Chapter 208: Adding a Foreshadowing, Hehe
This scene almost pissed Li Zheng off.
He just told others he wasn't a thief, and then in the blink of an eye, he got caught in the act!
What's this called?
It's called handing someone the hammer yourself!
Damn it!
If Sister Shuang had this awareness, the 2.08 million daily salary thing wouldn't have been exposed so late.
And as for Ms. Ark and the others...
Oh, they were sold out by their master, an operation basically equivalent to handing the hammer themselves.
Then it's nothing.
Li Zheng watched as Pink Poli and Little Sakura shared less than a cup of bamboo tea, both showing intoxicated expressions.
"Why do I always feel Pink Poli is being instigated by someone?" Li Zheng stared at Little Sakura suspiciously, trying to read something from its face.
Can't blame Li Zheng for thinking this, it's mainly because Little Sakura has a track record!
Back in the Ancient Ruins, this guy learned to hide stolen goods in public while still in its juvenile stage, and now at this age, instigating accomplices isn't impossible!
"Awo?"
Li Zheng noticed some awkwardness on Little Sakura's face, confirming there was some merit to his suspicions.
But he didn't have the time to teach it a lesson right now.
Thinking of the Ancient Ruins again, Li Zheng felt frustrated. He had to head to a channel starting with 9 early tomorrow to deal with those insidious mood interferences as soon as possible.
As for now...
Li Zheng looked at the open light curtain door, thought it over for a while, and decided to allocate some usage times of the Star Thief to bring Xiao Siyuan and the others over.
Not for anything else, just hoping for a few more guests, so that next time when seeing Zi Shu, they won't hold this theft against him.
Even though the two little guys only stole a bit of "junk."
But stealing junk, does it not count as theft?
Of course, the so-called "allocation" wasn't free.
Li Zheng explained the matter of the blacksmith shop in the group Ye Yuanjian had set up and generously said he could offer everyone who wanted to come a chance for precise teleportation.
As for the price...
Li Zheng sent the attributes of the "Star Thief" in the group, leaving everyone speechless for quite a while.
Finally, a shameless man with the surname Feng spoke first: "No wonder you're my bro, even managed to get Extraordinary Level items, awesome! 666!"
Yan Guang commented, "Old Li, just how much more good stuff do you have? Just show them all, don't drag things out."
Lu Li: "Dear dad! You know I'm the world's greatest dutiful son, could you really bear to charge me a fee?"
Li Zheng replied, "Business is business, don't talk to me about father-son love, we're not discussing that."
Phoenix Mountain gloated, "Little nephew got shut down, at crucial moments brotherly love prevails, my dear brother, can you lend me some credit?"
Yan Guang: "Don't embarrass us outside! @Li Zheng, rest assured, we can't make it, Yu Xiaoyu and my father-in-law are here, he can't leave."
Phoenix Mountain: "Damn..."
Ye Kai laughed, "The day you act on that word is the day I'll believe you're a real man."
Chu Xiao: "Silently +1, just to show some sincerity: [Pure Spirit Ice Dew] Gold Level Ice Gene Ability Development Tool, two bottles total one hundred milliliters."
Ye Yuan: "I'm coming too, but I don't have much good stuff, can only offer one Gold Level Active Core, big brother give me a chance, my Gatling needs an upgrade!"
Ye Kai: "I'm going too, Gold Level Active Core +1."
Chu Xiao: "C'mon...I at least brought out two, can't you siblings be a little less shameless?"
Li Chun: "Um... I have Little Spider and that's enough, so I'm not going."
The cheekiest was still Xiao Siyuan: "Gold Level Healing tool, five hundred milliliters of Black Water, for two spots."
Li Zheng was speechless: "..."
He had a feeling Old Xiao offered the Black Water purely to annoy people, because from the start, Li Zheng had already decided to bring them over.
Not for anything else, just wanted to see if the All-Purpose Medical Bed could heal Lin Fengjiao's injuries.
At this moment, Li Zheng suddenly felt a twinge of unease: "Old Xiao has been bringing up Black Water time and again to make his presence known, could he still hold a grudge over the Abyss Fruit?"
Although Li Zheng wasn't sure just how bad the Abyss Fruit tasted, he remembered its foul smell vividly.
It's enough to make one nauseous just thinking about it now.
If the taste of the Abyss Fruit was recreated one-to-one...
Li Zheng imagined, no matter how tolerant a person was, they would remember such a thing for a long time...
He even felt that it was already quite something Old Xiao hadn't turned against him back then, perhaps out of consideration for his military medic identity.
In the end, besides Yan Guang and Phoenix Mountain, everyone else decided to come over and upgrade their equipment.
This was where having good connections proved beneficial. If they hadn't maintained a good relationship with Li Zheng, they wouldn't have made it to this blacksmith shop upgrade.
Soon, Li Zheng lent out the Star Thief one by one, collecting all the payments by the way.
The payments included two Gold Level Active Cores from the Ye Kai siblings.
Two bottles of "Pure Spirit Ice Dew" from Chu Xiao.
Five hundred milliliters of Black Water from Xiao Siyuan and Lin Fengjiao.
Two kilograms of Orichalcos Alloy from Lu Li.
Three hundred grams of Tiberium Alloy from Liu Jiale.
Two hundred milliliters of "Roaring White Tiger Blood" from Zhan Zhouzhou.
As a result, without using the Star Thief even once himself, Li Zheng had already used up eight teleportation chances.
Once everyone had teleported over, the originally small island felt a bit crowded.
Luckily the people who arrived earlier didn't linger, after a brief chat with Li Zheng, they all entered the blacksmith shop to negotiate with Zi Shu.
When Zhan Zhouzhou came over, Li Zheng and her exchanged glances at each other's feet for three seconds.
"Eye Demon Hide?" Zhan Zhouzhou asked.
Although the girl's hair roots were showing a little over the last few days, seeing her in person now, not much had changed, it just wasn't easy to directly look at her scalp through the roots.
Li Zheng nodded, "Eye Demon Hide."
He had nothing to hide here, their shoes were made of the same material, identifiable at a glance.
Initially, Li Zheng was a bit surprised, but when the other party asked about it, he suddenly realized something.
That was when he encountered the Eye Demon, Old Pu unusually provided detailed information without him directly facing the opponent.
Back then, he didn't find it odd.
Looking back, Zhan Zhouzhou must have encountered the Abyssal Eye Demon before him.
She might have even faced it directly!
Only those who had truly seen the Abyssal Eye Demon could understand how terrifying it was.
That feeling of losing control over one's thoughts was indescribable.
Daring to face the Abyssal Eye Demon, even maintaining oneself while defeating it.
This girl's mental fortitude exceeded Li Zheng's imagination.
Zhan Zhouzhou stared intently at Li Zheng, her eyes suddenly sharpening, exuding a fierce aura.
At that moment, Li Zheng seemed to see an illusion, where Zhan Zhouzhou was no longer a human, but a sharp, menacing longsword.
Li Zheng felt a chill from her gaze, almost believing she was about to attack him.
However, the aura was quickly withdrawn; Zhan Zhouzhou slightly shook, confused: "You're not in the right state. Find an opportunity to check yourself."
With that, she walked into the blacksmith shop.