Chapter 284
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Chapter 284: A Knock
At that moment, the bodies of the few people who had been restrained gradually regained their movement.
Once they felt their strength return, they ignored the scholar’s dying orders and rushed toward the alley’s exit, attempting to escape!
Faced with their frantic escape, Ji Yang simply unleashed a few sword energies and swiftly cut them down one by one!
In just a moment, the ground was already littered with several bodies.
Wu Laoda, who had been witnessing everything from the side, finally reacted.
His eyes first filled with joy, but then a hint of panic emerged.
With such strength, he had foolishly thought of running away with the money!
If he were caught, he might now be one of the corpses on the ground.
Having this thought made Wu Laoda feel a bit scared.
In the next moment, he approached with a pleasing smile and quickly bowed, saying,
“Thank you, senior, for saving my life!”
Ji Yang did not respond; he simply extended his arm, and the storage bag that the scholar had just held returned to Ji Yang’s hand.
After obtaining the storage bag, Ji Yang took a quick look. There was still plenty of top-quality spiritual grains inside, but nothing that he needed, which made Ji Yang frown slightly.
Seeing Ji Yang’s expression, Wu Laoda immediately reacted, hastily pulling out another storage bag from his belongings! He then presented it with both hands while saying,
“Senior, this is what you need. I hid it from the very beginning! Please take a look!”
Ji Yang accepted the storage bag and opened it again, and his expression relaxed.
Inside the storage bag were quite a few spiritual grains; while they were not of top quality, they had a wide variety.
As for quality, it didn’t matter much; Ji Yang could easily cut through that with his Heart Sword!
Apart from the spiritual grains, there were several seeds.
It seemed these were the high-level spiritual plant seeds that Wu Laoda had collected, but there was indeed not many.
Seeing Ji Yang remain silent, Wu Laoda felt anxious and hurriedly spoke up,
“Senior, high-level spiritual plant seeds are scarce in many shops, and even if they exist, most have been bought by other large sects. These spiritual plant seeds were hard to come by!”
“But please rest assured, in a few days, I will be able to gather more spiritual plant seeds! I’ll make sure you’re satisfied!”
“Oh?”
Ji Yang, who had remained silent, let out a skeptical sound.
Wu Laoda’s statement surely had its reason.
Wu Laoda did not hide anything and quickly explained,
“In a few days, Heaven Demon City will host a large auction. This auction is organized by the Heaven Demon Sect, where treasures, pills, and all sorts of rare items will be available, including spiritual plant seeds, of course.”
Listening to Wu Laoda’s explanation, Ji Yang’s eyes showed a hint of interest.
Wu Laoda then cautiously asked,
“Will you be attending in person, senior?”
Ji Yang pondered for a moment and then waved his hand, saying:
“No need, just go buy it for me!”
Ji Yang stored the storage bag that Wu Laoda offered into the Heaven’s Secret Pearl and then tossed the storage bag containing the top-quality spiritual grains back to Wu Laoda, glancing back at the scene of destruction on the ground.
Wu Laoda understood the unspoken message and hurriedly replied,
“Don’t worry, senior, I will clean this up!”
Hearing this, Ji Yang nodded in satisfaction:
“Rest assured, if you help me, there will be benefits for you! As long as you buy what I desire, I won’t hold your little tricks against you!”
Ji Yang cast a sidelong glance at Wu Laoda and remarked lightly.
Feeling Ji Yang’s piercing gaze, Wu Laoda was startled and was about to explain, but when he looked up, he found Ji Yang had already vanished.
Once he confirmed that Ji Yang truly left, Wu Laoda let out a sigh.
He had thought he could use public funds for personal gain without Ji Yang noticing, but it seemed he had been found out. It appeared that Ji Yang had a grasp on his movements in the past few days.
This realization weighed heavily on Wu Laoda, scattering all his previous thoughts.
That young man, with such extraordinary strength and wisdom, was certainly not an ordinary cultivator; he was indeed a disciple of a large sect. A person like that was someone he could not afford to offend.
It would be best for him to do his job well and later plead for Ji Yang to spare his life.
Meanwhile, the departing Ji Yang quickly returned to the inn that belonged to Feng Yu.
Before reaching the inn, Ji Yang made sure to reinforce the previous seal; the real Feng Yu was there, and Ji Yang had only put her into a coma without harming her life.
Ji Yang’s intention was to borrow her identity and then find an opportunity to escape from Heaven Demon City and avoid the Heaven Demon Sect’s pursuit, so he had kept her unconscious for only a short time.
But plans cannot keep up with changes, and now his identity was hidden quite successfully, providing him with certain safety.
However, it still fell short of Ji Yang’s expectations, especially after seeing the various spiritual grains in the storage bag today.
Now that he was here, Ji Yang certainly couldn’t leave empty-handed.
Heaven Demon City fell under the influence of the demonic path, so the types of spiritual grains available here differed somewhat; some spiritual grains were not found in the righteous sects, which was just what Ji Yang wanted.
Now that he had just advanced to the Spirit Transformation Stage, he could barely be considered a high-level cultivator, but there were still several higher realms ahead.
Moreover, the higher he progressed, the more cultivation points he would need, and with the right time, place, and people at hand, he had to make good use of it to pave the way for his future breakthroughs.
Besides, even if he returned to the sect now, there was no guarantee he would gain many cultivation points. After all, he had already depleted most places in the sect, and the Sect Master probably wouldn’t allow him back into the mine or the spiritual herb garden.
As for undergoing training in the sect, Ji Yang had already pushed that thought far away.
After all, wasn’t he currently in the middle of training?
After sorting through his thoughts, Ji Yang also felt a bit of interest in the auction Wu Laoda had mentioned earlier.
However, Ji Yang still chose not to go personally.
His identity information was not confidential; the Heaven Demon Sect must have already investigated him thoroughly, knowing not only who he was but also his past.
The incident at Jingtan Peak regarding the spiritual grains was probably not something he could hide either, as everyone would definitely notice the spiritual grains covering an entire mountain.
That was why Ji Yang chose to let Wu Laoda assist him in making the purchase, which could also lessen his suspicion.
He did not want the events at the auction to lead to him being surrounded by several elders of the Heaven Demon Sect right after he left.
Ji Yang then stayed inside the inn, silently observing the activities around.
He had quietly dealt with Cui Jing and that woman, and the Dan Ding Sect would undoubtedly react. Even though he believed he had been discreet, and had the middle-aged man in the fixed-point object as cover, he could not afford to be too careless.
However, after watching for some time, there was still not much news coming out.
Ji Yang said nothing about this; as long as he wasn’t suspected, that was enough.
With Cui Jing taken care of, his identity was even more secure now.
“Young master, it’s time to go for the competition!”
On the second day, the voice of the old servant Feng Yuan called from outside.
“I know.”
