Transcending The Martial Peak - Chapter 104 Legends Never Fade

Sheng Tian chuckled awkwardly after realizing that the chicken he casually caught turned out be an ancient chicken.

Could it be that his luck is so high that it willingly came into his hands knowing that he wanted to buy something to have dinner with Xiao Lian? Isn’t he a bit too charming that even heavens are using such cheap tricks to gain his favor? Aii, It seems like I should try to sell my overloaded awesomeness or else the heavens might send me an ancient dragon for a meal next time, he thought.

Xiao Lian didn’t know what to say seeing his awkward laughter. Finally, thinking back to the event, she felt that it was funny and started laughing. Sheng Tian too started feeling the same thing and they both had a hearty laugh.

Sheng Tian slowly laid on the bed along as he gazed at the vast sky. Xiao Lian used his arm as her pillow and laid there comfortably.

After having a nice moment of peace, she recalled the plan they did. She used Sheng Tian’s profound energy and directed it to apply a profound art. This resulted in the scam. It was pretty hard to achieve the result with Sheng Tian’s profound energy but she managed to do it in the end.

Then they decided the information written in the book. Of course, the Beauty Hunting Service was the pervert’s idea.

Xiao Lian looked at him and asked “Why did you write Saitama? I thought Thanos would be pretty cool.”

Sheng Tian shook his head “How can it be? I don’t even know how Thanos Story ends in the End game. Shit, there was only 3 months till its release. I missed it.”

Xiao Lian also nodded her head and said with a sour face “Yeah, I was also looking forward to that movie.”

Sheng Tian laughed “It seems like we have the same taste in movies, eh.”

But his laughter soon stopped as he carefully stared at Xiao Lian. Then he slapped his forehead with his free hand and asked “Xiao Lian, when did you reincarnate? Tell me on Earth’s timeline.”

Xiao Lian recalled and answered “January of 2019.”

“Oh My God!”Sheng Tian gasped in shock “Me too in January of 2019.”

Xiao Lian was dumbfounded as she tried to reason “But I lived in this world for 16 years and you are here only for 4 months. How is this possible?!”

Sheng Tian shook his head and spoke “I am not sure. I can only think of two possibilities:

The first one is you traveled through space and time. It is very possible when we can cross universes themselves. The second one is the flow of time is different for Earth and Divine Realm. But I think the first option is more likely.”

Xiao Lian was shocked upon learning the truth, so was Sheng Tian. After all, they were now of the same generation and the same era.

Maybe this is also fate. She thought.

*******

No one knew who leaked the news, but the whole capital knew that the Sects and the Clans were conned. The cultivation technique they brought with a huge sum was fake!

There was even a rumor that Elder Con Man was said to be the confidant of the Mastermind. What balls! Who can have so much courage to cheat the four behemoths in such an open manner? Wasn’t this akin to slapping their face?

And his name itself is thought provoking and evil sounding. How can such a man be a pure man? He is even proud to have his name as Con Man. Where is the justice? All the people of the city who had nothing to do gathered and started the useless discussions.

One said that the Con Man himself was the mastermind, while the other said that this was a trap made by the remaining Sects and Clans. Some fellow even went as far as to say that this was all an act by the Sects and Clans who brought the manual and couldn’t bear to part with the fortune they spent.

All sorts of rumors started spreading in the city faster than the plague. Naturally, the ones in question also heard these rumors.

*****

Elder Con Man was sitting in his house, still grinning from ear to ear whenever he thought of the deal he just finished. He was naturally going to be the greatest Con Man ever!

His parents named him Con Man for some unknown reason and told him that it would make his name famous and be remembered as a legend in history.

Poor guy didn’t know that it was infamous and legend of ‘Conning.’

As he was happily thinking of the upcoming promotion and the speech he had to give about honesty, the fatty manager barged open the door and rushed in with a red face.

“Elder Con Man, things have gone bad!”

“What happened little fatty? Sit down and slowly explain.” Elder Con Man gestured.

