Chapter 935: Have We Met Before (II)

What was more, this book even taught how to grow defensive plants that were capable of restraining zombies and hostile ability users. And if her mother could develop rare medicinal herbs, their family would have a valuable source of supplies to trade. Her mother’s ability could now become one of the greatest assets to her.

Though she was able to find what she was looking for, Bai Meiyue could not help but grow uneasy. After all, this was too much of a coincidence. How was she able to get what she was looking for? She raised her head and looked at the man with a slightly confused and wary look in her eyes. However, she kept her suspicion hidden in her eyes.

Instead, she raised her hand and picked up the last two books that were scattered on the table. And sure enough, as she picked up the crimson glowing book that seemed to swallow the light around her, she realised that the two books depicted Lei Qian’s abilities. One had the title Infernal Sovereign Scripture, a book that taught how to control concentrated blasts, fire armour, and flame resistance, along with advanced flame compression and flame control.

And more than that, at the end it actually had the infernal core formation explained. A technique taught advanced users to compress their fire energy into a more concentrated core, improving control and destructive power while reducing unnecessary energy loss.

Her attention then turned to the voidwalker codex. A legendary book that cost more than fifteen second-grade crystal nuclei. If one learnt the lessons written in the book, they could control void energy and spatial distortion, along with defensive void barriers, energy disruption and short-range spatial displacement.

Bai Meiyue’s breathing slowed down. This was the book that she was sure she could never find because the power of void wasn’t something that she could find just because she was looking for it. Because if she was not wrong, then Lei Qian was the only one who was able to awaken the power of void, and no one else was able to gain that ability!

"These books, they seem like they had just been printed." Bai Meiyue pointed out.

"Are they?"

Bai Meiyue narrowed her eyes even more dangerously. "Don’t play dumb with me. Where did you find these books, and how did you know that I wanted them?"

The hooded man leaned back on his feet, with his hands in his hood; he tilted his head to one side. "Does it really matter? Why does it matter where the book came from? As long as the content is useful to you, you can buy them, Miss Bai, or I can sell them somewhere else."

"Don’t try to threaten me." Bai Meiyue placed a hand on the books that she wanted, but could not shake off the suspicions that were rising in her heart. "You do have to admit that you are suspicious, don’t you?"

The man laughed. And this time the sound was so familiar that Bai Meiyue felt a strange sensation in her chest. She had heard this laugh before—someone quite familiar. Someone who was standing right beside her, looking at her with a kind of infuriating amusement. But she shook her head. She knew everything about Lei Qian; if that man had this kind of system then she would definitely be the first person to know.

And if he had these books, then he would have given them to her without hiding them at all.

"Tell me, Miss Bai. Are you always this suspicious of people when you are bartering with them in the barter system? The barter system exists to give you what you want; this is the purpose of the barter system, what use is this system if it cannot even give you what you want?"

"But it’s too much of a coincidence, don’t you think?" Bai Meiyue arched a brow, her hand stretching out and forming an ice dagger. "It seems like you know me better than anyone in the barter system."

"Then perhaps you should be careful with what you reveal." The man chuckled.

Bai Meiyue’s expression changed. For the first time, the merchant’s teasing tone seemed to conceal something sharper. Was he actually warning her? Or was he just messing around with her?

She studied the shadow beneath his hood, searching for even a glimpse of his face; however, she could not see anything beyond the sharp outline of the man’s jaw.

"How much?" She asked with a frown.

"Fifty-two crystal nuclei. I will chip off the two extra nuclei as a discount."

"Discount?" Bai Meiyue expected the book on void power to be charged fifteen crystal nuclei or maybe more. How could this man just ask for fifty crystal nuclei, and that too for so many rare manuals? Her eyes flickered. "You have five rare manuals, including a legendary technique, and you are asking for only fifty-two nuclei?"

"Would you prefer to pay for more? If you are feeling unsettled, then I can ask for more from you."

"No!"

"Then stop complaining; you already know that you are getting a bargain."

Bai Meiyue clenched the knife in her hand. She waited for the man to attack her or do something, but he stayed put. What?

"Are you waiting for me to do a celebratory dance or something of the sort?" the man asked with a teasing note in his voice.

Bai Meiyue snorted. He counted fifty crystal nuclei and handed them to the man.

The man took them unhurriedly, but Bai Meiyue noticed something peculiar. The man did not count them; instead, he placed them all in his pockets. He never counted the crystal nuclei, as if he knew that she had given him the exact number of crystal nuclei. It was as if he trusted her completely. Or as if the transaction meant very little to him.

Bai Meiyue’s suspicion deepened. "Have we met before?"

The man’s figure paused as he slowly turned to look at her. "Why are you asking such a thing? Did I leave such a deep impression on you?"

"Answer the question?"

"Hmm, perhaps we met in another life?"