Chapter 12: Punishing Evil Doctors, Instantly Defeating Enemies

  "Debt?" Xǔ Yáng turned his head upon hearing the voice, but saw several people quickly walking into the courtyard.

  "Who are you?" Xǔ Yáng asked coldly. This unauthorized and private intrusion into a civilian's home made him somewhat uncomfortable.

  The first was a middle-aged man, with sparse eyebrows and triangular eyes shining brightly under them. His whiskers were twitching back and forth, and he would occasionally twirl them with his fingers, looking exactly like a yellow weasel spirit. Judging from his attire, this middle-aged man was dressed as an apothecary, but the plain white apothecary robe on him seemed somewhat incongruous.

  "Brother... he, he's the owner of Jizhen Medicine Shop, Ma Yao Shi," Xu Yu said in a low voice, tugging at Xu Yang's sleeve, and then went forward to greet him timidly, "Master Ma... hello..."

  "I'm fine, I'm doing very well, it's just that some people always owe debts and don't pay back, so I'm not too good." Old Master Ma twirled his whiskers and sneered.

  Xu Yu lowered her head, her voice like a mosquito humming, "Master Ma... my brother has just returned... Can you see if it's possible to give us some more time? Just one month, after the Xu family's big comparison is over, as long as my brother can return to the family, he'll be able to repay your debt..."

  Xu Yang looked at a wave of bitterness, the deceased Xu Yang's weak and timid nature made this ten-year-old little girl have to take charge of everything, how much suffering had she endured?

  Old Master Ma snorted and said, "Family Grand Competition? Humph, how do you know that your good-for-nothing brother can get the approval of the Xu family and return to the family? Moreover, when you bought the 'Firewheel Spirit Dan', it was clearly stated that the profit would be doubled after a month, not just 50 Xun Bao coins."

  The men behind him chimed in: "Exactly! Paying back debts is only right!"

  "If you can't repay, then use this house as collateral!"

  "That's right!"

  Three men were taking turns beating the drum, and Xǔ Yuě looked like a small white flower trembling in the cold wind. Xǔ Yáng couldn't hold back, took two steps forward, and said coldly: "Four big masters, bullying a little girl, what kind of reason is this? Master Ma, if you have something to say, say it to me."

  Ma Lao Ban's triangular eyes shone with surprise, this weak waste, when did he have the courage to stand up? However, he wouldn't hesitate, and sneered: "Xu Gong Zi? It's best if you can stand up! Let me tell you, half a month ago, I sold your sister a second-grade special spirit elixir - Huo Lun Spirit Elixir at a discounted price of 50 Xun Bao coins! At that time, your sister didn't have the money, so she used this ancestral house as collateral. I reluctantly sold it to her. Now I'm here to collect the debt, you decide what to do, are you going to give me the money or the deed?"

  Xu Yang sneered, flipping his palm to reveal a yellowish pill: "This is the Firewheel Spirit Pill you were talking about? How ridiculous! This is clearly a failed 'Tempering Body Pill' with some added fragrance to disguise its smell. You dare to deceive people like this? Old Master Ma, your Jizheng Pharmacy is indeed a well-run shop, but it's actually involved in such shady dealings!"

  Old Master Ma's eyes flashed with surprise, and it was strange that Xu Yang could see through the "Firewheel Spirit Dan" so easily. However, at this time, he couldn't admit it, so he stiffened his neck and said: "After half a month, you casually take out a waste pill and want to use it as a substitute for my 'Firewheel Spirit Dan'? How ridiculous! It's clear that you've already swallowed the spirit medicine and are using a waste pill to ruin my reputation! Today, I, Ma Fuquan, will settle this matter here. If you don't compensate me with another 'Firewheel Spirit Dan', then you'd better hand over 50 Swift Leopard Coins as restitution! Otherwise, I'll take your life!"

  Xu Yang's gaze swept behind Old Master Ma, the several strong men he brought with him were mostly in their thirties and forties, basically all of them were at the middle to late stage of Xuan Tu cultivation.

