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Chapter 374: Suffering a Double Loss
Translator: Myriea_ActiasLuna Editor: Nou
Yuan Bizhan was relieved after appraising the first two treasures . Although the first two treasures the Dragon King's daughter had taken out were rare, they were not completely unknown to him, and it hadn't taken much time before he was able to determine both . This kind of challenge wasn't difficult at all, to the point he felt perhaps the Dragon King's daughter was purposely trying to let him win . 'Maybe she wants to marry into our Yuan clan but feels ashamed of herself, so she intends to intentionally lose to me?' With such thoughts in mind, Yuan Bizhan became even more relaxed and gently picked up the third treasure—a broken compass .
At a glance, it was the easiest of the three treasures to see through and Yuan Bizhan confidently raised it in front of him . He gave it a look, causing all the cultivators below to stretch their necks out further to better witness this Videha cultivator appraising three treasures at once, yet to everyone's dismay, no words came from his mouth . He released a soft sound of surprise and creased his brows to once again carefully inspect the item, yet he didn't say a word even after a long time had passed .
The cultivators below exchanged glances with each other . Some were confused, but others were delighted at such misfortunate, and the most delighted of them all was naturally Fang Xing who was snickering to himself and thinking, 'Not only is this dragon girl flirtatious, she's also filled with evil tricks . This Yuan guy is just too young and naive in comparison; looks like he's going to lose his woman and his treasure this time… . '
As expected, the more Yuan Bizhan looked at this compass, the more his expression darkened . After a long time had passed, he raised his head towards the Dragon King's daughter with a look of distress and hesitantly said, "Your Majesty the Eldest Princess, this third treasure… . It's just… it's just… . "
Before he was able to speak his troubled thoughts, the Dragon King's daughter showed him the hourglass and smiled . "You don't have much time!"
Yuan Bizhan felt as though he'd walked right into a trap and began to sweat . Although the first two treasures the Dragon King's daughter brought here were rare, his knowledge was more than enough for him to appraise them . The third one seemed to be the easiest, yet it contained a trap within; he thought he already knew with only an initial glance, but it was completely different after closer inspection, making it so he couldn't move forward or back .
When he saw there wasn't much sand left in the hourglass, Yuan Bizhan couldn't help but look towards the Dragon King's daughter . "Eldest Princess, this treasure…" he hesitantly replied, "isn't it just an ordinary compass? Its Qi is completely gone, the formations within are all destroyed, it can't even be considered a spirit tool… . "
The Dragon King's daughter felt Yuan Bizhan's words were extremely funny . "These three are my most precious collection of treasures, and this is just some broken compass in your eyes?" she laughed . "Mister Yuan, I just now praised your great degree of knowledge and you're already trying to joke with me?"
Yuan Bizhan's back became wet from sweat . "But from what I can see, this is just an ordinary compass!" he replied with great difficulty .
The Dragon King's daughter laughed, and when the sand of the hourglass stopped, she picked it up and waved it in front of everyone . "Seems like Mister Yuan must not be at his best this time around . It is my lucky win today, so I shall be keeping this Sword Embryo . I shall thank Mister Yuan for being so generous; I, Yinzhu, cannot even repay you for your generosity, but this spirit wine is rather good so please do drink lots, Mister Yuan!" As she spoke, she waved her sleeves and prepared to order her maids to take all the treasures and Sword Embryo away .
Yuan Bizhan was embarrassed and felt this Dragon King's daughter was as sly as an old fox without any good intentions, so he bowed slightly towards her with a smile . "It is one of my uncles who asked me to bring this Sword Embryo to you as a betrothal gift, so Miss Yinzhu will naturally need to take it . Aside from the Sword Embryo, I also have some light gifts I already ordered people to send over to your Colored Glass Palace earlier . "
The expression on the Dragon King's daughter suddenly fell and she began to coldly respond, "Mister Yuan, you should know to choose your words wisely . I won this Sword Embryo from you—it has nothing to do with marriage . Furthermore, if you may excuse me, I have been banished from the Azure Seas and am alone to the point not even the heavens and earth want me . When it comes to marriage, no one's words can mean anything; no one can force me to do anything!"
Yuan Bizhan instantly became ashamed and angry at her words . What was this woman trying to say, that she intended to keep the Sword Embryo without giving him anything in return? This confirmed this bi*ch was scheming to swindle him! "What great plans you have, Dear Eldest Princess," he coldly spoke with some urgency, "but I also have a question . This bet, I may not necessarily have lost, right? Although I may not recognize that compass, others might not recognize it either; perhaps even you the eldest princess cannot say much about it… . "
The implication was the Dragon King's daughter had cheated, and his words were rather direct and untamed . A chill flashed across the Dragon King daughter's eyes and she sternly replied, "It is your lack of knowledge, yet you accuse me of cheating? Hmph, just because you don't recognize it doesn't mean no one else here can recognize it! Everyone, my Red Order hasn't yet been issued, so how about my test today be appraising this treasure here? Who has the knowledge and wants to come appraise this third treasure?" Her gaze then swept across everyone present, and no one knew exactly what she was thinking .
Yuan Bizhan had already been filled with anxious anger, but he became even more furious when the Dragon King's daughter brought up the Red Order . His gaze also swept out as he coldly followed up, "Why not? With the eldest princess inviting an answer, everyone would definitely participate for her sake! I would also like to see who has such great knowledge they'd dare come up to appraise this third treasure… . "
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