Chapter 216 – Tearing Down the Disguise
Chapter 216 – Tearing Down the Disguise
“Of course.”
Jiang Chengxuan wasn’t afraid that the other party would take his things and not return them, and upon hearing this, he immediately pushed the jade box containing the Cave Xuan Vermilion Fruit, in front of the Sea Man of Tonghai.
Seeing this, Tong Hai Man immediately picked up the jade box and looked at it carefully.
A few moments later.
He re-covered that jade box, then looked at Jiang Chengxuan and said:
“Does Fellow Daoist intend to use this Cave Xuan Vermilion Fruit to exchange with me for that Earth Mother Crystal?”
“Not bad.”
Jiang Chengxuan nodded at once.
“I wonder what you think?”
“It’s fine.”
The Sea Man of Tonghai would be, and clearly didn’t have any intention of bargaining with Jiang Chengxuan.
Compared to the Mother Earth Crystal, this Cave Xuan Vermilion Fruit was more important to him.
In order to avoid a long night’s sleep, he immediately pushed the jade box containing the Mother Earth Crystal to Jiang Chengxuan.
Jiang Chengxuan’s heart was immediately delighted.
He also didn’t expect that this transaction would go much smoother than he had expected.
However, it was also at this moment that that young marquis, Shangguan Sheng, suddenly was looking towards Jiang Chengxuan and said:
“This fellow Daoist, truth be told, I’m actually very interested in the Cave Xuan Vermilion Fruit you just had, I wonder if you still have similar treasures that can strengthen the divine soul on your side?”
As soon as he said this, not only the people present, even the Tonghai man who had just completed a deal with Jiang Chengxuan, his gaze also looked over at once.
This caused both Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan’s hearts to secretly frown.
He heard Jiang Chengxuan reply indifferently, ”Sorry, we only have that one similar treasure.
It has just been traded to fellow Daoist Tong Hai.
So here, I can only say sorry.”
“Is that so?”
Shangguan Sheng responded noncommittally.
However, he followed it up without saying anything else.
Just like that, the trade fair was already declared over at this point.
Jiang Chengxuan, Shen Ruyan, Liu Linglong, including many others here, did not continue to stay long.
After bidding farewell to the Tonghai people here, they left the Emerald Restaurant one after another.
Looking at the backs of a group of people leaving, the young marquis Shangguan Sheng, who had not yet left immediately, suddenly was looking towards Lord Tonghai, who was the host of this trade fair, and opened his mouth:
“Daoist Brother Tong Hai, do you really believe that those two people just now, they don’t have any other spiritual objects like the Cave Xuan Vermilion Fruit on them?”
“Hm? Little Marquis, what are you …… doing?”
Daoist Tonghai’s eyes suddenly narrowed slightly.
Just then, he heard Shangguan Sheng laugh, “It’s nothing really, I just want to see if I can have a chance to get a copy of a spiritual item that can strengthen the Divine Soul.
It’s just that I don’t know if you, Daoist Brother Tong Hai, are interested in going over with me to take a look?”
Hearing Shangguan Sheng’s words, Ouyang Xuan and Master Lu Ming Dan, who were still present, couldn’t help but feel a slight movement in their hearts.
On the contrary, it was Lord Tong Hai who decisively shook his head.
“I’m sorry little marquis, I already have that Cave Xuan Vermilion Fruit, and for the time being I don’t need a second copy of something similar.
So I’m sorry that I can’t agree to this proposal from the young marquis.”
As the initiator of organizing this trade fair, Lord Tonghai was well aware of just how great the impact on his various people’s reputation would be once he actually agreed to Shangguan Sheng’s his proposal.
Perhaps after that, no one would be willing to participate in the trade fair he organized.
Of course, there was not enough benefit in it, and that was the main reason why the people of Tonghai were not willing to get involved in this kind of thing.
If one could be 100% certain that in the bodies of that Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan, there were such top-level dan-forming spirit items as the Condensing True Dan and the Gold Bonding Dan.
Then even if he had to throw away the credibility that he had accumulated over the years, he would not hesitate to do so.
There was another reason why the people of Tonghai were unwilling to accept Shangguan Sheng’s proposal.
It was the strength of Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan.
One at the seventh level of the Purple Mansion, one at the eighth level of the Purple Mansion, plus one at the second level of the Purple Mansion, Liu Linglong.
The Tonghai people didn’t feel that it would be anything simple to take down a few of them.
Without paying a sufficiently corresponding price, it would simply be impossible.
To put it bluntly, it was a disproportionate amount of effort and gain.
He Tonghai people would only do that unless they were stupid.
Seeing that the Sea Lord Tonghai was resolute, Shangguan Sheng had no choice.
The other party was not an existence that he could casually pin down.
Not to mention that his own cultivation was not as high as his, even if compared to his background, he, who came from one of the four great Jindan forces, Yuanyang Valley, was not in the least below himself.
Just when Shangguan Sheng was about to cancel his plan this time, in his ears, there suddenly came two voice transmissions.
