Chapter 179 (2/2)
”Bulls.h.i.+t. You people are the ones trying to rob something belonging to my distant relative. And now, you are trying to take the moral high ground?” Gong Lianda shouted furiously.
”He has on him the forging material we had lost. Otherwise, why would we have bothered making such a scene? Lord, please uphold justice for us!” Wen Jinnuo lied calmly.
”At such a young age, you are already a ma.s.sive liar. Wen Dongyou sure has an excellent son,” Gong Lianda sneered.
”Enough. This commander will investigate the truth of this. Now, I need your leaders to come with me to the city hall. As for the others, leave right now!” the middle-aged man interrupted their argument.
It was at this moment that a new group of people arrived in haste. Everyone looked over and saw that the newcomers were the people from the Cloud Margin Forging Pavilion, and even their elder, Tao Ran, had arrived as well.
”Greetings, Elder Tao.” Even the commander had to get off his mount to salute Tao Ran. Everyone else did the same.
Tao Ran was a top blacksmith of the Cloud Margin Pavilion. Thus, he had a high status in the pavilion, and even their pavilion master had to show him a certain degree of respect. After all, a true tier-4 blacksmith had a great rallying power. With his ability to forge king-grade weapons repeatedly, he could befriend many King Realm experts. n.o.body could afford to overlook someone like that.
When Tao Ran arrived, he did not even bother giving anyone else a glance. He went straight toward Xiang Shaoyun and said, ”Kid, do you really have more than 100 catties of top-quality goldsteel stone?”
That's right. Tao Ran's appearance had been part of Xiang Shaoyun's plan all along. After sending Gong Qinyin to ask for the Gong Clan's help, he also had her send someone to inform the Cloud Margin Forging Pavilion about him having more than 100 catties of top-quality goldsteel stone.
As for the timing of their appearances, everything had been in accordance to his plan. Xiang Shaoyun replied seriously, ”Yes I do. Unfortunately, someone is trying to rob it from me.”
”Who dares?” Tao Ran roared and scanned the crowd. That roar of his nearly caused Wen Jinnuo's heart to pop out in fear. He had never expected that even this elder would be implicated in this conflict. Now, it would be hard for him to back off.
”He claimed that the top-quality goldsteel stone was stolen from his Wen Clan and nearly killed me here on the streets,” said Xiang Shaoyun while pointing at Wen Jinnuo. He paused for a bit and continued, ”In truth, after our previous transaction at the pavilion, someone called Wen Hong tailed me and requested that I trade with their clan instead. He even offered a higher price than you! But since I had already agreed to conduct the trade with you, I naturally rejected their offer. I did not expect them to be so shameless as to try robbing it from me instead. If it wasn't for my relative's help, the top-quality goldsteel stone would have been lost.”
”Bulls.h.i.+t! You are clearly the thief!” Wen Jinnuo had no choice but to continue lying to cover up for what he said earlier.
”Elder Tao, I am Gong Lianda from the Gong Clan. I can guarantee with my own life that this distant relative of mine has definitely not stolen the goldsteel stone from anyone. Look, he is only a Transformation Realm cultivator. How can he even steal from the Wen Clan? Isn't that suicide?” Gong Lianda took the chance to show himself in front of Tao Ran.
”I am not blind. I am naturally aware of who's telling the truth here.” Tao Ran frowned. He then glared at Wen Jinnuo and said, ”I have long heard from the disciples that your Wen Clan has been stealing our business right in front of our pavilion. I never planned to do anything about it, but you guys are pus.h.i.+ng it more and more! I guess your Wen Clan is getting tired of life in Cloud Margin City. Since that is the case, I hereby declare that from today onward, anyone caught buying weapons from the Wen Clan will be considered an enemy of the Cloud Margin Forging Pavilion!”
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