Hiss!
The black-robed figures around them, along with quite a few black-market shopkeepers and stall owners, all sucked in a sharp breath.
Tushan Wenshan, who stood behind Li Qingyun, also went pale at once. His lips moved as though he wanted to remind Lord Quan to watch his words and not offend the Ji family of the City Lord's Mansion, but he did not quite dare.
"Hehehe..."
The young black-robed man who had claimed his surname was Ji froze for a moment, then laughed in extreme anger.
He abruptly removed the mask from his face, revealing a handsome and noble-looking visage. Glaring at Li Qingyun, he snapped, "Do you know who I am? The Ji family is part of the prestigious Middle Land Ancient Clan. How dare an outsider like you pass judgment on us so casually!"
"It's Young Master Ji!" Although the onlookers had expected it upon seeing that face, they still could not help crying out softly. Awe rose in their hearts, and they retreated even farther away.
Li Qingyun merely smiled faintly. "Young Master Ji, is it? If you can sell me an Earth Dragon Fruit or Bloodscarlet Chainstone, what harm is there in apologizing for what I said just now?"
The reason he had acted so "recklessly," suddenly provoking the prestigious Middle Land families of all Yunqi City, was because a flicker of alarm had abruptly arisen within him.
Li Qingyun's true body, far away at the Ba Snake Mountain temple, immediately performed a divination.
The result of the hexagram shook him to the core.
This journey through the Middle Land had to end here. If they continued into the heartland of the Middle Land, or even went to Langtian City where the continental temple stood, Li Qingyun's Merfolk clone, Tushan Wenshan, and all the others