Chapter 869 Seeking Treasures (5)

The clerk immediately lowered his head and moved to the side, waiting for the storm to pass.

After all, the fourth prince was someone that could crush their entire store with just a single wave of his hand. Naturally, the clerk wasn't stupid enough to offend him over this little kid.

The fourth prince continued inspecting the jade for some time before finally standing up and saying, "I like this thing. I'll take it."

Then without saying anything else, he turned to leave as if this matter had been settled.

Xin'er pouted her lips a bit when she heard this, but before she could say a thing, Angela had covered her mouth and Lin Fan had stood in front of her to block her from sight.

It seemed like this was about to end quickly, but then the fourth prince suddenly realized something and stopped his steps.

He turned back and looked around the shop as if he was looking for something.

When his eyes fell onto Lin Fan and Angela, they stopped and stared at them for a while.

He then turned to the clerk who trembled as he was being stared at.

The clerk had no choice but to look up to face the fourth prince. He could guess what he was asking with those eyes, so he gave a nod in response.

The fourth prince revealed a smile and walked over to them before saying, "You're the ones that bought this jade?"

The fourth prince could have easily taken this jade without caring about anyone else, but it was different during this time.

During this period of time, he had heard rumours that his father, the king of this Stellar Kingdom was about to decide his successor. During this period where the succession race was about to start, he couldn't allow a single blemish on his record.

So even if he didn't want to, he had no choice but to play by the rules.

Lin Fan stepped forward and nodded in agreement.

The fourth prince didn't care about the defensive stance that he took since he knew all too well what kind of reputation he had. He was already used to seeing people act this way around him.

In fact, it was almost a source of pride for him.

After all, people feared those that had power and if they feared him this much that they were this wary, that meant that he had the power that he wanted.

The fourth prince then said, "I want this thing, so name your price."

Since it belonged to someone else, naturally the easiest way for him to get it is to use money to buy it from this person.

Lin Fan was silent for a bit before cupping his hands and saying, "Your highness, it would be our honour to give you this jade as a gift."

The fourth prince was a bit surprised when he heard this, but then he revealed a smile as he said, "You should know that this is a very precious thing and I don't want to be accused of taking advantage of others. So name your price."

Lin Fan narrowed his eyes when he heard this, but that look quickly disappeared as he said, "Since it cost me a hundred spirit stones to buy this, I am willing to sell this jade to your highness for a hundred and one spirit stones."

The fourth prince's smile became wider when he heard this.

This man was quite shrewd and knew exactly what his intentions were.

Since that was the case, he wouldn't say no.

The fourth prince said, "Very good, I'll buy it at that price." Then after a pause, he said with a bit of praise in his voice, "You are quite the smart person, I'm interested in you. If you want, you can come and work for me."

Lin Fan lowered his head and said, "Your highness, you flatter me too much."

The fourth prince nodded in response. He knew that Lin Fan was giving him a soft rejection, but he really didn't care because he only had interest in him on a whim. He didn't really care if Lin Fan became his subordinate or not because there were plenty of other people just as talented that were willing.

After his subordinate threw a pouch to Lin Fan, the fourth prince picked up the jade and walked away.

As he walked away, his eyes couldn't help seeing through the gap between Lin Fan and Angela, falling onto Xin'er.

There was an obscure and strange look that appeared in his eyes for a second, but it quickly disappeared. However, this look wasn't missed by the sharp eyes of Lin Fan and Angela.

The moment that they saw these eyes, there was killing intent that filled their heart.

They recognized this look, it was…lust.

The fourth prince had a very strange taste when it came to women that most people didn't know about. On the surface, he appreciated beauties like a normal person, but in secret…

There were cases of little girls who disappeared in the capital, but every time, the cases would be suppressed by someone. There wasn't a single case that had any clues or came close to being solved…

As for who was suppressing these cases…

It was the fourth prince.

His taste in women was…the younger they were, the better they were.

Especially when they were as beautiful as Xin'er…

However, he knew that he was in public and it wasn't good for him to do anything right now.

Instead, he remembered Lin Fan and Angela's face. Once the whole succession matter was over with, he would come for Xin'er…

Once they were gone, both Lin Fan and Angela let out a sigh of relief.

Normally, they wouldn't fear people like this with their personality, but it was different because there was Xin'er.

There was a reason why Xin'er couldn't get involved with the Mu Stellar Royal Family.

