by <unknown>
Chapter 164. Try Testing a Few Moves |
Seeing the medicinal pill seller so full of confidence, the cold-faced man's heart started to falter.
Could it be that he really fell for someone else's trap?
That person said that he also received great kindness from Pavilion Lord Ye, which was why he wanted to expose this scammer. Could it be that he was simply screwing with him?
While he was talking, the medicinal pill seller already walked in front of a martial artist he sold pills to earlier and sincerely invited him to test the medicinal pill. He even promised that as long as he was willing to test it, he would gift another five Tier 2 Qi Returning Pills!
That martial artist was initially somewhat reluctant, but after thinking that at most it would be insufficient medicinal effects and should not have too big an effect on him, he nodded his head and agreed.
The medicinal pill seller cupped his fists and said to everybody, "Everyone also saw that. This brother over here refused to buy my medicinal pills. That's also fine. But now, he came out to defame my character. This one cannot turn a deaf ear to this. In order to prove my innocence, I invited this brother here to help test the medicinal pills. There shouldn't be a problem, right?"
After the medicinal pill seller finished talking, there was someone who called out to the martial artist preparing to test. "Lin Feng, you aren't bought over by that guy, right?"
"Bought over your granny! I, Lin Feng, have worked among demonic beast hunters for so many years. Who isn't aware of my character? If you don't feel assured, then come and test yourself!" Lin Feng directly told him off.
"Hahaha . . . We can trust you. Quickly test it and tell us how you feel after trying it!"
"Don't worry, with so many people watching, could I scam everyone?"
Finishing, Lin Feng no longer dilly-dallied. He directly retrieved a Tier 2 Qi Returning Pill just bought from the medicinal pill seller and swallowed it.
Having consumed the medicinal pill, Lin Feng meditated on the spot and started to refine the medicinal strength.
Everybody was watching each and every one of Lin Feng's actions, especially the cold-faced man and his small team. Even though their expression remained cool and collected, their heart started drumming long ago.
The cold-faced man was currently somewhat regretting his impulsiveness earlier. But for the sake of Benefactor Ye Hang, even losing face once was also worth it!
Back then, the cold-faced man was heavily injured and dying and also penniless. The Drunken Star Manor straightaway barred him outside the door, but Ye Hang treated him for free.
This grace, even if he were smashed to pieces, it would be difficult to repay.
Hence, he only hesitated slightly when he heard that mysterious transmission just now before standing up right away.
Making a mistake would at most be losing face once. At the most, he won't take part in this treasure seizing operation. But if it were really true, then it would be a heavy blow to Drunken Star Manor's reputation, and also an opportunity for the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion to come back from the dead!
He was willing to gamble!
"Ye Yuan, why does that cold-faced man also know that the medicinal pills are fake? Could his standards actually be around your level?" Nanfeng Zhirou could not help feeling astonished when she saw this situation as she transmitted her voice to ask.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "I told him."
"I knew that it was your doing! But why would he listen to you, a stranger?"
"I was just testing him, didn't think that he really stood up. Hum . . . I can let father take him in to be a retainer or something after going back. It's also time for our Ye Family to nurture our own forces. And today, just take it as the first step to eradicating the Drunken Star Manor," Ye Yuan said nonchalantly.
"You . . . You . . ." Nanfeng Zhirou heard Ye Yuan say all that, but her expression turned even uglier.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Don't you worry. My father and I have no interest in secular authority. Why we are doing this is just so that the Ye Family would have a relatively safe environment. If your Imperial Father can't set his mind at ease, in future, I can make Father relocate from the State of Qin."
"No no no, no need! I . . . I'll do my best to prevent this sort of thing from happening."
Ye Yuan just smiled and did not say anything else.
He knew that Nanfeng Yi was very fearful of the Su Family and Wan Family, which was why they secretly propped up his father, Ye Hang.
But the Wan Family had to be extinguished. As for the Su Family . . . at least Su Yubai and Su Yulin, these two people, he did not plan on letting off.
