45: Did you all conspire to frame my Guan family?

Inside the Wanlong Chamber of Commerce Council Room

Wan Ge said, "I truly didn't expect these few people to have reached the ninth stage of the Earth Profound Realm. Find someone to investigate their backgrounds. Also, provide the Tianyang Sect with the finest food as a gesture of goodwill. Fortunately, that stupid son of the Guan Family is covering the cost; otherwise, our losses would have been significant."

Wan Qing replied, "Understood, I'll have someone handle it immediately."

Soon, members of the Guan Family found the Tianyang Sect's resting area and shouted loudly, demanding that the Tianyang Sect hand over the people involved.

Chen Pan stepped out and asked, "Who are you? Why have you come to the Tianyang Sect's quarters to cause trouble?"

Guan Teng shouted, "Have those people come out and give us an explanation!"

Jiang Ye and the others walked out and said, "What explanation? Everyone came out to make some money together. The Wanlong Chamber of Commerce people also came looking for us; why don't you give us an explanation?"

Shi Bao added, "Don't you fucking start something here! You useless lot couldn't handle the Wanlong Chamber of Commerce, so you come to trouble us? Do you think we're pushovers!"

Guan Teng's clan uncle, Guan Fei, said, "You're just a small Sect. I suspect you don't know that my Guan Family is connected to powers in the Middle Profound Domain?"

Shi Bao laughed and said, "And yet the Wanlong Chamber of Commerce made it so you didn't even dare to fart. Connections my ass, they're useless! Now get lost!"

"Brat! You truly don't know the height of the heavens or the depth of the earth. You Elders, aren't you going to discipline them? Do you intend to watch them lose their lives!"

Chen Pan laughed heartily, "Hahahaha! Bullied by the Wanlong Chamber of Commerce, and now you run over here to take your anger out on a few juniors? Your Guan Family truly has some thick skin!"

Quite a few people in the surrounding crowd joined in the laughter. "Hahahaha! The adults were bullied because they're incompetent, so they find trouble with children. It's hilarious! Even if the powers of the Middle Profound Domain were related to you, they wouldn't dare admit it!"

Wan Qing arrived at that moment with people carrying several expensive Beast Meats and other dishes. He said, "It's just that a few Family Disciples joined some average powers in the Middle Profound Domain a few years ago. That's hardly a connection worth mentioning."

Guan Fei asked, "Hm? Could it be that you are all conspiring together to scam my Guan Family?"

Wan Qing replied, "Scam you? It was clearly your Guan Family member who deceived several ignorant youths who just started out in the world, inciting them to cause trouble on my Wanlong Chamber of Commerce's cloud ship. Now that the matter has come to light, are you trying to dodge the debt?"

Shi Feng quickly pointed at Guan Teng and said, "That's right! He was the one who told us to go to the VIP area and cause trouble, saying he'd give us a thousand taels each once it was done."

Guan Teng roared in fury, "You're talking nonsense! There was no such thing!"

At this point, Wan Ge also appeared and said, "Is that so? There are so many people here, why don't you all tell me—how would a few teenage boys who just started adventuring in the outside world dare to ask my Wanlong Chamber of Commerce for as much as a hundred thousand taels if no one was instigating them?"

"Exactly! Giving them a few thousand taels would have been plenty. How could they dare open their mouths for a hundred thousand..." The crowd discussed among themselves. The Guan Family's position became increasingly indefensible and embarrassing. They hadn't expected the Wanlong Chamber of Commerce to suddenly turn and bite them.

Seeing more and more people gathering, Guan Fei said with suppressed rage, "We're leaving!"

After the Guan Family left, Wan Ge smiled and said, "Elders of the Tianyang Sect, there was a slight misunderstanding with your Disciples earlier. Now that it's resolved, I've specifically come to deliver some of our Wanlong Chamber of Commerce's finest food. I hope you'll forgive us, heh heh heh!"

"You're too kind. Since it was a misunderstanding, it's good that it's cleared up," Chen Pan said.

The Disciples of the Tianyang Sect were all very happy to see so much expensive food. It was rare to have such a feast a few days before the competition.