The old man suffered from the backlash of his own Soul Attack, convulsing on the ground as if he were having an epileptic fit. Shi Feng paid him no more heed. Whether the old fellow could survive depended on whether the strength of his Soul Attack could prove fatal to himself.
"What’s wrong with this old man? It looks like he’s having an epileptic fit, doesn’t it? How on earth did he end up like this?"
"Ah, I thought they were going to keep bidding, to see how high they could push the price of this Black Pearl, but now, the old man has actually gone into convulsions! Such a pity!"
"Isn’t this old uncle going to be okay after having such a fit?"
The onlookers gazed at the convulsing old man and began to discuss among themselves. So expressed pity, while others, kindhearted as they were, worried about the old man’s condition.
Shi Feng looked toward the shopkeeper, Qiao Chang, and said, "Bring that Black Pearl for 3,000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones."
"This... This..." Qiao Chang, who had been waiting for the two to continue raising the price, hesitated upon seeing the old man convulsing. He spoke weakly to Shi Feng, "How about we wait for this old gentleman to wake up, then see what to do?"
Hearing Qiao Chang’s words, Shi Feng’s gaze turned icy as he stared at the shrewd rchant. Chilled to the bone by Shi Feng’s stare, Qiao Chang felt his body go cold and his hair stand on end.
"I... I’ll get it right now, just wait a mont! Please wait!" Under the intangible pressure of Shi Feng, Qiao Chang quickly nodded and bowed, then hurried off to get the Black Pearl.
"Hold on, Qiao Chang! That’s my Black Pearl, you don’t have the right to touch it!" At this mont, Li Gao let out a roar, as if he had gone mad, and lunged towards Qiao Chang.
"Get lost, Li Gao!" Qiao Chang hastily let out a loud shout and imdiately sent a palm strike toward the lunging Li Gao, hitting him square in the chest.
"Ah!" Li Gao let out a squeal like a pig being slaughtered, and suddenly, the onlookers saw Li Gao’s tall and muscular body being blown away by the skinny Qiao Chang with a palm strike.
With a "boom," Li Gao hit the ground hard, kicking up a cloud of dust, and then lay motionless in the dust, alive or dead unknown.
"Hmph!" Looking at Li Gao, who had been sent flying and now lay unconscious on the ground, Qiao Chang let out a deep snort. He had been holding back for quite so ti.
Li Gao had willingly sold the Black Pearl to him, but when he saw the high price tag Qiao Chang put on it, he ca to stir up trouble in his shop. And now, seeing soone offer an exorbitant price, Li Gao had lost his mind and attacked him.
Next, Qiao Chang turned back, no longer paying attention to Li Gao, who lay there like a dead pig, and reached for the Black Pearl.
"How did Qiao Chang, so skinny and frail, manage to send the strong Li Gao flying with one palm? How did he do it?" The bystanders, surprised to see Li Gao sent flying by Qiao Chang with a single palm, expressed their disbelief.
"Are you stupid? Li Gao, like us, cos from a poor family. Naturally, he doesn’t know Martial Arts like we don’t. But it’s different with Qiao Chang. After saving money for so many years, he surely made a fortune. He spent money to take up a master and learn Martial Arts—that’s perfectly normal."
"Oh, now that you ntion it, that makes sense."
...
Qiao Chang, holding the Black Pearl, ca before Shi Feng and then passed him an empty green Storage Ring, signaling Shi Feng to deposit the 3,000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones into the ring.
Shi Feng took the Black Pearl, then accepted the storage ring with 3,000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones, which he quickly transferred into Qiao Chang’s Storage Ring before handing it back to him.
Qiao Chang took the Storage Ring, counted the stones, and nodded, saying, "That’s right, there are 3,000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones."
After placing the Black Pearl into the Storage Ring, Shi Feng no longer lingered in the shop and walked towards the exit. As Shi Feng stepped out, the White Tiger waiting outside growled softly and ran towards Shi Feng, lying down beside him.
With his right foot striding forward, Shi Feng mounted the White Tiger. Then, sitting cross-legged on the White Tiger’s back, they left the Treasure Pavilion.
With Shi Feng’s departure, the matter of the Black Pearl ca to a close.
Seeing no more excitent to be had, the crowd also gradually dispersed.
However, just then, in the Treasure Pavilion, the old man who had been twitching on the ground suddenly opened his eyes, and his body ceased its convulsions.
Recalling the incident just now, the old man’s face beca terrifyingly fierce as he quickly rolled over and got up from the ground.
"Ah! Old man, you have co around!" Seeing the old man rise, Qiao Chang hurriedly approached and said.
The old man’s gaze swept around, then looked to where the Black Pearl had been placed in the shop, only to see that Qiao Chang had replaced it with a green Jade Pendant.
"Where is the Black Pearl!" he suddenly turned his head, glaring at Qiao Chang with fury, and shouted angrily.
Startled by such a glare, Qiao Chang shuddered involuntarily, feeling as if he were being stared down by an enraged Fierce Beast.
Not daring to delay, Qiao Chang quickly replied, "You fainted just now, and the Black Pearl was... was bought by that young man!"
In front of the old man, and under the pressure the old man exerted, Qiao Chang’s tone of voice beca involuntarily subdued.
After hearing Qiao Chang’s words, the old man roared again, "What! Sold? For how many Primordial Stones?"
"It was before you fainted, 3... 3,000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones!" Qiao Chang honestly answered.
"Idiot!" Enraged by the ntion of 3,000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones and reminded of the young man’s recent atrocity against him, the old man slapped Qiao Chang across the face, knocking him flat to the ground.
"Idiot! You fool! You sold the Eighth Grade Saint-Level Spiritual Material, the Black Blood Pearl, for a re 3,000 Lower Grade Primordial Stones, stupid, utterly stupid! Such a pig does not deserve to live any longer!"
As he spoke, the old man mobilized his Soul Power, and in an instant, Qiao Chang, lying on the ground, contorted his face in extre pain, his body trembling violently.
"Ah!" A scream akin to a pig being slaughtered burst from Qiao Chang’s mouth, and following that, like a dead pig, he lay motionless on the ground.
Qiao Chang was rely a Two-star Martial Disciple. Under the Soul Attack of a Seventh-stage Venerable-Level Soul Power, his soul was instantly annihilated, utterly scattered.
The commotion in the Treasure Pavilion imdiately drew a large crowd of onlookers once more. After killing Qiao Chang, the old man suddenly raised his head, looking at the crowd surging forward for a view, and bellowed, "All of you, get lost! Anyone in my way, death without rcy!"
The crowd, just gathering in front of the Treasure Pavilion, scattered in havoc at the old man’s roar. The old man’s body moved swiftly, flying out of the Treasure Pavilion. Although the old man’s mastery in Martial Arts was rely at the Martial Spirit Realm, his Soul Power was at the Seventh-stage Venerable Level, naturally enabling him to engage in Space-breaking flight.
The old man flew over the streets, his anger not subsiding, his gaze sweeping through the crowd, searching for Shi Feng’s figure, and he muttered venomously, "You little beast, I will make sure you’ll beg for death, but will not be able to die!"
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