Gently lifting the fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame with his palm, Zuo Chen calmed the excitement in his heart.
Logically speaking, this butterfly effect should be very big. It didn't affect the map fragment at all.
Actually, it was Zuo Chen himself who was thinking too much. No matter how big the butterfly effect was, it was cut off by him in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts. Only the Fairy Doctor and the Lion King's men knew of his appearance and his survival. Ya Fei only knew of his fake identity.
On this tattered picture that looked like it would turn into powder at the slightest touch, a mysterious dark brown route was outlined. Zuo Chen knew that this was the route to the place where the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame descended.
Just as he was thinking about how to take this map fragment away, Hai Bodong, whose white hair was fluttering in the wind, had finally finished the work in his hands. However, he did not raise his head. His old voice calmly reverberated within the room.
"You want to buy a map of the Tager Desert, right?”
Turning his head gently, Zuo Chen smiled and said,""Yes, I am. Old sir, can you give me the most accurate and detailed map of the desert? Especially the danger symbol that mercenaries needed.”
"Mercenaries?" Hai Bodong put down his pen. His sunken and turbid eyes stared at the young man in front of him with some surprise. He wore a black robe. Although his long black hair was tied up, it was still at his waist. His somewhat indifferent face appeared extremely ordinary. No matter how Hai Bo Dong sensed it, he did not sense the murderous aura of a mercenary licking blood from his blade. Instead, it gave off a feeling that made one's heart calm.
No matter how he thought about it, he would never think that the youth in front of him was a mercenary.
Hai Bodong did not think too much about it. Instead, he only said indifferently,"The items are on the counter. As for what you said, I don't have it here.”He did not look like a businessman at all.
Zuo Chen nodded his head helplessly. He casually picked a rather detailed map from the counter. Then, he carefully opened the ancient map fragment in his hand and asked,"Old sir, what is this? It's actually so ancient?"
Hearing Zuo Chen's question, Hai Bo Dong, who was originally focused on drawing the map, trembled his hand in an undetectable manner. The route that he had meticulously drawn appeared to deviate slightly. Hai Bodong frowned slightly and finally slowly raised his head. His gaze swept across the broken map in Zuo Chen's hand, and an unknown meaning flashed across his turbid old eyes.
The old face that was lifted up was somewhat fierce. There was actually a frightening scar from the left side of this face to the corner of his eye. Although Hai Bo Dong's eyes were extremely calm, this scar still caused him to have a faintly visible fierceness.
"It's just a collection from many years ago." Hai Bo Dong did his best to hide the surprise in his eyes as he slowly spoke.
"Is that so?" Zuo Chen's thumb gently caressed the somewhat smooth fragment and said somewhat thought-provoking:"May I ask if this item is valuable? If it's not too valuable, I want to take it. I feel that this item is extremely fated with me.”
The corner of Hai Bodong's eyes twitched a little as he slowly said,"It's nothing valuable. I only obtained it by chance. According to my many years of experience in drawing, this seems to be just a fragment of a map. There's no use in taking it. It's better to leave it with me to accompany me in my old age.”
Does this mean that you don't want to give it to me?
With a slight smile, Zuo Chen did not seem to understand the meaning of Hai Bo Dong's words. He continued to ask,"Since it's useless to you, then please grant my wish.”
"Hmph, that's impossible." With a light snort, the old man slowly lowered his head and once again focused his attention on the unfinished map. Although his tone was calm, there was an unquestionable attitude.
Zuo Chen was not angry. He stood there without moving and looked at Hai Bo Dong with a smile on his face.
Hai Bodong continued to concentrate on drawing the map. One stroke after another, it was as though he did not see Zuo Chen's figure.
Was it a competition of patience? Zuo Chen thought to himself, I'm very good at this.
From morning until noon, the old and the young were in a stalemate. Neither of them moved an inch.
Hai Bo Dong finally raised his head. He threw the brush in his hand and said indifferently,"Don't have any more ideas about my map. I don't care about money." Take your things and leave. Also, don't think about snatching them. That won't do you any good.”Hai Bodong waved his hand. He did not seem to be afraid that Zuo Chen would run away with the fragment in his hand.
Zuo Chen also grabbed the fragment and said with a smile,"What if I want to snatch it by force?"
"…" Hai Bo Dong's breathing paused for a moment before it became smooth again. He did not even look at Zuo Chen and asked,"What's your surname? Which family are you from?"
"My surname is Xiao." Zuo Chen's smile was flawless, as if he was telling the truth.
Hai Bo Dong pondered for a moment,"Xiao?" Hehe, that wild child from that family actually dared to speak arrogantly? Bully an old man like me?"
Zuo Chen could not help but feel happy when he saw Hai Bo Dong actually lower his voice for the sake of this map fragment. He mocked,"I didn't expect that Old Hai, one of the ten great experts back then, would also have such an unbearable scene. However, how did Old Hai become a peak Dou Ling?”
"Crack!" The ink brush in his hand moved slowly. Suddenly, a crisp sound was heard. It was cut off.
Hai Bodong's gaze stared intently at the black mark on the map, which was covered with a large patch of ink. A long while later, he raised his head and stared at Zuo Chen. A faint chill gradually lingered within his turbid eyes.
"Who exactly are you?"
His hand gently tapped on a certain spot on the table. The large door that was wide open actually closed with a bang. The old man's eyes were sharp as he stared at Zuo Chen. An ice-cold powerful aura spread from the old man's body.
"Don't worry about who I am. I just want to ask, if you don't want to give me this fragment, can you sell it to me?”
"Dream on."
"Are you selling or not?”Zuo Chen further infuriated Hai Bo Dong in front of him.
"I've said it before, I won't sell it to anyone. If you really intend to take it away by force, then don't blame me for bullying you.”Hai Bo Dong spoke in a faint voice. The white hair on his back moved without any wind. Ice-cold Dou Qi lingered around his body.
"Is that so?" The ridicule on Zuo Chen's face grew deeper and deeper," Old Hai, you're weak. Even his aura…"
Before he could finish speaking, a murderous aura flashed across Hai Bodong's face. That ferocious scar appeared much fiercer. His feet stepped on the ground and his body wildly shot toward Zuo Chen in a lightning-like manner. "You're courting death! Since you know my identity, then die!”
"High Xuan Dou Technique, Ice Soul Split!”
With a flick of his sleeve, an icy-blue icicle shot out, followed by a few more!
Those sharp icicles pierced through Zuo Chen's body at high speed. Zuo Chen quickly activated the Universe Formation and exploded his essence! The black-and-white Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Formation enveloped his entire body!
In the blink of an eye, a figure broke through the door at lightning speed. The golden figure was as powerful as lightning!
There was also a pig-like howl from outside."Xiao Jin! Xiao Jin, you…"
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