CHAPTER 787: CHAPTER 787: WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

"Oh, it’s just a Blood Blossom Crystal, what’s there to fuss over... What! Did you say a Blood Blossom Crystal? Why didn’t you mention it earlier!"

Initially displeased and quite dissatisfied with his own disciple’s performance, Elder Ouyang Ming’s expression drastically changed as soon as he fully grasped the situation.

First, he turned his head and gave Zhu Fei an apologetic fist salute, "Fellow Daoist Zhu Fei, my apologies for this time, the Blood Blossom Crystal is too important to my commerce, I must excuse myself for now."

Without waiting for Zhu Fei’s response, Ouyang Ming grabbed Guo Ying, who was still somewhat dazed, and sternly reprimanded her:

"Inferior disciple, you didn’t mention such an important matter to your master sooner, what are you standing around for? Go now!"

As he spoke, Ouyang Ming, paying no mind to Guo Ying’s slightly aggrieved expression, pulled her along and in the blink of an eye, they had disappeared within the shop’s grand hall.

Zhu Fei stood there, staring at the now empty hall, caught between laughter and tears.

What is all this fuss about? Is it really necessary to react like this?

Zhu Fei muttered to himself, though he did not hesitate in his actions and with a slight flicker of his figure, he soon left the shop as well.

...

At the northwest corner of the makeshift market, Elder Ouyang Ming arrived beside a shop bearing the sign of Qinghai Immortal Island, his face full of anger, yet his eyes were fixed on an old man wearing a Qingzang Daoist robe inside.

"Master Canghai, don’t you think you’re overstepping a bit? You had previously agreed to trade with my Wantong Commerce, yet now you renege on your word, shouldn’t you give me, Ouyang Ming, an explanation?"

Master Canghai, who was in conversation with the people inside the shop, immediately turned his head upon hearing Ouyang Ming’s words, his gaze cold and sinister as he locked eyes with Elder Ouyang.

Feeling the chill of Master Canghai’s sinister gaze, a shiver ran down Elder Ouyang’s spine.

Everyone said Master Canghai was unpredictable and temperamental, usually reacting with deadly force to anyone who slightly displeased him.

Now, as he faced Ouyang Ming and dared to show such blatant hostility, it seemed the rumors were no mere fabrications.

While these thoughts raced through Ouyang’s mind, on the surface he showed no signs of backing down; his tone, in fact, became even fiercer than before.

"Master Canghai, what now? You really mean to go back on the deal we had agreed upon? Or do you mean to say that you never took Wantong Commerce seriously right from the start?"

Hearing Ouyang Ming’s stern questioning again, Master Canghai suddenly let out a light chuckle.

He raised his hand to his chin and looked sideways at Ouyang Ming and Guo Ying standing beside him, speaking in a mocking tone:

"Ouyang Ming, since when do I need your guidance in how I conduct my affairs? I’ll sell the Blood Blossom Crystal to whomever I wish; do you really think you can dictate my actions?

But as for you, you dared to use Wantong Commerce to pressure me just now. Be careful in the future, especially with your obedient disciple. Take care she isn’t carelessly harvested for her yin to replenish someone’s yang, ha ha!"

"Bastard! Master Canghai, how dare you...!"

Elder Ouyang Ming was infuriated by Master Canghai’s words, especially the latter’s last few sentences, which ignited anger in his heart and sent a shiver of fear through him.

Ouyang Ming was all too aware that Master Canghai acted without reservation, and with his Earth Immortal cultivation at the peak of the Middle Stage of Great Success, those who wished to trouble him would find it a difficult task.

The words he had just said were clearly threats and provocations, and moreover, blatantly so.

"Well, if it isn’t Elder Ouyang from Wantong Commerce. What’s the matter? Elder Ouyang, don’t tell me you came here to throw your weight around with the backing of Wantong Commerce?"

Just then, an extremely grating and unpleasant voice suddenly rang out.

Ouyang Ming turned his head to look and saw a middle-aged man with a sharp face and monkey-like cheeks, hunched back, wearing a small black hat, staring at him with a face full of mockery.

"Gui! Yan! Ping!"

Ouyang Ming’s mouth suddenly erupted with these three words, filled with hatred.

The ugly middle-aged man referred to as Gui Yanping simply "heh-heh" laughed, then continued to speak:

"I say, Elder Ouyang, when it comes to business, as they say, the higher bidder gets the goods. You did not offer as much as my Qinghai Immortal Island, so it’s normal for Master Canghai to be willing to sell that Blood Splendor Crystal to me.

But as for you, I must really ask you now, making such a ruckus in my Qinghai Immortal Island store, don’t you think you owe me, Gui, an explanation?"

An explanation? Bullshit explanation!

Ouyang Ming was almost shaking with rage, his eyes fixated on Gui Yanping and Master Canghai, fury dancing within them.

He knew that this time he had probably truly fallen into a trap.

Regardless of whether the other party had intentionally done this just now, he had still missed beating them by a step.

Wantong Commerce was known as the top commerce guild on the Xuanhuang Continent, but now having lost to Qinghai Immortal Island in the battle for the Blood Splendor Crystal, it would no doubt be a significant blow to Wantong Commerce’s reputation.

The thought made Ouyang Ming’s face twitch involuntarily.

"Heh, the people of Qinghai Immortal Island are truly a bunch of shameless bastards, aren’t they? Whether it’s the juniors or the seniors, it seems they are the worst of the worst."

Just then, a voice full of sarcasm suddenly rang in everyone’s ears.

Gui Yanping, who had been smug and wearing a mocking smile on his face, suddenly stiffened.

He whirled around, his small cruel eyes instantly shooting out an extremely cold gaze.

"Who? Who is it that dares to slander my Qinghai Immortal Island? Could it be they no longer wish to live?!"

"Gui, you little bastard, the one who spoke just now was none other than your daddy. Now kneel and kowtow to your daddy immediately!"

Zhu Fei, supporting the back of his head with both hands, sauntered over to Ouyang Ming’s side, looking at Gui Yanping and Master Canghai with a face full of disdain.

"As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. A sect that lacks even an ounce of integrity can only make friends with animalistic trash."

Zhu Fei’s words were extremely malicious, so much so that even Ouyang Ming and Guo Ying couldn’t help but inhale sharply upon hearing them.

"Boy, have the guts to repeat what you just said?"

Master Canghai’s gaze was sinister, coldly staring at Zhu Fei before him, the mighty pressure of a Great Success Earth Immortal exploding towards Zhu Fei!

Facing Master Canghai’s intimidating aura, Zhu Fei remained unhurried.

He looked up indifferently at Master Canghai, the corner of his mouth slightly curling, his tone dismissive:

"What are you? You’re just an animalistic seal, a piece of arrogant trash that’s gotten a bit of cultivation, you think you’re worthy of me repeating myself?"