226 Fake Nine-Ringed Bamboo (2/2)
”Who angered him?”
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From the skies, Autumn Valley's massive disciple, Da Zhuang, attracted everybody in the market's attention.
The young man in green, who had been acting nervously in front of the man in gold, now appeared extremely confident and arrogant in front of Da Zhuang. He looked up at Da Zhuang in the sky and asked flippantly, ”Da Zhuang, what are you trying to do?” This young man was obviously Pan Yilin, the Summer Valley disciple whom Da Zhuang was looking for.
Da Zhuang glided down in front of Pan Yilin. Because Pan Yilin stood at just 1.7 meters, Da Zhuang looked down at Pan Yilin as he declared seriously, ”Pan Yilin, you sold me a fake nine-ringed bamboo!”
”Fake nine-ringed bamboo?” Pan Yilin raised his eyebrow. ”Da Zhuang, you can eat whatever you want, but you cannot say anything you wish. The nine-ringed bamboo I sold you cannot be fake.”
”Not fake?” Da Zhuang angrily pulled out the nine-ringed bamboo that he had bought from Pan Yilin and showed it to the crowd that had gathered to watch the commotion. ”My Little Brother told me that this nine-ringed bamboo is fake. The intervals between the rings are not uniform, so it is clearly only a six-ringed bamboo. A six-ringed bamboo is only worth ten mid-level spirit stones, but you took a hundred and ten mid-level spirit stones from me! Do you really think you can bully me?”
Da Zhuang glared at Pan Yilin and lowered his voice. The golden inner Yuan the unknowingly seeping out of his body seemed to be able to attack Pan Yilin at any moment.
”That is nine-ringed bamboo?”
”It really seems like it is not nine-ringed bamboo. Nine-ringed bamboo's pattern should not be like this.”
”This is a fake nine-ringed bamboo made from six-ringed bamboo. Pan Yilin sold fake nine-ringed bamboo to Da Zhuang for a hundred and ten mid-level spirit stones? That isn't ethical!”
”Most people do not know nine-ringed bamboo well and can easily be tricked by fake nine-ringed bamboo.”
”This Pan Yilin is really daring. In the Lightning Sword Sect, we all know that Da Zhuang is backed by the only daughter of the Autumn Valley chief, He Mengxi. By doing this, although it does not go against the rules of the market since both buyer and seller were willing, isn't he afraid that He Mengxi will cause trouble for him?”
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Among the crowd that had gathered, many had realized that the nine-ringed bamboo in Da Zhuang's hands was fake, but even more were surprised that Pan Yilin was so daring. Here was a Summer Valley disciple who had not even attained the Dharma stage, so where did he get the bravery to try to scam Da Zhuang, someone who was protected by the only daughter of the Autumn Valley's leader? Was he not afraid of death?
”Da Zhuang!” Faced with the crowd's chatter, Pan Yilin's face darkened. ”How can you prove that this is the nine-ringed bamboo I sold you? The nine-ringed bamboo I sold you was not this stalk. You took the real nine-ringed bamboo, which you bought from me, then found a fake one to slander me!”
Hearing Pan Yilin's accusation, Da Zhuang was so furious that his face turned red. He screamed in anger, ”Pan Yilin, you are lying through your teeth. I'll kill you!” With that, the golden Yuan that surrounded his body exploded toward Pan Yilin.
However, just as the golden Yuan around Pan Yilin rose, someone else acted even faster. With a quick flick of his hand, a giant palm print Dharma ten meters tall appeared and pressed Da Zhuang to the ground, trapping him. This was the work of none other than the young man in gold beside Pan Yilin.
”Da Zhuang, the rules of the market forbid disciples from internal conflict,” the young man said coldly.
”It's Lian Can of the Summer Valley!”
”Lian Can is the son of Summer Valley's chief who entered the Dharma stage at just 26. Among this new generation of Summer Valley disciples, he is the most likely to become a core disciple.”
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All eyes now landed on the young man in the golden robe.