Chapter 171

Li Xiao walked along the street,

glancing around,

and saw, just a dozen or so meters in front of him,

a young man in a vest with a head of yellow hair!

At that moment,

he had both hands stuffed in his pockets,

leaning against the wall by the roadside,

his eyes scanning the street this way and that,

as if searching for something.

Li Xiao walked up to him,

patted his shoulder,

and asked,

"Hello, may I ask which numbered island this is? Which island is the restaurant on?"

Hearing this,

Huang Mao turned his head and glanced at Li Xiao,

sizing him up from head to toe,

his gaze lingering for a few seconds on the jade hairpin atop Li Xiao's head,

then meeting Li Xiao's eyes,

and asked in return,

"You're going to the restaurant?"

Seeing Li Xiao nod,

Huang Mao continued,

"It's your first time on Sabaody, right? The restaurant isn't far from here, but the route is pretty twisty—anyone unfamiliar with it can easily get lost!"

"Come on, I'm free anyway, I'll take you there!"

With that,

Huang Mao beckoned to Li Xiao,

and set off ahead.

Look,

look!

This is what you call being helpful!

Even in the Pirate World,

there are still more good people than bad!

Li Xiao immediately lifted his foot and followed!

After walking not far,

they came to a fork in the road,

and Huang Mao led Li Xiao turning left into a small alley.

Then,

after walking along the alley for about a minute,

they came to another turn,

Huang Mao stepped into the turn first,

and Li Xiao followed closely behind!

However,

the moment Li Xiao stepped into the turn,

a flash of cold light streaked past,

and a dagger was pressed against Li Xiao's neck!

Huang Mao grinned viciously at Li Xiao,

"Kid, first time on the Sabaody Archipelago and you dare come to this lawless place? You've got some nerve!"

"Hand over all your money obediently, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"

Seeing this,

Li Xiao let out a light sigh of disappointment.

Sure enough,

all that talk about being helpful—

it was all lies!

Not everyone has the same level of awareness as him, helping old ladies across the street!

Seeing Li Xiao say nothing,

and even sigh for no apparent reason,

Huang Mao immediately pressed the dagger in his hand closer to Li Xiao's neck,

and shouted,

"Didn't you hear what I said? Hand over all your money, now!"

"If it's enough, I might let you go if I'm in a good mood!"

"Don't even think about fooling me—you've got jade on top of your head, kid, you must be loaded. Hand it all over, now!"

Li Xiao glanced at him,

paused in silence for about two seconds,

then opened his mouth and asked:

"Can we haggle?"

"Holy shit! I'm robbing you here! And you're talking haggling with me? You think this is a damn vegetable market? I f***ing—"

Before Huang Mao could finish,

a streak of azure light flashed past,

and the dagger pressed against Li Xiao's neck had already been sliced clean in two!

At the same instant,

a longsword of pale blue-green rested against his own neck,

sending waves of cold chill through him!

"What you meant was this kind of slash, right…"

Li Xiao nodded,

and countered:

"Any objections?"

"None, absolutely none!"

"Good. I'm not much of a haggler myself—usually I just slash the price in half. I was planning to give you two hundred million Beri just now, so now you just need to hand me one hundred million Beri!"

"One hundred million Beri!"

"Think that's too much? No problem—just tell me which island the restaurant is on and how to get there, and I'll let you go!"

Hearing this,

Huang Mao immediately launched into an animated, vivid explanation, hands and feet both working, pointing out the way to Li Xiao!

If circumstances allowed,

he would have loved nothing more than to draw Li Xiao a map so detailed it listed how many steps were on every stairway at every intersection!

After feeling Huang Mao's overflowing sincerity,

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Li Xiao said he was very moved!

And so,

he didn't keep haggling with Huang Mao,

he just went ahead and slashed Huang Mao himself!