The Appointment at the Kind Words Pavilion

Chapter 255

Nine Truth City, the Kind Words Pavilion.

This was one of the better-known buildings in Nine Truth City.

Nine Truth City did not insist on settling every dispute by force. The Kind Words Pavilion was a place to resolve problems through conversation, negotiate deals, and settle grudges privately. If matters could not be resolved there, the only option left was the Sword and Saber Arena.

The Sword and Saber Arena was rather like the battle platform in Azure City: a place to decide victory or defeat, life or death. Anyone in Nine Truth City with a grievance to settle could take it there.

Precisely because Nine Truth City had both the Kind Words Pavilion and the Sword and Saber Arena, the rules inside the pavilion were exceptionally strict. Fighting was absolutely forbidden. Anyone who resorted to violence there would be killed on the spot.

Of course, once a dispute reached the Kind Words Pavilion, another path opened: either party could legitimately call for a match at the Sword and Saber Arena.

Though Nine Truth City forbade fighting within its walls, it upheld an ancient tradition: if talks at the Kind Words Pavilion bore no fruit, the parties should settle matters at the Sword and Saber Arena. When goodwill failed, violence would have the final word.

In other words, if they could not reach an agreement at the pavilion, they should face each other in the arena. If words failed, only combat could settle the matter.

From what little Luo Feng knew of Qiansi Qingcheng, he understood that the man would be difficult to negotiate with. Buying the Chaos Abyss Nine-Heart Lotus from him would likely come at a steep price. Luo Feng had already made up his mind: if Qiansi Qingcheng refused to sell it cheaply, he would