Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 317: Chapter 316 Sage of the Six Arts

The whispers below eventually escalated into a commotion, as those who had just purchased magic artifacts flocked to the man for appraisal.

As a result, every artifact appraised turned out to be an Inferior Magical Tool, with not a single Medium Quality Magical Tool among them.

These people immediately started wailing and quickly began demanding that the Zhou Family issue refunds.

Just when the situation seemed about to spiral out of control, Zhou Bingliang hurried out with Zhou Ruiwen.

”Everyone, I’m so sorry, there has been a small misunderstanding. Master Zhou has been a renowned appraiser in Pingnan Province for decades, never once missing the mark in all those years. Our Zhou Family firmly believes in Master Zhou’s appraisal results, and these cannot be wrong!”

”Nonsense!” Fatty immediately shouted out, ”He appraised an Inferior Magical Tool as a Medium Quality Magical Tool. We paid a lot of money for these, and since your Zhou Family isn’t compensating us, of course, you believe his appraisal. If he had appraised a Medium Quality Magical Tool as an Inferior Magical Tool, would you still say such things?”

”Exactly, when you’re making money, you trust this Mr. Zhou. Hmph, who knows if you’re in cahoots, deliberately scamming us!”

”Zhou Bingliang, enough with the nonsense, either refund our money or forget about continuing with the auction today!”

The crowd was incessant in their uproar. Zhou Bingliang, sweating profusely, hastily said, ”Ladies and gentlemen, Master Zhou’s reputation has been publicly acknowledged in Pingnan Province for many decades. You must trust Master Zhou’s appraisal results. I think this man’s origin is dubious, and you shouldn’t trust him. He simply tampered with that magical artifact and claimed it’s an Inferior Magical Tool? Hmph, who knows if he is intentionally damaging it and trying to defame us!”

This caused the crowd to fall silent for a moment. Yes, a man had suddenly appeared with an unknown identity, directly claiming that Master Zhou was incompetent. Indeed, that was hard to believe. After all, Master Zhou’s reputation in Pingnan Province was incredibly illustrious for many years!

At that moment, a young man stepped out from the crowd and said loudly, ”Hmph, Zhou Bingliang, do you know who my master is? How dare you talk like that, are you asking for trouble?”

Zhou Bingliang was taken aback for a moment, then frowned and asked, ”And who might you be? Who is your master?”

”This is my master!” The young man pointed to the man who had just spoken and said proudly, ”Listen well, my master is called Master Hu, also esteemed by the world as the Sage of the Six Arts!”

The crowd exchanged glances, Zhou Bingliang said, ”What Sage of the Six Arts? I’ve never heard of him. Some no-name trying to garner fame? You want to swindle money at our Zhou Family’s auction and think the Zhou Family is easy to bully? Someone, drag them out!”

A few men from the Zhou Family came up, looking menacing. Master Hu snorted coldly and, with a casual wave of his hand, several purple lights shot from his fingers and struck those men. The men abruptly stopped in their tracks, frozen as if time itself had halted. Even one of them, caught mid-step, had his foot suspended in the air, unable to come down.

Exclamations erupted from the crowd. This was truly the power of an Immortal. Zhou Bingliang’s expression changed instantly. This was a person they could not contend with.

The young man looked smug and declared, ”If you haven’t heard of my master’s name, perhaps you’ve heard of the name of my uncle, my master’s brother-in-arms!”

”Your uncle?” Zhou Bingliang asked, surprised. ”Who might that be?”

The young man took a deep breath, then proudly said, ”Master Wufang!”

”Ah?”

”Master Wufang, my God, he’s a venerable hermit!”

”I’ve heard of him, a truly enlightened being with the power to summon storms and clouds, transcending heaven and earth with ease!”

”I have visited Master Wufang more than a dozen times and never met him once. Master Wufang, he is a true hermit of the world, a man not even the Family Heads of the Pingnan Province Top Ten Families may necessarily get to meet!”

”Master Wufang is actually his uncle in terms of seniority? Then doesn’t that mean that this Master Hu is older than Master Wufang? But how can that be—it doesn’t seem right?”

The crowd exclaimed incessantly, and Zhou Bingliang was shocked to the core, his voice trembling as he said, ”Your... your master is Master Wufang’s senior brother?”

”Of course!” the youth said arrogantly, ”It’s just that my master prefers to keep a low profile and doesn’t care about those worldly honors. Therefore, not many people know of my master. However, in the cultivation world, the title ’Sage of the Six Arts’ is known by everyone far and wide!”

”How is that possible?” Zhou Bingliang said, ”You... your master doesn’t seem older than Master Wufang. Master Wufang passed away at the age of one hundred seventy-three, does your master even look forty?”

The crowd nodded in agreement, as indeed, it didn’t seem right age-wise.

”How would you mortals comprehend the path of cultivation!” the youth said coldly, ”A Magician’s path of cultivation is inherently defying the heavens. When fully cultivated, summoning wind and rain are just trifling abilities, rejuvenating to youth and achieving longevity as enduring as the heavens and earth is the true path of the Immortals. My master is thirty years older than my uncle; can you tell?”

The crowd gasped again, if Master Hu was indeed thirty years older than Master Wufang, then wasn’t he over two hundred years old now? That revelation was truly staggering; over two hundred years old and looking no older than forty, this was indeed the way of the Immortals.

Those present were here to purchase Magic Artifacts in the hope of prolonging life and maintaining health and strength.

Yet now, the appearance of Master Hu shocked everyone profoundly. If they could receive guidance from Master Hu and live over a hundred years, wouldn’t that be a dream come true?

Unknowingly, the crowd had come to place great trust in Master Hu.

Zhou Bingliang, however, was sweating profusely as if making a last-ditch effort, ”This... all of this is what you’ve said; how do I know whether it’s true or false. We don’t know him, and whether you say he’s a thousand years old or not, we can’t verify it. But Master Zhou is the most outstanding appraiser in the provincial city, and that is an absolute truth. Ultimately, do you choose to believe Master Zhou or this stranger of unknown origin?”

The crowd was silent for a moment, as the choice indeed was a difficult one.

Just then, Master Hu suddenly laughed, glanced at Zhou Bingliang, and said coldly, ”Zhou Bingliang, you really go to great lengths to swindle money. I came here today just to take a look at that Superior Magical Artifact and didn’t want to get involved with these mundane affairs. But you’ve gone too far, and I just have to intervene in this matter today!”

Having said that, Master Hu walked directly into the crowd and approached Lin Jiang and his sister, who were there to watch the excitement.

”Young man, tell me, what is your name!”

”Me?” Lin Jiang was stunned for a moment, then said, ”I... my name is Lin Jiang!”

”And where are you from?” Master Hu asked further.

”From the provincial city!” Lin Jiang said, pausing briefly, then stated proudly, ”I am from the Lin Family of the Provincial City!”

At these words, the scene burst into a small commotion. A member of any one of the Ten Great Families was no simple character!

”Very well!” Master Hu nodded in satisfaction, then suddenly turned around and pointing at Zhou Wangkun, he sneered, ”I noticed the look you gave Zhou Wangkun earlier was somewhat disdainful, do you also not believe in Zhou Wangkun?”