Xin'er had been surprised by Lin Fan's subservient tone, but then she heard the words "your highness". She immediately understood what Lin Fan was doing since she understood that this person must be one of the princes.

She was someone that had grown up in this Mu Stellar Kingdom, so she knew just how high status the princes had. Offending someone like that would be no different from seeking death for normal people like them.

She knew that Lin Fan was acting that way just to keep them safe.

After the fourth prince left, everyone in the store let out a sigh of relief.

After all, if the fourth prince lost his temper, no one in the store would be able to escape his wrath.

There were many people that even quickly left the store out of fear that the fourth prince would suddenly come back and cause more trouble. They didn't want to be here when that happened.

The clerk turned to look at Lin Fan with a look of praise as he admired how Lin Fan had handled that situation.

He had seen the smile on the prince's face and he knew that the prince was satisfied with how Lin Fan acted.

This in turn had saved their store, so he had completely forgotten about everything from before. In a sense, Lin Fan could even be considered his benefactor.

Lin Fan turned back to Xin'er after the fourth prince left and said, "How about you pick another stone to cut out?"

Xin'er gave a happy nod before running off with Angela.

The clerk heard this and took the initiative to come forward to say, "This young miss, how about I show you some of the good stones in our store?"

This was his way of repaying Lin Fan for what he had done earlier. He even felt a bit ashamed of how he had tried to scam them out of the ore that contained that special jade earlier.

But to his surprise, Xin'er just said, "No need, I'll go find one myself. Mister, you should really look for a stone yourself to apologize to your wife with."

The clerk revealed a bitter smile when he heard this.

He never thought that the lie that he told earlier would come back to bite him in the butt like this.

After all, truth be told, he didn't actually have a wife.

That was just a lie that he told Xin'er to try to trick the ore away from her.

But since she didn't want his help, there was nothing that he could do. So he could just awkwardly say, "This young miss is right. I won't bother you then. Just tell me if you find something you like, I'll give you a special discount."

This time, Xin'er revealed a happy look as she turned and said, "Really? How much?"

The clerk's heart couldn't help melting when he saw her smile.

Even though Lin Fan and Angela had used their laws to hide her beauty, it still shined through when she smiled like this.

The clerk couldn't help gushing as he said, "I'll give you 10% off."

Xin'er happily clapped her hands before turning around to look at the ores with a serious look.

It didn't take long before she found one that she liked, but unlike the first time, this rock was gigantic. It was over three times as tall as she was and twice as tall as Lin Fan, while also being three times as round as her.

This was a giant stone and the price of it reflected how big it was.

It was ten thousand spirit stones, a hundred times more expensive than the one from before.

Seeing this, the clerk couldn't help revealing an awkward smile.

This little ancestor really knew how to pick stones…she chose one of the biggest and most expensive ones after hearing that he would give her a 10% discount…

But the clerk kept his promise and sold the stone to them for nine thousand spirit stones.

After that, he had several large men help him carry it over to the specialized cutter for large stones like this.

At first, he couldn't help feeling a bit worried since there was nothing special about this stone. He was worried that this cute little girl would be sad if there was nothing about this stone that she chose.

Without knowing it, he started caring about what Xin'er felt.

But that was only in the beginning.

It didn't take long for his thoughts to change.

That was because as the blade cut deeper, it revealed something inside of the stone.

A quarter of the way in, there was a powder that suddenly appeared on the cutting saw blade. This powder was one that the clerk immediately recognized because it was something that he was very familiar with.

It was one of the rarest things that could be found in their shop, but here it was in this large thing.

It was Frozen Nether Iron!

This was one of the rarest minerals that could be found in their Stellar Kingdom and the dust had appeared so early…Did that mean that there was a large amount of this Frozen Nether Iron in this ore!

If so, why didn't their appraisers notice it beforehand and prevent them from selling this ore!

By the time that the rock was cut open, the clerk was in tears as he saw how much Frozen Nether Iron was in this rock.

It made up over 70% of this entire rock!

Just a few kilograms of this would be worth tens of thousands of spirit jades!

Yes, spirit jade, not spirit stone. This was a valuable mineral that even World Realm Experts wanted, so naturally the price would be measured in spirit jades.

As for a chunk this big, it was impossible to measure its value in just spirit jades because there had never been a chunk this big that was found before.

This could be considered the biggest jackpot of them all, even bigger than the Heaven Spring Jade!

The clerk could only cry without being able to shed tears…