  At a lower level of cultivation, the most important thing is material foundation. Without sufficient nourishment and spiritual medicine, it's very difficult to break through boundaries. Of course, this doesn't rule out the possibility of exceptionally gifted individuals with superior talent and intuition, who can still break through without these material conditions.

  It's clear that these several big men don't belong to the type of strong qualifications, still not breaking through at middle age, and this life will have no hope.

  In Lin Yuan City, there were many people like this who had not reached the level of Xuan Shi. Most of them were honest and hardworking, doing manual labor to make a living. There were also many who had fallen into being local rascals and bandits, gathering in groups to bully good people.

  "With just these scraps?" Xǔ Yáng coldly swept his gaze over them, disdainfully saying, "You can try and see."

  In this world, it's still the case that might makes right. If Xu Yang had achieved a higher level of cultivation, Boss Ma wouldn't have been able to bully him and his siblings, let alone bring a few useless cultivators to cause trouble.

  Old Ma snorted: "I didn't expect that going out for a trip would make you so arrogant! Alright, I'd like to see how long you can keep this up!"

  At a word of command, several ruffians simultaneously produced iron bars and knives, let out a shout, and rushed forward together.

  Xu Yu's small face turned pale as she shouted: "Stop...!" Unfortunately, she was too weak to stop this group of thugs.

  "It's all over..." Xǔ Yú closed her eyes in distress, and the image of Xǔ Yáng being beaten to a pulp had already appeared in her mind. However, what reassured her was that this was, after all, within Lín Yuān City, and with the influence of Jì Mín Medicine Shop, they wouldn't dare kill someone or extort money; at most, Xǔ Yáng would suffer some physical pain.

  "Bang", "bang", "bang"! Several loud crashing sounds came, followed by the dull thud of clubs hitting human bodies, and then the muffled sound of something falling to the ground like a sack of rice.

  Xu Yu summoned up her courage, opened her eyes and rushed forward, shouting: "Stop fighting... stop..."

  Before she had even finished speaking, Xu Yu stopped in her tracks and couldn't help but rub her eyes.

  The scene of Xie Yang being beaten up as expected did not appear, on the contrary, those three thugs lay weakly on the ground, each with a crooked mouth and slanted eyes, two of whom even had their arms twisted at an unbelievable angle, clearly already broken.

  Xu Yang grasped an iron rod in his hand and pressed it against Old Master Ma's throat, standing coldly with a glint of chilliness flashing in his eyes.

  "Spare me, spare my life!" Old Master Ma's voice trembled, his face turned deathly pale, and his legs shook uncontrollably.

  The scene just now made him dare not believe his eyes, facing three late-stage Xuanwu disciples who were used to fighting, Xu Yang took two breaths and defeated the enemy with a stick, his movements were smooth and natural, where was the humble and weak waste young master's shadow?

  "This person cannot be killed." Xǔ Yáng knew that in this golden age, the strong were revered, and living in a city ruled by the strong meant following the rules set by the strong!

  Who is the strongest in Lin Yuan City? Without a doubt, it's Lin Yuan Jun, Li Zhou Ping! His strength is at the Xuan Jun level, and he can be considered a powerful figure. One of his rules is that no one is allowed to kill people indiscriminately!

  If he were the master of one of the three major families, killing one or two people would not be a big deal. But now that Xu Yang's power is weak and his status is lowly, rashly killing Ma Yao Shi will only bring trouble to him and Xu Yu.

  However, death can be avoided, but punishment is inevitable.

  "You used fake medicine to deceive my sister, do you admit it?" With each word, Xu Yang's iron rod pressed harder against Ma Laozhu's throat, making him almost unable to breathe. His face turned a dark red color and he could only nod repeatedly to indicate his guilt.

  Xu Yang relaxed his grip on the iron rod and ordered Old Master Ma to produce the IOU, which he personally tore up.

  "This Firewheel Spirit Dan is for you to enjoy yourself." Xuyang smiled coldly, looking like a demon in the eyes of Ma Laozhu. With his left hand pinching Ma Laozhu's chin and his right hand bending his fingers to flick, the yellowish dan medicine shot into Ma Laozhu's throat.

