章節 34: You wish to steal from my pill tower?
Li Jun turned. "What is it? I really don't have time to wait around." It was approaching the time he was supposed to meet Master Shen for training.
He didn't want to be late, but he saw what happened when Shen Yun was late. She was forced to run around the base of the mountain until sunset. And if Master Shen could be so cruel to his own granddaughter, he didn't want to find out what would happen if he tested the old man's patience.
"You want to leave?" The man asked with a despicable look of anger.
"You just said I can leave if I don't have time to wait. What is the problem?" Li Jun asked. He wasn't sure what this was about. It was the first time Li Jun had seen this man, so he knew that there were no grudges between the two of them.
"You can leave, but you have to pay a fine. After hearing your order, the Manager of the third floor asked a master pill refiner to make the rest of the pills we didn't have in stock, and now you're going to leave without compensating him for his time? How disrespectful!" The man screeched.
All the shouting gained the attention of other people who were previously working behind a wooden door similar to the one downstairs. An old man in a white robe stepped out and stared at Li Jun.
Li Jun looked back and quickly realized that the old man was at the ninth level of body refining. He appeared to be just a stone's throw away from becoming a core refining expert.
"What's all this commotion? Master Tang is currently refining pills. If anything distracts him and the ingredients are wasted, the cost will come out of your salary," the old man said as he looked at the man at the counter.
"Manager," the man said with a respectful bow. That boy has requested twenty spirit-gathering pills, but he wishes to leave without paying."
The Manager narrowed his gaze to Li Jun and furrowed his brows.
"Is that true? You wish to steal from my pill tower?"
Li Jun let out a sigh. It seemed he couldn't make it on time after all.
"I haven't received any pills, so what am I stealing?" He asked.
"Manager, the pills that Master Tang is refining were requested by him, and he refused to wait. I simply asked that he pay compensation for the pill master's time," the man said with a grin.
"Those are the rules of the pill tower. If you want to waste our time, you need to pay a fine. Do you wish to break the rules too?" The Manager asked, looking at Li Jun with questioning eyes. But he seemed more reasonable than the man at the counter.
"Well, if those are the rules, I guess I can wait until the pills are ready." Li Jun said and then made his way to one of the benches that lined the room. He sat down and looked at the two of them, who seemed dissatisfied by his behavior.
"As the rules demand, those who cause a ruckus in the pill pavilion are required to hand over one hundred gold coins and never step foot inside again. You will not be getting any pills today or ever, in fact. Now pay the fine and get out," the old man said casually.
Li Jun became enraged by this kind of treatment. If he had been at the ninth level of body refining, he doubted that the man at the counter would have ever been disrespectful in the first place. What they were doing now was clearly extortion.
After being invited by Grandmaster Mao, he expected to be treated well. But instead, they wished to rob him and ban him from ever coming here again.
Li Jun stared at the two of them with rage in his eyes. The old man and young worker seemed to share the same smile. It was clear that they had worked together to extort people before.
"Call Mao Lin here. I want an explanation for how you're treating me," Li Jun said.
"You!" The Manager's eyes flashed with fury. "You dare disrespect Grandmaster Mao in front of me!?"
The Manager shot forward with his hand outstretched. A wave of spiritual energy shot from his palm.
Li Jun could barely react. As if instinctually, the beast skill he had obtained from the rabbit beast activated, and he swiftly jumped out of the way as a ball of fire slammed against the wall where he was sitting.
'Fire magic!?' Li Jun almost shouted. It was his first time seeing someone summon fire from thin air. He had read about it but never believed it until now.
"You bastard! Get here!" The Manager shouted and rushed towards him again.
Li Jun's beast skill wasn't particularly useful; he couldn't move great distances at high speeds, but it seemed that whenever his life was in danger, it activated and saved him from what would have been a fatal blow.
Li Jun gritted his teeth. He couldn't even fight back. The Manager rushed him over and over, and he barely survived each attack by jumping out of the way. A few moments passed before the Manager realized he couldn't hit Li Jun no matter how hard he tried.
He raised his hand over his universe bag and summoned a sword. It was clear he was trying to kill Li Jun for refusing to be extorted.
Li Jun did the same; he summoned the black sword from his universe bag and prepared to put everything on the line to survive.
Although he knew there wasn't a chance he could beat the old man in a head-to-head fight, if he was lucky, he could use his beast skill to gain an advantage and maybe get a good hit. If he combined it with phantom steps and a heaven-splitting sword, he was bound to be able to strike the man—or at least he was willing to wager on it. He didn't have a chance to escape.
Just as the Manager was preparing to strike with his sword, the door behind the counter opened again, and a familiar face stepped out.
"What in the world is going on in here?" Said Grandmaster Mao as he appeared with a young girl by his side.
"Grandmaster Mao! This boy disrespected you and refused to pay a fine for causing trouble! He has committed crimes against our pill tower. Please help me execute him!" The Manager exclaimed upon seeing Grandmaster Mao.
Grandmaster Mao's eyes scanned the room before falling upon Li Jun, who held his sword firmly, prepared to fight back against a man who was more than twice as strong as him. It was admirable.
"You are both fired!" Grandmaster Mao's voice shook the room as he looked at the Manager and worker with a burning rage. "Leave my pill tower and never show your face before me again!"
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