Chapter 6

"Looks like there's going to be a good show. This guy is actually crazy enough to think that by using some incomprehensible means to defeat Shen Daofeng, a Force Martial Realm warrior, he can challenge Ye Qinghan, who is at the Second Heaven of Qi Martial Realm. Does he not know how big that gap is?"

"Who knows? Ye Qinghan is the pride of the Tayan Academy. She advanced to the Qi Martial Realm at the age of fourteen. Apart from Chu Qingcheng and Xue Dang, who are freaks, who else in the Tayan Academy can compare to her?"

"I heard that when Shen Lang's father was still the head of the Shen family, he once proposed to the Ye family. But Ye Qinghan publicly rejected him, saying that there was something... hehe..."

It seemed that Ye Qinghan did not feel provoked by Shen Lang. Her expression remained unchanged as she said calmly, "I have no other intentions. I just think that since you've already fought, you should show some mercy. After all, he is your cousin."

Shen Lang was still smiling, but there was no longer any warmth in his eyes. "What do you mean by disgracing one's own brother? When I was bullied by my brother, I didn't see you step in. When did it become your business to meddle in my affairs?"

Just as everyone thought Ye Qinghan would be angry, she was slightly taken aback and turned away. "Whether to let go or not is your decision. I have no interest in it."

"Hold on," Shen Lang said, drawing out his words.

Ye Qinghan stopped but did not turn around, only slightly tilting her head. She heard Shen Lang say, "There's something I need to make clear. You don't need to keep trying to distance yourself from me."

Everyone was slightly stunned. What did he mean? Was this guy trying to pursue Ye Qinghan? But the tone...

"Because we have no connection at all," Shen Lang said calmly. "Going to your family to propose was something my father did for me. I know he did it for my good. You rejecting it is your business; you have the right to do so. But from beginning to end, it has nothing to do with me, because..."

Everyone perked up their ears, waiting for Shen Lang to finish. Then they heard him chuckle and draw out his words, "I've never liked women with no chest and no hips."

"Boom!"

The crowd erupted. As his best friends, Lin Feng and Su Hen almost wanted to die when they heard this.

What the hell, is he asking for death? Ye Qinghan is the pride of the Tayan Academy. It's said that after stabbing a beast to death, she would go back and stab it a few more times to make sure it was dead...

A Second Heaven Qi Martial Realm expert!

"You!" Ye Qinghan, who had not expected Shen Lang to say such a thing, and in front of so many people, turned around, her finger pointing at Shen Lang, unable to say a complete sentence for a long time. Her face turned red with anger, and her whole body began to tremble.

At this moment, although the onlookers were afraid of Ye Qinghan, they all secretly examined her figure.

To say that Ye Qinghan was beautiful, that was true. She was definitely a beauty, and her tall, slender figure was indeed very good. However... what Shen Lang said, though crude, was not entirely wrong. She looked like a female warrior, wearing a set of silver armor, looking heroic, but if you wanted to see any curves, you would be disappointed.

"Shen Lang!" Ye Qinghan almost spat out these two words through her teeth.

Shen Lang had an innocent look on his face. "I'm here."

"When you reach the Qi Martial Realm, I will definitely challenge you. You will have to bear the consequences of today's provocation!" Ye Qinghan said, then turned and quickly left.

"I'll think about it. I never hit women," Shen Lang said with a smile, then kicked Shen Daofeng away, saying lazily, "Stay away from me in the future. Also, keep your dogs in check, don't let them bite people everywhere."

Shen Daofeng had long since regained consciousness, but every time he moved, Shen Lang would kick him, making him spit out blood with each kick. So he learned his lesson and lay still on the ground.

At this moment, he was like a man who had just been struck by lightning, his mouth still full of blood, waving to his lackeys, crawling away.

The onlookers all looked at Shen Lang differently, as if they were seeing him for the first time. Their eyes were filled with admiration and fear, and they all left.

At this moment, Lin Feng and Su Hen ran over with worried faces.

"Shao Lang, you're too cool, but you should think of a way out..." Lin Feng's mind worked faster than Su Hen's.

"Are you talking about Ye Qinghan or Shen Jianfeng, Shen Daofeng's brother?" Shen Lang said nonchalantly.

Lin Feng sighed. "Of course, it's Shen Jianfeng. He's a Qi Martial Realm expert. You beat Shen Daofeng so badly, Shen Jianfeng will definitely come after you. It's said that he advanced to the Third Heaven of Qi Martial Realm three months ago. I'm not looking down on you, Shao Lang, but Qi Martial Realm is no joke. Even if you had twenty or thirty people at the peak of the Ninth Heaven of Force Martial Realm, they couldn't deal with a Third Heaven Qi Martial Realm expert. Why don't you take a leave and hide for a while?"

"Don't worry, I know how to deal with him," Shen Lang said thoughtfully. "By the way, do you have any Spirit Gathering Plates? Help me collect as many as possible in the next few days."

As he spoke, he took out Shen Daofeng's Sumeru Ring and took out all the gold coins, which amounted to more than two thousand.

"Take these gold coins and help me collect Spirit Gathering Plates. Buy as many as you can... This guy is quite rich. I only get a hundred gold coins a month, and Xue Dang took fifty. Damn!" Shen Lang put the gold coins in a bag and threw it to Lin Feng, who was best at business.

"..." Lin Feng and Su Hen were stunned again when they took out a few Spirit Gathering Plates.

"Shao Lang, what do you need Spirit Gathering Plates for? These are the ones we got in class last time. I was too lazy to use them, so I hid them... By the way, are you really going to use Shen Daofeng's money? What if Shen Jianfeng comes and asks for it..." Lin Feng felt the gold coins in his hand were burning hot.

