When Zhu Yi saw Shi Xuan's true face, he didn't show much surprise. After all, it's normal to have a different identity when traveling. As the lord of a city, he had seen this kind of thing many times.
What he was curious about was why He Xuan would abandon his disguise and reveal his true identity.
After Shi Xuan finished dealing with Zhu Lingyun, he looked at Zhu Yi and smiled, "City Lord Zhu, I will be going to Luoyin Sect with my sect in two days. You will need to come with me. Do you have a separate flying boat or do you want to ride with us?"
Zhu Yi then realized why she had revealed her true identity; it was all because of them. As disciples of the Lianfeng Sword Sect, if they had followed her to the Luoyin Sect, her true identity would inevitably have been exposed.
Faced with this dilemma, she chose to continue treating Zhu Lingyun rather than preserve her identity as a person who could travel outside.
He stood up, cupped his hands in greeting, and said, "Fellow Daoist Shi is truly righteous. I will always remember this kindness and never forget it. If there is ever any need for my Cloud City in the future, I will do my utmost without hesitation!"
"Lord Zhu, you are too kind. Since you have won my treatment slot in the auction, I will certainly do my best to cure the patient. There is no need for you to worry about it; it is simply the duty of a businessman."
After receiving treatment, Zhu Lingyun fell into a deep sleep. Shi Xuan didn't linger. After treating both patients, she slowly came out from the backyard and opened the door of the shop in the front yard.
Surprisingly, there were even more people outside the door than when she closed it and went in. Apart from a few troublemakers who were still crying and laughing on the ground because the effects of the drug hadn't worn off, the number of onlookers had actually increased.
Upon seeing Shi Xuan leave, everyone fell silent, a complete stillness descending upon them.
The few people on the ground were short of breath from crying and laughing so intensely for so long, and they were all panting heavily.
Shi Xuan had Leng Rufeng step forward and feed each person a pill.
After taking the pills, the group gradually calmed down.
For two whole hours, the group felt that all the suffering they had ever experienced in their lives had not been as intense as those two hours. Finally, they received the antidote and felt an inexplicable sense of gratitude.
"Thank you, fairy!" "Thank you for saving us, fairy! We'll never do it again!" "Waaah~" "Yes, we'll never do it again!"...
The group spoke haltingly and weakly, fearing that Shi Xuan would strike them again.
Shi Xuan smiled kindly again, which made the others shudder reflexively.
"Don't rush. What I gave you just now was a temporary antidote. If you listen to me and do as I say for ten consecutive days, I'll give you the full antidote when I'm satisfied. If I'm not satisfied..."
Shi Xuan didn't finish her sentence, but the others had already filled in the blanks in their minds: "If you're not satisfied, then go through the torture again..."
Just thinking about it is terrifying; they never want to experience what happened again in their lives!
The burly, dark-faced man was the first to back down: "If the fairy has any orders, please give them. We dare not disobey!"
The underlings echoed the sentiment.
"Yeah yeah!"
"It is our honor to serve the fairy!"
"I would gladly go through fire and water for the fairy!"
...
Shi Xuan nodded in satisfaction and smiled, "That's good. Starting tomorrow, whoever hired you to cause me trouble, you should stand in front of their house and spread the word. Buy a big, loud gong and walk around the street in front of the shop that hired you, banging it as you go. Make sure everyone in this market knows who is trying to frame me!"
The burly man never expected things to turn out this way. In the past, he would never have done such a thing, even if his life depended on it. Being hired to frame someone and then turning against his employer to cause trouble is against the rules of the underworld, and doing so would make him look bad.
However, the situation is beyond our control now; it's clear that we have to agree whether we want to or not.
Since that's the case, I might as well agree readily to avoid displeasing this female Yama.
"Yes, yes," the burly man forced a smile and said, "Starting tomorrow, I will lead my brothers to Central Street to spread the word with gongs and drums, and I will make sure to complete your mission!"
“That’s more like it,” Shi Xuan pursed his lips and sincerely read, “My grievances are truly unspeakable! As the saying goes, a kind person is bullied, and a good horse is ridden. I’m just too kind, so everyone wants to mess with me, making me suffer and have no peace!”
The rascal gang, who had just been tormented by her for two hours, had their faces contorted in pain. She was so kind, so kind that they had cried for two hours straight… She was being bullied… What had she been bullied about? They were the ones being bullied! Although they had initially come to bully someone, this was an attempted bullying…
At this moment, they were filled with regret, wondering how they could have been so foolish as to accept this female devil's job!
Shi Xuan glanced at the "sincere" faces of the group, then gave a barely satisfied hum: "Alright, I'll be waiting to see your results tomorrow. If I don't hear a sound from you guys in the shop..."
The burly man's face darkened further, his expression contorted as if he'd eaten a hundred pounds of bitter melon. Didn't she know where her shop was? How remote was it? For them to hear the sounds of Central Street from here, it meant the entire market could hear them. How much effort would that take?!
This not only requires a large gong and drum, but also a magical instrument to amplify the sound.
But when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head, so he could only force a smile and say, "Yes, yes, I'll take it!"
Shi Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Alright, that's enough for now. Take your father back with you. Don't come and bully me again. My little house and courtyard are pitiful."
After she finished speaking, she ignored the few people on the ground, turned around and went back to the shop, closing it down.
The crowd erupted in a clamor only after she disappeared from sight, as if they were only now allowed to breathe.
My God, this is absolutely horrific!
Speaking of Huichuntang, they're already the largest elixir shop in this market, why are they so intolerant of others?
Even so, she's too ruthless; most people couldn't do that...
[Hmph, saying that is simply being generous with other people's money. If this punishment isn't enough to deter others, the same thing will inevitably happen again. Persimmons always pick on the weak. Just wait and see who in this market will dare to mess with her after this.]
Anyway, there's going to be a good show tomorrow...
...
In the backyard of the inexpensive shop, Shen Wuyang was already waiting there to explain the matter of Huichuntang to Shi Xuan.
"The Divine Cauldron Sect has cooperative pill shops with various sects. In the past, I often bought things from the pill shops that the Divine Cauldron Sect cooperated with in our sect's market. The shops they rented were even owned by my family."
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