Chapter 339 - Chapter 339: Chapter 41 Helping Lin Jue (2/2)

Although the resources of the Demonic Monster Sea were plentiful, correspondingly, there were also more Cultivators.

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Therefore, elixirs like the Cultivation True Elixir, which are essential for advancement, are exceptionally valuable…

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Lin Jing had been wandering around the Fang Market for a full four hours.

Just when Lin Jing was about to leave,

suddenly, someone came looking for him.

It was that dark-skinned youth.

“Senior… Senior…” The dark-skinned youth, seeing Lin Jing, ran over with a face full of joy.

Not until he reached Lin Jing’s side did he start speaking, panting:

“Senior… Senior…”

“Bother… could you please help Lin Jue, he… he’s been bullied.”

Lin Jue was the fair-skinned youth suspected to be a descendant of the Lin Family.

Lin Jing frowned and asked, “What exactly happened?”

“Senior, it’s like this…”

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Afterward, the dark-skinned youth began to recount the events.

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“That’s roughly the situation; I hope the senior can help Lin Jue,” he concluded, after a while.

By the end, his tone was nearly pleading. It seemed their relationship was quite good; otherwise, the youth wouldn’t have gone to such lengths.

Lin Jing also came to understand the whole story.

It turns out, after Lin Jing left,

the fair-skinned youth Lin Jue packed up his stall and, taking the Spirit Stones Lin Jing had given him, went to repay the two Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

He had thought everything would go smoothly.

But unexpectedly, those two Foundation Establishment Cultivators, disregarding the previous friendship with his grandfather, shamelessly claimed that the Spirit Stones had been stolen from them.

Since everyone was clear about Lin Jue’s previous circumstances, even though he tried his best to explain, no one believed the stones were earned by him.

In the end,

it was the quick-witted dark-skinned youth who thought to find Lin Jing and ask him to bear witness.

After Lin Jing had understood the situation, he said to the dark-skinned youth directly:

“Where are they? You lead the way.”

The dark-skinned youth’s face lit up with joy, and then he quickly bowed in thanks:

“Thank you, Senior. Please follow me.”

Having said that, he led the way out of the Fang Market.

Lin Jing followed at a leisurely pace.

After leaving the Fang Market, they headed south and, after some time on the road, Lin Jing, following the dark-skinned youth, finally arrived at the southwest corner of Bihai City.

Along the way, perhaps due to his urgency, the dark-skinned youth kept accelerating.

If it hadn’t been for the flight prohibition in Bihai City, he would have probably taken out a sword to fly—that’s how concerned the dark-skinned youth was for his friend.

However, no matter how fast the dark-skinned youth went, Lin Jing was still able to keep pace with him effortlessly.

Upon arrival in the southwest corner of Bihai City, Lin Jing discovered that even such a bustling city held such inconspicuous corners.

This entire southwest area was like a slum, where countless low-level cultivators gathered.

The alleys here were narrow, houses old and low, and it was particularly crowded—even less spacious than the outskirts of Nanshan Market they had been in before.

When Lin Jing arrived, the cultivators he encountered on the road quickly made way for him, even fearful of breathing loudly near him.

Most people here were in the Qi Refinement Realm, with a few in the Foundation Establishment Stage, but not many.

For Lin Jing, a Golden Core Cultivator, his presence naturally caused an inexplicable panic among the others, so much so that cultivators who had been chatting on the road now fell silent.

Continuing down the alley, just as they were about to exit, Lin Jing heard arguing voices ahead.

“My Spirit Stones were obtained through a transaction with a senior; they were not stolen,” a slightly immature voice argued loudly.

By the sound of it, the person arguing was the fair-skinned Lin Jue.

From his voice, one could even discern Lin Jue’s suppressed anger and the unfair treatment he was enduring.

“You shouldn’t bully me too far…”

As soon as Lin Jue finished speaking, another voice followed:

“Lin Jue, at such a young age, you not only steal but also dare to quibble. Despite my previous consideration for your grandfather’s sake in taking care of your elixirs business…”

“Yet you treat us like this, it’s utterly disheartening. Is this how you honor your late grandfather?”

“Fellow Daoists, tell me, isn’t that right?”

Lin Jing heard this voice loud and clear.

It was from one of the cultivators who had taken Lin Jue’s elixirs back at the market.

As soon as this person finished speaking, a clamor of various noisy reactions followed.

Listening carefully, most of the noises were accusations against Lin Jue, with only a very few people defending him…

Following that,

Lin Jing stepped out of the alley with the dark-skinned youth.

Exiting the alley led to a dead end of a street, which was much broader than the alley.

A crowd of people was gathered at the end of the street, and the voices just heard were coming from that group.

At that moment,

the dark-skinned youth dashed towards the crowd, shouting as he ran:

“Make way, please make way…”

“The senior who traded with Lin Jue and gave him Spirit Stones has arrived…”