Chapter 56: A Transaction Destined To Be Uneasy
Chapter 56: A Transaction Destined To Be Uneasy
After Ling Yi’s angry cursing, several well-dressed middle-aged men walked out of the little gray building. The one at the front laughed heartily and said, “Ah, a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! The people below didn’t know. Brother, please don’t mind…”
The voice was mellow and very magnetic. It was exactly the person who had contacted Ling Yi earlier.
Ling Yi coldly sized up the few men opposite him, then suddenly showed a trace of a smile on his face. “Oh, look, I’m so sorry. I thought you didn’t want to do this business and deliberately had someone embarrass me.”
The middle-aged man immediately wore an expression that said ‘how could that be possible’ and said loudly, “Brother, you really know how to joke. There’s absolutely no chance of that!”
Master Qian Luoying and her two disciples stood there, all looking completely bewildered.
The mortal world… was completely different from what they had imagined!
“Come, come, please come inside!” The leading middle-aged man was full of enthusiasm. He didn’t even glance at the big man Ling Yi had kicked away.
The others also wore calm expressions, as if such things were quite ordinary.
Qian Luoying was bursting with curiosity, but she could only hold it in for now. She felt that her previous so-called experience in the mortal world was simply a joke.
Mo Yunwu and Jiang Yuntong didn’t even dare to speak.
They followed nervously behind their master, like two weak and helpless little creatures.
After entering the room, the middle-aged man didn’t waste words. He directly had someone bring out a huge and heavy leather case.
He placed it on the table and opened it with a smile.
A case full of Spirit Stones was instantly revealed before everyone’s eyes.
Even the eyes of the several men beside the middle-aged man couldn’t help but light up.
Master Qian Luoying and her two disciples were shocked once more.
How could there be so many Spirit Stones?
What kind of transaction was this again?
It wasn’t that Qian Luoying had never seen Spirit Stones before, but she had never seen so many all at once except in the vault of the Heaven’s Gate Sect.
She couldn’t help but glance at Ling Yi, whose expression remained calm. This young man became even more mysterious in her eyes.
A case of Spirit Stones like this, even in the Heaven’s Gate Sect, would be considered a huge fortune.
The middle-aged man looked at Ling Yi and said, “Spirit Stones worth one billion. Brother, please confirm them. If there are no problems, you can notify the other side to release the payment.”
Ling Yi nodded and walked over to begin checking them slowly.
The Enchantress later informed him that the Spirit Stones had no problems.
But whether this case was worth one billion, she didn’t know.
Still, it was fine. There was Sister Zhao.
He made a call, directly initiating a video call.
Sister Zhao only glanced at the case and then nodded at Ling Yi.
As for whether the Spirit Stones could be fake, she didn’t mention it at all. If Ling Yi couldn’t even tell that, then he deserved to be cheated.
“Sis, transfer the money to them,” Ling Yi said to Sister Zhao on the video call.
Sister Zhao said, “Hand the phone to Lao Zhao.”
Ling Yi handed the phone to the middle-aged man beside him.
Sister Zhao got straight to the point. “The goods are fine. I can transfer the money, but it must be ten minutes after my people have left.”
The middle-aged man said in his mellow voice, “Big sister, you’re really putting me in a difficult position. If the goods were mine alone, whatever you say goes. But this batch of goods was gathered together by me and a few brothers. So… without seeing the money, I can’t hand over the goods.”
As he spoke, he also used the video to show the other middle-aged men.
Over there, Sister Zhao muttered something, then said, “Give the phone to my man.”
The phone was back in Ling Yi’s hand. Sister Zhao looked at Ling Yi and shook her head gently.
She felt it was a bit unreliable, but she couldn’t say it outright.
She had quite a lot of business dealings with Lao Zhao, but she had never dealt with the other men, hadn’t even met them.
She also couldn’t be bothered to scold Lao Zhao for accepting this business when he didn’t have that many goods himself. If it were her, she would have definitely accepted first and figured things out later.
But Ling Yi just smiled and said, “Sis, transfer the money to them. It’s fine.”
Sister Zhao hesitated for a moment, then still couldn’t help but remind him, “Be extra careful.”
Then the call was ended.
Ling Yi closed the leather case, zipped it up, lifted it to test its weight, and then directly tossed it to Jiang Yuntong.
Jiang Yuntong flusteredly caught it. Even though he was a Sect disciple, it was his first time seeing a case full of Spirit Stones. He was a bit nervous.
