Losing Both the Lady and the Troops: The Miserable Plight of Meng Shenji and His Companions

"Where do you think you're going?"

A mocking voice rang out.

Jin Peng appeared before Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, with Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Chen Yuan behind him. Four auras locked onto them.

Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo followed behind as well, amusement in their eyes.

Trouble, Ning Fengzhi thought.

Then he put on a smile. "Elder Jin, surely the auction house doesn't restrict its bidders' personal freedom?"

"Of course not."

Jin Peng said flatly, "But haven't you forgotten something?"

Ning Fengzhi froze at those words, then suddenly remembered something.

Damn it, in my haste just now, I actually forgot that I haven't handed the Body Sect the resources for those dozen or so unaffiliated cultivators I bought.

"My sincerest apologies, Elder Jin."

Ning Fengzhi hurriedly bowed in apology, then took out a Storage Soul Tool.

"These are the resources for the earlier auction purchases. There's more than enough, not a bit less. You can count them."

"No need."

Jin Peng accepted the Storage Soul Tool.

It was not that Jin Peng trusted Ning Fengzhi so much, but that even with ten times the courage, Ning Fengzhi would not dare tamper with this.

"Elder Jin, the resources have been paid in full. May we leave?"

Seeing that Jin Peng had no intention of moving aside, Ning Fengzhi's heart sank.

"Leave?"

Jin Peng turned sideways and raised his chin toward the outside of the private room. "Ning Fengzhi, surely you don't expect our Body Sect to clean up your mess?"

Outside the private room.

The unaffiliated cultivators' families had already rushed to the doorway, their eyes bloodshot and their Martial Souls released. Among them were no few experts of Soul Saint rank or above.

For instance, the old man whose hair was half white.

As the senior