Noon.
Yihong House.
"Please, madam, I’ll make up for tonight’s Spirit Stones tomorrow. Just let spend a mont longer with Xiaoyu!"
"Taoist Friend ng, I’m sorry, but Yihong House doesn’t allow credit. Please co back tomorrow when you have the Spirit Stones."
ng Yu was escorted out of Yihong House by two cultivators at the Third-Layer of Qi Cultivation.
"Xiaoyu, wait for , I’ll see you tomorrow!"
The man, looking disheveled, craned his neck and shouted back, only to have a bucket of bathwater poured on him from the second floor.
"What are you yelling for? Get lost! Don’t disturb our business!"
ng Yu pointed angrily at the second floor, wanting to curse, but ultimately, he pulled back his head and left dejectedly.
If only his swift Wind Spirit Beast were still with him, he might have had so confidence.
But now, as a Spirit Beast Master at only the Second-Layer of Qi Cultivation, with no Spirit Beast by his side, he was in no position to confront anyone.
At best, he could barely maintain an air of toughness in front of the weak neighbors on Narrow Rain Lane.
"Thieving mastiff stealer, I curse your entire family to die out!"
"Qin Gengyun, one day I’ll make a point of teasing your little lady right in front of you, see what you’ll do then?!"
"Mo Xiaolan, those long legs, tsk tsk, one day I’m definitely going to savor them!"
"And Chen Fang, with her mature charm, she’d make a good concubine, hahaha!"
With his mouth reeking of alcohol, ng Yu stumbled into Willow Smoke Lane, swearing along the way.
There was a small path in the alley, a necessary route to Narrow Rain Lane.
As he reached a secluded spot, ng Yu suddenly felt the surroundings take on an eerie air.
Both searing hot and chillingly cold.
Suddenly, a figure appeared ahead.
With red hair and a red dress.
A female cultivator, surprisingly.
This female cultivator was tall, her voluptuous curves casting a captivating silhouette under the moonlight in the narrow alley.
But the red-haired cultivator wore a veil, obscuring her face.
ng Yu rubbed his eyes and smirked:
"What a beauty we have here?"
He swaggered over to the red-haired cultivator, becoming increasingly lecherous:
"Dear Taoist friend, out here alone at night, waiting for , perhaps?"
The red-haired cultivator nodded slightly; ng Yu’s eyes road over her curves, nearly drooling as he reached out:
"So, shall we just..."
Bang!
A teeth-clenching thud sounded.
ng Yu clutched his groin, mouth agape, body arched like a cooked shrimp, his eyes bulging.
The kick from the red-haired cultivator was swift, powerful, and landed precisely on his vital spot.
Fulfilling the curse ng Yu had uttered earlier in Narrow Rain Lane.
His vital spot was shattered.
"Ah... it’s... broken!"
ng Yu scread wretchedly, clutching his groin as he writhed on the ground, frothing at the mouth, his eyes rolling back.
The red-haired cultivator crouched slowly, quietly watching ng Yu’s pitiful howling, flicked her delicate finger, and a pill flew into ng Yu’s mouth.
Monts later, ng Yu’s eyes bulged, clutching his chest and rolling on the ground, unable to make a sound.
Looking down, the red-haired cultivator spoke ethereally:
"What you just ingested is the Heart-devouring Pill, the pain of ten thousand ants gnawing at your heart. It will flare up once a month, and without my spiritual energy, you will die in agony."
ng Yu clutched his chest with one hand and his groin with the other, his eyes bloodshot, struggling to speak:
"Please, spare , senior... I would willingly beco your dog, at your command, unto death!"
The red-haired cultivator responded coldly: "To beco my dog isn’t easy, there’s a test for you."
Writhing in excruciating pain, ng Yu begged: "Please, senior, tell the test!"
The red-haired cultivator pondered for a mont and asked:
"I heard you ntion those people earlier, do you have grievances with them?"
Stunned, ng Yu lay on the ground and hastily replied:
"I wouldn’t dare deceive you, senior, they’re my neighbors, and... we do have so grudges."
"Got it!" The red-haired cultivator clapped her hands with slight excitent, causing her voluptuous curves to sway, but ng Yu, lying on the ground, dared not look, his ears filled with the witch-like voice:
"You shall face those you resent, kowtow to apologize, and gain their forgiveness—then you’ll pass the test!"
"This..."
