Demon Lord 3

Chapter 1954 Exposing the Lies

I took a few steps over there when someone came over to greet me. I looked at the person; they didn't seem to be a leader here. The leader glanced at me but didn't say a word. It turned out this so-called appraisal expert still loved to put on airs. Seeing this, Lin Zhenfei immediately put his arm around the man's shoulder: "Teacher Sun, this is our eldest sister, Sister Yue, the person in charge of the whole team." The man called Teacher Sun was also shocked, never expecting that this seemingly insignificant little girl was actually the person in charge of the whole team. He quickly turned around and smiled apologetically: "Excuse me, you..." "That's Sister Yue. I'm the chief appraisal expert on the appraisal team, and my surname is Sun." I nodded. "Wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and everyone calls you 'Teacher,' it seems Teacher Sun is quite knowledgeable." The appraisal expert surnamed Sun quickly stopped smiling and explained seriously, "People flatter people, so 'Teacher Sun' is just a title, not something the people below are just praising randomly. You can just call me Little Sun." I waved my hand. "How can I call you Little Sun? Everyone calls you 'Teacher Sun,' it would be too awkward for me to suddenly call you Little Sun." "Politeness, even you know how to flatter others, do you think I don't understand?" The atmosphere instantly became tense, and everyone else in the group looked at me. Zhou Chuyuan quickly interjected, "Our eldest sister's point is that everyone should flatter others. Everyone uses honorifics, so our eldest sister will use honorifics too. There's no other meaning. Since you want to cooperate with our team, we need to have an open and honest discussion. Even our eldest sister has come here to talk, so I think Teacher Sun should offer a fair price!" The man surnamed Sun quickly nodded, "Of course! Since our eldest sister says so, we will definitely offer the most fair price. Let's calculate it like this, assuming there's no actual buying or selling this time, just map appraisal. I can tell you your map number, its location, and what other maps look like—these all affect the price. Besides that, our team wants to find the treasures inside. You know treasures are usually hidden in tombs. If we can't reach them, or if there's spiritual energy nearby and others want to steal them, we hope you can step in and help." Hearing this... I nodded, "It's nothing, easy to arrange. You just said you could determine the number, right? Then take a look at the map. What's your reward?" The man surnamed Sun spoke directly, "To get the number, your reward is to help us stop a team. After all, we're appraisal experts, and the treasures we're looking for are definitely valuable. Many teams want something for nothing, so they're following us. We can't fight them all alone, so we'd appreciate your help." After hearing this, I smiled slightly, "We're just ordinary people, not experts. This isn't really helping; it's your reward. Okay, deal. We'll help you keep an eye on things, so you can go ahead and do your work. We don't need the map number right now; we have more important things to do. I think you've contacted more than just one team! Go ask around elsewhere first, and we'll discuss it and give you an answer when we get back." Expert Sun led his men to the next team. Zhou Chuyuan and the others wanted to discuss this with me, but I easily saw through their ruse: "What Expert Sun? What kind of so-called..." "This so-called expert is just self-proclaimed, isn't he? A so-called chief appraisal expert? I've never heard of that name before. He just haphazardly assembled a team. Besides this 'expert,' the others probably haven't even seen what antiques look like. This 'expert' is a fraud, trying to fool us with a name he made up. And about the map numbering—if you think of the map as a jigsaw puzzle, I think everyone can figure it out." I looked at Xing Zhichuan, who smiled knowingly: "Based on my research, this map is like a jigsaw puzzle. The edges and corners are taken out, but if you imagine it as a large jigsaw puzzle, you can tell your location. If this mountain is in the middle, the city is definitely on the other side. Our map is almost entirely edges and corners, so logically, it should be near the upper right corner. Finding our number shouldn't be difficult, but it will take some time." Lin Zhenfei, a little uninformed, asked: "Wait a minute! How do they know where everyone else is?" I tapped him on the head: "Just go to another team."