"..." At Sun Qian's words, everyone's expression turned cold. For a brief moment, although more than a hundred people had gathered in the Divine Stone Pavilion, not a sound could be heard.
To say one could hear a pin drop would be no exaggeration.
But soon, someone's belly laugh shattered the silence. "Hahaha! Your Divine Stone Pavilion really does boast without fearing you'll burst the bullhide! How could a stone possibly contain a divine-rank Treasure Weapon?"
"What a joke! This is absolutely the funniest joke I've heard in my entire life!"
"Laughable! Shameful! Pitiful!"
"What lunatic crawled out of the woodwork? Do you take us for idiots you can fool?"
Most merely spat a couple of times, their eyes full of disdain.
Some proud cultivators drew the swords at their waists, making it clear that a cultivator's dignity could not be insulted.
At this display, Sun Qian grew a little flustered too. He hurriedly raised both hands. "The master of our Divine Stone Pavilion is the leader of the Merchant Alliance, backed by the Tianyuan Holy Land. Why would we joke with you about something like this?"
"..." Hearing that, those drawing their swords froze halfway.
"The leader of the Merchant Alliance? Chen Juexin?"
"Didn't you hear him say they're backed by the Tianyuan Holy Land? Who else could it be but Chen Juexin?"
"I can't afford to offend her! I'll take my leave!"
Arrogant just a second earlier, they immediately squeezed out of the crowd without looking back and made themselves scarce.
Like drenched dogs, they fled in panic with their tails between their legs.
Never mind their current cultivation-even if they suddenly advanced five or six major realms, they still would not dare make an enemy of the Tianyuan Holy Land.
They knew very well what a