116: Leveraging influence, scheming

The next day.

Tianji Pavilion reopened.

The news quickly reached Yun Dongchen, the Patriarch of the Yun Family.

"What a Heavenly Secret Master, to dare reopen Tianji Pavilion, he clearly doesn't put my Yun Family in his eyes."

Thinking about how the Yun Family was swindled out of one hundred million spirit stones and became a laughingstock in the mouths of others, Yun Dongchen's anger flared. He wanted to personally confront the Heavenly Secret Master and demand the one hundred million spirit stones back.

As soon as Tianji Pavilion reopened, many people came to watch, but no one dared to enter. After all, not everyone could afford one million Spirit Stones.

【Today's Intelligence (red): Yun Dongchen, the Patriarch of the Yun Family, is about to come to Tianji Pavilion to cause trouble for the Host, intending to demand one hundred million spirit stones from the Host.】

Jiang Yunfan, who received the intelligence, was not flustered in the slightest.

With Eldest Miss Shang overseeing things, what was a mere Yun Family?

He still wanted to get back those one hundred million spirit stones? Wishful thinking! What he had eaten, he would never spit out.

A moment later.

Four figures suddenly appeared inside Tianji Pavilion.

Jiang Yunfan looked at the newcomers, "What wind blew Patriarch Yun to my Tianji Pavilion? And you brought so many people, are you here to patronize my business?"

Yun Dongchen's expression hardened. He stared at the masked Jiang Yunfan but couldn't see through his Cultivation Level. From his aura, he could tell he had Dharma Idol Realm Cultivation Level, but he had brought three Giants with him, which was enough to deal with the Heavenly Secret Master.

"Aren't you Divine Calculation and Wonderful Prediction? Then have you calculated my intentions?"

"You want your one hundred million spirit stones back."

Divine Calculation and Wonderful Prediction indeed, he even knew this.

Yun Dongchen grew even more wary of the Heavenly Secret Master, "Heavenly Secret Master, back then, my Young Master of the Yun Family, Yun Qianxi, bought the Opportunity of the Zixia Mountain Secret Realm for one hundred million spirit stones. But you broke your word and sold this information to others for one million Spirit Stones."

"If you return the one hundred million spirit stones, this matter will be dropped. Otherwise..."

"Otherwise, you'll kill me?"

Jiang Yunfan said coldly, "Your Yun Family was the first to know the Secret Realm information. Selling it to you for one hundred million spirit stones is not too much. Besides, I didn't agree not to sell this Opportunity to others. If you wanted to buy it out, it would be at least five hundred million Spirit Stones, but your Yun Family didn't buy out this Opportunity, so I could only sell it at a low price to others."

"If you don't return it, you'll die."

Yun Dongchen revealed his killing intent and directly attacked Jiang Yunfan.

Jiang Yunfan, however, did not move. A figure appeared in front of him, blocking Yun Dongchen's palm. The powerful magical energy sent Yun Dongchen flying back.

Yun Dongchen looked in shock at the person blocking in front of the Heavenly Secret Master, his heart filled with immense surprise: a Great Power.

At this moment, Shang Yuqing walked out from the side hall.

"Eldest Miss Shang."

As soon as Yun Dongchen saw Shang Yuqing, he knew that this Great Power belonged to her.

No wonder the Heavenly Secret Master dared to reopen Tianji Pavilion!

It turned out he had Eldest Miss Shang as his backer.

Shang Yuqing looked at Yun Dongchen and said coldly, "No one is allowed to cause trouble in Tianji Pavilion, otherwise they will be an enemy of my Nine Provinces Merchant Guild."

Yun Dongchen knew the power of the Nine Provinces Merchant Guild all too well. Not to mention his Yun Family, even the Big Dipper Sacred Land wouldn't dare offend them. He quickly apologized, "I have been presumptuous. I hope Eldest Miss Shang will forgive me."

Shang Yuqing said, "Scram!"

Yun Dongchen left dejectedly with his people.

