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The stone instantly shattered into pieces, and a small, faintly glowing object rolled out.
Dugu Bo, quick-eyed and quick-handed, picked up the small object and held it up to the Crimson Robed Man, saying,
"Look, this is the spirit tool they use to store spirit power. The spirit power fluctuations you felt from this stone were emitted by this spirit tool. You believe me now, don't you?"
The Crimson Robed Man looked at the broken stone and the spirit tool, his expression turning extremely ugly, and anger instantly surged into his heart.
He clenched his fists tightly, his body trembling slightly.
The Crimson Robed Man's face grew increasingly grim. He was silent for a moment, then said,
"So what do we do now? I can't just let them trick me like this for nothing."
Zhuge Lan patted his shoulder and said,
"Brother, don't be angry. We'll help you figure out a way to get your revenge."
Dugu Bo smiled faintly:
"Don't worry, we already have a plan. We just heard them say they wanted to find more targets to trick while the Auction was crowded. Why don't we turn their trick against them and let them fall into our trap?"
Zhuge Lan nodded in agreement:
"Yes, we can do this..."
He then meticulously explained Dugu Bo's previous plan to the Crimson Robed Man.
After listening, the Crimson Robed Man nodded and said,
"Alright, we'll do as you say. This time, we must make them pay the price."
Next.
The Crimson Robed Man, following the plan, deliberately approached the original Stall owner's stall.
He loudly declared that he had discovered the stone's secret, and that this secret was astonishing, potentially greatly increasing his strength.
His voice was loud, deliberately ensuring that everyone around him could hear.
The news quickly reached the Stall owner and his accomplices.
Upon hearing this news, the Stall owner felt a little uneasy.
He said to his accomplices,
"That guy couldn't have really discovered something, could he? If that stone really has some secret, we'll be losing out big time."
The Black-Clothed Man said,
"No way. You also said it was just an ordinary stone. Is he trying to scare us on purpose?"
At this moment, the Stall owner said,
"Whether it's true or not, we have to go and see. If he really discovered something, we need to find a way to get the stone back."
And so.
The Stall owner, along with his accomplices, quietly approached the Crimson Robed Man.
They disguised themselves as curious onlookers, eavesdropping on the Crimson Robed Man's movements.
They heard the Crimson Robed Man excitedly saying,
"Haha, I'm so lucky. This stone is indeed a treasure. I can already feel my strength gradually increasing."
The Stall owner listened, and his heart grew even more anxious.
He couldn't help but ask,
"You're lying, aren't you? How could that stone be so miraculous?"
The Crimson Robed Man pretended to be very happy and replied,
"It's true! Look at my current strength, it has already made a qualitative leap!"
The Stall owner was anxious:
"Nonsense! That was clearly just an ordinary stone I picked up, how could it have the function of increasing spirit power!"
The Crimson Robed Man saw them expose themselves, and a cold smile appeared on his face:
"You've finally arrived. I knew you wouldn't be able to resist."
Only then did the Stall owner realize he had fallen into a trap, but he still pretended to be calm and said,
"What are you talking about? We just came to see if you needed any help."
At this moment.
Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan walked out from the side, and Dugu Bo said,
"Stop pretending, we already know about your scam."
The Stall owner's expression changed:
"What nonsense are you talking about? We didn't trick anyone."
Zhuge Lan deliberately raised his voice and shouted loudly,
"Still trying to argue! We heard with our own ears you two dividing the money in the alley, and you even said this stone was fake, that you deliberately used it to trick people out of money!"
At this time.
Other customers also gathered around. After hearing the whole story, they all started to accuse the Stall owner and his accomplices.
Seeing that the matter was exposed, the Stall owner tried to escape.
But Dugu Bo and Zhuge Lan were already prepared and blocked their path.
The Crimson Robed Man said angrily,
"Give me back my money, you scammers!"
The Stall owner and his accomplices, seeing no hope of escape, their eyes began to show panic.
The Black-Clothed Man quietly said to the Stall owner,
"Boss, what do we do? It seems we've really been caught."
The Stall owner glared at him fiercely and replied in a low voice,
"Don't panic, see if there's still a chance to get away."
Dugu Bo sneered and took a step closer to the Stall owner:
"Hmph, it's too late to run now. Did you think your scamming business could always go so smoothly? Today, you must pay the price for your actions."
Zhuge Lan also chimed in from the side:
"That's right, you've deceived so many people, we can't just let you off easily."
Murmurs began to rise from the crowd.
"These people are too hateful, they actually tricked people with a fake stone."
A passerby said.
"Exactly, and we trusted them so much."
Another passerby also said.
"They must be punished. We can't let them trick others again."
Everyone started discussing animatedly.
The Stall owner's eyes darted around, and he suddenly put on a pitiful expression, saying,
"Honorable heroes, dear friends, we were also forced into this. We were truly compelled by our livelihoods to come up with this method. We have elders and children at home, all waiting to eat."
Upon hearing this, the Crimson Robed Man became even more furious:
"Stop feigning pity here! Does being forced by livelihood mean you can trick people? My hard-earned gold coin were just stolen by you, do you have any conscience?!"
Dugu Bo was unmoved and said sternly,
"No matter what your reasons are, tricking people is wrong. You must return all the gold coin you tricked and apologize to everyone."
The Stall owner sighed helplessly, knowing that further arguments were useless.
He had no choice but to pull out a bag from his embrace, which contained some gold coin:
"Alright, this is the gold coin we tricked from you, I'm returning it. But we really didn't trick many people, just this once, please let us go."
The Crimson Robed Man took the gold coin and counted them, finding the amount incorrect:
"This gold coin is clearly not enough. You tricked me out of eleven thousand gold coin, how is this all there is?"
The Stall owner said with a bitter face,
"We've already split some of it. There really isn't much left."
Zhuge Lan frowned:
"No! You must find a way to gather all the gold coin. Also, you must apologize to everyone you've tricked and promise not to trick people again in the future."
The Stall owner and his accomplices looked at each other, and finally had no choice but to nod in agreement.
Under the gaze of the crowd, they one by one bowed and apologized to everyone, and stated that they would turn over a new leaf and no longer engage in such deceptive practices.
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