CHAPTER 229: CHAPTER 157: FIERCE DRAGON CROSSING THE RIVER

Li Yunjing secretly felt lucky; fortunately, he had come across Liu Ruyan and her two companions this time.

If not, even if they had escaped the capture of the tribulation cultivators, Yue’er and Xing’er, who had been in such an environment like the "Smoke Rain Tower" for a long time, might not be able to maintain their innocence in the future.

After the four had finished their meal, following Li Yunjing’s suggestion, they went together to the main street, to the "Gong’s Grocery Store".

Currently, the two-story building had its doors tightly shut. Some people had gathered outside, pointing and discussing animatedly.

Clearly, these people had come to see the excitement after hearing about Gong Renju’s death.

At this moment, Li Yunjing had already donned the robes of an Inner Sect Disciple of the Shenxiao Dao Sect and forcefully pushed aside the people blocking his way.

Many cultivators were discontent and turned around, looking at the stern-faced Li Yunjing. They swallowed the curses that were about to come out of their mouths.

Being cultivators belonging to the Shenxiao Dao Sect’s market, they naturally recognized the attire of an Inner Sect Disciple of Shenxiao Dao Sect!

An Inner Sect Disciple of Shenxiao Dao Sect was like a deity in Red Sun Market.

They held extremely high status.

With someone as important as Li Yunjing arriving, how could these loose cultivators dare to say a word of defiance?

Let alone being pushed, even if they were beaten up, they wouldn’t have a place to lodge a complaint.

"Who is this senior brother?"

At this moment, two middle-aged Daoists, one tall and thin, the other short and fat, stood outside the "Gong’s Grocery Store".

Both of them were dressed in the attire of Outer Disciples of the Shenxiao Dao Sect, each wearing a long sword, with sharp eyes and hidden brilliance.

Clearly, the two had laid extremely solid foundations, with their Dao practices far surpassing those of ordinary Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer cultivators.

They were members of the Red Sun Market management office.

Although Gong Renju had died a violent death, he still had some remaining face.

To prevent anyone from causing trouble, the management office had specially sent two disciples to maintain order.

This was to preserve the last bit of face between both parties.

When the two saw Li Yunjing, Liu Ruyan, Xing’er, and Yue’er arriving together, they couldn’t help but reveal expressions of surprise.

They had never seen this Inner Sect senior brother before!

And who were these three women?

Why were they so beautiful?

Throughout history, it was said: Beauties pair with heroes!

This senior brother, able to arrive accompanied by three beauties, must not be an ordinary person!

This made the tall and short, fat and thin two people a bit nervous.

Their inquiries carried a bit of caution.

"I am Li Yunjing from ’Seven Stars Peak!’"

Li Yunjing slightly nodded to the two Outer Disciples and continued, "May I go inside to discuss the matter of the shop transfer with Gong Renju’s family?"

"This..."

The tall, thin one showed a troubled expression upon hearing this.

"Does anyone dare to compete with me?"

Li Yunjing’s face turned cold, and he pressed them hard in a low voice.

His words scared the tall man, making him at a loss for words, stammering without being able to explain anything.

"Senior brother! This matter has nothing to do with us! It’s an Inner Sect senior brother from ’Red Sun Valley’ who heard about this and notified the management office, wishing to talk to Gong Renju’s family first."

The short, fat one saw that there was no other way and had to tell the truth.

In the Shenxiao Dao Sect, there was a huge difference between Inner and Outer Sects.

The two of them couldn’t afford to offend the Inner Sect disciple from ’Red Sun Valley’, nor could they afford to offend the senior brother in front of them.

"Heh heh! Step aside! In business, first come, first served! Since that junior brother is not in a hurry, he must not care about this. I’ll go talk first!"

Li Yunjing didn’t waste any words, forcefully pushing the two aside. They dared not resist and stepped aside with bitter smiles, not daring to speak.

"Let’s go inside!"

Li Yunjing turned to Liu Ruyan, Xing’er, and Yue’er and said.

"Yes!"

The three women responded.

Li Yunjing reached out and with a "bang," pushed the door open and entered.

Liu Ruyan, Xing’er, and Yue’er couldn’t help being curious about such a domineering side of Li Yunjing, closely following him into the shop.

"Bang!"

Li Yunjing casually shut the door again!

"What should we do now?"

The tall and skinny Outer Disciple couldn’t help but ask his companion.

"How would I know? This Inner Sect senior brother seems significant! We can’t afford to offend him. What does this have to do with us?"

The short, fat man replied with a bitter face.

"Forget it! Let’s send a message! At least we can say we tried our best. As for the rest, let the two senior brothers handle it themselves!"

The tall, thin man replied with a bitter face as he took out a Hundred-Li Communication Talisman, continuously recording and sending messages with his Divine Sense.

Meanwhile, inside the shop, a middle-aged cultivator and a young woman suddenly heard the commotion and came out from the backyard.

Li Yunjing took a glance at the two; they were dressed in mourning clothes and showed expressions of grief. They were clearly members of Gong Renju’s family.

The cultivation levels of the two were not high. From the man’s features, one could vaguely see a resemblance to Gong Renju. He was obviously an offspring of the old man, and the woman behind him, dressed in mourning with charming looks, was likely his Dao companion.

The two of them were merely at the Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer.

With such cultivation levels, it would be very hard to maintain their family business.

Without Gong Renju to intimidate all directions, surely forces from all sides would come to trouble them, pushing the two out.

That was the main reason they wanted to transfer the shop.

"Fellow Daoist, please accept my condolences!"

Li Yunjing looked at the man and said, "Although it is not appropriate for me to disturb you at this time, I heard you intend to transfer the shop, and I happen to be interested in it. Could we discuss it?"