The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the others paid the spirit stones and destroyed the image stone in Lu Ming's hand.
Just as they were about to breathe a sigh of relief, Big Yellow wagged its tail, grinned with its mouth crooked, and produced another image stone.
“Sect Master, can this one of mine be sold for money?”
Hearing Big Yellow's words, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the others, who had only managed to let out half a breath, instantly choked!
For a moment, that breath was stuck, neither going up nor down, causing them to roll their eyes in sheer exasperation!
Mostly, they were choking from pure rage!
They stared at the image stone clutched in Big Yellow's paw, and then stared back at Big Yellow!
You really are a good dog!
In the end, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan really couldn't hold back and shouted:
“Sect Master Wang, you can't do this to us!”
The Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect stroked his beard and said helplessly:
“You can't blame me for this! Who told my disciples to be so diligent?”
Then, he turned to look at Wang Defa, Mu Linsen, and the others.
“Do you guys have any?”
The moment his words fell, Wang Defa, Mu Linsen, and the others let out sinister chuckles.
...
Following that, Mu Linsen produced a tray, and several of them pulled out image stones, tossing them onto it.
When it was Wang Defa's turn, the old man casually tossed out five of them!
This sight made the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan's eyelids twitch violently!
He really wanted to ask this old man: How on earth did you record five of them?
Are you part octopus?
Suppressing the urge to faint, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan spoke up:
“Sect Master Wang, you are the number one power on the Xuantian Continent, after all. How can you act like this?”
Huangpu Haotian also chimed in with an ugly expression:
“Exactly! As the absolute boss of the Xuantian Continent, you should be setting an example...”
“Sect Master Wang, you guys weren't like this in the past. Back then, you only beat people up; you never swindled resources like this...”
“Yes, Sect Master Wang, you must stay true to your original intentions and not change so easily. We can't accept you turning into this!”
The Nine-Headed Flood Dragon and Mo Qianye also chimed in, their faces filled with deep resentment!
They had only come to attend a birthday banquet, yet they never expected they would lose even their undergarments here!
Hearing their words, Lu Ming and Big Yellow also looked at the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect in utter shock!
Is the Sect Master really that fierce?
Even Wang Defa, Mu Linsen, and the others were incredibly shocked. They knew their Sect Master and the elders were powerful!
But they never expected them to be this powerful!
The absolute boss of the Xuantian Continent!!
At this moment, Lu Ming felt a pang of guilt in his heart. It was all because of him, the protagonist.
He had forced these formidable figures like the Sect Master to live such a stifled and low-profile existence!
If not for his appearance, they would probably still be living colorful and glorious lives!
Sigh... I've dragged them down!
The Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect let out a long, melancholy sigh and waved his hand.
“Sigh! What absolute boss of the Xuantian Continent... You guys are just overpraising us...”
“You are the real powerhouses of our Xuantian Continent. Take the Ancient God Clan, for instance—you have the trump cards left behind by your ancestors from the Immortal Ancient era!”
At this point, the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect glanced at the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and continued:
“If you ever get upset one day and decide to strike at our Qingshan Sect, we would face the danger of total annihilation...”
Hearing these words, Lu Ming, Big Yellow, and the others all turned to look at the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan!
So the Ancient God Clan actually possessed such a lethal trump card!
They also finally understood why the Grand Elder and the others only beat these people up but never dared to deliver a fatal blow!
It turned out they were worried that if they pushed these guys too far, they would fight to the death!
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan was stunned.
Since when did the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect become so low-profile?
Didn't he use to howl and dare me to use my trump cards to fight him to the death?
Before he could speak, the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect looked at Huangpu Haotian and the others, sighing softly:
“Each of your forces has some sort of trump card or another. Only my Qingshan Sect is truly pitiful. We have nothing, and we have to rely entirely on ourselves to endure everything!”
His tone carried an unspeakable loneliness!
He looked like a victim who had been terribly bullied!
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the others instantly widened their eyes!
Listen to yourself! Are those even human words?
Over the years, our forces have been bullied by you more times than we can count!
We're the ones who have always been on the losing end, alright?
Yes, we have our reliance and our trump cards, but we don't dare to use them lightly!
If we use them, even if we destroy your Qingshan Sect, we will end up being destroyed by other forces!
Your Qingshan Sect precisely took advantage of this fact, bullying us whenever you felt like it over the years!
Meanwhile, Lu Ming, Big Yellow, and the others grew furious as they listened.
It turned out that the survival environment of their Qingshan Sect was actually so harsh!
If not for the incredible strength of the Sect Master and the others, they probably would have been bullied terribly over the years!
In the future, they had to cultivate diligently.
They had to break the trump cards held by these ancient forces!
So they could never bully the Qingshan Sect again!
Just as Lu Ming was making this silent vow, the voice of the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect rang out again:
“My friends, do you still want to buy back these image stones?”
They looked at the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect's victim-like expression.
Then they looked at the image stones on the tray!
In the end, they could only grit their teeth and continue negotiating the price.
Except for the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect, who was highly satisfied, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the others were all extremely displeased!
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan, in particular, was on the verge of tears!
Lately, all their Ancient God Clan had been doing was paying out compensations!
No matter how massive their family fortune was, it couldn't withstand being squandered like this!
After destroying these image stones once again, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan gritted his teeth and asked:
“Sect Master Wang, there are no more this time, right?”
The Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect nodded solemnly.
“I am a respectable businessman. When I say this is all of them, it is all of them...”
“If there are any more, I'll make these little brats eat them!”
“Good... Very good!”
Hearing the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect's promise, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the others instantly surrounded Lu Ming and his group!
Lu Ming was startled and couldn't help but shout:
“What do you mean by this? Are you planning to rob us of the compensation we just settled?”
Hearing Lu Ming's words, the cultivators from the Central Province all looked at the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the others in sheer horror!
You can even play it like that?
What's the point of paying in the first place? Why didn't you just refuse to pay?
Sensing the collective gaze of the crowd, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the others were nearly driven to death by anger!
What do you mean, rob them back?!
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan quickly spoke up:
“Cut the nonsense! We are surrounding you for another matter!”
Just then, Huangpu Haotian also spoke up:
“Sect Master Wang, it's time you gave us an explanation. Your Saint fed us poisonous mushrooms, causing us to make such fools of ourselves. How do you plan to compensate us?”
They weren't fools. Only the few of them had eaten the poisonous mushrooms, and every single one of them had ended up losing control!
It was glaringly obvious that the poisonous mushrooms Lu Ming had given them were the culprit!
Those were definitely no ordinary poisonous mushrooms!
Not only did the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the others close in, but even Abbot Zhiyuan stepped forward!
Their Ancient Buddha Sect had been devastated to this extent; they had to find someone to pay for the damages!!
If they asked the Ancient God Clan and the other forces, those factions obviously wouldn't pay up.
But if all these forces joined hands to demand compensation from the Qingshan Sect...
They might actually get something back!!
After all, this entire mess was indeed triggered by the Qingshan Sect's Saint!
Furthermore, all the cultivators of the Central Province were watching.
If the Qingshan Sect dared to refuse compensation, their reputation would be completely ruined. Let's see how they would ever show their faces on the Xuantian Continent again!
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