AGAINST NINE REALMS

”Where did you get the pills from? Don tell me theres a hidden vault down there? But thats impossible… If theres one, my dad, my grandfather, and everyone else won be so thrifty… ” Duan Shunde was initially excited but quickly cooled himself down from all the excitement.

He wasn unaware of the condition of their family anyway.

Suppose theres really a hidden vault inside the secret Ancestral Hall. Would he, the current patriarch, wouldn be informed about it?

”Dear father… Out of everyone else should know the best… The least people know about the secret, the better. It will be better if you stop asking me where I get them. ” seeing that his father is now at his mercy, Duan Yu started to show off some of his air.

”Brat, how dare you try to act arrogant in front of me. Do you think I won dare to whack your buttock like when you
e younger? ” Duan Shunde immediately feels annoyed with Duan Yu and his attitude.

The annoyance and expression Duan Yu showed quickly made Duan Sunde raise his hand up. But he hesitates when he sees the box with Unrefined-Category Mind Clearing Verdant Pills. Out of reflex, he stopped his hand in midair to avoid damaging the box and the content within.

Although these were just some Unrefined-Category pills, they
e considered priceless in Duan Shundes eyes. He changed his attitude faster than the weather because of how precious they could be in the right hand.

A single Unrefined-Category pill like this could hold Spiritual Qi equivalent to two weeks worth inside them. This box of ten pills was equal to having five months worth of Spiritual Qi at his disposal.

Used in the right place and time, the pills are like a ticket to breakthrough past the level above Peak Later Bone Refining Stage for cultivators like Duan Shunde. With these pills in hand, he could increase his success rate by a third.

Of course, the possibility of a two-thirds success rate and the a-third failing rate doesn mean hell succeed for sure, but at least it could reduce the rebound from failure.

A luckier cultivator might come out unscathed, but not everyone. While failure is not scary, the rebound from failing is. For those with terrible luck, the rebound could cost them their life if serious or damage their cultivation.

Furthermore, it wasn easy for Duan Shunde to get his hand on these pills.

Although these pills were simply a grade above the Basic Category, he would still need to spend an astronomical sum of thirty Basic Pills to exchange for a single Unrefined Pill.

It was akin to exchanging three boxes of Verdant Calming Grass for two of these pills.

But this won be the case anymore because Duan Yu had finally found a way to fuse the ingredients to create a higher-tiered cultivation pill.

The exchange rate was a fair one hundred and fifty basic pills produced from a box of Verdant Calming Grass. And from there, the fusion cost would be five Basic Pills into one Unrefined Pill.

Each box of Verdant Calming Grass is equivalent to thirty Unrefined-Category pills.

The only problem here is Duan Yus cultivation, which is currently too weak for him to went further. The amount of Spiritual Qi he had and could control was about two weeks worth of Spiritual Qi at most, meaning he would be exhausted after two attempts.

”Get out of the meeting hall. ” suddenly, Duan Shunde tried to kick his son out without looking at him directly. He was trying to control his heart from exploding on the spot. As for if it was excitement or anger, only he knew.

”Is that all, father? I thought youll at least give me a guarantee or something. ” Duan Yu continues to tease his father. He knew that his shrewd father would devour his profit quietly if he didn make things clear right now.

”Ill come up with a reason to justify why you took those grasses… ” Duan Shunde softly said something and placed the box of Unrefined-Category Verdant Pills into his chest pocket.

”Huh? I didn hear you, dad. Can you repeat that? ” Duan Yu grinned while looking at his father. Even a fool could guess how important the Mind Clearing Verdant Pills were to Duan Shunde from how he kept the box safely inside his pocket.

”I say Ill come up with a reason for you! Go grab whatever you like and get the hell out of my courtyard! ” Duan Shunde yelled at his son and kicked him out of the hall.

The voice was so loud that everyone outside heard what he said before it was followed by Duan Yu running out of the building.

(Hahaha! I wonder if Lady Qing would behave the same after I show her what I gave to dad…)

Duan Yu happily went to the stable and got on horseback. Needless to ask, his next destination is surely Eastern Duan Citys most famous brothel.

