“Anyone who enters Yong City must abide by Yong City’s rules. Please understand this, Ancestor.” As the highest-ranking senior sister among the several direct disciples present, Linghui said with a stern face, “Although visitors are guests, guests must follow the host’s convenience. It would be better if the Ancestor were more gentle.”
No matter how lazy they were in private, as disciples of Yunhua Sect, they could not tolerate bullying behavior.
“Gentle?” A man’s voice came from inside the soft palanquin. His tone was frivolous, carrying several parts arrogance. “You want me to be gentle with you? A female cultivator at the tenth layer of Foundation Establishment—you’d barely be adequate as my concubine.”
These words were extremely insulting, like a street hooligan or scoundrel. It was as if verbally saying he would do something with a woman meant he had taken advantage.
Although the disciples of Yunhua Sect had peaceful temperaments, hearing these words, their faces inevitably darkened.
“I’ve seen shameless people before, but this is the first time I’ve encountered someone this shameless.” Kong Hou heard what this Nascent Soul Ancestor said and immediately retorted sarcastically, “Something like you—even if you wanted to be a male concubine for my senior sister, she’d still dislike you for having weak limbs and a simple brain. When you look in the mirror usually, you probably can’t see your whole face, right?”
“Why not?” A common person boldly raised their voice to ask.
“Because your face is too big for the mirror to fit it all.” Kong Hou was still only fourteen, and when she spoke, she still carried some childish tenderness. Even when saying mocking words, she didn’t seem sharp or mean.
Laughter came from the surroundings. The common people watching the excitement were all hiding in corners, and those tall and sturdy guards didn’t know exactly who was laughing.
Several sect members hadn’t expected Kong Hou to have this side and were somewhat slow to react. The little junior sister who usually smiled sweetly and appeared adorable actually had such sharp words?
Kong Hou didn’t notice the expressions of her senior brothers and sisters. After entering Yunhua Sect, she had learned what sect camaraderie meant. When hearing outsiders insult sect members, she was especially angry. Back in the imperial palace, when she was young and had no one to rely on, she had already been able to make those palace slaves who bullied her so angry they couldn’t speak. Let alone now that she was no longer that helpless remnant bloodline of the previous dynasty.
“Yellow-haired brat, you dare speak before me.” The person in the soft palanquin was probably accustomed to being domineering. Hearing Kong Hou’s words, he angrily slapped the cushion, waved his hand to tear open the sedan curtain, and flew out. His speed was so fast that Kong Hou couldn’t see clearly.
But she deeply understood the principle of running when you can’t win. When the opponent angrily slapped the cushion, she very cleverly dodged to the side and even threw out a thunder talisman to block the opponent’s offensive.
“I wondered who dared to clamor before me.” This Nascent Soul Ancestor looked extremely aged, with wrinkles on his face like dried tree bark. Many people become more peaceful and tolerant as they age. Clearly this Nascent Soul didn’t belong to this category. His features were sinister and compact—no matter how you looked at him, he didn’t seem like someone with a broad mind.
“I thought it was some remarkable ancestor, but it turns out to be just a useless waste propped up by medicinal pills.” Linghui looked at the Nascent Soul cultivator several times. “I was wondering how all the reputable Nascent Soul Ancestors of the major sects are benevolent and reasonable—how could they do such lowly things? Turns out you’re someone whose mental state can’t even advance…” She raised her pinky finger and pulled out her life-bound magical treasure.
She wasn’t a sword cultivator. Following Peak Master Qingyuan’s path of pill cultivation, her magical treasure was a fan. Although this fan was usually used to fan fires for the pill furnace, at special times, a fire-fanning fan also had great uses.
The other direct disciples also pulled out their life-bound magical treasures. Yunhua Sect wasn’t particularly outstanding in sword cultivation. The disciples under the sect all practiced both internal and dharma cultivation, and their magical treasures were all kinds of strange things—there were fire-fanning fans, jade ruyi scepters, and even brooms and maces.
