Holy city.

Somewhere in middle territory.

" Did you retrieve the item?"

"Yes master, fortunately i was able to but the traitor is dead." Wen lingxiao spoke in a respectful tone to the old man sitting infront of her.

"Um, its good that you killed him. He deserved to die." The white haird old man nodded with satisfaction.

"Master I didn't kill him. Before I arrived, he was already dead, not even ashes was left." Wen lingxiao spoke.

"Who killed him?" The old man was surprised.

"A young man in his twenties, and he is a body strengthening realm cultivator." She recounted everything that happened.

The old man fell into a deep thought, after a while he opened his eyes.

"Find that young man, offer him some benefits or exchange, if he still doesn't agree. Kill him." The old man ordered her.

"Master…that doesn't seem appropriate…" Wen lingxiao voiced her thought.

"Xiao'er, it is obvious how a mere body strengthening realm kid was able to kill a full fledged demi-god.

Just imagine, the treasure, in the hand of a body strengthening realm cultivator was able to kill demi-god, how invaluable it is.

If word of it gets out, the whole world will fight for such a treasure.

It is definitely a godking level treasure or possibly emperor realm." The old man smiled as he explained to her gently.

Wen lingxiao's eyes darted around as if thinking of her decision.

"Also take your first senior brother with you, since that kid was able to kill a demi-god, it'll be too risky for you to go alone." "Go, after completing this mission, the sect will reward you greatly." He ordered her and went back to the pavilion inside.

I never wanted to implicate the innocent but the situation is beyond me. Master won't listen to me no matter what. Temptation of such supreme treasure is too great. I hope everything goes well.

Wen lingxiao sighed and flew away to find her first senior brother.

Two days after parting ways with Tang yun, li shenrong easily crossed through the fire bird mountain and arrived before the holy city.

At the front gate, the guards looked at li shenrong and blocked him.

"Entry fee, five low grade crystal coin per person."

Li shenrong took out his pouch and handed the guard five coins made of crystal.

The guards smiled instantly and welcomed him.

Li shenrong walked through the gate and made his way into the bustling city street.

The holy city is known as a safe heaven for vagrant cultivators. As for why, who would dare to cause trouble when several powerful clan maintained its discipline.

The Xia clan, the Bai clan and the Wu clan, all of them are first rate clan and their bases are inside holy city.

But compared to the great sects, they were weaker by a great margin.

In regards to li shengrong's choice of coming to the holy city, it was just a whimsical thought.

As he moved through the street, he saw a crowd of people gathered into a ball. They surrounded a shop, watching a show between the shopkeeper and a customer.

"How dare you decieve me! Fat pig! Give me back my money." A middle aged man screamed at the shopkeeper.

"Customer, please don't slander us. We never sold fake products to anyone. Inside the holy city everything is done fairly." The fat shopkeeper spoke righteously.

His body was so fat and round, from far away, one wouldn't be able to recognise him as a person. He would definitely look like a inflated balloon. As he spoke, his cheek muscles jiggled and vibrated, it was hard to tell it was his face muscles or neck.

"That fat zu found another goat haha, its fun to see newbies being stripped naked by him." Someone from the crowd spoke and laughed.

"Fat zu is from the bai clan and the shop is under bai clan's protection. Who would dare to touch him." Some even sighed and sympathised with the middle aged man.

"Customer, you say that we gave you fake product, do you have any proof?" The fat man spoke seriously.

"I bought that from your shop, after i went home and realised it was fake i wanted to give it back.

In the morning when i woke up, i saw someone running away with it, the thief wearing the same outfit as your shop assistant." The middle aged man spoke angrily.

"I'll say once again, do you have any proof of my shop assistant running away with your treasure?" The fatty said in a stern voice.

"No." The middle aged man's chest heaved up and down from anger as he answered.

"If not, the consequences of slandering our reputation is a serious crime.

You need to pay a fine of twenty thousand low grade crystal coin for damaging the reputation of a shop under the bai clan." The fat man finished speaking and few guards came running.

They surrounded the middle aged man, sending out oppressive aura.

The middle aged man was dumbfounded by the sudden development.

He was angry when he came to the shop, demanding an answer. He didn't know things would turn out like this.

"Pay twenty thousand low grade crystal coin or we will have to arrest you for the crime of slandering." One of the guard spoke coldly.

"…i….i…" The middle aged man stuttered, he was scared and indignant.

Finally he gave up with a weak laugh. He understood everything was an open scheme. The shopkeeper and the guards, all of them were in this together.

"I need some time to prepare." He said.

"That's fine, our guard will go with you as you prepare the money." The fatty smiled happily.

Everyone slowly despersed as the middle aged man went away with the guards.