Throughout the process, none of the middle-aged men in the room stopped him.
Ling Yi looked at Lao Zhao. “The goods are mine now. Once the money arrives, I’ll leave immediately.”
Lao Zhao looked at Ling Yi, sizing him up a few times, then suddenly smiled. “Brother… you’re not Zhao Ying’s subordinate, are you?”
Ling Yi looked at him. “Why do you ask?”
Lao Zhao smiled. “You don’t need to be so tense. Getting Zhao Ying to willingly help with this, you’re not simple. In this Chaos Zone, having one more friend means one more path. Now that today’s deal is done, we’re friends from now on.”
Ling Yi looked at him. “Friends or whatever, that’s for later. If you have no problems, then we can continue doing transactions in the future.”
Lao Zhao laughed heartily. “I naturally have no problems! You can rest assured!”
Shortly after, Ling Yi received a message from Sister Zhao – Money sent. Be extremely careful. At critical moments, your life is more important than Spirit Stones!
Ling Yi understood this was Sister Zhao worrying about him. He sent a reply – Don’t worry. I’ll contact you again after I get back.
At this moment, Lao Zhao looked at Ling Yi, extended his hand, and said, “Brother, the money’s received. You can take the goods. Pleasure doing business!”
Ling Yi looked at Lao Zhao’s outstretched hand, reached out and shook it briefly, then quickly withdrew his hand.
He looked at Qian Luoying. “Let’s go.”
The four of them walked out of the little gray building. The courtyard had already returned to calm. The big man he had kicked until he vomited blood was long gone, and the smashed flowers and plants had already been cleaned up.
Jiang Yuntong cautiously carried the case into the car. Mo Yunwu also lost her previous liveliness and followed silently behind.
After Ling Yi got in the car, he gave a slight nod to Lao Zhao who had come out to see them off. He started the car, slowly drove out of the small courtyard, and then stepped on the gas, speeding away in an instant.
“Master Zhao, are we just letting these people run off like that?” A middle-aged man beside Lao Zhao narrowed his eyes, licking his lips. “That woman in her thirties has a really great aura. Her skin is so tender you could pinch water out of it…”
Lao Zhao glanced at him. “Don’t be a damn fool. Do you know who that woman is?”
“I don’t care who she is. In my eyes, she’s just for…” the middle-aged man chuckled.
Lao Zhao sneered. “(Expletive) your sister! That’s an Elder from a hidden Sect! A thing like you, with nothing but fluids in your brain, will die because of this sooner or later!”
“Ah?”
The middle-aged man was startled. He looked at Lao Zhao. “How do you know?”
Lao Zhao didn’t answer him. He just murmured, “That third level Meridian Unlocking bear was actually kicked until he vomited blood by that kid with one kick. Seems the rumors are true. That kid really is a tough character.”
As he spoke, he looked at someone beside him and said, “Spread the word. The fish has surfaced. The ospreys should get to work.”
In the car.
Master Qian Luoying finally couldn’t hold back the barrage of questions she had been keeping in.
“What kind of transaction is this? Why is it so weird?”
Ling Yi drove while speaking. “I earned some money before, and then used that money to buy some Spirit Stones for cultivation. It’s just that this is the Chaos Zone. Everything here can’t be dealt with in normal ways. For example, that jerk who just tried to harass my eldest niece. His real purpose was actually to test our background.”
“Uncle, how do you know so much?” Jiang Yuntong, holding the leather case, also couldn’t hold back his curiosity and asked from the back.
“I experienced quite a bit in my past life.” Ling Yi laughed heartily.
The others looked at him speechlessly. This guy was so unserious.
Qian Luoying then asked, “This doesn’t seem to be the road we came by, does it?”
Ling Yi said, “Right, this is another road. But it doesn’t look very promising either…”
In the rearview mirror, seven or eight cars were speeding after them.
Ling Yi pulled the car over to the side of the road. He said to Jiang Yuntong, who was holding a box, “Throw the box over there, leave it. Come with me out of the car to fight!”
As he spoke, he glanced at Mo Yunwu. “My big niece, do you dare to come along?”
Mo Yunwu said, “Why wouldn’t I dare?”
Qian Luoying noticed the cars chasing them now and immediately frowned slightly.
Ling Yi said, “You stay in the car. Don’t get out. Don’t make a move unless a Dao-Entry Grade expert appears from their side.”
