223 Chapter 223 (1/2)
”Who are you calling a snake!? It's not our fault that one of your Golden Saber Sect members tried to backstab our senior brother from our Sect. It was karma!”
The two sides were continuing their quarrel. During an expedition to some kind of secret ground that allowed junior disciples to participate one of the parties suffered a setback. One of their young masters fought another youth of similar status. One of them lost, how it happened was still unclear. He had a certain treasure that marked his killer though so now the two sects were at each other throats.
One side said that he tried to steal the treasure from their junior master and he was just defending himself. These were the people of the Silver Spear sect. While the ones from the Golden Saber Sect claimed that he ambushed their young lord and took his life in an unfair way.
The truth was muddled at this point and it was impossible to figure out who was right and who was wrong. Even if evidence was presented each side could just refuse to believe it. Both sects were of similar strength and status so none of them wanted to back off.
They knew that fighting in this city was forbidden so they were only tossing insults at each other. Also, they weren't quite ready to fight it out in the arena as their elders had forbidden such acts. They were holding the residence and workers hostage though as no one dared to step forward to stop the arguing cultivators. The laws of the powerful sects didn't apply to them and they could be murdered in broad daylight. No one would care.
Zhang Dong and his people stopped because their leader did. The group of old men and women behind him wouldn't act out without him saying anything. The people in front were from the junior generation and at quite the low level.
The United Element sect was probably one of the factions that brought the least number of cultivators. Others would even allow Qi condensation youths to tag along to show them off and maybe forge some relationships. The group in front of them was composed of such youths and the ones fighting were only in the core formation early stage.
From the conversation, you could deduct that these two were young elites. Their ages were probably close to what Zhang Dong was now. Having a core formation level at the age of thirty was nothing to scoff at in this world. Only people with genius-level talent were able to do this, the other way was having a lot of crafting resources.
Matt wondered why there weren't any seniors with them to stop the fight. The group had probably arrived before his sect. They might have bumped into each other while wandering the city or going out of the hotel. The shouting match had been continuing for a few minutes now and nothing seemed to be being done about it.
He spread his spiritual sense through the area and felt other people watching. Two in particular were close to his level. They were also looking at him, he couldn't just stand there. This made him look as if he was afraid of some junior cultivators.
At that moment an idea popped into his mind. He knew that if he just walked forward bad things could happen. But what if he could use that to his advantage? A quick plan formed in his mind that could go in two directions. Both of those weren't anything bad for him so he stepped forward.
He put on a stone-faced expression and the elders behind him followed while keeping a distance. He walked slowly with his hands behind his back, it made him look relaxed and uncaring of his surroundings. He hoped the junior members from those sects would realize who he really was and react accordingly which would resolve everything with less hassle.
Yet reality was cruel and the bunch of kids reacted just like he expected they would. The moment they saw him walking forward between them they scoffed. Zhang Dong looked very young for his cultivation stage. Most people would at most put him as a core formation expert at the early stage.
With two such experts arguing with each other they thought that this new intruder wasn't anything special. He was clearly ignoring them which inclined a lack of respect from Zhang Dong's side. Tension was already high so without thinking about the consequences both parties started shouting out towards him.
”Who dares?”
”What is the meaning of this, state your name!”
The two core formation youths looked at Zhang Dong with anger. He looked like someone from their own generation so they weren't afraid. The man didn't react though as he just kept walking, it made it look like he was not taking these youths seriously at all. The problem was that he couldn't really, he was a nascent soul master; it would be seen as dishonorable if he went against people from the junior generation. This matter had to be taken care of by someone from his lackeys, this would be his grandmother in law.
”Do you know who I am, I'm the son of the third grand elder from the Golden Saber Sect!”
”I'm the nephew of the fourth grand elder from the Silver Spear Sect, such insolence how dare you!”
The two continued to shout while Zhang Dong continued to walk forward and just as he was between the two parties a loud voice sounded from the back.
”How dare you two insignificant brats speak in such tone to the Patriarch!”
Granny Maling shouted out from the back while suppressing the two groups with her great circle of core formation aura. The youths that were below the core formation realm dropped like flies instantly while the two that were stronger backed away while grasping their chest.
”P-patriarch?”
They looked at the man that didn't stop and continued to walk. He didn't look much older than they were, he might have even been younger. How could someone like this be a patriarch of a sect. He did have a stronger member of the elder generation behind him, maybe he was just from some weak clan instead?
In their infinite wisdom, they shelved Zhang Dong into the young master category that was at most equal to them. He just was lucky enough to have a guardian that was strong. This meant that they could keep belittling him. If the elders from their side saw this, they would surely help them out.
”You dare attack the fourth son of the third grand elder from the Golden Saber Sect! You are courting death, wait till the elders hear of this.”
Matt almost tripped over his own feet after hearing that the haughty young master was only the fourth son. The other youth shouted out something similar as they were resolute in their belief that he wasn't anyone important. The problem now was that he couldn't stop, the members from a junior generation were disrespecting him. They were even doing it in public and already some other cultivators were looking at them.
He wanted to facepalm as the first option from his plan had gone astray. At least it was good that he didn't take his disciples with him. If Zhang Liu was here, he would probably already be beating those two up or challenging them to a deathmatch.