I sell demon meat in the city

Chapter 197 Lin Family
Although Meng Qi's outrageous demands shocked An Suran and Zhu Xiue, what did it have to do with her?
That's her demand, no bargaining involved.

Oh, it's not like we can't negotiate a price. Tomorrow is a sparring match. If you want her to go easy on you and not get beaten up as much, you can give her an extra 100,000.

An Suran and Zhu Xiue were furious.

Yu Qingfeng, who originally planned to send the two to the Cliff of Repentance for three months as punishment, shut her mouth in time when she heard the number five million.

Forget it, we can punish them at the Cliff of Repentance later.

“Junior nephew’s suggestion is reasonable. An Suran, if you don’t have five million spirit stones, notify your father to send them over within three days.”

Reasonable?

Zhu Wenying suddenly turned to look at An Ruchen, not understanding how he could say those four words against his conscience.

"Fourth Uncle, there are too many."

An Suran blushed. All her savings combined didn't amount to a million yuan. It wasn't that she couldn't get it from her father, but what would happen after she got it?
Don't expect your family to help her again if she needs anything.

So she hoped her fourth uncle could help her and make that little devil ask for less.

However, An Ruchen looked at her with icy eyes, "Spreading rumors about Daojun at will, one should be stripped of cultivation and expelled from the sect. Xiao Qi only asked for a duel in the arena and a small fine. If you still think that's too much, then let's just deal with it according to the sect rules."

An Suran's expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly agreed, "I agree, I agree to give five million."

Since An Suran had agreed, how could Zhu Xiue dare to say no?

Zhu Wenying was extremely annoyed, not because of the five million, but because she had just praised her niece for how wonderful she was, only to be slapped in the face the very next moment.

So embarrassing.

After everyone left, Meng Qi jumped up from the ground and patted her bottom.

Yu Qingfeng sneered, "Not going to sit any longer?"

Meng Qi said seriously, "I still need to go back to cultivate, so I won't disturb my senior uncle today."

After saying that, he grabbed Qin Yu and the two of them ran quickly out of the main hall.

Yu Qingfeng said to Ji Huaien, "Look at what your master has taken in?"

"Master Uncle, please calm down. You should be glad that Junior Sister only asked them for spirit stones. If she goes to the arena for a duel, she's just a child; at most, she'll only get a beating. But what if Fifth Junior Brother hears those rumors?"

Yu Qingfeng was taken aback. Thinking of Lu Xingyun's personality and the trouble he had caused in the past, she felt even more troubled.

Fortunately, that kid was in seclusion, otherwise An Suran and Zhu Qiu'e would not have been able to escape unscathed.

The following day at noon, at Zhanfeng Square.

The news that Meng Qi was going to challenge An Suran spread throughout the entire sect yesterday afternoon, and now quite a few people have come early to catch a glimpse of the cultivation prodigy.

Therefore, when Xiao Qi arrived on the black maple tree, there were already quite a few people standing in the square.

"Here it comes, look, there it is."

"He's just a child."

"He's just a kid, didn't I already say? He's only twelve years old."

"Honestly, I don't think she looks like Daoist Qingluan."

"Tch, they're not mother and daughter. Your information is really outdated."

"How to say?"

"Don't you all know why Junior Sister Meng challenged Senior Sister An?"

"I know, I know, it's because Senior Sister An spread rumors."

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The square was noisy and bustling with discussions. Xiao Qi watched coldly, her divine sense sweeping over the crowd, and she felt quite uncomfortable.

When they spoke of their master, they spoke with reverence, but it was merely fear of the strong; perhaps there was admiration, but not much.

Perhaps this is the world of cultivation, this is reality. In their hearts, it's their duty to protect the Jade Void Sect and repel powerful enemies. It's her responsibility!

Xiao Qi stepped onto the stage, and only when time was almost up did An Suran arrive.

"I thought you were going to desert your post."

Xiao Qi's lips curled into a mocking smile, which was extremely irritating to An Suran. She said angrily, "You're asking for an exorbitant amount of spirit stones. Don't you need to go and collect them?"

Then he added, "Are you desperate for money? Trying to extort me?"

Xiao Qi nodded and readily admitted, "That's right."

An Suran choked, and in anger, she drew her sword and pointed it at her.

Xiao Qi thought that the two of them would fight for a while, no matter what. Although she had fought with the cultivators here before, her fifth senior brother was there. One of them had a divine soul, one in the open and one in the dark, and they basically killed people by sneak attack.

This is the first time we've had a fair and square fight.

However, to her surprise, after less than ten moves, An Suran actually threw out two explosive talismans.

As the explosive talisman exploded, Xiao Qi flashed behind her and raised her black knife to slash at her.

An Suran was shocked and hurriedly turned around to raise her sword to defend herself, but with a snap, her sword broke.

The blade's momentum paused only briefly after being blocked by the sword, before continuing its downward slash.

But that gave An Suran an opportunity. She quickly slapped a teleportation talisman on her body and dodged to the edge of the arena.

However, before she could even regain her footing, Xiao Qi darted after her, raised her knife, kicked her up, then sheathed the knife and punched her in the face.

With a thud, An Suran fell from mid-air and crashed to the ground below the arena.

With a "poof," he exhaled a breath.

Xiao Qi stood on the arena, looking down at her with disdain, and curled her lip in contempt. Is that all the skill he has?
In the plaza below the arena, two people standing in a corner looked at Xiao Qi with surprise.

"Senior Brother Lin, when Junior Sister Meng teleported just now, she didn't use a teleportation talisman, did she? I didn't see her use it."

The young man, addressed as Senior Brother Lin, nodded with a complicated expression. "It really is useless."

"You can teleport without using a teleportation talisman, and even faster than a teleportation talisman, covering the distance in less than a breath. How is this so similar to the teleportation technique of your Lin family?"

Not similar, exactly the same.

Lin Qi didn't know what was going on either. His first suspicion was that the family's inheritance had been threatened and forced to be taken away, or that someone in the family had given it to someone else.

However, the latter possibility is almost nonexistent, because the Lin family is quite united and would not do something that would dig their own grave.

It seems unlikely that someone could threaten to hand over the family's inheritance without alerting the ancestors.

Suddenly, Lin Qi remembered a cousin who had come to the Lin family for refuge more than 30 years ago. At that time, the cousin was on the verge of death and had been poisoned.

The ancestor, who rarely showed his face and had been in seclusion for many years, suddenly emerged from seclusion and took his cousin to the Lin family's secret place, and then never came out again.

Therefore, Lin Qi did not know whether his cousin was dead or alive.

The reason he thought of him was because he felt that, besides the known Lin family members here, there seemed to be other Lin family members outside.

Otherwise, how can we explain the origin of that cousin?
It seems I need to go back to my family and ask them for clarification.

"Quick, quick! Junior Brother Qin and Senior Sister Zhu are fighting in arena number four! Hurry over there!"

"Really, really, Junior Brother Qin is going to make a move?"

"How could it be fake? He's already in power."

"Is the rumor really related to Senior Sister Zhu? I don't think she's the type to spread rumors."

"The people from the main peak attacked her, what's not suspicious about that?"

(End of this chapter)