Ma Qin, the main culprit.
Duan Lingtian could imagine that if it wasn't for Xiong Quan by his side, he and the two little girls by his side would have died without a doubt.
So, as far as Duan Lingtian was concerned, regardless of how the Ma Clan's compensation would be …
Ma Qin must die!
Almost at the instant Ma Qin opened his mouth to beg for mercy, a blue colored afterimage flashed past, swift as the wind and like a ghost.
Bang!
The blue clothed old man, one of the Supreme Elders of the Ma Clan, struck out in rage and killed Ma Qin with a single palm strike.
"Even if you didn't say anything, our Ma Clan wouldn't allow such a black sheep to continue living."
The blue clothed old man looked at Duan Lingtian as he spoke slowly.
"Then … Let's talk about the compensation."
The corners of Duan Lingtian's mouth curled into a smile as his gaze swept past the four old men, causing them to feel aggrieved and helpless.
After all was said and done, it was indeed their Ma Clan's Ma Clan Auction House that was in the wrong in this matter!
"Customer, please speak."
Hu Jun took a deep breath. He'd already made the preparations to bleed heavily.
"10 million gold."
Duan Lingtian spoke slowly with a carefree expression, as if 10 million gold was nothing in his eyes.
Hu Jun and the other three old men were dumbstruck.
They'd never imagined that the violet clothed young man before them would actually demand such an exorbitant price!
"Customer … Isn't this 10 million gold too …"
Hu Jun was in a bit of a dilemma. 10 million taels of gold, even to the Ma Clan, was not a small sum.
Once they took out so much gold, the Ma Clan would surely suffer a great loss!
"What? You think it's too much?"
Duan Lingtian glanced calmly at Hu Jun. "Don't forget, today's matter was caused by your Ma Clan … Send 10 million gold to the Cloud Traveler Inn tonight. Otherwise, bear the consequences! "
After he finished speaking, Duan Lingtian ignored the four old men whose faces were flushed red and directly left.
This time, when they left the Ma Clan Auction House, Duan Lingtian's group left from the main entrance.
Now that it was late at night, the street in front of the Ma Clan's Auction House was quiet, and occasionally some pedestrians could be seen walking by.
The Traveller's Inn was not far ahead. When Duan Lingtian came back from the restaurant, he saw this inn.
The group of people moved in.
And now, the main hall of the Ma family mansion was brightly lit.
Four old men and one middle-aged man stood together.
At this moment, the middle aged man's expression was extremely unsightly. "That Ma Qin actually caused such a great calamity … He deserved to die!"
"Ma Qin deserved to die. However, Patriarch, that purple-clothed young man's demand for ten million taels of gold is too much. Are we really going to give it to him? "
The yellow-clothed old man's tone was low, and it seemed to be mixed with a bit of anger.
"Supreme Elder, if we don't give you the ten million taels of gold, do you have a way to solve this problem?"
The middle-aged man was the Ma Clan's Patriarch, and his expression was extremely unsightly.
The yellow-clothed old man was speechless.
Did he have a solution?
No.
He didn't think that he was able to endure the rage of the Void Prying Stage expert by the purple-clothed young man's side.
"I'll order someone to send the ten million taels of gold over to him … However, our Ma Clan's money isn't so easy to take. When I send the money over, I'll order someone to send Xia Guang's corpse to the Jade Magnolia Trading Company's branch in Black Wind City. "
As the middle-aged man finished speaking, his eyes flickered with a strand of a fierce light that contained traces of a scheme mixed within.
"Patriarch is wise!"
Instantly, the gazes of the four old men, including Hu Jun, abruptly shone.
The Jade Magnolia Trading Company was one of the seven great trading companies of the Azure Forest Imperial Kingdom, and there was no lack of Void Prying Stage martial artists within it.
Xia Guang was the person in charge of the Jade Magnolia Trading Company's branch in Black Wind City.
Most importantly.
Xia Guang's father was the Vice President of the Jade Magnolia Trading Company, and besides that, he was even a formidable Void Prying Stage expert!
That night.
Duan Lingtian obtained his wish and received the ten million taels of gold sent over by the Ma Clan, and it caused him to be unable to help but sigh with emotion. This money came too quickly.
Deep into the night, Duan Lingtian cultivated as usual …
Nine Dragons War Sovereign Technique, Wyrm Python Form!
Presently, Duan Lingtian had still fallen into the bottleneck of the third level of the Origin Core Stage, and he was only half a step away from the fourth level of the Nascent Soul Stage.
"I ought to be able to break through before arriving at the Seven Star Sword Sect."
Duan Lingtian let nature take its course, and he cultivated until deep into the night before falling into a deep sleep.
At dawn the next day, after eating breakfast with the two little girls, Duan Lingtian's group set out. The four Ferghana Horses headed straight out of Black Wind City.
Not long after Duan Lingtian's group of four left, another two Ferghana Horses chased after them from afar.
"Hmph!"
After galloping his horse and leaving Black Wind City extremely far away, Duan Lingtian's gaze suddenly went cold.
When he'd just left the inn earlier, he'd noticed someone spying on them from the shadows.
At the beginning, he didn't pay attention to it.
Now, when he noticed someone was chasing after them from afar, his face sank.
Duan Lingtian, the two little girls, and Xiong Quan greeted each other, then the four of them swung the horsewhips in their hands to descend onto the bodies of the Ferghana Horses, causing the Ferghana Horses to speed up and gallop madly.
