Chapter 41

Meng Bai fell to the ground, his left cheek swollen like a bun, his mouth full of blood. He stood there in shock. Meng Wu was also startled, covering her mouth and rushing forward to help Meng Bai up.

"You, you have no right to hit me!" Meng Bai pointed at Li Yunxiao and roared.

"On what grounds? Just because I'm your master!" Li Yunxiao said coldly, "I told you to practice the first three forms of the Overlord Body Tempering Technique. Did you follow my instructions?"

"I, I need to earn money to support the family!" Meng Bai puffed out his chest, "I'm a man, I can't let my sister work and earn money alone. I need to support my sister!"

Meng Wu's nose tingled, and she quickly pulled Meng Bai, "Brother, don't say anything more. Quickly apologize to Young Master Yun!"

"Apologize? Why should I apologize! He hits people at the slightest provocation, and as a master, he doesn't teach me anything useful, just some useless things. What kind of master is he!" Meng Bai shouted angrily.

"Still being stubborn?" Li Yunxiao said coldly, "Kneel down!"

He snapped his fingers, and two streams of energy shot out, striking Meng Bai's knee joints. Blood spurted out immediately, and Meng Bai's legs ached, causing him to kneel involuntarily.

"I won't accept it! You're only one year older than me. In another year, you won't be my match. Bullying the young, if you have the guts, kill me!" Meng Bai felt a surge of委屈 (grievance) and roared.

A hint of killing intent flashed in Li Yunxiao's eyes, "You think I don't dare? A useless disciple like you is a disgrace to me. I could kill you right now!"

The killing intent spread, and Meng Wu was greatly alarmed. She knew Li Yunxiao's temper and feared he might really kill someone. Tears streamed down her face, "Young Master Yun, no!"

She hit Meng Bai's head, "You've driven me crazy. Why did I raise you to be so big? Quickly apologize to your master, or I won't recognize you as my brother!"

"Sister!" Meng Bai's face was full of委屈 (grievance), but he still refused to back down.

"What's all the noise about?"

A deep voice came from outside the door, and a burly man walked in.

"Uncle Li, it's Uncle Li!" Meng Bai was overjoyed and called out, "Uncle Li, come and save me!" He struggled to stand up, but Li Yunxiao's energy had burst the blood vessels and veins in his legs, and he fell to his knees again after a few attempts.

"Meng Bai? What's going on?" Uncle Li walked over, his voice grave, "Meng Wu, what's happening?"

Meng Bai pointed at Li Yunxiao and said first, "Uncle Li, it's this person. He forced me to become his disciple and now wants to kill me!"

"Oh?" Uncle Li looked up at Li Yunxiao, a hint of surprise in his eyes, but he soon sneered, "A Three-Star Warrior? Not bad, kid, but you're being too domineering."

Li Yunxiao said coldly, "Who are you to meddle in my affairs? I'm teaching my disciple, and you have no right to interfere."

Uncle Li was furious, "What a presumptuous kid, trying to be a master before you're even fully grown. I'll have to teach you a lesson today!"

Meng Wu was frantic and quickly pulled Uncle Li, "Uncle Li, it's not like that. Don't listen to Meng Bai's nonsense."

Meng Bai shouted, "I'm not lying, it's the truth! I want to learn from a master like Uncle Li!"

A hint of satisfaction flashed on Uncle Li's face, "Good! Meng Bai, I'll take you as my disciple today! When you break through to the Warrior stage, we'll form a mercenary group. The income will be hundreds of times better than mining!"

"Mercenary group?" Meng Bai's eyes sparkled with excitement, "Great, Uncle Li can be the leader, and I'll be the deputy leader! And, Uncle Li, I want to learn the Tiger Subduing Fist!"

"Ha, good. Uncle Li doesn't just know the Tiger Subduing Fist, but also the Vajra Fist and Iron Sand Palm. I'll teach you all of them!" Uncle Li seemed very pleased. He turned to Li Yunxiao, his face darkening, and sneered, "Let me deal with this ridiculous master first!"

"Don't, Uncle Li!" Meng Wu was frantic. She knew Li Yunxiao's strength, and although Uncle Li was a Five-Star Warrior, he was no match for Li Yunxiao in one move!

Uncle Li sneered, "Don't worry, Meng Wu. I'll just teach him a lesson, I won't really hurt him." He saw that Li Yunxiao was young but had remarkable cultivation and was afraid he might have a background, so he didn't dare to hurt him seriously.

A hint of disdain flashed in Li Yunxiao's eyes, and he said coldly, "I'll stand here, not move, not dodge, not counterattack, and not use any energy. If you can hurt me even a little, I'll kneel and lick your shoes today!"

Not moving, not dodging, not counterattacking, not using energy...

Uncle Li was stunned for a moment, then became furious, "You brat, you really don't know your place! Not moving, not dodging, and not using energy, even a Ninth Heaven Martial Emperor would be knocked down by my Vajra Fist and Iron Sand Palm!"

Meng Wu was also stunned, not quite understanding what was happening.

