Chapter 314: Tricked
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Sea City is really lively because of them. However, it won’t be long before this place is our territory.”
The rich businessman stood at the edge of the market with his servant. They looked at the bustling crowd inside and the two of them muttered to themselves.
At this moment, a person dressed as a vendor carefully leaned over and asked the two of them, “Sirs, do you want to buy something? Although my shop is a little small, I have everything you want. Why don’t you come to my place to take a look?”
The rich businessman’s face changed as his eyes were wide open. His aura scared the stall owner two steps back. He put on such a stance, but he did not say anything. He just glared at others, making them quite afraid.
The stall owner silently retreated. After retreating far enough, he dared to mutter a few words. “Why are you standing around if you’re not buying it? It’s quite scary.”
“What did you say?”
When the servant heard his words, he wanted to rush up and beat them up, but he was stopped by the rich businessman behind him.
“Red Wave, don’t be so impulsive.” The rich businessman looked around and said carefully to his servant, “Since you’ve already planned it, let’s follow the plan. Now, we should find the location of their City Lord first and not cause trouble. If we arouse suspicion and their City Lord hides in advance, it will be difficult for us.”
It turned out that these two people were the duo transformed from the big bear and monkey.
The two of them had sneaked into Sea City to sneak into the City Lord Manor and capture Ye Qiluo alive. At that time, they would use Ye Qiluo to order the humans and demons in the city to bring their clansmen over.
Although the concentration of spiritual energy in the Demon Realm was still a little different from the environment they lived in, this was a benefit that had fallen into their hands for no reason after all. It would definitely be best if it landed in their hands.
After the two of them took a simple stroll, they felt even more how outstanding their plan was. With the strength of Sea City, they did not need the troops behind them. They only needed the two of them to casually deal with these people.
It was ridiculous that his mother had made this matter so complicated and even let that useless Spirit Child be in charge of this attack. It was simply useless.
That useless Spirit Child was still entangled with the group of demon beasts in the river.
At the thought of this, Monkey felt smug. He felt that his decision to sneak out was too wise. How would he have obtained this credit if he had really listened to his mother and searched for the human that could not be found? He has profited greatly now.
After a simple discussion, the two of them did not argue with the stall owner anymore. Instead, they walked towards a small stall surrounded by many people.
They squeezed into the crowd and realized that it was a small stall on the ground. There was a large rag in the entire place. There were some simple lines drawn on the rag. They did not know what it was for.
There was a person sitting on the large rag with a small bowl in his hand. At this moment, he was muttering something.
“My bowl can isolate all divine senses. No matter how powerful a person is, even if the Heavenly King comes, he won’t be able to see how many stones are in my bowl. As long as you can guess if my bowl contains an odd or even number, I’ll hand over these fifty spirit stones with both hands.”
After muttering to himself, the person put on an act to take out a few small stones and make a big show of changing them. Then, he stuffed the taken stones into the bottom of the bowl.
However, before he stuffed it in, he seemed to have deliberately left a crack so that people could see that there were five stones in the bowl.
Two people stood beside the monkey duo. The two of them crossed their arms in front of their chests and chatted happily.
“This is definitely an even number. What a pity. If I had bet some spirit stones just now, these fifty spirit stones would have been mine.”
“That’s right. I was just thinking about betting when his hands closed too quickly. It looks like an even number to me.”
When the big bear heard the two of them say this, it immediately couldn’t help but squat in front of the stall and point under the small bowl. “There are clearly only five stones down here. It’s an odd number.”
At this moment, everyone’s gaze landed on him. The stall owner raised his head and stared at Big Bear. “Fellow Daoist, my small bowl can isolate all divine senses. Anyone couldn’t sense it. How can you know how many stones there are inside?”
Big Bear pointed at the bowl stubbornly and said, “Cut the c.r.a.p. There are five stones in here. Hurry up and open it!”
The stall owner covered his bowl and said, “You haven’t bet your spirit stones yet. Even if you’re right, my fifty spirit stones aren’t yours.”
Someone at the side immediately echoed, “That’s true. You didn’t take out any spirit stones. It’s useless to say that it’s an odd number.”
At this moment, the stall owner took the opportunity to say, “Take out ten spirit stones and bet them. If it is really an odd number, then the fifty spirit stones in my hand are yours. If it’s an even number, then these ten spirit stones are mine!”
With Big Bear’s temper, when had he ever been urged by a group of humans with such low cultivation levels? He took out ten spirit stones and slapped the rag of the stall.
“I don’t believe it. It’s clearly an odd number below. Hurry up and bring me the fifty spirit stones!”
As soon as Big Bear’s hand left the spirit stones, the stall owner’s slender arm immediately grabbed the ten spirit stones and put them in his pockets. Then, he put away the small bowl and took out a large pile of stones. After shaking them for a while, he stuffed them back into the small bowl.
Big Bear watched in shock as the stall owner operated. In the end, when the bowl was opened, there were clearly eight stones inside.
“Fellow Daoist, you’re wrong!” The stall owner smiled sinisterly. He looked at Big Bear as if he was looking at a stupid prey. Only then did Big Bear realize that he had fallen into this person’s trap.
In a fit of anger, he stood up and pointed at the person’s nose, wanting to attack.
However, when he thought about why the two of them were here, he had to preserve his strength now. He could not let anyone discover him, nor could he attack without permission.
