When it comes to age, although Master Aoki is several times older than Gu Cheng, he has been around a small Taoist temple like Aoki Temple almost all his life and has not participated in too many fights in the world. Of course, this is not allowed by his strength.
Seeing Gu Cheng erupting with such powerful murderous aura at this moment, Master Qingmu was even a little panicked, thinking that Gu Cheng was really planning to attack Qingmu Temple.
After all, Gu Cheng has a criminal record for this kind of thing. When he attacked Yunhai Temple in the past, everyone stopped him, but Gu Cheng didn't even sell anyone's face and just destroyed Yunhai Temple. His method was ruthless.
Extremely spicy.
Master Aoki said quickly: "Master Gu, I don't mean that. Before, you just said you would help me escort the caravan, but you didn't say you couldn't sell the elixir to others, right?
Mr. Gu, you represent the imperial court, and those people are the heirs of the major forces in Leping County. We cannot afford to offend the imperial court, but we still cannot afford to offend those people.
Caught between you two, what do you think our small sects can do?"
At this time, the evil aura around Gu Cheng suddenly dissipated. He smiled half-heartedly and said, "Sir, it's not that easy to be double-dealing. People always have to have a stand."
As he spoke, Gu Cheng suddenly threw something to Master Aoki.
"Let's see if this thing looks familiar."
What Gu Cheng threw to Masato Aoki was a box. When he opened it, he found a blue, grape-like fruit inside, with a faint light emitting from it.
"Yelan Spirit Fruit!"
Master Aoki's eyes suddenly widened and he said angrily: "You were the one who stole my Aoki Temple's elixir!?"
Qingmu Temple has a separate medicinal field in Shiwanda Mountain, which can cultivate this Yelan spiritual fruit.
This thing was originally a wild elixir, which has extremely strict requirements on the environment and living conditions. Now, except for a few wild Yelan Spirit Fruits in Nanyi County, the other Yelan Spirit Fruits are produced by Qingmu Temple, and only Qingmu Temple
Able to cultivate.
Because there are very few elixirs that require this thing to refine, and it is difficult to cultivate, no one wants to compete with Aoki Guan for this business.
The artificially cultivated Yelan Spirit Fruit was very different from the wild ones in color and aroma, so Master Aoki immediately recognized it, and the Yelan Spirit Fruit must have been produced by his Qingmu Temple.
Gu Cheng gently waved his hand and said: "The real person is wrong. I did not rob you Qingmu Temple, but Murong Hou's group of people."
Master Aoki said angrily: "But Murong Hou and the others did not give us the money. They will only give us the money after the elixir is sold!"
"Then what do you care about me?"
Gu Cheng spread his hands indifferently: "I only know that the people I robbed are Murong Hou and the others. Since your Qingmu Temple has chosen to cooperate with Murong Hou and others, you must be mentally prepared for this."
Immediately, Master Aoki sat back on his chair like a deflated rubber ball, and said with a wry smile: "What exactly do you want to do, Mr. Gu?"
Gu Cheng came to see him so blatantly and told him that he had robbed Qingmuguan of the elixir. He must have had his own plans and not just come to mock him.
Gu Cheng said calmly: "It's very simple. I have said before that people always have to have a stand.
Let me tell you the truth today, as long as I am in Nanyi County for one day, I will fight to the end with those people in Leping County.
So the elixir from Nanyi County wants to be transported to Leping County. They take it every time and I rob it every time. This has resulted in some losses. Do you think Marquis Murong and others will give it to you?
Maybe I will lose, but Marquis Murong and the others will definitely not feel good about it, especially the small sects like you who are caught in the middle."
Master Qingmu shook his head and said: "But if you want us to stand on your side and go against Murong Hou and others, no one in the entire Nanyi County will do it."
Gu Cheng said: "I didn't let you directly go against Murong Hou and the others.
Now that your elixir is lost, but Marquis Murong and the others are not prepared to compensate, don't you feel angry?
You are the ones who are trying to reason now. Just because the other party is one of the seven great families, and just because the other party is a disciple of a big family, you are afraid that this will happen? This is too cowardly.
As long as you join forces and go to Murong Hou and the others to cause trouble, the law will not punish everyone. Even if Murong Hou wants to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, they will not dare to do so.
These elixirs will be kept with me for the time being, and will be returned in full when the matter is over."
Master Aoki looked at the ground with a gloomy expression.
If it was just this kind of behavior, he could still accept it, but he still looked at Gu Cheng hesitantly: "Master Gu, are you serious?"
Gu Cheng pointed at himself and said: "I, Gu Cheng, am very honest in my work. When have I ever deceived anyone? After Murong Hou and others return to Leping County in despair, your things will naturally be returned in full."
Master Qingmu, you are a veteran in the martial arts world of Nanyi County and have a great reputation, I believe you should be able to create enough momentum."
