“Big talk!
You really do love daydreaming!”
Mo Liusu’s and Chen Ling’er’s expressions immediately soured.
Ge Hongqiu and Jiang Yuyao flew into a rage outright, pointing at Zhou Tong’s nose and cursing him.
Neither of the two conditions was acceptable to them.
For years, they had looked down on Zhou Tong from the bottom of their hearts — in their eyes, he ranked even below a servant.
Making them kneel to Zhou Tong would be worse than death.
“Forget about the Seven-Star Verdant-Blood Lotus — it is a sacred treasure of the sect, the only one in existence, priceless beyond measure.
It’s not something you have any right to touch!”
Mo Liusu said coldly.
“As for making them kneel to you — I can only say you’re not worthy of such a thing.
Name another condition!”
“Heh…”
Zhou Tong couldn’t help sneering.
“Did you think I was negotiating with you?
Wrong.
This is a notice, and a command.
You may only choose to do it or not — there was never an option to change it.”
“Are you threatening me?”
Mo Liusu released a dangerous aura.
“Of course.
Can’t you see something so simple?”
Zhou Tong replied without flinching, making people’s hearts quiver.
This young man was truly unyielding — it seemed that hatred for someone really could last as long as heaven and earth.
“You beast!
Do you really think we can’t handle you?
I’d sooner kneel to a dog than bow to you!”
Ge Hongqiu and the others were at the end of their patience.
In the old days, how would Zhou Tong have dared to be so arrogant?
He wouldn’t even have dared to let out a fart!
“Then just wait for your precious Junior Brother to turn into a dead dog.
I have all the time in the world — but he doesn’t have much longer.”
Zhou Tong said lightly.
At that very moment, Tang Qi was in dire straits, his skin split open all over, a figure soaked in blood, barely clinging to life.
But Zhou Tong knew the man wouldn’t die so easily.
In his past life, Tang Qi had not only been favored by fate — a powerful soul lay hidden within his body, and he possessed many trump cards.
But today, under the eyes of the crowd, using those trump cards would both expose them and drain him enormously.
Unless pushed to the brink, he would never reveal his hand.
At these words, Mo Liusu’s expression shifted again and again; her heart was already blazing with rage.
“Do you think that if Xiao Qi dies, I’ll take you back as my disciple?”
“Forget it.
A piece of goods like you could kneel before me and beg to become my disciple, and I still wouldn’t take you now!”
“Fine, fine, fine…
since this is your choice, I hope you won’t regret it later.”
Mo Liusu drew a deep breath, her gaze turning ruthless.
She turned to look at the three female disciples beside her.
“I accept your conditions.”
“Master!”
Jiang Yuyao and Ge Hongqiu’s faces changed dramatically.
“Are you really going to make us kneel to this cripple?”
“What?
Unwilling?
Or do you want to watch Tang Qi die?
So your feelings for him are no more than this after all!”
Zhou Tong laughed from the side, and the women’s expressions all changed.
But then Jiang Yuyao revealed a mocking expression.
“I see it now — you’re jealous of Junior Brother and want to see exactly how far we’d go for him!”
“Then let me tell you: you can’t compare to even a single hair of Junior Brother’s.
Trash like you could drop dead this instant and we wouldn’t care.
But to save Junior Brother, we’d even throw away our dignity!”
She said it with self-aggrandizing emotion, then knelt before Zhou Tong without hesitation, a mocking look still on her face.
“Haha…
looks like Senior Sister hit a nerve.
How pathetic — you’re always comparing yourself to Junior Brother, and you always come up short!”
So saying, she too knelt down, as if it were a glorious honor.
Chen Ling’er followed suit.
The moment her knees touched the ground, she still carried herself as if she were above everyone else, like she was doing Zhou Tong a favor.
Gazing at these three grotesque faces, Zhou Tong slowly raised his hand with a strange smile.
“Smack!
Smack!
Smack!”
Three slaps, one for each of them — not much damage, but devastatingly insulting.
“Wipe those looks off your faces — they make me sick.”
“You hit me again — and that’s twice!
How dare you!”
Chen Ling’er couldn’t believe it.
Zhou Tong clearly adored her, yet he dared to do this.
This method of drawing her attention was simply too vile.
In her heart, she swore she would never give Zhou Tong so much as a kind look again!
“Smack!”
Zhou Tong showed no mercy and gave her another one.
“Ugly people make the most fuss!”
Even as he said it, he wiped his hand with a handkerchief, as if he’d touched something filthy.
Watching this, Chen Ling’er felt utterly humiliated beyond measure.
“Haven’t you made enough of a scene?”
Mo Liusu asked in an icy voice.
“Of course not.
Hand over the Seven-Star Verdant-Blood Lotus — don’t make me say it twice.”
“Hmph!”
This time Mo Liusu didn’t hesitate.
With a wave of her hand, a seven-colored lotus appeared out of thin air and flew to hover before Zhou Tong.
Everyone’s eyes went wide; many stared at the lotus with greed, wishing they could claim it for themselves.
It was a sacred treasure rare in all the world — not only could it increase one’s cultivation, it could even revive the dead and restore flesh to bare bones.
Every single petal was priceless.
“A fine treasure indeed — it lifts the spirits.
Keep it well!”
Zhou Tong casually handed it to the Little Vixen and gave her a meaningful wink.
The Little Vixen understood at once.
She stored the lotus in her spatial ring while inconspicuously crushing a jade pendant in her hand.
“Now will you repair the formations?”
Mo Liusu urged.
“Naturally!”
Zhou Tong said easily.
For others, this would be harder than climbing to heaven; for him, it was as easy as turning over his hand.
A brilliant light radiated from between his brows, then turned into visible ripples that spread toward the high platform.
“This is a mental fluctuation…
hiss…”
Ying Shaoxuan drew in a sharp breath.
Aside from him, everyone around showed no change in expression — none of them perceived the marvel hidden within.
The mental force looked plain, yet it was exceedingly deep and long, concealing a power hard to describe — only those of profound cultivation could detect it!
The effect was immediately apparent.
Bathed in that mental light, the shattered formations were restored all at once, and the Eye of Heaven above returned to normal.
“Boom!”
Moments later, magnificent ripples of sword intent surged from Tang Qi’s body — clearly a qualitative leap, breaking through some limit.
“Hahaha…
I’ve made it!”
He laughed loudly.
As the Eye of Heaven vanished, the wounds on his body healed in an instant.
“Excellent!
Worthy of being my disciple!”
Mo Liusu finally breathed a sigh of relief, then turned her gaze to Zhou Tong and the Little Vixen.
In that instant, the air around them turned much colder.
“Hand over the Seven-Star Verdant-Blood Lotus, and I might consider showing you leniency!”
At these words, the surroundings fell into dead silence.
Everyone knew the Yuqing Sect was about to turn their backs and deny everything!