"Hey, you! Stop right there!"

Yun Xiao pinched the Wind-stabilizing Pearl between his thumb and forefinger, his face turning sombre as he lifted his cold, watery gaze to the disappearing figure, shouting out loud.

That figure was the same tall and thin guy who just came to make trouble, causing Yun Xiao to spend a great sum. Listening to Yun Xiao's shout, he paused slightly in his steps and indeed turned around.

"Kid, are you calling me?"

The tall and thin guy's eyes flickered with a sharp glint, but his face feigned a look of confusion, saying, "I've already left the Wind-stabilizing Pearl for you. What is it, do you feel cheated and want to back out?"

This tall and thin guy spoke smoothly, yet there was a faint aura surrounding him. Late Stage of the Earth Bending Realm cultivation made most people present feel inadequate.

"What I want is not this Wind-stabilizing Pearl, but... the one on you!"

Yun Xiao's face turned even more grim as he tossed the azure pearl in his hand and spoke words that confused the onlookers. They wondered, isn't there only one Wind-stabilizing Pearl? Why does the tall and thin guy have another one?

Moreover, if the tall and thin guy truly had a Wind-stabilizing Pearl, why would he spend an Earth Rank Advanced Borrowing God Pill to buy another Wind-stabilizing Pearl? This clearly defies logic.

"Looks like there's some trickery involved!"

Some with deeply contemplative minds thought of a different angle. Their gazes swept over the tall and thin guy and lingered on the shape of the obese vendor boss, becoming thoughtful.

"Kid, what are you talking about? I don't understand!"

Upon hearing Yun Xiao's words, the tall and thin guy's heart skipped a beat. However, being guilty, he couldn't possibly admit his deeds in front of the crowd. He feigned confusion and denied understanding.

"Hmph, don't understand? Come over and let me search you, then you'll understand!"

Yun Xiao was patient with people selectively. Having realized certain things, he couldn't possibly maintain the same good-natured demeanor as before. He was always the one causing others to suffer; didn't expect it would nearly turn on him today.

Obviously, the Wind-stabilizing Pearl in Yun Xiao's hand was not the one he had set his sights on earlier. Only the tall and thin guy had touched the Wind-stabilizing Pearl in the interim, making him the only suspect.

"Haha, you're killing me with laughter, kid! Don't blame me for not warning you; not just any cat and dog can search someone of my stature, Gao Xuan!"

This time, the tall and thin guy finally revealed his name, leaving most of the onlookers bewildered, clearly unfamiliar with the name Gao Xuan.

"Gao Xuan, why does this name sound somewhat familiar?"

Though a small portion of people, upon hearing the name, became contemplative. Moments later, one white-haired, bearded old man slapped his knee in realization.

"I remember who he is!"

The old man's exclamation startled a few people nearby, drawing their attention to him, hoping to hear a definitive answer.

However, when their gazes converged on him, the old man fell silent, his face showing a self-satisfied expression, but with a hint of discreet wariness lurking deep in his eyes.

Clearly, the old man recognized Gao Xuan's identity, but being only at the Early Stage of the Earth Bending Realm, he feared if he exposed Gao Xuan's details, it might provoke Gao Xuan's wrath, which he could certainly not withstand.

"These two brothers, to scam at a trading event in Lianyun Mountain, truly have daring that is beyond ordinary!"

Recalling an instance where he'd seen Gao Xuan, the old man with white hair shifted his gaze to the obese boss only at the Origin Seeking Realm Middle Stage and sighed internally.

Once at a large trading event, the white-haired old man had seen the tall and thin guy along with that vendor boss. It's noteworthy that, although the appearances of neither of them bore any resemblance, they were evidently blood brothers.

Gao Xuan, the elder brother, was astonishingly talented, having reached the Late Stage of the Earth Bending Realm cultivation; on the Tenglong Continent, he wasn't considered weak.

But what about the younger brother, Gao Xiang? It's said that during his youth, he contracted a strange obesity disease, causing his talent, initially not much different from his brother's, to plummet. The gap between them widened increasingly.

Moreover, due to that bizarre illness, Gao Xiang's physique became fatter and fatter, eventually altering even his face shape. Externally, he and Gao Xuan appeared not a single bit alike.

These two brothers subsist on scams. Unlike common con artistry, their methods are notably more sophisticated, as evidenced by their performance just now.

