Chương 136: Who Goes First
Chen Xia had never done business by forcing others to buy or sell.
Since Li Yang, a potential Great Emperor, had come to him, it proved that they were really at the end of their rope. Otherwise, they wouldn't have taken the action of coming to give spirit stones to Chen Xia.
So Li Yang and Liu Qing actually didn't have any room for bargaining with Chen Xia.
It was good to offer timely help like sending charcoal in the snow, but taking advantage of others' misfortunes wasn't a bad thing either.
Liu Qing pursed her lips, looked straight at Chen Xia, and nodded firmly.
"Okay!"
Chen Xia yawned, straightened his sleeves, and asked casually.
"Didn't you ever think that you might be grasping at straws in desperation? What if I'm a quack doctor and can't cure your illness?"
Liu Qing clenched her hands tightly, pressed them against her white skirt, and said, "Didn't you say that if you can't solve the problem, you'll return the spirit stones to us?"
"What if I don't want to return them?" Chen Xia crossed his arms and asked curiously, then added with a smile.
"You know, people are fickle."
Li Yang took a big step forward, stood face to face with Chen Xia, raised her head, and her eyes were sharp.
"If you don't return them, you'll make an enemy of me. After all, I'm also a potential Great Emperor, a one-in-ten-million imperial seed!"
"Uh..." Chen Xia was slightly stunned and replied, "I'm one too."
"Then you should know the price of making an enemy of another imperial seed, right?" Li Yang's tone was a bit solemn.
"Price?" Chen Xia frowned, then slowly shook his head. "I really don't know what the price is."
Then he asked curiously again, "Haven't you heard of my deeds?"
Li Yang furrowed her heroic brows, looking confused. "I just came here because of what others said. I really don't know much about your deeds."
Before, the minor elders had always kept silent about Chen Xia's deeds and were even reluctant to mention his name, as if it were a taboo.
"Let me introduce myself." Chen Xia tugged at his collar and smiled.
"My name is Chen Xia. I'm good at fighting potential Great Emperors and love to defeat enemies across realms. I also know a little about the way of tea, the way of chess, and the way of alchemy."
When Chen Xia said this sentence, both Li Yang and Liu Qing frowned. Especially the part about being good at fighting potential Great Emperors, it sounded like he was deliberately targeting Li Yang.
"If you're really that powerful, why are you still a preparatory disciple?" Liu Qing asked in confusion, raising her delicate eyebrows.
Chen Xia lazily leaned against the threshold. "Isn't it possible that I'm still a preparatory disciple precisely because I'm so powerful?"
If Chen Xia had been a bit weaker back then and hadn't killed Qiong Qi in front of two elders, he would at least be in the top ten among the formal disciples by now.
Chen Xia didn't want to explain too much about the rest. Anyway, his attitude was just.
"I'm amazing. Pay me the money."
Seeing his confident look and considering that he was recommended by that minor elder, Li Yang and Liu Qing gritted their teeth and didn't hesitate anymore. They handed all two thousand spirit stones to Chen Xia.
"These formal disciples are staying outside our cave every day, trying every means to disrupt our cultivation. Please solve this problem as soon as possible."
Chen Xia nodded, said that he would tidy up and then go, and asked them to go back and wait.
After the two left, Chen Xia went back to his cave. First, he stored the two thousand spirit stones away, then drank two cups of tea, stretched his body, and read two books about the way of chess.
Finally, when he thought the time was about right, he slowly strolled towards the outside of Liu Qing's cave.
At this time, it was the climax of the suona playing. The formal disciples who were playing had their necks flushed red.
This wasn't an ordinary suona. It was a magic weapon with supernatural powers that could disrupt people's moods and the fluctuation of spiritual energy.
You couldn't avoid listening to it even if you wanted to. The sound of the suona directly penetrated into your soul.
This was the so-called soul music.
Liu Qing didn't go inside the cave either. She just stood at the door, her face ashen.
Because today, besides the suona, there was also a gong.
It was exactly the same setup as a funeral procession.
And the one who was backing up these formal disciples was Hei He, the Supreme Seed in the black robe with gold inlays.
Every day, there were some preparatory disciples and minor elders watching around. Most of them were just there to watch the fun. Of course, it couldn't be ruled out that some were there to enjoy the suona music.
"Are you going too far? Do you want to send me to my death?!" Liu Qing gritted her teeth and asked.
Hei He said calmly, "The players have no intention, but the listeners take it to heart. Don't misunderstand."
Liu Qing stared at Hei He with a death glare, smiling wryly. "What a 'the players have no intention'!"
"That's just how it is." Hei He didn't want to say too much either. He was just here to complete the task. Now he was waiting for his shift change.
Liu Qing took a deep breath to calm down her anger and looked outside, looking forward to Chen Xia's arrival.
Li Yang was also sitting aside, with her eyes closed and saying nothing. Only when the suona sound reached a high pitch would she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
Once it started playing, it usually wouldn't stop, disturbing people's moods. Even after the suona sound stopped, it would still echo in people's minds.
The onlookers were a common sight. It wasn't clear whether they were just watching the fun or came to see them in a sorry state.
Maybe both.
Subtle conversations continued, coming out from the intervals of the suona sound. They were sarcastic words from the crowd.
Li Yang frowned, not wanting to listen.
Among the crowd, a figure in a blue shirt was slowly walking over. The rather thin figure was neither hurried nor slow. He walked past the crowd, stood in front of Liu Qing in front of everyone, his wide sleeves fluttering, and said calmly.
"I'll give you three seconds to stop."
Everyone's eyes fell on Chen Xia, full of surprise and doubt.
Who was this person?!
Hei He's pupils constricted, his eyes twitched, and his always calm expression finally showed a sense of nervousness.
The formal disciple who was playing the suona might not have noticed. He was so immersed in playing that he didn't hear Chen Xia's words clearly.
So the cultivators present only saw the blue shirt's wide sleeves flutter.
Then the sound of the suona suddenly stopped.
Chen Xia was holding the suona in one hand and the formal disciple who was playing it in the other, still standing in the same place.
The pupils of everyone present shrank quickly, and they felt a chill run down their spines at this scene.
"Was it fun?" Chen Xia asked the formal disciple he was holding.
This formal disciple was still a bit dazed. After carefully looking at Chen Xia's face for a while, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart and quickly shook his head.
"Not fun, not fun!"
"If it wasn't fun, why were you so immersed in playing that you couldn't even hear me talking." Chen Xia commented. He didn't make things too difficult for this formal disciple. He casually threw him away and also threw the suona back, then continued.
"You just stay here and watch. After I defeat a cultivator, you play it a few times, understand?"
The formal disciple hugged the magic weapon suona. Although he didn't quite understand, he still nodded.
"Understood, understood."
"Okay." Chen Xia nodded, stood outside the cave, looked at the group of formal disciples, waved his sleeve, and with an extremely calm expression and tone, just asked one sentence.
"Who's first?"
Within a radius of ten miles, among the thousands of cultivators, no one dared to speak, and not a single gust of wind dared to blow.
There was dead silence.
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