Ch188 - The Ma Family's Grandson

Facing the question from the Chief Elder, Liu Mufeng smiled calmly and replied, “Elder Ma, I’m currently preparing for the alchemy competition, and I go to the trading area to buy spiritual plants every day and also tea leaves for my Master. I don’t know which day you’re talking about? Besides, this disciple is a newcomer and doesn’t know Senior Sister Lin Xue. Can you please give me a detailed description of what Senior Sister Lin Xue looks like? In this way, I can also think carefully about whether I have ever met this person, and whether I have had an argument with her.”

“Liu Mufeng, do you want to deceive us and not admit it?” Looking at Liu Mufeng, the young cultivator said with an unhappy expression.

Hearing this, Liu Mufeng smiled. “Senior Brother Ma, I didn’t say that I haven’t met Senior Sister Lin Xue. I just said that I meet too many people in the trading area every day, and I don’t know who is Senior Sister Lin Xue.”

“You, your arguments are fake! Indulging in sophistry!” Ma Ming insisted.

“Presumptuous! This is Pill Peak, not the Spiritual Plants Garden, Ma Ming, don’t yell in front of me.” Jiang Yuantu scolded coldly, as his facial expression turned gloomy.

“The Third Elder, please calm down. My Grandson has been spoiled by me.” Bowing his head, Elder Ma hurriedly apologized.

After being scolded by the Third Elder, Ma Ming lowered his head and did not dare to speak any more. Even though his Grandfather and the Third Elder were both Elders of the sect, they were completely different. The Third Elder had the cultivation base of the Spiritual Venerable Realm, while his Grandfather had only the cultivation base of the Spiritual Sect Realm. The Third Elder was a Peak Master, but his Grandfather did not have his own peak. The identities and positions of the two were completely different.

After looking at Elder Ma, the Third Elder turned to look at Liu Mufeng. “Mufeng, have you met that Lin Xue?”

“Master, this disciple is new here. I really don’t know which Senior Sister is Lin Xue?” Looking at the Third Elder, Liu Mufeng said in embarrassment.

“Are there any portraits? Mufeng has only been in the sect for less than a year, how would he know the people from your Spiritual Plants Garden?” Looking at Elder Ma, the Third Elder asked helplessly.

“Yes, yes!” Nodding, Elder Ma immediately took out a portrait for Liu Mufeng to identify.

Taking the portrait, Liu Mufeng took a closer look. Sure enough, it was the female cultivator he had killed a few days ago. “Oh, this Senior Sister, I remember. A few days ago, I went to the trading area to buy spiritual plants. The Senior Sister asked me where she could buy black stones. I told her that there were two stalls on the east side of the area. After that, she and the other two Senior Brothers left. We just talked a few words, and there was no dispute.”

“You are lying, someone said you and the Fifth Brother quarreled.” Staring at Liu Mufeng, Ma Ming said reluctantly.

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“You! You!” Looking at Liu Mufeng, who was calm and not flustered, Ma Ming was annoyed.

“Nephew Liu, I also believe that you are innocent. However, many people said that you and Lin Xue had a dispute, so in order to prove your innocence, I don’t know if Nephew Liu is willing to take out your storage rings and show them to your Elders?” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Elder Ma countered calmly.

Hearing this, Liu Mufeng smiled. He couldn’t help thinking:This old fox, I am afraid that he’s just pretending to trace Lin Xue’s death. In fact, it looks like he really wants to get that treasure compass back!

“Yes, since Liu Mufeng doesn’t admit to killing my partner, then hand over your storage ring to us for inspection to prove his innocence.” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Ma Ming said viciously. He thought to himself:I can only blame myself for being too careless, and actually lending that treasure to Lin Xue. Now Lin Xue is dead, and the treasure is nowhere to be found!

“Elder Ma, you are too presumptuous!” Looking at Elder Ma coldly, the Third Elder’s face once again turned very ugly.

“Master, it doesn’t matter, this disciple wants to clear himself.” After speaking, Liu Mufeng took off his two fourth-level storage rings and placed them on the table.

Ma Ming touched the two storage rings on the table, and swept through the two rings with his soul power. He found that one of the storage rings was filled with the corpses of various demon beasts. In the other storage ring, there were cooking utensils, various seasonings, more than a dozen kinds of tea, a change of clothes, and daily necessities such as beds, tables and chairs, and tents.

“No, you should have other storage items.” Liu Mufeng was an alchemist, but he didn’t find any pills or spiritual plants in the other party’s storage ring, which was very abnormal.

“Yes!” Nodding, Liu Mufeng took off the storage necklace on his neck and put it on the table.

Taking this fourth-level storage necklace, Ma Ming swept it once more and found that there were many medicinal pills, spirit stones, spiritual talismans, array plates, and many, many spiritual plants and spiritual plant seeds in the necklace. But it was strange that there was not even a magic weapon.

“You, why are there no magic weapons in your storage necklace?” Ma Ming asked suspiciously, looking at Liu Mufeng.

