The Meal Prepared for You

Huang Zi Number Five.

Lin Bai arrived at the entrance, observed for a moment, and calmly pushed the door open.

Upon opening the door, he found himself in a small courtyard. A banyan tree grew in the yard, its massive canopy blocking the sunlight and providing a touch of coolness.

Beneath the tree, an honest-looking, dark-faced young man was squatting on the ground, washing clothes.

Seeing Lin Bai enter, the young man happily greeted him, "Hello, you must be a new disciple. My name is Zhao Tiedan."

Although Zhao Tiedan appeared a bit simple-minded, his honest and pure smile made Lin Bai feel comfortable.

"I'm Lin Bai. Tiedan, who gave you that name? It's quite... casual," Lin Bai asked with a smile.

"Haha, my dad said that when I was born, there was a famine, and people were dying everywhere. So, he named me Tiedan, saying a humble name is easier to keep alive."

"Lin Bai, you wouldn't believe it, but it actually worked. Most of the kids born the same year as me died, but I'm still here," Tiedan said with a simple, honest smile.

"Good, good. So diligent, starting with laundry right away?" Lin Bai said, noticing Tiedan washing clothes.

"Yeah, washing Senior Apprentice Xu's clothes. He said he needs to cultivate and asked me to help out. I don't have anything else to do right now, so I'm helping him with the laundry."

Tiedan said with a smile, "Lin Bai, do you have any dirty clothes? I can wash them for you too."

Hearing this, Lin Bai's eyes darted around.

Lin Bai understood that this Senior Apprentice Xu was probably bullying Tiedan.

Looking into the laundry basin, Tiedan was washing everything: outerwear, underwear, underpants, socks.

"I don't," Lin Bai said, shaking his head.

"Tiedan, don't wash them anymore. Whoever's clothes they are, they should wash them themselves," Lin Bai said.

"Well said! Whoever's clothes they are, they should wash them themselves!"

At that moment, another young man arrived at the entrance. He was dressed in a neat black outfit, tall and slender, with a smiling long face and a three-foot-long sword on his back, giving him the air of a wandering swordsman.

"My name is Qi Shaolong. I'm a new disciple with Martial Dao Ninth Level Peak cultivation."

The man announced confidently as he walked in.

"I am Lin Bai," Lin Bai replied with a smile.

"I'm Tiedan," Tiedan said with a simple, honest smile.

Qi Shaolong said, "Tiedan, stop washing. Lin Bai is right, whoever's clothes they are, they should wash them themselves."

Just then, a tightly closed door suddenly opened.

A smiling youth walked out, greeting, "Oh my, I just took a nap, and everyone in Huang Zi Number Five is here."

"Haha, I'm Xu Rui!"

The youth announced his name after laughing.

"Did you ask Tiedan to wash your clothes?" Qi Shaolong asked with an unfriendly expression.

Lin Bai also looked at Xu Rui with a meaningful smile.

In this world, the strong prey on the weak, Lin Bai had long understood.

If Xu Rui really asked Tiedan to wash his clothes, then generally speaking, Xu Rui would also make things difficult for Lin Bai and Qi Shaolong.

"Oh, I didn't ask him to wash them. He insisted on washing them, so I couldn't do anything about it."

"Let's not talk about that. These two rooms are empty. You can stay in them for now."

Xu Rui pointed to two empty rooms and said.

"Hmph," Qi Shaolong snorted coldly and walked towards a room.

Lin Bai also walked towards his own door.

As Lin Bai opened the door to his room, a pungent stench hit him in the face.

On the bed in the room were three buckets of swill.

In this season, with the scorching sun overhead, the swill in the closed room was unbearably foul.

"Damn, it stinks!" Qi Shaolong was even more exaggerated, cursing out loud on the spot.

Lin Bai turned back with an unfriendly look, looked at Xu Rui, and asked, "Did you put this here?"

Xu Rui said with a chuckle, "Look how good I am to you. Knowing you traveled a long way, you must be hungry, so I specially prepared food for you ten days in advance."