It was none other than that Ouyang Xuan and Master Lu Ming Dan.
This caused him, who had already planned to give up his plan, his eyes suddenly just flickered, and without moving, he nodded at the two.
A few moments later.
The three of them were together, leaving the Emerald Restaurant where the Tonghai people were.
After leaving the Emerald Restaurant, Shangguan Sheng’s side quickly sent out a transmission.
Not a moment later, an old man with a cultivation at the ninth level of the Purple Mansion appeared in front of Shangguan Sheng.
He was seen bowing to Shangguan Sheng and said, “I have met the young marquis.”
Shangguan Sheng waved his hand.
“Old Wang doesn’t need to be polite.
By the way, everything I asked you to do just now has been done, right?”
The old man known as Elder Wang nodded at his words.
“Please rest assured, young marquis, nowadays, all the major teleportation arrays to other countries within the marketplace have been told by me not to open up to those few people, those few guys from Liang, they won’t be able to return to Liang through the teleportation arrays for a very long period of time.”
“Well done.”
Shangguan Sheng nodded in satisfaction at once.
“Next, it’s up to them to stay in this Hundred Treasures Marketplace.
Don’t let me down.”
Some time later.
Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan’s group, looking at the various teleportation arrays that were temporarily closed to the public, their expressions couldn’t help but all become somewhat subtle.
Were things in this world really that coincidental?
His own party was just about to return to Liang through the teleportation array, only to be told that the teleportation array leading to another country was temporarily closed to the public.
Was this a pretext, or was it a tactic specifically targeting his own party?
Whether it was true or not, one only needed to take a look to find out.
At that moment, Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan each concealed their figures.
Not a moment later, there were other cultivators who were traveling to other countries.
As a result, the cultivator who had said with himself and the others a moment ago that the teleportation array to his country was not open to the public for the time being, ended up opening the teleportation array for the other party in this moment, which really ……
Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan’s eyes instantly narrowed.
As things stood, if they still didn’t know that someone was specifically targeting them at this moment, it would truly be an insult to their intelligence.
Right now, the only thing they were still unsure of was who exactly that person was.
The people of Tonghai?
Or the little marquis?
Or maybe it was someone else?
After all, they hadn’t had any grudges with anyone in this Zheng Kingdom before.
Naturally, they couldn’t talk about any enemies who were specifically targeting them.
So the only possibility left was to see wealth and plot against it.
It was really unexpected that a single Cave Xuan Zhu Fruit could cause someone to go to such great lengths.
The other party was really looking up to them.
At the same time, this could also prove from the side that the cultivation world of this Zheng country was really quite a bit more chaotic than Liang, Yun, and Yan.
The law of the jungle of the weak and the strong was also more manifested.
“Big brother Jiang, sister Shen, what should we do now?”
Liu Linglong obviously also realized their current situation.
Her face couldn’t help but be a little ugly.
Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan exchanged a glance.
Only to hear Jiang Chengxuan say, ”Since they don’t want us to leave this place through the workshop that rides the teleportation array, then it would be better to just do as they wish.
At worst, we’ll just go to the State of Shu and return to the State of Liang via the transmission array from there.
Anyway, that Shu Country and this Zheng Country aren’t that far away.
I just don’t believe that they will still be able to influence the Shu Country side by then.”
Indeed.
At this time, Jiang Chengxuan still had one more thing left to say.
That was that he still wanted to see who this person hiding behind the curtain to specifically target them was.
Anyway, with his and Shen Ruyan’s current strength, there was nothing to be afraid of in the absence of a Jindan Realist.
What’s more, even if they were truly unfortunate enough to encounter a Jindan Realist, with their current means and cards, they were not completely helpless.
The big deal is to use that portable shuttle space array disk to escape.
Right now, Jiang Chengxuan and his group arrived at the exit of the marketplace in no time.
Immediately, he saw Jiang Chengxuan offer up a third-order treasure ship from his own body.
After their group had all gotten on the boat, they quickly left the Hundred Treasures Market.
Not long after Jiang Chengxuan left the Hundred Treasures Market, four spirit pressures belonging to the late Purple Mansion stage also disappeared within the Hundred Treasures Market.
It was Shangguan Sheng, Elder Wang, Ouyang Xuan, and Dan Master Lu Ming.
About an incense stick of time later.
Jiang Chengxuan and his group, who were driving the third-order treasure ship to fly ahead, suddenly seemed to notice something, and all of them couldn’t help but turn behind them.
There, four speeding recluse lights were speedily approaching their treasure ship.
Jiang Chengxuan, Shen Ruyan, Liu Linglong three Purple Mansion cultivators, at a glance, they could see the appearance of the four people in that transport light.
This immediately made Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan’s eyes narrow.
On the other hand, Liu Linglong’s complexion changed and she couldn’t help but open her mouth:
“It’s them!”
“Hmm.”
Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan nodded.
For the four people who appeared in front of them.
