Chapter 53: Buying Lives With MoneyThis black-clad youth’s sword could not be underestimated!

Lin Yuchu came to that judgment at once. His sword was extraordinary, and he himself was even more extraordinary.

That sword, which looked rusty, mottled, dull, and blunt, could actually be so sharp in that black-clad youth’s hands.

On Lin Yuchu’s fair, beautiful face, his expression was cool and indifferent. He withdrew his gaze from the teashop ahead, which had already been reduced to ruins.

He looked at the black-clad youth in front of him, who still had one arm around his waist, and said coldly, “How long do you plan to keep holding me?”

At that, the black-clad youth, who had been holding him by the waist and flying with him, immediately let go and released him.

“I saved you.”

The black-clad youth looked at Lin Yuchu in front of him as he spoke.

“So?”

Lin Yuchu looked back at him and asked.

“For saving your life… one hundred spiritual stones!”

The black-clad youth looked at Lin Yuchu in front of him, grinned, showing a mouthful of snow-white, dazzling teeth, and said, “Cheap, right?”

“…”

Lin Yuchu.

It was very cheap. So cheap he wanted to smash this person’s head in.

He stared at the black-clad youth in front of him, who was clearly asking for an outrageous price, and immediately gave a cold laugh. “I never asked you to save me.”

“Eh!?”

When the black-clad youth heard that, his face immediately showed surprise, disbelief, and shock. He stared at him and said, “You’re actually trying to welsh on the debt?”

“And here I thought you looked pretty rich. Young master, it’s not right to conduct yourself like this,” the black-clad youth said.

“It’s only the truth.”

Lin Yuchu’s expression was mild, yet he spoke with perfect confidence. “Did I ask you to save me?”

Although, as for this so-called “saving,” Lin Yuchu was very doubtful.

Who exactly had caused this mess?

However, there was no need to argue unclearly over that. It was better to focus on one point.

When the black-clad youth heard him, his eyes immediately widened. He stared at Lin Yuchu in front of him with a look of shock, as though he had just learned something new, apparently never expecting him to say such a thing. “…Young master, your shamelessness really has my style.”

“The only shameless one here is you. Thank you.”

Lin Yuchu replied without the slightest politeness.

And just as the two of them were arguing over one hundred spiritual stones, or rather not really arguing, the teashop ahead, already reduced to ruins, suddenly went off with a loud boom.

Lin Yuchu and the black-clad youth immediately fell silent at the same time and turned to look.

They saw three figures rush out from the ruins.

They were the teashop attendant who had just served tea to Lin Yuchu, along with his two accomplices.

Only now, that teashop attendant no longer had the slightest trace of the polite humility he had shown when serving tea to Lin Yuchu earlier. Instead, he held a long saber in his hand, his face full of savage ferocity, his gaze vicious as he glared at Lin Yuchu and the black-clad youth ahead. Mainly, he glared at the black-clad youth.

“I saw right away that you brat had too many schemes in your head and wouldn’t be easy to deal with!” The teashop attendant glared viciously at the black-clad youth and spoke in a fierce tone.

The other two accomplices, who likewise had vicious expressions and held long sabers, stood behind him.

“Did you notice from the start?”

The teashop attendant glared at the black-clad youth and questioned him. “You didn’t drink a single sip of the tea I served you.”

“…”

Lin Yuchu.

He did not know whether it was his imagination, but he seemed to hear a faint trace of grievance in that sentence.

Lin Yuchu stared at the teashop attendant speaking ahead. Mm… it was not his imagination. The attendant’s eyes even carried some stifled resentment. It seemed he really was very aggrieved.

Faced with the teashop attendant’s accusation, so sincere and full of genuine feeling, the black-clad youth’s expression remained calm. He said lightly, as though the matter hardly concerned him, “Tea that costs one hundred spiritual stones per pot? I can’t afford to drink that.”

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu immediately turned his head and stared at him.

What!?

My precious little life is only worth the price of one pot of tea?

And when the black-clad youth saw Lin Yuchu looking over at him, he even smiled at him, smiling with an extremely innocent and radiant look. In an eager-to-please tone, he said, “Isn’t it cheap? For saving your life, I’m only charging you the price of one pot of tea. Are you so moved you’re about to cry?”

“…”

Lin Yuchu.

I have never seen someone so brazenly shameless.

Lin Yuchu was too lazy to pay him any attention. He rolled his eyes at him and turned his head away.

As for his coldness, the black-clad youth did not take it to heart.

Inwardly, he chuckled and thought, The young master looks like a respectable person. He definitely won’t short me on these life-saving spiritual stones.

Seeing this crafty, quick-witted black-clad youth flirting and entangling himself with this noble young gentleman right in front of him, the teashop attendant was furious too. To still have the leisure to talk about romance at a time like this, they really were not taking them seriously at all!