“I’m not accustomed to using weapons.” With a smile, Liu Mufeng replied. His magic weapons were all odd-shaped, and had always been stacked in the small wooden hut in the bracelet dimension.

“You don’t have any magic weapon, then, how can you fight enemies?” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Ma Ming asked suspiciously.

Hearing this, Liu Mufeng smiled. “This is my private matter, so Senior Brother Ma doesn’t need to bother with it.”

“Haha, I think that Daoist Liu’s pets should be very powerful.” After speaking, Elder Ma glanced at the three animal raising bags on Liu Mufeng’s waist.

“Elder Ma is over praising me.” In his three animal raising bags were the Golden Spirit Insects, Fire Spirit Insects and their larvaes respectively. The Wood Spirit Insects and the Earth Spirit Insects have always been kept in the bracelet dimension, and Liu Mufeng had not released them. The third-level demon horse he had raised in the past was also eaten by Xiaoyuan, making Liu Mufeng very helpless.

“Take off the bracelets on your wrist.” Seeing the bracelet on Liu Mufeng’s wrist, Ma Ming ordered.

“This bracelet is a protective device, not a storage tool.” After speaking, Liu Mufeng took off the three bracelets on his hand and put them on the table.

Picking up the protective bracelet, Ma Ming looked at it, and then swept it with his soul power, making sure it wasn’t a storage tool before putting it on the table. Picking up the bracelet dimension, Ma Ming also used his soul power to sweep through it. However, the bracelet dimension only accepted its Master’s soul power and did not accept other people’s, so there was no reaction at all. Finally, Ma Ming picked up the purple bracelet.

“Ahh! This, what is this thing?” As soon as his hand touched the Wisteria Vine, Ma Ming’s finger was punctured. Black blood flowed out immediately. The originally small bracelet suddenly became larger, directly wrapping around Ma Ming’s entire arm.

“Don’t make trouble, come back!” Liu Mufeng reprimanded, and the Wisteria Vine immediately flew back to Liu Mufeng’s wrist.

“You, what is that thing?” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Ma Ming asked.

“My spiritual plant!” With that being said, Liu Mufeng picked up the bracelets on the table and brought them back to his wrist, then picked up the storage rings and storage necklace, wearing them back, one by one. “Senior Brother Ma now believes that I am innocent?”

“This, this…” Gritting his teeth, Ma Ming didn’t know what to say for a while.

“Nephew Liu, is your spiritual plant poisonous?” Seeing his Grandson’s darkened face, Elder Ma immediately realized something was wrong.

“Yes, is it poisonous?” Hearing this, Ma Ming hurriedly looked at his hand, and sure enough, his entire left hand had already blackened. “Liu Mufeng, you, you…”

“Senior Brother Ma, you can’t blame me for this. You asked me to take off all the bracelets that I was wearing.” Shrugging, Liu Mufeng said helplessly.

“You, you…” Hearing this, Ma Ming was so enraged that it seemed his ears and nose would start to smoke soon. “Then why didn’t you say it was poisonous? How could I be poisoned if you just told me first?”

“I’m sorry, Senior Brother Ma, I didn’t have time to say it. You immediately touched it and I didn’t even have time to blink.” Looking at Ma Ming, Liu Mufeng hurriedly apologized.

“Nephew Liu, I don’t blame you for this. It’s because Ming‘eris too impulsive. You better take out the antidote.” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Elder Ma said anxiously.

“Elder Ma, this antidote requires more than a dozen precious medicinal materials to be refined, and I don’t have much of the materials in my hands.” Looking at Elder Ma, Liu Mu Feng said helplessly.

“Oh, there are 100,000 spirit stones here. Today’s matter was because Ming‘erwas too impulsive. I offended the Third Elder and also made Nephew Liu suffer an unjust injustice. I am deeply sorry!” He took out 100,000 spirit stones and gave them to Liu Mufeng.

“Elder Ma, you are being too polite! I’m ashamed to accept it!” Looking at the Elder Ma, Liu Mufeng said with sincerity and fear.

“Junior Brother Liu, it’s this Senior Brother who misunderstood you. I have offended you, please bear with me!” Bowing his head, Ma Ming gritted his teeth and apologized unwillingly to Liu Mufeng. Although Ma Ming was young and full of anger, he also knew that if Liu Mufeng didn’t give him the antidote, today, he would lose his skin even if he didn’t die. So after receiving the voice transmission from his Grandfather, he reluctantly apologized to Liu Mufeng.

“Senior Brother Ma, you’re serious when you say that. It was my fault for not warning Senior Brother earlier and causing him to be poisoned.. This is the antidote. Senior Brother, hurry up and take it!” He then gave the bottle of antidote.

“Thank you Junior Brother Liu!” After taking the medicinal pill bottle, Ma Ming hurriedly thanked him, poured out the antidote and ate it.

After Ma Ming took the antidote, the poison was lifted in a matter of minutes. The Grandfather and Grandson bid farewell to the Third Elder and left in dismay. It was completely different from the bossy look when they came.