I do like seeing you vexed like this

After saying that, the Heavenly Emperor threw three pieces of compressed Heavenly City Fragments over to the Almighty Merchant.

The Almighty Merchant had an expression of disbelief when he saw this.

She's actually returning them?

He pulled out a long golden staff and used it to tap on the Heavenly City Fragments to check on them.

These are actual Eastern Spring Pavilion fragments! They're the real deal!

But the Heavenly Emperor was too cooperative; she had surely hidden something inside them—if he were to take them just like that, then he should pluck off his head and give it to Almighty Seller to kick around!

"What tricks are you playing here?" the Almighty Merchant said solemnly. He then stretched out his hand and used the sheet on his body to cover the three Ancient Heavenly City Fragments before putting them away.