CHAPTER 369: LUO JIANFENG

"The wines are almost gone." Shen Xu muttered after using his spiritual sense to check the shop.

From what he could see, there were no wines on the first and third floors.

As for the second floor, there were four gourds left, but several people were crowding around them, arguing over who had seen them first.

"I didn’t expect my wine to be so popular." The double said, and a hint of pride flashed in his eyes.

"Do you have enough reserves to restock the shelves?" Zhen Yuan asked, and Shen Xu smiled before replying.

"I have at least six times the previous stock." He said.

"That’s good." Zhen Yuan said and quickly continued.

"You will need to brew more when we return to the space."

"I know." The double nodded.

After that, the two walked to the door, opened it, and quietly entered the first floor.

However, their entrance was not unnoticed.

Before long, they felt countless eyes on them, and some people even used their spiritual sense to investigate them.

’Rude.’ Shen Xu thought, narrowing his eyes as he glared at the cultivators who were using their spiritual senses.

Seeing the look, the rude cultivators immediately retracted their spiritual sense and lowered their heads.

’Better.’ Shen Xu thought, and his lips curled in a nonchalant smile.

"Little friends, are you the owners?" A voice sounded, and the two turned to see an old man.

The man wore patched clothes made from what looked like hemp. He had a slender body, messy white hair, and a ruddy face. Most importantly, he smelled like he had just bathed in a tub of particularly potent wine.

[I can’t see his cultivation level.] Zhen Yuan immediately transmitted.

[Tribulation transcending realm cultivator?] Shen Xu asked.

[I think so.]

Hearing this, the double smiled and nodded.

"We are the owners. Is there something that the senior needs?" He asked.

"Where is the wine?" The old man asked in an eager voice.

He liked drinking.

Unfortunately, he had lived a long time and had tasted most of the brews in the Tianxuan continent.

This time, he was on his way to the sect’s branch of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion when he heard about a new wine shop.

Although he didn’t expect much from the new shop, he was a wine lover and couldn’t resist the lure of good wine.

With that in mind, he rushed to the shop, intending to have a look before going to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

However, a look turned into one month.

After drinking the first wine, he simply set up camp on the third floor and began making his way through the inventory.

"Which wine does the senior want?" Shen Xu asked.

"I will take all of them." The old man, Luo Jianfeng, said in a confident voice.

"All of them?" Shen Xu couldn’t help but be surprised.

"All the level seven, level eight, and level nine wines." Luo Jianfeng clarified.

Shen Xu nodded when he heard this.

However, he didn’t immediately take out the wine.

"Senior, we will restock the shelves shortly. You can buy whichever wines you like using the usual method." He said, but Luo Jianfeng lowered his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

He was a swordsman and usually earned spirit stones from hunting monsters.

However, most of his spirit stones went to buying wine, and the last binge almost emptied his coffers.

Although he wasn’t completely broke, he was sure he didn’t have enough spirit stones to buy all the wine he wanted.

"This..., little friends..., why don’t we discuss business?" He said, and Shen Xu raised an eyebrow in question.

"What business?" He asked.

"I will protect you, and you will pay me with wine." The old man said in a confident voice.

However, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan were not impressed.

After all, Zhen Yuan utilised their fusion advantage to arrange a mid-stage level nine rebound formation.

Most importantly, the rebound formation was not an ordinary array but a fusion of formation runes, inscription runes, and talisman runes.

Even if a peak-stage tribulation transcending realm cultivator attacked it, they wouldn’t be able to break it and would instead die without leaving a complete corpse.

"Senior, I don’t believe our shop needs additional protection." Shen Xu said and looked around with a meaningful expression.

Excluding wine lovers, there were many cultivators who appeared to be studying the formations and inscriptions.

However, Luo Jianfeng shook his head.

"I will protect you, not your shop." He clarified, and the two couldn’t help but be surprised.