“You’re being shameless. We were talking about the five stones in the bowl just now, but you put those stones away and placed eight more stones in. You’re clearly lying!”
The stall owner also said righteously, “What do you mean by lying? Our rules are clear. If you place the spirit stones here, I’ll place the stones. As long as you guess correctly, the fifty spirit stones will be yours. If you guess wrongly, your spirit stones will be mine!”
“Nonsense. You were clearly lying to me just now. Hurry up and return the spirit stones. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being rude!”
“Aiyo, you still want to be rude?” The stall owner’s face was extremely arrogant. “Do you know where this place is? How can you be arrogant here? If you have the guts, attack. Our market has a clear rule that no one is allowed to fight. Anyone who causes trouble here will die. I advise you to be obedient!”
The stall owner smiled even more happily. Even the two people standing beside Monkey could not hide the smile on their faces when he observed them.
Big Bear looked at a pa.s.serby at the side and said, “You saw it, right? He was cheating just now. His bowl was clearly filled with odd numbers. He stuffed the even numbers in to cheat me of my spirit stones. You all saw it, right?”
The stall owner took the opportunity to say to everyone, “If anyone is unconvinced, you can come and bet!”
Everyone present took a small step back when they heard that they were going to bet spirit stones. They looked at Big Bear and Monkey warily, as if they were hired by this stall owner.
Big Bear wanted to continue pursuing the matter, but Monkey pulled him out. The two of them hurriedly left the crowd.
Li Yuanqing watched from afar. He finds it funny to see these two fellows being tricked for no reason. He slowly followed the two of them to a quiet corner of the market before the two of them finally stopped.
“Why are you pulling me? Let me go back and kill that b.a.s.t.a.r.d now. That ant-like human actually dares to lie to me. Do they know who I am? A single hair on my head can crush ten of his lives!”
Monkey glared at him unhappily and said, “You know that he’s just an ant. Why are you arguing with him? It’s just ten spirit stones. It’s nothing. Why are you so angry? I think your temper is getting worse.”
“Is that about the spirit stones?” Big Bear roared anxiously. “It’s that b.a.s.t.a.r.d. He lied to me. No one can lie to me in this life. Those who lie to me will definitely die. No one can!”
After Big Bear vented his anger, his mood seemed to be much better. Monkey stood at the side and watched him shout before saying, “Are you done?”
“I’ll remember this guy. After I take down this place, I’ll extract the soul of this thing and refine it into a puppet. I’ll torture him a thousand times a day and let him live for five hundred years. He’ll suffer in purgatory every day and never be reborn!”
Monkey shook his head helplessly. Initially, he felt that he was the impulsive one. He did not expect that this big bear would be treated as a toy and played with. He was so angry that he almost ruined everything.
Monkey suddenly glanced at a stall at the side. He felt a little strange.
The stall was not big and was just a very small place. There were two people in front. One of them was wearing a green shirt and looked very ordinary. The other was dressed simply. These two people did not look special, and their cultivation levels were ordinary.
Monkey clearly felt that there was something just now, but no matter how he looked carefully, these two fellows did not seem to have anything.
After staring at it carefully for a while, Monkey finally gave up. He did seem to have made a mistake when he thought about it. He could not tell why he felt that danger just now.
“What are you doing? There’s nothing to pay attention to in this market. Let’s go and capture their City Lord now. Don’t waste your breath on them.”
Monkey agreed with this plan. They had wasted enough time here. If they didn’t get down to business, who knew how long they would have to delay?
“Nothing. I just felt like something was wrong.”
After the two of them finished discussing, they hurriedly left the market. They had originally wanted to come here to understand the life of these humans, but they did not expect to be tricked as soon as they arrived.
The two of them no longer had the patience to do these fancy things. They wanted to take down Sea City as soon as possible.
City Lord Manor.
“Is Young Master Li really back now? Why hasn’t he come?” Ye Qiluo, who was dressed in armor, paced around anxiously.
The Man-eating Vine replied, “There are two very powerful demons there. They have already sneaked in. Master is thinking of dealing with those two fellows first. Moreover, the two of them seem to be targeting you.”
“Will Young Master Li be fine? If those two demons are really so powerful, will Young Master Li be…?”
“Sister, don’t worry. Since Master dared to let the two of them in, he must have a plan in his heart. Nothing will happen. Those two are already heading over. I believe it won’t be long before they reach the City Lord Manor. Master is also following behind them.”
“Minglun!”
“I’m here.”
“Tell everyone to be on guard. Don’t go out. Don’t leak anything.”
“Yessir!”
Captain Minglun hurriedly left. They were already prepared for this. When Li Yuanqing returned, he had already secretly reminded the Man-eating Vine. So the two of them had already communicated with each other about this plan. It was naturally nothing to worry about now.
Outside the City Lord Manor, the rich businessman and servant that Big Bear and Monkey had transformed into had already arrived beside the City Lord Manor. They waited quietly outside. The two of them sat in a teahouse and looked at the City Lord Manor opposite them.
“How should we enter later? Should we barge in from the front or from the side? It seems to be the same.”
Big Bear looked at the structure of the City Lord Manor. This place actually did not pose much pressure to them. The reason why they were guarding here was because no one had come out of the City Lord Manor for a long time. They were not sure if the City Lord was inside.
“There’s no hurry. We’ll figure it out when we capture two people who came out.”