Chapter 156: Making Peace

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Chapter 156: Making Peace

"Are you done?"

Embarrassingly, a furious female voice came from the rocky ground beneath Pang Jian. Despite holding back his strength, he still disturbed the person below.

Pang Jian knew he was in the wrong and chose not to respond to the angry woman's "gentle" inquiry, hoping to quell her anger with his silence.

Bang! Bang!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The women had come to pound on the stone door of Pang Jian's cave dwelling

Pang Jian reluctantly opened the door to apologize but the beautiful woman standing outside the stone door did not give him the chance.

"Can you not practice such destructive techniques inside? Don't you know others need peace to cultivate? Where did such a wild brat come from? No sense of manners at all! My head feels like it's about to explode because of you. What're you trying to do?"

"Brat, don't think you're impressive just because you live above me! I'm only down there because I'm short on funds. Otherwise, I'd be on the upper floors too!"

The woman reprimanding Pang Jian was named Han Ting. A while back, she and a few rogue cultivators had explored a restricted area. After being seriously injured, she escaped to the Primordial Wilderness and was now recuperating on the First Peak.

She planned to seek revenge once she recovered, but the constant noise from above had disturbed her rest. She had tried to be tolerant, but the commotion had only grown louder, preventing her from healing peacefully.

"I didn't know someone was staying below me. I'm sorry." Pang Jian cupped his hands in apology.

"Brat, don't say I didn't warn you! You'll have to pay if you damage Old Monster Cao's cave dwelling!" Han Ting scolded. "You've been disturbing me for half a day now. You owe me compensation for my loss!"

Pang Jian knew he was in the wrong and quietly allowed her to vent her dissatisfaction with him.

As he was about to appease her, a person emerged from cave dwelling number fifty-seven to his left, grinning as he said, "Damaging Old Monster Cao's cave dwelling is expensive. I hope you prepared enough spirit stones for compensation."

Pang Jian turned to look at the newcomer.

His heart trembled!

Back in the cabin of the beast-hunting sailboat in Divine Fortune City, a blood shadow with a square face and the appearance of a middle-aged man had floated out of a blood barrel.

The person before him was the same as the blood shadow back then!

Though his mind was in turmoil, Pang Jian's expression remained calm and he retorted, "It's none of your business!"

Lei Kun grinned maliciously. As he was about to reply, Han Ting shoved Pang Jian into his cave dwelling and slammed the door shut.

"That kid..." Lei Kun frowned as he stared at the stone door.

A hint of surprise flickered in Pang Jian's eyes when he saw Lei Kun, but it was unclear whether this was due to Lei Kun's words or because he recognized him.

Aside from his initial surprise, Pang Jian showed no other abnormal reactions and even boldly snapped back at him. This puzzled Lei Kun even more. Logically, if Pang Jian had raided the beast-hunting sailboat and seen his new body, he likely would not have dared to retort with "None of your business."

"Was Jiu Yuan wrong? Maybe it's not him," Lei Kun muttered.

"Wait here for a moment," Pang Jian interrupted.

Han Ting was taken aback. "What?"

Ignoring her, Pang Jian left the cave dwelling and headed straight to Lei Kun's adjacent cave dwelling.

Lei Kun had been eavesdropping on their conversation with his Spirit Condensation Realm cultivation. He had left his stone door, wanting to keep an eye out for Luo Hongyan and catch her off guard to observe her reaction to him.

He suspected she had destroyed his new body on the beast-hunting sailboat without her brother present. If Pang Jian had not been at the scene and had not seen his true face, it made sense that he had not shown any noticeable signs of fear or recognition.

Unexpectedly, Pang Jian had appeared at his door.

"Senior Lei," Pang Jian greeted, bowing respectfully. "I just learned that Senior Lei is a Spirit Condensation Realm master. I deeply regret my disrespectful words earlier and hope you won't hold it against me.

"Here are some spirit jades as a small token of my apology."

Revealing the spatial bracelet on his wrist, Pang Jian calmly retrieved ten spirit jades and placed them on the stone ground at the entrance of Lei Kun's cave dwelling.

Lei Kun was stunned. He let out an involuntary grunt of surprise at the sight of the spirit jades being laid out in front of him.

He has a spatial bracelet, spirit jades, and a steadfast demeanor...

Lei Kun could not help but associate Pang Jian with the noble families and major sects from the upper worlds.

Cultivators in the Third World typically used spirit stones while cultivators in the Second World normally used spirit jades when conducting transactions.

Pang Jian's use of spirit jades to apologize, spatial bracelet, and his lack of fear after learning about Lei Kun's cultivation realm, convinced Lei Kun that Jiu Yuan had set him up.

Would he dare approach me like this if he destroyed my new body? Shouldn't he be avoiding me at all costs?

Lei Kun became increasingly convinced that Jiu Yuan had maliciously sent him to provoke these siblings from a prominent upper-world family.

"I won't disturb you any longer, Senior." As Lei Kun pondered, Pang Jian turned and returned to his cave dwelling after leaving the spirit jades.

Whoosh!

Lei Kun raised his hand and sucked the ten spirit jades into his palm.

Tracing the smooth surface of the spirit jade with a finger, he muttered with a frown, "It's probably not them. Even if they did kill Ling Yun and Zhu Yuanxi, why would they have ties to a sect like the Shadow Specter Sect?

"They have the bearing of someone from a large, prominent family and are equipped with spatial bracelets and spirit jades. Why would they covet the blood and meat of Vicious Beasts?"

With that in mind, Lei Kun decided there was no longer any need to keep an eye on Pang Jian.

This courteous young man from the upper worlds had apologized and even offered him spirit jades. Standing up, Lei Kun headed over to Pang Jian's cave dwelling, hoping to use this opportunity to befriend him.

When he reached the tightly closed stone door, Lei Kun remembered the voluptuous female cultivator was also inside.

Lei Kun hesitated before deciding not to spoil the young man's fun. He then left the nineteenth floor without bothering to knock or eavesdrop.