Chapter 936: Teasing Her?

"Are you trying to joke around with me?" Bai Meiyue asked coldly. She did not like how casual the man was being with her. It was as if the two of them were good friends, even though they did not know one another.

The man raised his hands in the air as if he were surrendering. "Of course not; it was you who started it first. You and I both know that we have never met with one another. You actually asked me if I knew you from before. How can I know you when I have never run into you?" What the man said indeed made sense, but something about his presence alone made Bai Meiyue feel a bit weird. She did not know why, but whenever he talked or moved, she had this feeling that she knew him.

"I just feel —"

"That I am too friendly?" The man offered helpfully. He then spread his hands in front of him and said to her, "I am a merchant who is bound to move around and meet with new people. If I am as cold as you, how will I sell my things?"

Once again, he made a correct point.

But still—

Though Bai Meiyue was suspicious, she still dropped the idea of attacking him, and the knife disappeared from her hand. She reached out to pick up the books that were scattered all over the table. However, just as she picked up the first book, she heard the man say, "You are quite selfless."

Frowning hard, she raised her head and looked at the hooded man. "What do you mean?"

"You bought books for all your loved ones, but you did not buy anything for yourself. You are an ice user, right? I saw the ice dagger that you were about to stab me with."

"Sorry about that." Bai Meiyue did not think that she was wrong, but she still apologised. After all, it was quite rude of her to point a dagger at someone she had just met.

"It’s fine, but you did not answer my question," said the man, with a tilt of his head. "Why did you buy books for others but not yourself?"

"Because I am fine without them."

"And the rest aren’t? You are quite generous to care about them even when the world is coming to an end."

"They are worth it."

"Even the man who possesses both the fire and void?" enquired the hooded man, and when she raised her head to look at him with confusion in her eyes, the man shook his head. "I was just asking because I have seen people with such powerful abilities collapsing. They either failed to control the two powers and ended up killing themselves or the dual powers caused their bodies to explode because their small bodies could not contain so much energy. I am surprised that he had not lost his life till now."

"Don’t you think you are making a losing bet by buying something for someone who is going to lose his life sooner or later?"

Bai Meiyue paused and her eyes narrowed dangerously. Truth be told, there were times when Bai Meiyue often kicked Lei Qian around, telling him to leave her alone, but if he were to really leave her, then she was sure she might not be able to stay the same anymore. "He will not die. I will make sure of it."

"Oh, so you are going to protect him?" asked the man with a hint of amusement in his voice.

"Of course."

The merchant’s fingers that were playing with the bag of crystal nuclei paused and he nodded. "How unfortunate he is."

Bai Meiyue did not notice the subtle change in his voice as she was too busy inspecting the voidwalker codex.

Once the transaction was finished, Bai Meiyue collected the books and placed them in her storage space. She was waiting for the barter system room to disappear when she heard the hooded man speak again, "Bai Meiyue."

Hearing his hoarse voice, Bai Meiyue dropped her head and looked at the man with some confusion. She was already wondering why the barter room had not disappeared when the man called her with a familiarity that she could not understand.

"What?"

"You are still carrying too much responsibility on your shoulders. I thought that you would live a good life after returning."

Bai Meiyue’s expression changed when she heard the words of the man.

"What did you say?"

The hooded man leaned back. "Five books —each one of them is for someone else, but you did not buy anything for yourself. I am afraid that you are still the same, where you don’t consider your own future."

Bai Meiyue stared at the man in front of her; she could not understand what kind of riddle he was trying to quote. No, in fact, she had a feeling that she knew what the man was trying to tell her. "You—"

"Be careful of the man who possesses fire and void abilities."

Before Bai Meiyue could say even a word more or even ask what the man was trying to do, she heard him warn her. "What?"

"Those two abilities are difficult to cultivate together. Tell him never to fuse those two powers together unless he becomes strong enough to deal with the two of them. Sometimes people with two abilities tend to become arrogant."

Bai Meiyue summoned the ice knife again. "Why do you speak as if you know him?"

The hooded man’s jaw moved as if he had just smiled. "Perhaps I do?"

"Who are you?" Bai Meiyue lunged at the man. "How do you know him? Why do you know so much? Tell me!" She demanded, but before she could even touch him or before the knife could even pierce his skin, he reached out and caught the tip of the knife in between his fingers.

His eyes rested on her face. "Impatient as always."