Chapter 1729: Chapter 1731: Ownership of the Head
Master Lingyun is actually quite straightforward because he didn’t think about it himself, so he doesn’t want to see Elder Lü flaunting.
"What do you mean by stealing a Golden Core head?" Elder Lü couldn’t accept such a slander, "If I wasn’t well prepared, how could I have timely cut off the other’s head? There’s no talk of stealing a head or the like."
"But to be fair, Taiqing’s Slaughter-Heart Sword is indeed a bit faster than my sword... that’s a heart sword, not a flying sword."
"Huh," Master Wenji realized he had overlooked something, "Isn’t this the Ten Directions Platform’s operation? The Golden Core head... can it be exchanged with Mountain Master Feng for a simulation opportunity?"
He’s responsible for the transfer station, and Master Lingyun stealing Master Xiaoyao’s head was done at the Hunting Alliance Linhai Branch. He joined late, so he is not very clear about the related situation.
Ji Buseng spoke with a mischievous smile, "How can that count? Of course, it doesn’t count. It’s just Elder Lü’s wishful thinking."
But Elder Lü is relatively rigid, not many cultivators in the Ten Directions Platform are rigid, but he’s in charge of discipline, his mind is relatively inflexible, so he got angry when he heard this, "Ji Buseng, stop talking nonsense there, matters involving Mountain Master Feng’s warship, how is it unrelated to him?"
"Oh, is that so?" Ji Buseng nodded and turned to leave.
Why do I feel... something’s not right? Elder Lü was frowning and pondering when suddenly a figure appeared in front of him.
Due to the shadow brought by Master Lan He earlier, he raised his hand, instinctively wanting to counterattack.
At the next moment, he realized, "Huh, Master Wenji, how did you get here?"
Master Wenji raised his hand and spoke expressionlessly, "Hand over the head... thanks to Elder Lü for collecting it for me."
"Are you joking?" Elder Lü’s face sank, speaking unhappily, "It was clearly me who killed him, alright? Shooting through his heart means you killed him? That’s demon cultivation... you have to cut off the head to make sure they’re dead thoroughly, so it was me who killed him!"
The center of Master Wenji’s eyebrows slightly revealed a black little sword, and he spoke expressionlessly, "It was me who killed him, that’s a heart sword, a Slaughter-Heart Sword... those struck are bound to die, Mountain Master Feng has once told my Taiqing fellows, those who steal monsters die!"
Ultimately, being from Taiqing, he doesn’t consider the other three sects worth mentioning, not to mention the Ten Directions Platform which is the weakest in combat strength among Wutai.
"Hey, who are you trying to scare?" Elder Lü laughed from anger, "You’ve been an undercover agent in the Hunting Alliance for over a hundred years and didn’t dare kill Master Lan He... now I killed, and you want to steal the credit?"
Master Wenji’s face grew even darker, "I haven’t been in the Endless Sea even for fifty years, and you say I’ve been a hundred years undercover in the Hunting Alliance?"
"See, you admitted being undercover for many years, right?" Elder Lü answered smugly, "You hadn’t killed Master Lan He all these years, yet you killed today... actually you just didn’t have the ability to kill him!"
Master Wenji’s expression was indeed extremely bizarre. He wanted to argue rationally, but he couldn’t say that he previously didn’t kill because he didn’t care about their lives, only wanting to find the best opportunity to kill.
He felt quite aggrieved, thinking it over and over, the black little sword directly left his forehead and hovered between his two eyes, "Elder Lü, should we have a duel... to decide the ownership of the head?"
Who would be crazy enough to want a duel with you! Elder Lü rolled his eyes. He’s also mid-stage Golden Core, but just by combat strength, he thinks he might not... wrong, he should not be Master Wenji’s match—those who play with heart swords are more insidious than those with flying swords!
But in public, he can’t avoid the fight, Ten Directions Platform can’t afford to lose face, so he turned his head to look at Master Lingyun, "Can you be a witness, we’re all friends of Wutai... does this count as stealing a head?"
Master Lingyun’s eyes darted around, Wutai shares the same breath and branches, he has to support this.
Not to mention he took Master Xiaoyao’s head at the Hunting Alliance Linhai Branch, and it was Elder Lü who sent out the Delay Talisman.
The stolen head must be returned, so he stated, "I saw it very clearly, after the flying sword pierced the heart, the person wasn’t dead."
This annoyed Master Wenji, "Are you both bullying me solo just because you’re from Wutai? Do you really think there are no people from the Four Sects in the Endless Sea?"
"What nonsense are you talking?" Apparently, Master Lingyun also learned the bad habit from Ji Buseng, even knowing to talk nonsense, "I’m not bragging, Master Lan He was really not dead at that time... come on, Feng Jun, take out your head-sized Soul Stone!"
Soul Stone is a good thing, indispensable to Golden Core, there are over twenty Golden Cores gathered on site, but at least three or four don’t have a Soul Stone—not to mention, Ji Buseng doesn’t have one.
This is getting a bit off topic, anyway, Master Lingyun didn’t make a move, but he really understood a series of reactions at the scene—Feng Jun indeed took out quite a large piece of Soul Stone.
It’s not really sure what Feng Jun’s purpose is, but he indeed saw Feng Jun’s reaction.
