Chapter 302 – Silent Sage (V)

Chapter 302

Silent Sage (V)

I sped out of the house and headed over to the source of the roar; it was quite easy to spot since there was a fair bit of audience crowding it, forcing me to shuffle between them to get to the front. I got quite a few elbows into my ribs as a protest, but I endured it.

Once there, I could only sigh: Wan Lan and Xi Zhao stood on one end, with six men standing opposite of them, led by a younger one who seemed to be Wan Lan’s age.

He wore rather garish jewelry and, on top of the quite flamboyant robe, made it so he looked less like a person and more like a walking ad. Wan Lan was holding a few gemstones, while Xi Zhao was holding a few plants, as though flaunting them on purpose.

… which was probably what they were doing.

“Are you deaf?! I told you that if you don’t sell it to me, I’ll hang you all for the entire world to see! Do you not know who I am, huh?!”

“… should we?” Wan Lan replied dismissively.

“Y-y-you brat! I’m a Core Disciple of the Jade Meridian Sect, Zhu Ning!” he proudly proclaimed, though to the backwater bumpkins like the kids and me, the name really didn’t mean anything. “Hah! Are you scared? Humph! Because you angered me, now I will only give you twenty mid-grade stones instead of forty!”

Wow.

Wooooow.

Talk about shameless.

Though I wasn’t looking forward to conflicts like these, I knew they were inevitable–more so ever since the kids ‘showed off’. I mean, they’re walking disasters with a protag aura so thick you could see it from outer space (I assume). It’s a miracle this exact scenario isn’t being played out every day.

“Hm? Ah, Master, you’re here!” Xi Zhao called out, his dour expression turning bright. The two completely ignored the man as they walked over and handed me their findings, once more causing quite a few eyes to look at us… well, “greedily” is a nice way of putting it. “Apologies,” he continued. “We would have gotten more if some barking dogs didn’t keep bothering us.”

“…” wow. You look innocent enough, but you sure spit out some heinous fire. He spoke it just loudly enough for basically any cultivator in a radius to hear, including the flamboyant–wait, what’s his name? Oh my God, didn’t he say it just fifteen seconds ago or so?!

“Y-y-you! How dare you! That’s it! Even if the King Yama comes, he won’t be able to save you! Kill them!”

“You are rather quick to disregard the rules of the city,” I said, glancing over at him. “Or, are you saying that you are so important you get to disregard them?”

Stolen novel; please report.

“… hah. What a coward. If you’re a man, come outside and face me!”

“Did my disciples steal this from you?” I asked.

“What?”

“I’m asking whether they stole this from you.”

“We didn’t, Master,” Wan Lan quickly responded. “We found it just like we found other things before.”