“Sit your ass! That Manual turned out to be fake! Everyone is blaming you.” Fatty Manager looked like he just ran faster than a car as the fat on his belly danced wave after waves. Even the sea might pale compared to the tides on his body.

*Blurgh*

Elder Con Man who was sitting in the chair suddenly felt his world turn blank as he spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.

Fatty Manger took out a kerchief which was already soaked with blood and cleaned himself.

The next thing Elder Con Man saw after he woke up made him nearly piss his pants. He was sitting in a low positioned chair. On the sofa opposite were the five people who brought the manual. Their faces were ashen, the way they looked at him was like he murdered their parents.

Elder Con Man gulped his saliva when he saw the peaks of Lin Xue move up and down due to her anger. He strangely found himself enjoying the view and becoming excited.

*Slaps* He slapped himself out of his burning gaze and looked down.

‘How can I be a pervert? I’m already this old and the chick is so young. But, But, ….if she has such interests..then, alright then, I will brace myself for the sake of a young and hot chick! As they say Old is Gold, I will show her what exactly it means.’ he thought.

*Slam* The tea table was slammed as the disciple of the Blazing Fire Sect, Lu Yang’s palm made a two inch deep burned palm print.

“Old Bastard, I never thought you would be in a mood to gaze at a lady’s boobs now.”

Lin Xue’s face flushed with anger as if she was ready to eat Both of them alive.’

Tang San calmly asked “Elder Con Man, I would like you to know that you can’t get away with what you did unless you tell us who is in this. Tell us everything.”

Elder Con Man spoke incoherently “Young Ma..ster, I only inspected the item that person brought. I don’t know how it all turned into this. If there was any problem with the item….you should have also noticed it when you checked it after you brought it. But you didn’t find it. I too didn’t know about the truth of this matter.”

“Tell me who the person is. What is he called?” Xiao Yan and Xiao Feng asked at the same time.

Fatty Manager who was standing intervened “I’m sorry esteemed guests, we can’t tell you that. Customer’s privacy is a promise we make when we do business. We can’t tell you the information.”

“What? You still have the cheek to say about your goddamn policies? Tell us now or don’t even think of going back!” Lu Yang’s entire body emitted hot air as the temperature of the room started rising.

Fatty Manager was in a tight spot “Sorry. But this is the order from the higher-ups.”

“What higher ups? Are they blind?” Lin Xue yelled.

“I’m not blind, Young Miss Lin but you better watch that tongue of yours, if not for my good mood today your tongue would have caused you to visit the underworld right now.” a clear, pleasant voice sounded which carried unquestionable dominance and authority as the room’s rising temperature instantly dropped.

A young woman who seemed to be around 20 years old entered the room. Her black hair flowed down her shoulders like a waterfall. She was wearing a veil but her eyes shown with brilliance and calmness.

She was wearing a golden soft dress which was mixed with the white fabric. Her body was mesmerizing and she exuded an air of elegance, royalty, proudness, and dominance.

Everyone in the room was instantly silenced. Her eyes didn’t even last for a second on the people in the room before a servant rushed and arranged a beautiful green chain for her filled with a soft cloth. She sat down gracefully.

All this while, everyone was tongue-tied. Even Lin Xue, the woman with outrageous arrogance felt like she couldn’t speak. The calm and collected Tang San was also at a loss while the hot-tempered Lu Yang was having his mouth wide open. The rivals Xiao Yan and Xiao Feng were dumbly standing there.

The elegance and nobility along with dominance and charm she exuded froze the people present.

She clapped her hands lightly which made everyone come back to their senses. Immediately, the Manager Fatty and Elder Con Man knelt on the ground and greeted “Greetings, Your Royal Highness.”

This shocked the five youngsters but they soon recovered and bowed with a fist on their heart. It was the salute for the high-level members of the clans and sects.

