Hearing the heavy threat in Li Shangyan’s words, Zhao Kun gritted his teeth so hard his molars almost shattered.
A mere Qi Refining stage outer disciple dared to act insolently in front of him.
If it had been anyone else, he would have already slapped this person to death.
But now he did not dare!
If this person really was Ye Ziyuan’s disciple, and he killed him…
Then even if he were a top-three inner disciple of Golden Sword Peak, Peak Master Mo would not be able to protect him.
With that thought, he asked viciously, “What do you want?”
Li Shangyan let out a cold laugh. “It’s not what I want. It’s what you want.”
“You cause trouble and then want to run? What do you think this is, child’s play?”
Zhao Kun’s expression darkened. He said, “Junior Brother, we’re all from the same Sect. We see each other all the time. If one step back opens the sea and sky, how about that?”
Li Shangyan nodded. “You’re right. One step back does open the sea and sky.”
Hearing how understanding he was being, a trace of a smile appeared on Zhao Kun’s face. He was about to say something, but Li Shangyan’s next sentence set him on fire.
“So why don’t you step back? Anyway, I’m not stepping back.”
Zhao Kun glared at Li Shangyan, and Li Shangyan stared back without yielding.
Yu Hua, standing nearby, was trembling.
He knew his grudge with Li Shangyan ran deep, so he had always wanted a chance to kill him for good.
That was why, after entering Golden Sword Peak, he had done everything he could to become Zhao Kun’s lackey.
He had looked for Zhao Kun not only because Zhao Kun was strong.
More importantly, Zhao Kun came from the royal family of the Southern Song imperial dynasty.
The Southern Song imperial dynasty bordered the East Tang imperial dynasty, and the two dynasties had deep enmity.
Even within the Xuan Yuan Sect, cultivators selected from the two dynasties would compete with each other.
That was why, when Zhao Kun heard that Li Shangyan was from the East Tang imperial dynasty, he immediately wanted to suppress him.
He never imagined that in just a few days, Li Shangyan would have latched onto a powerful patron!
Enough to make even the inner disciple Zhao Kun seem extremely wary.
Just as Yu Hua was frantically thinking about how to get through today’s crisis, Zhao Kun suddenly smiled.
“Heh, Junior Brother, Senior Brother will apologize to you. I thought there was a fraud here just now.”
“I am also one of the Punishment Hall’s men. When something like this happens, it is my duty to step in.”
“But I was indeed at fault as well. Senior Brother listened to petty slander and acted before finding out the truth.”
“I sincerely apologize to you. Of course, the person who does petty things will receive the appropriate punishment too.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he spun around and slapped Yu Hua, who was still thinking over his countermeasure, right across the face!
“Slap!”
The force of that blow sent Yu Hua straight to the ground, and his face instantly swelled red and purple.
Zhao Kun shouted sternly, “You little beast! How dare you spread lies in front of me? Apologize to this Junior Brother from Ziyang Peak right now, or I’ll take you to the Punishment Hall for a little sit-down.”
Yu Hua looked completely stunned, but when he met Zhao Kun’s abyss-deep gaze, he jolted awake.
He hurriedly knelt on the ground and knocked his head to beg for mercy. “I’m sorry, Senior Brother Zhao, Li Shang… Senior Brother Li. This lowly one was wrong. Please spare me. I won’t dare do it again.”
Looking at Yu Hua, who was like a dead dog, Li Shangyan felt no ripple in his heart.
This backstabbing dog was not worth sympathizing with at all.
Although his mouth was begging for mercy, inside he was surely hating him even more.
However, after all, he had only scared the other side off by borrowing his master’s name, so it was not appropriate to push too hard now.
Li Shangyan said to Zhao Kun, “Take your dog and go. Since you are a disciple of the Punishment Hall, I hope you will handle things fairly and impartially, rather than believing whatever a dog says.”
“If this is the standard of the Punishment Hall, then whether it can be fair and just at all, I believe the disciples of the Sect will have even more to say.”
Damn it!
This bastard!
A dignified inner disciple had actually been cursed at by an outer disciple right to his face, and Zhao Kun was almost ready to explode.
