Pure Yang Qi Fragrance Pill

Bai Jingliang's words struck a nerve with the Aristocratic Clan cultivators. What had started as a confrontation between the chubby youth and Yin Shaoyang had suddenly turned into a standoff between the cultivators across from them and Bai Jingliang.

"Bai Jingliang, if we're fallen nobodies, then what are you? How much better is your Bai Family than ours?"

A cultivator stepped forward from the crowd, his face full of anger, and berated him.

Bai Jingliang shrugged, spreading his hands as he sighed helplessly. "That's right. I'm one of those fallen nobodies too, so I really don't understand what there is to be proud of."

"At least we don't have to wipe spit off our faces and send the women in our family off to marry for an alliance."

A cultivator scoffed, his words dripping with mockery.

Bai Jingliang's expression changed. His whole face suddenly flushed red. Yin Shaoyang stumbled backward in fright, and even several of the cultivators across from them couldn't help retreating a few steps.

Only the cultivator who'd spoken without thinking remained oblivious to the fact that he'd angered Bai Jingliang. He was still looking rather pleased with himself.

"Good timing. I'm fired up with nowhere to vent, so I might as well take it out on you."

Bai Jingliang clenched his fists, and his True Essence suddenly surged. A gust of wind sent the crowd of onlookers stumbling in every direction.

As for him, he flashed in front of the cultivators. In a single exchange, his surging True Essence sent every one of them flying into the air—even the chubby youth.

"What are you trying to do?"

A cultivator shouted in alarm from midair.

Bai Jingliang tightened his fists and sneered. "I'm not trying to do anything. I just want to relax by putting my fists into some flesh."

With that, he leaped into the air. He didn't even bother with a weapon, simply smashing the cultivators down one after another.

In less than a moment, a group of Divine Bridge cultivators had been beaten to the ground, groaning, by a cultivator from the Other Shore.

Bai Jingliang slowly let out a breath of stale air. He'd vented some of his anger, but still felt stifled. So he didn't even glance at the people sprawled on the ground. He put his hands behind his back and walked off.

Yin Shaoyang hurried after him, following close behind until Bai Jingliang stopped, annoyed. "I really don't get it. You could choose to go out into the vast world, but instead you're fighting over that tiny little scrap of nothing..."

Hanyu was still looking at the unlucky people groaning on the ground, intensely curious. This was his first time seeing Bai Jingliang lose his temper. What on earth had made him so angry?

There didn't seem to be anything else worth watching, and the onlookers began to drift away in twos and threes. Hanyu naturally lost interest too.

He continued wandering around the city. After searching for ages and failing to find a suitable target to rob, he returned to the inn, disappointed.

The next day.

At the inn, Hanyu watched Bai Jingliang arrive with someone, his expression peculiar. He naturally recognized the person beside him: Yin Shaoyang, the man who'd argued in the street yesterday.

What struck him as especially odd was that Bai Jingliang had brought someone to ask him for a pill?

Should he hand it over without hesitation, or make them sweat a little first?

As Hanyu mulled it over, Bai Jingliang awkwardly introduced Yin Shaoyang.

The Yin Family was a long-established cultivator clan, and was related to Bai Jingliang's family.

He'd brought Yin Shaoyang here to ask for a pill like the one from the Star Sect that could alter one's aptitude. Yin Shaoyang was willing to pay for it.

The reason was that in a few days, Yin Shaoyang would have to compete with his younger half-brother from the second branch for the right to inherit the Yin Family.

"Shaoyang's constitution has been cold since he was young, so it clashes with his family's Blazing Fire technique. His cultivation has always taken twice the effort for half the result, while his younger half-brother has steadily caught up and surpassed him."

Bai Jingliang explained that he wouldn't have brought Yin Shaoyang here if he hadn't been pestered into it.

Beside him, Yin Shaoyang had been staring wide-eyed ever since Bai Jingliang began speaking. He recognized every word, but somehow couldn't understand a thing Bai Jingliang was saying.

A pill that could alter one's aptitude?

How could such a thing exist?

Rather than pinning his hopes on that, he might as well ask Bai Jingliang again to speak up for him when the time came and support him at home.

Hanyu was quite disappointed. He certainly didn't have a pill that could alter someone's aptitude, though he did have one that could alter someone's mood.

Who says you don't? Little Glazed interjected in his mind.

Hanyu froze, then hurriedly checked the two pills again. The Extreme Misfortune Pill could obviously be ruled out, but the Pure Yang Qi Fragrance Pill...

Could it really be such a coincidence?

If someone with a cold constitution took it, wouldn't they become a pure-yang body with pure-yang meridians? That amounted to changing their aptitude too.

It was just the side effect...

Hanyu took out the pill and set it in his palm. He explained the side effect to Bai Jingliang, then looked at the two of them.

"It can really change my constitution?" Yin Shaoyang looked unconvinced.

Bai Jingliang, however, was startled by the side effect. "It's that bizarre? After you take it, women will shun you and men will be drawn to you?"

That was a pretty steep price!

He looked at Yin Shaoyang with a complicated expression and tried to talk him out of it. "Maybe you should just give up on inheriting the headship. If you take this thing, you can forget about finding a partner."

Yin Shaoyang's expression shifted back and forth, but he asked the same question. "Can it really improve my aptitude?"

Hanyu thought it over, then nodded. "It won't change your spiritual root, but it'll make your constitution compatible with your family's inherited cultivation technique. It could even make the technique more powerful."

"Then I'll take it!"

Yin Shaoyang reached out and took the pill. Bai Jingliang's expression changed, and he hurriedly grabbed him. "Are you crazy? How are you supposed to find a Dao companion after taking that?"

Yin Shaoyang remained calm. "That side effect might as well not exist for me."

With that, he swallowed the pill in one gulp.

A sweet fragrance gradually filled the room. Hanyu's expression changed, and he backed away, covering his nose. Bai Jingliang hadn't seen it coming and breathed in some of the scent. As he looked at Yin Shaoyang, his expression suddenly grew strange.

The irritating fellow didn't seem so annoying anymore. In fact, Bai Jingliang felt an urge to get closer to him.

Yin Shaoyang was basically a male version of Chi Ling'er. Hanyu only understood what Yin Shaoyang had meant now, and then he looked at the two of them with an odd expression.

He just didn't know whether the poor Bai Jingliang realized that the brother by his side had actually always been a sister.

Bai Jingliang kept edging closer. He hadn't done anything too revolting yet, but the sight was still painful to watch, so Hanyu could only cover his nose and hurry them out.

After they'd left, Bai Jingliang spent a full quarter of an hour in a daze before he suddenly came to. His expression immediately turned awful.

He remembered everything he'd done just now. Even more shamefully, he'd wanted to hug him.

"That's the side effect?"

Bai Jingliang looked shaken.

"For him, it might not count as a side effect."

Hanyu spoke meaningfully.

"Chi Ling'er?"

Bai Jingliang seemed to have thought of a terrifying possibility. His expression darkened at once.

When Hanyu mercilessly nodded, Bai Jingliang's dark face turned ashen.

"Damn it, I've bathed with him all the time..."

The thought made him feel uncomfortable all over. From now on... no, there wouldn't be a next time. He'd never go to the bathhouse again, and he'd do his best to stay away from that person too.

Bai Jingliang sat in the room and took a long while to recover. At last, his expression improved a little, though worry soon clouded his face again.

"Want to hear me pour out some grievances? Listen to some of the mess I've been dealing with?"

Hanyu glanced at him curiously. Bai Jingliang let out a heavy, frustrated breath.

"My older sister's coming back today..."