“…Didn’t I later see how pitiful you were and stop charging you, offering it to you for free?” When the teashop attendant heard this, he stared at him and said speechlessly.

He decided to destroy this black-clad youth’s impression in the young gentleman’s heart and let him know just how sinister this youth was.

Hearing that, the black-clad youth looked at the three people from the teashop ahead, who were holding long sabers and wearing fierce expressions. He gave a scornful laugh, looking wise and discerning, as if he had already seen through all their schemes and tricks. In a disdainful tone, he said, “Do you take me for an idiot?”

“This was all your routine. First, you pretended not to want money and coaxed me into drinking the tea. After I drank it, you would come collect payment!” the black-clad youth said sternly. “I would never fall for such schemes and tricks!”

“…”

The teashop attendant.

“…”

Lin Yuchu.

Are you stupid?

Do you know too much?

The teashop attendant and Lin Yuchu thought at the same time.

Although what they were thinking was completely different.

No. The black-clad youth indicated that he was simply too poor, so poor that he was wary of every merchant’s fraudulent routine.

He was truly poor.

The black-clad youth, who could not even dig out more than a few spiritual stones from his pockets, turned his head and looked at Lin Yuchu beside him with incomparably affectionate, yearning eyes. Inwardly, he chuckled and thought, Young master, my big fat sheep, from now on, you’ll be the one feeding and clothing me. I definitely won’t let you run away!

“…”

Lin Yuchu.

His heart immediately went cold with revulsion.

There was something evil in the air!

And ahead, after the teashop attendant heard the black-clad youth’s words, he immediately became enraged beyond endurance. He glared at the black-clad youth and shouted loudly, “You’re still playing me!”

“You must have discovered that I put Spirit-Dissolving Powder in the tea, so you deliberately didn’t drink it!” the teashop attendant glared as he said.

“What!?”

Hearing that, the black-clad youth looked utterly shocked. He glared at him and said, “You actually put Spirit-Dissolving Powder in the tea?”

“You’re so despicable and shameless!” the black-clad youth condemned righteously.

“…”

The teashop attendant.

Hearing this, he immediately said in disdain, “What are you pretending for? Didn’t you discover it long ago?”

“No. I didn’t notice at all,” the black-clad youth said.

“If you didn’t notice, then why didn’t you drink a single sip of tea? And why did you split open the teashop with one sword strike and try to run?” The teashop attendant glared at him and questioned him.

The black-clad youth said with perfect confidence, “The tea was too expensive. I couldn’t afford it, so I didn’t drink it. When I saw that you were a black shop, I was afraid you wouldn’t let us leave if we didn’t pay, so I struck first. If I had struck second, I would have suffered.”

“…”

The teashop attendant.

Hearing this and seeing that the youth refused to admit it no matter what, the veins on his forehead immediately throbbed. His skull ached.

Lin Yuchu looked at this teashop attendant and felt that he was about to be angered to death and driven mad by that black-clad youth.

“Are you playing with me?”

Then they heard the teashop attendant give such a loud shout. He lifted his saber and called to the two people behind him, “Go! Let’s slaughter that brat together!”

Then, the three of them raised their sabers and surrounded the black-clad youth, attacking him.

They completely…

Left Lin Yuchu hanging off to the side. No one paid attention to him.

Thinking carefully, it seemed it had been like this from the very beginning…

Ignored by everyone, utterly neglected.

Lin Yuchu had always been the main character. Wherever he went, all eyes were on him, the stars shining around him. When had he ever suffered such a grievance?

His mood immediately became… a little complicated.

For the first time, he had seen someone else seize the limelight like this, or rather draw hatred like this.

“Heh heh!”

Then he heard the black-clad youth beside him let out a smug laugh. He raised two fingers at Lin Yuchu. “Saved you twice. Two lives, two hundred spiritual stones.”

“…”

Lin Yuchu.

His dark, shining eyes silently stared at him without saying a word.

When the black-clad youth met his eyes, he immediately seemed to be burned. He quickly turned his head away and no longer looked at him, the tips of his ears somewhat red.

Good heavens. This young master was honestly far too good-looking!

“Your father actually dares let you go out alone? Isn’t he afraid some bandit from who knows where will carry you off to become the little young master of their stronghold?” the black-clad youth muttered softly. Then, in an emphatic tone, he said, “Two hundred spiritual stones. Not one less!”

“Don’t think that just because you’re good-looking, you can fool me. I don’t accept repayment with your body. Absolutely not!”

The black-clad youth said this with great backbone.

“…”

Lin Yuchu.

You have too much drama in you.

“Wait until I take care of those three, then I’ll come collect the money from you,” the black-clad youth said.

Then, gripping his sword in one hand, his figure flashed, and he disappeared from where he stood.