After listening, Master Aoki nodded dejectedly, acquiescing.
Not agreeing to his Qingmu Temple would cause even greater losses, which he couldn't accept no matter what.
Of course, he could also choose to tell Murong Hou and completely fall to Murong Hou's side, but he didn't dare because he was afraid of Gu Cheng's revenge.
Murong Hou is a son of a wealthy family. Even if he does things with cunning, it is an open and honest conspiracy that you cannot refuse and dare not refuse.
However, the methods Gu Cheng used as an undercover agent under Fang Zhenhai and his ruthless personality made Master Aoki extremely fearful.
Murong Hou might not take his life, but Gu Cheng would not make it easy for him.
In the Leping Chamber of Commerce, Murong Hou has called everyone back, and everyone has a gloomy look on their face.
These disciples from sects and big families are not just idlers, nor do they only rely on the power behind them to show off their power.
On the contrary, those who can be sent to Nanyi County for development are all disciples with good abilities and potential.
Therefore, they were not idle during this period, but spent all their efforts, using both soft and hard tactics, to persuade the bandit forces to use them for their own use, and then persuaded or coerced the small sects in Nanyi County to hand over the elixir to them for sale.
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The result was good now. They were robbed once, and all their previous efforts were in vain.
Almost half of the people were robbed, and many people died.
"It was Gu Cheng who did it! That guy did it!"
Song Xiaoran from the Hengshui Sword Sect had an angry look on his face: "I have some survivors who escaped alive. Some of them said that the ones who did it were Gu Cheng's lackeys, Kou Andu and Chen Danggui, but they were heavily fucked.
He changed his armor and pretended to be a bandit.
Mr. Murong, we must not just let this matter go, go directly to Guangling City and confront Gu Cheng!"
Murong Hou said calmly: "Don't be stupid, what is the confrontation for? Do you have any evidence?"
"Everyone under my command has seen it!"
"But your men are all bandits!"
Murong Hou snorted and said: "Then Gu Cheng is not stupid. We can only suffer a heavy loss in this matter. The bandits we recruited are not clean themselves. Do you still want to use them as witnesses?
Besides, even if your evidence is conclusive, so what?
At present, Gu Cheng is the only one who represents the power of the imperial court in Guangling City. No one in Guangling City can control him, and no one in the entire Nanyi County can control him. He, Gu Cheng, can completely dominate the sky here, even if you bite him to death
He is also useless."
Yu Qianfeng from Zhanwu Pavilion touched his chin and said, "But what I'm curious about now is, where did Gu Cheng get his power?
If the power in his hands can maintain this level, we may be in big trouble."
Before Murong Hou could respond, a burst of noise suddenly came from outside.
Murong Hou frowned and said, "What's going on?"
Someone said: "It seems that the local martial arts forces in Nanyi County have come."
Outside the Leping Chamber of Commerce, Taoist Qingmu led a large number of disciples, and a dozen people from the local martial arts forces in Nanyi County blocked the door and shouted.
"The elixir I was waiting for was sold to you, and now you are being robbed but you don't give us any money. What's going on?"
"You all are from the great sect of Leping County. We, a small sect with a small family and a small business, cannot afford this. Today I just ask you to give me an explanation."
"Mr. Murong, the disciples of my sect are all waiting for money to buy various training resources. After all, I am also from a serious sect. You can't force us to become bandits, can you?"
There were over a hundred people from the dozen or so sects present, making noisy noises and blocking the door.
The powerful warriors in Leping County were all rubbing their heads with headaches, not knowing what to do.
It is true that they were wrong in this matter, but what can they do now? If so many elixirs are given to the other party at the market price, then they can only use the power of the family.
And if a large amount of family power is used, then what is the significance of their experience?
Murong Hou stood up and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, it's useless for you to block here. I established the Leping Chamber of Commerce. If something happens, I will give you an explanation sooner or later."
Someone below quickly shouted: "But I want an explanation now!"
Murong Hou turned his eyes to the other party fiercely, and his aura instantly made the other party swallow the rest of his words.
Not only because of Murong Hou's identity, but also because of his reputation in the world, this group of small sects cannot compare.
At this time, Master Aoki took a step forward, stopped in front of Murong Hou, bent down and said with a smile: "Mr. Murong, please calm down, it's not that we are being aggressive, but in this situation, we really have no choice.
I believe that with Murong's reputation and your status, you will not default on your debts to practitioners like us from a small family, right?"
Although Aoki's strength is not very good, he is old enough and thick-skinned enough. He has lowered his posture to such an extent that he would not hit the smiling man. Even if Murong Hou was angry, he would not do it in order to cherish his reputation.
Dare to touch him.
Murong Hou took a deep breath and said coldly: "One month, one month later, I will give you an explanation."