Shang Yuqing turned to look at Jiang Yunfan, "No one will trouble you again in the future, but I hope the divination you did for me will come true as soon as possible."

This woman was truly impatient.

Jiang Yunfan said, "It will."

Shang Yuqing left Tianji Pavilion. Shang Rong, the Great Power beside her, reminded her, "Young Miss, this person is adept at scheming and cannot be trusted."

Shang Yuqing said, "If he wasn't adept at scheming, I wouldn't think highly of him. He uses me, and I, in turn, use him."

Shang Rong said, "Although Lu Yun is young and has a Peak Spirit Transformation Realm Cultivation Level, he is merely a mortal body and is not worthy of Young Miss."

Shang Yuqing said, "I used the Qi Observation Technique to peer into Lu Yun's Luck. He possesses golden Luck and is a Child of Destiny. That is enough. The Great Emperor of Chaos from ancient times was also a mortal body, yet he still became a Great Emperor."

Child of Destiny! Shang Rong was startled. No wonder Young Miss would take a liking to a mortal body!

Yun Family.

Yun Dongchen was furious, "Damn Heavenly Secret Master, you think I won't dare touch you just because Eldest Miss Shang is protecting you? The moment you leave Tianshu City will be your death day."

He dared not lay hands on the Heavenly Secret Master in Tianshu City, but once outside Tianshu City, he would no longer need to consider the Nine Provinces Auction House.

The Heavenly Secret Master must die.

【Today's Intelligence (orange): The Patriarch of the Yun Family has developed killing intent towards the Host. Five days later, when the Host leaves Tianshu City, he will suffer an attack from the Yun Family's Giants. Danger level: S-rank.】

Jiang Yunfan, who received the crisis intelligence, sneered in his heart, "You want to kill me? It won't be that easy."

Yun Family.

I will destroy you sooner or later.

The Yun Family wanted to kill him, and he, in turn, wanted to destroy the Yun Family.

As soon as the news of the Nine Provinces Auction House holding a large-scale auction spread, people from many major powers came to Tianshu City.

Tianshu City became even more lively.

Archaic Ye Family.

"Father."

Ye Lingtian came before Ye Chen and bowed.

Ye Chen said, "The Nine Provinces Auction House in Tianshu City will hold a large-scale auction. Among the auction items this time is a purple-veined flat peach. You must bid for the purple-veined flat peach no matter what."

Upon hearing that the purple-veined flat peach was going to be auctioned, Ye Lingtian's eyes turned cold, "Father, I saw a purple-veined flat peach in the Xuanhuang Secret Realm before. I was about to obtain it, but someone snatched it away."

"Now that the purple-veined flat peach has appeared at the Nine Provinces Auction House, the person who took it must be in Tianshu City. As long as we find him, we can take the purple-veined flat peach from his hands."

Hearing this, Ye Chen said, "To ensure nothing goes wrong, I will have Elder Ye Gun accompany you. You must find that person and obtain the purple-veined flat peach."

Ye Lingtian said, "Father, rest assured, I will definitely obtain the purple-veined flat peach."

...Lu Yun, who was out for a stroll, passed by Tianji Pavilion and thought it was opened by his Elder brother. He entered Tianji Pavilion and saw the masked Heavenly Secret Master.

Is this person really my Elder brother?

Just as Lu Yun was wondering, the masked Jiang Yunfan spoke, "Lu Yun, why are you here?"

Upon hearing his Elder brother's voice, Lu Yun said, "Elder Brother, it really is you."

Jiang Yunfan said, "It's me. You came at a good time. Just help me out, and we'll split half the Spirit Stones we earn."

Lu Yun quickly refused, "I don't want Spirit Stones."

At this moment, a middle-aged man with a sinister expression arrived at Tianji Pavilion.

"Who is the Heavenly Secret Master?"

"I am."

