Everyone turned toward the sound and saw a man in a tall crown walking over, seeming slow but actually swift.
He was at the fourth layer of Emergence from Dust. When he approached and saw Kong Ziyi, he froze... Sixth Layer of Emergence from Dust?
Then he saw the Supreme Clarity Sect credential badge Kong Ziyi had yet to put away, and his eyes widened. "An adept of Supreme Clarity Sect?"
Kong Ziyi glanced at him but ignored him completely. Though she was a core disciple of Supreme Clarity Sect, she was not usually so arrogant. If cultivators of the same Mid Emergence from Dust stage greeted her, she would generally respond.
But this time, he had arrived asking who had made a move in the market, which meant he had already taken a side. She would not be polite to someone like that. She merely turned to the High Qi Condensation cultivator and spoke expressionlessly. "Worth two thousand Spirit Stones?"
The High Qi Condensation cultivator finally let out a breath of relief and looked at the newly arrived adept. "Adept Wang, you tell her. Fellow Daoist Mao sold a stone. Was it worth two thousand Spirit Stones?"
Kong Ziyi's face darkened at once. "I was speaking to you, yet you look elsewhere and change the subject... Do you no longer wish to live?"
"This fellow Daoist, he does not dare answer you." Adept Wang cupped his hands and spoke pleasantly. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Wang Wushan of the Qulian Wang Family. May I ask how to address you, Fellow Daoist?"
Kong Ziyi was relatively reasonable. She temporarily gave up pursuing the Qi Condensation cultivator and turned to Wang Wushan, speaking coldly. "Do you think a piece of grass stone... is worth two thousand Spirit Stones?"
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