Chapter 247 - 156: I’m Going to Act in Self-Defense

Chapter 247: Chapter 156: I’m Going to Act in Self-Defense

"I heard there’s a Creator in this shop, isn’t there?"

"If there’s a Creator here, the quality of the materials and Guardian Beasts in the shop should be guaranteed."

The middle-aged woman Cui Heng had stopped glanced at Cui Heng, then at Wen Tao and Zhong Yi beside him.

Seeing that the three were remarkably good-looking, she stopped walking.

After sizing them up for a moment, she lowered her voice and said,

"Asking a question like that, you must not be locals from Longya City."

"This shop sells its Guardian Beasts and materials very cheap, yet no one comes to buy. There’s a big story behind that."

"I’d advise you to avoid shopping here. Otherwise, trouble will likely find you."

"Not long ago, someone bought a few things from the shop, and not long after they left, they had their legs broken at the street corner. They’ll be bedridden for at least half a year."

With that, the woman said no more and quickly walked into the shop next door.

She seemed afraid that lingering too long in front of this shop would bring trouble upon her.

Hearing this, Cui Heng clicked his tongue.

"After discovering Tao En couldn’t recover, Longya City’s protection of him became a complete joke."

"They’re even stopping customers from entering!"

"Xiaoyi, this is actually a good thing for you. If Tao En owed too many favors to the Celestial Destiny Seekers of Longya City,"

"then even if you healed him, he might not be willing to follow you to Starlight City."

"Judging from Tao En’s past actions, he’s a very stubborn person."

Cui Heng and Wen Tao sighed at Tao En’s situation, but neither was surprised.

When a person leaves, the tea grows cold; things change and people are no longer the same. This was a timeless truth, no matter where one went.

Even Celestial Destiny Seekers fought amongst themselves, let alone other groups.

Before Flower Venerable seized power in Beihan City, the Celestial Destiny Seekers there had been split into two factions, fighting endlessly.

Their struggles had even led to other Celestial Destiny Seekers being severely injured.

The relationships between Celestial Destiny Seekers in all the Heroic Cities of the Xin Xia Federation were not as solid as they were in Starlight City.

Tao En’s current predicament wasn’t because the few Celestial Destiny Seekers who had originally protected him had lost their influence.

It was because those Celestial Destiny Seekers no longer sheltered him as they once did.

Otherwise, if someone dared to target Tao En while he was truly under the protection of several of Longya City’s Celestial Destiny Seekers, it would be a direct slap in the face to them.

"Xiaoyi, before I came, I contacted another of Longya City’s Celestial Destiny Seekers, Jiao Donghai, to learn more about Tao En."

"Tao En’s situation with Cao Xing’an was a case of the latecomer surpassing the old guard. At the beginning, Cao Xing’an’s Creator Level was actually higher than Tao En’s."

"The scandal this caused was too big; it’s hard to say who was right or wrong."

"But before all that, Jiao Donghai said that everyone who worked with Tao En had nothing but praise for him."

"So I imagine Tao En’s character must be decent!"

Wen Tao was using Soul Power to transmit his voice to Zhong Yi, a Skill that all Guardian Beast Masters could master after their Tier surpassed the Mythical Tier.

Discussing Tao En right at the entrance of his shop wasn’t very polite.

Before Wen Tao could finish speaking, a ruckus erupted from within the shop.

"I want a Dragon Power Potion, but you’ve kept me waiting for so long! Is this any way to run a business?"

The clamor was accompanied by the sound of smashing, followed immediately by a young girl’s crying shouts.

"My grandfather can’t see well! You came in, stood there, and didn’t say a word."

"I asked what you wanted, but you ignored me! You only just now said you wanted a Dragon Power Potion concocted."

"It’s written on the door—we can only concoct Potions below the Fourth Level!"

"If you keep this up, I’m calling the City Patrol Team!"

The girl’s cries didn’t stop the smashing. Instead, the man’s shouting in the shop grew even louder.