Although their cultivation wasn’t as high as this Nascent Soul Ancestor, as direct disciples, they still had some good things given by their elders. Stopping a Nascent Soul Ancestor propped up by medicinal pills from doing evil wasn’t a problem.
This Nascent Soul Ancestor also hadn’t expected these cultivators to take action as soon as they said they would. He squinted at this group of young people. “The cultivators of Yong City are truly different from elsewhere—are you actually preparing to attack one person with many?”
Kong Hou glanced at the guards behind the Nascent Soul cultivator. These guards weren’t people then?
“When you can gang up on someone, but still insist on one-on-one combat—that’s a brain problem.” Kong Hou muttered quietly. She didn’t have a life-bound weapon yet and could only pull out the flying sword given by her sect leader uncle to hold in her hand, raising her voice. “Senior sisters, senior brothers, and this Nascent Soul Ancestor—everyone please don’t be hasty. What can’t be talked through calmly? Why must we resort to violence?”
“Scared?” The Nascent Soul cultivator saw the sharp-tongued yellow-haired brat from before quickly soften, feeling his lost dignity return to him. “You have better looks than that senior sister of yours. If you’re willing to follow me, medicinal pills and magical treasures are yours to choose.”
Kong Hou looked at this ugly yet unaware Nascent Soul cultivator. Story books hadn’t deceived her—there really were such shameless, unreasonable, and ugly bad people in the world. It was as if all the bad things were gathered together. Thinking about it carefully, to satisfy all these conditions wasn’t easy either.
“The Ancestor is mighty and extraordinary. This little woman has merely the appearance of a willow—how could I be worthy of being the Ancestor’s concubine?” Kong Hou smiled until her eyes curved. “How about the Ancestor…”
She scattered a large handful of thunder talismans from her pouch, throwing them all over the Nascent Soul cultivator’s head and face. The Nascent Soul cultivator hadn’t expected this woman to change her tune so suddenly. Although these thunder talismans couldn’t hurt him, they made him lose great face.
If he hadn’t listened to that little bitch’s flattering nonsense just now, he would have already slapped these little brats to death with one palm.
When Kong Hou suddenly softened earlier, the Yong City common people thought Yunhua Sect was afraid. Who knew that in the blink of an eye, this smiling little girl would use talismans to bomb the Nascent Soul cultivator’s face black. This sudden reversal made the common people watching the excitement all cheer in approval.
A customer in the restaurant applauded too enthusiastically and almost fell from upstairs. Fortunately, his companion grabbed him in time.
The Nascent Soul cultivator lost his rationality in anger. No longer caring whether Kong Hou was sweet and adorable, he swung his palm wanting to slap her to death. Several senior brothers and sisters saw this and threw out their magical treasures to block the force of this palm strike.
“Who dares to bully my disciple?!” A stern shout suddenly came from the sky, carrying the force of thunder with full imposing pressure.
Before the Nascent Soul cultivator could turn around, he was heavily slapped away and fell in a dizzy heap. As for his guards, they all lay scattered on the ground in the blink of an eye, unable even to beg for mercy, only able to roll on the ground in pain.
“Master, you came?!” Kong Hou saw the newcomer and revealed a brilliant smile. The newcomer was none other than Wang Tong, who had received Kong Hou’s sound transmission talisman. He had originally been dawdling at the Five Elements Hall, trying to find a way to advance his salary for fifty years in the future. Hearing his disciple was being bullied, he didn’t even want his salary anymore and immediately used earth-shrinking techniques to rush down the mountain.
From afar, seeing some old beast wanting to attack his disciple, how could he still endure it? With one slap, this prestigious Nascent Soul Ancestor fell flat on the ground.
“Peak Master.” The other direct disciples saw Wang Tong appear and all breathed a sigh of relief, putting away their magical treasures and bowing to Wang Tong. In their hearts, they also felt strange—wasn’t it said that Qiyue Peak’s peak master was very poor? How could little Junior Sister Kong Hou afford to use extravagant sound transmission talismans?
