The Growth of a Titan-Chapter 459- Spite Hidden Within Amicability

Mar-Dule, who was flush red in the face suddenly paused sipping wine from his jar to shoot a murderous glare over at Mu Zhang. Even though he said he wouldn’t help Sol, this situation was completely different.

Mar-Dule stood up from his seated position while still glaring at Mu Zhang. The others were also looking over at Mu Zhang and his followers with unfriendly looks.

Mu Zhang’s expression did not change despite having so many notable figures’ displeased gazes on him. He was from one of the Pavilions that were not combat-orientated, but as the Head Disciple of the entire Pavilion, he couldn’t just sit back and watch his fellow Pavilion members stifle their grievances.

However, the disciples behind him were different and upon feeling the gazes on them, especially Mar-Dule’s murderous glare, their hearts quivered in fear. They also recognized a few more shocking figures here, from the notorious Devil Devil Yoon to the myth-like existence among their generation Byeong-ho.

This kind of gathering that held some of the most talented people of their generation would leave anyone intimidated. But at the same time, when they glanced at their Head Disciple’s unwavering back, they felt a sense of safety despite the situation.

"Guys behave."

Sol turned to everyone to get them to stop acting so hostile.

Hearing this, Mar-Dule retrieved his murderous gaze and sat back down to drink his wine. Yoon-jae also went back to making ice cups. But aside from him, everyone else was still looking at Mu Zhang’s group.

Turning back to Mu Zhang, Sol smiled and asked.

"Senior Brother Mu Zhang, may I ask what your grievances are? If you explain them clearly, I’ll be able to understand and offer a solution."

Mu Zhang paused. He suspected he would face intense opposition from Sol and his group when coming here, so he acted like this from the get-go. However, his firm and forceful demeanor seemed to have hit nothing but air when faced with Sol’s amicable attitude.

Mu Zhang couldn’t help but stay silent for a bit at the unexpected reaction before coughing in his fist and saying.

"Brother Sol, I may have been too overbearing just now, I apologize. You might not have known this, but our Wine Pavilion is taking this opportunity to sell our wine on the ship. As a Pavilion that lacks combat power and the strength required to earn Aether Stones by doing things like going on missions, this is our only source of income. However, what you’re doing has made sure to sever this source of income for the members of my Wine Pavilion. I hope you can understand our situation, Brother Sol."

Mu Zhang cupped his fist towards Sol after saying this. Even though he didn’t explain in detail, the underlying meaning of his words was clear.

Sol giving away free wine had essentially robbed them of the opportunity to sell their wine on the ship.

Sol didn’t even think too deeply about how to solve this situation. Smiling, he said.

"Senior Brother Mu Zhang is correct; I’ve neglected to consider your Wine Pavilion’s circumstances. However, this problem is very simple to solve. I can just purchase the wine from the members of your Wine Pavilion."

Mu Zhang paused when he heard that. Of course, he had thought of this solution, but he didn’t think Sol would agree to it. He was a bit surprised Sol offered this solution himself.

After a moment, Mu Zhang said.

"Brother Sol, the number of my Wine Pavilion members isn’t few. The total cost to purchase all the wine they were planning on selling also wouldn’t be a small amount."

Sol chuckled and said nonchalantly.

"Don’t worry about the price. I’ll even buy the wine at double the price for inconveniencing Senior Brother Mu Zhang and my fellow disciples of the Wine Pavilion."

When Mu Zhang heard that, his pupils couldn’t help but constrict. The Wine Pavilion disciples behind him also couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath of air. However, not a moment later their hearts began to speed up and their gazes towards Sol became reverent.

Never in their wildest thoughts would they have expected Sol to react so understandingly and even offer to purchase their wine at double the price. Now they even felt more embarrassed with how forceful they had been before.

Mu Zhang was feeling the brunt of this embarrassment. He looked at Sol who was still smiling at him and there seemed to be a halo over his head releasing a brilliant light that made it hard to look directly at him.

After turning his head away from Sol, Mu Zhang coughed in his fist before saying.

"If Junior Brother Sol is making such a generous offer, then I simply can’t refuse your good intentions. I’ll leave momentarily to gather the wine from all the disciples and return with the price. Rest assured I’ll make sure to weed out the disciples who intend to take advantage of Junior Brother Sol’s actions."

Sol nodded before Mu Zhang turned and left with the other disciples, who were unable to contain their excitement as they chatted a bit loudly.

Not all the disciples on the ship’s deck were interrupted by Mu Zhang; the deck was too large, being several hundred meters wide. It was better to call it a massive town square rather than a ship’s deck.

The disciples closer to the front of the ship were the ones who stopped to watch the exchange between Sol and Mu Zhang’s group, but after Sol resolved the matter, they immediately went back to drinking and making a ruckus.

After some time, Mu Zhang came back with three storage rings filled with jars containing various kinds of wine. Sol purchased their wine using less than ten million high-grade Aether Stones.

When making the purchase Sol chose to use physical Aether Stones. He had a few paper notes within the Aether Stones he extorted from the Jeagal Clan, but he wasn’t sure if they were useful outside of Jianghu.

When Mu Zhang received the storage ring filled to the brim with Aether Stones, his hand shook slightly. He had never held this many Aether Stones at once before. Perhaps during his three years as the Head Disciple of the Wine Pavilion, around twenty million high-grade Aether Stone have passed through his hand, but now he was holding half of that at once.

After getting the batch of wine from the Wine Pavilion, Sol took out another large table and decided to add them to the wine the disciples were drinking.

He also asked Mu Zhang to have a few members from the Wine Pavilion serve the wine to the disciples, and he agreed.

However, something quite embarrassing happened after this was set up. The number of disciples heading over to this table was initially a lot, but as time went by their numbers dwindled to a few tens of disciples.

This result caused a bout of dismay to overcome the disciples of the Wine Pavilion, especially when they looked over at Sol’s stand which had disciples pushing and shoving to get his wine.

The disciples of the Wine Pavilion who were in charge of managing the table felt like running away.

Mar-Dule looked over at them and snickered in amusement.

Yoon-jae paused making wine cups and looked over as well. He then gave Mu Zhang, who was nearby, a brief glance before going back to his task. A slight smile appeared at the corner of his lips, and he couldn’t help but think to himself.

’Sol can be quite spiteful when he wants to be, ha-ha...’