Wu Tao looked at the masked Heavenly Secret Master but couldn't see through his Cultivation Level. He said coldly, "I heard you are Divine Calculation and Wonderful Prediction. I want to know who killed No Heaven Saint of my Heavenly Demon Sect. If you can't figure it out, I will smash your signboard today."

So it was someone from the Heavenly Demon Sect, no wonder he was full of Evil Qi.

This was a good Opportunity to kill with a borrowed knife.

Jiang Yunfan said, "One million Spirit Stones for one calculation."

Wu Tao released a wave of sinister Evil Qi that enveloped Jiang Yunfan. The sinister Evil Qi entered his body, but Jiang Yunfan remained unmoved, as the sinister Evil Qi was incinerated by the spiritual fire within him.

He indeed had some tricks, resisting the sinister Evil Qi without using magical energy.

Wu Tao was not deterred by Jiang Yunfan because of this. He threatened, "Do you think your life is worth one million Spirit Stones?"

Lu Yun, who was nearby, immediately became vigilant.

Jiang Yunfan said, "You can try to make a move and see if you can kill me."

He did not bring up the Nine Provinces Merchant Guild, because the Heavenly Demon Sect was not the Yun Family. Demonic Path practitioners acted erratically and would not be intimidated by threats.

Wu Tao did not know the Heavenly Secret Master's depth, and he dared not act rashly. He had heard that the Heavenly Secret Master was a Disciple of Tianji Sect, and Tianji Sect was mysterious and unfathomable. This Heavenly Secret Master was also unfathomable.

"I will give you one million Spirit Stones. If you can't figure it out, I will kill you."

"The Zixia Mountain Secret Realm was all deduced by me. What else do you think I can't deduce?"

Hearing this, Wu Tao's heart skipped a beat. He hadn't expected the Zixia Mountain Secret Realm to be deduced by the Heavenly Secret Master.

If he could even deduce Secret Realms, his strength was indeed unfathomable.

"Open your storage ring, I'll give you the Spirit Stones."

Jiang Yunfan opened his storage ring, and Spirit Stones entered the storage ring one by one.

After collecting one million Spirit Stones, Jiang Yunfan pretended to make a deduction.

"The one who killed No Heaven was Yun Tianhe, an Elder of the Yun Family. When the Zixia Mountain Secret Realm opened, several Elders of the Yun Family sealed their Cultivation Level and entered the Secret Realm."

Wu Tao said coldly, "You dare to lie to me? No Heaven Saint had a Heavenly Human Peak Realm Cultivation Level and Dharma Idol Realm combat power. A Dharma Idol Realm Giant who sealed his Cultivation Level could not possibly kill him."

Jiang Yunfan said, "No Heaven Saint was severely wounded by Pu Du, the Buddhist Son of the Spiritual Mountain Holy Land, before this. The heavily injured him encountered Yun Tianhe, and that's why he was killed by Yun Tianhe."

Upon hearing that the Spiritual Mountain Holy Land was involved, Wu Tao's brows furrowed tightly.

Jiang Yunfan said, "If you don't believe me, you can send someone to Xizhou to inquire if there is a person named Pu Du. Also, Yun Tianhe has already been killed in the Secret Realm, so you don't need to seek revenge against him."

Wu Tao said coldly, "Even if he's dead, there's still the Yun Family. Killing a Heavenly Demon Sect Saint must come at a heavy price."

He left Tianji Pavilion.

Jiang Yunfan sneered in his heart, "Let you two fight like dogs."

Lu Yun breathed a sigh of relief, "That was too dangerous. If that person had attacked just now, we wouldn't have been able to stop him."

Jiang Yunfan said, "Remember, when you encounter a powerful enemy, you can only be scared inside, but you must not show it. That way, the powerful enemy will see your fearlessness and not dare to act rashly."

"Sometimes you can also borrow power, for example, by saying you are a true successor of a certain Holy Land, or a direct descendant of a certain Ancient Desolate Family. This is called 'borrowing momentum'."

Lu Yun said, "Understood, Elder Brother."