After waiting for less than an hour in the main hall of the Hundred Refining Hall, Pei Buwan’s loud laughter could be heard from outside, “Brother Yang? Where is Brother Yang?” Before, he had called Yang Kai little brat, but now that he had won big money, he called him brother.
Before he could finish his sentence, this guy stepped forward and stared at Yang Kai with a pair of shining eyes before walking up to him and patting his shoulder, “Brother, you really are my lucky star!”
Yang Kai snorted, “I think he’s the savior!” He was also quite impressed with this guy. Until now, he still couldn’t figure out where he got the courage to bet ten million on him. What if he lost?
“There’s no difference!” Pei Buwan waved his hand and looked down at Yang Kai’s tea cup, frowning, “Change the tea, get the best tea!”
“Enough nonsense, pay up first!” Yang Kai said bluntly.
Yang Kai really couldn’t be bothered to interact with such a muddy headed person, so he want to quickly collect the debt and left.
“Don’t worry, don’t worry, I’ve already prepared everything for you.” Saying so, he sat down and pushed a Space Ring across the table.
Yang Kai picked up the ring, scanned it with his Divine Sense, and counted the number.
Pei Buwan looked at him with a smile, “Brother Yang, I didn’t expect you to be so good at fighting. Even Yu Luocha was easily defeated by you, are you interested in fighting a few more battles?”
Yang Kai was multitasking as he continued to count.
Pei Buwan said, “Yu Luocha is only ranked fourth on the Human Ranking. Although she’s not bad, she’s still a bit lacking compared to the other three. If you want to, I’ll arrange for you to fight with those three. If you can win, you’ll be able to earn a lot of money.”
Yang Kai raised the Space Ring in his hand and shook it, “I have collected the money, I won’t fight!”
Pei Buwan smiled and said, “What kind of money is this? Ten million is not your own, only a million is yours. How about this, if you listen to my arrangements, after I win the money, I’ll give you twenty percent!”
Yang Kai ignored him and stood up, saying, “This matter is settled. I’ll take my leave now, Shopkeeper Pei.” Finished speaking, he led Luo Haiyi out.
“Don’t leave yet, everything is negotiable. Thirty percent, thirty percent is fine!” Pei Buwan quickly stood up and persuaded.
“Forty percent!” Seeing that Yang Kai didn’t show any signs of stopping, Pei Buwan quickly increased the price, “At most forty percent, I’ll have to bear the risk of losing money. You can’t expect me to split it fifty-fifty with you, right? Any higher than that would be too much.”
Yang Kai turned a deaf ear and quickly disappeared.
“This little brat…” Pei Buwan smacked his lips. If it was anyone else, they would have been forced to stay. This little brat was simply a money tree. As long as he could operate well, wouldn’t it be easy to earn money from the Asura Arena? However, this little brat was a member of the First Inn, so it wasn’t easy to use force. Since he was unwilling to fight, Pei Buwan didn’t have any good ideas.
Watching Yang Kai leave, Pei Buwan felt a slight sense of regret in his heart, but the joy of winning quickly come again as he sat down to count his gains.
He had bet ten million and won forty million, making a total of fifty million Open Heaven Pills, giving Yang Kai eleven million and nearly forty million left. Not only was this enough to settle the debt, but there was also a large amount left. The haze that had been clouding his heart for the past few days had disappeared and he was feeling quite happy.
Leading Luo Haiyi out of the Hundred Refining Hall, Yang Kai handed her a ring.
Luo Haiyi looked up at him and Yang Kai smiled, “I’ll return the money i owed you.”
Only then did Luo Haiyi receive it. Sweeping it with her Divine Sense, she whispered, “It’s too much, Sir.” When Yang Kai had purchased the Universe Chart, she had given him less than twenty thousand Open Heaven Pills. Now, after just a day’s worth of effort, Yang Kai had actually returned her thirty thousand. This was indeed a lot for Luo Haiyi.
Yang Kai smiled and said, “Take this as your reward.”
“That’s too much,” Luo Haiyi shook her head, “Sir, i can't ask for this much, my services won’t be enough, please take it back.”
Saying so, she handed over the ring.
Yang Kai stared at her for a moment, but seeing the determination and seriousness in her eyes, he couldn’t help laughing and didn’t try to force her any further, “Fine, you can deduct the previous one and give me the rest.”
Luo Haiyi nodded and busied herself for a while before returning the extra Open Heaven Pills.
Yang Kai took it and saw that it was still early, so he said, “Come with me to a few more shops.”
“Good, in any case, this mistress has nothing to do when I return. If Sir wants to go, you can do so anytime.”
Yesterday, when he reached the Hundred Refining Hall to collect debt, it was no longer possible to continue. There were still many shops that he had yet go to, and Yang Kai estimated that it would take at least three or four days before they could finish.
The other shops didn't have someone like Pei Buwan, who was just a simpleton. He handed over a notice letter, stated his purpose of visit, and showed the Proprietress's token. All the shopkeepers politely received him.
They also agreed on a one-month deadline, and in the blink of an eye, it was night.
Yesterday, he didn’t have any money on him and didn’t want to return to the inn, so he stayed over at Luo Haiyi’s place. Today, he had only earned eleven million. Yang Kai wanted to go back and tell the Proprietress the good news, so he let Luo Haiyi go back first.
