236 Chapter 236 (2/2)

”Still, you have interfered in the sacred competition, you have to be fined.”

The man rubbed his chin while looking at Zhang Dong, Fang Meili didn't even dare to look at the monstrous elder that could smite her with a quiver of his brow.

”A low grade heaven artifact should be enough, none of the other contestants were hurt by him and the competition continues.”

Zhang Dong nodded and pulled out an intricate-looking spear. It radiated the might of a heaven grade artifact and was indeed a low grade one. This was one of his earlier products and was more or less a failure in his eyes. He didn't want to give weapons that he created to other factions but in this case, it was fine.

He gently guided the weapon towards the Yinglong Pavilion leader so that he could inspect it. The man grabbed the spear by the shaft and started looking over it, after a moment he gave a resounding nod.

”A fine spear. With this your involvement in the competition will be forgiven, if you wish to engage with the other sects in battle then please step forward.”

Zhang Dong looked to the other two. If they challenged him to battle he would accept. Fighting one on one against each one of those two would be better done here. He could at least deliver a long lasting wound and he wouldn't need to worry about other nascent soul masters getting involved.

He didn't think that he would be confronted here though, the other two were now suspicious of his motives. For them, this was some kind of scheme by the Divine Fist Sect. In their eyes, Zhang Dong was their agent and might have even been placed here to fight them.

Just as Zhang Dong had reasoned the tree looking elder didn't make a move. Zhan Jie looked quite maddened and was staring daggers at him but he also didn't come forward. Zhang Dong could even hear the two bickering a bit as the sword fanatic wanted to do battle with him.

After a bit of glancing from both parties, it was clear that no one was willing to step forward from either side. Zhang Dong didn't want to be the instigator even though a one on one fight might have been more favorable for him. There was also a chance that something could go wrong, you never knew what could happen. These two elders were also much stronger than the Silver Spear Sect leader.

”I see that no one wishes to step forward. Let us continue with the banquet then and forget about this little incident.”

The commotion was finally over and the competition continued. The atmosphere was quite tense and people kept looking at Zhang Dong. After the drama was settled he remained seated with the elder from the Divine Fist Sect and his granddaughter. She was allowed to stay here under their supervision.

They continued to silently discuss with each other while the young girl was kept out of the loop. She had enough maturity to know that she didn't have any say in this conversation. She would wait for her grandfather to speak up.

”Here take this.”

Zhang Dong took out a small box and handed it to Fang Heng. The man looked at the item and could feel that it was a complex artifact.

”This is?”

”It's a beacon, take it to your sect when you return and activate it in a safe location. I will be able to travel directly to you then.”

The item that he was giving the old man was a portable teleporter. He didn't want to go with them immediately. They didn't need to give out their plans to their competition, it would be better if they thought he was back at his own sect.

”Hoh… thank you senior.”

The man looked at the artifact and placed it in his spatial ring. The other people could see them but what the item was no one knew. It looked like a square box with some runic designs on it.

”You just need to add some spiritual energy into it with the correct code and it will activate.”

Zhang Dong explained how the device worked and also gave Fang Heng the correct code to activate it. There was more than one of them, they were in place to alert him if the one activating the beacon was in trouble.

”Anyway, Fang Meili was it?”

Zhang Dong had finally finished up his conversation with the older man. They had decided on a plan of action and now they just needed to get through this banquet. The competition wasn't quite over and it would probably take another day for the juniors to finish up with this one.

”Y-yes honorable senior!”

The young girl flinched when her name was called and dropped her head instantly.

”Ah, you can relax. Think your injuries should be healed, does it hurt somewhere?”

Zhang Dong asked while scanning the younger girl with his spiritual sense. The girl just blushed a bit after feeling what the man was doing, his eyes were very deep and mysterious.

”I'm fine senior, you don't need to worry about me.”

The girl started bowing repeatedly while panicking. It seemed that she wasn't used to interacting with people like him that much or she was just the shy type.

”That's fine then, your grandfather and I have discussed a couple of things and one of them concerns you.”

Zhang Dong turned to face Fang Heng. The old man just nodded as he knew that it would be better if it came out of his mouth. She would be returning with Zhang Dong and his people while her grandfather would be going back to his own sect.

With the other factions blowing things out of proportions with their imagination they should be able to return home safely as well. Returning back home was the first thing Zhang Dong was planning to do. His wife was close to giving birth and then he had a squid monster to face off against, this time around he hoped it would be the last time…