Yu Xiao had specially given instructions in this matter to give a direction to all parties in Imperial City. He was telling them that the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion had offended him and they could handle it as they pleased.
Leaving the matter of giving gifts to his two disciples, Yu Xiao was looking at the method of refining the soul condensing pill that his youngest disciple gave him. It was more detailed than what he had obtained before, and it also contained some tricks to help with the success of the pill.
Yu Xiao was overjoyed. If this was Sihong Academy, he would definitely go into seclusion immediately to prepare for alchemy.
Before, his young disciple went out for training, so he secluded himself for a period of time. He had made a lot of preparations, but he still felt completely sure. This was why he hadn’t touched the soul condensing grass.
Now he was very glad that he hadn’t done it yet, or he would’ve wasted one plant and not known where to find a second one.
His young disciple was also very lucky. After going out for training, he actually obtained the inheritance of another alchemist. As his master, Yu Xiao benefited from it.
In addition to the alchemy method, there was the alchemy’s experience in alchemy. Yu Xiao gained a lot of insights after reading it.
After digesting and absorbing everything, he thought he could do it and would definitely succeed this time.
Not to mention how the steward of the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion would report after returning, all parties who were paying attention to Yu Xiao’s movements discovered that the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion was barred from entry by Yu Xiao and his disciples.
Many of the powerful and influential people who weren’t on good terms with the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion were gloating over their misfortune and eager to see more jokes about the mansion, so they spread the word.
The Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion had offended Master Yu Xiao.
As they promoted the matter with the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion, all parties were curious about what the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion had done to make Yu Xiao order his grand disciple to make such a cruel remark. It was rare.
Marquis Ningyuan himself was anxious and angry. The impact was huge. He got no chance to get close to Yu Xiao, a fifth-grade alchemist, and it even affected the status of the entire marquis’ mansion.
There would be people who wanted to please Yu Xiao, and they might step on the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion to try and catch Yu XIao’s eyes. Even if they didn’t get his attention, it still wasn’t a troublesome matter.
This was why Marquis Ningyuan was anxious and went to find his son-in-law. He asked the Eleventh Prince to help find out why Yu Xiao treated the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion in this way.
The Eleventh Prince naturally didn’t want his father-in-law to end up in such a situation, so he carefully investigated the cause. If the influence wasn’t eliminated, it would be very disadvantageous to him as a prince.
Couldn’t it be seen that his other brothers and sisters were now making fun of him for this? The struggle for imperial power had always been ruthless and cruel.
This matter was quite easy to find out. When Bai Qiaomo and Feng Ming complained to their senior brother and master, there were teachers and students from the Imperial Academy listening nearby. They had no intention of hiding anything. So when someone came to inquire, they told them the reason why the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion had offended Master Yu Xiao.
The person that Marquis NIngyuan offended wasn’t Master Yu Xiao himself, but his little disciple. Master Yu Xiao was venting for his little disciple.
It wasn’t just Master Yu Xiao and his disciple who was offended. It seemed there was also Dean Pei’s disciple, the cultivator called Bai Qiaomo who was the partner of Yu Xiao’s youngest disciple.
Just imagine how much face this Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion had that they offended two people at once. The teachers and students of the Imperial Academy who knew the inside story had no intention of covering up for the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion. They not only told the truth to the people who came to inquire, but spread the matter to outsiders.
This surprised everyone and made them gloat even more. You, the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion, bullied other people’s disciples at the gate of Imperial City. Now they wanted to send gifts?
No matter how good Yu Xiao’s temper was, there was no way he would accept the gift.
This also made Feng Ming, Yu Xiao’s new disciple, come to the attention of all parties. They asked for more detailed information about him.
In the restaurants and teahouses of Imperial City, everyone was talking about the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion offending Master Yu Xiao.
At first, even if some people knew that the young lady from the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion bullied two cultivators from other places, no one took it seriously. Bullying was bullying, and there was nothing the outside cultivators could do. They could only swallow their anger.
Here, it wasn’t very common for the powerful to bully the middle and lower class people.
But this time, the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion hit a wall. The one being bullied wasn’t an ordinary cultivator. The background behind that cultivator wasn’t necessarily weaker than that of the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion.
“Do you know that the young lady from the NIngyuan Marquis’ Mansion was so bold that she actually whipped the disciple of a fifth-grade alchemist?”
Seeing how well the speaker chose his words, other people who knew nothing about this were immediately attracted.
It was the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion and a fifth-grade alchemist. The word ‘whip’ was also used. Just by listening, they could tell it was explosive gossip.
“What exactly happened?”
“Let me tell you…”
The speaker enthusiastically described the whole process as if he had witnessed the conflict at the city gate that day.
It was also said that the girl from the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion was jealous of the disciple’s good looks, so she tried to destroy his face with a whip. However, she was stopped by the young marquis, Zong Yuyan, who whipped her back.
The Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion wasn’t willing to give up. As a result, while they were waiting, the ger involved reunited with his master, Yu Xiao. The Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion even sent someone to deliver a gift to Master Yu Xiao, but was almost thrown out on the spot.
The Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion offended someone without realizing it. Wasn’t this funny?
Someone banged on the table and laughed.
“The Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion deserves to be unlucky. They used to pick on the weak, but they didn’t expect to be wrong this time. They really thought that cultivators from outside could be bullied.”
