Chapter 570 - A Pie That Fell from the Sky (2/2)

At this point, Vigilante A recovered from his inert state after hearing his words.

“That would be fine,” said Vigilante A lightly as he pushed his palm out. All thirty bottles of the pills glided across in the air.

If there was a possibility, the Infernal Flame would want to disrupt the transaction by invoking a gust of demonic wind and swiping the pills away…

He had done that plenty of times in the Upper Realm. After all, he was a rat demon with a natural instinct and an affinity for stealing.

However, due to the power that Vigilante A wield, it should still look like a fair transaction.

With that said, he was relieved it was him. If it were other powerhouses, they might have tried to snatch it away immediately without a chance for the trade, let alone to trick.

‘A gentleman can be fooled by a logically-sound argument, after all.’

He muttered some words having that thought in mind. A monument about several meters tall began to slowly emerge from the lava, shrank, and hovered toward Vigilante A.

As soon as it was close enough, Vigilante A waved his hand and the monument disappeared.

Gu Buwei was surprised. The monument was fully ocher, emitting a rich, dense sense of the earth, as its name suggested, but it was mostly featureless.

As soon as the transaction was done, the Infernal Flame bade him goodbye and scrambled away hurriedly without saying another word.

‘How would this demon try to trick Vigilante A?’

Gu Buwei gave it a thought and disappeared into thin air.

…

At that moment, in the System Space.

The green frog circled its new companion while making sounds of approval. “This kid with a background is of a different class. It has such a nice outfit as soon as it’s born.”

The ocher-colored Earthly Monument was about six meters tall with a smooth, jade-like surface. Compared to the Divine Monument, currently a green frog, it was also tinier in size.

The Divine Monument was ten meters tall with an unimpressive black body. It was only after the System’s “education” that it turned into its current greenish-purple shade of nobility.

The Earthly Monument was fully in the shade of the muddy ground. The color was a little old-fashioned, but at least it was dressed up…

The Earthly Monument trembled a few moments, seemingly communicating with the green frog.

“You wanna go home? That’s impossible. It’s better if you’d just update your new master’s profile so you’d get less beating. I’m only doing this for your own good,” advised the frog.

The monument trembled violently in a fit of furious refusal.

“You’re a fierce one, aren’t you? What a shame, you’ve followed someone bad and have been sold. I know a good guy here, if you are willing to change your master, I promise you won’t get beaten up,” the green frog coaxed compassionately.

At the end of the day, they were connected by a hint of comradeship. The frog began to soften its words, not wanting its little sibling to go through what it had gone through before.

The Earthly Monument swayed hesitantly.

The green frog noticed it and immediately showed its original form. A greenish-purple monument appeared in front of the Earthly Monument.

The Earthly Monument was shocked into stillness.

Fang Ning stood a little bit away from them as he observed the exchange.

Soon after, the green frog’s voice rang beside his ears. “My brother, we have it. My fellow monument is willing to become your follower.”

“Uh, this, how could I receive this?” Fang Ning was ecstatic. His opportunity had come so quickly. However, he still pretended to be surprised, in case a certain idiot notices.

“Dammit, I wanted to bind it with me, why does it want to follow you as its master? No, this won’t do, it’s not safe, I have to throw it into the cultivation cauldron,” protested the System.

Fang Ning immediately persuaded it, “As the saying goes, you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink. Even though you have made the Divine Monument bow at you, it still harbors some resentment toward you. If I weren’t being the good cop this whole time, it would still hide a good amount of information from us.”

“Hm, you have a point. Ah well, I’ll save my experience points,” said the System with a slight doubt.

“I can’t believe I, Fang Ning, would be able to receive a treasure like this just by staying at home.” Fang Ning had removed the last obstacle between him and the Earthly Monument, so he skipped toward the Earthly Monument preparing himself for it to call him its master.