Repaying Debts: The Vast Heaven Sect Means Business!

The Ma-Ling Duo is on fire!

Wherever Ma-Ling Duo went, no one dared to owe Vast Heaven Sect a single penny. All the resources displayed in the Spirit Crane Palace originated from past unresolved debts.

Logically, the Grand Elder should be happy to receive so many resources back.

But when he heard about what Ma Liang and Ouyang Ling had done, the Grand Elder couldn't laugh at all.

I used to only know that Ouyang Ling had no bottom line... but now I realize that no matter who it is, anyone who spends a lot of time with Ouyang Ling will have no bottom line...

Ma Liang has now completely let loose and lived life to the fullest.

I heard that when he was at the Moon Wind Sect, he directly used the Fengdu Grand Formation to surround their mountain gate. At that time, the Moon Wind Sect was so angry that he pointed at Ma Liang and scolded him, "Is this the behavior of a righteous sect?"

Guess what Ma Liang said?

I'm just an outer disciple of the Vast Heaven Sect, what are you being so arrogant about? Do you believe I'll betray the Vast Heaven Sect and join the Demonic Sect tomorrow? And the first thing I'll do after joining the Demonic Sect is wipe out your entire Moon Wind Sect!

The Moon Wind Sect was truly terrified...

Because Ma Liang's tone didn't sound like he was talking nonsense at all; he really was an outer disciple of the Vast Heaven Sect, and he really dared to join the Demonic Sect!

The Moon Wind Sect chickened out...

Ma Liang and Ouyang Ling have completely abandoned all moral principles...

Experience has shown that when the person demanding payment has no bottom line than you, it's hard not to be scared.

The Grand Elder was truly panicked... He hadn't thought much of it when Ma Liang and Ouyang Ling went to collect the debt before... But now, the way these two were behaving didn't seem like the behavior of a righteous sect at all. Even the Demonic Sect thought their actions were utterly despicable and shameless.

I've heard these past few days that some people have already come to repay their debts... Rather than waiting for Ma Liang and Ouyang Ling to come knocking, it's better to take the initiative and repay the money yourself...

After hearing everything Ma Liang and Ouyang Ling had done, Chu Xinghe was filled with pain and remained silent.

The pain comes from having to repay so many resources; are you two even human...?

The frustrating thing is that, after this two's combined attack, the Vast Heaven Sect has become the talk of the town.

These two have utterly ruined the reputation of the Vast Heaven Sect.

Although everyone knows that the Vast Heaven Sect may have acted out of desperation, given how despicable and shameless those deadbeats are, isn't it somewhat unbecoming of the Vast Heaven Sect disciples to do this?

The Grand Elder has already arranged for people to bring those two back; otherwise, if they continue operating like this, who knows how many more strange things might happen.

Chu Xinghe and his men were all stunned; they had planned everything perfectly but had overlooked Ouyang Ling...

Junior Sister Ouyang, you're truly ruthless... With your attack, even Ma Liang was assimilated by you...

Even the biggest deadbeats aren't as shameless as Ouyang Ling...

Soon, Ouyang Ling and Ma Liang were brought back.

The Grand Elder was so angry that he immediately banned all resources for Ma Liang's outer disciples, forbidding Ma Liang from receiving any resources at all!

Ma Liang remained completely unfazed. The Grand Elder only said that he was forbidden from using his own resources, but didn't say that he couldn't take resources on his own initiative, right?

When it came time to deal with Ouyang Ling protested!

"Elder... I disagree with what you just said about me drugging the Sikong Lineage. You should know best whether the medicine from the Everlasting Spring Palace was effective or not, right?"

The elder was dumbfounded... Ouyang Ling, do you want to hear what you're saying...? I know nothing about the medicines of the Everlasting Spring Palace!

Is that a normal medication?

"Elder, the Sikong Lineage is having a poor offspring. I'll give them some medicine to help them. Tell me, will their offspring increase after taking my medicine?"

Chu Xinghe was speechless in response to Ouyang Ling's words.

My junior sister is absolutely right... Never mind everything else, just tell me if the family is thriving!

"And that young sect leader of the Departing Fire Sect, he said he wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with my Senior Brother Ma Liang late into the night... Isn't that just coveting my Senior Brother Ma Liang's good looks?"

"And then there's the Strange Weapons Sect. Their sect leader himself sent me to deal with them, and what I taught them was indeed the unique skill of our Ouyang Lineage... It's not my fault they didn't grasp the essence..."

Ouyang Ming also came to the Spirit Crane Palace in person. He agreed with what his Ouyang Ming said and was glad that he hadn't gone to the Departing Fire Sect, otherwise the young sect leader of the Departing Fire Sect might have also coveted his beauty...

The elder was furious... Please, spare the young sect leader of the Departing Fire Sect... Ouyang Ling, have some decency... It's only been a few days, and the rumors Departing Fire Sect the young sect leader's love for that person are already circulating with great detail...

The young sect leader of the Departing Fire Sect is definitely finished.

In the end, it was Ouyang Ming was enlightened and spoke up to announce his decision.

"Elder, please don't be angry. How about this: strip Lingling of her core disciple status and relegate her to the outer sect."

The Ouyang Lineage members all nodded in approval of the punishment.

Just when everyone thought the Grand Elder would make such a decision, he spoke up, "There's no need for that. From today onwards, the number of chefs in the Artifact Refining Palace will be halved, and the Artifact Refining Palace will no longer be allowed to make braised pork knuckle!"

Upon hearing the Elder's punishment, the entire Ouyang Lineage changed their expressions drastically, and they all knelt down before the Elder.

"Elder, this is too harsh... This punishment is far too severe!"

"Third Brother... If it really comes to this, why not just banish our patriarch to the outer sect as well? There's no need for such a severe punishment!"