That was to say, the Ye Family would be a monopoly in the future. Would Nanfeng Yi still be at ease?
Nanfeng Zhirou was ultimately still a little girl. Unless she broke through to the Crystal Formation Realm, her words would forever lack any weight.
While talking, Lin Feng already finished refining. He opened his eyes, and everyone stared at him.
Lin Feng stood up and slowly opened his mouth to say, "There's no issue with the medicinal pill. My essence energy which originally only had 50% or so left has already recovered to 80% now."
Once Lin Feng finished speaking, the medicinal pill seller looked at the cold-faced man with a pleased face. "Brother, just what intentions do you have for slandering me so? Unless you are Ye Family's minion and saw that things cannot continue for you all, that's why you used this sort of underhanded tricks to besmirch the Drunken Star Manor?"
The medicinal pill seller no longer hid his support and directly opened fire.
The cold-faced man was infuriated after hearing his words. This medicinal pill seller had sinister motives and wanted to make a false countercharge to thoroughly ruin Fragrant Medicine Pavilion's reputation. How could he tolerate?
Just as the cold-faced man was about to make a move, he heard that mysterious voice again.
"No rush. You let that Lin Feng try using essence energy."
Hearing this voice again, the cold-faced man's heart settled down a bit. Maybe this fellow was not screwing him?
"Lin Feng, try testing a few moves and see if there's any change in essence energy!" the cold-faced man suddenly shouted.
When the medicinal pill seller heard this, the originally pleased look instantly faded, and he could not help flying into a great rage. "This fellow! Truly rude! You and I have no grudge. I just said a few sentences about the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion. Just why do you keep repeatedly setting yourself against me? Could I have really hit the mark? You're Fragrant Medicine Pavilion's lackey?"
The cold-faced man ignored him and just said to Lin Feng, "Lin Feng, try testing a few moves. If there's really no issue, our team's gains this time will all belong to you!"
The cold-faced man really risked it all and directly took out all the gains from the operation this time as the bargaining chip.
The medicinal pill seller's expression changed when he heard this and was just about to stop it when he heard Lin Feng chuckle and say, "Shi Kaiyong, you said it! Alright, I'll test out a few moves!"
Finishing and without waiting for the medicinal pill seller to stop him, he directly unleashed several palm knives.
Who knew that after a few palm knives were struck out, Lin Feng's face greatly changed!
"This . . . This medicinal pill really does have problems! My essence energy expenditure is actually three to four times faster than normal!" Lin Feng cried out.
These words were just like throwing down a bomb. All the martial artists' gaze locked onto the medicinal pill seller.
"Mali . . . Malicious slanders! My . . . My medicinal pills don't have any issues! It . . . It must be that you guys colluded together!" The medicinal pill seller remained stubborn and refused to admit it.
"Screw your uncle! I, Lin Feng, have worked in this occupation for so long, no one has ever said that about me, your father! You sold fake medicine to me, your father, and even said that you
r father is slandering you?! Brothers, go and waste him!" Lin Feng unwittingly flew into a great rage and was about to call his team to waste that medicinal pill seller.
The medicinal pill seller was greatly alarmed and instinctively wanted to run. But the surroundings were encircled by demonic beast hunters, where to flee to?
"Wait!" Lin Feng's team was about to take action when Shi Kaiyong stopped it.
Chapter 165. Expert |
"What? Shi Kaiyong, you aren't trying to protect him this time, right?" Lin Feng asked in a harsh tone.
Emotions were running high at the moment. Lin Feng himself was also the person who was swindled. His tone naturally would not be good.
However, Shi Kaiyong did not mind. He just said icily, "Lin Feng, leave it to me! I have ways of making him yield everything. At that time, it wouldn't be too late to deal with him."
As he spoke, Shi Kaiyong looked over to the medicinal pill seller. That ice-cold gaze made the medicinal pill seller unwittingly shudder.
When Shi Kaiyong said so, Lin Feng was no longer so insistent. He dusted his hands and said, "Fine, up to you."