It takes about a quarter-hour to reach the building.

”Welcome, my little overlord! ” the same waiter called Xiao Ma was already waiting outside after getting informed by one of the city lords manor servants.

”Is Hong-Er available for this master? ” Duan YU descended from horseback in a suave manner but hardly friendly attitude.

Duan Yu did not forget to take advantage of the waitress and beauty wherever he was passing by to make himself look worse and perverse. The lecherous behavior he had shown made people uncomfortable, to the point it was a painful sight to their eyes.

These were precisely true for those who don originate from this part of the continent.

”Let me give that lecherous bastard a beating. Ill teach him that having money doesn mean he can behave as he likes. ” one of the few patrons said and decided to teach him a lesson. The way Duan Yu conducted himself in public apparently made him feel ashamed as a man.

”Sit down, you fool. You got tired of living? ” the patrons companion quickly pulled him back on the seat before he caused some trouble.

”Didn you hear how they addressed him? That the only son of the City Lord. If he lost a hair inside this problem, all our heads would fly and leave our body by tomorrow morning. ” the patrons friend quickly said.

Hearing this made the patron feel lucky that hes yet to cause a problem.

”This young master, please calm yourself down with this cup of wine. ” the beauty he chose earlier quickly came to his side and gently poured a cup of wine. Each move from the beauty is seductive and elegant, which subsides some of the patrons anger.

Her action promptly calmed the sir down but made somewhere else fired up.

”B-Beauty… Please be yourself. You don need to treat me on purpose like the lecherous bastard sitting there. ” the patron said with his eyes still staring at Duan Yu.

He thought that would differentiate him from Duan Yu in the eyes of the people around him. But how could he have guessed that everyone here, from the doormen to the woodcutter on the back, was henchmen from the Duan Family?

”Sob… This lowly girl is unworthy of your kindness, great sir… ” tears immediately rolled from the corner of the beautys eyes. Yet, her face still maintained the poker face of beauty, akin to the drawing hanging on the wall.

Nobody would imagine that right now, her heart was like a starving snake, ready to deliver a bite at her prey.

”Why are you crying, dear beauty? Did that bastard do something terrible to you before? ” the patron immediately asked if he could do something for her. His kindness is like a healing paste applied to the beautys sore spot.

The beauty continued to cry softly. The inappropriate dresses on this beauty help alleviate the charm further, making the beauty appear like a damsel in distress and a fox in heat.

”Im crying because even somebody like me could have someone willing to stand up and defend me. As a pitiful woman with ill fate, how can I not cry from this? ” the beauty said.

”I… I… Don know what to say… ” the patron was speechless. He had no idea how to reply to the beautys word. Besides, he already had a few drinks and could hardly think normally now.

”This maiden wonders if young master willing to book me for a private session? Big sister Qing might be willing to give you a discount for my time. ” the beauty changed into a coquettish manner and offered to meet him in a private room.

Her suggestion made the patron consider it again and again. But he eventually lost the battle to his other sibling resting inside his pants.

When Lady Qing collected the payment for the beautys private time, he was slapped with a bill that cost him thirty Mind Clearing Verdant Pills. Still, considering that he would make her life easier with this money, the patron paid without a complaint before following her into the private room.

He wasn the only one to get provoked in that manner. Plenty of other patrons were also aroused by Duan Yus immoral act and persuaded to exchange a talk about life with their beautiful companion inside a private room.

”Had you been waiting for long, my little overlord? ” Hong-Er attractively greeted Duan Yu from upstairs before she took the stairs gracefully to the ground floor. And like a butterfly attracted to the flowers nectar, Hong-Er went straight to Duan Yus side and sat on his lap.

”Allow Hong-Er to feed you a cup of wine first. ” she gracefully put her lips around the wine jar and drank a mouthful before transferring it to Duan Yu using her mouth.

This facade made the patrons lose control over their lust and instantly requested a room, regardless of companion.