Ouyang Ling collapsed to the ground, her face filled with despair.

Half the number of cooks?

Still can't get braised pork knuckle?

What did I, Ouyang Ling, do wrong... to deserve such a severe punishment?

Elder... I, Ouyang Ling, know I was wrong... I will never misbehave again...

Half of the chefs left the Artifact Refining Palace amidst the Ouyang Lineage's heartbroken cries. As countless braised pork knuckles, both well-made and poorly made, were carried out of the Artifact Refining Palace, it was said that Ouyang Ling fainted from crying.

Countless Ouyang Lineage disciples wept uncontrollably, pleading on the spot, "Senior Sister Ouyang... have some decency!"

As the punishment of the Ouyang Lineage was announced to the entire clan, all the members of the palace shook their heads and sighed upon hearing the news, saying, "Old foxes are indeed shrewd... The First Elder's actions were indeed ruthless."

With this set of punishments, the Ouyang Lineage is guaranteed to behave themselves...

It's so pitiful for Junior Sister Ouyang. I heard that in the days since Junior Sister Ouyang was punished, she has been crying uncontrollably every day, and even had suicidal thoughts on several occasions...

Chu Xinghe was terrified as he watched the Grand Elder's punishment.

The Grand Elder is indeed the Grand Elder; his actions were ruthless to the extreme. The Artifact Refining Palace has lost so many cooks and pork knuckles; how will they survive from now on?

However, it's unclear how things will be at the Artifact Refining Palace, but Senior Brother Ma Biao's days are certainly not going to be easy.

After all, he's still responsible for collecting the debts, but without Ma Liang and Ouyang Ling, this deadly debt-collecting duo, it's probably going to be very difficult for Senior Brother Ma Biao to get the money back.

In response, Chu Xinghe made a special trip to visit his senior brother Ma Biao.

Sure enough, Senior Brother Ma Biao looked worried.

Chu Xinghe offered words of comfort to his senior brother Ma Biao.

"Senior brother, don't be so pessimistic. Our Vast Heaven Sect is vast and powerful; this little debt is nothing!"

Ma Biao nodded in agreement with Junior Brother Xinghe's words of comfort.

"Junior Brother Xinghe is right. Every family has some bad debts, right? My Vast Heaven Sect isn't short of them. Don't say they don't pay their debts; my Vast Heaven Sect also has debts that haven't been paid. So this is nothing!"

Just as Senior Brother Ma Biao was comforting himself, Chu Xinghe's eyes lit up.

Um... what did you just say, Senior Brother Ma Biao?

Even my Vast Heaven Sect has debts that haven't been repaid.

Senior brother is right! These past few days, seeing the mess Ma Liang and Ouyang Ling have gotten back, I, Junior Brother Xinghe, haven't been able to sleep soundly...

Looking at all those resources, I, Junior Brother Xinghe, am feeling bitter... Thankfully, the Grand Elder intervened in time to cut off any further troubles for me.

But the resources we wanted have already been returned, and I can't send them back to them!

My junior brother is so worried that he's even skipping a couple of bowls of braised pork.

I never imagined that Senior Brother Ma Biao would open the door to a whole new world for me!

As the number one sect in the world, how can our Vast Heaven Sect not care about our reputation when we owe others money?

So shouldn't we pay them back? And since our Vast Heaven Sect is the number one sect in the world, wouldn't it be an opportunity to make amends for the damage Ouyang Ling and Ma Liang caused to our sect's reputation by doubling the interest when we repay the debt?

Chu Xinghe was so excited he almost jumped up, and went straight to the Grand Elder to tell him his thoughts.

After listening to Xinghe's words, the Grand Elder remained silent for a long time before speaking, "Xinghe... actually... our Vast Heaven Sect does owe some debts, but since they haven't come to collect, why should we rush to pay them back..."

Chu Xinghe was completely dumbfounded by the Elder's double standards.

Grand Elder... what happened to the sect's reputation? What happened to the shameless act of refusing to pay debts?

They haven't even come to collect yet... We're the number one sect in the world, we owe them money, so usually they wouldn't dare to come and collect it, right?

Chu Xinghe immediately objected to the Grand Elder's suggestion that the matter wasn't urgent and could be postponed.

It's only right to pay back debts, Elder. Can this be delayed?

Not only can't we, we must speed up the process!

Faced with Xinghe's urgent request, the Grand Elder had no choice but to offer an explanation.

The Vast Heaven Sect does indeed owe some debts, but it's not that Vast Heaven Sect them; rather, their power has long since vanished, so even if Vast Heaven Sect wanted to, they have no way to do so.

Chu Xinghe immediately denied the Elder's statement.

Grand Elder, although those forces may no longer exist, Perfected Person may have even forgotten about them, our Vast Heaven Sect is the number one sect in the world. They may forget, but we cannot.

It doesn't matter if their power is gone; don't they have any descendants?

Don't you have any relatives?

Even if they don't have any... we can at least burn some for them!

In short, my Vast Heaven Sect must repay all its debts. If you live, I will repay your people; if you die, I will burn your ghost!

Ma Liang and Ouyang Ling's previous debt collection incident was known to the whole world, and various parties even ridiculed our Vast Heaven Sect for having no bottom line in debt collection. Now we should use this method to tell the whole world!

Our Vast Heaven Sect not only has no bottom line when it comes to collecting debts, but it also has absolutely no bottom line when it comes to repaying debts!

You want to refuse our Vast Heaven Sect's debt repayment?

No way!

Whether you want it or not is your business, but our Vast Heaven Sect must return it to you!

If you have descendants, we'll give them to your descendants; if you don't have descendants, you can't escape it even after you die—we'll burn offerings for you!

Paying off debts! We, the Vast Heaven Sect, are serious about it!