Chapter 315: The Solitary Red Knot (2/2)
Mo Wuji opened the ban at the door and asked, ”Friend, what’s the matter?”
The black clothed man eyed Mo Wuji up and down. Then, he nodded and said, ”I’m here to look for you. Are you not going to invite me in?”
Mo Wuji snickered. This person in True Lake Stage was not going to be able to harm him. He was not afraid, even if that person was from the Yan Clan.
”Please come in.” Mo Wuji invited the black clothed man into the house and replaced the ban.
”You’re not bad. It’s the first time I’ve heard of someone who dared to hit a law enforcer and yet remained safe and sound. Keke, never mind that. You even dared to kill someone from the Yan Clan,” the black clothed man spoke without restraint after he sat down.
”I will not be afraid to fight back if someone tries to kill me, even if he’s the hall master of Universal Hall,” Mo Wuji replied coolly.
The black clothed man clapped, ”That’s right, I appreciate people like you. I, too, will kill whoever wants to kill me, regardless of who he is.”
Mo Wuji remained still. He calmly asked, ”My friend, you and I have not met before. Have you come here just to say these things?”
”I am here to tell you that the Yan Clan will come after you,” the black clothed casually answered while he tapped the table with his finger.
Mo Wuji didn’t care. ”So what? The Universal Hall has its rules.”
The black clothed man did not react to this. Instead, he said, ”I believe you understand that the rules of Universal Hall are rubbish. And I think you’re guessing that the Yan Clan’s people will kill you on the Star Searching Battlestage…”
Mo Wuji was shocked. Before he could ask, the black clothed man continued, ”I received news. Based on my judgement, someone is planning to kill you just before you leave the auction. You won’t be able to make it to the battlestage, so if you think you can leave Universal Hall under the guise of heading there, you’re dreaming.”
”Who are you? Why are you telling me this?” After calming himself down, Mo Wuji realised that his plan was not going to work.
He could not figure out one thing. According to logic, there was absolutely no loophole in his plan. It was most logical for the Yan Clan to kill him on the battlestage. Why would the Yan Clan choose to kill him just before he left the auction? Mo Wuji took the black clothed man’s words seriously, without regard for whether he was telling the truth.
The black clothed man smiled slightly and said, ”I have no name, but I do have a nickname, the Solitary Red Knot. I’m helping you because I appreciate you. Of course, it doesn’t matter if you don’t believe me.”
Mo Wuji had never heard of the Solitary Red Knot. However, he had to believe the Solitary Red Knot’s words, whether or not they were true.
”You think I should leave now?” Mo Wuji asked, without saying if he believed him or not.
If the Solitary Red Knot said he should leave at that moment, he would chase this person out immediately. The auction was to be held the next day. Leaving at that moment was equivalent to courting death.
”Leaving now will be suicide. But I do have a plan to help you this once. Before that, I have to tell you something else. Star Searching Battlestage actually belongs to the Yan Clan. Not many people know this. Just like how not many people know that the Single Horn Battlestage belongs to the Xia Clan,” the Solitary Red Knot calmly said.
”What?” Mo Wuji was suddenly agitated. Now, he finally understood why Peng Zimai was so willing to lend him 1,000,000 contribution points without regard for whether the Yan Clan would allow him to earn it back.
”I am helping you because my older brother was killed after fighting with a law enforcer. At the time, he was clearly the one in the right in his conflict with the Xia Clan. Yet, the law enforcers mixed up good and evil and killed him without reason. Throughout all these years, I have seen law enforcers trying to pacify the three major clans, and supporters cowardly accepting the injustice that law enforcers do. They offer their right cheek after being slapped on the left. You are the first here who dared to fight a law enforcer, and yet remained safe and sound.”
The Solitary Red Knot sucked in a long breath after speaking. ”Maybe your luck is better. You only offended a small fry in the Jing Clan. Or maybe Yu Qianni is a law enforcer who does not like making a scene.”
”Have you stayed here all this time, waiting for a chance to take revenge?” Mo Wuji suddenly asked.
The Solitary Red Knot remained unmoved and answered, ”I don’t only want revenge. I want to start a law enforcement organisation here that does not belong to the three major clans. Universal Hall belongs to all the cultivators in Zhen Xing, not just the three major clans. Of course, before that, I have to kill many people.”
Mo Wuji felt the rage burning in the Solitary Red Knot’s chest. Out of nowhere, he said, ”Maybe I can help you in future. But for now, I have to make a trip to Single Horn Battlestage.”
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Star Searching Merchant House had always been one of the biggest merchant houses in Universal Hall. This merchant house remained low-profile, yet they organised many of the large-scale auctions.
It was the opening day of the biggest auction that Universal Hall had seen in two years. This auction was organised by the Star Searching Merchant House.
Mo Wuji, disguised as a middle-aged man, hid among the crowd and entered Star Searching Merchant House’s auction place. He was in awe of the Solitary Red Knot’s disguising skills. Anyone who stared him in the face would not have guessed he was in disguise, unless they used their divine sense.
Indeed, people who could survive in Universal Hall were not simple.