"Your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect is too overbearing. Clearly, my treasure is worth more money, yet you only offer me this little. Aren't you bullying an honest man?!"
The middle-aged man, who claimed to be an honest person, roared as he came outside the shop and shouted loudly to the onlookers around him:
"Everyone, come and see! The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect is bullying others by relying on their status!"
"My treasure has been appraised and is worth fifty thousand gold coins, but when I came into their shop, they only offered me twenty thousand gold coins."
"Not only that, they won't even allow me to sell it elsewhere, claiming that if I go anywhere else, they will send people to deal with me."
"What is this? This is forced buying and selling!"
"You are unwilling to offer a reasonable price, and you won't allow me to sell it elsewhere. There is no such logic in this world!"
The middle-aged man's voice was filled with anger, and when the people around heard his words, they immediately began pointing at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's shop.
"Tsk tsk tsk, is this the so-called worlds number one sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect?"
"Hehe, who doesn't know that the title of worlds number one sect was stolen by them? Since they can steal a title, they can certainly steal other things too."
"It was better back when the Clear Sky Sect was the worlds number one sect. At least the people of the Clear Sky Sect were proud and wouldn't do such things."
"Exactly, only a Sect that can't be brought out into the open would do such things as looting and plundering."
"..."
The onlookers chimed in one after another.
The members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's shop wanted to defend themselves, but no one was listening to them at all.
Watching this scene, Yu Xiaogang understood in his heart that, in Vast Sea City, the reputation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had likely hit rock bottom.
He just didn't know if this reputation was because of the person in charge here or for other reasons.
Looking around, there were people watching the excitement at other shops, such as those of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Clear Sky Sect.
And the faces of these people were basically all wearing sneers.
After thinking for a moment, Yu Xiaogang did not step forward to do anything, but instead started chatting with some of the guests nearby.
"Brother, what happened here?"
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, that person turned his head and looked Yu Xiaogang up and down.
"Are you from the mainland?"
"Yes, I came here with an Elder to handle some business. I have some time now, so I'm just looking around."
"Hahaha, then you really should take a good look around Vast Sea City. Of course, don't go everywhere."
"Like here?"
"Exactly. You don't know, ever since the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect defeated the Clear Sky Sect and ascended to become the new worlds number one sect, these members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect have become incredibly arrogant."
"Can you tell me more about it?"
"This is no secret. Let me tell you, for these years, the shops of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect have been collecting treasures from the sea, such as coral, pearls, sea anemones, seahorses, whale glue, sea ginseng... there are just too many."
"At first, they were still doing business properly, but ever since the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect defeated the Clear Sky Sect and ascended, their attitude changed."
"They started being picky, saying our things weren't good, and bossing us customers around. This isn't the first time they've done things like forced buying and selling."
"It really fits that saying: before they made it big, they could still pretend, but after they made it big, they aren't even willing to pretend anymore."
"I remember a while ago, because of a ten-thousand-year-old whale glue, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect got into an argument with someone, and in the end, they just started fighting."
"Look at that, where in this world do you try to sell something and end up fighting?"
That person said with an angry face.
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang nodded, but he was thinking in his heart.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect collects treasures from the sea in coastal areas, and whale glue is one of them, so it is considered a very core project.
In order to collect enough whale glue without being discovered by outsiders, the business in coastal areas has always been managed by the Second Elder.
The Second Elder assigns Sect members as the person in charge, and then that person arranges the next level of persons in charge one by one.
Thinking of the Second Elder's personality, Yu Xiaogang found it hard to believe that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect members here would boss sellers around or engage in forced buying and selling.
Who doesn't know that the Second Elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect pays the most attention to rules and emphasizes fairness?
Even if the person he arranged didn't know how important the business here was, they would definitely have been carefully instructed by the Second Elder.
And to be selected by the Second Elder to be in charge of such an important matter, if nothing else, Yu Xiaogang could guarantee one thing about them.
That is, they must be very obedient to the Second Elder.
Only then would the Second Elder feel at ease letting them be in charge of the business here.
Yu Xiaogang even felt that he wouldn't be surprised if he went into the shop later and saw a replica of the "Second Elder".
Such a person, arrogant and conceited, bossing customers around, forced buying and selling...
"Interesting. Is it that the Second Elder is a poor judge of character, or is someone else harboring ulterior motives?"
Yu Xiaogang rested his chin on his hand and thought with interest.
Isn't this exactly the point of him, the Young Sect Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, traveling across the continent?
To see if the people under the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect across the Douluo Continent are ruining the Sect's reputation, or sucking blood from the Sect.
Or if they have encountered any difficult problems.
These were all things his father had instructed him to pay attention to when he set out on his journey.
Just like that, Yu Xiaogang chatted with the people around him.
In the end, the argument in the shop ended with the middle-aged man scolding the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect in public.
After the scolding, Yu Xiaogang clearly saw the middle-aged man reveal a triumphant smile towards the shop.
Soon, the man left, and the onlookers also dispersed one after another.
Yu Xiaogang stood in the corner, thought for a moment, and took out a mask and a Hundred Year Soul Bone from his storage soul tool.
Putting on the mask and placing the Spirit Bone into a box, Yu Xiaogang took the box and walked towards the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's shop.
Upon entering the shop, a scent of the ocean hit him. Clearly, this was because the shop had collected numerous treasures from the sea, causing this smell to permeate the shop.
Behind the counter, a middle-aged man with an unpleasant expression was looking through an account book. Seeing the person's appearance, Yu Xiaogang raised an eyebrow.
Yu Qinglv, the Second Elder's third son, was rated by the Sect as the person most like the Second Elder.
Equally law-abiding, equally insisting on handling matters impartially.
To put it bluntly, the replica of the "Second Elder" that Yu Xiaogang had imagined earlier had really appeared before him.
And such a person, even more so, could not be the type to break the rules.
Of course, Yu Xiaogang hadn't had too much contact with Yu Qinglv, so he didn't dare to guarantee that the other party was really like the rumors said.
So the testing had to continue.
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