Trafford Buyers Club

Chapter 3933 Does this mean that I, Xi Ruo, am also going to have to stand up for myself?

While Huang Xiaoyun seemed to hesitate about whether to come in because of the stranger in the shop, Ah Xiruo was also sizing up the girl whose complexion was extremely poor.

Her appearance... could only be described as pretty at best, but that probably wasn't her original look.

Ah Xiruo's eye is still very sharp. This girl with a terrible complexion has most likely embarked on a path of no return... She subconsciously glanced at Boss Luo.

It must be said that he does possess an indescribable magic when interacting with customers.

—In general, it's probably a subjective perception that "my man looks handsome".

Despite knowing full well that the scoundrel was about to do business, Ah Xi Ruo made no attempt to avoid it... She picked up her specially made non-alcoholic cocktail, started sipping it through the straw, and her eyes darted around furtively.

"Miss Huang, aren't you coming in?"

"Sorry to bother you!"

Huang Xiaoyun first bowed in front of the door before carefully closing the pine door. She then awkwardly stepped forward and solemnly placed a beautifully packaged box on the table.

Ah Xiruo squinted and looked it over. Although she couldn't tell what was inside, it was probably prepared with great care... Had that scoundrel been philandering again?

"This...this is a return gift for the last one," Huang Xiaoyun said softly. "It's nothing expensive, just a chocolate that I really like. I hope you'll like it."

—Oh ho, you sent chocolates? And as a return gift?

Ah Xiruo's eyes changed, turning into an inverted triangle shape... She almost slurped down the special drink in one go, making a gurgling sound.

"Thank you for your kind words." Boss Luo accepted the gift without hesitation, and then casually asked, "Miss Huang, would you like something to drink?"

"No, no need." Huang Xiaoyun quickly shook her head, looking hesitant, but finally mustered up her courage and said, "Mr. Luo, I... I want more candles!"

This seemed to have exhausted her courage. After speaking, she suddenly bowed deeply... her body seemed to tremble slightly.

Ah Xiruo's gaze shifted increasingly suspiciously between Boss Luo and Huang Xiaoyun, as if she saw a big bad wolf bullying a little lamb.

“Miss Huang, do you remember what I said about the characteristics of this kind of candle?” Boss Luo said calmly, “You should know when to stop.”

"I know... but I really need it." Huang Xiaoyun took a deep breath. "Please... if it requires money, I'll find a way!"

Last time, Boss Luo said that he would receive a reward when she lit the candles... but Huang Xiaoyun only thought that Boss Luo meant well and was just saying it perfunctorily, and did not take it to heart.

Ah Xi Ruo suddenly said, "Little girl, didn't this guy tell you that you can't buy things from him with money alone?"

"Huh?" Huang Xiaoyun was taken aback upon hearing this, staring blankly at the little girl who looked like a porcelain doll—so cute! She subconsciously asked, "Then what do you use to buy it..."

Ah Xi Ruo sneered, "What he might value in you is probably your soul. As for your body, looking at you all skin and bones, I don't think he'd be interested in that."

Huang Xiaoyun looked at Boss Luo with a blank expression, as if hoping to get an answer from Mr. Luo such as "this child is just talking nonsense".

"Although it's a bit early," Boss Luo said with a smile. "But what she said is indeed correct... Huang Xiaoyun, if you want to continue obtaining these candles, the price is that you need to pay me with your soul. Are you still willing?"

Huang Xiaoyun said in astonishment, "But...but isn't this Qilin City, where all extraordinary powers are forbidden...and souls and such..."

Ah Xiruo then unleashed a torrent of words, "Little girl, do you think this [Qilin City] came about from somewhere? Has no one told you... that [Qilin City] is the work of this guy in front of you?"

"What?!" Huang Xiaoyun's eyes widened in disbelief. "This...how is this possible? [Qilin City] shouldn't be, it should be..."

—Regarding the appearance of [Qilin City], there is almost a consensus in the world that it was the work of the mysterious [Great Demon King] who appeared at the [Power Tournament] in Shenzhou, overpowered the True Dragon of Shenzhou, and even captured the True Dragon of Shenzhou.

At the same time, this "Great Demon King" is also the issuer of the "Black Card"!
Huang Xiaoyun... Daidouji Yuga, as the young lady of a top conglomerate in Japan, is no stranger to these kinds of things.

However, associating this Mr. Luo... this young customer who occasionally visits [If Pavilion] with the legendary [Great Demon King] was far beyond her comprehension.

“Nothing is impossible.” Ah Xi Ruo said with a smile, “The person standing in front of you now is a devil who knows how to bewitch people. When you are tempted by him, he will completely drain you and then devour you, leaving you with no hope of redemption. Little girl, if I were you, I would turn around and leave immediately before making a deal with this devil, and never come back to this place again.”