This is the Royal Princess! Someone who stands top of the Clans and Sects and looks over the entire continent! She is as the rumors say, her elegance and dominance are unmatched in the whole generation.

The Princess spoke calmly”I will clarify a few things here. First, Myriad Treasure Star House is not afraid of any threats. Second, As stated in the rules of the Treasure House, the Seller’s identity would not be revealed. Third, no one from the treasure house was involved.

Four, the culprit also tricked the people of the treasure house. But you too didn’t find anything off when you got the manual into your hands. If you had identified that it was a mere trick, the Treasure House would have compensated you immediately with double the amount you spent.

But now, even if it is trick, you paid for it already, you didn’t recognize that the manual was fake. Only after the manual’s contents changed, you came back to vent your anger here.

The Treasure House is only responsible as an agent who sells the items with the evaluation given by the experts present in it. By no means was it ever stated that it would be accurate judgment.

So, if any mishaps happen due to the quality of the item being compromised or not reaching the standards it ought to and you still buy it, then the Treasure House won’t be held responsible because we allow you to buy only after you check the item thoroughly and are satisfied.

The Treasure House was also in the dark regarding this issue. The seller is not found by you but you can find the Treasure House, however, if that makes you think this is a place you can act as you wish, then you will be regretful.

If you want to blame someone, blame yourselves for your incompetence.

Manager, Send them out.”

Her voice was not loud but it was clear to everyone. The Arrogance, Dominance and her reasoning made the five youngsters feel like they were slapped. But under her mighty presence, they didn’t dare speak.

Her tone contained no room for questioning but the youngsters knew that it was because everything she said was right. It was their lack of skill being the sole reason that they were unable to tell the original from fake and fell into the tricks of that seller.

Defeatedly, they left the Treasure House.

****

Soon, two interesting pieces of news spread in the Qin Capital.

All the thieves, scammers, Con Artists started worshipping Elder Con Man as their Idol. The children’s night stories now had a new tale. Parents taught their kids to be good people but if they ever go on the wrong path, they should be like Elder Con Man. Unafraid of the Sects and Clans, he alone dared to Conn them in broad daylight.

Surprisingly, conning, scamming and theft became respectable professions as the society realized just how great the heights one can reach when they have the actual ‘skill’ and the courage to move on.

Elder Con Man was called as the God Father of Modern Conning, Dao Originator of Universal Conning. He was also called as the Pioneer of the Conning Industry, Founder of Mass Scams….and many others which would have put him behind the bars on Earth countless times.

His name became a legend which would be engraved in the annals of history, unerased by the river of time as his legends live after him as everyone tries to live up to him. Eras may pass, Rulers may change, but legends never fade~

There were even books published with conning as the base. For example, A brief history of Conning, The secrets which the Great Con Man doesn’t want you to know!, Rich Con Man and Poor Con Man, 108 ways to be called a successful Con Man, The power of conning, the upcoming golden era of conns, The Real truth of Conning: A selfless act towards humanity!…..

There were even some conning schools which taught the citizens how to conn. Contrary to what one might expect, this led to the increase of public awareness regarding conns, scams, and thefts as they decreased drastically in number. But some hot-blooded youngsters burned with passion as they saw unlimited future prospects in this profession.

The other news was that Myriad Treasure Star House was NOT responsible for what happened and a clear explanation was given to the sects and the clans regarding the issue. The public was in awe that the Sects and Clans didn’t’ make any comment and silently admitted it.

A week passed.

All the sect and clan members who came to the Qin Capital already left. Leng Yue Yan wanted to thank ‘Ling Tian’ but having found no clue of him, she too left with her master.

Ling Chen and Liu feifei left to the Sacred Sword Sect. The night before, Qin Qing didn’t’ want to see him leave but knew that she couldn’t stop him. So, they spent a lovely night as Liu feifei next door heard the grunts and moans. It was a pity that the author didn’t want to write the *ahem* skipped the part.

Everything was back to normal in the capital.

In an Inn, Sheng Tian woke up from Cultivation.