"Go ahead and eat it while it's hot."

Xu Rui laughed triumphantly.

Tiedan walked weakly to Qi Shaolong and Lin Bai's side, and said in a low voice, "Lin Bai, Qi Shaolong, just eat... a little bit, just a little bit. Xu Rui isn't trying to make things difficult for you."

"Is he, Xu Rui."

Tiedan said to Lin Bai and Qi Shaolong.

"No way, you can only eat a little bit, they have to finish it all." Xu Rui laughed heartily.

Lin Bai looked at Tiedan and asked, "You ate some?"

Tiedan nodded慌张ly, "He said it was prepared for me, so I ate a little bit..."

"This is outrageous!" Lin Bai shouted angrily.

His aura suddenly expanded!

Qi Shaolong also glared fiercely at Xu Rui, his eyes unfriendly.

Seeing that Lin Bai and Qi Shaolong had both revealed their claws, Xu Rui immediately retracted the hypocritical smile on his face and said, "Hehe, you new disciples should just obediently eat these things, wouldn't that be better?"

"I advise you to eat quickly, otherwise, you won't avoid a beating!"

As Xu Rui spoke, his aura expanded, and a Martial Realm Peak cultivation instantly erupted.

Martial Realm Peak is a little higher than Qi Shaolong's Martial Dao Ninth Level Peak.

"Okay, didn't you say it was prepared for us? I'm not hungry, then I'll feed it to you." Qi Shaolong's killing intent greatly increased.

The sharp sword behind him was unsheathed, and a cold light flashed.

A fierce sword, without any hesitation, rushed towards Xu Rui's throat!

Qi Shaolong's attack carried a hint of murderous intent.

"Hmph, daring to be arrogant in front of me with only Martial Dao Ninth Level, are you courting death!" Xu Rui snorted coldly and slapped out with one palm.

With a bang!

Qi Shaolong's sword was knocked away, and Qi Shaolong was also sent flying, crashing heavily into the wall, spitting out blood.

"Bastard!" Qi Shaolong's anger made his veins bulge.

Getting up from the ground, he was about to rush towards Xu Rui again.

Lin Bai reached out to stop him and said, "Shaolong, you are no match for him, let me do it."

The anger in Qi Shaolong's heart had not subsided, and he snorted angrily.

"You have to be careful, this person's palm technique is very strong."

Qi Shaolong said to Lin Bai in a low voice.

Lin Bai nodded and walked to Xu Rui's face: "I know that you senior disciples will teach the new disciples the rules. But you probably forgot that only those with strong strength are qualified to teach these rules!"

"Am I not strong enough? Killing you is as simple as crushing an ant!" Xu Rui sneered.

"Is that so? I'll let you attack first!"

"If I fail to defeat you in one move, I will eat all three buckets of swill."

Lin Bai stared at Xu Rui and said.

"Haha, you said it yourself!"

"Watch me punch your shit out!"

Xu Rui smiled sinisterly and punched angrily.

"Mountain Shattering Fist!"

The power of shattering the sky and the earth with one punch made Qi Shaolong and Tiedan tense up, their eyes shocked.

"Lin Bai, be careful." Qi Shaolong reminded.

"Hmph, petty tricks!"

Lin Bai watched Xu Rui punch, his body did not move at all, and instead he punched back.

Bang!

The two's fist winds collided in mid-air, making a loud noise, and then Xu Rui's body flew out like a cannonball, smashing his own house to pieces.

"What!"

"So strong?"

Qi Shaolong and Tiedan stared at Lin Bai with wide eyes.

"Damn it, you dare to hit me, I am the disciple of the Xu Family, the number one family in the Imperial City, how dare you hit me!" Xu Rui crawled out of the ruins in a disheveled manner.

"You wait for me, I will come back to take revenge on you!"

Xu Rui covered his chest, coughed up another mouthful of blood, glanced at Lin Bai viciously, and ran out of the courtyard.

"If you provoke me again, I will take your life!"

Looking at Xu Rui's back, Lin Bai said coldly.