Mr. Luo chuckled casually and said, "Miss Long, are you trying to sabotage my business?"

Ah Xiruo shrugged and said, "It's hard to persuade a damn fool. If this girl insists on jumping into the fire pit, then no matter what I say, I can't stop her. If she leaves because of my few words, it just proves that this business was going to fail anyway... I'll just compensate you for your losses."

The compensation from the Divine Dragon of China is probably not very legitimate... Last time, Su Zijun used the same tactic—and gave it a righteous name, calling it "feeding the demon with one's own body"!
Luo Qiu smiled helplessly; he probably knew what Xi Ruo meant.

—She was testing the shop's bottom line.

What Ah Xi Ruo didn't know was that an auction had already temporarily satiated the [Altar]—the [Altar] didn't react at all to this negligible business.

This is simply Mr. Luo's personal interest.

"Mr. Luo...is this all true?" Huang Xiaoyun looked at Boss Luo with a complicated expression.

Mr. Luo thought for a moment and said, "Miss Huang, perhaps you can think carefully about what you want... However, if it's just a simple candle, I can still provide it to you this time."

Now that Xi Ruo had brought it up, Boss Luo snapped his fingers, and a box containing seven candles appeared out of thin air on the table.

Huang Xiaoyun took a deep breath. No matter how disbelieving she was, she couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine—in this [Qilin City], the only one who could conjure things out of thin air was probably the true creator of [Qilin City].

The "Great Demon King" that countless people have been searching for has been encountered by me... and I've met him more than once?
“Then, Miss Huang, before you continue using the candles, please remember what I said.” Boss Luo smiled slightly and said, “Inside the candle box, there is another option for you.”

Huang Xiaoyun was stunned for a moment, but the candle seemed to have some kind of fatal magic—suddenly, she hugged the box to her chest, nodded hurriedly, and then ran out the door as if she were running.

"Tsk!" Ah Xi Ruo said unhappily, "I knew it, you can't be reasoned with, damn it... Happy now, you got your way!"

Boss Luo suddenly reached out his hand.

"What are you going to do!" Ah Xiruo's eyes widened immediately.

Boss Luo chuckled and flicked Ah Xiruo's smooth forehead. "Miss Long seems to become quite lively once she transforms into [Long'er]."

"You think I wanted to become this grotesque?" Ah Xiruo rolled her eyes and said, "Who turned me into this in the first place?"

Boss Luo reached out and rubbed the spot where Ah Xiruo had been flicked earlier.

Ah Xiruo strongly suspects that she was petted like a cat... but she has no proof!
—I'm so annoyed!
"What's the other option inside that box?" she couldn't help but ask curiously.

Boss Luo smiled mysteriously, "Actually, it's just some very ordinary things."

"Fine, don't tell me then!" Ah Xiruo snorted coldly, jumping off the chair with her short legs. "I'm leaving. I'm already swamped with work, who wants to come here!"

—Stop me! You're dead!!

……

Ah Xi Ruo ultimately failed to get Boss Luo's offer to stay, and left the shop with a bitter taste in her mouth. She turned back angrily, about to spit out a kiss, but found that the shop behind her had disappeared, replaced by an old roller shutter door.

Ah Xiruo paused for a moment, then frowned.

Could this guy have opened his shop today just to wait for that girl from earlier?

"My lord, you've just come into contact with the [Root], haven't you?"

Just then, the voice of [Ice Wheel] suddenly rang in my mind—this did not violate the special nature of [Qilin City], because it was projected through shortwave signals.

"What's wrong?" Ah Xi Ruo asked, annoyed.

"My lord, please return to the Ship of Theseus immediately... You have come into contact with the Root, and the Stigmata have been damaged. They need to be repaired as soon as possible. Things are not as simple as you think!"

[Binglun] This time, her tone was unusually solemn.

Ah Xiruo paused for a moment, hesitated slightly, and finally agreed to Binglun's request—just as she was about to call Jigongshan's racing god back, a flashing door suddenly appeared in front of her.

Beyond the door lay the True Dragon Secret Realm!

"You... how did you do that?" Ah Xiruo asked incredulously.

"—This wasn't my doing…it must have been His Highness. My lady, it seems His Highness is quite satisfied with you after all your tireless efforts! Should we now schedule the acquisition of final authority?"

Ah Xiruo shrugged and passed directly through the portal... After all, those terabytes of study materials weren't for nothing.

……

The Divine Land, the Secret Realm of the True Dragon.

Ah Xi Ruo entered the Pool of Inheritance once again, and following the guidance of [Ice Wheel], began to guide the power of the True Dragon to repair [Sacred Mark].

