Chapter 35 - The Ignorant Master Wu (1/2)

Chapter 35: The Ignorant Master Wu

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Master Qi fished out an old compa.s.s out from his pocket, and he circled around the wooden box three laps. All the while, he murmured something to himself with a solemn face.

Everyone’s heart was caught in their throat as they stared at the old man expectantly.

Mr. Chen was the only one managed a smile and said, “Master Qi was one of the most respected antique appraisers, anything from Feng Shui Dharma Artifacts to the Artifacts that were blessed by revered monks, nothing was able to escape his scrutinizing eyes.”

After he had said that, most people in the Hall nodded in agreement.

However, Xin Zhong didn’t agree with the rest, he smiled disdainfully and then said, “He is just an amateur compared to our Master Wu!”

Xin Zhong’s words didn’t sit well with most people in the Hall. Master Qi snorted and said, “My power is meager. Although I can tell that this artifact has magic properties, I can’t put the finger on its exact functions.

“I wonder if Master Wu will be able to shed some light on it?”

The white-haired Master Wu slowly opened his eyes, and he gave Master Qi a contemptuous look. Master Qi’s face flashed red by Master Wu’s glance.

“You are not experienced; that’s why you wouldn’t be able to see what is going on.”

His words were laced with conceit and arrogance. Many wealthy and powerful men’s faces blackened after hearing he openly insulted their appraiser: Maser Qi.

However, Master Qi linked his hands behind his back while wearing a cold sneer; it was as if he couldn’t wait to see Master Wu being embarra.s.sed by his incompetence.

He had used his ancestral compa.s.s to probe the filigree, and he was able to tell that this artifact was indeed powerful. However, it was still in a dormant state, and he had no clue how to reactivate its power. He doubted that the pretentious Mr. Wu could have done any better than him.

Under everyone’s expectant eyes, Master Wu rose from his chair and walked to the Eight-Trigram-Plate. He closed his eyes while his fingers s.h.i.+fted through a few hand signs

Suddenly, everyone was shocked to discover that Master Wu’s long and flappy sleeve started to move in the windless air. It was as if he had hidden a blower inside of that enormous-sized sleeve.

“This is? Master Qi’s face paled at the sight. His eyes glued to the old man as he murmured “Transcendent Dao?”

“Hur!”

Master Wu stomped the ground as he grunted with a deep booming voice that startled everyone.

He then pointed two fingers at the Eight-Trigrams-and blew at it. A strand of white mist streamed out from his mouth and touched the Eight-Trigrams-Plate. Suddenly, the plate trembled as if it had come back alive. Eight sets of inscriptions appeared on the surface of the plate.

As soon as the eight Dao inscriptions revealed themselves, the temperature in the hall seemed to have dropped a few degrees, and people can feel a light breeze kissing their cheeks. It was as if they were in the middle of spring.

“This. This..”

Everyone in the hall could not believe that they saw. They fixated their eyes on the shaking Eight-Trigrams-Plate.

“A Dharma Artifact. This one is real!”

Boss Yan, the textile magnate, shouted with excitement.

The Third Lord of Wei slapped his thigh in excitement as he gawked at the artifact unblinkingly.

Even the calmest of them all, Old Man Zhen, was seized by trepidation as greed flashed in his eyes.

However, the excitement around Master Wu seemed to have rubbed him the wrong way. With even more conceit than before, he grunted, and then ended the spell that revealed the true power of the artifact. The Eight-Trigrams-Plate suddenly stopped fighting and lay motionless in the box.

The temperature inside the hall climbed back up, and then everything seemed to have returned to normal.

“So now you know who the real master is, don’t you?” Xin Zhong smiled smugly.

The wealthy men from Chu Zhou looked at Xin Zhong and Master Wu with much more respect and admiration. Some even decided to befriend the mighty Master Wu.

He is the real master, and was much more powerful and experienced than Master Qi.

Master Qi smiled wryly and then bowed to Master Wu.

“I have never expected to meet a grandmaster who was enlightened by the way of Dao. My apologies for my insolent behavior. ”

Master Wu sat down in his seat without a word, and he quickly returned to his previous state of half dozing-off and half awake. He left Master Qi hanging there for a while and then replied, “So you do know ‘Transcendent State’? you didn’t waste your life after all.”

Master Qi managed a smile and didn’t rise to Master Wu’s contemptuous remark. After all, the white-haired one was much more experienced than him. He heaved a sigh and then returned to his seat. As he sat down, he felt that he was getting too old for this line of work. All the reputation he had built up in Chu Zhou would all be thrown out of the window after today.

The moment Chen Fan saw Master Wu performed his art, his interest was piqued almost immediately.

“This man possessed Dharmic powers?”

“Although his Dharmic power lacked both quality and quant.i.ty, it was quite an achievement for a Martial Artist. I wager he should be at the mid-stage of the Foundation Establishment level. So he was the so-called ‘The Follower of the Dao’ in this world?”

Chen Fan was excited and shocked at the same time.

However, Although Master Wu had reached the same level as Chen Fan, their power was significantly different.

The power of a Martial Artist to a same-leveled Cultivator was like the third-tier university to a first-tier university. They were both universities, but everyone knew that only the first tier university was the real deal.

In other words, although they were at the same level, Master Wu’s power was drastically inferior.