Li Yang looked over and saw that the peddler selling goods was the same person who had sold him the hairpin earlier.
His speed was quite fast; he had just been selling on the mountaintop, and now he had run down to the mountainside.
Li Yang and Long Lingling hadn't paid attention to him, assuming he must have been scared off at the top or driven away by competitors.
After all, with such intense competition up there, it wasn't easy to establish oneself without some means.
As Long Lingling descended, she continued to playfully pester Li Yang, wanting the treasure map in his hand.
However, Li Yang hadn't given it to her all the way, knowing that if he did, she would surely cause great trouble.
"Step right up, don't miss out! My antiques are going for a song."
As the two of them neared the bottom of the mountain, a familiar hawking voice reached their ears again.
When their gazes swept towards the foot of the mountain ahead, they found that the person who had been on the mountainside earlier had inexplicably appeared at the base.
At this moment, both Li Yang and Long Lingling paid attention to him.
They exchanged glances, and before Li Yang could speak, Long Lingling, angered, rushed forward, pointing at the peddler and scolding him, "Hey, you old geezer, are you done yet? We already bought something from you, are you still bothering us?"
"My dear lady, I'm just doing business here. I'm not forcing you to buy anything, so how can you say I'm bothering you? Is it not allowed for me to sell things here?" the stall owner asked with a smile.
"Hmph, still arguing with me? On our way down the mountain, it was just the two of us, and you were here, then there, and you say you're not trying to bother us?"
Long Lingling didn't know what the peddler's intentions were, but she knew he wasn't a good person.
What good person would dart around, urging people to complete a transaction?
"My dear lady, you look quite beautiful, I didn't expect your mouth to be so sharp. Since you think that way, I have nothing to say. If you don't want to buy anything, you can leave." The peddler didn't get angry, but said with a smile.
"I can leave, but if you appear in front of us again, watch how I teach you a lesson."
Long Lingling struck a pose as if she were about to hit him, then gracefully returned to Li Yang's side, linking her arm with his, and they left.
Li Yang also couldn't discern the peddler's true intentions and didn't say much, leading Long Lingling down the mountain.
Unexpectedly, after they had walked a few hundred meters and reached the parking lot at the foot of the mountain, the same peddler appeared again. This time, he set up his stall directly at the exit, shouting, "Step right up, don't miss out! All my antiques are going for a song."
"Damn it, how did this guy follow us again."
Long Lingling had just warned him, and he had already returned so quickly.
This was truly unbearable!
Long Lingling, furious, rushed to him again and said coldly, "You immortal old thing, are you never done? Believe it or not, I'll flip your stall right now and leave you with nothing to sell."
"My dear lady, you can flip my stall, but before you do, you must buy all the items. If you flip it and haven't bought anything yet, the price of compensation will be different from the price of buying now." The peddler said with a smile.
"Threatening me? You think this young lady will fall for your trick?"
Long Lingling was enraged and was about to reach out and flip his stall. However, before she could make a move, Li Yang suddenly appeared in front of her and grabbed her, "Lingling, we don't need to pay attention to him. Let's go first."
"But this immortal old thing is too much, I want to teach him a good lesson!" Long Lingling said indignantly.
Li Yang shook his head slightly at her, didn't say much, and led her away.
However, after they had walked only a few steps, the peddler spoke up, "Young man, are you sure you only bought that one hairpin? That's just a piece of junk, it's useless even if you buy it. Why not look at the rest of my wares?"
"If you fancy any item, I'll give you one free with purchase, and I won't go back on my word."
"Boss, everything on your stall is fake. Even if I buy it, it'll be scrap. Why waste time?" Li Yang said with a faint smile.
"How do you know it's fake if you don't look closely? Perhaps there's a genuine item?" The peddler sat there, crossed his legs, and said leisurely.
"Oh? There might be a genuine item among these?"
Li Yang felt there was a hidden meaning in his words, so he turned back curiously and looked closely at his stall.
After looking back and forth twice, Li Yang found no genuine items on the stall and asked curiously, "Boss, you're not playing a trick on me, are you? You should know my appraisal skills. If I say there are no genuine items, then they are all fake."
"Are you sure?"
As the peddler spoke, he took out a delicate jade hairpin from under his shoe, and said with a chuckle, "You seem to know your stuff. Why don't you take a look at how much this hairpin is worth?"
"If you're interested, I'll sell it to you at half price, no bargaining."
"Wow, what a beautiful imperial green hairpin."
Before Li Yang could speak, Long Lingling recognized the material of the hairpin and couldn't help but reach out to touch it.
As a result, Li Yang stopped her again in time and said seriously, "Don't you want to live? Aren't you afraid this hairpin is laced with a potent poison? Once you touch it, you'll lose your life."
"Ah?"
Long Lingling, startled, quickly retracted her hand and asked in surprise, "Impossible, right? That old geezer also touched it just now, why is he fine?"
"The poison is on the tip of the hairpin. Didn't you see he only touched the tail just now?"
Li Yang explained patiently, then looked at the peddler with a cold smile and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you're definitely not the peddler from the mountain earlier, but the notorious Thousand-Faced Man of the martial world?"
"Heh, Li Yang, you indeed have sharp eyes, to have recognized me."
The peddler suddenly let out a light laugh, reached out and tore off the mask on his face, revealing his true appearance.
This man was extremely ugly, not as good-looking as the peddler he had transformed into earlier.
However, he was covered in poison, and anyone who touched him would surely fall into his trap.
He had intended to lure Li Yang with the hairpin, poison him, and then seize the treasure map he wanted from him.
But he hadn't expected to be seen through.
Seeing his true face, Long Lingling shrieked in fright and quickly hid behind Li Yang, asking, "Li Yang, what is a Thousand-Faced Man? Can he change into a thousand faces?"
"I don't know if he can change that many, but it's said in the martial world that as long as he has seen someone, he can change his appearance at will. As for whether his current appearance is his true face, you can't guess either," Li Yang explained.