Shi Kaiyong looked at the medicinal pill seller and asked coldly, "Are you going to submit, or do you want me to take action?"
The medicinal pill seller gritted his teeth and advanced instead of retreating as he attacked Shi Kaiyong.
But before he even touched Shi Kaiyong, a person shot out from the sides to attack his flank.
The medicinal pill seller was greatly shocked and hurriedly evaded. But another person cut off his path of retreat.
Boom!
The medicinal pill seller took a blow to his back and staggered as he charged over towards Shi Kaiyong.
What greeted him was a solid punch, right in the abdomen. The medicinal pill seller was in so much pain that his mouth went wide open.
Right then, a tiny thing which shot out from who knew where flashed past and accurately landed inside his mouth.
"Gulp!" The medicinal pill seller involuntarily swallowed on his own and immediately felt that things were not good.
"Urgh . . . Hurrk . . ."
The medicinal pill seller desperately tried to vomit out the thing he swallowed, but that thing melted once it entered his mouth. Just a short while and it vanished with trace.
Immediately after, he felt his divine soul tremble, and then, he became unaware of anything.
When Shi Kaiyong saw this scene, he also felt slightly afraid. Just now, he wanted to find who threw that object but did not manage to do so. That mysterious person was clearly an expert.
"You can ask now. Ask him anything, and he will answer."
At this time, that voice appeared inside Shi Kaiyong's mind once again.
Shi Kaiyong was stunned. Only now did he know why that mysterious person wanted him to pry that medicinal pill seller's mouth open.
Could that be a medicinal pill which was thrown in just now? What kind of medicinal pill could actually have such an effect?
Shi Kaiyong collected his emotions and opened his mouth, and asked the medicinal pill seller, "Just who in the world are you? Why did you come here to peddle medicinal pills?"
The medicinal pill seller answered woodenly, "I'm called Huang Song, a retainer . . . of the Wan Family. The owner sent me to the Endless Forest to sell medicinal pills to you all. At the same time . . . plan to defame the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion to make them unable to rise again."
Shi Kaiyong instantly felt his blood boil when he heard that. This Drunken Star Manor will really stop at nothing!
They already occupied such a huge advantage, yet they had to drive the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion to their wits ends!
"Did Wan Donghai make you sell these fake medicinal pills?" Shi Kaiyong gnashed his teeth as he held his patience and asked.
"No, it's the Second Boss, Wang Dongyang. He . . . He said that those demonic beast hunters are all . . . all miserable wretches, unworthy of using such fine medicinal pills. Hence, he refined these medicinal pills anew, lessened the medicinal strength, and even added some stuff to make you all temporarily unable to feel the decline in medicinal effect. But as long as essence energy is utilized, it will be exposed."
Pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, it directly turned the whole matter upside down.
"I'm going to f*ck him, that Wang Dongyang! He's the miserable wretch! His whole family is all miserable wretches!"
"F*ck your mom! Your father won't ever go to the Drunken Star Manor to buy medicinal pills anymore!"
"Mother . . .! Indeed, none of those brothers are good things! Who supported the Drunken Star Manor? Isn't it us, these demonic beast hunters? To actually scold us miserable wretches?! And even sell fake medicine?!"
. . . . . .
Briefly, public sentiments were raging!
With this, the Drunken Star Manor's reputation among demonic beast hunters is already utterly rotten.
Next, Shi Kaiyong asked a few more inner-circle questions, but Huang Song did not know much.
Even so, some behind the scenes were still dug out by Shi Kaiyong; such as killing demonic beast hunters to rob them and etc. All these touched the bottom-line of the demonic beast hunters even more.
The demonic beast hunters present most likely took up a significant percentage of the State of Qin's demonic beast hunters. One could imagine how the Drunken Star Manor's business would be like in the future.
After some time, Huang Song suddenly woke up. Seeing the countless vicious gazes, his heart instantly trembled.
"I . . . What happened to me earlier? Wh-What are you thinking of doing? I . . . I'm someone from the Drunken Star Manor! You dare to touch me?!" Huang Song stammered.