"Go ahead and call the City Patrol Team! You think I’m afraid of them?"

"I’m not here causing trouble for no reason. Let the City Patrol Team take us both away and sort this out."

"If the City Patrol Team says it’s my fault, I’ll just compensate you for some of the damages. Big deal."

"Next time I come, if you dare to neglect me again, I’ll be even less polite than I was today."

Zhong Yi, Wen Tao, and Cui Heng all understood clearly: someone was deliberately making trouble.

And he definitely had someone backing him!

How else could he be so brazen and fearless!?

As a resident of Longya City, how could he not know that this shop was opened by Tao En, the former Five-finger Peak Creator?

Zhong Yi figured this person, who had come directly to the shop to cause trouble, probably wasn’t one of Cao Xing’an’s men.

Rather, he came from one of the factions trying to curry favor with Cao Xing’an.

If Cao Xing’an wanted to move against Tao En, he had plenty of methods and means.

There was no need to use a method like this, which would tarnish his own reputation.

Zhong Yi activated his Soul Base, summoned Hong Ji, and gave her a look.

Hong Ji immediately understood and walked into the shop. A soft cry from her was followed by the man screaming like a stuck pig.

"What are you screaming about? You’re the one who scared me when you were smashing things."

"All I did was tear your arm off. What is there to scream about?"

"If you keep screaming in my ear, I’ll have to act in self-defense and break your leg off."

Zhong Yi was the first to step inside, saying softly,

"Hong Ji, throw the troublemaker out of the shop."

"Thankfully, not too much was destroyed. Help clean the place up."

"The shop owner’s eyes aren’t good; don’t let him get cut by the debris."

Hearing this, Hong Ji grabbed the man, who was clutching his shoulder, and tossed him out the door like a bag of trash.

Immediately after, dozens of tentacles composed of Cardiac Muscle emerged from behind Hong Ji. In less than two minutes, they had cleared out all the broken items from the shop.

The scene unfolding before her made the girl, who was clenching her fists and supporting Tao En, forget to even wipe away her tears.

"Th-thank you."

To the young girl, Zhong Yi and Hong Ji’s arrival was like divine soldiers descending from heaven.

In all these years, no one had ever stood up for Tao Niannian.

Tao En looked toward Zhong Yi with his clouded eyes and sighed heavily.

"You must know who I am. Right now, I’m just an ordinary Three-finger Creator."

"It’s not worth making enemies for my sake. You should leave, quickly."

"Otherwise, whether that man brings the City Patrol Team or returns with people for revenge, it will only be trouble for you."

Zhong Yi didn’t respond. Tao En’s eyes were now so clouded that he couldn’t see people clearly.

Under circumstances where Tao En couldn’t see, it was inconvenient to discuss anything with him.

Zhong Yi summoned the Resurrection Celestial Lord and had it directly project a Core of Resurgence toward Tao En.

Zhong Yi’s sudden summoning of another Guardian Beast in the shop made Tao Niannian instinctively step in front of Tao En.

Seeing the Core of Resurgence hovering before her, radiating a healing aura, and the Healing Energy emanating from the Resurrection Celestial Lord,

Tao Niannian finally realized the young man before her was trying to heal her grandfather, and she quickly moved aside.

As the Core of Resurgence entered Tao En’s body, Zhong Yi discovered that Tao En’s physical condition was truly dire.

He had multiple hidden injuries, and the state of his soul was an absolute mess!

Besides a curse-related toxin constantly corrupting Tao En’s healthy soul,

his soul also had a huge gash. Within the gash were some extremely tiny things that clearly showed signs of life.

These things had built nests in Tao En’s soul, and it was precisely these things that were preventing his soul from healing.

They fed on Tao En’s soul and excreted a large amount of waste within it.

Before his soul was injured, Tao En was a Five-finger Peak Creator, and his Guardian Beast Master Tier must have also been very high.

When someone came looking for trouble, Tao En could only hide or endure it.

’It must be because of the injuries to his soul that he can’t activate his Soul Base.’