Chapter 314: The Underground Battlestages (1/2)
Chapter 314: The Underground Battlestages
Translator: Sparrow TranslationsEditor: Sparrow Translations
”Shopkeeper Peng, please come in and take a seat. Please, feel free to say whatever you have to.” Mo Wuji extended his hand and invited Peng Zimai into the room.
Chu Qianlou, worried that Mo Wuji would agree to Peng Zimai’s suggestion, followed them into the room. Pang Qi and the others followed suit.
”Dao Friend Mo, I’m sure you have heard of my Star Searching Merchant House. This time, many treasures will be available at the auction. Apart from Tier 8 spiritual herbs, we will also be selling high grade spiritual items and top grade techniques…”
Upon hearing about the top grade techniques, Mo Wuji immediately questioned, ”May I ask if you have top grade magic skills as well?”
Peng Zimai answered, ”Of course! Although we won’t have hammer techniques, we will have quality sword art and blade techniques…”
Peng Zimai had witnessed the battle between Mo Wuji and Yan Yangdong. Naturally, he could guess what Mo Wuji was after - good magic skills. Now, listening to Mo Wuji’s questions, he was surer than before.
Mo Wuji was not in the least bit disappointed upon learning that there would be no hammer techniques available. Instead, he perked up and asked, ”I would also like to know, what kind of top grade magic skills will there be at the auction?”
Peng Zimai acted like he was being put in a spot. ”Although I know some of what might be available at the auction, you know that I’m merely a shopkeeper. I don’t make the decisions for many matters in Star Searching Merchant House.”
Mo Wuji understood what he was trying to say. He straightforwardly asked, ”Shopkeeper Peng, please go ahead and discuss whatever you came for.”
Peng Zimai grinned, ”Dao Friend Mo, you know that other than official challenges, the Universal Hall also organises many underground challenges. Star Searching Battlestage is Star Searching Merchant House‘s battlefield. I would like to invite you to accept the challenges of other cultivators…”
Immediately, Mo Wuji knew what he wanted. This Peng Zimai was so scheming. It was a true waste of talent that he didn’t work as a shrewd businessman on Earth.
Given that he was on the Universal Board, and that he had defeated Yan Yangdong on the Deathmatch Battlestage, the queue to challenge Mo Wuji would surely go from Piercing Wind City to Nine Mo City if he were to fight underground.
One only had to challenge him on the battlestage and emerge victorious to earn both fame and fortune, and even the Yan Clan’s favour and friendship. One would have equated defeating Mo Wuji with having the capabilities to be on the Universal Board, even if his name wasn’t actually on it. This was every cultivator’s dream.
It didn’t even matter if one could not defeat Mo Wuji. The underground battlestage wasn’t the Deathmatch Battlestage; one only had to surrender when he knew that he was going to lose.
Even losing was good for one’s reputation. If word had spread that one challenged someone on the Universal Board, he would have risen to fame very quickly.
”Brother Mo, you must not go,” Rong He quickly warned.
She knew for a fact that the underground battlestages were filled with desperate disciples, who resorted to all sorts of underhand methods to emerge victorious. They were willing to give all they had to ensure their opponent was seriously injured. Some were even willing to give their lives. At first, before they had contribution points, Pang Qi brought them to these battlestages. However, he backed out in the end, as usual.
Behind every contribution point earned on the underground battlestage were blood, sweat and tears.
It wasn’t so bad if that were it. After all, Mo Wuji was no ordinary cultivator. However, there was another type of people who fought on those battlestages. Those people were highly-skilled, and they were well-versed in a profound concealment technique. To fight on the battlestage and earn contribution points, they often concealed their skills.
There were no severe repercussions for doing something like that.
”Brother Mo, you must not go to the underground battlestage. That isn’t a place that normal people go to,” Pang Qi worriedly stood up.
Chu Qianlou more directly said, ”Wuji, regardless of capability, very few people actually walk off the underground battlestage. There are all kinds of people there. Some are low-skilled and only know one hand technique. That sometimes becomes their downfall.”
Mo Wuji nodded. He hadn’t intended to go.
Peng Zimai acted as if Chu Qianlou hadn’t spoken. Still grinning, he said, ”My generation knows that cultivation is hard work. Brother Mo, your achievements today are definitely extraordinary. However, if you don’t intend to improve any further, I will retract my invitation and take my leave.”
Mo Wuji smiled slightly. ”Shopkeeper Peng, be direct. I like to be straightforward. If I feel strongly for something, I will work hard at it once I find out about it. However, if I don’t feel anything for something, I wouldn’t waste any effort on it despite you spending a year or two trying to persuade me. I appreciate the thought, though.”
Peng Zimai understood what Mo Wuji was really trying to say. That was, ”Don’t try to be a smart-ass with me. Whether I need something is not based on what you say, but based on whether it is useful to me.”
Within that short time, Peng Zimai knew the kind of person Mo Wuji was. He was a decisive person who wasn’t easily bought over by pure advertising.
At that, he simply retrieved a piece of paper and handed it to Mo Wuji, saying, ”Dao Friend Mo, these are the magic skills that will be available at the auction. Take a look and see if there’s anything you need.”
He was originally only going to show Mo Wuji this piece of paper under certain conditions. However, this method had not worked on Mo Wuji.
Mo Wuji nodded. This was the right method to use to get to him. You should have done so earlier. What was the purpose of saying so much rubbish?