Lin Feng looked at Huang Song and kept smiling. Except that the smile, no matter how one looked at it, did not appear too friendly.
"Brothers, we bought so many medicinal pills just now. Since these medicinal pills are all fake, then shouldn't we return them to him?" Lin Feng suddenly said to everyone.
These demonic beast hunters were all experienced. When Lin Feng said that, they guessed Lin Feng's intentions and could not help praising.
The outcome that followed was apparent. This Huang Song was stuffed by those medicinal pills until he exploded. It was an extremely tragic end.
. . . . . .
"Big brother, just who was the person secretly directing you just now?" a member of Shi Kaiyong's team could not resist asking out of curiosity.
Shi Kaiyong shook his head and said, "Don't know, but this person is undeniably an expert! I've never even heard of this type of secret transmission skill! And that medicinal pill which made Huang Song tell the truth is completely unheard of! In my opinion, this person definitely has deep relations with Pavilion Lord Ye and is extremely powerful!"
"Big Brother is right. This person is abnormally mysterious. Just now, you made me pay attention to the surrounding people, but I didn't even get a clear view of how that expert moved to fire out that medicinal pill! This person actually saw through those fake medicinal pills easily and also possess such incredible medicinal pills. Definitely also an Alchemy Dao expert!"
Shi Kaiyong nodded and said, "That's right! From my conjecture, this person has the strength of Alchemy Grandmaster at the minimum! But since there's such a powerful aid behind Pavilion Lord Ye, why hasn't there been any movements? I have a feeling that as long as this person is willing to lend a hand, the Drunken Star Manor is surely no match!"
The teammates said in shock, "Al-alchemy Grandmaster? Doesn't that mean that there's a Crystal Formation Realm expert among us?"
The teammates lifted their heads to scan around and felt rather worried.
A Crystal Formation Realm expert hiding among a bunch of Spirit Condensation Realm martial artists. This is absolutely not a good feeling.
Shi Kaiyong frowned and said, "Dumbass! What are you looking for? That senior is hiding among us, so he definitely doesn't wish to expose his identity. Otherwise, he also wouldn't be so cautious.
With his capabilities, just a slap and he can smack Huang Song to death. Why would he cause such a mess for? This matter is concluded. I'll also talk to the two of them in a while. Just take it as if this incident never happened!"
Those team members broke into a cold sweat again after hearing Shi Kaiyong say that and hurriedly nodded like chicken pecking rice.
Shi Kaiyong also lowered his voice and said, "The treasure seizing event this time, we'll just do our best. Take utmost care to not irritate some dreadful existences. Otherwise, you won't even know how you die! I reckon that there's already no small number of Crystal Formation Realm martial artists among the humans. And I have a feeling that there will be even more amazing experts appearing!"
Before Shi Kaiyong finished talking, a surge of mighty aura abruptly appeared. The crowd which had already calmed down was once again stirred up.
This aura was powerful to the point it was suffocating!
These people were all Spirit Condensation Realm martial artists, but they could not even muster up the courage to resist!
Chapter 166. Sea Transformation Realm Expert! |
"So . . . So powerful!" Nanfeng Zhirou clenched her jaw and was clearly straining to withstand this pressure.
Just then, a faint soul strength extended in front of her. The pressure instantly reduced.
Nanfeng Zhirou looked at Ye Yuan in astonishment but saw Ye Yuan flash her a light smile.
This fellow, towards the utilization of soul strength, he has actually already reached such a degree? Nanfeng Zhirou was very amazed in her heart.
To her, Ye Yuan was just like a map which could never be fully unfurled.
Every time she felt that she understood Ye Yuan more, she would discover that her understanding was only a part of him.
"This . . . This person is so strong. What's his background?" Nanfeng Zhirou asked.
"How would I know? I only know that there's that few Crystal Formation Realm martial artists in the State of Qin. I don't know anything else. Furthermore, I don't feel like the State of Qin has Sea Transformation Realm martial artists." Ye Yuan was dumbfounded.