Enemies at the Door

"I'm holding it?"

Fang Chen blinked. Perhaps he was too used to being exploited and squeezed on Dragon Tiger Mountain, as Elder Yun's generosity made him feel a bit unaccustomed.

Li Yanshan also nodded slightly, smiling as he said to Fang Chen, "Fang Chen, the fact that you're sharing this secret with us shows you consider us family, and we're very pleased. Elder Yun said these Spirit Stones are fated to be with you. We cultivators value destiny above all else, so you should take them!"

"This, this won't do!"

Fang Chen snapped back to reality and said to Li Yanshan and Elder Yun, "Uncle Li, Elder Yun, whoever sees it should get a share. Why don't we split them together?"

"Hahaha..."

Elder Yun couldn't help but laugh and said to Fang Chen, "Fang Chen, your intention is enough. We really don't need these Spirit Stones. You've just joined the Outer Sect, and you'll need money for many things. Just keep these Spirit Stones for yourself to spend!"

"Exactly, no need to be polite with us!"

Li Yanshan also chimed in.

"Alright! Thank you, Uncle Li, thank you, Elder Yun!"

Fang Chen bowed deeply to Li Yanshan and Elder Yun, then put the Spirit Stones into the jar.

He picked up the jar and turned to leave, but after a few steps, he immediately turned back, returning to the stone table and placing the jar on it.

"What's wrong?"

Li Yanshan and Elder Yun looked at Fang Chen with puzzled expressions.

Fang Chen looked at Li Yanshan and Elder Yun and said, "Uncle Li, Elder Yun, I'm not in a hurry to spend money right now. I'd like to leave these Spirit Stones with you for safekeeping temporarily!"

Li Yanshan smiled and said, "You don't need to do that. Our Dog Head Ridge is practically the worst place in the Outer Sect. Even mice curse when they pass by, so no thief would come here to steal anything. Just take the Spirit Stones back and hide them somewhere!"

"Exactly!"

Elder Yun nodded and said to Li Yanshan, "It's your turn, hurry up and make your move. You're bound to lose this game!"

Li Yanshan waved his hand at Fang Chen and said, "Hurry back! Come find me in half an hour, and I'll take you around!"

"Okay!"

Fang Chen nodded, then turned and left with the jar.

After Fang Chen departed, Elder Yun placed a chess piece on the board and exclaimed, "Remarkable, this kid isn't greedy for wealth!"

"Indeed."

Li Yanshan nodded slightly. As the saying goes, people die for wealth, just as birds die for food. No one, whether in the Glazed Sword Sect or elsewhere, is immune to greed, not even those powerful cultivators who have attained the Dao.

Elder Yun looked up at Li Yanshan and smiled faintly, "This kid is quite interesting. He's still carrying a debt, yet he didn't think of keeping all these Spirit Stones for himself upon seeing them. That's even more remarkable!"

"Carrying a debt?"

Li Yanshan was taken aback. He didn't know much about Fang Chen and was curious why Elder Yun knew these details.

Elder Yun chuckled and said, "I had Old Ghost Qu find someone to ask for me. This kid only came to the Glazed Sword Sect three years ago and has been a handyman on Dragon Tiger Mountain, enduring constant bullying. This morning, while he was cutting bamboo on Thousand Bamboo Ridge, two handymen from Dragon Tiger Mountain tried to rob him. He fought back and killed both of them!"

"Killed two handymen?"

Li Yanshan's eyes narrowed slightly. Fang Chen looked somewhat frail, but he didn't expect him to be so ruthless.

Elder Yun nodded slightly and said, "This kid has always been honest. He was probably bullied for too long and finally reached his breaking point. After killing those two handymen, he broke through. It's a pity he doesn't have a Spiritual Root!"

"If he had a Spiritual Root, he wouldn't be at our Dog Head Ridge!"

Li Yanshan sighed.

Back at his residence, Fang Chen placed the jar on the coffee table in the living room. The words Li Yanshan and Elder Yun had spoken earlier echoed in his mind. He was surprised by both of their attitudes towards the Spirit Stones.

These were Spirit Stones, and after splitting them, each person would have received six.

If Cao Bin found out about this, he would have surely snatched all the Spirit Stones.

But when he offered to share them with Li Yanshan and Elder Yun, they refused. The gap between people was truly immense.

There was also a possibility that Li Yanshan and Elder Yun, being Outer Sect Disciples, were accustomed to large sums of money and simply looked down on his few Spirit Stones. After all, the earning potential in the Outer Sect was far greater than that of a handyman.