After agreeing to continue tomorrow, Yang Kai walked towards the First Inn.
Not long after, he returned to the inn. Inside the First Inn, it was still crowded, with a few young servants running about while the Accountant stood behind the counter, fiddling with an abacus.
“This little shop is full, Sir, please find another place,” The Accountant noticed someone approaching and said without even raising his head.
Yang Kai knocked on the table and asked, “Where’s the Proprietress?”
The Accountant looked up and said, “It’s you, I thought you were a guest.” Pointing towards the backyard, he said, “In the room.”
Yang Kai nodded, “Then i'll go ahead!”
He headed straight for the backyard.
The Accountant looked up at his back, shrank his neck, and whispered, “There is a road to heaven, but you refuse to take it, and instead choose to barge into hell… why bother!”
Walking to the backyard, Yang Kai immediately saw a person standing at the corner of the courtyard, squatting down, getting up, and squatting down. There seemed to be something on his shoulder.
Yang Kai was greatly surprised and walked over to take a look, discovering that this person was actually Old Bai.
As their eyes met, Old Bai grinned and said, “You’re back?”
“En!” Yang Kai nodded and looked at him curiously, “What are you doing?”
“I… Nothing!” Old Bai struggled to get up, and when he spoke, his breath almost stopped. It was obvious that the weight on his shoulder wasn’t light, “I was cultivating!”
“Cultivating here?” Yang Kai was confused, wondering what this guy was up to. If he wanted to cultivate, he should find a suitable place to cultivate. Why did he come to the Proprietress’ courtyard to cultivate?
“Yang Kai is back?” In the candlelit room, the cold voice of the Proprietress rang out.
“I'm back, Proprietress!” Yang Kai called out, glancing at Bai Qi before shaking his head and walking over to knock on the door.
“Come in!”
Yang Kai pushed open the door and entered, but before he could say anything to the Proprietress, he saw a white figure rushing towards him. Shocked, he tried to retreat.
However, the white shadow’s speed was so fast that it grabbed him by the collar and dragged him into the room before slamming the door shut.
Yang Kai was extremely nervous, thinking that someone was trying to ambush him, but when he looked around, he found that the person standing in front of him was actually the Proprietress. Thinking about it, this was the Proprietress’ room, who else could it be other than her?
At this moment, the Proprietress's beautiful eyes were cold as she stared at him.
Yang Kai stared at her and asked, “What’s wrong?” Who had provoked this crazy woman again? Why did she look at him like she wanted to eat him alive?
“You still have the face to ask?” The Proprietress sneered and stretched out her hand, grabbing something that looked like a feather duster out of thin air and swipe it towards Yang Kai.
Yang Kai was startled and raised his hand to block, but with the Proprietress's cultivation and his own, he was unable to block her attack. In the blink of an eye, the feather duster hit his head.
Yang Kai’s eyes were red from the pain as he covered his head with his hands and shouted, “What are you doing!”
“Hit you, can’t you see?” As she spoke, the feather duster stabbed straight towards Yang Kai’s stomach.
Who asked you this? This old master was asking why you hit me. Yang Kai wanted to say something, but he couldn’t. His stomach churned and his back arched.
The feather duster fell again and hit Yang Kai’s shoulder.
Yang Kai jumped up like his butt was on fire and tried to escape, but the Proprietress simply reached out and pulled him back.
The difference in strength was too great! Yang Kai couldn’t resist at all and was filled with shame and anger. Since he was young, he had never been beaten like this before, but the most important thing was that this beating had been done without any reason.
After taking a few more hits, Yang Kai’s anger soared and he shouted, “Crazy woman, try again!”
“Crazy woman?” The Proprietress laughed in anger, her feather duster transforming into countless shadows that flew towards Yang Kai.
Yang Kai was immediately thrown into a state of panic. Gritting his teeth, he consoled himself that a true man should know when to yield and when to stand tall. No matter what, he had to figure out the problem first before he shouted, “Don’t fight, don’t fight, let’s talk.”
“I’m a crazy woman, what’s there to talk about with you? A crazy woman can do whatever she wants,” The Proprietress said as she struck him again.
Yang Kai was at a loss for words as he crouched down in a corner and covered his head with his hands.
Seeing him like this, the Proprietress stopped.
Yang Kai slowly raised his head, his eyes filled with vigilance.
The Proprietress looked down at him with a cold expression, “Speak, where did you go last night? Why didn’t you return home?”
Yang Kai said indignantly, “You hit me because of this?” He slowly got up.
The Proprietress waved her feather duster, causing Yang Kai to shrink back again, secretly cursing in his heart, Don’t let me cultivate to the Open Heaven Stage, otherwise I’ll definitely get back at you a hundred times over.
“If I ask you something, just answer obediently, don’t waste time!”
Yang Kai snorted, “I spent the night at a friend’s house last night.”
“Friend?” The Proprietress sneered, “You’ve only been in Star City for a few days, where are your friends? A man or a woman?”
Why do you care? Yang Kai wanted to say something but was afraid of angering this woman, so he could only say, “A woman!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the feather duster fell again, and the Proprietress said with a look of disappointment, “You’re so young, yet you don’t learn to be good and instead go around seducing others! It’s only been a few days, yet you’ve already spent the night at someone else’s house.”
TO BE CONTINUED...
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