"Protect us from what?" Zhen Yuan asked, and Luo Jianfeng smiled before answering.

"From the people you have offended." He said, but Shen Xu was even more confused.

At the same time, he noticed that at some point during their conversation, the old man had sealed the space, and other people couldn’t hear what they were talking about.

"We joined the sect one month ago and have been in seclusion since then. How could we have offended others?" Shen Xu asked, and Luo Jianfeng chuckled.

"Do you need to be present to get into trouble?" He asked, and Zhen Yuan narrowed his eyes.

"Someone attacked the formation?" He asked.

He would have felt the disturbance if he were retreating in the portable cave or if he used his qiankun formation flags to arrange the array.

However, he used ordinary flags and was retreating in the space.

As a result, Zhen Yuan lost connection with the formation and couldn’t tell if someone had attacked it in the past month.

"Not just one, five." Luo Jianfeng revealed, his eyes filled with schadenfreude.

"One was slightly injured, three were seriously injured, and the last is dead." The man said, and Shen Xu sneered.

"We posted a large notice warning people against trying to rob or attacking the formation. How is it our fault that five people ignored the warning?" He asked, and Luo Jianfeng snorted.

"Do you think it’s that easy to get rid of this matter? The dead cultivator is a peak elder’s great-grandson. Do you think he will let you go?" The old man asked.

Hearing this, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan exchanged a glance and internally sighed.

"What’s the peak elder’s cultivation level?" Zhen Yuan asked, and Luo Jianfeng turned to look at him.

For some reason, Luo Jianfeng felt an inexplicable pressure from Zhen Yuan.

However, the pressure was unrelated to cultivation and seemed to be due to something else.

’There is something strange about this kid.’ He thought but didn’t dwell on it.

After all, the two kids were neither friends nor enemies.

"I advise you not to think about it." He said with a solemn expression.

"Although Elder Lin is only an early-stage tribulation transcending realm cultivator, he has a large clan behind him."

"Elder Lin..." Shen Xu muttered, his eyes narrowed into slits.

"Which Lin family?" He asked, and Luo Jianfeng looked at the two with shrewd eyes.

"It’s the Lin family you are thinking about." He said and quickly continued.

"You are in a lot of trouble."

Shen Xu sighed when he heard this.

’We haven’t gone to their door, but the Lin family is so in a hurry to die that they ran to ours.’ He thought, and a trace of murderous intent leaked from his body.

The leak lasted for less than a breath.

However, Luo Jianfeng felt it, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

’These brats are not ordinary.’ He thought.

After all, since Lin Hua married the sect master, the Lin family became powerful and consequently arrogant and unscrupulous.

Excluding some old monsters like himself, few dared to verbally oppose the Lin family, let alone think about murdering them.

Unexpectedly, he encountered two rebels who were unfazed by the Lin family or the big backer behind them.

’Interesting.’ He thought.

"You have offended more than the Lin family." He said.

"Cultivators connected to the other four victims?" Shen Xu asked, and Luo Jianfeng nodded before speaking.

"Them and more." He said and quickly continued.

"The things in your shop, whether the wines or formations, are all treasures. Did you really open such a shop without expecting trouble?"

Shen Xu chuckled when he heard this.

He and Zhen Yuan expected trouble.

However, they didn’t care.

They were tired of keeping a low profile and had somehow acquired Yang Shi’s reckless streak.

On the Tianxuan continent, the two didn’t plan to fly under the radar. Instead, they planned to live as they should and deal with whatever consequences that arose.

"Is the senior worried about us?" He asked, and Luo Jianfeng rolled his eyes.

"Who wants to worry about troublemaking brats? I am worried that my wine will disappear if you are stupidly killed." The man said, and Shen Xu nodded.

At the same time, he transmitted to Zhen Yuan.

[Ayuan, what do you think? Should we employ him?] He asked.

[We don’t need him to keep us alive, but he is useful in other ways.] Zhen Yuan answered.

[I think so too.]