44: Chapter 44 Solution

Seeing a squad of patrol Cultivators rush over, Chen Changyue and the others frowned slightly, while Scarface and his group on the opposite side looked at the three Chen Changyue with mocking gazes.

"What happened?" The patrol captain glanced at Chen Changyue and the others, then turned to question Scarface.

"These three slandered me for selling them fake goods and even attacked me. Anyone present can testify to this."

The patrol captain nodded, looking at the three Chen Changyue with disdain. A few Cultivators at the fourth or fifth layer of Qi Refining actually dared to make trouble on his turf.

"The three of you openly violated the rule prohibiting fighting in the market city. Surrender immediately to avoid suffering later." The captain of the patrol Cultivators rebuked angrily.

Chen Changyue and Chen Changxuan wore gloomy expressions. Looking at the patrol Cultivators colluding with Scarface and his group, they remained silent, both racking their brains on how to escape.

However, Chen Changjie was rather indignant. As she retorted, she pointed at Scarface and the others, "How can you people be so unreasonable? Clearly, they attacked too."

The patrol captain glanced at Scarface, then turned to look at Chen Changjie with a sneer at the corner of his mouth, "Do you have any evidence?"

"Everyone here can testify." Chen Changjie pointed at everyone around her, but anyone she pointed at kept their heads down and ignored her. They were mere acquaintances by chance; only a madman would stick their neck out for others. Besides, the Immortal Realm had always respected strength rather than rules; the so-called rules were merely restrictions meant for the weak.

Finding that no one paid her any mind, Chen Changjie's pretty little face instantly turned somewhat ugly. Venturing out for the first time, she completely failed to understand the cruelty of the Immortal Realm.

However, Chen Changyue and the other did not explain it to her; some things had to be experienced, otherwise she would only remain a flower in a greenhouse for the rest of her life.

"Heh! Not only do you refuse to admit your guilt, but you also slander others, which adds to your crimes. Take them down!" With a stern tone, the captain commanded all the patrol Cultivators to attack.

Naturally, the three of Chen Changyue were unwilling to surrender like this and immediately put up a resistance. Who knew what would happen if they were caught?

They would probably casually frame them with a crime; at best, their cultivation would be crippled, and at worst, their lives would be left right here.

All four patrol Cultivators were in the Late Qi Refining Stage, making it impossible for the three of Chen Changyue to resist them head-on. Thus, they pulled out several First-Grade High Grade golden light talismans to stall the patrol Cultivators while contacting Chen Changqing and the others.

At a street stall in the market city, Chen Changqing seemed to sense something and hurriedly took out a transmission Talisman.

After the light of the transmission Talisman faded, Chen Changqing's expression turned somewhat solemn.

Unaware of what had happened, Li Qingling hurriedly asked, "Brother, has something happened?"

"Fifth Brother and the others are being besieged by the patrol Cultivators inside the market city. We need to go over now," Chen Changqing explained, then sped up with Li Qingling to rush over.

After a while, Chen Changqing and the other arrived. Seeing the three of Chen Changyue struggling bitterly under several Late Stage Cultivators, a surge of anger instantly welled up in his heart.

"Stop right now." A terrifying Foundation Establishment Divine Sense emanated from within Chen Changqing, its pressure pinning everyone nearby in place and forcing them to collapse to the ground.

"A Foundation Establishment Cultivator?" Panic surfaced on the face of the patrol squad captain.

He stood up trembling, looked around, and discovered a young Cultivator standing not far away. Filled with apprehension, he hurriedly said, "Senior, I wonder how this Junior has offended you. Please show mercy, Senior."

"Show mercy? You dared to attack Cultivators of my Family, and yet you ask me to show mercy? What qualifications do you have!" Chen Changqing focused his Divine Sense on him, pressing him down to the ground again as a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

"Senior, it was this Junior's fault. This Junior didn't know that the three of them were your Juniors. I will let them go immediately," the patrol captain said hastily.

Seeing the patrol captain acting so servile, the others were terrified to the extreme, especially Scarface, whose heart felt as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a pile of dead flies.

Relying on the fact that his brother was a member of the market city patrol Cultivators, he had been swindling people here all along, never expecting to run into a tough opponent today.

Although his brother was a matrilocal son-in-law of the Foundation Establishment Qin Family and the Qin Family had three Foundation Establishment Cultivators, it was impossible for the Qin Family to offend a Foundation Establishment Cultivator just for his brother.

Besides, they were in the wrong to begin with. If this were truly brought before the Qin Family, there was no guarantee that their lives wouldn't be treated like trash to appease others.

Thinking of this, he immediately began to apologize, "Senior, it is all my fault for being momentarily foolish and accidentally offending your Juniors. This Junior is willing to return the Spirit Stones from just now with both hands." Finishing his words, Scarface slapped himself a few times across the face, then took out twenty Spirit Stones and held them up with both hands.

Chen Changqing wore a look of disdain and said coldly, "You swindled twenty Spirit Stones from my clansmen, insulted and framed them, and you think you can let this matter pass with just twenty Spirit Stones? Do you take these fools to be easily bullied?"

As soon as these words were spoken, several of them immediately broke out in a cold sweat, their bodies trembling involuntarily.

Although fighting was prohibited in the market city and this Foundation Establishment Senior wouldn't strike, they couldn't stay inside the market city for the rest of their lives; sooner or later, they had to go out. If they didn't obtain this Senior's forgiveness today, who knew if someone would wait in ambush for them outside the market city in the future?

"Two hundred Spirit Stones." This time, Chen Changqing did not speak aloud in public, but instead used Divine Sense voice transmission to address the two of them.

The two of them were both startled and delighted inwardly. What startled them was how big the Senior's appetite was, opening his lion's mouth wide; what delighted them was that there was still room for maneuver in this matter, otherwise they truly wouldn't know what to do.

However, deep within the patrol squad captain's eyes lurked a trace of viciousness. Once today was over, he would definitely go back to investigate the origins of these people, and at that time, say something to the Qin Family so that they would avenge him.

He turned to Scarface and said, "Take out your Storage Pouch."

"Oh, oh!" Scarface only reacted then, taking out his Storage Pouch with a look of agony. At the same time, he had the Cultivator who was with him earlier also take out a Storage Pouch. The patrol captain extracted a portion from each, put them into one of the Storage Pouches, and presented it with both hands.

With a wave of Chen Changqing's hand, that Storage Pouch drifted toward him. After glancing at it and confirming the quantity was correct, he divided the Spirit Stones in the Storage Pouch into three portions: Chen Changyue and the other got fifty Spirit Stones each, while Chen Changjie received one hundred. As the youngest one, everyone took good care of her.

"Hmph, we'll leave it at that for today. If anyone causes trouble for my clansmen again in the future, heh! Don't blame me for being ruthless," Chen Changqing said coldly. A chill crept up the backs of several people straight to their heads, making their scalps tingle.

After Chen Changqing and the others left.

Scarface's older brother glared angrily at Scarface, his tone extremely harsh, "Are you brainless? These people are so young, yet their cultivation has already reached the Middle Stage of Qi Refining. It would be a problem if they didn't have a Family backing them up behind the scenes."

Scarface didn't dare to talk back, muttering inwardly, You were looking so disdainful just a moment ago; now that something's gone wrong, you're blaming me.

The patrol captain looked at Chen Changqing's receding figure from afar, filled with extreme resentment. He was going to the Qin Family right now to lodge a complaint.