“Uncle, I’m your nephew! How could you let an outsider hit me so hard!? If my mother saw this, she’d be heartbroken…”
Seeing his disappointing nephew, Chen Yi was so furious that he could barely contain himself.
If not for the time back then, when his sister risked being beaten to death and stole a few pancakes to save his life, Chen Yi would have long since kicked this good-for-nothing troublemaker out of the Flowing Cloud Pavilion.
He’d given him the exam questions, even bribed the examiner for him, yet still, he almost got eliminated.
If Chen Yi hadn’t secretly drugged his opponent and caused the kid to withdraw due to illness, this useless lump of clay would never have gotten to wear the Flowing Cloud Pavilion uniform.
Yet this fool actually thought it was luck on his side.
Chen Yi couldn’t help but laugh in anger.
It hadn’t been easy for him to become a servant in the Flowing Cloud Pavilion.
Even if he didn’t do a thing, as long as Chen Yi was in charge, he could have lived a comfortable life.
But he just had to make trouble.
Arrogant, reckless, and completely lacking in judgment.
If not for Zhang Yun today, their branch would have nearly offended a guest they could never afford to provoke!
The reason Chen Yi used such force was to save his nephew’s life!
Yet this brat dared to threaten him!
And even tried to bring up his sister!
Chen Yi was furious.
He wanted to say more, but his face turned cold, and with a snort, he flicked his sleeve and walked away, not sparing this wretched fool a single glance.
Seeing Chen Yi walk off and leave him behind, Lin Chuan felt completely stifled!
Clenching his fists, he forced down the humiliation and frustration burning within him, a flame of anger slowly rising in his heart.
He couldn’t understand!
He was working so hard, so why did his uncle always turn a blind eye!?
Today, Zhang Yun just got lucky, that’s all.
Normally, people like her were nobodies.
Those two children’s clothes were obviously made from ordinary mortal fabric, clearly mundane folk.
Was he supposed to waste time smiling and bowing to people who couldn’t even afford fine clothes?
What a waste of time!
He was only doing it to save everyone the trouble of wasting time on useless customers!
Why couldn’t his uncle see the thought and effort he put in!?
And besides, he was his uncle’s nephew!
Even if he had to show outsiders some face, he shouldn’t have gone that far!
That little brat outside couldn’t even see inside!
Couldn’t he just let him shout a few times for show?
Uncle is really too stubborn!
He didn’t do anything wrong at all!
Lin Chuan sniffled, swallowing his resentment, and endured the burning pain on his back.
“Chuan-ge!”
A voice called out, and Lin Chuan’s mood brightened immediately.
A short, round figure peeked out from behind a corridor pillar.
“Wu Yu! You brat, what took you so long? The medicine—quick, put it on for me!” Lin Chuan snapped.
Wu Yu looked round and chubby, but his steps were quick and nimble.
In just a few strides, he was by Lin Chuan’s side, taking out a smooth, white porcelain bottle from under his shirt, but hesitated as he opened it.
“Ch-Chuan-ge… I, I took this from the storeroom without permission, is… is this really okay?”
“Stop blabbering! Pour it on! My uncle’s in charge here, what’s there to be scared of? This stuff is only worth a few spirit stones—once I make it big, I’ll pay it back!”
Wu Yu gritted his teeth, but finally twisted off the cap and poured the powder onto Lin Chuan’s wounds.
The powder worked instantly.
As Lin Chuan circulated his qi to heal, the gruesome wound on his back began to close.
Within a few breaths, the lash marks had completely vanished.
The instant the burning pain faded, Lin Chuan felt reborn!
He jumped up from the floor, flexed his muscles, and even his knees didn’t hurt anymore.
Hey, this medicine really is something!
“Ugh, what rotten luck. Zhang Yun, that yellow-haired girl, really hit the jackpot! Ran into some low-key young master from a cultivation family!”
“But seriously, are these clans all insane? Can’t they wear better clothes? Dress in rags like that, of course they’ll be mistaken for mortals!”
“What’s the Flowing Cloud Pavilion? We’re all over the land—there’s nowhere without our presence!We’re a high-end establishment! If anyone can just walk in, then—”
Lin Chuan’s complaints were cut off by Wu Yu, who interjected, “That’s not some young master from a cultivation clan. That’s the young master of the Green Wood City Lingyun Chamber of Commerce.They’re considered a noble family among mortals, but in the cultivation world, they don’t count for much.”
“What…? The secular families are that powerful now? They just give little brats hundreds of spirit stones to spend for fun?”
Lin Chuan was shocked.
That was such a waste!
If all those spirit stones were given to him, he’d have reached Foundation Establishment long ago!
“Their family only got involved in the cultivation world in recent years. They don’t have that kind of wealth. I bet that young master ran into that rumor.”
“…What rumor?”
“Oh, Chuan-ge, you only just got here, so you probably don’t know. A few years ago in Green Wood City, there was a rumor—a Foundation Establishment cultivator died nearby. That cultivator spent lavishly, spent over a thousand spirit stones right here at the Flowing Cloud Pavilion.”
“No one knows why, but he died. When they recovered his body, his storage ring was missing. Some say it was lost somewhere, no one knows where.”
After Wu Yu finished, Lin Chuan’s heart gave a violent thump.
“So… that brat… picked up a storage ring and is flaunting his wealth here just to impress girls…?”
“That’s the only explanation,” Wu Yu nodded.
“Otherwise, where would the Ling Family get so many spirit stones for their young master? I heard their business has shrunk quite a bit lately.”
Gradually, an idea sparked in Lin Chuan’s mind.
Or rather, it immediately became a plan.
He raised his head, eyes as if penetrating the walls, staring at the arrogant, domineering young master upstairs, who enjoyed trampling on others.
Why… Why should he, working so hard, have to watch some rich kid who never wants for anything just stumble into such luck?
He’d struggled, step by step, to get where he was, and yet was humiliated by a spoiled brat who had everything handed to him!
He was angry, unwilling!
Shouldn’t good fortune belong to those who strive?
Why should it go to some young master born with everything?
Why give that luck to someone who enjoys humiliating others?!
No… This should be his luck, shouldn’t it?
This… this is his chance!
But, how to seize it?
Lin Chuan lowered his head, glancing at his own seventh-layer Qi Refining cultivation.
How else… should he do it?
He was a cultivator, after all!
Better to take those spirit stones from a running yellow dog than let them go to waste—far better to let someone who knows how to use them have them!
Just take them!
Of course, Lin Chuan wasn’t foolish enough to ask for them directly.
For something like this, a little trick was needed.
Since that young master cared so much about that little girl, why not start with her?
Fortunately, his connections ran deep, and he knew more than a few who specialized in such things!
Hmph, fortune truly favors the prepared!
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