Chapter 729 - 811 Racket
Carefree Peak.
Long Xiaoyao slowly put down his teacup, his brows furrowed, and in front of him floated an upright round stone.
The stone was polished exceptionally smooth, reflecting like a mirror, and the side facing Long Xiaoyao showed scenes from within the Profound Spirit Mirror.
The blood that Ice Spirit spat from her mouth seemed to splatter right in front of Long Xiaoyao, but he didn’t care. What he cared about was Chen Mo’s current performance in front of Ice Spirit.
"Sister Ice Spirit, are you alright? Do you need help?" Chen Mo squatted down, took out a healing Initial Grade Treasure Medicine from the Blood Pearl, and handed it to Ice Spirit.
Ice Spirit looked up, and upon seeing it was the onlooker, her eyebrows shot up in anger.
Now you ask if I need help, why didn’t you step in earlier?
However, she did need healing now, so she took the Initial Grade Treasure Medicine Chen Mo handed her. After cautiously examining it to confirm it was indeed a healing Treasure Medicine, she began to operate her Cultivation Technique, absorbing the medicine’s power into her body bit by bit.
"Chen Mo, don’t think that just because you gave me a Treasure Medicine, I’ll like you," Ice Spirit said.
"..."
"Sister Ice Spirit, aren’t you a bit too conceited? Don’t worry, I won’t think that way," Chen Mo said, two black lines appearing on his forehead upon hearing her words.
"Hmph, lecher," Ice Spirit wasn’t entirely unaware of Chen Mo. After learning about his conflict with Senior Brother Long, she had investigated Chen Mo, knowing he had many female confidants around him.
She even closely studied how Chen Mo met the Nangong sisters and how they became Dao Companions. (In her view, the Nangong sisters were Chen Mo’s Dao Companions.)
It was nothing more than Chen Mo saving and helping the sisters several times.
The hero saving the beauty might be cliché, but it works well.
After understanding Chen Mo’s routine, Ice Spirit thought Chen Mo’s intervention was just another attempt to play the old trick.
If you’re going to play the old trick, at least act more convincingly. Not stepping in until the fight’s over to try and gain favor, isn’t that a bit too late?
Seeing Ice Spirit’s expression, as if she had assumed something, Chen Mo’s mouth twitched slightly before he said, "Sister Ice Spirit, do you know me?"
He heard Ice Spirit call his name from the start.
"You know me, why can’t I know you?" Ice Spirit said while healing, cautiously observing Chen Mo, and then added, "I don’t know what Sister Zhao sees in you, you’re not even half as good as Senior Brother Long."
There was something Ice Spirit didn’t say. Before the competition began, Long Xiaoyao had once asked her to deal with Chen Mo, but Ice Spirit had refused.
Even though she liked Long Xiaoyao, she didn’t dislike Chen Mo, and without any grudge, she wouldn’t harm one person just because she liked another.
Besides, she could see that Long Xiaoyao was merely using her.
"Long Xiaoyao?!" Chen Mo’s face turned dark.
After seeing Ice Spirit had absorbed the medicine’s power, Chen Mo cheerfully said, "Sister Ice Spirit, you’ve used the Treasure Medicine, can you pay now?"
"Pay?!"
Hearing this, Ice Spirit was slightly stunned, her eyes widening, then she became a bit agitated, "Are you upset because you were rejected?"
"Fine, I’ll pay. How much?"
Ice Spirit thought he only did this because she turned him down.
Black lines increasingly covered Chen Mo’s forehead, thinking where this oddball came from.
To be honest, he only approached now with the intent to take all of Ice Spirit’s points.
If he wanted to help her, he would’ve acted when she was cornered by the Vine Arm Apes earlier.
The reason he gave her an Initial Grade Treasure Medicine was just to provide himself with a reason to make a move and incidentally take advantage of the situation. This was to avoid being accused of exploiting Sister Ice Spirit’s injury for personal gain and acting unscrupulously.
"Not much, just all the points Sister Ice Spirit has," Chen Mo said casually.
"What?!" Ice Spirit’s eyes widened even more as she exclaimed, "All the points? Why don’t you just rob me?"
"Isn’t that what I’m doing?" Chen Mo mumbled to himself, but with a smile on his face, he said, "Sister Ice Spirit, I don’t like hearing those words. When you see a doctor, you have to pay a consultation fee, right? Now you’ve used my Top Grade Treasure Medicine and you owe me in points, isn’t that the way it should be?"
"Top Grade Treasure Medicine?" Ice Spirit was momentarily dumbfounded, then stood up in anger, "This Blood Ganoderma is clearly just an Initial Grade Treasure Medicine, when did it become a Top Grade Treasure Medicine?"
"What Blood Ganoderma, that was clearly Treasure Blood Ganoderma. Are you trying to renege on the bill, Sister Ice Spirit?"
She falsely claimed he liked her, so what’s wrong with him calling the Blood Ganoderma a Treasure Blood Ganoderma?
Blood Ganoderma and Treasure Blood Ganoderma look alike, and although their names are similar, their grades are worlds apart. The former is just an Initial Grade Treasure Medicine, while the latter is a Top Grade Treasure Medicine, much more valuable.
"Treasure Blood Ganoderma?"
Upon hearing Chen Mo’s words, Ice Spirit was utterly stunned. How could such a shameless person exist, mistaking Blood Ganoderma for Treasure Blood Ganoderma? She shouted, "Do you think I’m blind, unable to tell Blood Ganoderma from Treasure Blood Ganoderma? And you gave it to me."
"You took it when I offered, and I never said it was free. Besides, I hadn’t finished my words when you used it and then slandered my Treasure Blood Ganoderma as Blood Ganoderma," Chen Mo said, capitalizing on Ice Spirit.
Ice Spirit was so angry she wanted to spit blood and cursed, "Despicable and shameless."
"But not boring, right?"
"Thinking you’re interesting when you’re not, you’re terrible, and it’s Zhao Sister’s bad luck to like you."
"Terrible?" Chen Mo smirked, "I’m not marrying you, so why worry? We’re alike."
"Don’t talk nonsense."
"Weren’t you the one who started with nonsense? I’m just saying we’re alike."
"You’re sleazy, always hunched over."
"You’re not standing up straight either."
"Chen Mo." Ice Spirit fumed.
"Sister Ice Spirit." Chen Mo extended his hand, demanding the points.
"I don’t have any, and even if I did, I wouldn’t give them to you." Ice Spirit’s delicate face turned icy cold.
"Then I’ll have to take them by force, Sister Ice Spirit," he said, activating Heaven and Earth Lose Color, enveloping Ice Spirit within it.
Outside.
The disciples outside could see the scene within but couldn’t hear the sound, only knowing the two had a dispute and then saw Chen Mo make a move.
Merak Peak.
Though Zuoqiu Yiren couldn’t hear inside, she understood lip-reading. After watching their exchange, she couldn’t help but twitch her mouth.
One conceited.
One shameless.
Truly a perfect match.
...
After executing Heaven and Earth Lose Color, Chen Mo once again summoned the Top Grade Magical Artifact Nine Thunder Profound Celestial Spear, pointing it slantwise at Ice Spirit, and said, "Sister Ice Spirit, your injury isn’t healed yet, it’s better to obediently hand over the points to avoid further suffering."
Chen Mo felt like he had become the villain.