Feng Jun awkwardly laughed, "Master Lingyun, please don’t joke about me, where do I have such a large Soul Stone? Isn’t a Soul Stone... supposed to be the size of a fist?"
"Stop joking, okay?" Master Lingyun was also anxious, "If you’re worried someone’s coveting your Soul Stone, just hand it to me. Anyone dares to get inappropriate thoughts, I will kill his whole family... this is what I, Lingyun, say, do you believe it or not?"
Essentially, Feng Jun is not a pretentious person. He just lacks a sense of security, habitually wanting to lay low.
But if someone dares to guarantee something like bringing ruin to their family, he’s quite bold and cheerfully shakes the Soul Stone before putting it away, "It’s just to prevent demonic cultivators from causing trouble."
Although he just waved it briefly, at that moment, who knows how many people were closely watching him, and when he put away the Soul Stone, there were even obscure fluctuations of Divine Sense around.
The ones probing with Divine Sense must be experts, however, the investigators didn’t want Feng Jun to identify them, otherwise it would be quite embarrassing, being so familiar, getting caught red-handed, does it sound fun?
It’s only Zou Bufan who seemed to have this audacious, no-taboo attitude, directly sweeping across with Divine Sense, but it’s not particularly intense.
After he put away the Soul Stone, Master Motong sighed, "Such a large piece of Soul Stone... sell it?"
Master Lingyun rolled his eyes at him, "Is it that hard to be proper?"
Master Motong spread his hands, "I’m seriously asking for the price, no intention of pestering him to buy it."
"You wish," Master Wenji sneered, "Can you afford to provoke Mountain Master Feng?"
He didn’t have much regard for Master Motong, this guy casually betrays camps, it’s inherently bad behavior, and having been in the Hunting Alliance for many years, although undercover, after staying so long, some affection inevitably formed, causing some anger to surface.
Master Hongyao asked curiously, "How can the Soul Stone stop demonic cultivators?"
As soon as this question was posed, everyone went silent, a few vaguely guessed something, but the majority were eagerly awaiting Feng Jun’s answer.
Feng Jun glanced at her indifferently but didn’t answer – I’m not familiar with you, no obligation to solve your queries.
But Master Banshan did not agree, Master Hongyao was invited by him, and Feng Jun’s lack of respect for her meant a lack of respect for him, thus he lightly coughed, "Mountain Master Feng, if you answer her question, I’ll owe you a favor."
Feng Jun honestly didn’t value Master Banshan’s favor, but considering this guy has already been expelled from the Hunting Alliance, currently a person without a job, best not to provoke.
He wasn’t necessarily afraid of this guy, but he had family to worry about, with many around him of low cultivation levels, not to be underestimated.
He smiled and casually replied, "There’s something in the Soul Stone that demonic cultivators fear, so they won’t dare get close."
When he took out the Soul Stone, Master Lan He had already been pierced through the heart by the Slaughter-Heart Sword, practically impossible to do anything bodily, thus guarding against bizarre Divine Sense methods became necessary.
If he were alone, many ways to handle it, but with two burdens nearby, better take out the Soul Stone to repel potential methods.
"Eh, something in the Soul Stone that demonic cultivators fear?" Master Motong sounded astonished, "What is it?"
Feng Jun rolled his eyes irritatedly, thinking whether such questions should be asked publicly.
It’s obvious to anyone such questions aren’t easy to ask in public, but everyone was really shocked, and with so many present, waiting to ask later, who knows when that would be, and... even privately, they might not reveal it, right?
Master Hongyao was most adept at seizing opportunities, noticing Feng Jun was willing to give face to Master Banshan, she asked again, "Are there particularly powerful Yin Spirits inside?"
This question Feng Jun didn’t want to answer, but couldn’t avoid - he couldn’t let others relate it to a Big Boss, even if the chance is slim, he wouldn’t risk it.
Thus he rolled his eyes and rudely answered, "What level of powerful Yin Spirit can restrain demonic cultivators? It’s Heavenly Demon inside!"
"Heavenly Demon," Master Lingyun’s eyes suddenly lit up, "Did you actually capture it? Oh... just pretend I never said that."
The matter of Feng Jun encountering a Heavenly Demon, most Loose Cultivators were unaware, and he realized he spoke a bit too hastily.
In fact, it wasn’t just Loose Cultivators unaware, even Master Shanqing on the Wuyou Platform Golden Core level was oblivious, glaring intensely at Master Lingyun, "What’s your deal? Speak properly, say half and leave half hidden, what’s that supposed to mean?"
When the two were speaking, Zou Bufan was already so excited his whole body was shaking, barely controlling himself to prevent audible reactions.
Master Lingyun straightforwardly stated, "Certain matters aren’t suitable for public discussion, surely you understand that?"
Even as rebellious as Master Shanqing was, she understood the logic behind these words, disgruntledly huffing.
Zou Bufan seeing no one else asking knew he couldn’t rely on others, so he respectfully cupped his hands, politely uttering, "May I ask Mountain Master Feng, what kind of Heavenly Demon is inside the Soul Stone?"
Feng Jun looked at him, still not answering, thinking how people nowadays were like this, overly familiar for no reason.
