Stuck in a Chinese novel

Wei Jun could clearly spot the apprehension on the red-skinned woman's face but it was perfectly concealed behind her professional voice and expression. Wei Jun didn't know things were so bad but maybe it worked in his favor on the contrary.

"Hello. My name is James." Wei Jun simply introduced himself. While it would have been a norm to state your second name, Wei Jun felt best just sticking to his first name.

"Welcome, Mister James. How can I help you?" The red-skinned woman once again asked, keeping her professional façade up while Wei Jun could still pick up some hints of apprehension.

"It's like this," Wei Jun said before he began the tale of how he ended up there, "Me and my girlfriend are exploring this area. It was her idea and despite my opposition, she came here, ill-prepared on top of that."@@novelbin@@

The red-skinned woman looked at the woman next to Wei Jun who had an embarrassed expression on her face as she lightly hit Wei Jun on his chest and said, "Darling~~ You said you weren't mad about it anymore."

Her acting skills were indeed awesome as the woman simply assumed she was a spoiled princess who relied solely on her beauty. Wei Jun ignored her remarks and kept his gaze on the red-skinned woman, "But I prepared a lot of money. Still, I wasn't aware that when I would be booking us some tickets, my sweet, sweet girlfriend would fall victim to a scam and spend all my money on this."

Wei Jun pulled a small knife that was a simple knife. The red-skinned woman was instantly on guard when she spotted the weapon but when she saw what it really was, and the story began to set in, she couldn't help but chuckle. Of course, her chuckle was professionally hidden behind her cough.

Wei Jun didn't mind but the woman next to him increasingly turned red in shame. Wei Jun then got to the point now that the base of the story was set, "I simply want to ask a method for obtaining money through barter. I wonder if there's some place here that might buy something I have for a good price."

The red-skinned woman was skeptical that Wei Jun would have something like that, and most likely it was a ploy to extort money from her but she still asked, giving the people a benefit of the doubt, "And that something is…?"

Wei Jun put his hand in his left pocket and through the inventory, pulled out a B rank miasma core. As soon as he put it on the table, the eyes of both of the individuals near him went as wide as they could. The woman next to Wei Jun had seen B rank miasma crystals before but they were mostly monopolized by the grandmaster rank cultivators, making it difficult for her to have ever used one.

If they were ever lucky enough to find one in a B or A rank dungeon, it would straight up go to the higher-ups who needed support in their cultivation. Yet, here she was seeing a man who casually slapped one on the table, asking to barter for it. Barter!

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'His sect must be something else…' In the end, she could only conclude that his sect might consider him that much of a big prospect. But that wasn't all, the other question that plagued her was why would be ever think of selling something like that for their sake?

Unfortunately, she had no time to ask the question as the red-skinned woman yelled, "My lord! Forgive me for not accommodating you before!"

She fell on one knee and her head hung low. She didn't know what to do so she simply remained like so, afraid that the man before her had been offended by her words.

Only someone of human royalty would possess a crystal so pure and so big. There was no way it was just some ordinary human. It made sense since there were some eccentric royals who didn't like confined walls and constantly sought to explore the world outside their castles.

Wei Jun didn't know what had happened but he decided to adapt to the situation, "Fear not, woman. I am simply asking for a fair trade. I do not wish to rob you."

The woman couldn't help but look at Wei Jun when he spoke in some cringe way, expecting some signs of shame but there were none. He was as composed and regel as he was before. She couldn't help but admire how adapting he was.

"B-But my lord… How could I have---" The red-skinned woman began to say something in her defense but Wei Jun interrupted her, "How much will I get for this? I simply want to get home. Fairly, if possible."

The woman was clearly troubled, not inspired by Wei Jun's words, but troubled. She looked at Wei Jun to find any hints of a scam but she found none. Besides, a person who could slam such an expensive thing on the table like that wouldn't surely be a scam artist.

"Th-Then, you can sell it at the district plaza. Since the plaza of this district isn't very wealthy, you wouldn't be able to sell it. You might be able to hold it collateral so you could return and return the money you borrowed." The red-skinned woman explained.

Puzzled, and a little curious, Wei Jun couldn't help but ask, "How much do you think it would sell for?"

"Twenty million new Zeniths at the very least." The woman replied. Wei Jun didn't know what Zenith was but considering the topic of conversation, it was clearly the currency of this world. Not intending to rouse any suspicion, Wei Jun asked in a roundabout way, "And how much would that be?"

"Enough to buy this place," The woman pointed at the ground with her forefinger. Considering it was a ten-story building, twenty million of anything would be considered extremely too much.

"Enough to buy this building?" The woman next to Wei Jun asked, a little astonished. But, imagine her, and even Wei Jun's surprise when she shook her head and said, "Not this building. This place. This entire district."

"…" Both of them couldn't find words to say in reply. Both of them remained silent and simply looked at each other.

Wei Jun picked up the core and placed it back in his pocket, he then pulled out an E rank core which was smaller in size and less lustrous. He placed it on the counter and asked, "How much for this one?"

The red-skinned woman was still surprised, but not as much as before, and replied with a slight cough with the intent to clear and throat, "That would go for a million at least and two for the right buyer."

Wei Jun nodded and asked, "And how much can you buy it for?"

"You have to be joking, my lord. How can I ever buy such a thing? You will still have to place it as collateral at the district plaza and lend some amount temporarily." The red-skinned woman replied. Wei Jun simply nodded and said, "You have my gratitude for the information you have imparted to me." Saying so, he slid the core forward and said, "Let this be your reward at the moment as I have nothing else to compensate you with."

"…" The red-skinned woman couldn't utter anything in shock. She remained frozen in her place when Wei Jun saw that that state wouldn't end any time soon so he signaled the woman next to him and they made their way out of the building, returning to the group who was standing at the sidewalk so as to not attract further attention. After all, they didn't want incidents like when they entered to repeat again and again.

"My name is Ximen Shu." The woman said as she and Wei Jun walked back to the group. Wei Jun could tell that the woman hadn't told him her name because she was impressed by his wealth but simply because she came to trust him now seeing that he was the one handling the situation ever since they came there.

"Nice to meet you, Ximen Shu. I am Wei Jun Ruan." Wei Jun replied, a subtle smile on his face.

"Nice to meet you as well." Xiemn Shu replied with a slight smile on her face as well. With that, at least there was no longer an icy cold atmosphere between the two of them.

As they arrived in front of the team, the general assumed command and asked, "Report."

While Wei Jun had been put in charge of the situation, since it was quite new for everyone in the team, it still didn't change the fact that the general was in charge. So while everything was left up to Wei Jun, he still had to report his actions.

"About that," Wei Jun began, "We have…"