The lady was enamored with Xiang Jiao’s words, but when Xiang Jiao tried to lower the price, the lady unexpectedly refused to yield.

Xiang Jiao sighed, palmed his hands together, lowered his head, turned around, then whispered, “…..Bitch”

Luckily, the lady couldn’t hear clearly, but Ma Qian did and could only smile. He’s never met anyone like Xiang Jiao in his life. Ma Qian tried again to negotiate but the lady was like a pro. They had no choice to leave the store and looked for other alternatives. After going to a few places, they were able to find another vendor that were selling some armors crafted with special spells on it. Another negotiation war ensued. Who won doesn’t matter, but both parties had sweats all over their faces and a very dark aura surrounding them after the transaction was completed.

They continued to check the other floors. Meanwhile, at a local library, Ye Tian had an extremely unsightly look and was eager to look for answers. He looked at the different books he could get his hands on trying to find any clues on any of the divine beasts that have been recorded throughout history, but he could found nothing on that pig!. He went back to the inn and still felt irritated until he thought of something. He went to his bed, then started cultivating. Several breaths later, his consciousness flew into another dimension where he met the pudgy old man. Ye Tian walked up to him at a fast pace.

“Ahhh, Ye Tian! Didn’t you believe me? The divine beast was great, wasn’t it,” Tian Ren said while giving a welcoming posture.

“Great, my ass!” Ye Tian replied hurriedly.

WHAMMM!

Ye Tian started beating the pudgy old man! A shocking and anger look could be seen on Tian Ren’s face. Tian Ren started fighting back.

BAM…BOOOMM

“Ahhhh”

“Urghhhh.”

“You, piece of shit liar.” WHAMMMM.

“You…..you…ungrateful kid. I never lied to you….” BAMMM!

This was an all out brawl! Nothing fancy. No magic or skills were involved. Only punches, biting, hair pulling, kicking, elbowing, and head butting were used. This went on for quiet a long time until they were starting to get tired.

Meanwhile at the guild. Xiang Jiao and Ma Qian were negotiating with other vendors intensively.

“7,000 each. We buy 3 for a total of 21,000 zoids,” Ma Qian offered.

“No can do. 10,000 each,” the vendor replied.

“Look, this scroll is missing some parts. Lower the price and we’ll buy it.” Xiang Jiao said.

Before they went to this vendor, they came up with a plan. The plan was for Ma Qian to distract the vendor, while Xiang Jiao pretended to check out the scrolls. He was actually trying to memorize all of it without paying. On another occasion, Xiang Jiao distracted another vendor, while Ma Qian ripped a part of the scroll that he memorized, then told the vendor that the scroll was damaged.

After a few hours of shopping, Ma Qian and Xiang Jiao went back to the inn and arrived at their room. They bought a lot of stuff. Armors, weapons, potions, and some scrolls could be seen from their collection. They were in a happy mood after all the negotiating they did…..they were also kicked out of the building for interfering with some of the vendor’s customers who wanted to purchase the same thing they did. Some of the customers were willing to pay the asking price, but not them. So they acted despicably again until the vendor got sick of it and sold the items for a bargain. Eventually, some of the victims, or vendors, complained to the guild of these two gangsters.

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As they laid down their shopping collection, they wanted to let Ye Tian know about it, but he was seen sitting cross-legged while cultivating. They took a closer look at Ye Tian, because they didn’t believe what was going on with Ye Tian. They saw Ye Tian’s nose started bleeding, and a bruise started appearing on one of his eyes! Xiang Jiao and Ma Qian looked at each other dumbfounded. Xiang Jiao started tapping Ye Tian, but there was no response. Ma Qian started shaking him lightly, but there was still no response. Xiang Jiao checked his pulse, so they knew Ye Tian was still alive. Then Xiang Jiao slapped Ye Tian on the face lightly, and there was still no response.  Ma Qian slapped harder, and still no response! Xiang Jiao suddenly thought of an idea.

“Let us use this opportunity to practice some of the new skills we just bought!” Xiang Jiao said. He selected one of the scrolls he bought earlier. He read the scrolls for a few moments, then shook his head after understanding the main principle of it. He walked in front of Ye Tian, closed his eyes, focused on his technique, and then…..

Bammmm!

Xiang Jiao punched Ye Tian’s body! He was practicing his new skill and his target was Ye Tian! Ma Qian also read one of the scrolls. After understanding  the basics, he also practiced his new skill with Ye Tian being the target. They took turns for a while until they felt it was enough, but it was more likely that they could see Ye Tian’s mouth was coughing up blood like crazy. Meanwhile, Ye Tian was almost done fighting with Tian Ren. After the fight, Ye Tian stared at Tian Ren. Both were bleeding from their noses, bruises showed on their bodies. Tian Ren was holding his face like he had been wrongly beaten.

“You little rascal. Why did you beat me? Didn’t my divine beast saved you from danger?” Tian Ren repeatedly asked. He knew the divine beast had been summoned and battled another beast saving Ye Tian and the others from danger.

“It’s a damn fat pig! How can that be a divine beast” Ye Tian replied furiously.

“So what if it’s a pig. Besides, he’s a pigopotamaus! Don’t underestimate him. I’ve groomed him since  he was born and he could even kill immortal dao cultivators!” Tian Ren said proudly.

“Bullshit! He could barely fight against that infinite dao beast!” Ye Tian yelled back.

“He’s a bit rusty…..he just needs more battles to regain his natural powers,” Tian Ren said with a guilty face. He did see the battle and saw the pig was struggling a bit even though he was in another dimension.

“Forget about that fat pig. I want to ask you what other special powers can this pearl in my heart do” Ye Tian quickly changed the subject.

Tian Ren tried to recall what the pearl can do. After all, no one have used it in a very, very long time.

“There is one other skill, but you need to be at least in the peak of supreme dao realm to use the skill. You also need the wooden sword you have with you in order to summon the skill. It’s called “Heaven’s Call.”

“Don’t underestimate it. If you know how to use it, it can destroy cities, civilizations, or anyone in the planet. As long as you direct it to kill a specific target, then it will only aim for that specific target without harming anything else. Otherwise, it can also be used as a wide area attack with the same devastating results.”

After Tian Ren explained, he handed a jade slip to Ye Tian. That slip was the secrets to learn the skill.

“Another question, why is it after this pearl was integrated with my heart, my cultivation progress have been slowed down significantly?” Ye Tian curiously asked. He’s been cultivating with some of the monster cores he had, but the increases weren’t even detectable.

“When you almost died in your village, the only way to save you was with that pearl. Besides healing your severe wounds,  the pearl activated and protected  you from the extreme flames. Since the pearl have integrated with your heart, you can no longer cultivate above the supreme dao realm…..also……also….you only have 10 years left to live.” Tian Ren said but near the end, his tone of voice was almost like a whisper.

“WHAT!!!!!” Ye Tian yelled. He was ready to attack Tian Ren again.

“You can still reach the peak of the supreme dao realm. Relax. I can teach you how to fight against infinite, heavenly, or even immortal dao fighters. I’m the great Tian Ren! When there’s an obstacle, Tian Ren can always find a way out!” Tian Ren proudly said while thumping his chest.

Instantly, Ye Tian stood up in a form of  torpedo with his feet aiming to kill Tian Ren at lightning speed!

Kaboom!

Tian Ren smashed into one of the walls instantly. Ye Tian was no longer interested in even looking at Tian Ren. He left the dimension.

As he was about to leave, Tian Ren furiously yelled.

“You…you….you’re even more despicable than your ancestor. I’ve never thought that I would meet someone more shameless than your first Patriarch, but you’re the worst…BY FAR!!!!