Old Five is a Goose.
Chapter 910: Always Feels Off
Although he was an old swindler, he saw things very clearly. Despite the fact that Heaven Trampling Sect had a God King, it was likely the weakest among the sects and forces that had God Kings. Even some mid-tier sects without God Kings but with deeper foundations were more powerful than Heaven Trampling Sect.
If Pu Yin offended the Luan Soul Divine Manor, it would be difficult for Ancestor Pang Jie to handle, no matter what he did.
The place where Shen Ming had the issue wasn't in the sect's gathering area, but in the Divine Domain Nest's commercial district. This could be described as a huge open-air bazaar, or even a cultivator city more complete than a bazaar.
After leaving the sect's gathering area, after only a few minutes, Mo Wuji saw a crowd from afar.
Mo Wuji's spiritual will easily scanned Shen Ming, whose face was pale and hands were trembling slightly. Standing beside Shen Ming were Pu Yin and five or six other disciples from Heaven Trampling Sect.
Pu Yin hadn't, as Wei Jie guessed, already started fighting with the people from Luan Soul Divine Manor. However, there was a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, and his aura was somewhat unstable, indicating that he had already clashed with them.
Even though Pu Yin's face, besides the blood at the corner of his mouth, appeared to have no injuries, Mo Wuji's spiritual will still detected that both sides of Pu Yin's face should have been slapped, with some almost faded marks.
Opposite the six or seven disciples of Heaven Trampling Sect stood four cultivators who were also in the Cultivation God Realm. Among these four, standing at the front was a sturdy man of medium height, whose cultivation seemed weaker than Pu Yin's. In Mo Wuji's eyes, this guy was at most at the seventh level of the Cultivation God Realm.
Behind this sturdy man stood three Cultivation God Realm cultivators: a delicate woman with fair features and slightly small eyes, and two tall men. What puzzled Mo Wuji was that these three cultivators behind the sturdy man were all stronger than the Cultivation God Realm Level 7 sturdy man, either at the eighth or ninth level of the Cultivation God Realm. It seemed that Luan Soul Divine Manor sent out the person with the lowest cultivation to take charge.
Without asking, Mo Wuji knew that these four were from the Luan Soul Divine Manor. Only these four were confronting Pu Yin and the others; as for the crowd around them, they were all just there to watch the show.
"Tang Wuzhen, what exactly do you want? Our Heaven Trampling Sect also has the existence of a God King expert." When Mo Wuji and Wei Jie arrived, they heard Pu Yin shout in a sharp but weak tone.
Apparently, the short, fat man standing in the front was called Tang Wuzhen. He deliberately shrugged his shoulders and said, "Oh dear, I'm so scared. A sect with a God King, hahaha..."
"Pu Yin, don't you know that you can't fight in the Divine Domain Nest?" Wei Jie pushed through the crowd and grabbed Pu Yin's arm, scolding him sternly.
When Pu Yin saw Wei Jie, a hint of relief was evident in his eyes, and he quickly said, "Yes."
"What's this? Is Heaven Trampling Sect going to use a Heavenly God Realm person to deal with a few of us? That's right, your Heaven Trampling Sect has a God King expert, so you can naturally be unscrupulous." Seeing Wei Jie come over, Tang Wuzhen's tone immediately turned icy.
Everyone knew that Wei Jie wasn't going to deal with Luan Soul Divine Manor. Although he was using the excuse of scolding his own sect's disciples to warn Luan Soul Divine Manor that they couldn't fight here, it seemed that Luan Soul Divine Manor wasn't buying it.
Wei Jie quickly said, "I won't interfere, I'm just watching."
After saying that, he immediately stood aside and didn't say anything else.
Tang Wuzhen sneered at Wei Jie, seemingly not even putting the Heavenly God Realm Level 9 Wei Jie in his eyes.
Seeing Wei Jie step back, Tang Wuzhen didn't continue staring at Wei Jie, but said indifferently, "Since no one in your Heaven Trampling Sect can resolve this matter, and you insist on claiming that your sect has a God King expert to threaten my Luan Soul Divine Manor, and you're relying on your power..."
"Hold on, I am the eldest brother of Heaven Trampling Sect, I'll resolve anything. Whether my Heaven Trampling Sect has a God King or not has nothing to do with this matter. Could it be that Luan Soul Divine Manor has a few God King experts, so you want to use this as an excuse to attack my Heaven Trampling Sect?" Mo Wuji heard the other party constantly talking about the God King, and his heart jumped. This matter was probably not as simple as it seemed on the surface.
"Who are you?" Tang Wuzhen looked at Mo Wuji and said coldly. He could tell that Mo Wuji's aptitude was ordinary, and his cultivation was very, very low.
Mo Wuji said calmly, "Mo Wuji, a disciple of Heaven Trampling Sect, and also the leader of all the Heaven Trampling Sect disciples who came to the Divine Domain Nest this time. Whether it's the matter of Junior Brother Shen Ming or Junior Brother Pu Yin, I'll take care of it."
"Very good, I'll see how you take care of it." Tang Wuzhen stared at Mo Wuji disdainfully.
Tang Wuzhen didn't laugh, but many cultivators watching on the sidelines burst into laughter when they heard that Mo Wuji, a disciple whose cultivation was obviously low, was going to resolve this matter.
At this moment, even if Mo Wuji called himself the eldest brother, Pu Yin, who had been slapped twice, wouldn't stand up and say half a word of nonsense.
