You Toyed with Me, So I Toyed with You

Yi Yun ate his food, but kept an eye on the group of people out of the corner of his eye.

The chubby boy stroked his chin, walked to the opposite side of Yi Yun's table, and plopped down in a seat. Behind him, his underlings didn't sit down; they stood scattered around the table like door gods.

This display immediately attracted a lot of attention.

People immediately turned to look, and some recognized the chubby boy.

"Isn't that Li Hong, the president of the Hong Dao Society?"

"He clearly lives in the Central Divine Tower, so why is he in our lower-class district's dining hall?"

As one of the most watched organizations among the new recruits of Tai'a Divine City, the Hong Dao Society made Li Hong a prominent figure in the Tai'a Divine City.

Li Hong was quite pleased that so many people recognized him so soon after he sat down.

"Yi Yun, right?"

Li Hong looked at Yi Yun and nodded as a greeting, "So it was you... who found the Primordial Relic Medicine?"

Many people know that someone collected Primordial Relic Medicine and was even summoned by the elders of the Divine City, but they don't know that the person was Yi Yun, and that he was eating in the canteen of the lower district.

They were all astonished by Li Hong's words, and soon more and more people began to pay attention to what was happening at this table.

One is a prominent figure in Tai'a Divine City, and the other is a newcomer who recently gained attention after discovering Primordial Relic Medicine.

What are they going to talk about when they get together?

Yi Yun wiped his mouth, glanced at Li Hong, who was smiling kindly, his eyes narrowed, making him look like a Maitreya Buddha.

Yi Yun had heard a little about the Hong Dao Society. It was a very influential organization among the new recruits. Many recruits wanted to get on board, hoping that the Hong Dao Society would grow and become one of the strongest forces in Tai'a Divine City in a few years, and that their status would rise accordingly.

Li Hong is indeed powerful, but not to the point of being heaven-defying. The fact that he was able to organize the Hong Dao Society shows that he must have certain abilities.

It's not easy to support an organization like this.

"It's me." Yi Yun nodded.

Li Hong said, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Li Hong, and I am the president of the Hong Dao Society. I'll get straight to the point: I want to recruit you into the Hong Dao Society, and I've prepared a Hall Master position for you!"

Li Hong's words surprised many people who were paying attention to what was happening here.

Hall Master?

Besides the president and vice president, the Hong Dao Society also has Hall Master is a very high-ranking position.

Yi Yun glanced at Li Hong with some surprise. He had indeed become famous these days, but not because of his strength. He became famous because he had found a Primordial Relic Medicine.

His cultivation level was only at the mid-stage of the Purple Blood realm, quite ordinary, and he was only a one-year recruit. Li Hong actually wanted him to be the Hall Master? How could his subordinates accept that?

"I heard that you encountered a Primordial Relic Medicine during your tribulation, but unfortunately failed, which is why you found this herb, right?" Li Hong poured himself a glass of water and said casually.

For a martial artist at the Purple Blood Realm, capturing Primordial Relic Medicine is practically a pipe dream, but Li Hong obtained some detailed information. He learned that Yi Yun got it by luck. He happened to encounter the Heavenly Auspicious Purple Sun Ginseng failing its tribulation, so it's not surprising that he managed to obtain it.

That's some luck, it's truly enviable.

However, good luck was useless. Li Hong knew that Yi Yun was only at the mid-stage of the Purple Blood realm, and his cultivation talent seemed to be quite ordinary. It would be too difficult for someone like him to make a name for himself in Tai'a Divine City.

Yi Yun did not answer Li Hong's question, which was taken as tacit agreement. It would be best if others thought that he had found the Primordial Relic Medicine by luck, so that he wouldn't have to waste his breath explaining.

"Brother Yi, I heard you're not from a prestigious family? And your cultivation talent isn't exactly top-tier either?"

Li Hong then changed the subject and asked about Yi Yun's background.

Yi Yun glanced at Li Hong in surprise, "What's wrong?"

"Ha! Brother Yi, I didn't mean to look down on you. You're from Yunhuang, and you must have had some extraordinary encounters to get to where you are now. Your current cultivation level is the mid-stage of Purple Blood, right? If you ask me, your most urgent task right now is to buy a lot of resources and raise your cultivation level."

Li Hong patted Yi Yun on the shoulder, acting as if he knew Yi Yun very well. In fact, much of the information about Yi Yun came from Zhou Kui.

"Hmm... and then?" Yi Yun suddenly felt that Li Hong's words had a hidden meaning.

"Ha! You should have received some Glory Points after handing over the Primordial Relic Medicine, right? Those Glory Points are mainly used to purchase the most luxurious cultivation resources in the Divine City. Actually, it's a bit of a waste for you to use them now that you're at the mid-stage of Purple Blood. What you should be buying are some high-level Savage Bone Relic, cultivation time in the Desolate God Hall, and so on. And all of these things require a massive amount of Dragon Scale Runes!"

"So... I suggest you exchange your Glory Points for Dragon Scale Rune, that would be better!" Li Hong said earnestly, as if he were considering Yi Yun's best interests.

"Oh?" Yi Yun suddenly laughed. "I see. So how do we change the Dragon Scale Rune?"

"This bag is fine with me. When you become Hall Master in my Hong Dao Society, you can freely exchange for Dragon Scale Rune within the society. Actually, I can exchange it for you. Brother, you're a new recruit, and starting anything isn't easy. How about this, I have 30,000 Dragon Scale Rune here, you can take them for now!"

Li Hong waved his chubby hand, appearing extremely generous and forthright.

Yi Yun stroked his chin, his eyes narrowing. "You mean you'd trade 30,000 Dragon Scale Rune for one Glory Points?"