He made the seemingly unimpressive and honest-looking Gao Xiang show his face, placed an Earth Rank Advanced Wind-stabilizing Pearl, and lured with a low price, to see if the buyer was wealthy or just a gullible fool.

This act from Yun Xiao undoubtedly matched the brothers' target persona perfectly.

Especially when they saw this young man pull out an Earth Rank Middle Level Breaking Origin Pill without a word, the brothers felt they had caught a big fish this time.

Just when the deal was about to be finalized, Gao Xuan suddenly jumped out. Given their appearance, no one would believe they were brothers; this was a preconceived notion.

Then Gao Xuan intentionally incited, turning the trade into a bidding war. When the Earth Rank Advanced Elixir Xuan Fu Pill appeared, the brothers were elated.

But human greed knows no bounds. Gao Xuan wanted to scam Yun Xiao, the fool, without paying any price. As he held the Wind-stabilizing Pearl, he swapped it — a trick he was quite adept at.

The fake Wind-stabilizing Pearl in Yun Xiao's hand right now was crafted meticulously by a skilled artisan hired by the Gao brothers; its appearance and aura were identical to the real one.

If it were an ordinary Earth Rank Third Realm cultivator, even an Earth Rank Advanced Meridian Refining Master, without truly absorbing and refining the Wind Attribute within, they wouldn't possibly discover it. By then, the brothers would be far away.

But who was Yun Xiao? His knowledge and experience were unmatched across the Tenglong Continent. Now having reached the Heaven Rank Soul, how could such a fake Wind-stabilizing Pearl fool him? He noticed the discrepancy immediately.

At this moment, Yun Xiao had roughly guessed the whole process. Although he didn't know that the slim guy and the stall owner were biological brothers, he knew these two played a double act against him.

Yun Xiao always calculated against others, yet today he was played as a fool and an idiot, even with his composure, he stared angrily at the self-proclaimed Gao Xuan.

"Gao Xuan, right? Do you know who I am?"

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Yun Xiao didn't explode immediately. However, upon saying this, both the Gao brothers and the surrounding Meridian Refining Masters appeared disdainful.

Young Yun Xiao, clad in coarse robes, had no dazzling presence, seemingly not even a talent from intermediate sects, more like a cultivator's follower.

Such a young lad couldn't possibly catch Gao Xuan's attention. He laughed amusedly at Yun Xiao's rhetorical question, looking up and laughing twice.

But if the Gao brothers realized that the teenager before them was Yun Xiao, who was unbeatable across the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield and eventually recovered Impermanence Island, what expression would they wear?

The Strange Spirit Clan's ferocity needs no further explanation. The Continent's Eastern Domain, once devastated by their rampage, even threatened to attack Yin Sha Mountain.

It was the teenager who emerged, sweeping through the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield, driving those detestable Strange Spirits out of the Human Territory — feats that the heads of the four major powers couldn't ignore.

Unfortunately, the Gao brothers didn't know this. Precisely because of this ignorance, their fate might be extremely miserable, as they did not realize they plotted against such a terrifying being.

"I'll give you one last chance. Hand over the real Wind-stabilizing Pearl willingly, or face the consequences!"

Seeing their laughter, Yun Xiao's tone grew colder. However, as he spoke, their laughter became more rampant, and his last trace of patience instantly vanished.

"Come here!"

Yun Xiao shouted coldly once more, then everyone saw his right arm rise. In the next moment, the stall owner Gao Xiang, only at the Origin Seeking Realm Middle Stage, was swiftly pulled into the hands of this coarse-clothed teenager from several meters away.

"What kind of technique is this?"

Seeing the stall owner held by the throat through his chin's fat, everyone was dumbfounded, unsure how this was done.

Although the fat owner's power wasn't high, he was at the Origin Seeking Realm Middle Stage, and his hefty frame was probably two or three hundred pounds. Engaging directly to topple him was no easy task.

Yet this two or three hundred-pound fat cultivator, at the Origin Seeking Realm Middle Stage, seemingly had no resistance under the young boy's grasp.

Everyone believed that with a slight force of the boy's right hand, regardless of the fat under the owner's chin, the result would be a directly crushed throat.

"Kid, let go of my brother!"

Seeing Gao Xiang quickly subdued to a critical point, Gao Xuan was so anxious that he abandoned his disguise.

Following this, those who found his name familiar finally recognized the brothers' identities.