Chapter 269: Qualifications of Neutrality
Li Lang’s words truly stunned the crowd into silence. His critics were flabbergasted. Those who had openly spoken out against him wanted to crawl into a hole and hide. The significance of owning a Spirit-grade artifact was just too great.
To those who reside on Violet Isle, it could be said that Spirit-grade artifacts were mythical. Only a handful were known to exist. It meant many Spirit Divide Realm experts didn’t even possess one!
As much as some people wanted to dismiss this as a dream, where some random kid in the early stage of Foundation Establishment possessed something that ridiculous, the aura exuded from the artifact was unmistakable. Auras could be faked to a lower level through suppression, but it didn’t work the other way around. Only a fool would refute the facts presented before them.
“Who in the world is this Li Lang? Hurry up and look into him!”
“Councilman Sheng, what did you say? Li Lang had quit our organization earlier today?!”
“Lin Ou, oh Lin Ou. Why did you have to act so rashly and offend this Li Lang? How am I supposed to answer to our Sect Master or worse, the ancestor? They will definitely task me with befriending him once they hear my report. What am I supposed to do with you?”
Various forces panicked at the news about a new owner of a Spirit-grade artifact. It symbolized the rise of a new power that could affect the power balance. The people present understood that many forces would try to make a connection with this new figure after today.
“Is this—Is this really okay?” Long Yi muttered upon feeling the atmosphere around him. “A Spirit Divide Realm expert won’t just happen to show up now and steal the Crucible, right?”
“It sh-should be fine,” Wei Ping calmly replied. “The difficulty of taming a-a Spirit-grade artifact is well known. Even if they know th-they can overpower Boss, the artifact itself co-could still easily escape from their grasp. Not t-to consider their rivals won’t allow them to do as they please. It wou-would be foolish to try to rob Boss.”
After letting the crowd calm down somewhat, the Sword Saint once again tapped his bamboo sword against the ground to restore tranquility to the arena.
“Interesting stuff, Li Lang. I’d love to share a drink with you. After this meeting, of course. For now, please carry on.”
“Thank you, Senior,” Li Lang nodded to the Sword Saint before turning his attention to his peers around him. “As I was trying to say. I believe I have the solution that will allow everyone here to accept the retaliation plan.”