"Haha, don't be so formal. Once you join my Hong Dao Society, you'll be my brother. There's no need to be so calculating between brothers. You can use the Dragon Scale Rune now. As for Glory Points, I happen to have a little something, just one Glory Points short. I'll give it to you when you need Glory Points in the future!"

Li Hong always spoke with a sincere and open attitude.

Yi Yun smiled ingratiatingly, but in his heart, all he was thinking was, "Go to hell!"

He was initially puzzled as to why Li Hong suddenly wanted to recruit him as a Hall Master, but it turns out he just wanted to scam his Glory Points!

Thirty thousand Dragon Scale Rune runes for one Glory Points —what a clever scheme!

Tai'a Divine City does not prohibit gambling and trading of Glory Points, but in reality, almost no one would use Glory Points to exchange for Dragon Scale Rune, not even if offered 100,000 Dragon Scale Rune!

Those who are capable of earning Glory Points generally don't lack Dragon Scale Rune. The fact that a new recruit like Yi Yun, who hasn't accumulated many Dragon Scale Rune, has already earned three Glory Points is a completely isolated case.

Therefore, Li Hong set his sights on Yi Yun.

He treated Yi Yun like a clueless newbie, thinking that once the title of Hall Master was promised, Yi Yun would be so happy that he would forget himself and follow him around like a lackey.

However, if it were just an ordinary twelve-year-old child, they might actually be fooled by Li Hong because of his title as the president of the Hong Dao Society.

For many children, the title of "Hall Master of the Hong Dao Society" must be very prestigious!

If Yi Yun actually agrees to the deal and is deceived by Li Hong, and wants to seek justice from Shencheng, Shencheng will not help him.

Tai'a Divine City operates on the principle of voluntary transactions; if you are cheated, you must bear the consequences yourself.

The world of martial artists is cruel.

The Tai'a Divine City took in this group of teenagers. They not only taught them cultivation techniques, skills, and combat techniques, but also how to be good people.

In the Tai'a Divine City, everyone fights for resources, and they are all competitors. There are bound to be all kinds of deceit, infighting, flattery, and backstabbing!

Those who are single-minded will only suffer setbacks in Tai'a Divine City.

If the Divine City always seeks justice for them, these people will suffer losses and find it difficult to grow. When they eventually go to the true Great Wilderness World and explore the Secret Realm of Life and Death, if they are deceived again, it won't just be a matter of losing a few Dragon Scale Rune, but their lives will be lost.

To learn martial arts, one must first learn how to be a good person.

This is the lesson that Tai'a Divine City teaches to all the new recruits invisibly.

"How are you doing, Brother Yi?" Li Hong saw Yi Yun always grinning foolishly, but had no idea what this newbie was thinking.

"Is that so? When I become the Hall Master, how many people will I have under my command?" Yi Yun looked very hopeful as he picked up a large piece of meat and began to chew it heartily.

"Hahaha! No problem." Seeing that Yi Yun had "gotten on the right track," Li Hong immediately felt relieved. "I'll set up a special hall for you, and give you a dozen or so brothers to take your orders! Hey, you guys... how about you follow Brother Yi from now on!"

As Li Hong spoke, he looked at the few underlings behind him.

The henchmen immediately laughed and said, "No problem, from now on Brother Yi will be our Hall Master, we'll all listen to Brother Yi!"

These people had wide smiles on their faces, smiles that, in Yi Yun's eyes, clearly made them look like they were laughing at idiots.

Zhou Kui, listening from the side, was filled with envy.

How can there be such a huge difference between people? Just a few days ago, Yi Yun was just like me, a greenhorn, and today he's the Hall Master of the Hong Dao Society.

That's the Hong Dao Society, a powerful gang that could rise to prominence in the future. Yi Yun already has more than a dozen followers, including many two-year recruits. Won't he be able to command a large following in the future?

Zhou Kui thought Yi Yun was really impressive.

Only...

Why is Yi Yun eating again at this crucial moment? Such an important conversation, and he's still eating meat... speechless...

"How's it going?" Li Hong asked earnestly, frowning slightly as he watched Yi Yun devour his meat. "This kid is eating while I'm talking to him. He's so ungrateful."

Or perhaps he's just a glutton and an idiot who doesn't even understand basic manners.

Yi Yun smiled broadly, chewing on some meat as he stammered, "You mean becoming the Hall Master...?"

"Yeah, what else did you think we were going to say?" Li Hong increasingly felt that Yi Yun was a bit silly, not only did he not understand the rules, but his reaction time was also so slow.

"Um... I'll give you four words--"

"What?" Li Hong asked, while his underlings behind him craned their necks, eager to hear.

Yi Yun chewed a few more times, swallowing the meat in his mouth with great difficulty. "These four words are... go to hell! Uh... sorry, it seems to be five words."

As Yi Yun spoke, bits of meat flew everywhere, and a few of them, by sheer coincidence, landed right on Li Hong's face.

Li Hong was stunned, but only a second later, his face turned completely ashen!

His slightly chubby face also became extremely ferocious.

As for Zhou Kui behind Li Hong, he was completely dumbfounded, his mouth agape so wide it could fit a goose egg.

What is Yi Yun up to?!

"Kid, you're kidding me!?"

Li Hong stood up in a fit of rage! The water glasses and kettle on the table were knocked to the ground by the impact.

Everyone in the cafeteria was drawn to the commotion, and they all stared at Yi Yun in disbelief.

Yi Yun calmly wiped the oil off his hands and said, "You're not wrong to say I played you, but... you played me, I played you, we're even, we're even!"

(There might only be one update today, as I'm participating in a live stream. I'll make up for it later.)

...(To be continued~^~)