With a series of sharp screeches, fifteen or sixteen martial practitioners emitting energy fluctuations got out of those cars.
They quickly moved to surround Ling Yi’s group.
Ling Yi looked at Jiang Yuntong. “Big nephew, go on. Use your White Crane Palm Technique and the Thirteen Swords of Pine Waves against them.”
Jiang Yuntong took a deep breath. He did not draw the sword from his back. He chose to face the group empty-handed.
Those approaching were mostly at the Second Order. But each one carried a heavy killing intent.
Without a word, five or six of them immediately surrounded Jiang Yuntong and attacked.
Ling Yi looked at Mo Yunwu. “You go fight too.”
Mo Yunwu said, “I…”
Looking at those fierce, murderous people, her heart jumped to her throat. She kept cheering herself on in her mind—
You shouldn’t be afraid of them. They’re not that scary!
But it was no use. Her body was very honest.
It was trembling a little.
Over there, Jiang Yuntong instantly fell into a passive position.
In terms of cultivation techniques and cultivation level, he wasn’t bad. But it was the same old problem.
His combat experience was far too weak!
Qian Luoying couldn’t help but get out of the car. She watched Jiang Yuntong’s situation with a tense face.
Saying she wasn’t worried was nonsense. Even though she knew Ling Yi wanted to train Jiang Yuntong, her heart was still hanging high with anxiety.
Ling Yi glanced at Qian Luoying. “Watch our stuff!”
As he spoke, he walked towards the remaining people.
Without any extra movements, it was basically one punch, one kick, one slap…
It was crisp, clean, easy, and natural. Mo Yunwu watched, stunned!
This was exactly the feeling she had always wanted!
That chivalrous demeanor from her fantasies!
If she knew the phrase “Ten steps to kill one man, leaving no trace for a thousand miles,” she definitely would have said it out loud.
In the blink of an eye, apart from the five or six people surrounding Jiang Yuntong, everyone else was knocked down by Ling Yi. No one died, but everyone lost the ability to fight.
At the same time, even more people were watching from the surroundings, some openly, some hidden.
Some couldn’t help but move closer.
Jiang Yuntong was already injured. He gritted his teeth, trying his best to hold on, trying not to seem so pathetic.
He also didn’t want to show his inner fear and weakness.
He desperately tried to recall everything Ling Yi had taught him that morning.
Between theory and practice stood who knew how many Mo Yunwus. Successfully converting one into the other wasn’t that easy.
Seeing every move from his enemies aimed at taking his life, the deep fear in Jiang Yuntong’s heart finally turned into endless drive under the immense pressure.
At the critical moment, he finally erupted!
With a clang, the longsword on his back left its sheath—
A flash of sword light!
Sword energy swept around him.
The Thirteen Swords of Pine Waves were instantly unleashed.
Those several others, also at the Second Stage Acupoint Activation, practiced far inferior techniques compared to Jiang Yuntong. They simply had more combat experience.
Once Jiang Yuntong finally weathered their first wave of attacks and regained his footing, this group immediately felt the enormous pressure.
A Sect disciple, learning superior techniques, once finding the key point, erupted with a force these underachievers simply couldn’t compare to.
As the Thirteen Swords of Pine Waves unfolded, several opponents were instantly forced back.
During this, Jiang Yuntong had many chances to wound them.
But every time, just as he was about to strike, he couldn’t help but hold back.
Apart from the sharp, peerless sword energy leaving some wounds on their bodies, his sword remained untainted by any enemy’s blood.
Ling Yi stood there watching quietly.
Turning a naive young person into a qualified warrior couldn’t be done overnight.
It took time.
To Ling Yi, Jiang Yuntong had already given him a great surprise.
This big nephew… really not bad!
At that moment, more people closed in from all sides.
Clearly, the batch of Spirit Stones worth a billion in his car, from the moment he left that gray building, had become a fragrant, sweet, irresistible cake!
Successfully taking it back to that manor was bound to involve a fierce battle.
And this was actually exactly what Ling Yi wanted!
Being new here, if he didn’t show some real skill, how could he face the people of Mei City?
If he wanted to be lazy, if he wanted a permanent solution, he could only kill until others were afraid!
If it were just him, Gu Tong, Qin Hao, and the others, of course he wouldn’t have that confidence.
But now, with a Dao-Entering Expert covering them from the side, what was there to fear?
The Chaos Zone had Dao-Entering Experts, but they weren’t so common as to be worthless!
And they were afraid of dying too!