Chapter 12 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Debts?” Xu Yang turned his head upon hearing the voice, and saw several people walking into the courtyard quickly.

“Who are you?” Xu Yang asked coldly. He felt uncomfortable about their action of intruding into other people’s houses without permission.

The first person was a middle-aged man. A pair of triangular eyes were glittering under the thin eyebrows. His mustache was fluttering, and he twisted the corners with his fingers from time to time. He actually looked like a weasel. He was dressed as an apothecary, but the plain white apothecary’s robe did not seem to suit him.

“He… he is the owner of Ji Min Apothecary, Mister Ma,” Xu Yu whispered and she grabbed onto Xu Yang’s clothes. She greeted the middle-aged man. “Mister Ma… how are you?”

“I’m fine. I’m very good, but I’m not fine if someone were to owe me money but not return what I’m owed.” Mr. Ma twisted his mustache and sneered.

Xu Yu lowered her head, with her voice as soft as a mosquito humming, she said, “Mr. Ma… My brother has just returned… Can you please give me some more time? We need a month. We will be able to pay the debts when my brother returns to the family after the Xu family’s Grand Family Tournament…”

Xu Yang felt slightly bitter looking at her. The dead Xu Yang was so cowardly that this ten-year-old girl had to solve his problems for him. How much had she suffered all these while?

Mr. Ma snorted and said, “The Grand Family Tournament? Hmm. How do you know your useless brother can be approved by the Xu family and return the family? Furthermore, you have promised to add on a compound interest when you bought that Fire Wheel Elixir. After one month, it will not be merely fifty Leopard Coins.”

The few men behind said, “That’s right. You have to pay what you owe!'”

“Mortgage the mansion if you can’t pay up!”

“You’re right!”

The three men spoke provokingly. Xu Yang could not bear to see Xu Yu tremble helplessly, as he said frigidly, “Do you think it is reasonable for four men to bully a child? Mr. Ma, come at me if you have any problem.”

Mr. Ma was surprised as his triangular eyes flashed when he saw how the useless Xu Yang dared to resist. However, he would surely not hesitate. He smiled and said, “Young Master Xu, it is surely good if you are able to bear this responsibility. Your sister has bought a Grade-2 Spirit Elixir, the Fire Wheel Elixir, from me with a discounted price of fifty Leopard Coins half a month ago. She had no money that time. I was kind enough to sell it to her using your mansion as a mortgage. Now, I’m going to collect the debt that she owes. Are you going to pay by cash or by deed?”

Xu Yang smiled coldly. He flipped open his palm and on it was the yellowish elixir. “This is what you call a Fire Wheel Elixir? Hilarious! This is a piece of crap that you have made by adding some spices for the aroma of the elixir. Mr. Ma, this Ji Min Apothecary of yours is really one of a kind. How dare you scam your customers using fake elixirs!”

Mr. Ma’s eyes flashed, he was evidently taken aback. It was impossible for Xu Yang to identify the fake Fire Wheel Elixir in just one glance. However, he would assuredly not admit what he had done. He said, “Do you think you can fool me using a useless elixir by saying that it is the Fire Wheel Elixir that I sold to you half a month ago? You must have already swallowed the elixir and you want to ruin my reputation using this useless elixir! I, Ma Fuquan, swear right here, right now, if you can’t give me back one Fire Wheel Elixir, you have to pay me fifty Leopard Coins. Otherwise, I will kill you!”

Xu Yang looked at the men behind Mr. Ma. The men were in their thirties and forties. Their cultivations were mostly in the Intermediate and Advanced Mystical Learner.

1In the lower realms of Mystical Cultivation, the foundation of matter was the most important thing. It was hard to advance without adequate food therapy and elixirs. However, there were also some geniuses with excellent qualifications who could advance without those matters.

Obviously, the men were not those who had good qualifications. They had no hope of advancing into Mystical Warriors since they were already in their middle-ages.

There were a lot of people like them who never achieved the realm of a Mystical Warrior. Most of them were humble and lived on by doing physical hard work. There were also many of them who became gangsters and bullied others.

“You and what army? The useless trash behind you?” Xu Yang leered at the men and said, “You can give it a try if you want to.”

The stronger ones were more powerful in this world. If Xu Yang had the cultivation of a Mystical Warrior, Mr. Ma would not even dare take advantage of them, so it was not worth mentioning the gangsters he had brought along with him.

Mr. Ma snorted, “I didn’t expect you to become so arrogant after your short adventure! Okay then, let’s see how long you can resist us.”

Under his command, the gangsters took out their weapons such as iron rods and machetes. They rushed toward Xu Yang with thundering yells.

Xu Yu’s face turned even paler than before and she shouted, “Stop…” However she was too young and weak, and she could not stop this group of gangsters.

“We’re screwed…” Xu Yu closed her eyes desperately. The image of Xu Yang being beaten up badly emerged in her head. She was relieved as they were in Lin Yuan City and Ji Min Apothecary was not strong enough to kill a person. The most that they could do was injure Xu Yang.

Bang, bang, bang! Several sounds of violent collisions came, followed by the sound of a rod meeting its target. Finally, there were thumping sounds of what seemed like sacks being dropped onto the ground.

Xu Yu opened her eyes courageously. She rushed in front and yelled, “Stop fighting… stop…”

Xu Yu halted mid-run and rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

What she had imagined did not happen. In contrast, the three gangsters had fallen to the ground. Their faces were deformed and the arms of two of them had been twisted into unnatural angles. Their arms had obviously been fractured badly.

Xu Yang was pushing the tip of the iron rod against Mr. Ma’s throat. He was standing and his eyes flashed frostily.