Chapter 2730
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How … how could you take away these ancient statues! "Sister Ruan was trembling with anger.
When she was young, her grandmother had told her about the importance of these ancient statues. They were like ancient guards, protecting the ancient city by the sea day and night.
Neither the ferocious beasts in the wetlands nor the cruel sea monsters in the ocean could destroy the peace of Martial Brilliance Ancient City. It was all thanks to the ancient statues. The people of the ancient city even treated them as deities, worshipping them during festivals.
To Sister Ruan's surprise, someone had come all the way here and tried to steal the ancient statues!
"Little girl, do you know how much the merchants outside are willing to pay for these broken stones?" Boss Jin raised his finger. It was hard to tell how much it was.
"Why would the merchants outside want to pay for them?" Mofan asked in confusion.
"Young man, can't you see that they have some kind of power? The demon beasts don't dare to come close, and the sea monsters don't invade, either. These ancient statues are more reliable than hiring a strong patrol team of Magicians to guard a private property. Demon beasts are roaming everywhere these days. It's inevitable that the people in the headquarter city will be in trouble one day. Why wouldn't the merchants want to live a peaceful life?" Boss Jin said bluntly.
"These ancient statues don't belong to you!" Sister Ruan went up and scolded them.
Boss Jin moved his fat face closer and stared at Sister Ruan with a smile. He said in a strange tone, "Then can you tell me, who do these things belong to? The people of the ancient city? The people of the ancient city have all run away. Do they belong to the ancient city? Look at how abandoned the city is. "
"Since the people of the ancient city have all run away, the city is in a panic. The statues here don't belong to anyone. Since they don't belong to anyone, it means they belong to the people who found them, right?"
Sister Ruan was left speechless by Boss Jin's words.
Who did the statues belong to?
Martial Brilliance Ancient City had turned into a deserted city, surrounded by demon beasts. It was impossible for people to live in it, so the things here were obviously ownerless.
"Instead of letting them go to waste, we brothers are risking our lives to move them out of the city. Isn't that giving these ancient statues a new meaning? Look at them, they are living in the open. No one is cleaning them, no one is worshipping them, isn't that pitiful? We are doing a good deed! "Boss Jin continued.
Mofan was also impressed by this fat Hunter boss. So be it if he stole something, but he made it sound so righteous and reasonable. He was a little similar to himself.
"But they have been guarding this place for thousands of years. If you move them away, you may suffer the wrath of the heavens." Sister Ruan was extremely anxious and finally spat out this sentence.
"You guys are from Xiayu, right?" Boss Gold asked.
"Yes." Big Sister Ruan nodded.
"Aren't you going to be punished by the heavens?" Boss Gold suddenly asked.
Big Sister Ruan was stunned. The women of Xiayu were also stunned. For a moment, they couldn't say a single word of rebuttal.
"Hahahaha!" Old Man Jin laughed and ordered the Hunter Group behind him to unload Di Lu. He planned to move the Thundercat away first.
Mofan stared at Sister Ruan.
Eldest brother Gold was clearly very familiar with Dawn Island and Martial Enlightenment City. His words, "Could it be that your Dawn Island will not suffer the wrath of the heavens?" Did that mean that their Dawn Island also had an ancient and powerful statue?!
He remembered that Shu Xiao Hua had accidentally revealed that their Dawn Island had never been attacked by sea demons … …
It seemed like these Dawn Island girls were hiding a lot of things from him.
There was no meaning in this. He had painstakingly escorted them here, yet they were still being secretive about his questions.
The Dawn Island girls couldn't do anything about Eldest brother Gold's actions. They didn't have the numbers, so they couldn't beat them. In terms of cultivation, Eldest brother Gold's cultivation was definitely far above Le Nan and Big Sister Ruan.
… …
"Mister Fan Mo, please help us. We can't let Eldest brother Gold and the others move the ancient statues away." Big Sister Ruan walked over and said sincerely.
"I think we can cancel our contract." Mofan shook his head. He didn't plan on cooperating with these Dawn Island girls anymore.
Everyone had agreed that he would protect them until they reached Martial Enlightenment City. Once they reached Martial Enlightenment City, they would answer some of his questions.
First of all, Big Sister Ruan had concealed something about the ancient statues. There were clearly other ancient statues scattered in other parts of Martial Enlightenment City, but she only said these few.
Even Eldest Brother Gold could find Di Lu. She had lived here for many years, so how could she not know of Di Lu's existence?
She was lying to him.
Secondly, Eldest Brother Gold was right. These ancient statues were ownerless. The people of the ancient city didn't want them anymore. There was no problem with him moving them away and selling them. He didn't break the law, nor did he harm anyone's interests. Mofan didn't need to offend Eldest Brother Gold and the others' Hunter Group just because of his relationship with the Dawn Island girls.
The Hunter Group had worked so hard to come here for those stones. They didn't make things difficult for him. If he cut off their source of income, that would be too much.
"You can ask me those questions again. I won't hide anything and will answer you seriously. However, those ancient statues really can't leave the ancient city." Big Sister Ruan said with some shame.
"I'm not interested anymore. You can't help me find the ancient creature I'm looking for anyway." Mofan waved his hand.
Eldest Brother Gold was very friendly to Mofan. When Mofan said he wanted to check Di Lu's markings, he readily agreed.
Unfortunately, Di Lu's markings didn't match the totem either.
These ancient statues had nothing to do with the totem, or they weren't enough to provide Mofan with clues about the totem. In that case, there was no need for him to interact with these Dawn Island girls. They could just go their separate ways.
"Our elders told us to come here to check the integrity of the ancient statues and then report to them through the magic paper boat. I believe our elders will be here soon. We hope you can help us delay Eldest Brother Gold's Hunter Group. When our elders appear, we can pay you more," Big Sister Ruan pleaded.
"I don't lack money," Mofan said calmly.
After saying this, Mo Fan felt an indescribable sadness in his heart. He never thought he would have to say something like this one day. The cost of cultivating eight Elements was too terrifying. There was no way he could afford to have any extra money on the path of cultivation …
"We can help you find the ancient creature you're looking for. Actually … actually, I've seen that pattern before." Big Sister Ruan lowered her head and said.
"Isn't that what we signed in the contract? You should have told me that." Mofan looked at her coldly.
They were the ones who didn't follow the contract.
Along the way, he didn't let any of them die. Otherwise, with their shallow battle experience, four or five of them would have died at least!
(End of Chapter)
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