"Not planning to give it to ?" Feng Jun chuckled after hearing this. "If you won’t give it, then so be it. As a distinguished mber of the Taixu Sect, if you’re not planning to give it to , can I really force you?"
Seeing his relaxed response, Master Moran felt sothing was off. In fact, his previous statent was just to probe. So he replied seriously, "I never intended not to give, but the price you’re asking is a bit excessive."
Feng Jun still responded nonchalantly, "I have my reasons for setting this price, but there’s no need to explain it to you."
As he spoke, he stood up, raised a hand in farewell, "I’ll take my leave then, see you never!"
"You really can’t be like this," Master Moran said, half amused, "Are you planning to advertise that the Taixu Sect can’t afford to pay?"
"He doesn’t need to advertise," Master Sumiao spoke softly, "He just needs to return to Kunhao and increase the fees for the Taiqing Sect... a loss here can be recouped there."
"What?" Master Moran raised his eyebrows in surprise at this answer, "You’ll just let him raise the price?"
"What else can we do, force him to do it?," Master Sumiao laughed, looking quite helpless. "Our Taiqing is just one of the Four Great Sects in Kunhao. If we try to use force against him, the other three sects might seize the opportunity to suppress us."
"Kunhao Plane..." Master Moran muttered lightly. To be honest, he only knew about Master Guyue and Master Xiaosong in Kunhao. He really didn’t have much impression of this plane.
However, it wasn’t his fault. There are over three hundred lower planes, and as a native of Tianqin, who has the ti to care about the lower realms? It’s more legitimate to focus on the secondary planes – at least those can have so impact on the primary plane.
So he expressed, "I don’t know much about Kunhao. Hmm... which sects are the other three branches under?"
According to tradition, all Four Great Sects are branches of the Seven Schools. However, with so many lower planes, many are resource-poor, so if each of the Seven Schools set up a branch, it could cause chaos, so the market was segnted.
It wasn’t wrong to ask which three schools they’re branches of, but it was still a bit pointless—even if you know, what can you do?
A re Golden Core high-rank, on the Tianqin Plane where Nascent Souls are as common as dogs and Out of Body practitioners are everywhere, what do you hope to achieve?
Kong Ziyi couldn’t hold it in anymore, "Master Moran, my cultivation level isn’t high, but I still want to say sothing..."
"Hold it!" Master Moran pointed at her, cutting her off coldly, "Who gave you the courage to speak up when your cultivation level is low?"
Kong Ziyi clasped her hands respectfully, speaking neither humbly nor bully, "Master, I am a disciple of Zixia Peak of the Taiqing Sect!"
"Then go on," Master Moran, hearing that she was a disciple from a branch peak, knew he couldn’t argue, "Keep it short."
Kong Ziyi used very concise language, "If Mountain Master Feng raises prices, we can’t resist. But our Taiqing Sect also has ascending seniors at the main gate who, if they discover increased expenditures because soone above is embezzling, Master, how would you handle that?"
"I’m not, I’m not, stop talking nonsense," Master Moran denied three tis, then glared at her without goodwill, "Am I trying to embezzle? I just feel his asking price is unreasonably high."
But Kong Ziyi was quite logical, "So you didn’t discuss the price at the ti?"
Master Moran widened his eyes, "Wasn’t it his quoted price? He forgot... what’s it got to do with ?"
"Don’t let look down on the Taixu Sect," Yan Yuxi couldn’t hold back and spoke up, "We really didn’t want to co, but you insisted, didn’t discuss the price, now find it too expensive... If I did that, I’d definitely be beaten to death by my family."
This wasn’t an exaggeration. The Pine Cypress Peak Yan Family was notorious for being domineering, protective, but if their children made mistakes and outsiders ca knocking, they were also famously ruthless.
Master Moran squinted at her, wondering who she was, but... with a family that could casually kill a Ninth Level Foundation Establishnt disciple, maybe it’s best not to ask.
So after thinking for a bit, he nodded, "Okay, then three hundred Interdiate Spirit Stones, but Mountain Master Feng, I hope you can stay, and if soone asks, you can tell them the deduction results... don’t frown, I’ll pay, twenty Interdiate Spirit Stones a day!"
Feng Jun, seeing his directness, didn’t bother to hide his feelings, "Am I short of Spirit Stones like these? My Spirit Stone Mine makes about thirty to fifty thousand a day. If you encounter trouble and I help out, that’s not a problem... but for that money, isn’t it an insult?"
"So he has a mine at ho, got it," Master Moran nodded. He really understood now who he was dealing with. Although he managed a Spirit Stone Mine too, that was a sect’s property, different altogether.
Soone making thirty to fifty thousand a day, yet earning a re three to five hundred Interdiate Spirit Stones for deduction... that’s actually quite a grievance.
So for a mont, he didn’t know how to communicate, being from a small place... turns out he has a mine at ho!
He then smiled, "Do you really have to leave?"
Feng Jun nodded decisively, "I absolutely have to leave."
"Are you going to fight a demon beast?" Master Moran laughed it off. He wasn’t really interested in the demon beasts near East City anyway, hitting them occasionally is fine, but doing it for long is tireso. Besides, even if he doesn’t go, people respect him regardless.
