Tian Budai’s Suspicion
Greater Heaven Caster Lu wanted to fly off the handle the moment he saw Celestial Star Sect’s group waiting for them.
“Greater Heaven Caster Lu, what is the situation?” TIan Budai asked, unfazed at the sight of Greater Heaven Caster Lu’s anger.
Greater Heaven Caster Lu shifted his glare to Zhou Jinglin, who showed no pangs of guilt for his actions or discontent with the borderline set up, though he actually was livid. To call Zhou Jinglin shameless would’ve been an insult to the adjective. Greater Heaven Caster Lu couldn’t contain his anger, so he voiced, “You run faster than bandits, Zhou Jinglin.”
“Greater Heaven Caster Lu, you sure have the luck of the devil.”
“I will make sure you have your just desserts for trying to kill me in there. Young Master Tian Budai, if you wish to have someone defuse a formation in the future, please inform them of what to expect, as well. I lost my assistant because you decided to withhold information when that misfortune was avoidable.”
“He is only an assistant, a mere Foundation Establishment Realm assistant, at that. That is not much of a loss. Talisman Master Zhou lost a Primordial Infant Realm assistant,” argued Tian Budai, smiling as always.
“We invest our every fibre into nurturing our disciples. Every disciple we lose is akin to losing a piece of us. Now that I have defused the formation – by myself for that matter – I believe it is your turn to honour your promise.”
“You defused the formation?” inquired Tian Budai, raising his pitch higher than usual.
Tian Budai turned to Zhou Jinglin, who claimed Greater Heaven Caster Lu was dead and that the formation was beyond them. Zhou Jinglin was visibly perplexed. Zhou Jinglin asked on behalf of Tian Budai, “Greater Heaven Caster Lu, I see through your ruse to lure Celestial Star Sect in to kill them out of spite.”
“Don’t mistake yourself for me. If you think this is all a farce, send just one person in to check. If anything happens, you’ll have time to escape. Why don’t you do that instead of suspecting me?”
Tian Budai turned to Tian Jiancheng and queried, “Uncle Cheng, you are the most advanced cultivator among us. Would you be willing to check on our behalf?”
Tian Jiancheng ran those conniving eyes up and down Greater Heaven Caster Lu. “Greater Heaven Caster Lu, please wait here while I inspect. If you have truly dismantled the Yin Corpse Formation, we will see to it that you are compensated.”
Greater Heaven Caster Lu sat down to recover as Tian Jiancheng sortied. Greater Heaven Caster Lu had his hands full with his recovery due to the perilous fight.
Zhou Jinglin started to worry about his payment and business.
When Tian Jiancheng returned around an hour later, Tian Budai asked him, “How was it?”
Tian Jiancheng nodded. “The formation is still there. In saying that, the yin corpses are behaving oddly. Shall I say… they’re dancing?”
Tian Budai squinted an eye. He wasn’t the only person who couldn’t fathom what Tian Jiancheng relayed. Tian Budai followed up with another question. “Could you please elaborate?”
“The yin corpses didn’t attack me and were, as I said, dancing. I sneaked past them and even went to the doors. The yin corpses were dancing all that far in, so I came back,” reported Tian Jiancheng, unable to believe what he was coming out of his mouth.
“That’s because I mended the formation design. That’s why they are harmless now,” lied Greater Heaven Caster Lu.
“Impossible. The formation design is concealed. How did you find it?” interrogated Zhou Jinglin, speaking from experience.
“What else but based on the fact that our formations are superior to your talismans? Just because you can’t find it, doesn’t mean I can’t.”
After mulling over the data provided, Tian Budai proposed, “Greater Heaven Caster Lu, I will pay you the promised four million spirit stones as promised. Howbeit, nobody can be certain if the formation will play up again. To that end, I need you to come in with us again so that you can resolve any issues that may crop up. I will pay you one million for the extra job. What do you think?”
Tian Budai was wary of the off chance that Greater Heaven Caster Lu tampered with the formation to spite them for deceiving him. If he activated it while they were in there, they would’ve been in trouble. Greater Heaven Caster Lu didn’t want to go back in. Nonetheless, Tian Budai clearly wasn’t going to take “no” for an answer. As such, Greater Heaven Caster Lu answered, “All right, but I demand payment first.”
“Sure.” Tian Budai passed Greater Heaven Caster Lu a black piece of jade. “This is Million Company’s spirit stone jade. You can exchange it at any of their branches. I assume you recognise this jade piece.”
The formation imbued in the jade was Formation Sect’s work, so of course Greater Heaven Caster Lu recognised the jade piece. The spirit stone count and where they came from was recorded within. Hence, people couldn’t forge the numbers.
After checking his paycheque, Greater Heaven Caster Lu put the jade piece away and headed back in – not forgetting to cast a disdainful gaze Zhou Jinglin’s way. Ten people went with Greater Heaven Caster Lu, while nine stayed behind as backup. Zhou Jinglin decided to go along so that he could brown nose Tian Budai.
The group walked in to see the yin corpses playing a childish hand-clapping game. An hour ago, Xiaoshuai and the dragon vine played a yin corpse pyramid game, where the one who stacked up a higher pyramid won.
“Finally! How sceptical can they be?! Xiaoshuai, game time is over. It’s time to work.”
Mu Yu anticipated it’d take hours for him to recover, but his black and white spiritual energy was almost magic.
“Wait, I have even better game they can all play together,” Xiaoshuai said, raising his eyebrows multiple times with a grin on his mug.
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