The Arrogant Immortal-Chapter 64 - Mo Chuan Sets a Trap for Lin Wangchen

Having seen her eating with Xuanyuan You yesterday, he had been very curious to taste it himself.

“Not bad, I’ll have a few more,” Mo Chuan said, his starry eyes fixed on her.

As if he would just keep watching if she didn’t give him more.

Mo Lan, with a graceful small porcelain plate, placed six green dumplings on it and calmly said, “Chenghui, six Spirit Stones.”

Mo Chuan’s motion paused as he took the plate and then he smiled, his eyes and brows alight with pleasure, and then said, “Deduct it from the Spirit Stones you owe me.”

“A hundred?” Mo Lan was astonished.

“Mhm, you still owe me ninety-four. Let’s convert them all into green dumplings,” Mo Chuan said as he picked up another dumpling to eat.

The green dumplings made by Mo Lan weren’t very big.

Mo Lan could finish one in two or three bites, and it wouldn’t be a problem for an adult to eat one in a single bite.

Mo Lan was bewildered.

On the surface, she showed no change, but mentally she was frantically complaining to Jian Lingyan: “Who would have thought the richer a person is, the stingier they become, demanding a hundred Spirit Stones in the middle of the night. By the way, how do I owe him a debt?”

“Master, you wouldn’t even give me one Spirit Stone,” Jian Lingyan interjected.

Mo Lan, “…”

After Mo Chuan finished eating, he walked off with the remaining thirteen green dumplings Mo Lan had, and also reminded her that she still owed him eighty-one dumplings, advising her to have them ready for when he would come to collect them in person.

Under Mo Lan’s strange gaze, he left.

His arrival was strange, his departure was strange, and his behavior was even stranger.

Wasn’t it supposed to be a hundred Spirit Stones for a truth? Although Mo Lan didn’t need the truth, that wasn’t a reason for him not to speak it.

Mo Lan harbored suspicions about Mo Chuan’s motive.

This action might not be simple. A genius like Mo Chuan wouldn’t waste time on meaningless things.

What was his real intention for coming here?

Mo Lan didn’t have to puzzle over it for long, as the truth came unexpectedly the next day.

…

The next day. Morning.

Endless clear skies stretched overhead.

Mo Lan rode an Immortal Crane to the small waterfall.

The fruit trees had been planted, and the house was built; everyone was finishing up the work.

Mo Lan paid them their wages and then rode the Immortal Crane leisurely to Battle Peak. Just as she reached the mountaintop, a number of people noticed her, casting strange glances her way.

She found a shady spot, spread out a large black cloth, and displayed about a dozen items on it.

Mo Lan didn’t hawk her wares; instead, she sat down and began preening the Little Immortal Crane.

She guessed that Lin Wangchen’s high-priced purchase of the Small Jade Bottle must have spread throughout the Sect by now, and people would surely come by to see, perhaps even buy a few things.

But after setting up the stall for half an hour, not even a fly buzzed by.

Mo Lan started hawking loudly, yet still, no customers appeared.

The lack of interest was too quick, an unexpected delight.

“Xiaojiu, are you really setting up a stall here?” Xie Xu strode towards her.

Xie Jiuniang smiled in response, “Yes, the business is not doing well today. It’s been almost an hour, and I still haven’t made a sale. What brings Uncle Tang over?”

“I came to Battle Peak to check the rankings,” Xie Xu squatted beside her, glanced at the trash on the stand, and said, “You haven’t heard, have you?”

“Heard what?” Xie Jiuniang retorted.

Xie Xu replied, “Everyone’s saying you’re a profiteer.”

Xie Jiuniang fell silent for a moment, muttering under her breath, “That’s hardly news.”

Xie Xu laughed aloud, “Don’t mind it, I was joking.”

Then, he looked around, making sure no one was paying attention to them before whispering, “There’s gossip from the Inner Sect that Lin Wangchen spent three million on a piece of junk, and people are secretly mocking him as a big sucker…”

This scene was actually not unfamiliar, similar to the recent Wooden Hairpin incident at the sect entrance, but the ridiculed party had changed.

Mo Chuan turned the situation around amidst scornful laughter.

Lin Wangchen was aware that the rumors were Mo Chuan’s retaliation, and recalling Mo Chuan’s visit to Shihao Mountain the night before, he suspected Mo Chuan had set him up. Thus, when someone asked, he readily admitted it.

Little did he know that his apprehensions played right into Mo Chuan’s calculations.

After listening, Xie Jiuniang froze.

Thinking of Mo Chuan’s odd behavior the previous night, she finally found the answer. All Mo Chuan needed to do was to make a trip to Shihao Mountain, do nothing, and Lin Wangchen, upon hearing of it, would become suspicious and paranoid.

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Faced with rumors, people are most likely to overthink, and just like that, he fell into the trap again.

Xie Xu couldn’t laugh this time, reminding her, “Someone is twisting the truth, claiming you deliberately scammed him. It’s said that in the Sect, there are quite a few female cultivators who admire him, and you…”

Before he could finish, Xie Jiuniang waved her hand, quickly packed up her stall, and had nimbly climbed atop the Little Immortal Crane.

In midair, she looked down and waved at Xie Xu, “Uncle Tang, I’m going back for closed-door cultivation first, you should leave quickly too.”

With Xie Xu staring agape, Xie Jiuniang flew away on the Immortal Crane.

At that moment, a group of female cultivators were furiously rushing to the Outer Sect’s Battle Peak. But the Little Profiteer was long gone from the spot.

Causing trouble in Shihao Mountain was out of the question now.

If Inner Sect Disciples violated Sect rules, the Law Enforcement Hall would not be lenient either.

For example, as reported this morning, two disciples daring to rob within the Sect’s territory had their Cultivation Bases crippled and were expelled from the Sect.

Money tempts the heart.

A minor Qi Cultivator, holding several millions. Enough to lure some into taking risks; however, the fate of the two disciples the next day instantly sobered people up.

Spirit Stones are attractive, but life is more precious.

One must say, Xie Jiuniang is truly lucky.

She successfully avoided trouble once again.

Unbeknownst to her, this was all thanks to Elder Chaoyan pulling strings in the background.

Otherwise, according to the Law Enforcement Hall’s usual proceedings, they would have dragged their feet for ten days to half a month.

Xie Jiuniang notified Xie Si Niang that she was going into seclusion. Then she went to ask Bai Mudan to take care of the fruit trees near the small waterfall, promising to give her a thirty percent share of the harvest. Bai Mudan, who primarily practiced wood cultivation techniques, would have no trouble caring for over a hundred Spiritual Fruit Trees. Additionally, she delegated the management of the Spiritual Fields to the Xie Family disciples.

Xie Jiuniang began her closed-door cultivation.

No matter how the outside world stirred, it was all irrelevant to her.

…

Inner Sect, Danfeng Peak.

Mo Chuan was organizing Spirit Plants in his cave dwelling when he received the news about Lin Wangchen, laughing uncontrollably.

“I just knew that Lin fellow wouldn’t dare to turn it into a small fortune. Hahaha, I went to Shihao Mountain last night, and he would surely be extremely cautious. After all…”

Trading the real for the fake was a tactic he, Mo Chuan, had used before!

Would Lin Wangchen dare to use it?

Mo Chuan finally vented the frustration Lin Wangchen had outmaneuvered him with earlier.

Even if his loss was still greater than Lin Wangchen’s, Lin Wangchen had to publicly admit his failure.

As for him, he didn’t have to.

He might have lost the substance, but he gained the appearance.

Ha!