He teleported to the front and fought the three teashop men wielding sabers, tangling into battle with them.

Lin Yuchu stood where he was without moving. His dark, shining gaze stared without blinking at the black-clad youth fighting ahead. He stared at him.

Although it was one against three, the black-clad youth was not at a disadvantage.

He had plenty of room to spare.

From the very beginning, victory and defeat had already been decided.

However, Lin Yuchu’s gaze was still fixed tightly on that black-clad youth, staring at his method.

He was very strong.

From the first glance Lin Yuchu had taken at this black-clad youth’s sword, he had known this.

Someone who could wield that kind of sword was certainly no ordinary person.

But exactly how strong he was…

Now, Lin Yuchu had seen it.

Unlike the light, fast swords commonly seen nowadays, the black-clad youth’s sword was broader and heavier than ordinary swords. Its blade was not sharp and thin either, but thick, heavy, and blunt.

Because of that, when the youth controlled his sword and attacked, he needed even greater strength. His sword wind opened wide and struck boldly, one force breaking through ten techniques.

But his speed was fast.

Extremely fast.

A heavy sword paired with teleportation footwork.

He could almost handle any opponent. This method was a little wild.

Lin Yuchu stared at the black-clad youth ahead and thought this.

Generally speaking, the broader and heavier a sword was, the more it dragged down speed. That was why swords these days all excelled in being light, thin, and sharp.

But this black-clad youth had broken that convention.

His sword was broad, heavy, and blunt, yet his movement technique was not dragged down in the slightest.

With just this one look, Lin Yuchu knew he came from an unorthodox background, not from a great Sword Path family.

No wonder he was so poor.

He thought this inwardly.

…

It had been said from the beginning.

In this battle, there was no suspense about victory and defeat. It had been decided long ago.

Although those three people from the teashop had Foundation Establishment cultivation, their foundations were hollow and their basics unstable. At a glance, it was obvious they had used crooked, side-door methods to reach Foundation Establishment.

As for this black-clad youth, he was at the fifth level of Qi Refining. The spiritual energy around him was rich and deep, his swordsmanship was unique, and his movement technique allowed him to teleport. Fighting the three of them was as simple as cutting vegetables.

Sure enough, in less than fifteen minutes, those three people from the teashop were taken care of by the black-clad youth and pressed to the ground for a thorough beating.

Having successfully taken care of the three of them, the black-clad youth did not forget to turn his head and smugly extend two fingers toward Lin Yuchu, who was watching from the side. “Hey, don’t forget!”

“Two lives, two hundred spiritual stones.”

Hearing this, Lin Yuchu immediately raised an eyebrow.

Inwardly, he thought, Why go to so much trouble?

And so, he walked forward as well.

The black-clad youth watched his actions with curiosity, but did not stop him.

Lin Yuchu came before the three teashop men who had been beaten to the ground by the black-clad youth.

These three had just been mercilessly rubbed into the ground by the black-clad youth, and their faces were pale, their eyes filled with panic and fear.

Seeing Lin Yuchu suddenly walk over, they immediately raised their heads and looked at him.

But after seeing that it was him, more than half the wariness, alarm, and fear on their faces immediately disappeared. They secretly let out a breath of relief.

How much power could such a delicate, noble young gentleman have?

From the very beginning, those three teashop men had never taken Lin Yuchu seriously.

However.

It was precisely this delicate, noble young master from a wealthy family, the one they had never taken seriously from the very start, the one who seemed to have no deterrence or killing power at all, whose face was cold and expressionless as he lifted his hand. His long, wide water sleeve appeared before the three teashop men.

Immediately after, with a swish—

A cold, silver-white flash of light appeared.

A light, thin, silver-white longsword instantly emerged from this young gentleman’s long sleeve.

“!!!!”

The three teashop men were immediately shocked, their faces filling with terror.

The black-clad youth at the side also showed surprise and astonishment.

Then they saw it.

The clear and cold-faced Lin Yuchu held his sword in one hand, pointing it at the center of the teashop attendant’s forehead, and said coldly, “You poisoned the tea and plotted against me.”

“If you want to live, take out compensation!”

“…”

The teashop attendant.

He had nothing to say.

Who exactly is the villain here?!

You stole my script!

These two today, one after another, were completely refusing to follow the script!

As for the teashop attendant and his two companions cursing inwardly that their lives had gone to the dogs, Lin Yuchu did not know, nor did he want to know. He was not interested.

His gaze was cold. The sword in his hand was even colder. His voice was also icy as frost as he said, “If you want to live, then consciously hand over every possession on you, including your storage bags!”

“Use money to buy your lives.”

Such a scene…

The black-clad youth at the side was stunned at first. Then his expression became excited, his gaze fixed on Lin Yuchu as he thought, You can actually do it like this!

Lin Yuchu indicated that this was because he had seen too little of the world.

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