The man snorted coldly, "Stop talking nonsense, did you steal our prey?"

Shang Lin looked at the man's face with an innocent expression. "Which eye of yours saw me steal it? If you're blind, go see a doctor. If you really can't see, donate it to someone in need. Besides, that black cloth wasn't even lifted yet. I didn't even know what was inside before I stole it? Am I out of my mind...?"

"Stop arguing." The man angrily interrupted Shang Lin. "At such a young age, you're so eloquent. You're obviously not a good person. I advise you to hand over our prey quickly, or things won't end well once my brothers arrive."

Shang Lin readily took out his phone and opened the call page, "Give me your brothers' phone numbers, let's talk face to face, so I don't have to worry about it later."

The man was surprised that Shang Lin was so calm in the face of his harsh words. He felt a little uneasy for a moment because someone who could be so calm was either ignorant and fearless or extremely powerful.

But having just fought him, this person clearly belongs to the latter category. Even if this powerful figure is not himself, he is from the sect behind him. What if he calls all his brothers and they are wiped out in one fell swoop?

As for the rule of law society that Shang Lin mentioned, that only applies to ordinary people. For aristocratic families and sects like them, there are plenty of ways to circumvent the law.

Seeing that the man suddenly fell silent, Shang Lin urged impatiently, "Look how late it is, and the temperature has dropped. Can't we just solve the problem quickly? Of course, if you don't want to solve it, then I'll go back. I'm not going to stay here with you and suffer in the cold."

The man finally spoke, saying, "No need to call them out, let's go back and talk."

Shang Lin, "..."

Are they taking him for a fool, or what? He can take on four opponents, but not a hundred. He's not General Ji, and he'd be in trouble if he went back.

Shang Lin paused for a moment, then suddenly laughed, "Looks like you don't want to solve the problem. Fine, the night is long, you can freeze into an ice sculpture here all by yourself, a real-life version."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shang Lin left without hesitation. But after he had walked ten meters, the person behind him called out, "Okay, I'll make a call."

Shang Lin smiled and turned back, but Yu Qingfeng's call came in first. However, he did not answer it immediately. Instead, he first sealed the man's speech acupoint before answering.

Before Shang Lin could even speak, Yu Qingfeng's worried voice came, "Where did you go? There's no one in the bathroom, and there are signs of a struggle."

Forgot about his companion, Shang Lin hurriedly replied, "I'm fine, you don't need to worry."

Yu Qingfeng seemed relieved, then hurriedly asked, "Where are you?"

"Something has come up, but don't worry, I'll be back soon."

Yu Qingfeng was still worried, "Are you really alright?"

Shang Lin laughed and said, "Listen to my tone, do I sound like someone who's in trouble?"

"It doesn't seem like it, but you..."

"It's really nothing. I am the head of a sect, after all. I can handle almost anything."

"...Alright then, we'll wait for you."

"Thank you." After hanging up the phone, Shang Lin released the man's pressure point to silence him, and asked, "Give me your phone number."

This time the man cooperated, and Shang Lin immediately turned on the speakerphone. But the man immediately said, "Brother, I've found the kid who stole our prey. You guys hurry up and come to the back mountain."

Shang Lin, "..."

Okay, so he's not entirely innocent. But he added a reminder, "It's best not to alert anyone else, you know what I mean."

"Okay," the person on the other end of the phone roared through gritted teeth, "We're coming right now."

Shang Lin quickly hung up the phone and put it in his pocket. Then he heard the man's smug voice, "I advise you to return our prey to us quickly, otherwise you'll be in big trouble when my brothers arrive."

Shang Lin didn't respond to the other party's words. Instead, he asked, "What's your name? Which sect are you from? What kind of prey do you hunt? Where did you hunt it? Don't you know there's a Wildlife Protection Law? Be careful, Uncle Hat might invite you for tea. But given the extent of your wrongdoing, tea won't do; you'll at least have to go to jail."

"You..." The man was quite angry with Shang Lin. "I didn't expect you to be so sharp-tongued at such a young age. It's a pity that you'll soon be shut up forever."

"You're threatening me?!" Shang Lin looked at the other person with great incomprehension. "How old are you? Have you ever been to school? Have you been practicing martial arts all day and don't know how to communicate with people anymore? Am I just good with words? I'm just stating the facts. So what if you're a cultivator? You still live in the human world and have to abide by the law."

"A person should bear as much responsibility as their abilities. They cannot act lawlessly just because they are powerful. I don't expect you to serve the country and the people, but you can't commit evil deeds, can you? What's the difference between you and scum? What exactly is the prey?"

The man nearly vomited blood from Shang Lin's words and immediately started cursing, "Who the hell do you think you are, standing on some moral high ground and pointing fingers at me? Bah! If you're so noble, why are you even at an auction? Isn't it all for the good stuff you can't get outside?"

Shang Lin scoffed, "Good stuff? What good stuff did I not see? Traveling all this way, enduring the cold, if I had known it would be an auction like this, I wouldn't have come. It's simply..." a waste of time.

Before he could finish speaking, Shang Lin dodged and raised his hand to block. The next second, there was another whooshing sound from behind. He threw out a talisman and started smashing it. What's the point of pretending now? They're all scoundrels who have no sense of martial ethics. They attacked together without a word.

The person behind him immediately cried out in pain. The other two people who attacked Shang Lin were also affected. One of them went to help the person, and the other went to pull the man who was leaning against the tree trunk.

Today is the tenth of the month, and the air is fresh and the weather is clear in the suburbs. The silvery moonlight shines down without obstructing the view at all. As they get closer, Shang Lin can more clearly sense the blood energy emanating from these four people.

Upon seeing his elder brother's face, the man hurriedly reminded him, "Brother, this kid is very cunning; we can't fight him head-on."

"Fourth brother, what's wrong with you?"

"He acupunctured me, but I couldn't break free no matter what I did."

Shang Lin suddenly spoke up, "Since everyone is here, let's talk."

"First, release my fourth brother's pressure points."

Shang Lin refused to back down. "Then what about his false accusation that I stole your prey? Just because he said I stole it without any evidence, does that mean I stole it? Then you're poaching..."

"Stop talking nonsense, who poached?"

Shang Lin shrugged. "Look at you, you're so hypocritical. Why can you frame me, but I can't tell the truth?"