Old Five is a Goose.
Chapter 296: A Case of Faking an Accident
The burly man, who was about to step forward and teach Mo Wuji a lesson, stopped in his tracks after seeing Chu Qianlou. It wasn't that he feared Chu Qianlou, but she was clearly a Void God cultivator. If he, a Yuan Dan cultivator, went forward now, it would be like asking for trouble. Chu Qianlou naturally wouldn't dare to attack him, but she could use various forms of aura suppression. Aura suppression was something they did all the time.
"On purpose?" Mo Wuji looked at Chu Qianlou with confusion. After reaching the Yuan Dan realm, was he still doing something so childish?
Chu Qianlou said in a low voice, "These people are here looking for new faces. As soon as they see one, they immediately find various reasons to provoke them, and then extort spirit stones or something else. They're not alone; they're a gang."
Mo Wuji was speechless. He actually ran into a scammer here.
"Apologize, or don't even think about passing through here," the burly man said, exuding murderous intent.
Many cultivators around, seeing the burly man's appearance, didn't seem to find it strange. Instead, they went their separate ways.
Mo Wuji frowned and asked Chu Qianlou, "Sister Chu, does no one care here? Is fighting and killing allowed?"
Chu Qianlou sighed softly, "Killing is not allowed, but fighting is normal here. Do you know why the person who bumped into you was a Yuan Dan cultivator? Because the rules here forbid high-level cultivators from bullying low-level cultivators. Cultivators of the same realm can challenge each other for all sorts of odd reasons. I can guarantee that if you don't pay a certain amount of compensation, they'll attack you very soon."
"They specialize in finding new faces here. Basically, every new face that comes here gets extorted by these people. He wants you to apologize, but what he really wants is for you to pay compensation."
"Is it okay to fight as long as you don't kill someone in the same realm?" Mo Wuji asked with a chuckle. He understood this kind of system. The cultivation world needed strong individuals. The stronger ones in the same realm were naturally more welcome on the Starry Sky Battlefield.
Chu Qianlou immediately understood Mo Wuji's intention and quickly said, "Don't even think about fighting! On the surface, that's how it is, but if you offend these people, they might even send people to chase you into the Starry Sky Battlefield... There was a True Lake cultivator from a lost continent who didn't understand the rules, and because he was in the right, he refused to pay compensation. As a result, his spirit channels were crippled, and I heard he committed suicide outside Fengxiao City."
A murderous intent flashed through Mo Wuji's mind. He calmly said to Chu Qianlou and the others, "You guys go to the teleportation array first; I'll be there in a moment."
Chu Qianlou and Pang Qi sighed. They knew they couldn't dissuade Mo Wuji. They knew a bit about Mo Wuji's personality. There was no way he would calmly take out spirit stones to compensate someone who had bullied him.
Seeing Chu Qianlou and the others leave Mo Wuji's side, the burly man walked over and said coldly, "Seeing as you didn't do it on purpose, take out one hundred thousand spirit stones, and I won't hold it against you."
Those in their line of work knew very well that every cultivator who went to the Starry Sky Battlefield for the first time would prepare a large number of pills and spirit stones in their rings. It could be said that they never missed a target.
As for the possibility of running into disciples from major sects, in their eyes, the chances of that happening were almost zero.
Mo Wuji didn't even bother to speak. He stepped forward and threw a punch.
This burly man was only at the ninth level of the Yuan Dan realm, several small realms lower than Mo Wuji. Moreover, he believed that Mo Wuji would never dare to attack him.
"Crack!" The sound of ribs breaking echoed, followed by the burly man being sent flying by Mo Wuji's punch, spitting out a mouthful of blood in mid-air.
Mo Wuji stepped forward, raised his foot, and stepped on the burly man's leg.
"Crunch!" The sound of his leg bone being crushed made one's teeth ache.
"Do you know what to do?" Mo Wuji lowered his head and looked at the burly man under his feet, asking a question.
Being fined as soon as he arrived at the Starry Sky Battlefield, Mo Wuji wouldn't be here if he could tolerate it.
"I'll pay the spirit stones..." The burly man had just managed to say four words when several figures surrounded Mo Wuji.
A powerful aura pressed down, obviously a Void God realm expert. One aura wasn't enough to suppress Mo Wuji. Mo Wuji was worried that the Void God realm expert would personally attack. He only hoped that Chu Qianlou's rules were true.
The burly man heaved a sigh of relief as he saw the people surrounding him. Although he had suffered some physical pain, he could recover in a few months. If they didn't completely shatter this kid's spirit channels later, they might as well not hang around here anymore.
Just as he thought of this, he felt a violent burst of Yuan Power tearing apart dozens of his spirit channels.
A mouthful of blood spurted out. The burly man pointed at Mo Wuji in disbelief. "You dare cripple my spirit channels..."
They had encountered tough people here before, but even the toughest people would only suffer some injuries. In the end, they would still have to pay compensation before having their spirit channels destroyed and being thrown out.
