These members of the Ruthless Sect are no good.
Ye Tian had just finished bragging to his guest elder Chu Feng about how his sect consisted of a group of refined and easygoing people. Now he's gotten into a conflict with someone else. No, Ye Tian needs to investigate and ask his fellow disciples what happened.
How can you act recklessly?
"Senior brother. What happened to you?" Ye Tian first helped Li Xiaoyao up from the ground, not knowing why he had been thrown to the ground.
Li Xiaoyao gritted his teeth in anger and said, "These bastards! They call themselves an academy that embodies the legacy of sages! How could they do such a despicable thing! It's outrageous!"
"Speak slowly, speak slowly."
Seeing that his senior brother was too excited, Ye Tian quickly patted him on the back to calm him down and tell him to speak slowly.
Li Xiaoyao almost cried as he slowly recounted the events to Ye Tian.
That's when he understood the whole story.
It turns out that the academy's cultural festival is approaching. Since most of the people in the bookstore are Confucianists, I recently heard that a Taoist sect has come to visit. Confucianism and Taoism have always kept to themselves, but their cultures are quite similar and each has its own merits.
Therefore, the academy sent people to the door, asking the entire Wuqing Sect to appear together on the cultural street to promote Taoist culture, so that the festival could be more grand and the diverse elements could be stronger.
This was originally a good thing, a win-win situation for both sides.
Initially, the fee for hiring the Ruthless Sect was one thousand taels of silver. Later, they found that there were simply too many tasks involved, making the process too complicated. So, Li Xiaoyao decided to raise the price to five thousand taels.
The academy objected, saying that the annual tuition was already low, and asking for five thousand taels was outrageous. But Li Xiaoyao suggested that they should just part ways.
The academy, which had already included this matter in its performance plan, immediately became hysterical and wanted to discuss it with Li Xiaoyao, but was beaten out by the Ruthless Sect.
"That's the whole story," Li Xiaoyao said solemnly.
Ye Tian was stunned. He scratched his head and said, "Senior brother, am I out of touch with the times? I don't hear any indication that you've suffered a loss from what you're saying. What are you doing lying on the ground? Why is junior brother being so fierce?"
Li Xiaoyao said in a serious tone, "Don't you understand? What are you pretending for, junior brother? I'm just extorting him. They've already included us in their performance schedule. It's impossible for them not to invite us to perform. I'll start by extorting five thousand taels of silver from him. If he dares to cause trouble, I'll lie down. Later, I'll extort another thousand taels for his medical expenses."
"Isn't this the method you taught me?"
“Yes, senior brother. Aren’t we all following what you taught us?” Su Muchen came over.
Master Wuchen chuckled and said, "Good disciple, as you said before, I did not make a move. When they arrive, I can suppress them on moral grounds, making the seniors of the academy feel ashamed and prompting them to hand over the silver to us out of guilt."
"Is this what you call harmony and friendliness? Is this what you call being kind to others?" Chu Feng stared blankly at Ye Tian.
Ye Tian was immediately dumbfounded. When had he ever taught such fancy things?
“Master, fellow disciples, please don’t label me like that. I never said such a thing, nor did I teach you to do it. I, Ye Tian, have always been kind to people and have never done anything fraudulent, deceitful, or thieving.”
Ye Tian clarified earnestly.
"Back in Baizong, this is how you told us to extort people. You even said that if we did this, we could skin even the most stingy person alive."
This frustrated Ye Tian; he seemed to have actually taught him this. But that was all in the past, impossible to verify. He'd rather die than admit it!
"Alright, alright. Stop using my name to swindle people here. It's just a few thousand taels of silver. Go back now." After Ye Tian's earnest persuasion, his master, Daoist Wuchen, his senior brother Li Xiaoyao, and his junior brother Su Muchen all left the place.
Chu Feng moved a little closer at this moment, still maintaining a cold demeanor.
"What are you doing?" Ye Tian asked.
"That's five thousand taels of silver from me, plus your junior brother's medical expenses, that's a total of six thousand taels of silver. Aren't you tempted?"
"Nonsense." Chu Feng was clearly asking a question he already knew the answer to. Six thousand taels of silver—anyone who let that slip through their fingers would be a fool. Ye Tian certainly wouldn't let it slip through his fingers.
"You play the good cop, I'll play the bad cop. Just cooperate with me honestly," Ye Tian said.
"Will I get paid?" Chu Feng asked.
"Our entire sect will share the profits, and you'll get your share."
"Okay." Chu Feng nodded.
"Master, Master Uncle. This sect's attitude is appalling. We invited them to perform out of respect for their culture. They actually tried to raise the price on the spot! Now that we've confirmed, they want to increase it! They're utterly wicked and must be severely punished!"
"They just threatened to hit me, I can't take it anymore!"
At this time.
Outside the Immortal Abode of the Ruthless Sect, besides the chirping of mosquitoes, birds, and beasts, there was also the sound of a young scholar walking along, complaining and blaming others.
Ye Tian chuckled. Here it comes. The fish has taken the bait.
"Cough cough."
Chu Feng immediately understood, picked up his longsword, and exuded immense majesty.
Click!
At the Immortal Abode, three scholars, dressed as scholars, had just stepped inside when a long sword snapped and fell at their feet.
Chu Feng's face was icy cold as he said in a chilling voice, "Don't stop me! I'm going to kill them right now! This is simply outrageous!"
Ye Tian grabbed Chu Feng and cried out in anguish, "Guest Elder Chu, please don't be impulsive! Although what they did was indeed despicable, our Senior Brother Li worked so hard preparing for the competition, and because of his health problems, he couldn't even get an extra four thousand taels of silver for medical treatment."
"That's not all. They actually attacked our junior brother, who has been weak and sickly since childhood, leaving him severely injured and paralyzed in bed. Alas! Even my master, out of consideration for the friendship between the Daoist and Confucian schools, dared not intervene, yet they struck so hard."
"I understand how you feel, Master Chu. You probably want to chop them into pieces and throw them out to feed the fish, but how can we do that? We should repay evil with kindness and put ourselves in others' shoes."
The moment they heard the words "chopped into seven or eight pieces to feed the fish," the three scholars outside the door twitched, their hearts suddenly filled with panic. Looking at the longsword stuck in the ground, its imposing presence clearly enough to kill all three of them, they unconsciously swallowed hard.
"Don't be afraid, the three of you. I have temporarily calmed Chu Keqing down. How should I address you?" Ye Tian asked.
"I am Meng Hao, a scholar from the Hanlin Academy."
"I am Chen Dexing, an academician of the Hanlin Academy."
"I am Chen Zhang, an academician of the Hanlin Academy."
"Damn it. Guest Master Chu hates people with the surnames Meng and Chen the most." Ye Tian panicked and hurriedly said. As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Feng seemed to have heard the wind and rushed towards the three of them.
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