Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 153 - 51 What kind of skill is this? 【Seeking Monthly Ticket!】_1

Chapter 153: Chapter 51 What kind of skill is this? 【Seeking Monthly Ticket!】_1

Uh-oh.

With Empress Feng’s impudent words, Chu Liang’s heart skipped a beat immediately.

Before he came, he had been hoping that the Pill Furnace Elder was an easygoing senior, someone he could appease with a small apology and ask to release the Golden Fur Beast.

But now he didn’t need to waste time contemplating whether the Pill Furnace Elder had a good or bad temper. Without a doubt, it was bad.

"Hehe." In response to Empress Feng’s reprimand, the Pill Furnace Elder displayed considerable tolerance. He chuckled lightly and said, "Upon learning that this spirit pet belonged to your Silver Sword Peak, I knew you unruly disciples would stir up trouble."

"You knew the beast belonged to my home yet you still captured it?" Empress Feng retorted, "This is clearly a disrespect to me!"

"It was stealing food from the Zhenshan Guardian Divine Beast. Catching it is fair and just." the Pill Furnace Elder replied. "Considering it has already stolen an unknown amount of Spirit Feeding Pills, the demanded compensation is not unreasonable. If you keep causing a ruckus, it could become inappropriate."

"Fine, if it’s inappropriate, then let’s not talk about it..." Empress Feng started to roll up her sleeves.

"Master, remember civility before force, civility before force!" Chu Liang quickly whispered to her, while pulling her sleeve.

Empress Feng turned around, "Haven’t I already shown courtesy?"

Do you consider your earlier behavior as "courtesy"?

Chu Liang rolled his eyes, hurriedly saying, "Let this disciple attempt to negotiate."

"You can get the Golden Fur Beast back?" Empress Feng squinted at him suspiciously.

"Let’s give it a try." Chu Liang said.

What else could they do otherwise, was she actually going to pick a fight with the Zhenshan Elder? No matter if she won or lost, confronting an old man wouldn’t look good.

Chu Liang leisurely stepped forward, first giving a formal salute and saying, "This disciple from Silver Sword Peak, Chu Liang, pays respects to Elder Pill Furnace."

"So you’re her only student, sigh, you seem like a promising youngster..." The Pill Furnace elder shook his head with a sigh, as if he felt sorry for Chu Liang’s life.

"Indeed, our Silver Sword Peak is short of people, as my fellow disciples often leave to gain experience. Only this Golden Fur Beast remains on the peak as company for my master. Their bond runs deep. If my master was overly anxious or rude, I ask your forgiveness on her behalf." Chu Liang quickly apologized first on behalf of his master.

"You’re rather polite." Pill Furnace Elder chuckled, "But you don’t need to say all this, I’ve watched your master grow up, naturally, I understand her character better than you."

"What’s wrong with my character?" Empress Feng squawked indignantly from behind.

Both parties ignored her and continued their conversation.

Chu Liang said respectfully, "I am of little consequence and it’s not my place to interfere in the matters between my master and Pill Furnace Elder, but there’s something I don’t understand and I hope Elder can enlighten me."

"What is it?" Pill Furnace elder looked at him, intrigued.

"You said the charge against Golden Fur Beast is theft, but isn’t it said ’it is theft only when taken without permission’. To my knowledge, the Golden Fur Beast and Little Baize are good friends. Each time it went to eat the Spirit Feeding Pills, it did so with Little Baize’s permission. How could this be considered theft?" Chu Liang said.

"Hehe." The Pill Furnace elder once again chuckled, "You make a persuasive argument, if the Spirit Feeding Pills belonged to Baize, then it wouldn’t count as theft. But these pills were provided by Shu Mountain for feeding Baize, in recognition of Baize’s great service to Shu Mountain. Other spirit beasts that haven’t served Shu Mountain cannot eat them, if they do, they must pay compensation. This is the righteous path."

Hiss.

Chu Liang fell silent for a moment.

The logic of the Pill Furnace Elder was clear and his words powerful, he seemed to have the upper hand in this logical argument.

This was the first time Empress Feng had seen Chu Liang lose ground in a "logical" argument. She immediately rolled up her sleeves and stepped forward, "No good, I guess I have to step in."

"No need." Chu Liang raised his hand, "I have a solution."

