are!" the shopkeeper naturally wouldn't heed Xiaoyao's words—he was just a little servant.

"You go call someone. I want to know the result!" Xuanwu Lingxiao took over. She naturally had to support her person. Besides, she also wanted to know whether this had really failed...

"There's no 'but.' Call that Master Wu over to see if it's really as this little servant said. One question will tell," Zhuque Leiting also said.

"That's right. Have Master Wu come and thoroughly make certain people understand their ignorance!" Baihu Yingqiong followed along, her tone a bit strange, somewhat different from Zhuque Leiting's impartiality.

"Since all three young misses have said so, I'll invite Master Wu over to clarify!" the shopkeeper could only call for someone. The energy of these three in Azure Dragon City was very great—she couldn't afford to offend them.

"Hey, little servant, do you actually have confidence? If not, quickly admit it," Zhuque Leiting said to Xiaoyao.

Xiaoyao looked at Zhuque Leiting, then took out a book from his body and started reading, clearly ignoring Zhuque Leiting's words.

I'm not a servant of the Zhuque family anyway, and the Xuanwu and Zhuque families don't have the best relationship. I have even less need to answer your words. If I were in a good mood, I might answer, but I don't like your doubtful tone!

"..." Zhuque Leiting was speechless. She had actually been magnificently ignored, and by such a little servant at that. This left her somewhat unable to react.

"Zhuque Leiting, it seems you can't attract even one of my little servants," Xuanwu Lingxiao struck. She wouldn't miss such a good opportunity, and made an approving gesture to Xiaoyao.

"That's because he doesn't know how to appreciate. He should like inferior goods like you," Zhuque Leiting struck back without courtesy.

"What did you say?!" Xuanwu Lingxiao's eyebrows shot up, preparing to draw her sword and hack at someone.

"Both of you, wait a moment..." the shopkeeper immediately called out. She had just sent someone to call Master Wu and hadn't left. She had to watch these three bombs that could explode at any time.

All of Azure Dragon City knew that when people from the three great families were together, anything could happen. This time all three sides had come—who knew what would occur.

"Master Wu will be here soon. Can you please endure it a bit!" the shopkeeper said somewhat pleadingly, cursing Xiaoyao in her heart. Couldn't he settle down for a while? The trouble he'd already stirred up was big enough. Now he was provoking this Miss Leiting too. Didn't he know she was called Leiting?

This Miss Leiting was the most terrifying of the three when it came to doing things—either she didn't act, or she acted like thunder!

"That's right, stop arguing. You're disturbing others' reading," Xiaoyao said very irresponsibly.

Fine, I'll endure. Isn't he just a boy? After I beat down your master, you'll be dead then.

Zhuque Leiting looked at Xiaoyao like she wanted to eat him alive.

Baihu Yingqiong smiled. She discovered she wasn't that hateful after all—this boy had drawn all the hatred away from her.

"Xiaoyao, what book are you reading?"

"A book on mystical formations. Oh right, there's also a book on swordplay here. Are you interested?" Xiaoyao replied, taking out another book from his body. He always carried several with him for situations that wasted time. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn novel fire.net

"Let me see. I'm bored anyway," Xuanwu Lingxiao replied.

"It'll be good for you. This might inspire you with insights for cultivating the twelfth sword of the Supreme Sword Arts," Xiaoyao said casually.

"How do you know I'm going to cultivate the twelfth sword next?" Xuanwu Lingxiao was very puzzled.

"After the sword you cultivated before, this twelfth sword should suit you. I think you should be like many people—first cultivating the moves that suit you," Xiaoyao replied, his eyes never leaving the book in his hands.

"I suspected before that you seemed to understand the Supreme Sword Arts very well. Now it looks like you indeed understand it very well, and quite deeply too. How many swords have you learned?" Xuanwu Lingxiao took the book and asked.