Chapter 854 - 347: A Ruthless Man (Part 2)

"Steward Fan, take them to their respective cave mansions."

With that, Pei Jicai and the other two turned and left straight away.

Then that chubby Fan Hailai appeared again, bringing along several other Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"Fellow Daoists, we’ll now take everyone to your cave mansions.

And don’t brood over it in your hearts, these Restriction Talismans are a Sect Secret Technique; everyone in the Sect has had one planted.

Look at me, aren’t I living quite comfortably all the same?"

Fan Hailai wore a beaming smile, and he and several cultivators led people off toward different peaks.

Roughly ten Foundation Establishment cultivators to a group.

Chu Ning and nine other cultivators were brought to the top of a mountain peak, but the one leading them wasn’t Fan Hailai, it was a Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Medium build, looks fairly ordinary, but a blatant viciousness showed on his face.

He didn’t say much to Chu Ning and the others.

He only said he was called Zhao Jinbiao, then said no more.

It had to be said, although the Purple Moon Sect’s way of doing things was clearly Demonic, toward Foundation Establishment cultivators like Chu Ning, they didn’t seem to intend shortchanging them.

Spiritual Qi on this peak was abundant, and inside the mountain were cave mansions of all sizes; it should previously have been the cultivation grounds for Yaochi Palace’s Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Chu Ning was also assigned a cave mansion that was neither too big nor too small.

After leading Chu Ning to the cave, Zhao Jinbiao took out some Spirit Stones from his Storage Bag and handed them to Chu Ning.

Chu Ning took them, swept his gaze over them, and saw it was five hundred Lower Grade Spirit Stones.

He immediately lifted his eyes to Zhao Jinbiao and spoke slowly:

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, this amount isn’t right, is it? The ones you just gave that other fellow Daoist didn’t seem to be this number.

Just now I didn’t hear that the initial Spirit Stone allocation differed between Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment and Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

They only said later resources are earned by contribution."

Hearing this, Zhao Jinbiao gave Chu Ning a sidelong glance and actually said bluntly:

"You’re not wrong. For any Foundation Establishment cultivator entering in this batch, the Sect doesn’t differentiate when it first hands out Spirit Stones.

But that’s in the Sect. When it gets to me, there is a difference."

As he spoke, a trace of mockery flashed in Zhao Jinbiao’s eyes.

"If you’re not convinced, then wait till you get assigned a job like mine someday—that’ll be your own ability."

To deliver the ten people to their cave mansions, Zhao Jinbiao had first escorted a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator.

Chu Ning was second, and besides the two of them, eight other cultivators were standing nearby at the moment.

After hearing Zhao Jinbiao’s words, some of these cultivators had a flicker of oddness in their eyes, others remained quite calm.

The Sect had given a thousand Spirit Stones in total, and this man had skimmed five hundred.

To these cultivators, that amount was neither huge nor small.

After that Purple Moon Sect Golden Core Cultivator’s thunderous methods just now, and paired with the vicious look on Zhao Jinbiao’s face,

even though he was only a Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment cultivator, none of them wanted to stick their necks out for trouble.

Zhao Jinbiao had clearly seen right through their thinking, which was why he was so brazen.

After throwing those contemptuous words at Chu Ning, he turned to leave.

But just then, a low voice came over.

"Give me the rest of the Spirit Stones."

A faint look of bewilderment crossed Zhao Jinbiao’s face; his body had already turned halfway, and now he turned back.

His gaze landed on Chu Ning, tinged with disbelief.

"What did you just say?"

"I said, give me the rest of the Spirit Stones." Chu Ning stared at him, expressionless.

A sneer appeared on Zhao Jinbiao’s face.

"And if I don’t?"

"Don’t?" A cold gleam flashed through Chu Ning’s eyes as he looked at Zhao Jinbiao.

"I recall those two Protectors just said that around here, whoever has the harder fist calls the shots, didn’t they?"

"You..."

Hearing this, a strange look flickered across Zhao Jinbiao’s face.

But before he could get the words out, a golden, gleaming fist had already appeared in front of him.

Golden Armor Divine Shadow Fist.

Even without fusing the Qi of Geng Metal, and even as he suppressed his cultivation to only use Magical Power at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, the force of it still made Zhao Jinbiao’s heart jolt in shock.

He frantically flew backward.

The other cultivators, seeing Chu Ning strike without a word of nonsense, were all taken aback and hurriedly dodged aside.

At this moment Chu Ning stuck to Zhao Jinbiao like a shadow, directly closing in again.

The golden light condensed on his fist burst forth, transforming into a golden fist shadow that slammed straight toward Zhao Jinbiao!

Just then Zhao Jinbiao had only managed to pull out a coldly gleaming curved saber Magical Artifact, and he hacked out a swing in haste.

But he simply couldn’t stop that Golden Body Fist Shadow.

The Golden Body Fist Shadow punched through the saber light and smashed directly into Zhao Jinbiao.

It sent him flying, throwing him a full three zhang away.

This scene left both the eight Middle Stage and Early Stage Foundation Establishment cultivators not far off,

and the Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator who had just entered his cave mansion and now came out again at the commotion,

all staring with their mouths slightly open in shock.

Chu Ning completely ignored their reactions; with a flicker of his figure he once more appeared right in front of Zhao Jinbiao.

Seeing the other man climb up off the ground, disheveled and frightened, then clutch his curved saber Magical Artifact and stare at him,

Chu Ning only said in a low voice, "Give me the remaining Spirit Stones."

Hearing this, Zhao Jinbiao froze for an instant, then without the slightest hesitation took out five hundred Spirit Stones from his Storage Bag and handed them to Chu Ning.

Chu Ning took the Spirit Stones and, without a second thought, turned and walked toward the cave mansion that had just been assigned to him.