With that, he stepped forward, asserting emphatically, "The Elder said that because the Golden Fur Beast did nothing for Shu Mountain, it is not entitled to eat the Spirit Feeding Pills provided by the mountain. What if it contributes a service to Shu Mountain? Can it be allowed to eat the pills then?"

The Pill Furnace elder smiled and replied, "That would depend on what service it provided."

"Let the Elder be the judge of that, please take a look at what this is!" With that, Chu Liang raised his hand revealing a stone tablet he retrieved from his storage space!

Bang——

The Tomb’s Stone Tablet fell to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust, and making Chu Liang’s clothes flutter and his eyes widen in surprise.

"The Golden Fur Beast found this item a few days ago. I heard it’s the lost Tomb’s Stone Tablet from earlier years, a memorial to the human clan’s predecessors, later stolen by the demon people of the Demon Cult." Chu Liang asked: "I wonder what merit is attributed to the retrieval of this item?!"

...

Chu Liang returned to Silver Sword Peak, astride the Golden Fur Beast.

The great creature leapt and bound cheerfully along the way. This was the second time it was rescued from a cage by them, and to it, this was probably proof of its owner’s affection.

Chu Liang was in high spirits, too. The Pill Furnace Elder had agreed to let the Golden Fur Beast and the Baize cubs eat together in the future, thus there would be no need for him to stealthily feed the beast anymore.

The significance of the Tomb’s Stone Tablet was substantial. Beyond being a powerful magical artifact, it held great commemorative value for the human clan’s predecessors. And for an ordinary disciple from Shu Mountain to retrieve the Tablet, it was undeniably a great merit.

However, the credit was now being given to the Golden Fur Beast.

This was part of Chu Liang’s original plan. Given the Tablet’s previous possession by the hosts in the southwest, if Chu Liang openly offered it to the Sect, it would likely provoke the hatred of the Underworld King Sect. Even his previous undercover actions could be exposed due to this.

So Chu Liang initially intended to offer this item anonymously, not making it public.

Through a twist of fate, the Golden Fur Beast ended up finding the Tablet, reaping significant benefits, which could be seen as a good deed being rewarded.

"Well done!" Empress Feng also patted Chu Liang’s shoulder cheerfully.

"Of the four Zhenshan Elders, he is the one I dislike the most. Just because he knows alchemy, he always looks down on us whose primary skill is fighting, as if he’s the only one with brains. Since childhood, I’ve sparred with him multiple times, it’s just that as my cultivation improved and wasn’t inferior to his, he refused to spar with me any longer, concealing his unwillingness under the pretense of not bullying the younger generation. But today, seeing you outsmart him and make him suffer a setback was even more satisfying than winning a fight against him!"

Listening to the Master recount her grievances with the Pill Furnace Elder, Chu Liang suddenly realized he’d overlooked something.

Empress Feng was the tyrant of Shu Mountain, not the fool of Shu Mountain.

Her daily behavior often made him worry if the Master was just a brawny, trouble-making brute, but... he’d often heard tales of her domineering ways, yet he’d never heard of her suffering any losses!

Like today, he was always worried she would end up fighting with the Pill Furnace Elder. But since she dared to take action, she must have had a solid backup plan. If she was the kind of individual who would readily provoke punishments, the elders of Shu Mountain wouldn’t have been indulgent towards her to such an extent.

There must be some unknown insider details. In short...

His Master was not someone he needed to worry about!

Thinking this way, Chu Liang suddenly felt relaxed. Didn’t that mean that he could act more boldly in Shu Mountain in the future?

No.

He and his Master were not completely the same.

He muttered to himself: "I still need to maintain my dignity."

...

Upon returning to Silver Sword Peak, he could finally settle down for the time being. But Chu Liang was not about to rest; he still had things to accomplish.

Be faithful to your commitments, keep your word to others.

Previously, he’d promised a scholar in the Secret Realm to deliver a message for him. Now that he’d exited the Secret Realm, he should immediately fulfill this task.

The scholar had said it was meant for Miss Thirteen of the Ji family.

When people in the Immortal Cultivation World mentioned the Ji family, there was no second guess. After making a few inquiries on the mountain, Chu Liang learnt where the Ji Family resided and directly flew there on the Golden Fur Beast.

The journey was quite long, and it wasn’t until the evening that Chu Liang finally arrived at this ancient aristocratic family.

Emperor Hong Valley, Xuanyuan Villa!