After hiding the money, he continued to clean the room.

Azure Cloud Peak Handyman Area, Dragon Tiger Mountain.

A streak of rainbow light whizzed through the sky, hovering above the Dragon Tiger Mountain living quarters. The arrival was none other than Xu Yi. Standing on Xu Yi's flying sword were two handymen.

These two handymen were emaciated and quite old.

Sensing the powerful spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from the flying sword, Cao Bin and other handymen who were resting indoors immediately came out.

Cao Bin and the handymen of Dragon Tiger Mountain immediately prostrated themselves before Xu Yi.

Xu Yi waved his hand, and two gentle forces lowered the two handymen behind him to the ground. He said, "These two letters, one is the investigation and judgment result from the Enforcement Hall regarding Fang Chen's murder case, and the other is information about these two handymen!"

After handing the letters to Cao Bin, Xu Yi controlled his flying sword and turned to leave.

Cao Bin immediately stood up and opened the first letter.

The other handymen from Dragon Tiger Mountain also stood up. They still didn't know the Outer Sect Enforcement Hall's judgment on Fang Chen.

After reading the contents of the letter, Cao Bin trembled with rage.

"Bastard!"

Cao Bin tore the letter in his hand to shreds. He was extremely displeased with the Enforcement Hall's judgment of Fang Chen. Fang Chen had only been fined 1,010 Spirit Stones for killing Tian Hu and Zhang Tieniu. Killing Tian Hu cost 1,000 Spirit Stones, and killing Zhang Tieniu cost 10 Spirit Stones.

Zhang Tieniu's strength was even greater than Tian Hu's. Given time, he would surely have broken through to the Qi Refining Realm and become an Outer Sect Disciple. Yet, Fang Chen had killed him, and the sect had only fined Fang Chen 10 Spirit Stones. Furthermore, Dragon Tiger Mountain would not receive a single cent of that fine.

Zhang Tieniu had died unjustly. If Zhang Tieniu were still alive, Cao Bin was sure he would have received a great reward in the future.

The more Cao Bin thought about it, the angrier he became. He opened the second letter. This letter contained detailed information about the two new Handymen before him. Although their identity tokens also had their basic information, it was not comprehensive.

After reading the letter, Cao Bin, filled with rage, tore it up again. Not only were these two Handymen old, but they were also both without Spiritual Roots. In Cao Bin's opinion, Handymen of this caliber were useless.

This time, Dragon Tiger Mountain had lost two elites, and the higher-ups had only replaced them with two pieces of trash.

"Bastard! Pfft..."

Cao Bin felt a tightness in his chest, spat out a mouthful of blood, and then his vision went black. He collapsed onto the ground.

"Steward Cao!"

"Steward Cao!"

The Handymen of Dragon Tiger Mountain nearby, seeing this, became flustered and rushed over.

The two newly arrived Handymen were at a loss when they saw this. They had no idea why Cao Bin had become so agitated after seeing their information.

At the same time, a letter from the Enforcement Hall was delivered to residence number thirteen in the Outer Sect's Golden Bull Ridge. The owner of this residence was Zhang Tielin, Zhang Tieniu's elder brother. He possessed a dual spiritual root of gold and fire and was currently at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

After Zhang Tielin finished reading the letter from the Enforcement Hall, his face turned ashen with rage. He immediately crumpled the letter into a ball.

"Damn it, they dare to kill my brother!"

After fiercely throwing the paper ball onto the ground, Zhang Tielin immediately got up and walked out of the courtyard.

Half an hour later, Fang Chen finally finished cleaning the entire courtyard. He immediately went down the mountain. When he reached the foot of the mountain, he saw Li Yanshan lying in a rocking chair under the large elm tree in front of the house, resting with his eyes closed. Little Six was sleeping soundly next to the rocking chair.

Fang Chen walked up to Li Yanshan and respectfully called out, "Uncle Li."

Li Yanshan slowly opened his eyes. Upon seeing Fang Chen, he immediately got up and said to Fang Chen, "Come, I'll take you around the Outer Sect to get familiar with the environment!"

"Okay!"

Fang Chen nodded slightly.

"Woof woof woof..."

Just then, Little Six suddenly barked ferociously towards the entrance of Dog Head Ridge.

Fang Chen and Li Yanshan looked up and saw three people approaching them with murderous intent.