Gu Yang looked at Han Xinghua’s shy and somewhat innocent charm, paused, and then said with a bitter smile.
“Xinghua, what are you thinking about?
I’m thinking about the Dao I want to walk in the future.”
Han Xinghua looked up at Gu Yang, who didn’t seem like he wanted to do anything to her, and felt a little relieved.
Then she asked curiously, “What Dao?”
Gu Yang wasn’t drunk.
After drinking this round of wine and hearing many things, he was much more sober than ever before.
He stood up and said.
“You two wait for me here for a while.
I’m going to find Senior Brother Liu to buy some things and then I’ll be back.
I have something important to tell you both later.”
After Gu Yang finished speaking, he picked up his Disciple Token again, found a small pouch containing 20 Low-Grade Spirit Stones from the package given by the Sect, and headed towards Liu Yingjun’s stone room.
He reached the door in dozens of steps, gently knocked on the stone room door a few times, and after 5 breaths, the stone door opened.
Liu Yingjun said with some surprise.
“Junior Brother Wang, why aren’t you resting so late?
Is there something you need from Senior Brother?”
“Senior Brother, do you have any Grain Abstinence Pills?
Also, I want a set of brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.”
Liu Yingjun was even more surprised.
After a brief thought, he patted his Storage Pouch and said, “Junior Brother Wang, this bottle of Grain Abstinence Pills has 20 pills.
Each pill can allow you to abstain from grains for half a month, which is enough for 10 months.
I don’t have brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, but I have a Talisman Brush that I haven’t used for a long time, and some uncut low-grade talisman paper.
You can take them.
If it’s not enough, you can go to Myriad Treasures Peak to buy them.
There’s an internal market of the Sect there, and you can trade anytime.”
Gu Yang took the items and looked at them.
The thick stack of talisman paper seemed to be enough.
“Senior Brother Liu, how many Spirit Stones are these things?
I wonder if 20 Spirit Stones are enough,” Gu Yang said, handing over the small pouch containing the Spirit Stones.
Liu Yingjun waved his hands repeatedly and said, “Why would you need so much?
I’ve had these things in my Storage Pouch for many years, and I don’t use them at all.
Just consider them a welcome gift from your Senior Brother.”
After some back and forth, Liu Yingjun ultimately did not accept Gu Yang’s Spirit Stones.
When Gu Yang returned to his stone room again, Liu Yingjun looked around the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar small courtyard from his stone room door, muttering in a voice only he could hear.
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“Among this batch of Disciples, there are indeed a few interesting ones.
That boy named Jiang probably has some Opportunity on him, and there’s also Zhou Sanwang, whose Spirit Stones in his Storage bag probably aren’t less than 5000.
And Wang Yang, he also seems unusual.
If only I were ten years younger, I would really like to ponder over these little fellows.”
“What a pity, in this life, Foundation Establishment is hopeless.”
“Forget it, forget it.
The path of cultivation ends here.” Liu Yingjun shook his head with a desolate aura, and at the same time, he thought that although he wasn’t short on money for a meal, nor was he short on the Talisman Brush worth a dozen Spirit Stones just now, he wasn’t a good person either.
His befriending these newly admitted Disciples today was just a casual act.
Perhaps one or two of them would become successful in the future, and if he had descendants later, he would at least be able to connect with them, and perhaps his descendants would be able to avoid a few detours.
As soon as Gu Yang opened the door, he heard Han Xingzhi’s voice.
“Sister, I don’t think that Gu Yang is a good person.
Zhao Qing is willing to help Li Mei with Foundation Establishment, but he actually told you that you’d find it in your dreams.
Is that something a human would say?
You even saved his life before!
These commoners are just ungrateful white-eyed wolves, just like Han Youyun!”
“Shut up!” This was Han Xinghua’s voice.
Gu Yang shook his head upon hearing this, closed the door, placed the items on the table, and said to Han Xingzhi.
“Han Xingzhi, what do you think is appropriate to call me now, or what do you want to call me?”
“Is it Gu Yang, Gu Yang, Senior Brother, or perhaps, servant?
