Seeking Haoran

"What do you mean, 'let's talk it over'? I refuse!"

Zhang Mingyuan was furious. He had originally planned to buy a very good Spirit Beast cub, the "Mysterious Earth Barbarian Bull," for eight hundred Spirit Stones. He never expected that after living for decades, he would be publicly deceived!

If it weren't for that kid's reminder just now, he would probably be at home by now.

If his wife found out he had bought a "Mysterious Earth Barbarian Bull" cub whose quality had been artificially boosted for eight hundred Spirit Stones, she would surely scold him severely!

Seeing Zhang Mingyuan's increasingly enraged expression, Lin Qingbai, standing before him, his face sank, and he said coldly, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, I asked you to talk it over properly!"

As he spoke, heaven and earth spiritual energy erupted within Lin Qingbai's body. The overwhelming aura immediately buffeted Zhang Mingyuan's face, causing his initially high-pitched voice to instantly lower.

"Qi Refining Realm, eighth layer!"

Zhang Mingyuan was currently at the sixth layer of the Qi Refining Realm. He could naturally tell Lin Qingbai's cultivation level at a glance.

Seeing Zhang Mingyuan fall silent, Lin Qingbai retracted his aura in an instant.

He didn't want to drive Zhang Mingyuan away with his eighth-layer Qi Refining Realm pressure, nor did he want to be labeled as someone who used his power to bully others, bringing shame upon himself and the Lin Family.

Lin Qingbai chuckled softly, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, are you calmer now?"

Although Zhang Mingyuan was somewhat intimidated by Lin Qingbai's cultivation, he didn't want to give people any gossip fodder in such a public place. Moreover, he was in the right now!

Zhang Mingyuan snorted softly, "Hmph! Whether I'm calm or not, I still need your resolution!"

Lin Qingbai asked, "I heard what Fellow Daoist Zhang said just now, but I wonder from whom did you hear it?"

"You don't need to know where I heard it! You only have two options now."

Zhang Mingyuan paused slightly and said, "First, return my eight hundred Spirit Stones. Second, find me a flawless Spirit Beast! Otherwise, we'll settle this at the County Office!"

Lin Qingbai chuckled, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, you've misunderstood me. What you said just now pointed out the shortcomings in our Spirit Beast sales. However, this is just your word against ours. Do you really mean that because you say our Lin Family's Spirit Beasts are not good, our Spirit Beasts actually have quality issues?"

After speaking, Lin Qingbai looked up at the crowd of onlookers below and said loudly, "We need a satisfactory explanation from our Lin Family, don't we? What do you all say?"

Hearing this, Zhang Mingyuan glanced back at the crowd's reaction and replied, "Not long after I left here, two young men ran up to me and told me about the flaws in the Spirit Beasts your Lin Family sells. That's why I rushed over!"

"Young men?"

Lin Qingbai frowned and thought to himself, Could it be some young master from a family? Seeing that my Lin Family's business is doing well, they've come to cause trouble?

With that thought, Lin Qingbai scanned his surroundings, searching for the young men Zhang Mingyuan mentioned.

Lin Qingbai's gaze instantly met Meng Xiaoran, who was hiding in the crowd!

However, Lin Qingbai had never seen Meng Xiaoran before, so he naturally couldn't recognize which family's disciple he was.

At this moment, Lin Jiangfeng behind him followed his gaze and whispered, "Uncle Qingbai, that kid is a Meng Family disciple named Meng Xiaoran!"

Lin Qingbai said with some surprise, "What? He's from the Meng Family!"

Below, Meng Xiaoran's heart skipped a beat when he saw Lin Qingbai and Lin Jiangfeng looking at him. He quickly retreated backward.

"Jiangfeng, go and apprehend that kid!"

Lin Qingbai's mind raced. He said loudly, "I'll go and bring back the other person from the Meng Family!"

As he finished speaking, Lin Qingbai was about to walk down.

Zhang Mingyuan grabbed Lin Qingbai's sleeve and said sternly, "Trying to leave! Even if you're leaving, you have to settle this matter for me!"

Lin Qingbai instantly flung Zhang Mingyuan's hand away and shouted back, "Brother Jinmeng, I'll leave this to you!"

With that, Lin Qingbai leaped into the air, crossed the crowd, and rushed out into the street, speeding towards the inner street.

Meng Family! How dare you sabotage my plans, Lin Qingbai! If I catch you, I'll make sure you pay dearly!

Meanwhile, in the inner street of the West Market, Meng Haoran was completely unaware that danger was rapidly approaching him!

After persuading Zhang Mingyuan to leave, Meng Haoran encountered two more customers who had bought Spirit Beasts from the Lin Family's high platform.

Under his persuasion, those two customers, like Zhang Mingyuan, first cursed angrily before turning back to confront the Lin Family.

Having persuaded another person, Meng Haoran chuckled, "Heh heh, that's enough people going there. I imagine Lin Qingbai must have a splitting headache by now!"

Just then, Lin Qingbai happened to see Meng Haoran walking past someone leading a Spirit Beast.

He instantly concluded that Meng Haoran was the one causing trouble behind the scenes.

"Meng Haoran! How dare you ruin my business!"

Lin Qingbai's angry roar suddenly erupted from the end of the alley.

Meng Haoran turned his head and saw this. His heart sank, and he thought, Damn it! Lin Qingbai found me!

Without a word, before Lin Qingbai could react, Meng Haoran took to his heels and ran!

Meng Haoran was currently only a cultivator at the fifth layer of the Qi Refining Realm. The last time he saw Lin Qingbai, Meng Luohai had privately told him that if he ever encountered Lin Qingbai in the future, he should run if he could.

This was because Lin Qingbai was a cultivator at the eighth layer of the Qi Refining Realm and had decades of life-and-death combat experience!

Meng Haoran had no chance of winning against Lin Qingbai.

"Swift Snake Step!"

Meng Haoran instantly unleashed his escape Daoist Magic.

He knew that Lin Qingbai's current enraged state was definitely due to his earlier efforts in persuading people, which had disrupted Lin Qingbai's plan to sell inferior Spirit Beasts.

Blocking someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents.

Although Meng Haoran was young, he understood this principle!

"Trying to leave? Do you think you can?"

"Dragon Roaming Step!"

Heaven and earth spiritual energy surged beneath Lin Qingbai's feet, instantly closing the distance between him and Meng Haoran.

Sensing the intense killing intent behind him, Meng Haoran quickly thought, "Run! Run to a place with lots of people! That will make Lin Qingbai hesitate!"

With that thought, Meng Haoran suddenly turned and unleashed a Daoist Magic attack at Lin Qingbai, who was charging towards him.

"Water Cloud Sword!"

A miniature sword light shot out from Meng Haoran's hand, heading straight for Lin Qingbai's face!

Just as the Water Cloud Sword was three feet away from Lin Qingbai, he waved his large hand and shouted, "Adamantine Shield!"

A half-person shield, radiating a metallic aura, instantly appeared before Lin Qingbai, shattering the Water Cloud Sword!

This brief respite allowed Meng Haoran to increase the distance between himself and Lin Qingbai once more.

"Let's see where you think you're running to?"

Saying that, Lin Qingbai leaped forward!