Uncle Li suddenly burst into action, pushing out a Vajra Circle with his full force, originally intending to use only seven-tenths of his strength, but now he increased it to nine-tenths. He found this kid more and more annoying and wanted to give him a taste of pain.

Just as he attacked, he felt a sudden shock in his heart. He saw Li Yunxiao's pupils start to change, twisting into a blood-red crescent moon.

Li Yunxiao lightly shouted, "Heaven and Earth, suppress the soul, banish the evil!"

Uncle Li's soul was shaken, and he lost his mental focus, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"Uncle Li!" Meng Wu and Meng Bai were both shocked. In their eyes, Li Yunxiao hadn't moved, dodged, or used any energy, but Uncle Li had suddenly started spitting blood, seemingly injured.

"Hum, kneel down!" Li Yunxiao lightly commanded.

Uncle Li, as if in a daze, his eyes blank, knelt down with a thud at Li Yunxiao's command.

Meng Bai was completely stunned, his mind blank, unable to understand what had happened. He suddenly shouted, "Uncle Li, stand up, stand up quickly, use your Vajra Fist to knock him down! And the Iron Sand Palm, hit him so hard he spits blood!"

"Come and lick my shoes!" Li Yunxiao ordered again.

Uncle Li didn't resist, crawling over to Li Yunxiao and lowering his head to lick his shoes.

"Ah, no!" Meng Wu covered her mouth and cried out in alarm.

"Hum!" Just as Uncle Li was about to lick the shoe, Li Yunxiao kicked him swiftly, striking his chest and sending him flying, "You're not worthy to lick my shoes."

Meng Bai was completely stunned. In his mind, the powerful Uncle Li had been kicked away like a dog in front of Li Yunxiao...

Li Yunxiao looked coldly at the stunned Meng Bai and said, "You want to die? Now it's your turn."

A sense of death enveloped Meng Bai, and he trembled, "No, don't come closer!"

Meng Wu quickly dragged Li Yunxiao, crying, "Young Master Yun, forgive him. My brother is young and doesn't know better. Blame me for not teaching him well."

Li Yunxiao sighed, "He had good potential, but never mind. I don't want this disciple anymore." He turned to leave.

Meng Bai was stunned, but suddenly he came to his senses and shouted, "Wait, don't go!" His legs still couldn't stand, so he crawled over and hugged Li Yunxiao's leg, "I don't want you to go. I want to learn martial arts from you. Master, teach me, I was wrong!"

"Hum, I, Li Yunxiao, don't have a disciple like you."

"I really was wrong. Master, please forgive me this once." Meng Bai said, quickly bowing several times.

Meng Wu also pleaded, "Young Master Yun, please forgive him. I promise he won't go mining anymore and will focus on cultivation at home."

Meng Bai said, "Sister, I can't let you support the family alone. I'll still go mining, but I'll also complete what Master teaches me. Master, please forgive me."

Li Yunxiao said coldly, "I'll give you one more chance. In five days, if you can open seven pulse wheels and advance to the First Yuan Realm Warrior, I'll still recognize you as my disciple. Otherwise, get lost!"

"Five days?" Meng Wu was dumbfounded, "Young Master Yun, my brother has only opened five pulse wheels. How can he do it in five days?"

Meng Bai was also stunned but then showed a determined look, gritting his teeth, "Fine! Five days it is. Master, giving me five days must mean you believe I can do it!"

Li Yunxiao coldly snorted and walked away, his voice coming from a distance, "In five days, I'll come to check your progress."

He was originally angry that Meng Bai had dared to defy his orders, as no disciple had ever dared to disobey him. Later, he found that the boy had a good character and was worth cultivating, so he decided to give him another chance.

He found a hotel in the suburbs and checked in. He took out the Black Girl Sword, activated ten times the gravity, and sat down to meditate and cultivate.

The body-toxic energy he had absorbed was almost completely absorbed and digested, leaving only a clump of toxins wrapped in his dantian. After the recovery from the Alchemist Guild, his internal energy had improved to the peak of the Three-Star level. Li Yunxiao didn't dare to be careless and carefully controlled his true energy, starting to circulate it in the small heavenly cycle.

Five days passed in a flash, but during these five days, an extraordinary event occurred, though it was unrelated to ordinary people.

The Alchemist Guild President Xu Han and the Royal Chief Alchemist Zhang Qingfan announced that they would enter seclusion, with no set time for their return. Two Third-Rank Alchemists entering seclusion at the same time was unprecedented in decades.

Usually, one of the masters would be outside to manage the guild, but this time, all the Alchemist Guild's affairs were handed over to the Second-Rank Alchemist Liang Wenyu. Zhang Qingfan's affairs were also handed over to another Second-Rank Alchemist, Shi Zhen.

This caused much speculation in the outside world, especially among the kingdom's high-ranking officials, who were analyzing the implications. Despite sending people to investigate, they found nothing. The two masters had said nothing before entering seclusion and did not allow others to ask.

Compared to the seclusion of the two masters, the quiet seclusion of the most promising First-Rank Alchemist, Jia Rong, seemed insignificant and received little attention.

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