Chapter 116

A little bit of unpleasantness? Hearing this, Hong Zun felt even more uneasy. This didn't look like a little bit of unpleasantness at all.

Soon, powerful auras surged into the sky from within the Array Sect.

Deacons, elders, and even the Array Sect Master, Chen Wang, appeared in person.

In less than ten breaths of time, Hong Zun and Qing Shi were surrounded by a group of Array Sect powerhouses.

"Is this the 'minor problem' you were talking about?"

Turning to look at Qing Shi, his mouth twitching, Qing Shi laughed sheepishly.

"It's nothing, nothing. Leave it to me."

No matter how he looked at it, it felt unreliable. The people of the Array Sect clearly had a problem.

Your "minor problem"—you didn't dig up the ancestral graves of the Array Sect, did you?

Completely unaware of what had happened, Hong Zun could only hold his ground. On the other side, Qing Shi walked up to Chen Wang with a smile, acting as if he were an old friend meeting again.

"Brother Chen Wang, long time no see."

However, facing Qing Shi's smiling face, Chen Wang looked gloomy and gritted his teeth.

"Get lost! My Array Sect doesn't welcome you."

"You're being too formal. We've been good friends for many years, haven't we?"

"Hmph, pay back the eight million supreme spirit stones you owe my Array Sect first, then we'll talk."

Listening to their conversation, Hong Zun's expression behind him grew uglier. He gradually understood what was going on.

It was mainly that this old guy Qing Shi owed the Array Sect over eight million supreme spirit stones, and his methods were extremely despicable.

According to Chen Wang, this guy used to come to the Array Sect every few days to ask for arrays and array discs, and he never paid.

At first, the Array Sect was wealthy, and since Qing Shi was a well-known figure in Dongzhou, owing a bit was no big deal.

But damn it, this guy took the items and never paid, and he owed more and more. The Array Sect gradually realized something was wrong.

Then they sent people to find Qing Shi for the money.

But this old guy was a rogue cultivator, the type who made the world his home, and he didn't have a fixed residence at all.

In the vast Dongzhou, if he wanted to hide, finding him was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

At first, they sent disciples to search. After searching for several years, every time they heard news of Qing Shi and rushed over, he had already slipped away.

The disciples weren't strong enough, so they sent deacons, but the deacons weren't enough either, then the elders.

In the end, even Chen Wang, the Sect Master, took action himself, chasing Qing Shi around Dongzhou three times, spending three years, before finally catching him.

But the result? This old guy was a damn pauper.

He didn't even have a total of 100,000 supreme spirit stones on him. What was that money enough for? It wasn't even enough for the interest.

Recalling the past, Chen Wang could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and roared.

"Three years! Three years! Do you know how I spent those three years?"

"I heard you were in the Donghuang Desert, so I traveled day and night, searching in the sky full of yellow sand for a whole month."

"Later, I heard you went to the East Sea coast, so I rushed from Donghuang to the East Sea coast, searching bitterly for another three months."

"After that, someone said you appeared in the Southeast Rainforest, so I rushed from the East Sea coast to the Southeast Rainforest."

"The rainforest is filled with poisonous creatures and reclusive poison cultivators. While searching for you, I had to guard against their sneak attacks."

"Half a year! Do you know how many times I had near-death experiences in that rainforest, how many times I brushed shoulders with death?"

"But where did you go in the end? You only stayed in the rainforest for three days before going to Bliss City, while I... I was still in the rainforest experiencing life and death."

"I, the dignified Array Sect Master, was led around Dongzhou by you for three years..."

Listening to Chen Wang's roar, the voice was full of grievances; it was enough to make the listener sad and the viewer weep.

The emotions of the many Array Sect powerhouses around were also completely stirred up. They could empathize, as many of them had participated in the operation to find Qing Shi.

The atmosphere became even colder. To this, Qing Shi laughed embarrassedly.

"That... this can't be blamed on me, right? I didn't know you were in the rainforest at the time. I only went to the rainforest to find a poisonous material, and I left naturally after finding it."

"I don't care! Three years of time, three years of hardship, eight million supreme spirit stones—these are all what you owe my Array Sect."

"I know, I know. It's just that I was alone before and didn't have money."

"Brother Chen Wang, you have to be understanding. As a rogue cultivator, life is really not easy."

Rogue cultivators, generally speaking, are indeed poorer than sect disciples.

While fighting alone is free, without a background, earning spirit stones is naturally very difficult.

Almost all the major spirit veins in Dongzhou are controlled by sect forces. It's considered good if a rogue cultivator can even get a sip of soup.

However, Qing Shi certainly didn't fall into this category. With his cultivation, he shouldn't be this destitute; the reason was that he was too extravagant.

After explaining, Qing Shi patted his chest and said to Chen Wang.

"But Brother Chen Wang, don't worry. I was a rogue cultivator before, but now I have a sect. I will definitely pay you back this money."

Looking at Qing Shi suspiciously, Chen Wang naturally knew about him joining the Dao One Sect.

The Dao One Sect had even started preparing for the celebration of Qing Shi joining, and the Array Sect was naturally on the invitation list.

With a sect, he wasn't afraid of Qing Shi running away anymore. The monk might run, but the temple couldn't. When the time came, he would just go to the Dao One Sect.

As the number one sect in Dongzhou, the Dao One Sect couldn't possibly throw away its face for a mere eight million supreme spirit stones, right?

His expression softened slightly, but Hong Zun, who was behind him, felt completely terrible. His mouth twitched. So, Qing Shi joined the Dao One Sect, and the Dao One Sect was saddled with a debt of over eight million for no reason?

Although the spirit stones were owed by Qing Shi himself and seemed to have nothing to do with the Dao One Sect, you couldn't say it like that.

Since the Dao One Sect accepted Qing Shi, it meant they accepted everything about him, including his debts.

It would be fine if Qing Shi paid it back himself, but knowing this old guy, he definitely wouldn't. So...

I wonder what the Senior Brother will think when he finds out about this.

He silently felt sorry for Qi Xiong. This position of Sect Master was indeed not easy to sit in, especially as the Sect Master of the Dao One Sect.

Just as Hong Zun was sighing to himself, Chen Wang's emotions also softened somewhat.

"Fine, I'll trust you one more time."

It wasn't so much trusting Qing Shi, but trusting the Dao One Sect. After all, as the leader of the righteous path in Dongzhou, the Dao One Sect was still trustworthy in all aspects.

Seeing Chen Wang say this, Qing Shi grinned and walked up enthusiastically, putting his arm around Chen Wang's shoulder.

"That's it! Since I have a sect now, Brother Chen Wang, give me two more Heaven-Annihilating Arrays, and we'll settle it all together later."

"Qing Shi, I'm going to kill you!"

Hearing this, Chen Wang's roar sounded again. How could there be such a shameless person in this world?