It will take quite a while, at least several hours.

"My lord, before your [Holy Mark] is fully mature, it's best to avoid directly confronting the [Root] as much as possible." [Ice Wheel] projected a figure of light whose face was obscured. "If the [Root] senses a threat, I'll probably have to wait until the next Void God Era to see you again!"

"I... I can still threaten the [Shop]?" Ah Xi Ruo frowned. "This [Holy Mark] has such a powerful background?"

[Binglun] shook her head, "Although the [Sacred Mark] was created by the Prince by condensing all his knowledge, it can at most be slightly comparable to the power of the royal family. In fact, it will not truly pose a threat to the [Root].

"And then you said?"

"What I'm saying is that [Root] cares a lot about His Highness," [Ice Wheel] said calmly. "Please don't show even the slightest intention to [steal] His Highness in front of [Root], before...

Ah Xi Ruo frowned, because there was a part of [Bing Lun] that was slurred, "Before what?"

[Ice Wheel] shook her head, "It seems that only after you, my lord, obtain the final authority can these things be opened to you... [The Ship of Theseus] has imposed restrictions on me."

"Damn it..." Ah Xi Ruo cursed, "It's not a question of whether I want to have a baby or not, it's that I can't afford it! Do you know how expensive it is to have a baby...? Are you going to give me a subsidy?"

【Binglun】 pondered and said, “Indeed, it is impossible to obtain His Highness’s bloodline without paying a price… It seems that you, my lord, do need to enter the void and try to obtain some of the legacy buried by the prince.”

"Oh? My cheap old man from who-knows-how-many lifetimes ago left me an inheritance?" Ah Xi Ruo became slightly interested. "How much?"

"I don't know the exact amount," [Ice Wheel] shook her head, "but it should be enough to buy half of [Mythical Side]..."

"That's not enough," Ah Xi Ruo said helplessly. "Your Highness said that at least the four sides of the Void Realm need to be emptied to be enough!"

"So many!" [Ice Wheel] exclaimed in surprise, pondering, "Could it be that [The Origin] deliberately raised the bar... Could it be that [She] has woken up?"

"she?"

The light and shadow of [Ice Wheel] suddenly became blurry, and after a while it returned to normal. "My lady, did I just say anything? I checked the database and found that a piece was missing."

Ah Xiruo suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, but shook her head and said, "You didn't say anything... Oh, you said you had a gift for me, what was it again?"

[Binglun] seemed no longer bothered by the missing data. "My lord, once your [Holy Mark] is repaired, I need your True Spirit Imprint to be imprinted on the [Ship of Theseus]!"

"Imitate my true spirit?"

“Yes.” [Ice Wheel] said solemnly, “Only in this way can you be resurrected from the [Ship of Theseus] when you die… However, there is only one chance to be resurrected. This is a chance to start over, specially prepared for you by His Highness. This time, when you enter the void, you may encounter some uncontrollable dangers. Although theoretically you are following His Highness and should not encounter any accidents, it is always better to be safe than sorry. Nothing is absolute in the void…”

A chance to be resurrected, a chance to start over...

Ah Xiruo was truly stunned at this moment.

Although we've never met, it's as if I could feel the deep...love in the prince's heart from the simple words of "Ice Wheel".

"This must be...very difficult, very difficult to do, right?"

Ah, Xi Ruo murmured to herself.

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"Xiaoyun, you're back? Hurry up and get ready, the evening market is about to open!"

"I'm sorry, I... I'm not feeling well..."

"I see... Well then, you should get some rest?"

Huang Xiaoyun strode into the private room that served as her temporary residence—in fact, the room had never been open to the public since she moved in.

Although Bob said he had suffered a huge loss, he was actually tough on the outside but soft on the inside... He even personally installed a lock on the door of the private room.

Upon returning, Huang Xiaoyun hurriedly locked the door, then quickly opened the candle box and eagerly lit one.

But at that moment, she discovered that inside the candle box, there was an even smaller box.

—Inside the candle box, there's another option I'm giving you.

Mr. Luo's words seemed to echo in my ears once again.

Huang Xiaoyun hesitated for a moment, then carefully opened the "selection"—inside was a box of "alprazolam"... a prescription drug for treating anxiety and insomnia.

Huang Xiaoyun was momentarily stunned. She picked up the medicine box and examined it repeatedly, but couldn't see anything special about it. She even carefully diluted it a little to test it, and it turned out to be just a very ordinary alprazolam.

Huang Xiaoyun sighed in disappointment, "I've taken countless doses of this medicine, but it's completely useless..."

Her gaze returned to the candle, and her hand, as if beyond her control, slowly reached out...