Instantly, they pulled apart the distance between them and the two people behind them.
The two people following behind them were two middle-aged men. Now, when they saw Duan Lingtian's group of four suddenly speed up and disappear before their eyes, a wisp of anxiousness appeared on their faces, and they hurriedly spurred their horses to gallop madly.
However, they quickly noticed that after galloping for a period of time, the road ahead was open and level, and they couldn't see the figures of the people they were chasing anymore.
"Where are they?"
The two of them glanced at each other with bewildered expressions.
As far as they were concerned, the horses they rode were all Ferghana Horses, and with the speed of those four people, it ought to be impossible for them to pull apart such a distance from them.
"Are all of you looking for us?"
Right at this moment, an abrupt voice sounded out from behind the two of them, causing their faces to go pale.
When they turned their horses around, they saw that their four targets were slowly approaching them on horseback …
Now, when they sensed the cold gaze of the middle-aged man among the four people sweeping over, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.
They could sense how terrifying this middle-aged man was!
Their bodies trembled slightly, and traces of a frightened luster appeared in their eyes.
Duan Lingtian looked at the people who had come, his gaze calm. "Speak, why are you following me?"
Seeing that the two of them seemed to be hesitating, Duan Lingtian's gaze turned slightly cold. "If you don't speak, then you can stay here today."
In an instant, under Duan Lingtian's gaze, the two people's expressions changed, and they said in a panic, "Sir, I'll speak, I'll speak … We're from the Black Wind City branch of the Magnolia Guild, and it was our vice president who sent us to follow you."
"Magnolia Guild?"
Duan Lingtian's brows raised. Only now did he recall that Ma Qin from the Ma Clan Auction House seemed to have mentioned this Magnolia Guild yesterday.
That middle-aged man who coveted the Jade-eyed Heavenly Mouse seemed to be from the Magnolia Guild!
That middle-aged man and the two old men were both at the Half-step Void Stage, and their status in the Magnolia Guild shouldn't be low.
"Why did he send you to follow me?"
Duan Lingtian asked in a low voice.
"Sir, we don't know the exact reason, we're only following orders."
The two of them shook their heads.
Duan Lingtian's gaze never left the two of them, and in the end, he noticed that these two people didn't seem to be lying. Thinking of the middle-aged man from last night, Duan Lingtian asked, "Do you know Xia Guang?"
"Xia Guang?"
The two of them hurriedly nodded when they heard this. "The president of our Magnolia Guild's branch in Black Wind City is Xia Guang."
"The president of the Magnolia Guild's branch in Black Wind City?"
Duan Lingtian's eyes focused, as he never imagined that the middle-aged man from last night had such a great background.
Looks like there ought to be a considerable amount of wealth within Xia Guang's Spatial Ring that he conveniently took.
Right at this moment, Xiong Quan looked at the two of them and asked. "What's the relationship between this Xia Guang and your Magnolia Guild's Vice President, Xia Dou?"
When the two of them heard Xiong Quan, they said, "Xia Guang is precisely Lord Xia Dou's only son."
Duan Lingtian noticed that Xiong Quan frowned slightly when he heard what the two of them said.
"F * * k off! If you let me notice that you're following me again, then both of you will die without a doubt! "
Duan Lingtian's icy cold gaze swept past the two of them, causing them to feel as if a heavy burden had been lifted from their shoulders, and their faces revealed wild joy as they spurred their horses to leave, not daring to look back.
"Xiong Quan, you know that Xia Dou?"
Duan Lingtian noticed that something was off with Xiong Quan, and he asked curiously.
"Young Master, that Xia Dou is the Vice President of the Magnolia Guild's main branch. I've once had dealings with him … His strength is on par with me at my prime."
Xiong Quan replied respectfully.
"Sixth level of the Void Prying Stage?"
Duan Lingtian nodded. When he'd just met Xiong Quan all those years ago, he still remembered what Xiong Quan had said to him. Xiong Quan at his prime had a cultivation at the sixth level of the Void Prying Stage.
"Young Master, the Magnolia Guild's people following you was probably done by the Ma Clan. Should we …?"
Xiong Quan made a 'kill' gesture.
"A mere Ma Clan is nothing … What's important now is to hurry on our journey, we have to arrive at the Seven Star Sword Sect as soon as possible. If we're unable to make it in time for the Seven Star Sword Sect's outer court disciple test three months from now, then we'll have to wait for another half a year. "
Duan Lingtian shook his head. Just as he'd said, he didn't take the Ma Clan seriously at all.
But if he returned now, even if he annihilated the Ma Clan, it would only be a waste of time.
As far as he was concerned, if he delayed entering the Seven Star Sword Sect because of the Ma Clan, then the losses outweighed the gains.
"Yes."
Xiong Quan nodded. To him, whatever the Young Master said was right.
He was only a servant of the Young Master.
The four of them continued on their journey.
"Squeak squeak ~"
Unknowingly, the little gold mouse had awoken from her deep sleep, and when she noticed she was on the Ferghana Horse, she was extremely happy and jumped onto the head of the Ferghana Horse, then nodded to Kerr in a human-like manner and was extremely happy.
"Hiss hiss ~"
Seeming to have been awakened by the little gold mouse, Little Black and Little White, the two little pythons, stuck their heads out from Duan Lingtian's sleeve and looked at the little gold mouse with their gold and silver eyes that flickered with strands of bright lights.
"Squeak!"
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