"What, unwilling?"
"No, no, no, willing! Whatever the senior commands, I’ll do even unto death!"
The red-haired cultivator walked out of Willow Smoke Lane, suddenly feeling discontented with herself.
"When soone curses you once, you retaliate a hundredfold?! Xia Qinglian, you need to be low-key, cautious... so why can’t you manage it?"
Frustrated, she stomped her foot and turned back into Willow Smoke Lane, where screams of agony soon echoed again.
...
The next day.
Qin Gengyun struggled to open his eyes, hair disheveled, limbs limp, like a tattered rag doll.
Last night, for so reason, Taoist Friend Qiu demanded ten tis.
Breaking their marital life record.
Even though Qin Gengyun was a Third-Layer Qi Cultivation cultivator, such frequency wore him out.
[Na: Qin Gengyun]
[Lifespan: 35/40]
[Cultivation: Third-Layer Qi Cultivation, 11/500]
[Skills: First Tier Alchemist, 77/200]
[Spirit Root: Fire Series Lower Grade Spirit Root (79/100), Ice Series Lower Grade Spirit Root (86/100)]
[Available Cultivation Points: 30]
Nonetheless, after such arduous toil, the gains were decent.
His Ice and Fire Dual Spirit Roots each grew by 20 points, soon reaching Middle Grade.
He also gained 30 cultivation points, which Qin Gengyun chose to all add to his alchemist skill.
[Skill: First Tier Alchemist, 107/200]
He was already halfway through the First Tier Alchemist level; with sustained hard work, he’d soon reach the Second Tier.
The day he could produce the Fourth Grade "Ice Heart Rejuvenation Pill" seed to draw nearer.
With so effort, Qin Gengyun sat up and got out of bed, supporting his waist.
He saw Qiu Zhihe lying on her side, seemingly still asleep.
Qin Gengyun went out to buy two baskets of buns, ate one himself, and seeing that Qiu Zhihe was still asleep, went out on his own.
It had been several days since he visited the Spirit Pill Workshop; he needed to check on the Pavilion Master’s negotiation regarding the two hundred Ice Purity Pills.
Upon stepping out, he witnessed a bizarre scene.
"Taoist Friend Chen, I apologize for all my past wrongs!"
ng Yu was kneeling at the door of the neighboring cultivators, apologizing to Chen Fang.
Chen Fang and Zhang Chengdao looked baffled, and Zhang Chengdao hurriedly helped ng Yu up:
"Taoist Friend ng, we’re neighbors, no need for this."
ng Yu, his face swollen and bruised, asked Chen Fang: "Taoist Friend Chen, does this an you forgive ?"
Zhang Chengdao and Chen Fang glanced at each other, nodded: "Taoist Friend ng, we never held a grudge against you."
ng Yu cheered, turned around, saw Qin Gengyun, his eyes lit up, and he hurried over, dropping to his knees, kowtowing repeatedly:
"Taoist Friend Qin, I wronged you before, I won’t dare to do it again, please forgive !"
Qin Gengyun exchanged looks with Zhang Chengdao and Chen Fang, both equally puzzled. He took a step back, mainly worried about blood from ng Yu’s face getting on his shoes.
"Taoist Friend ng, I hope you won’t repeat this in the future, please rise."
ng Yu was overjoyed: "Thank you, Taoist Friend Qin!"
After saying this, he ran to Mo Xiaolan’s door opposite, knocked gently, but Mo Xiaolan had already left early.
ng Yu muttered to himself: "Just one person left. When Taoist Friend Mo returns tonight, I’ll kowtow hard, surely I’ll pass the senior’s test!"
a.m.
Qin Gengyun reached the Spirit Pill Workshop.
The place was quite full today, but the atmosphere seed sullen, even the usually chatty Wang Ping and Xu Li were silently focused on their work.
The door to the Alchemy Room was closed, indicating the Pavilion Master was likely inside.
Seeing Qin Gengyun enter, both waved eagerly at him.
Qin Gengyun approached, and Wang Ping whispered:
"Taoist Friend Qin, be cautious today, the Pavilion Master is in a foul mood."
Qin Gengyun asked: "Why?"
Xu Li, glancing at the closed Alchemy Room door, whispered:
"The Zhenyang Sect, for so reason, canceled their purchase of those two hundred Ice Purity Pills, the Pavilion Master’s major deal went bust!"
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