Chapter 379: A Scholar Is Utterly Useless

Chapter 379: A Scholar Is Utterly Useless

"D-Divine Monarch!?" The official was stunned for a moment before finally regaining his senses and asking the soldiers behind him, "Just now... did a cultivator fly over here and attack the Divine Monarch with a sword?"

"Y-yes, it seems so..." the soldier stammered.

The official muttered to himself, "What kind of cultivator is so arrogant that he would just kill Divine Monarch because he blocked his path?"

In the crowd, the group of young men and women were astonished by the sudden turn of events.

"Senior brother, who was that just now...?"

"It's possible that it was a demonic cultivator who is more domineering than the Divine Monarch passing through here. Perhaps he couldn't tolerate him so he killed him on a whim,'' said the young man softly. He then continued, "But there's another possibility..."

"What possibility?"

"Perhaps it was a righteous cultivator who couldn't stand injustice, so he found an excuse to kill the Divine Monarch."

The young girl looked puzzled. "Why would a righteous cultivator need an excuse?"

The young man sighed softly. "Because the existence behind Divine Monarch would surely vent his anger on the people here if the cultivator did out of justice."

Everyone came to a realization, but they were still skeptical of the young man's explanations. However, witnessing a Foundation Building Realm demonic cultivator die so easily today, they suddenly had a few more respects and fears for the cultivation world.

To them, the Foundation Building Realm was really strong. But to others in the cultivation world, Foundation Building cultivators were insignificant ants that could be killed on a whim....

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"Did you see that? My abilities are much more useful than yours. Little Chen's spirit stones will definitely be spent on me first. What use do you have? A scholar is utterly useless!"

After Little Sword killed the Divine Monarch, he immediately began to boast to Mirror of the Universe.

"Junior, I have existed far longer than you have. Even a mere Sword Star Embryo dares to mock me. I hail from the Immortal Realm, I am an Immortal Artifact!" retorted Mirror of the Universe defiantly. "At most, you can kill a few Foundation Building Realm demon cultivators, but my abilities are enough to make him one of the top experts in the world!"

"You're just talking big! When Little Chen asked you to tell him who possessed the Blood Spirit Pill in the Grand Qian Empire, and who are the Spirit Blood Sect cultivators, you couldn't even answer!" said Little Sword.

"You!" Mirror of the Universe couldn't contain his anger. "This is my rule, rules are not meant to be broken! Without spirit stones, I truly cannot speak!"

The middle-aged man had a warm smile on his face as he asked, "Young man, I heard you're interested in our store's Demonic Suppression Wheel?"

Fang Chen nodded, not wanting to waste time with the man. He hoped to buy the treasure and leave this place as soon as possible.

"Oh!" The middle-aged man sighed and said, "If only you had come a few days earlier. There have been a few people who have shown interest in the Demonic Suppression Wheel lately. I didn't want to offend anyone, so I could only hold an auction in the end...."

An auction?

Fang Chen's brow furrowed.

"Why don't you stay here for a few days? The auction will start in three days, and besides the Demonic Suppression Wheel, our store will have several other good items," the middle-aged man said while handing Fang Chen a jade token. "Three days later, come to our store with this jade token. At that time, someone will naturally come and guide you."

Taking the jade token from his hand, Fang Chen asked casually, "Are you the storekeeper here?"

The middle-aged man nodded gently. "Yes, I am. My surname is Lin. You can call me Shopkeeper Lin."

Fang Chen said with a faint smile, "Storekeeper Lin, besides the Demon Suppression Wheel, what other treasures do you have? You don't need to introduce low and mid-grade, yellow-rank items."

Lin Storekeeper was slightly taken aback, his eyes sizing up Fang Chen as if he were an old fox sizing up its prey.

Noticing how Fang Chen hadn't opened his eyes since he saw him, Storekeeper Lin couldn't help but grow suspicious. "Young man, your eyes..."

"Oh, I can't see," replied Fang Chen casually.

Shopkeeper Lin fell deep into thought for a moment, then softly said, "Are you interested in high-grade, yellow-rank treasures?"

Fang Chen asked, "Do you have any? If not, I'll wait for the auction in three days,"

Shopkeeper Lin immediately smiled. "Of course, we do. How could we not? The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion is a reputable establishment. Anyone who comes in here will definitely leave satisfied," he said. "But you want both the Demon Suppression Wheel and a high-grade, yellow-rank treasure. Are you carrying... enough spirit stones?"

"You don't have to worry about that," said Fang Chen, coldly. "Since I dared to come here, I naturally have enough spirit stones."

Shopkeeper Lin's smile became even warmer. "Don't be upset. Everything is possible as long as you have enough spirit stones. Please, follow me."