“The NIngyuan Marquis’ Mansion didn’t think about the fact that Imperial City will be hosting a league recently. Many forces from all over the country have sent cultivators to Imperial City, including many big forces that even the prince wanted to win over. They thought it was a big deal that they had a girl who married a prince. They deserve this.”
“That’s right. The ger’s background is ordinary, but he has a good master, the fifth-grade alchemist Yu Xiao. Haha, Marquis Ningyuan wants to ask this fifth-grade alchemist for pills. What a joke.”
Someone came in later to break the news. “Do you know? The Eleventh Prince’s wife just came out of the prince’s mansion and returned to the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion. Seeing how hurried she was, I’m afraid it is about this matter. I really want to see what type of expressions Marquis Ningyuan and his daughter will show when they hear about this.”
“Do you know, due to this incident with the NIngyuan Marquis’ Mansion, many powerful families have been restraining the dandies in their family recently and have them show up less in public? Even if they do, they can’t cause trouble. Who knows if those dandies will be like the girl from the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion, and get into trouble with someone who isn’t easy to mess with.”
Dandies wasn’t gender specific. They were both boys and girls, and even gers. For example, the one at the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion was a typical representative.
“Haha, I didn’t expect the girl from the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion would serve as a warning to all the dandies in Imperial City.”
As the whistleblower said, the Eleventh Prince’s wife returned to the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion in anger. The Eleventh Prince had become furious at her after getting the news, so she could only vent her anger on her own sister.
Her sister could pick on anyone else, but she chose to pick on the youngest disciple of Master Yu Xiao, a person that even the Eleventh Prince was trying hard to win over.
The moment the Eleventh Prince’s wife returned to her parents’ home, she found the atmosphere there a bit depressing. It went without saying that her father, Marquis Ningyuan, must’ve also received the news.
It was estimated that it wouldn’t take long before this matter spread throughout Imperial City. The Ningyuan’ Marquis Mansion would become a laughing stock in Imperial City, causing her to lose face as well.
Marquis Ningyuan did get the news, and his expression darkened immediately. He never thought that the person his youngest daughter casually bullied could be such a powerful figure.
At this moment, his youngest daughter made a fuss again. Several days had passed, and her father still hadn’t taught those two hateful people a lesson for her?
She couldn’t take revenge on the young marquis surnamed Zong, so she would take revenge on the two bast*rds for the beating she received.
In the past, Marquis Ningyuan always indulged his daughter. However, seeing his daughter making a fuss again today, he got so angry that he slapped her. This left both his daughter and wife stunned.
“Marquis, what are you doing…”
There were only two daughters in the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion. The eldest daughter was married to the prince while the youngest daughter was kept in the mansion to be married off, and she would inherit the mansion in the future.
Therefore, the couple always doted on their youngest daughter and almost always granted her requests.
They didn’t think their thoughts were excessive. Their youngest daughter never offended the princes or the rich and powerful. She also had the protection of her oldest sister, the prince’s wife. Couldn’t it be seen that everything had been fine for her so far?
Marquis Ningyuan was extremely furious. “What is this? The one you provoked this time isn’t an ordinary cultivator. He is the youngest disciple of Master Yu Xiao. The gift I carefully prepared and had someone send to him was rejected by Master Yu Xiao. Do you know how many people in Imperial City are laughing at our Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion now? How many people are waiting to take advantage of our mansion’s misfortune?”
“Impossible!” His youngest daughter screamed.
Marquis Ningyuan said angrily, “You say it is impossible, so it is impossible? Who in Imperial City doesn’t know that most of Master Yu Xiao’s disciples were born commoners? By the way, I haven’t talked about what you said yet. You pointed at Master Yu Xiao’s disciple and called him an untouchable. If I had known this earlier, would I have dared to send a gift to Master Yu Xiao?”
It had to be known that Yu Xiao himself was born a commoner. They could look down on commoners, but they couldn’t look down on Yu Xiao.
The marquis’ wife also knew that something serious had happened.
The Eleventh Prince’s wife came over at this time and heard the roar of her father, causing her to almost faint. She hadn’t known that her sister had called the other person an untouchable.
The two sisters of the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion were called Lou Minjun and Lou Minwan. Unfortunately, there wasn’t the slightest bit of gentleness in Lou Minwan.
The marquis’ wife saw her eldest daughter and hurriedly asked, “Why did Minjun come back at this time?”
Marquis Ningyuan knew without asking. “Did the Eleventh Prince ask you to come back? Did he say how to deal with your sister’s matter?”
Thinking that she had a prince as a brother-in-law to rely on, Lou Minwan immediately ran to her sister. “Sister, ask Brother-in-law to help me. It was obviously me who got beaten, and that bast*rd didn’t suffer any loss. They are bullying me too much.”
Lou Minjun was also unhappy about her sister being beaten, but now wasn’t the time to ask for accountability. “Minwan, even your brother-in-law can’t help you this time. That is Master Yu Xiao. Just ask your father how many people need help from Yu Xiao, a fifth-grade alchemist. The only way is if you win over another fifth-grade alchemist for your brother-in-law and father.”
Lou Minwan gritted her teeth, and her expression twisted. “Isn’t there another fifth-grade alchemist at Sihong Academy? I heard that he has always been at odds with this Yu guy. Can’t we make friends with him?”
Of course, Lou Minjun also knew about this. “Why would he listen to you? It is okay if your brother-in-law comes forward, but he might not think highly of the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion.”
Marquis Ningyuan looked unhappy after hearing this. How could his own daughter belittle her father like this?
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