Mo Wuji looked at Shen Ming and said, "Shen Ming, tell me the whole story without adding or subtracting anything."
"Hold on, if I'm not mistaken, you're at most only in the early stages of the Cultivation God Realm. Is it that you can't resolve this matter, so your Heaven Trampling Sect keeps sending useless low-level disciples here to waste everyone's time?" Tang Wuzhen waved his hand, and a stream of divine essence directly enveloped Shen Ming, causing Shen Ming, who wanted to step forward and speak, to be pulled back again.
Mo Wuji didn't stop him. He just cupped his fists to the surrounding people and said, "Fellow Daoists, although my Heaven Trampling Sect is a sect that has just been re-established, it's not something that can be insulted casually. I am the eldest disciple of Heaven Trampling Sect, and I originally wanted to resolve the problem, but now Luan Soul Divine Manor won't even allow us to ask about what happened. They immediately say that my cultivation is too low. Does Luan Soul Divine Manor think that its people are born as God Kings? I really want to know if Luan Soul Divine Manor is such a big sect that it can arbitrarily convict others?"
Mo Wuji always felt that something was wrong with this matter, but he didn't know what it was, so he tried his best to let the surrounding cultivators understand the whole story.
"Hahahaha, you're just a mere early-stage Cultivation God Realm, and you dare to call yourself the eldest brother? Are you lying to me, or deceiving everyone? If I'm not mistaken, among the people your Heaven Trampling Sect sent here, your cultivation should be the lowest, right?" Tang Wuzhen laughed loudly.
After Tang Wuzhen finished speaking, Mo Wuji slowly said, "My cultivation is indeed the lowest among the few people who came here from Heaven Trampling Sect. If I'm not mistaken, among the few people who came here from your Luan Soul Divine Manor, your cultivation is also the lowest, right? Why is it that the person with the lowest cultivation in your Luan Soul Divine Manor can take charge, but I can't in Heaven Trampling Sect? Even if your Luan Soul Divine Manor considers itself superior to my Heaven Trampling Sect, this is not Luan Soul Divine Manor, this is the Divine Domain Nest, it's not a place where your Luan Soul Divine Manor can cover the sky with one hand."
Tang Wuzhen didn't expect Mo Wuji to be able to see through his cultivation. Even a Heavenly God Realm might not be able to see through his cultivation.
"Very well, let him speak then." Feeling the whispers around him, Tang Wuzhen made a decisive decision and directly brushed the matter aside.
Mo Wuji said to Shen Ming, "Step forward and tell the story, keep it as concise as possible."
"Yes." Shen Ming bowed to Mo Wuji before saying, "I originally wanted to wander around the Divine Domain Nest's bazaar. I didn't expect that just as I reached this open-air trading area, I saw him setting up a stall in the corner..."
While Shen Ming was speaking, he pointed at one of the tall men behind Tang Wuzhen.
"What excited me was that I actually saw a Purification Spirit Dao Fruit (Jing Ling Dao Guo) on his stall. My spiritual root wasn't completely transformed into a divine spiritual root, but it wasn't bad either. I'm sure that as long as I have a Purification Spirit Dao Fruit, my spiritual root will purify that trace of impurity..."
No one felt surprised by what Shen Ming said. After all, anyone would be excited to see a Purification Spirit Dao Fruit.
"At that time, this person said to me, 'Are you interested in this Pure Spirit Fruit? If you need it, I'll give you this number.' He held out three fingers." Shen Ming's tone was full of regret. "I thought he meant three high-grade divine crystals. I unhesitatingly took out three high-grade divine crystals and gave them to him. After all, a Pure Spirit Fruit is at most worth three divine crystals. At that moment, someone came over to talk to him. I quickly put the three divine crystals on his stall and took the fruit to leave. I didn't expect that after only walking ten steps, my divine will sensed that he seemed to have noticed something, and the person who was talking to him chased after me..."
Mo Wuji sighed inwardly. It really was a setup, or maybe it shouldn't be called a setup, it should be called a divine setup. If he wasn't mistaken, Shen Ming must have swallowed the fruit as soon as he saw the two people chasing after him.
The Purification Spirit Dao Fruit had one advantage: it could be taken anytime, anywhere, without needing to circulate any spiritual meridians for cultivation.
Shen Ming couldn't be blamed for this. Anyone would probably do the same in a hurry. He had finally found a bargain, and after paying the other party divine crystals, the thing was naturally his. If the thing had a significant effect on him, he probably wouldn't want to return it to the other party even if they found out.
That's what Shen Ming did.
"Regardless of whether I misread my Dao Fruit or not, you took my things before the transaction was finished. What does that mean? Does your Heaven Trampling Sect have a God King, so you can engage in forced buying and selling?" The tall Cultivation God Realm cultivator who Shen Ming pointed at stepped forward and shouted sternly.
"Who said the transaction wasn't finished? I paid you divine crystals, took your things, and..."
Before Shen Ming could finish speaking, the Cultivation God Realm cultivator from Luan Soul Divine Manor shouted sternly, "You paid me divine crystals, but did I agree to it? Yes, I was talking at the time, but I only held out three fingers. Who told you that my three fingers meant three high-grade divine crystals? I meant three thousand top-grade divine crystals, is that not allowed? Besides, you threw the divine crystals on my stall, and I didn't say whether I agreed to the transaction before you left. This is simply blatant robbery."