235 Chapter 235 (1/2)

Zhang Dong was to the side, his brows quivered a bit but he managed to keep his facial expression mostly hidden away. He knew those looks that the people were giving him, it were the looks of cultivators that were overthinking. What genius conspiracy theories they were coming up with was something that he would like to know.

He knew that people in this world didn't think much of luck or coincidences. They thought that everyone that was at the very top of the cultivation ladder was some type of schemer. It was more believable for them that the Divine Fist Sect and the United Element Sect were planning something together.

Luckily for Zhang Dong he had developed a little technique with the help of his system. He could now eavesdrop on the conversations of other cultivators that used special sound moving techniques for it. He could hear what the Yggdrasil Sect leader and his sword-wielding partner in crime were saying. This made his bottom lip quiver as he tried not to smile.

”It was probably a scheme, those two must be in cahoots! That monster tide incident either never happened or it was exaggerated to make us drop our guard. Now they know that we are working together!”

The two continued to talk. The gist of it was that they were convinced that the beast attack was a hoax. Zhang Dong's true identity was now that of someone from the Divine Fist sect. In their eyes, he was probably an agent from this strong sect and the United Element Sect was just a front.

The two now feared that Zhang Dong and his people were placed close to the Limitless Sword Society. They were probably there for a pincer attack, while Zhan Jie's forces were away their main sect ground would be attacked. They theorized that they had constructed teleportation gates at strategic locations and were now waiting to strike.

”Wait, this might have been a blunder on their part, now their secret is out!”

The two continued further, Zhang Dong's overreaction was questioned. Probably the golden-haired junior was someone he deeply cared about so it even made him drop his act. He defended her but with this, he brought attention to his true identity. Which was a powerful nascent soul master from the Divine Fist Sect.

This all made sense to them. This was probably why his aura felt like it was in the middle stage but he was so strong. It explained why he was able to defeat the Silver Spear Patriarch so easily. In their eyes, he was some hidden monster either in the late stage or in the great circle. His young appearance was probably just to make others let their guard down around him.

He didn't even need to do anything about this, the imagination these people had was truly immense. They just weren't able to wrap their heads around it just being an act of kindness from his side.

While the two people there were blowing things out of proportion and while the Yinglong Pavilion Patriarch was rubbing his chin, Zhang Dong shifted his gaze towards the two people from the Divine Fist Sect.

He used the same technique to talk with the old man and sent his voice right next to his ear.

”Greetings, I think I might have caused a slight commotion here and for that, I'll apologize.”

The old man's eyes quivered slightly but he tried keeping his facial expressions neutral.

”Apologize? You saved my granddaughter, for this, I will eternally be grateful honorable Senior!”

The man replied while using the same hidden technique.

”But… May I ask why Senior decided to help us and how are you related to my granddaughter? I didn't know that we had such honorable family members as you.”

The man was quite formal and respectful. It was clear from his tone and choice of words that he didn't want to offend Zhang Dong.

”Ah, I have a strong bloodline technique, it allows me to feel people that I'm close with, It was more or less a coincidence. Who wouldn't help their cute niece if she was in trouble?”

Zhang Dong replied while just coming up with a plausible excuse. He was actually related to the girl, or at least this body that he occupied was.

”Senior can track a lineage through a technique? Truly fascinating but even with that your actions...”

Zhang Dong knew where the old man was going with this. Even if he was related to this girl, he shouldn't know her well enough to risk his life. However this was indeed the truth, he did only save her because it was the right thing to do in his opinion. He was the type of person that even in this sort of world didn't like to see others getting killed. Though he was in the vast minority when it came to this reasoning.

”Well, I know it's hard to imagine my reasons. How about you could just repay this favor in the future? Forming positive karmic bonds is something that I'm known for.”

It was far easier for Zhang Dong to just ask for a favor in return. Some people did live their life through karma here. If you helped someone they were expected to return the favor, otherwise, they would be sewing bad karma. Which in term would bring bad luck upon them, either in this or the next generation.

The greater Dao of Karma did exist in this world but Zhang Dong's knowledge of it was shallow. It also tied into the Dao of fate but to affect people's future was something out of his reach, at least for now.

”Good karma? Ah yes, that does make sense…”