He had no guard up at all.
The other party wasn't a Grandmaster and didn't seem to have any special skills.
He was just an ordinary veterinarian.
That sudden slap left him stunned!
"You..."
"What do you mean by 'you'!" Jensen Cook yelled furiously, "I told you, this pearl is not for sale! You come up here offering me $300, do you think I'm a fool? I'm telling you, this thing is worth $10,000!"
It was only after being yelled at that Kyler Reed finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It turned out Julius Reed had tried to buy the pearl but his offer was too low, prompting the shop owner to drive him away.
And the look that man gave him was under the impression that Julius Reed had returned, naturally earning him no favours.
Thinking about it, the pearl was indeed valuable; $300 seemed like a lowball offer.
But that seemed to fit the character of the leader of the Ten Thousand Mountain Alliance.
Despite ruling the world, he was miserly to the bone.
