Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"Why should I be afraid? Are you planning to eat me alive after this?" Zachary replied with a mocking sneer.

"You bastard..." Edward was getting even more annoyed by the minute. However, even he had the brain that told them they were by no match for Zachary, so he didn't dare to make any rash action.

"What are you doing?" A harsh voice came over and broke the tense suspense.

Edward turned towards the direction where the voice originated from and saw a beautiful woman, who looked quite impressive just from her physical qualities.

"Po- Polly..." The moment the two made eye contact, Edward put on a totally different expression and ultimately decided to change the subject. "Polly, long time no see. You should remember me. We met once at the birthday party of Xiao Clan's leader."

Polly took a good look at Edward, and then glanced at the other disciples of the Xiao Clan who had circled Zachary. She guessed what had happened prior to her arrival and asked Zachary, "Are you okay?"

"You should ask them. If you came a second later, they might have gotten injured," Zachary said nonchalantly, a playful smirk dancing on his lips.

When Polly heard that, she tried to hide the chuckle that twinkled even in her eyes and turned to look at the Xiao Clan disciples. "Why are you still here? You have chosen the wrong person to bully. Do you think you have the right to bully anyone just because you're from the Xiao Clan? I won't let you off the next time if I see you bullying people again."

As Polly scolded him, Edward didn't dare to say anything. He was rendered speechless before her. He cast a glare at Zachary, and left with along with the other disciples of his clan.

"Thank you very much for your help." Zachary nodded in gratitude to her.

"You don't need to thank me. Even without me, they wouldn't have done anything to you. Edward is just taking advantage of his relationship with the Xiao Clan to bully other freshmen. Many disciples have been bullied by him, but this time he really is blind. How dare he mess with you! But you'd better be off careful. It's not easy to deal with the Xiao Clan. You can just ignore them the next time they bother you," Polly reminded gently.

"As long as they stop bothering me, that's all I ask of," Zachary sighed, shrugging his shoulders.

"But you have become a well-known disciple

ary. It could obviously be seen that she treated him quite differently.

'It's pure luck that I have been given the chance to further strengthen my relationship with Polly. Otherwise, I'm not sure how long it would take for the main quest to be completed!' Zachary thought and chuckled.

They soon left the Shura College together. An hour later, they arrived at Zenith City, which stood a few miles away from the college. When they reached the city, they noticed that the street was crowded with people.

Zenith City was almost as prosperous as Celestial City, in Zachary's honest opinion.

"This auction will be held at the Phoenix House in the west of the city. Let's go there now." Polly was indeed a straightforward woman.

"Don't you want to hang around first? Like buying some beautiful clothes, or cosmetics...It's not every day you get to walk around like this. Besides, you don't seem to wear any beautiful clothes like the rest of the girls. You'd better buy some brightly-colored ones; that will set off your stunning beauty!" Zachary found a chance to praise her.

"I like to wearing like this. Don't I already look pretty in this way?" Although Polly didn't pay much attention to her appearance like the rest of the girls she knew, she was confident in her appearance being presentable at least.

"Yes, you truly are as beautiful as a fairy regardless of what you wear." Zachary nodded seriously.

"Men are all with the gift of a gab. I thought you were a little special, but I didn't expect you'd be the same," Polly snorted and rolled her eyes.