As for having his own spirit channels destroyed, this was the first time he had encountered it. Thinking about how his spirit channels had been destroyed, making him a useless person, the burly man was overwhelmed with anger and fainted.
"You're courting death! How dare you cripple the spirit channels of a Yuan Dan realm cultivator here?" An angry voice came, and a violent aura pressed down on Mo Wuji.
Mo Wuji was hit by the violent Yuan Power aura and was sent flying like a piece of paper, crashing into a stone pillar in front of the array gate. A trail of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
"You're a Void God realm cultivator, yet you attacked me, who's only in the Yuan Dan realm..." Mo Wuji angrily pointed at the Void God realm expert who had called him a death-seeker, even trembling with anger.
The Void God realm expert was stunned. How could he be so powerful? At most, his aura suppression could only subtly influence the battle. There was no way he could casually send a Yuan Dan realm cultivator flying and make them bleed. If his aura was that powerful, he would have long been preparing to break through to the True God realm. Why would he still be wasting time here?
The surroundings were silent as everyone looked at the Void God realm cultivator. The Void God realm cultivator instantly understood and his face turned pale.
He had been set up by this Yuan Dan realm cultivator. If he hadn't acted just now, he wouldn't have been afraid of this setup. But just now, he had indeed used a violent aura to suppress the other party. Using aura suppression was already on the edge of the rules. Under normal circumstances, as long as it didn't cause harm to low-level cultivators, no one would come after them. Now, his aura had sent a Yuan Dan realm cultivator flying and even made him bleed. Such obvious evidence would definitely be investigated.
"You..." This time, it wasn't Mo Wuji who wanted to vomit blood, but the Void God realm cultivator. He pointed at Mo Wuji, truly feeling fear in his heart.
Before the Void God realm cultivator could finish speaking, a True God realm expert landed directly, grabbed the Void God realm cultivator, and turned to leave. Before the True God realm expert had even left the gate of the teleportation array complex, everyone heard the Void God realm cultivator's miserable screams.
Everyone knew that the Void God realm cultivator was finished. That scream was a warning to everyone here that even if they wanted to extort others, they had to follow the rules. If every high-level cultivator suppressed low-level cultivators, the number of genius cultivators appearing on the Starry Sky Battlefield would decrease.
Mo Wuji wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and slowly stood up. Looking at the several Yuan Dan realm cultivators who had surrounded him along with the Void God realm cultivator, he said coldly, "Do you want me to compensate you with spirit stones? If so, come forward and talk."
The Yuan Dan realm cultivators surrounding Mo Wuji scattered quickly, as if they had seen a ghost. This was the first time they had seen such a cunning newbie. Even a Void God had been tricked. Who could guarantee they wouldn't be the next to be tricked if they stayed here? Some of them had already decided to quit this line of work. Instead of having their entire body's spirit channels destroyed, it was better to go to the Starry Sky Battlefield and fight with a knife and gun.
Mo Wuji looked at the burly man lying on the ground, didn't even touch his ring, and turned to walk towards Chu Qianlou.
Chu Qianlou had already run over anxiously. She heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that Mo Wuji hadn't touched the ring. If Mo Wuji had dared to touch the other party's ring, Mo Wuji would have been finished as well. Compensating with spirit stones was allowed, but not by taking the ring yourself. The other party had to take out the items and hand them to you. If you touched the other party's ring, that was robbery, and robbery in this place was a guaranteed death sentence.
"It's good that you didn't touch that person's ring," Chu Qianlou said to Mo Wuji, who was walking over.
As for Mo Wuji tricking the Void God realm cultivator, Chu Qianlou wasn't even surprised. Mo Wuji could use his brains to kill a True Lake realm cultivator while being in the Yuan Dan realm. Using some tricks here didn't seem like much.
Mo Wuji smiled. "I don't even care about the ring of a Yuan Dan realm cultivator."
He really didn't know that there were rules here about not robbing other people's rings, but he really didn't care about the ring of a Yuan Dan realm cultivator. Most of the rings he had were from True God realm cultivators. What good things could there be in a Yuan Dan realm ring? If it was a fight in the wild, and he killed a Yuan Dan realm cultivator, he might pick up the ring casually. In this place, he wouldn't bother to take the ring from a Yuan Dan realm cultivator who had lost the ability to resist.
"Let's go, we should hurry to the Starry Sky Battlefield. Also, be careful in the Starry Sky Battlefield. Although these people don't have much power, they're like local snakes here," Chu Qianlou said softly.
"I know, let's go then." Mo Wuji looked around, not finding Ren Tianxing, and was a little disappointed. He knew that Ren Tianxing should have gone to the Starry Sky Battlefield first.
Chu Qianlou was right. Teleporting to the Starry Sky Battlefield from here didn't require spirit stones and was very convenient. You just had to go up to the teleportation array in order.
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