1072 Breaking Through the Barricade of the Summoning Elemen (1/2)

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

At first, the shop owner was planning to sell the soul for five hundred million. However, many experts told him that the thing was not worth that much money. Lately, there had been many customers since many people had come to Venice, but to his surprise, many people had left after taking a few glances at it. None of them showed the slightest interest in it. Therefore, he was forced to lower the price further, and it was now at three hundred million.

Even so, no one was interested in it still, until the American came in the afternoon. He initially thought he finally had a chance of selling it, but to his surprise, the American left saying that he had to discuss it with his advisor. Hubert thought the man would not return.

Not long after, the three Asians came and agreed to buy it right away. The two groups of people ended up crashing into one another.

The shop owner struggled to make a decision. It was true that the three Asians had agreed to buy it, and were already planning to pay for it, but he could not afford to offend the Vice Elder of the Sacred Hall of Liberty either!

The Mages of the Sacred Hall of Liberty were highly respected throughout the world. Any city would quake vigorously if they were to stomp their foot on the ground, let alone someone with the rank of Vice Elder.

”If you say so, I will...” Hubert reached out his hand, having decided to take Jack's card.

”Humph!” Pang Lai harrumphed heavily, interrupting Hubert's action. He said with a hint of disdain in his eyes, ”Who would have thought, a Vice Elder of the Sacred Hall of Liberty would be using her identity to threaten a shop owner. You're a disgrace to the name of the Sacred Hall of Liberty!”

”Old man, what did you say?” the furious Jake immediately rebuked.

Pang Lai's gaze sharpened. His eyes immediately turned into a ferocious, pitch-black demon leopard lunging at the young Mage, even though it was a mere illusion.

Jack was taken by surprise. He subconsciously took a few steps back. His face turned pale as cold sweat started pouring down on it!

”Kid, watch your tone,” Pang Lai snapped coldly.

Jack was struggling to breathe. His eyes were filled with disbelief.

Vice Elder Gisele was startled when she noticed something. She observed Pang Lai carefully.

”May I know who you are? The little kid might be insensible, but was that really necessary?” The Vice Elder, Gisele sounded cautious, yet she had no intention of backing off.

”I'm not the kind of person that will threaten someone with my identity. We have already decided to buy the item, so please don't intervene further!” Pang Lai declared.

”How are we intervening? We saw it first!”

”But have you paid for it? Did the shop owner say that the thing is yours? You said that you had reached a deal with the owner, yet he was trying to sell it to us. It's obvious that your student is only interested in it, yet he didn't say he was going to buy it! Mister, don't you change your mind now just because she is a Vice Elder. If you aren't doing business the way you should, I won't go easy on you, either!” Pang Lai said.

Both Gisele and Hubert were stunned by Pang Lai's words. First of all, Gisele was utterly dumbfounded, as she had always gotten her way whenever she revealed her identity as the Vice Elder of the Sacred Hall of Liberty. It was rare to stumble into anyone that dared to challenge her, and she had gotten used to it, yet the old man totally disregarded her status!

Hubert was even more lost in thoughts. The old man's reaction implied that his status was no lower than the Vice Elder of the Sacred Hall of Liberty. Why would two people with formidable backgrounds come to his shop at the same time? What was he supposed to do?

”Mister, I'll let you decide,” Gisele harrumphed coldly.

Hubert looked back and forth between the two. He finally decided to do business fairly and accepted Pang Lai's card.

Since he could not afford to offend either side, he was obliged to do it the normal way. The Asians did express their willingness to buy the item, and the Americans had interrupted halfway...

”Aren't you going to tell us your name?” Gisele asked in an unfriendly voice.

The item was quite a valuable find, yet someone else had taken it away from them. It clearly had put Gisele in a bad mood. She did not believe that the old man was actually an authoritative figure!

”Pang Lai,” Pang Lai responded, displeased.

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Pang Lai made the payment and received the goods. He immediately left with Mo Fan and Jiang Yu without paying any further attention to Gisele and Jack.

Gisele was stunned for a moment. It took her awhile just to collect her thoughts.

Some time after Pang Lai left, Jack recovered from his fear and blurted out, ”Advisor, why did you let them leave just like that? Who do they think they are, acting so arrogantly in Venice? How dare they not show any respect to the Sacred Hall of Liberty!”

”You better watch yourself around that old man. It's not like you have to respect him or anything, but his status is rather special. You're full of youthful vigor, yet you have to be careful not to step on his tail,” Gisele said.

”Who is he?”

”The Chief of the Chinese Royal Guards, someone ranked on the Tian Ranking; one of the top three Summoners in the world!” Gisele informed him.

Jack gaped. He was starting to feel a wave of terror rising when he was distracted by some noise behind him.