Regardless of whether the person in front of them, Ji Mofan, was real or fake, the person he had knocked away was indeed unconscious. A group of people hurriedly tried to carry him away, but after taking only a few steps, they were suddenly stopped by Ji Mofan.
"Wait a moment," he said. "Junior Brother Jing, leave them some medicine for their injuries."
“I acknowledge the people I hit. If you’re not afraid to die next time, feel free to come back. Chaoming Palace has plenty of medicine and will not let you die here and tarnish the temple’s reputation.”
The junior brother surnamed Jing was the healer carrying a medicine box in the crowd. Hearing Ji Mofan's words, he ran out excitedly, opened his medicine box, and prepared to rummage through it.
The moment he lifted the lid, he couldn't help but grimace. He then picked out a bottle of medicine from inside, a porcelain bottle with a chipped corner and contaminated with the juice of some unknown herb.
It breaks my heart; all these things were perfectly fine when he brought them out.
As a result, being pushed and shoved in the crowd, even though he tried his best to hold the medicine box in his arms, it was still inevitable that it would get a little contaminated.
Poor medicine, you've suffered this undeserved calamity.
He tossed the medicine bottle into the unconscious male cultivator's arms like trash, snorted, turned around, and happily picked up the medicine box again, returning to Ji Mofan's side.
The Chaoming Palace family was wealthy and powerful; they didn't care about this mere bottle of inferior medicine. It was already contaminated; if he didn't give it to someone, it would just end up as firewood anyway.
But hitting someone in the face isn't a waste; you get a good time for a small price to pay, so why can't you call it a huge win?
In the end, the group didn't even dare to utter a harsh word, and they huddled together and slunk away without saying a word.
Their intention in demonstrating here was to use public opinion to force the court to respond; they had no intention of starting a violent conflict.
They had handled the situation very well; the people from Chaoming Palace had no reason to lay a hand on them, otherwise they would be in the wrong.
But who knew that Ji Mofan would come up and not reason with them at all, his attitude was exactly like, "I don't like you so I hit you. If you want money, I'll pay you back. If you want justice, then you'll have to take another beating from me."
This doesn't make sense! Wasn't Ji Mofan the person who always insisted on having a legitimate reason for fighting and who upheld the principles of propriety and integrity?
How come they're now capable of such shameless and scoundrel-like behavior?
"Do you think Ji Mofan has suffered some kind of shock?" Finally, someone couldn't hold back and turned to gossip with their companion.
"I think it's unlikely. Otherwise, how could a normal person suddenly change into a completely different person?"
"Could it be possession?"
"Impossible, right? If he really possessed the people of Chaoming Palace, wouldn't they have noticed? Even if they didn't mention the Soul Lamp at all, just like they did two years ago when they protected Shengxi, how could the Demon Lord not react to this matter?"
"Hiss, speaking of the Demon Lord... have you heard? What happened in the Moonrise Secret Realm a few days ago?"
"I heard that Sheng Xi appeared there? Is it true or not?"
"My senior brother told me this; he saw it with his own eyes, so it can't be fake. Besides, Sheng Xi wasn't the only one there; Ji Mo Fan was there too, and the Demon Lord was there as well!"
"I've heard about this. Apparently, the Demon Lord has fallen in love with someone else. Just a few days ago, he was completely under Ji Mofan's thumb, but now he's the one who rushed out to protect his opponent when Ji Mofan got into a conflict with someone else."
"Ah... Ji Mofan lost control of his emotions because of this?"
"So, we brothers have become his punching bags?"
"Shameless! How can someone like that hold such a high position?"
"You're not convinced? Then go and have a go at him again?"
"......snort!"
*
The disturbance in front of the Chaoming Palace's gate had lasted for several days, but Ji Mofan made an example of them, and finally the place was completely cleaned up.
The disciples of Chaoming Palace were not sentimental people. After a brief greeting to Ji Mofan, they all went back to their own business. Only Zheng Xianchan stayed behind, staring with heartache at the several bowls of fermented rice balls that had been spilled on the ground.
"What's wrong? You don't still want to eat, do you!" Jiang Shiyun directed the servants to come and help clean up the mess. When she turned around, she saw Zheng Xianchan standing there in a daze. She was so frightened that she hurriedly ran over and pulled him back a step.
"I'm not short of this. I'll cook you a big pot when we get back!"
"Huh? Ah! No, I didn't want to eat!" Zheng Xianchan was pulled and stumbled, only coming to her senses after regaining her balance. "I was thinking about what my senior brother told me earlier."
"What?" Jiang Shiyun asked in confusion.
She didn't leave as quickly as Ji Mofan, and by the time she arrived, the battle had already become completely one-sided.
“He said, if I don’t show my power, people will really treat me like a kitten,” Zheng Xianchan said.
Jiang Shiyun chuckled at his serious expression. "Oh, you have such a serious side to you? Who was that person who was laughing like an idiot while hugging the koi fish from Guixu and asking me to try it the other day?"
As she spoke, she raised her hand and patted Zheng Xianchan's shoulder. "Are you overthinking it? Senior Brother didn't mean to mock you for being useless. He was just telling those guys who came to cause trouble that your not fighting back wasn't because you were incapable, but because you had a good temper."
"Besides, what's wrong with being a kitten? Being a kitten is so cute! If I were a kitten, I would be so adorable every morning when I woke up and saw my own furry paws."
Don't put too much pressure on yourself, everyone loves our kitten~
After comforting Zheng Xianchan, Jiang Shiyun turned around and went back to her work.
Zheng Xianchan looked down at his hands for a long time.
Well, it's all dry and bony, barely enough to be used as a chicken foot. His joints are noticeably larger, and perhaps because of his thin skin, the veins on his hands are very prominent.
Cute, fluffy paws...
Ji Mofan had no idea that his casual remark had caused Zheng Xianchan to stand outside in the snow for half a day contemplating life. After shooing him away, he returned to his own courtyard.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw two people sitting there staring at each other.
Ji Mo Fan frowned. "Demon Lord, Sheng Xi, what kind of trouble are you two up to now?"
Xiao Wangyan turned to look at Ji Mofan, then inexplicably pouted and said nothing before turning and walking into the house.
Jimo Fan could only turn his attention to Shengxi.
"I came here to mooch a room from you." Sheng Xi shrugged. "Anyway, my identity is out in the open now, so I'm not afraid of what people will say about me no matter where I go."
“But I am a demonic cultivator after all, and it is not safe for me to act alone, so I came to find you.”
"Do you think this is a shelter? What kind of Tom, Dick, or Harry can come here to freeload?" Xiao Wangyan's voice drifted out from the inner room.
Sheng Xi looked helpless. "Look, I haven't even done anything yet, and the Demon Lord is already acting like this. If I didn't cause this, then you must have done it."
What did you do to him?
A look of bewilderment flashed in Ji Mo Fan's eyes.
He didn't know either.
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