Chapter 2720. Is That Really True?

"Dealings? What dealings!" Yang Kai's face darkened slightly.

He held a certain respect for Medicine Pill Valley. Setting aside the fact that he had obtained the inheritance of Gongsun Mu, the third disciple of Great Emperor Miao Dan, and thus shared some connection with Medicine Pill Valley, the mere fact that a Great Emperor stood behind them was enough for Yang Kai to take them seriously.

But that was before.

If everyone in Medicine Pill Valley was as arrogant and overbearing as this youth, looking down on everyone else, then they weren't worth Yang Kai's concern.

"You'll find out soon enough," the youth replied impatiently.

Yang Kai frowned. "If you're from Medicine Pill Valley, what are you doing at my Lingxiao Pavilion?"

Lingxiao Pavilion had only just been established and had no prior dealings with Medicine Pill Valley. Having someone from there suddenly show up was naturally strange to Yang Kai.

"You think I want to be here?" The youth sneered, cupped his fists, turned to one side and bowed toward the empty air, then declared loudly, "By my master's orders, I have come here to purchase medicinal herbs!"

"Purchase medicinal herbs!"

Yang Kai and Hua Qingsi exchanged a glance, both looking bewildered.

"Could something be wrong with this kid? Coming to my Lingxiao Pavilion to buy herbs!" Yang Kai transmitted quietly.

Hua Qingsi wasn't sure either. "He doesn't seem to have any problems, though he is a bit annoying."

"Maybe he really does have some issues. Tsk tsk, how pitiful."

"If he really is sick, maybe his identity is fake too."

"Hmm, good point!"

"Hey, you two... what are you whispering about?" The youth saw that Yang Kai and Hua Qingsi hadn't responded for a while. His gaze swept over them, and he noticed that the two were actually channeling their divine sense, communicating secretly. Their eyes as they looked at him had turned rather odd, and he grew somewhat irritated.

"Heh, nothing at all." Yang Kai grinned. "So tell me, little brother — what herbs are you looking to buy at my Lingxiao Pavilion?"

The youth flicked his finger, and a jade slip flew straight toward them.

Yang Kai willed the sect protection grand array to open slightly, letting the jade slip pass through, and caught it in his palm.

He immersed his divine sense within to take a look. His expression immediately turned rather peculiar.

The jade slip did indeed contain a comprehensive list of spirit herbs — a dazzling array of over a thousand varieties, ranging across different grades, with many of them being emperor-grade spirit herbs. The total value was considerable.

The youth said, "This herb list — ten years ago, my master gave a copy to Askheart Sect and asked them to collect the items on our behalf. Now the deadline has arrived, and my master has sent me to make the purchase. Is that clear enough?"

Yang Kai came to a realization and said, "Is that really the case?"

This youth wasn't sick at all — he had genuinely come to buy herbs. It was just that the herbs he wanted had previously been entrusted to Askheart Sect for collection. Although the spirit herbs on this list were numerous and highly valuable, Askheart Sect had been a major sect, and ten years should have been more than enough time to gather them all.

It was a pity that Askheart Sect had been destroyed by Yang Kai, so the youth could naturally only come looking for him.

The youth continued, "It's not just Askheart Sect. All the top sects in the Northern Region have cooperative agreements with our Medicine Pill Valley. We update the herb list every ten years, and when the deadline comes, Medicine Pill Valley sends someone to collect."

"They all have agreements with you?" Yang Kai was surprised.

But after a moment's thought, it made sense. Medicine Pill Valley's approach was indeed efficient and saved a great deal of trouble. Moreover, with Great Emperor Miao Dan's name backing them, the major sects of the Northern Region would certainly be willing to cooperate. Perhaps they could use this opportunity to build a good relationship with Medicine Pill Valley, making it convenient when they needed pill refining in the future — the advantage of being close to the well.

The youth said, "That's right. Now that you've destroyed Askheart Sect, the spirit herbs they've collected over the past ten years must all be in your possession. Find them for me — I need to bring them back and report to my master!"

He spoke with a perfectly straight face, not at all like someone lying. Yang Kai was already seventy or eighty percent convinced.

But to be safe, he still said, "Wait here!"

Now that he was the master of a pavilion, he couldn't simply take the word of a barely-weaned youth with no identification. If he ended up being tricked, it would be terribly embarrassing.

So Yang Kai felt it was better to go verify.

With those words, he vanished.

"Where are you going... you bastard!" The youth was furious. He had assumed that once he revealed his identity as a disciple of Medicine Pill Valley, his hosts would immediately and respectfully invite him inside to rest and cater to his every need with fine food and drink. Instead, he'd been left standing outside in the wind, not even allowed past the gates, with the sect protection grand array keeping him out like a common thief.

He couldn't help but rage, "Fine, fine, fine! Lingxiao Pavilion treats its guests like this, openly disrespecting our Medicine Pill Valley. When I return, I will certainly report this to my master! Don't ever expect to obtain a single pill from Medicine Pill Valley again!"

Hua Qingsi hurried to soothe him. "Please calm yourself, young sir. Our Pavilion Master has always been rather hasty and impulsive — it's not that he meant to be disrespectful."

Having come from a major sect herself, she understood the principle that while the king of hell may be easy to meet, the minor demons are hard to deal with. Despite the youth's mere Dao Source Realm Stage One cultivation and young age, if he went back to Medicine Pill Valley and said a few bad things about Lingxiao Pavilion, it could potentially cause real trouble.

As Lingxiao Pavilion's chief steward, she naturally wanted to defuse big problems into small ones, and small problems into none at all.

"Not meant to be disrespectful?" The youth pointed in the direction Yang Kai had departed and continued to roar, "Look at his attitude! How can someone like that be the master of a pavilion? I don't think Lingxiao Pavilion will last much longer in the Northern Region!"

He was young but spoke with an outsized mouth, as if a word or two from him could make Lingxiao Pavilion get out of the Northern Region for good.

Hua Qingsi felt helpless but didn't dare argue back, lest she pour oil on the fire. She could only silently watch as the youth raged on.

After venting for a while, the youth's gaze shifted. He looked Hua Qingsi up and down, then suddenly put on a friendly smile and said, "Hey there, big sister, what's your name?"

Hua Qingsi forced a smile and told him her name.