"Thank you, once I’m done with my urgent tasks, I won’t hesitate to call for help," Ling Baobao picked up the raw stones and headed outside.
Mu Hanyan waved his hand dismissively. He knew that with Ling’s "urgent tasks," a lifetime might not be enough to finish them.
"It’s him; no wonder I couldn’t find him anywhere. He was hiding here!" Just as he reached the entrance, a furious roar resounded.
Ling Baobao’s face stiffened, and he quickly retreated back inside. Immediately, a large group of people chased him into the hall, shouting as they pursued, "Catch him, break his legs, we must not let him escape again!"
Seeing the bad turn of events, Ling Baobao turned and hid behind Yan Yuchu, knowing that among those present, Yan Yuchu was the strongest and thus the safest to hide behind.
However, the pursuers were unaware of Yan Yuchu’s strength and, unable to contain their rage, reached for him across Yan Yuchu.
"Stop!" Yan Yuchu raised an eyebrow and stood up to command in a cold voice. Chapters first released on novel✶fire.net
Being the City Lord and a master of the Sword Master Realm, Yan Yuchu, though young, held an extraordinary air. The group quieted down considerably, although their glares at Ling Baobao were still filled with anger.
"Gentlemen, we intruded in haste; I hope you can forgive us," one of the intruders stepped forward and bowed to Yan Yuchu, Mu Hanyan, and the others.
Seeing the few of them sitting and drinking tea, with the servants and maids standing far off by the walls, the elderly man knew they were the masters of the house and dared not be impolite anymore.
"What do all of you intend to do by barging in ?" Yan Yuchu asked with a stern face.
"Sir, may I ask what your relationship is with this man?" The elder pointed at Ling Baobao and asked Yan Yuchu.
"Chanced encounters, a mere acquaintance," Yan Yuchu, proud by nature and hardly impressed by his peers aside from Mu Hanyan, dismissed Ling Baobao casually.
"That’s good, that’s good. It seems you gentlemen haven’t been deceived by him yet, much luckier than us," the elder said, relieved.
"Oh?" Yan Yuchu looked at the elder, puzzled.
"You gentlemen have only had a chance encounter with him and probably don’t know his true nature. He appears honest, but in reality, he roams around deceiving people for money. All of us have been majorly deceived by him. We’ve been looking for him for days without trace, and didn’t expect to find him in Little Pond City. We hurried here for fear that he would escape again," the elder said indignantly.
"Nonsense, when have I ever deceived anyone?" Ling Baobao argued defensively.
"Still denying? You claimed this Golden Vine would flourish if built on a platform of high-quality Jade and watered daily with Heavenly Dew. It would absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and within three months, it would grow. I followed your instructions, sold my assets to buy hundreds of pieces of high-quality Jade to build the platform, and woke up at midnight daily to collect Heavenly Dew. Look, just look! This is the Golden Vine I bought for ten thousand taels of Silver, and it turned out ," the elder, infuriated, produced a half-dead Golden Vine. Had it not been for Yan Yuchu standing in between, he might have thrown the Medicinal Herbs in Ling Baobao’s face.
"This method was clearly correct; how was I to know you would ruin the Golden Vine ?" Ling Baobao looked aggrieved, but to the elder and his group, it sounded like a mere excuse, further inflaming their indignation.