bullyxtreme Chapter 18 I'm not targeting anyone in particular, everyone here is trash.
Chapter 18 I'm not targeting anyone in particular, everyone here is trash.
Asking for prices all over the place and paying back the money on the ground.
This is how business is conducted.
Seeing that Li Tingyun had lowered his demands further, everyone agreed.
"Alright! We'll give it to you as you say! Young man, now can you tell me what the method is?"
Li Tingyun stopped hiding his intentions and said directly, "Although the Yin-Yang Curse is an evil spell, it has the same characteristics as other spells. Its effectiveness is linked to the caster's cultivation level. You should be glad that although the shop owner knows how to use the Yin-Yang Curse, his cultivation level is not very high. Therefore, it is relatively easy to break the Yin-Yang Curse."
Hearing him say this, the crowd's long-suppressed emotions were rekindled, and they hurriedly asked, "So what exactly should we do?"
"That's easy!"
Li Tingyun continued, "All you need to do is go to the Taiji Hall and collect some spiritual herbs called 'Snow Lotus Seeds' from the Nether Pool. Then, use the Five Elements Fire and the Eight Trigrams Furnace to refine them into pills. Each person should take one pill, and the curse will be lifted."
The smiles on everyone's faces froze, and a question mark slowly appeared above their heads.
"???"
"This is supposed to be an 'easy' thing?!"
"My goodness! You're telling me to go to the Taiji Palace to gather herbs? You might as well tell me to just reincarnate. Maybe I'll get lucky and have a smooth start!"
"I think whether we can find any herbs if we go to the Taiji Hall is a minor issue. What I'm afraid of is that Li will just throw us into the Eight Trigrams Furnace and refine us into golden pills!"
"That won't happen."
Li Tingyun shook his head, "Don't worry, the Taiji Palace Master will definitely not use you to refine pills."
"Why? How do you know? Can you guarantee it?"
"I can."
Li Tingyun said solemnly, "For living alchemy, the best material is the body of the alchemist. Obviously, none of you have such qualifications, so he will definitely not use you to refine pills."
"..."
"I'm going to die! Even if he doesn't need me to refine pills, he can crush me with just one little finger!"
"No, not at all."
Li Tingyun denied it, saying, "He is arrogant and often ignores opponents of vastly different strength, so you don't need to worry about him making a move at all."
Hearing this, someone objected, "What do you mean? Are you looking down on us? We may not have any magical power now, but we're backed by prestigious cultivation sects! Our relatives and friends are all famous figures in the cultivation world, people you've probably never even heard of!"
Li Tingyun's lips twitched: "Fellow Daoist, there's something wrong with what you're saying. If you were truly a famous figure, how could I have never heard of you? It just means you're not very well-known."
The man's cheeks flushed red, like a hairy crab just taken out of a steamer, the redness was so even it was almost radiant.
He retorted defiantly, "You! You're just a young brat, naturally you're ignorant, even if I told you, you probably wouldn't know!"
"Alright. Well then, please, disciple of this renowned immortal cultivation sect, son of this famous figure, calm down, because I'm not targeting you personally. I'm saying that everyone here is trash."
Li Tingyun gestured for silence. "Hey, don't argue yet. I admit, I'm actually a piece of trash now. But even so, your chances of winning the medicine gathering at Taiji Hall... well, you still have no chance."
“That guy surnamed Li definitely won’t touch you, but his subordinates are another story. After all, the Taiji Hall is a den of monsters, and they attack indiscriminately.”
He sighed, "Indeed, I was wrong at first. This method of breaking the curse doesn't seem easy either. But unfortunately, there is no other way for you to restore your cultivation. Good luck, my friends."
"..."
After a brief murmur of discussion, a man with a sword on his back and a dignified appearance stepped forward. He was the cultivator who had initially resisted the shopkeeper but found himself unable to use his fire control technique.
"Young friend, how do you know so much about the secrets of the Taiji Palace and the Yin-Yang Curse at such a young age? Could it be..."
The man glared at him coldly and asked suspiciously, "Are you in cahoots with the shop owner?"
"Don't think of people as too simple, nor think of them as too complicated."
Li Tingyun countered, "Actually, I'm just like you. I'm also a disciple of a renowned cultivation sect and the apprentice of a very famous figure. I know a lot of things, so of course it's not surprising."
"Since you put it that way, then tell me, which sect or school do you belong to, and whose disciple are you?!"
The man reached behind him and grasped the hilt of the sword.
"Polite social interaction begins with introducing yourself; prying into someone's privacy only annoys people."
These words were not spoken by Li Tingyun.
He looked up at Mei Shiyu and called out in his heart, "Master."
Mei Shiyu walked into the crowd and went straight to the cultivator.
He glanced at the hand holding the sword. "What is your intention in doing this, sir?"
"me……"
The man couldn't give a coherent explanation, and sheepishly lowered his arm. "Immortal Venerable, I just couldn't control myself, I acted... a bit impulsively..."
"Impulsive? Unable to control oneself?"
Mei Shiyu chuckled coldly: "Then why don't you dare draw your sword against me?"
The man was completely speechless.
Everyone around them made way for them and heard Mei Shiyu's words: "Do you all still remember the previous deal and promise?"
"Immortal, Immortal Venerable... what kind of deal is this?"
No one remembers ever promising a little brat a way to exchange spirit stones for a method to break the curse—a trivial matter that could easily be glossed over.
Spirit stones are not easy to obtain, and they never intended to hand them over willingly from the beginning.
Unexpectedly, Mei Shiyu insisted, "You forgot? You can think about it again. I'll give you three counts. One, two..."
“Spirit stones! I remember now, it’s spirit stones! If the Immortal Venerable wants them, we’ll give them to him! It’s just a small matter, why threaten him?”
“It’s not that I want it, but you should keep your promises to others. Even if he is young and easy to bully, that is not a reason for you to go back on your word.”
"Yes, yes, yes... The Immortal Venerable is right to reprimand you..."
Mei Shiyu frowned, seemingly unable to understand the sarcasm implied in their words, but he never liked to explain too much, and he would never waste time arguing with others.
He only knew that once a word was spoken, it could not be taken back; that was the way things were.
Most people obediently retrieved their own spirit stones from the iron pot, took one out, and handed it to Li Tingyun. However, they couldn't help but harbor resentment, and even uttered many sarcastic remarks:
"What kind of person is this? We even call him 'Immortal Venerable'! It's just a spirit stone, such a great bargain, and he's still greedy for it!"
"He seems unsophisticated, and I wonder which small, insignificant sect he comes from."
"Exactly, isn't this bullying the weak?"
"..."
Li Tingyun clicked his tongue. "Are you from Dunhuang? Why do you talk so much nonsense? You go back on your word and think you're right? You're just like a dog lifting a curtain, all talk and no action! If whatever a dog says is law, then this is outrageous!"