But at this moment, he could only endure the overwhelming rage in his heart and finally say one word: “Farewell!”
Then he left without looking back.
The gang of lackeys surrounding him immediately followed, while Yu Hua also scrambled along behind them.
Like a real dog!
Zhou Yang, who was watching from the side, was somewhat shocked.
That was Zhao Kun of Golden Sword Peak, the Punishment Hall, an inner disciple at the Foundation Establishment stage!
Although Zhou Yang was also an inner disciple of Divine Pill Peak, his main interest was alchemy, and his talent was even inferior to Fatty Su’s.
Otherwise, why could Fatty Su go to Ziyang Peak while he could only stay at Divine Pill Peak?
“Cough, Senior Brother Zhou, since the people disturbing us have already left, should we continue the transaction?”
Li Shangyan coughed lightly, interrupting the somewhat dazed Zhou Yang, and asked with a smile.
“Of… of course we can!” Zhou Yang quickly said, snapping back to reality.
Li Shangyan suddenly had an idea. Since he was already borrowing Ye Ziyuan’s name, why not make a bigger scene?
“Two senior brothers, what elixirs do you currently have for sale?”
Zhou Yang and Su Dekuai looked at him blankly.
Li Shangyan said, “I want to buy more.”
Su Dekuai’s eyes lit up, and he spoke first: “For Level 2 elixirs, I can sell three Body Training Pills and five Spring Rain Pills.”
“For Level 1 elixirs, I can sell ten Qi-Enhancing Pills and ten Fasting Pills.”
“That comes to forty-four low-grade Spirit Stones.”
Zhou Yang also came to and said, “Junior Brother, please come in. Please come inside and choose.”
Since Zhou Yang dared to open this “Zhou’s Pill Shop,” he naturally had plenty of elixirs.
After hearing his introduction, Li Shangyan ultimately chose the Pivot-Breaking Pill, Foundation-Building Pill, and Qi-Gathering Pill, which were the most useful to him for now.
These were all elixirs that could help him increase his cultivation speed.
Adding the Three Flower Jade Dew Pill he had wanted to buy earlier, the total cost came to two hundred low-grade Spirit Stones.
Rarely seeing such a generous customer, Zhou Yang also threw in a few Level 1 Qi-Enhancing Pills.
When it came time to pay, Li Shangyan took out two Spirit Stones the size of fingernails and handed them to Zhou Yang, whose eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.
He snatched the slightly pale mid-grade Spirit Stone as if it were being stolen!
A mid-grade Spirit Stone!
As inner disciples, they only received a few dozen fingernail-sized low-grade Spirit Stones each month.
When had they ever seen a mid-grade Spirit Stone?
Not only did a mid-grade Spirit Stone contain richer and denser spiritual energy, but the quality of that energy was even higher!
It was far more helpful to them at the Foundation Establishment stage!
Although one mid-grade Spirit Stone could be exchanged for one hundred low-grade Spirit Stones, nobody was stupid enough to make that exchange.
Beside him, Su Dekuai was almost dumbfounded!
Junior Brother Li had latched onto a patron way too comfortably!
That demoness was not only his master, she was also so generous with Spirit Stones!
Could it be that being handsome really lets you do whatever you want?
At that moment, Su Dekuai admitted that he was jealous and envious!
He swore that in this lifetime he despised men who lived off women the most!
At this point, Li Shangyan said to him, “Senior Brother Su, let’s settle our transaction when we get back to the peak. I’ll also settle with you using mid-grade Spirit Stones then!”
Su Dekuai suddenly felt that living off women did not seem so bad after all!
“Oh, right. Do you have any gold? If you do, I’d also like to exchange some Spirit Stones for it,” Li Shangyan continued.
“Gold? Of course I do. How much do you want?” Zhou Yang, though he did not understand why Li Shangyan wanted gold, was only too happy to exchange it for Spirit Stones.
“Whatever you have, I’ll take it all!” Li Shangyan said domineeringly.
From this moment on, a monstrously wealthy Immortal Tycoon was born.