Chapter 486: A Fine of Five Thousand. Young Master, Please Accept Them

Chapter 486: A Fine of Five Thousand. Young Master, Please Accept Them

"Over a hundred and sixty..." Fang Chen repeated. "Will there be any trouble?"

Che Yuxuan quickly waved his hand, his expression still rife with surprise. "Trouble? No, there won't be any trouble at all. I'm just a bit shocked that you have over a hundred and sixty True Fire Talismans...."

In his heart, he wondered, how many years did it take to accumulate those talismans?

Ten years?

Twenty years?

In his view, crafting talismans was already a very difficult task, requiring a high control of spiritual energy. Add to that the need for an inheritance of talisman techniques and the time needed for research and practice, and naturally, there were few who could achieve success in this field.

"Please wait here, young master. This deal is quite big, so I need to go and get the owner to handle it," Che Yuxuan explained before getting up and leaving.

Fang Chen didn't have to wait long. In about fifteen minutes, Che Yuxuan returned, following an elderly man into the room.

The old man greeted Fang Chen with clasped hands and a smile. "Customer, I heard there are True Fire Talismans for sale?"

Fang Chen smiled and nodded.

The rest of the transaction was straightforward. It was a simple trade anyway. After deducting the five thousand low-grade spirit stones for the talisman materials, there were still over fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones left. The total amount of spirit stones Fang Chen had increased from thirteen thousand to sixty-three thousand, which was quite a substantial amount.

Che Yuxuan was in a good mood. He'd naturally earn himself a bit of commission on this deal too. He escorted Fang Chen all the way to the door, and by now, the two had already become like brothers.

"Brother, if there's another opportunity like this in the future, remember to come find me," Che Yuxuan warmly said.

“Alright, alright,” said Fang Chen, nodding with a smile as he turned to leave.

On his way back to his chamber, Fang Chen noticed that the same cultivator from before had been following him discreetly. He didn't pay it much heed. However, not long after, several figures dashed toward him from the crowd, closing in on him.

These individuals clearly had their roles assigned, blocking off his path completely. Fang Chen had nowhere to hide.

Not far away, in a teahouse, several cultivators were sitting. One of them glanced through the window at Fang Chen and said with a faint smile, "Are you sure this person only stays in a Human-level room?"

"Boss, our people saw him coming out of the Human-level room. He's been in seclusion there for several months. Staying in such a chamber definitely means he doesn't have an impressive background," one person said in a low voice.

"That's good to hear."

The group fell silent, observing Fang Chen with ambiguous smiles.

Fang Chen smiled and suddenly crushed the skull of the cultivator in front of him. He then kicked and crushed the heads of the others.

Among the crowd, the cultivator who had the initial conflict with Fang Chen turned pale, his body dripping with cold sweat. Fortunately, he hadn't made a move earlier! Otherwise, he might have been one of those who were killed!

Fang Chen counted, "One, two, three, four, five.... Five people, five thousand. Here, take it."

He then handed over five thousand low-grade spirit stones to the middle-aged man, then turned and left.

The crowd was stunned, and they stared at Fang Chen in disbelief.

Who the hell is this guy?!

Even though he knew he would be fined, he still had the guts to kill five cultivators right before the eyes of the ship's enforcers. That wasn’t all! He even paid a fine of five thousand low-grade spirit stones like it was nothing!

He... He would be able to buy a high-grade, yellow-rank treasure with so many spirit stones! Even a Golden Core Realm cultivator wouldn't dare to waste spirit stones like this, right!?

The crowd looked at Fang Chen's departing figure, their eyes filled with curiosity and fear.

As Fang Chen disappeared from view, the middle-aged man finally reacted, staring blankly at the pile of spirit stones in front of him with a strange expression. Then, he glanced toward the tea house and instructed his subordinates, "Clean up the bodies."

With that, he turned and left with the spirit stones, not bothering to confront Fang Chen.

Inside the tea house, the leader of those criminals turned extremely grim. His fists were clenched tightly, and even the knuckles were turning white.

"He has a lot of guts, daring to kill our men!"

"We must deal with him! He can casually fork out five thousand pieces of low-grade spirit stones! He must have even more!"

"But... we seem unable to gauge his cultivation level...."

"Just a hidden treasure to conceal his aura. He's living in a Human-level room. How high can his cultivation level be? Is he at the peak of the Foundation Building Realm? It doesn’t matter though. With the young master, what is there to fear?!"

Everyone was discussing in whispers.

Their leader coldly interrupted, "Shut up!"

Everyone immediately zipped it.

Through the window, the leading cultivator stared at Fang Chen's departing figure with a gloomy expression. After a moment, he spoke faintly, "I will personally report this matter to the young master. During this period, keep a close eye on him. Don't slack off!"