Especially that Shangguan Sheng, Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan were actually not too surprised.
Instead, it was that old man Wang beside him that slightly surprised the two.
However, they were also quick to react.
Looking at the other party’s posture, he thought that he should be one of the cultivators, or guest ministers, trained by that Shangguan Sheng’s clan.
Otherwise, with him and those two others alone, it was obviously unlikely that they would want to completely leave their party behind.
It seemed that the other party had prepared for this.
A trace of coldness flashed across Jiang Chengxuan’s eyes.
He and Shen Ruyan looked at each other, and their hearts were already made up in their minds.
It was at the same time.
The four of them, Shangguan Sheng, Elder Wang, Ouyang Xuan, and Dan Master Lu Ming, were clearly already approaching this treasure ship that Jiang Chengxuan and the others were traveling on.
At this time, they heard that Shangguan Sheng suddenly say:
“Several people, since you’ve come to my Zheng Kingdom, why are you in such a hurry to leave?
This Marquis still has some things that he wants to ask a few of you for, so please be able to fulfill them.”
Along with the words, Shangguan Sheng’s four people, had already completely caught up with Jiang Chengxuan and their treasure ship.
And the four of them followed the four directions of east, south, west, and north, locking up the possible paths for their party.
Seeing this, in Liu Linglong’s beautiful eyes, a hint of anger immediately appeared.
She looked at Shangguan Sheng and couldn’t help but say in a cold voice:
“Little Marquis, being like this, could it be that this is your attitude of wanting to ask for help?
Isn’t it a bit too much?”
“Well ……”
Shangguan Sheng couldn’t help but slightly sized up Liu Linglong, then faintly smiled and said:
“Hehe, does this fairy have some misunderstanding?
Nowadays excessive or not, in fact this does not lie in me, but in you and others.”
Without waiting for Liu Linglong or Jiang Chengxuan to open their mouths, Shangguan Sheng then continued:
“Just now at that trade fair, I observed that you and the others seem to have quite a few treasures on you.
It just so happens that recently, this Hou’s cultivation just lacks a batch of resources.
Especially the kind of treasures that can enhance the strength of the divine soul.
If a few of you are willing to give me some treasures, I would like to apologize to you, I wonder what you think?”
Said so much, in fact, just one sentence, that is, he Shangguan Sheng, want to whoring Jiang Chengxuan their body things.
This can’t help but let Jiang Chengxuan a few people’s heart, all rise a trace of some ridiculous feeling.
When was it possible to be so justified in robbing other people’s finances?
“What if we say that we don’t have those things that you want on you, Little Marquis?
What should that be?”
Jiang Chengxuan suddenly spoke.
Hearing his words, Shangguan Sheng’s eyes first narrowed slightly, then he smiled:
“Is that so?
Then please also trouble yourselves, hand over the storage rings in your hands to us for inspection.
If we are really sure that you don’t have what we need, then we will let you leave on your own, how about it?”
Hand over your storage rings for inspection?
It’s really thanks to this guy to be able to say that.
This was no different from having them stick their necks out and letting them chop at will.
Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan already had no intention of continuing to talk nonsense with these guys, and when they heard the words, their faces immediately turned cold, and a word was slowly spat out from their mouths.
“Scram!”
“What did you say?”
With a single sentence, it instantly caused the faces of the Shangguan Sheng several people to change.
Shangguan Sheng even instantly tore off all pretenses and just looked at Jiang Chengxuan and the others coldly.
“Toast the wine and eat the penalty wine.
Since that’s the case, then I won’t blame us for being impolite!”
As the words fell, he actually made a direct move.
Raising his hand, he made a move.
A long spear with a reddish-orange color on its surface was openly directed towards Jiang Chengxuan and the rest of them!
Seeing this, the three people with him, Elder Wang, Ouyang Xuan, and Dan Master Lu Ming, were no longer idle, and could not help but make their moves.
Only Wang Lao reached out his hand and guided it.
A long blade with a trace of lightning wrapped around its surface instantly chopped horizontally towards the third-ranked treasure ship that Jiang Chengxuan and the others were traveling on.
Obviously, he had the intention of destroying their flying treasure first.
As for Ouyang Xuan and Dan Master Lu Ming.
The former opened his mouth and spat.
A flagstaff painted with the designs of countless beautiful women appeared in the void.
In an instant, countless mesmerizing sounds suddenly appeared in the ears of Jiang Chengxuan and the others.
One by one, or enchanting, or cold, or shy, delicate male and female silhouettes, constantly disturbed Jiang Chengxuan’s minds, so much so that on Liu Linglong’s fair face, two blushes suddenly floated out of thin air, and her breathing also unconsciously became a bit disorganized.
“Linglong, wake up!”
Crackle-
Suddenly, a sound like a thunderous explosion suddenly appeared in Liu Linglong’s heart lake, making her original mind which was already in a trance instantly clear, and the whole person also completely came back to her senses.
(End of chapter)