"Right, right!" Su Hen nodded in agreement.

This time, Shen Lang did not respond. He just took the few Spirit Gathering Plates, squinted his eyes, and started drawing on them with his fingers.

"Shrewd businessman, what is Shao Lang doing... Spirit Gathering Plates are used to make Spirit Gathering Arrays. What's so interesting about them?" Su Hen lightly slapped Lin Feng.

Lin Feng rolled his eyes. "Oh? How would I know? But from the look of Shao Lang, it seems like he's making a Spirit Gathering Array. I have a bad feeling... What should we do if Shen Jianfeng comes?"

"Don't be silly. Is making a Spirit Gathering Array that easy? It takes at least two hours. Is he going to do it here?" Su Hen sneered. "If it doesn't work, we can go to Xue Dang. Only she can deal with Shen Jianfeng."

At this moment, Shen Lang handed the five Spirit Gathering Plates he had just received back to Lin Feng and said calmly, "I don't know how the market is in Tianfeng City. Take these Spirit Gathering Arrays and sell them first. Act quickly and build a reputation. The price will go up later. I urgently need money to buy some medicinal herbs and materials for alchemy."

After saying this, he yawned and walked out of the mountain, adding, "Help me with this as soon as possible... By the way, get a batch of gold coins, and then exchange the rest for spirit stones. Keep a quarter for yourselves, and bring the rest back to me. From now on, you two should also focus on your cultivation. I'll find two suitable Imperial-level cultivation techniques for you."

"What? Shao Lang, are you still asleep? What alchemy? When did you learn alchemy? What Imperial-level cultivation techniques? We're brothers, don't joke like this! If you need money, I can sell my silver-scaled chest armor..." Lin Feng was so angry that he almost cried, holding the Spirit Gathering Plates in his hand.

Damn, these are the Spirit Gathering Plates used for practice in class, the lowest quality. They are thrown away after use. You took them and fiddled with them, and now you want me to sell them?

I, Lin Feng, have been in business for so many years, known as the 'Great Shrewd Merchant,' and I've never seen anyone as 'shrewd' as you!

Tell me, who would want these broken Spirit Gathering Plates?

"Shrewd merchant, I also heard 'Imperial-level' cultivation techniques..." Su Hen twirled his fingers, muttering, "Common, Mystic, Earth, Imperial, Imperial, and Heavenly. Cultivation techniques are divided into these levels. The strongest cultivation technique in the four major families of Tianhuang City is only at the Common level. As for other families, they have even lower-level techniques. If there were really Imperial-level techniques... Damn, I feel like Imperial-level techniques are pretty powerful!"

"Powerful, my sister, of course they are powerful! Even the head of the Tayan Academy can't cultivate Imperial-level techniques! Only a spirit copper-level force like the Imperial Dragon Sect in the capital might have such powerful techniques. Stop dreaming! Now, how do we sell these broken things? If we take them to the Treasure Pavilion in Tianfeng City, I guarantee we'll be beaten to the point where our parents won't recognize us! Shao Lang's joke is too big!"

"Shrewd merchant, I think Shao Lang is usually reliable and wouldn't trick his brothers. Besides, didn't he give you two thousand gold coins to collect Spirit Gathering Plates? This can't be a joke, right?" Su Hen, though a bit slow, was more steady. He picked up a Spirit Gathering Plate and frowned.

"True..." Thinking of the gold coins, Lin Feng also felt something was off. He took the Spirit Gathering Plate from Su Hen, lightly touched it, and sent a thread of spiritual energy into it.

A flash of light, and a faint blue spiritual pattern appeared on the Spirit Gathering Plate, which he thought was broken.

"Spirit Gathering Plate? Shao Lang just fiddled with it and made a Spirit Gathering Plate? What a joke!" Lin Feng was stunned, then his eyes widened as he saw the blue spiritual patterns on the Spirit Gathering Plate increase, one, two, three... When it finally stabilized, there were six spiritual patterns. Then, the surrounding spiritual energy began to gather around them, becoming more and more abundant.

"Clang!" The bag of gold coins fell to the ground. Lin Feng seemed to use all his strength to say, "Six times... Six times Spirit Gathering Array. Damn, I can only make a Spirit Gathering Array that increases spiritual energy by half in two hours. He just drew a few lines and made five six-times Spirit Gathering Arrays? Only a spirit-level master can make such Spirit Gathering Plates. This joke is too big..."

"Wow, we're rich, we're going to be rich..." Su Hen picked up the remaining four Spirit Gathering Plates and hugged them, as if afraid someone would take them away.

If they knew that Shen Lang chose to make these low-level Spirit Gathering Plates because his divine sense was currently limited, they might have fainted.

At this moment, Shen Lang walked out of the Tayan Academy, not heading towards Tianhuang City, but deeper into the Phoenix Mountain Range where the Tayan Academy was located.

He did not know that the fortune-telling old man he had been looking for was not far away, also walking in the forests of the Phoenix Mountain Range.

At this moment, the sun was setting, and the afterglow of the sunset shone on the vast mountains, making them appear and disappear in the light, towering into the clouds.

The slightly hunched old fortune-teller suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked up at the sky, smiling. "Young lady, you've been following me all day. Is there something you want to say?"

No one responded, but the old man still looked at the empty space and smiled.

After a while, the empty space suddenly rippled like water, and a woman in a tight red dress stepped down from the air, as if there were invisible steps in the sky.

"My young master should have continued his peaceful life. Why did you disrupt everything? Who are you?"

Unmatched killing intent emanated from the woman. Her long hair flew, and with a light wave of her sleeve, a sea of black shadows burst out from behind her.

In an instant, the air behind her surged, sand and stones flew, and thunder and wind howled...

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