X-Dragon Era

As he pondered, Xin Yun waved his hand dismissively and declared, "If big brother won\'t buy it for you, then I\'ll give it to you as a gift. Only you are worthy to wear this necklace. I would rather take a loss than deny it its most suitable owner."

Having said that, Xin Yun shot a look at the young man and continued, "But big sister, you should learn to judge people wisely. No matter how honeyed the words, they\'re useless. If he\'s so stingy now, what can you possibly anticipate for the future?"

Upon hearing Xin Yun\'s words, the girl\'s eyebrows knitted tighter. Although his remarks were clearly instigating, the underlying truth was irrefutable. If he was this miserly before even winning her over, what could she expect once she has given everything to him? Perhaps such a man wasn\'t really worth relying on.

Watching the girl\'s furrowed brow, the young man grew both angry and anxious. He had been pursuing her for a long time, spending who knows how much money and wasting endless words. Just when their relationship seemed to grow closer day by day, today\'s incident occurred.

At this point, he understood very well that if he did not make a stand today, then once they left the Treasure Exchange Convention, the girl would say goodbye to him. It wasn\'t that she was heartless, but this kid was just too damn cunning.

The young man couldn\'t help but sigh and, admitting defeat, said to Xin Yun, "Alright, just tell me... how much do you want for the necklace? Can you just give me a straight answer already?"

In response to the young man\'s question, Xin Yun coldly replied, "Beauty is priceless, and you\'ve never understood that. If you\'re not willing to exchange, this necklace will be a gift to big sister. If you must trade for it, then don\'t bring any bronze items to insult its beauty."

With that, Xin Yun turned to the girl and said with a sneer, "Big sister, it\'s not that I\'m trying to stir up trouble, but just think about it. When your close girlfriends ask where you got such a beautiful necklace and how much it cost, what will you say? That you traded a piece of bronze for it? What will they think? It must be fake…"

Hearing Xin Yun\'s words, the girl\'s brows furrowed even more. Girls are like that, enjoying discussing these issues. A necklace refined from Mutton Fat Jade couldn\'t possibly be exchanged for a mere piece of bronze or silver. It was more likely to be a fake than not. The most serious problem was that if the necklace was fake, wouldn\'t it cast doubt on her own complexion as well?

Others might suspect that she wasn\'t actually that fair-skinned and was using a fake Mutton-fat Jade to deceive.

With these thoughts in mind, the girl stopped paying attention to the young man, thought for a moment, and pulled out a gold-grade ring from her bosom, handing it to Xin Yun, "Forget it, I\'ll buy it myself. Is this trade alright?"

Seeing that Xin Yun had managed to get a gold-grade ring in exchange for a necklace after a bit of smooth talk, Yi Luo Xiang was left wide-eyed and speechless. After all... including that necklace, all five, or rather six pieces of jade combined were only worth one gold-grade piece of equipment, and in terms of value, they were slightly lesser.

Just when Yi Luo Xiang thought Xin Yun would accept the ring and conclude the deal, Xin Yun frowned and said, "Big sister, I\'ve already said... if he can\'t afford it, the necklace is my gift to you!"

Hearing Xin Yun\'s words, the young man finally lost his patience, stepping forward and glaring at Xin Yun, "Kid! What the hell is your problem? Are you trying to break us up on purpose? I admit... I wouldn\'t dare touch you here, but do you plan to hide in this place forever?"

Listening to the young man\'s explicit threat, Xin Yun also became furious and shouted, "Don\'t you understand what I mean? Are you that capable, huh? To think of laying a hand on a child—are you even a man?"

Hearing this, the young man\'s face flushed red and then turned pale. Meanwhile, Xin Yun continued, "Who was wrong from the start today? You tried to deceive a child with a copper/silver piece, thinking I\'m a fool?"

Being confronted in such a way, the young man\'s expression grew even more colorful. He had hoped to trick a child, only to have his scheme exposed. In fact, this piece of jade was worth at least two pieces of silverware.

Seeing the young man speechless, Xin Yun went on, "If I were a dishonest merchant, I would immediately accept the elder sister\'s ring. I would definitely profit from this deal, but have you thought about it? A girl, a girl who has a boyfriend, yet has to buy her own jewelry? How would elder sister face her friends after that?"

Upon hearing Xin Yun\'s words, the surrounding crowd let out a murmuring gasp. If some had previously suspected Xin Yun of having ulterior motives, by now, everyone agreed with his point of view.

Watching Xin Yun\'s angry demeanor, the young man clenched his teeth and decisively said, "Alright, I\'ll trade two pieces of Silver-grade equipment for your necklace, is that satisfactory now?"

Hearing the young man\'s words, Xin Yun looked at him impassively and, after quite a while, slowly said, "I admit, this necklace is indeed only worth two Silver-grade equipments, but you\'ve failed to account for beauty, and beauty is priceless."

At this, Xin Yun took a deep breath, then continued, "If you just want to buy a piece of jade, then I recommend you go to a jade mine. There, two pieces of silverware equipment could get you a large block of jade that could be carved into several necklaces. But what I\'m selling is not just jade; it\'s jade jewelry. I\'m selling beauty, and beauty is priceless."

Turning to the girl, Xin Yun said, "Enough, I\'m tired of talking. Since he insists on not buying, I\'m giving you the necklace!" With that, Xin Yun turned around, went back behind his stall, and sat down on his chair with his eyes closed.

In the face of this scene, silence fell around the stall. The girl was stunned, wanting to take off the necklace and give it back, but she couldn\'t bear to. Not giving it back, however, would mean accepting someone else\'s possession for free, wouldn\'t it?

Seeing the situation evolve to this point, the young man, finally cornered, clenched his teeth and took out a Gold-level dagger, placing it on the counter and gritting his teeth, he said, "Fine, I\'ll trade a Gold-level equipment for it. Is that acceptable now?"

When the young man spoke, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and just when everyone thought Xin Yun would agree, Xin Yun slowly opened his eyes and coldly said, "As a merchant, I have to stand by my words. I have already said, and everyone has heard that the necklace was given to elder sister. What are you trying to do with this? Make me go back on my word?"

"I... you... this!" Hearing Xin Yun\'s words, the young man panicked, never having expected the situation to get to this point.

Watching the young man\'s frantic demeanor, Xin Yun continued, "This is the Treasure Exchange Convention, where each transaction is protected. Now that the goods have been given away, even if I wanted to take it back, that\'s not allowed anymore. You should know the rules here; I still want to get home alive!"

Hearing this, everyone sighed. There had always been some who thought Xin Yun was putting on a show, using clever tactics to pressure the young man into buying. That was why the young man had stubbornly refused, not because he was reluctant to part with his items, but because he didn\'t want to be tricked by a child—that would be too shameful.

But now, as Xin Yun had said, the deal was done, and the transaction was protected by the Treasure Exchange Convention. Xin Yun couldn\'t take it back even if he wanted to. It was only at this moment that everyone suddenly realized that Xin Yun really gave away the necklace for free!

It was unbelievable, but considering Xin Yun\'s actions over the past few days, it was not entirely impossible. After all, he had traded Divine Dragon Fruit for twice its price, in which case giving away a jade necklace for nothing wasn\'t incomprehensible, especially since...in the Divine Dragon Fruit trade, he had effectively given away two pieces of Gold-level equipment for free!