Wang Tong casually waved his hand at them, indicating no need for excessive courtesy, then hurriedly walked toward Kong Hou. “Good disciple, are you injured?”
“Master, don’t worry. I’m not injured. It’s just that this Nascent Soul Ancestor molested Senior Sister and me, and even said he wanted to take us as concubines.” Having been the final direct disciple of Qiyue Peak for four years, Kong Hou had already developed the habit of complaining to her master when wronged.
“What?!” Wang Tong stepped forward and grabbed the Nascent Soul cultivator by the hair. After one look at that ugly face, he quickly let go and hastily wiped his hands on his robe, as if he had touched something disgusting.
“Just this ugly thing, and he wanted to take our Yunhua Sect’s direct disciples as concubines?!” Wang Tong used his toes to kick the Nascent Soul cultivator’s waist. “Daring to insult Yunhua Sect’s direct disciples—which sect are you from?”
“You bitch, couldn’t win so you called for help from behind.” The Nascent Soul cultivator spat out a mouthful of blood and glared viciously at Kong Hou.
“Of course when you can’t win, you should call for help.” Kong Hou said righteously, “Should I just stand there and let you hit me? It’s not like my brain is waterlogged.”
“Beat, beat, beat him until his own mother doesn’t recognize him!” The Yong City common people who had been hiding in corners watching the excitement all stepped out now, surrounding the Nascent Soul cultivator in three layers inside and outside, as if looking at a gorilla locked in a cage. Who knew where they had all been hiding before.
“Aiya, such an old and ugly cowardly old man, and he has the nerve to want two little girls to be his concubines.” An old woman came close to look twice and kept shaking her head. “You can’t rely on being ugly to be shameless. Did you forget to take your face when you were born?”
“And calling yourself a Nascent Soul Ancestor—you couldn’t even withstand one slap from our Yunhua Sect cultivator.” Another woman twisted her sturdy waist and let out cackling laughter. “This cultivator is better looking than you and younger than you too.”
The praised Wang Tong clasped his hands behind his back, his face neither angry nor smiling—the very image of a master.
“Yunhua Sect, don’t go too far. Do you know who I am? I’m the younger brother of the sect leader that Yuxiao Sect trusts…”
“Yuxiao Sect?” Wang Tong’s expression changed. He lowered his head to look at the Nascent Soul cultivator. “You’re really a relative of Yuxiao Sect’s sect leader?”
“What, scared now?” The Nascent Soul cultivator saw Wang Tong’s expression change and showed a smug look on his face. Yunhua Sect was indeed full of incompetents. They were scared just by bringing up Yuxiao Sect’s name.
So what if his cultivation was higher? Wasn’t he still afraid of Liuguang Sect backing Yuxiao Sect?
Wang Tong frowned and pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Kong Hou. “Good disciple, how many of Yong City’s rules did this person violate?”
“Oppressing common people, molesting respectable young women, bullying others with power, speaking disrespectfully toward Yunhua Sect.” Kong Hou said with a stern face. “He also kicked over two common people’s goods stalls.” She glanced at several pieces of rotten vegetable leaves on the ground. “These goods are all medicinal materials rarely seen in a thousand years, extremely precious. Once damaged, they’re worthless.”
The Nascent Soul cultivator: ?
Where are the respectable young women? Where are the precious medicinal materials?!
Bitch, utterly shameless!
“Outrageous!” Wang Tong’s face was as dark as water. He cupped his hands toward the Yong City common people watching the excitement. “Please make way, fellow villagers, and let my sect’s disciples bind this cultivator and throw him in prison. Have Yuxiao Sect’s sect leader personally come give us an explanation. Everyone can rest assured—my sect will definitely inform all the major sects of this matter and explain the reasons. We need to let Yuxiao Sect know that Yunhua Sect and the common people of Yong City cannot be bullied by just anyone!”
Author’s Note: Kong Hou: Being unable to win isn’t shameful. Being unable to win and not calling for help—that’s shameful. Children, after all, the most important thing is knowing how to complain.