Divine Seal: Fire Kirin Fly Template, shattering the Demon God Pillar!

Chapter 15 Shatters Pride Crushingly!
"Brother, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

"My name is Lin Xin. May I ask how you address me, brother? Perhaps we could get to know each other?"

Lin Xin adopted a humble posture, wearing a standard smile that was both warm and shrewd.

He seemed to have completely forgotten the unpleasantness of the bidding between the two parties, and also forgot his own recent act of using his power to intimidate others.

Behind him, Long Haochen, Lin Jialu, and others also looked over curiously.

I wonder who this person is who spent so much money to raise the price of an "ordinary" stone ball to 60,000 gold coins.

Wang Yuanyuan stood beside Li Hao, feeling a little apprehensive.

As the saying goes, one shouldn't hit a smiling face. Since the other party has taken the initiative to be friendly and has adopted such a humble attitude, even if one doesn't want to develop a deeper relationship, it's always good to exchange a few polite words.

After all, having more friends means having more options.

However, Li Hao's reaction once again surprised her.

Li Hao raised an eyebrow slightly and looked Lin Xin up and down with an eye that scrutinized an antique.

He then said calmly, "Lin Xin? Never heard of him."

The sound wasn't loud, but it was like an icicle, instantly piercing the slightly warm atmosphere at the stairwell.

Lin Xin's smile froze on the spot.

Never...never heard of it?
He is the grandson of the deputy temple master of the Magic Temple. In the younger generation of the Holy City, he is a well-known figure.

Wherever he goes, people politely call him "Young Master Lin".
First, I was ignored at the auction, and now they've told me to my face that they've "never heard of it!"
This isn't just a slap in the face; it's like rubbing his face repeatedly into the ground!

Wang Yuanyuan looked up at Li Hao with an expression as if he were a monster, her beautiful eyes filled with disbelief.

How can this guy lie so confidently and naturally?
Not long ago, they received a note written by Lin Xin himself, which detailed his family background in black and white.

How long has it been since?

He calmly and without batting an eye said, "Never heard of it?"
This face must be made of bricks from the corner of a city wall.

However, to be fair, Lin Xin brought this upon himself.

She didn't bother asking any more questions, and simply stood quietly beside Li Hao, playing the role of a qualified "decorative" teammate.

"you……"

Lin Xin's eyes widened, a lump forming in his throat, almost choking him. He was about to press for an answer when he saw that Li Hao no longer bothered to look at him.

"Excuse me, please move aside, okay... I'm not blocking the way."

Li Hao spoke indifferently, then pulled the still-dazed Wang Yuanyuan and squeezed through the narrow gap between Lin Xin and Long Haochen.

He left them with only a tall, imposing figure and a lingering, mocking remark.

For a moment, Long Haochen and his group, who had come out of room number seven, all froze on the spot.

Long Haochen opened his mouth, looking at Li Hao's back with a complicated expression.

He could sense that this person was very strong, with seemingly boundless spiritual energy surging within him, and an indescribable air of arrogance.

Lin Jialu was so angry that her pretty face turned red, her eyebrows stood on end, and she clenched her fists, wishing she could rush up and argue with him immediately.

"He...he's the guy who knocked the stone ball away?" she said through gritted teeth, her voice filled with indignation.

"How arrogant! Besides being handsome, what's so great about him! I really want to teach him a lesson!"

"calm down……"

Seeing this, Li Xin quickly pulled Lin Jialu back, afraid that she might really act impulsively.

Long Haochen couldn't help but rub his forehead.

Jialu's competitive spirit remained as strong as ever. Only Lin Xin stood there, his face alternating between pale and flushed, as if he had been dyed alive.

He had never suffered such a humiliation in his entire life.

He stared intently at Li Hao's retreating figure as he disappeared around the corner of the stairs, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

"I remember you!"

……

After leaving Xingxuan Auction House, the cool night breeze dispelled the heat inside the auction hall.

Wang Yuanyuan followed behind Li Hao, finally unable to contain her doubts, and quickened her pace to walk alongside him.

He asked in a low voice, "Hey, why were you so cold to Lin Xin just now?"

"His grandfather is the vice temple master of the Magic Temple. Our Warrior Temple is currently weak and is on the verge of becoming the bottom of the hierarchy. Building good relations with other temples will not be bad for you in the future, right?"

In Wang Yuanyuan's view, Li Hao's behavior today was far too impulsive and irrational.

Offending a future eighth- or even ninth-tier mage for a stone ball of unknown purpose seems like a losing proposition.

Upon hearing this, Li Hao did not stop walking, but a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He turned his head to look at Wang Yuanyuan's pretty face, which was filled with "I don't understand," and slowly said, "You don't understand."

"What do you mean I don't understand?" Wang Yuanyuan pressed.

“For those self-righteous guys who are used to being high and mighty…” Li Hao’s gaze was fixed on the outline of the Holy City in the distance, his eyes deep.

"The more you back down, the more he'll think you're easy to bully."

The more you fawn over him, the more he looks down on you.

"The only way to have an equal dialogue with them is to use strength that they cannot reach to shatter everything they are proud of!"

"When he can only look up to you, he will naturally treat you kindly and even pave the way for you."

"Because, at that time, you were the most valuable to him."

Li Hao spoke eloquently, his voice carrying a maturity and certainty beyond his years, like a wise man who had seen through the ways of the world.

"Therefore, when dealing with this kind of person, you either don't do it at all, or you do it thoroughly."

“If I’m polite to him today, he’ll just think I’m afraid of his grandfather, and he might even try to get the stone ball back in the future.”

“But now that I’ve trampled his face underfoot, he’ll only remember this humiliation. Next time he wants to cause me trouble, he’ll have to think twice before he gets the chance.”

"Only when he suffers repeated setbacks with me will he look up to me and revere me as a god!"

Wang Yuanyuan listened in a daze, blinking her big eyes, feeling like her brain wasn't quite processing what she was hearing.

These grand principles, they sound like... they make sense?
But she always felt that something was wrong.

Li Hao is only fifteen years old; where did he learn these profound principles from?

Could it be that, besides teaching Li Hao cultivation, the Palace Master also secretly taught Li Hao "the wisdom of life"?
Seeing that Li Hao was about to launch into another long-winded speech, quoting classics and historical texts, Wang Yuanyuan was immediately overwhelmed and quickly waved her hands to beg for mercy.

"Stop, stop, stop! I don't want to hear your nonsense! If you want to talk, go talk to someone else, look... that person on the street is pretty good!"

She covered her head and ran forward quickly.

"All I know is that we have to travel tomorrow! I need to get back to the hotel and rest!"

As for you... do as you please!

Watching Wang Yuanyuan's retreating figure, which seemed to be fleeing with her head in her hands, Li Hao chuckled, shook his head, and quickened his pace.

(End of this chapter)