Subordinate?” Han Xingzhi glared at Gu Yang, still looking like the spoiled Second Miss from the Han Family, but she didn’t say anything more.
Han Xinghua pulled her sister’s hand and glared at her, saying, “Why aren’t you calling him Senior Brother?!”
“No,” Han Xingzhi said stubbornly, as if she would never admit her mistake.
Han Xinghua was furious and reached out to pinch her sister.
Gu Yang looked at the two sisters, who were only twelve or thirteen years old, and waved his hand, saying, “Xinghua, it’s fine.”
“Han Xingzhi, I don’t care in the slightest what you call me.
No matter how insulting your tongue is, I will simply pretend I didn’t hear it.
When I asked you how you intended to address me just now, it wasn’t because I was desperate to hear you call me ‘Senior Brother.’ I simply wanted to remind you that we are currently within the Myriad Dao Sect, not Jiayuan City.
You are no longer the pampered Second Miss of the Han Family.
Today was your very first time meeting Lü Pin.
He merely wished to offer his assistance, yet you immediately dismissed him as a toad.
He might not be blessed with good looks, but did he offend you?
Why must you humiliate him so ruthlessly?
Do you even know his background?
What if he is a core disciple of one of the Nine Great Families, or possesses an elder in the Foundation Establishment stage?
At the very least, his standing would not be inferior to your Han Family’s.
If he decides to seek vengeance, can you handle the consequences?
Will you rely on your mortal father to shield you?
Will you only realize that a reckless tongue breeds calamity after your father, your younger brother, and your elder sister all die tragic deaths right before your eyes?
Back then, when you broke Han Youyun’s leg, he was nothing but an ant in your eyes.
But have you forgotten that within the Myriad Dao Sect, you too are nothing but an ant?
If I were a disciple of the Nine Great Families, I would have a hundred ways to make you beg for death, and that includes every single soul in the Han Family.”
Han Xingzhi’s face turned pale after a few words from Gu Yang, and she realized that she had failed to control her mouth again.
She said with a trembling voice, “I, I know I was wrong.
How about, how about I apologize to Lü Pin tomorrow?”
Gu Yang shook his head and said, “There is no need to apologize, nor do you need to worry about Lü Pin anymore.
I will be careful.
However, from this day forward, you must carve these words into your very bones: although the sect enforces ironclad laws that forbid outer disciples from open infighting and strictly prohibit the loss of life, rules can always be circumvented.
This is the Myriad Dao Sect—the territory of the Nine Great Families.
Clan disciples are everywhere here, just like Wan Baobao.
It is highly likely that an otherwise unremarkable outer disciple who looks like trash might have a Foundation Establishment grandfather, relegated to the outer ranks only because their spiritual root is mediocre.
“In the cultivation world, there is no right or wrong—only strength determines life and death.
Do not make the mistake of trying to reason or argue morality with those who actually write the sect’s laws.
When you resided within the Han Family, every word you spoke was absolute law to the servants; they obeyed, or they died.
This is the true meaning of ‘the word of power becomes the law of the land.’
“To outsiders, the four of us are bound as a single entity.
If a powerful enemy decides to move against us, none of us will escape.
They will not pause to distinguish who committed the error.
This is especially true for your elder sister; the two of you share the same bloodline and are tied to the same fate.
We exist in a state where we prosper together or suffer together.
Right now, this senior brother is nothing but a weak ant.
If you court disaster, I truly lack the power to salvage your life.
When that day comes, do not blame me for prioritizing my own survival and standing idly by.”
Gu Yang looked at Han Xingzhi, who was bowing her head with a pale face, and felt that after today, she should quiet down quite a bit.
He wasn’t afraid of trouble, nor was he afraid of life-and-death struggles, but he really didn’t want to inexplicably gain an enemy, and even less did he want to be targeted and pondered over.
If it weren’t for Han Xinghua’s sake, and if it weren’t for that amber insect egg in his space, he wouldn’t bother to say another word.
“Alright, that’s enough about this.
Think about it yourself.
I won’t lecture you anymore in the future.”
“Now, I have an important task to give to the two of you.”
“This matter concerns whether we can establish Foundation Establishment in the future!”