Chapter 145: Trust (5th update)
The people in the hall suddenly couldn't help but whisper among themselves.
"What? It's unexpected, the young man whom Elder Wang treats as a guest, turns out to be a renegade from Longevity Heaven? This is really interesting. I never thought that Elder Wang, a businessman all his life, would also make such a mistake."
"Maybe he couldn't excel in cultivation, but he might be good at medicine."
"Yes, didn't Elder Wang say that the boy had cured Xia Jing, who was in a hopeless state? Maybe, our Elder Wang also..."
"Hahaha." Laughter traveled through the banquet hall.
Although Wang Dafa was not at a very high level, he was not so ignorant as to not hear the mockery in the hall. His face turned pale with anger.
No matter what, he, Wang Dafa, was a golden elder of the Azure Dragon Hall, who had made significant contributions to the entire Azure Dragon Hall.
He rarely interacted with others in the Azure Dragon Hall. Although he knew others didn't rate him highly, he never thought that a group of people from the headquarters of Bronze and Silver ranks would dare to mock him like this.
This could only mean one thing: almost everyone at the headquarters of the Azure Dragon Hall had no respect for him, Wang Dafa!
Behind Elder Fu Long, a young man suddenly slammed the table and stood up, berating sharply, "How dare you! A mere renegade from Longevity Heaven, so arrogant, I think you've lived long enough!"
Chu Mo drooped his eyelids, glanced at Elder Fu Long, and said flatly, "Not entering Longevity Heaven is indeed my luck. Otherwise, the thought of being fellow disciples with such unreasonable people makes me feel nauseous."
"I'll kill you!" The young man suddenly stood up, glaring at Chu Mo. A powerful aura simultaneously burst out from him.
In the banquet hall, there seemed to be a gust of wind sprinkled with blood and scent of blood, a very intense blood energy pressing over towards Chu Mo!
Blood Iron Realm!
This young man, who appeared to be only about twenty years old, had actually reached the fifth level of the Yellow Rank - the Blood Iron Realm!
In the mortal world, this realm is referred to as the Master of the Thousand Men Slaughter, displaying the fearfulness of this realm.
Chu Mo's grandfather, despite being so old, had still not broken through to this realm. Yet, this young man, merely in his twenties, had successfully made it to this level. He also did not seem to be someone who had relied on elixirs to break through, thus he indeed had every right to be arrogant.
Wang Dafa was so angry that his body slightly trembled, he looked at Elder Fu Long and said, "Are you trying to ruin my family?"
It was then that Elder Fu Long lazily looked back at the young man, "Alright, stop shouting about killing here, give Elder Wang some face."
The young man then retracted his aura, glanced coldly at Chu Mo and said, "You are lucky!" After that, he sat down angrily.
Elder Fu Long then glanced at Wang Dafa and said, "Elder Wang, be careful not to be deceived. There are too many fraudsters these days. Although Elder Wang's family and business are big, and you may not care about being cheated out of some money, if this matter gets out, it won't sound good."
Wang Dafa coldly responded, "I still have the ability to discern truth from lies. There's no need for Elder Fu Long to worry."
Fu Long said lightly, "This matter has nothing to do with me. However, I'm not interested in sitting at the same table with a renegade rejected by Longevity Heaven. I can't afford such a loss."
With that, Fu Long stood up, surprisingly heading toward the table behind him.
At this moment, Wang Dafa stood there with an embarrassed face, looking pale as he watched Fu Long gracefully move to the table where the disciples of Longevity Heaven were seated.
The other golden elders from Azure Dragon Hall looked somewhat taken aback. After glancing at the increasingly pale Wang Dafa, then at Fu Long on the other table, they all made the same move.
Zhao Qing took the lead, followed by Guo Xing and Wan Zhi, they headed toward the other tables.
These people had reputations; Fu Long had said this was a renegade from Longevity Heaven. If they continued to sit here, wouldn't that demean them?
The whole table was left with two people who Wang Dafa had not yet introduced. They sat there, looking embarrassed, not moving.
These two were the Golden Elders of the Azure Dragon Hall who had fairly good personal relations with Wang Dafa. Although they were also disgusted by Fu Long's conduct, it would not be appropriate for them to get up and leave. If they did, Wang Dafa would likely lose his temper on the spot.
However, it now seemed like they did not have much choice.
Wang Dafa turned around and bowed deeply to Chu Mo, "Dear Brother Chu, I am sorry for this. I never thought this would happen. Had I known, I would never have sent you that invitation. Now that it has become like this, I imagine you do not feel like eating anymore. Despite my embarrassment, I must ask you to leave first. I will personally come to apologize later."
Chu Mo nodded his head. Seeing Fu Long's behavior, he didn't express any extra emotion on his face. However, his impression of the entire Longevity Heaven had reached an all-time low.
Originally, those he despised were only Seventh Elder Zhao Hongzhi's lineage, but now Zhao Fan, an apprentice of the Longevity Heaven, and this Elder Fu Long and an unknown young person had come up. The entire Longevity Heaven had lost any heroism in Chu Mo's eyes.
Just as Chu Mo was about to leave, Elder Fu Long, his eyelids drooping, spoke up calmly, "You are free to leave, but the objects must stay."
"That's right, if you want to live longer, hand over the things that don't belong to you. Otherwise, you won't be walking out of this door today." The young man sitting next to Elder Fu Long sneered.
Instantly, the atmosphere of the entire banquet hall froze. Everyone's attention had turned to Chu Mo, their feverish eyes filled with greed.
Wang Dafa knew clearly what they wanted to do, but he did not expect them to be so bold in this setting. This was essentially like throwing him under the bus.
No matter how much Chu Mo trusted him, it's likely he would think: Wang Dafa set me up!
As a businessman, the one thing that should be avoided - is deceit!
If a businessman loses credibility, who will do business with him in the future?
Therefore, Wang Dafa's face immediately turned freezing cold, glaring furiously at Elder Fu Long, "Young Master Chu is my guest! Today, I want to see who among you dares to harm him! Do you really think you can mold me, Golden Elder Wang Dafa, like clay?"
Wang Dafa's words resonated heavily. The banquet hall, already eerily silent, became even quieter still, as if one could hear a pin drop.
All people looked at Wang Dafa in amazement, in their eyes a mixture of disbelief and shock. It seemed they couldn't believe that their 'own kind' would protect an outsider so vigorously.
Sneer!
There was a sneer in the crowd.
Someone sneered and said, "Elder Wang definitely missed his calling in acting. What a hypocrite! You dare to claim you didn't know what our intention was when you sent out those invitations? Now you are desperately trying to distance yourself from this. Well, very befitting of a merchant. Such a mind...top-notch, even at a time like this, not willing to offend people."
The person who spoke was of high ranking so their voice was ambiguous, so one could hardly tell who the voice belonged to.
Wang Dafa turned green with rage, just about to say something.
Chu Mo at his side, however, patted Wang Dafa's shoulder and gently chuckled, "Brother, don't bother saying anything else. I trust you!"
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Fifth night watch breakout!
I've already reached my limit. My friends, my fingers are stiff. I spend the entire day writing while you only need a few minutes to read.
Lately, things have been slow, the story is developing and the groundwork is being laid. There are a lot of things I have to consider while writing.
So, it's very tiring.
But without the establishment and groundwork, where would the exciting scenes come from? I can't just go from start to finish with a wave of slaughter, I really can't write like that..
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