  "Cough, cough..." Ma Lao's face turned green. After escaping from Xu Yang's "devilish claws", his waist arched like a shrimp and he desperately coughed, trying to spit out the Dan medicine. But this waste Dan dissolved as soon as it entered his mouth, how could he possibly spit it out? Ma Lao only felt his mouth and throat bitter, his chest and abdomen in severe pain like being cut by a knife.

  The other three thugs didn't let Xǔ Yáng off either, holding an iron rod, one by one, they smashed their Star Seas.

  "You've done evil deeds and brought trouble to your hometown, this time consider it a lesson." Xǔ Yáng said coldly. If they didn't offend him personally, he wouldn't bother with their affairs, after all, there were too many people like that.

  Three people looked like dead ashes, abandoned in the Star Sea, their vitality was severely damaged, and they all became useless people, not even comparable to ordinary people's physique.

  "Get out of here quickly." Xǔ Yáng coldly shouted, Mǎ Lǎobǎn fled first, and the other three also left in a hurry.

  "Brother..." Xǔ Yú ran over a few steps, grabbed Xǔ Yáng's arm and examined him up and down, "How do you feel? Are you hurt?"

  Xu Yang smiled slightly and touched Xu Yu's messy hair: "I... brother is fine, those few pieces of junk can't hurt me."

  Xu Yu finally let out a breath of relief, pulling on Xu Yang's sturdy arm and saying: "Brother, how did you become so formidable? Those were several bad guys in the middle to late stages of Xuan Tu, yet you took them down with just one move."

  Xu Yang rubbed his head, this was indeed hard to explain, and could only force himself to say: "Brother... doesn't know why, after swallowing a spiritual grass in the Giant Python Mountains, my strength increased greatly." He could only use this kind of explanation to gloss over it.

  Xu Yu exclaimed: "It's Brother's lucky encounter."

  Xu Yu, after all, had a childlike heart. After the danger passed, she skipped and jumped to boil water and cook porridge. Xu Yang looked at the three iron bars on the ground, his eyes narrowing as he fell into deep thought.

  He is now the sole guardian of his little sister Xu Yu and must take responsibility for thinking about their current situation.

  Xu Yang slowly used an iron rod to write on the ground, first writing the four characters "Huoyun Daochang", then writing "Xushi" on the side, and finally, after some thought, adding "Qimen Daochang".

  To stand firm in Linshui City, these are three insurmountable difficulties!

  Huoyun Daochang, it goes without saying that even the Xuan Shi guide was killed. How can they let things slide? Lu Zhuo and Wei Haoshan will definitely come looking for trouble in front of Huoyun's master to shirk responsibility.

  As for Qimen Daochang, it was also a trouble that Xu Yang suddenly thought of.

  To know that the Qimen Daochang's ascetic team was completely annihilated, for a daoist temple, it is no less than an earthquake, and it is a huge blow to its reputation. As the only "outsider" who escaped from the ascetic team, how could the master of Qimen not seize this opportunity to understand the details? In this way, he would inevitably be drawn into the vortex of the struggle between the two major daoist temples, and with Xu Yang's current strength, he would easily be crushed to pieces.

  The Xu family is not only unreliable but also another trouble.

  Xu Yang kept thinking, with this body and the identity of a Xu family member, how dare Ma Laozhu bring a few thugs to his doorstep? Even if he had been ostracized by the Xu family, it shouldn't be something that an ordinary medicine shop owner could do.

  The only explanation is that Ma was instructed by someone behind the scenes, and this person... may have come from within the Xu family itself!

  Xu Yang rubbed his head and let out a bitter laugh.

  "My current strength is still too weak, I must seize the time and rely on the wonderful methods in my memory to quickly enhance my strength!" Xu Yang clenched his fists, making up his mind.

  PS: Today's update ends at 3 am, and I'll fatten you up before killing you off, so you won't forget the book title later!