"We’ll see," Feng Jun replied with a smile, but in his heart he thought—if I leave, I’ll be back, how can I play when you’re watching ?
Master Moran turned his head to look at him, pondered for a mont, and said, "How about... I send two people to accompany you?"
Feng Jun wanted to refuse, but Master Sumiao spoke up, "Then let it be Fellow Daoists Dou De and Tu Hongyi."
"Alright," Master Moran nodded, looking at Tu Hongyi and the others, "Is there anything going on lately?"
Since he asked this way, even if there was sothing, nothing could be said, Dou De nodded, "Not much, the two of us will accompany them for the trip."
Feng Jun collected the Spirit Stones, and the group left the inn, but Master Moran issued an order—there was a bounty posted for Cheng Shuibian!
In a small estate in East City, two people were playing chess, one was a middle-aged man, the other a young man.
The young man picked up a chess piece, just before placing it, a young man dressed as a servant hurriedly ca in and spoke softly, "Old master, young master, Taixu Sect has posted a bounty for Cheng Shuibian... saying he was responsible for the death of Du Tianxi."
The young master’s eyebrows furrowed, and he asked in a deep voice, "Didn’t they ntion anything about suspicion, just directly blad him?"
"Yes," the servant replied respectfully, "It is said they found soone to deduce the culprit."
"Where did they find such fools?" The young master tossed the chess piece in his hand into the chess box with displeasure, "Knowing it’s Cheng Shuibian, and still dare to say it... do they not know what ’death’ ans?"
Cheng Shuibian was not just a na, he was a person from the Taixu Sect but most importantly, he was affiliated with Duanmu Zhenghong of the Taixu Sect—who was none other than the young master in front of him.
And the old master opposite the young master, Duanmu GuZhu, was even more formidable, as he was a Nascent Soul True Immortal from the Taixu Sect—in Taixu Sect, family inheritance is not emphasized, but in Taixu Sect, family power does exist.
The servant hesitated for a mont, then nervously answered, "It is said... it is said that they ca from so lower realm passersby."
Duanmu Zhenghong turned to look at the opposite side, "Ancestor, should we kill one as a warning to others?"
Duanmu GuZhu picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip, "Such a little matter, you decide for yourself."
"Then kill them," Duanmu Zhenghong spoke lightly, "You need to let people understand, our Duanmu family is not easily bullied... who else is around him?"
Feng Jun hadn’t thought that by helping to deduce the culprit, he would end up on soone’s mind, at this mont he was discussing with Master Sumiao, "Why don’t we first return to the Spirit Plant Pavilion, and you take Zi Yi and Yuxi here to hunt demon beasts?"
"Are you kidding ?" Master Sumiao rolled her eyes, "If the three of you leave, what are we left with to hunt demon beasts?"
Feng Jun, Qu Jianlei, and Nie Chifeng could at least be considered three Golden Core combatants, and once Feng Jun left, Dou De and Tu Hongyi wouldn’t stay with Sumiao either, leaving the three of them to hunt demon beasts... would indeed be particularly dangerous.
Tu Hongyi saw this and quickly spoke out, "How about this, I know of a place where it’s easy to hunt demon beasts, and it’s quite safe, why don’t we take a look together?"
Master Sumiao suspiciously glanced at her, "If there’s such a good place, why aren’t you going there... and asking to find news about demon beasts?"
Tu Hongyi replied helplessly, "That place is a guest area of Taixu Sect, I am not qualified to go, and even Dou De usually isn’t qualified to go, but with the City’s Master Brother paying attention to you, you could likely count it under Master Moran’s account."
"Is there such an operation?" Feng Jun thought for a mont, "Then let’s take a look."
There are several teleportation points around East City, Dou De brought them to a small town via teleportation.
The town also belonged to East City, considered a logistics center, with more than twenty large and small settlents around it.
After arriving in the town, they did not fly into the wilderness, Dou De led them to a small courtyard in the town and took out his identity token, "I’d like to enter the back."
The inspector was at the mid-stage Golden Core level, he shook his head and said, "Junior Brother Dou, your quota for this year has already been used up."
"It’s not my quota," Dou De shook his head, "These people are guests of the City’s Master Brother, the account should be on the City’s Master Brother."
"Then I’ll register it that way," the mid-stage Golden Core didn’t suspect anything, as they were all disciples under Taixu Sect, if the other party dared to use Senior Brother Moran’s na and it wasn’t true, would the City’s Master Brother spare him?
Moreover, as a disciple under Taixu Sect stationed in Yiyao, slaying demon beasts annually is a benefit, but there is a quota, if you dare misuse it today, it will be deducted from your quota twice in return, and believe you wouldn’t want that.
He agreed, and Dou De instead felt a bit uncertain now, so he had Tu Hongyi help entertain the guests while he secretly contacted his senior brother, but Senior Brother Moran really agreed, saying just let it be, hunt demon beasts for three days.
(PS: The extra update for bending flowers will be placed at the beginning of next month, as this month is a bit busy. Also, please vote for monthly support.)
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