Luo Tianxiang nearly exploded on the spot!
Why could Jiangnan always clap back?
He fumed, “Fine! Fine! Fine!”
“I’d like to see what you’ve got!”
“That can top my Yenkang fruit!”
Jiangnan said mysteriously, “Let me tell you! This treasure of mine is proper potent!”
“Cures all ills! Boosts qi and blood! Mega tonic! Roaringly tonic!”
With Jiangnan saying that, everyone grew curious!
Really that miraculous?
Cures all ills? Could it even fix Old Master Zhong’s lung cancer?
Even Zhong’s father and mother perked up with interest.
But Zhong Yingxue knew Jiangnan hadn’t prepped any gift?
He’d only just been told about the banquet.
If only she’d known, she’d have sorted one for him earlier.
Thinking that, she felt a twinge of guilt.
Xia Yao was all curiosity too, Jiangnan had hyped it to the skies, keen to see what gem he’d pull out!
Jiangnan reached into his dimensional space, rummaging about.
Everyone blinked in confusion!
Space ability?
The lad’s a space type?
Even Old Master Zhong’s expression shifted!
Space types worldwide numbered under ten, and in Huaxia, just the one, Li Daotian!
Jiangnan was a rare space type?
Just as all reeled from Jiangnan being a space ability user.
He finally fished it out.
Clutched tight in his palm, he brought it solemnly before the crowd.
All eyes strained curiously.
“There~”
Jiangnan flung open his hand.
Everyone was dumbfounded!
In Jiangnan’s palm lay a thumb-sized ginseng doll.
Looking severely malnourished!
Wizened and shrivelled! Limp and lacklustre!
Its whiskers down to a scant few!
Appearance utterly rotten!
Pitiful as could be!
Zhong Yingxue covered her face, mortified!
Xia Yao: …
Zhong’s father and mother: …
Old Master Zhong: ???
You messing about with kids’ toys?
This ginseng thicker than a Wei Long spicy strip?
And treating it like treasure?
Mega tonic for qi and blood? Cures all ills?
Go fool a ghost!
You’ve strung us along with curiosity!
Luo Tianxiang burst out laughing, nearly choking!
“You taking the piss! This piddly ginseng treated like a gem?”
“One enough to pick your teeth?”
Jiangnan coolly, “That not enough for your teeth?”
“Then your gaps must be bloody massive!”
Luo Tianxiang: ???
That’s not what I bloody meant!
Goddamn massive gaps!
The hall guests roared with laughter too.
Xia Yao nudged Jiangnan, whispered, “Oi! You serious?”
“No gift, no one’s slagging you off…”
Jiangnan unflappable, “Do I look like I’m joking?”
Xia Yao, “When are you ever straight?”
Jiangnan: ???
=͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇)
No need to know me that well!
Luo Tianxiang sneered, “With that crappy thing! How’s it stack against my Yenkang fruit?”
“Tonic qi and blood? Cures ills? Looks scraped from some veg patch!”
“Can’t hack it, stop embarrassing yourself!”
Jiangnan beamed, “What if it works?”
Luo Tianxiang scoffed, jabbed the marble table, “If it does, I’ll eat this table!”
“And if not?”
Xia Yao watched Jiangnan steadily!
Hang on!
This ploy rings a bell!
Last time she bet with Jiangnan, tumbled right into it!
“Fine! If not, I’ll kneel and call you daddy!”
Jiangnan bellowed, brimming with confidence!
Luo Tianxiang sneered, “Your words!”
While Xia Yao already pondered for Luo Tianxiang.
How to chow down this marble slab!
Old Master Zhong, “All young folk, no need to sour the mood!”
“Whatever, it’s Jiangnan’s gesture, I’ll take it!”
Jiangnan squinted with a grin, “Come on, Old Master Zhong! Open wide, ah~”
Old Master Zhong: ???
What?
Gotta munch it now?
Gotta say, bit nervy.
This wizened ginseng truly grim to behold.
Hope it’s not poisoned!
And you two betting with me as stake, why?
Luo Tianxiang, “Give it a go, Grandpa! Worst case, I’ve got the Yenkang fruit!”
Old Master Zhong: !!!
Bloody hell!
What’re you chiming in for?
This punk’s got no sense!
But he took it anyway, popped it in his mouth with reluctance, chewed…
Eh?
Bit sweet?
Zhong’s father, “Dad, how’s it feel?”
“Mm… no real effect!”
Instantly, eyes zeroed on Jiangnan.
Luo Tianxiang smirked coldly, “Results?”
Jiangnan, “Seen anyone down laxatives and dash to the loo? Needs time, yeah?”
“You should know that?”
Luo Tianxiang bulged eyes, face flushing crimson, “You…”
Old Master Zhong panicked at the word!
What now?
Laxatives?
Is this ginseng legit!
And just then, the effeminate Gao Jin stepped up.
“I can’t stomach this, but you lot can!”
“That rubbish ginseng, you even bring it out? Slagging Old Master Zhong?”
“Grandpa, this one’s bound to please!”
Gao Jin pulled a ring box, packaging exquisite.
Flipped it open.
Nestled a stunning blue diamond!
Pigeon-egg sized!
Such a whopper?
The crowd gasped, sucking in air!
“Holy crap! That famed Heart of the Ocean?”
“Came up at a Sotheby’s auction in Blighty lately, fetched seventy mil! Gao family nabbed it!”
“Proper generous!”
Luo Tianxiang’s face soured too, Heart of the Ocean outshone his Yenkang fruit.
Jiangnan kicked off, “Mine’s rubbish ginseng? Yours better?”
“This piddly busted diamond, not even a pound, and you gift it to Old Master Zhong?”
The words out, Gao Jin froze! Zhong couple froze.
Zhong Yingxue stared, Xia Yao signalled madly, “That’s the Heart of the Ocean!”
Gao Jin guffawed, “Not a pound? Your diamonds by the pound? This is the Heart of the Ocean!”
“Quit the act, don’t embarrass, get laughed at!”
Jiangnan pouted, “Heart of the Ocean, so?”
“Stingy sods, if you like ’em, say so! No need for this faff!”
“I’ve got a big ‘un!”
With that, from the dimensional space, he hauled a head-sized diamond onto the table!
Smashed a dent in the marble top!
That instant, the room gawped at the massive diamond!
Pin-drop silence!
“Wha… what the fuck!
Gao Jin nearly popped his eyeballs!
This sod!
A diamond that size?
Five pounds at least!
Yours truly by the pound, eh?
And carved into a lifelike head shape?
What the hell!
Does the world even have diamonds that big?
Jiangnan, “Feast your eyes! Er… what to call it…”
Theirs had that flashy Heart of the Ocean name.
Gotta coin one too!
“Feast your eyes! Invincible Diamond Head!”
Gao Jin: ???
Real-time naming?
Goddamn Invincible Diamond Head!
Mate, that’s a bit off-the-cuff!
