Chapter 13: You’re Finished

The young man glanced at Mo Qianqian and Shi Muyao, saying, "Shi Muyao and Mo Qianqian destroyed Kong Mingcheng’s manhood."

"What?!" Everyone in the Shi Family was startled by his words. Shi Muyao and Mo Qianqian destroyed Kong Mingcheng’s manhood?

"As a result, the Pavilion Master signed a contract with them and kicked Kong Mingcheng and his woman, Li Rong, out of the Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion," the young man continued his report.

"How is that possible?" The group was dumbfounded. They crippled Kong Mingcheng, yet still got the contract? And Kong Mingcheng was the one expelled from the Pavilion? What on earth was going on?

"Furthermore, out on the street, Mo Qianqian directly crushed Li Rong’s hand under his foot," the young man added. He had been assigned to monitor the situation, so even with Mo Qianqian and Shi Muyao present, he had to report everything.

"Shi Muyao, Mo Qianqian, you actually dared to cripple Kong Mingcheng’s manhood! You’re doomed!" Shi Yan immediately launched an attack. "Do you know why Kong Mingcheng was able to secure the position of Deputy Elder at the Qingcheng Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion? Because he came from the Central Earth Headquarters!

"Kong Mingcheng’s most important asset was ruined! So what if you managed to get the order through some other means? You’re bringing a disaster upon the Shi Family!"

At Shi Yan’s words, Patriarch Shi furrowed his brows deeply. She was right. Even though they secured the order and Kong Mingcheng was kicked out of the Pavilion, he would definitely seek revenge! This was a massive problem for the Shi Family.

"I did it. It has nothing to do with her. Besides, this is an internal conflict within the Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion. It has nothing to do with your Shi Family," Mo Qianqian declared.

"Nothing to do with us? You think just saying that makes it true?" Shi Yan said angrily. "Mo Qianqian, you’ve barely been here for a few days, yet you’ve already caused such huge trouble for our Shi Family. Yesterday you intimidated Chen Zheng into kneeling, and today you crippled Kong Mingcheng and committed an act of violence on the streets by crushing someone’s hand! Keeping you in the Shi Family will only bring us ruin!

"Not just you—Shi Muyao can no longer touch the family business either! Otherwise, she’ll only implicate the entire family!"

"No!" Shi Muyao shouted. "Without Mo Qianqian, we wouldn’t have secured this business at all. You can’t let him go! And the medicinal herb business is mine to manage. You promised me this. You can’t go back on your word."

"Exactly! We can let Mo Qianqian go, but Yaoyao has to manage the medicinal herb business. And the Nanfeng Inn’s business should also be under our control," Yang Lan chimed in.

"No, Mo Qianqian can’t leave either!" Shi Muyao insisted.

"Enough!" Patriarch Shi scolded. He looked at Shi Muyao and said, "Yaoyao, Mo Qianqian has stirred up all sorts of trouble that is detrimental to the family. Considering that you secured the medicinal herb business, I will give you two choices. Either drive Mo Qianqian away, or give up the medicinal herb business."

"Grandpa, you..." Shi Muyao was furious.

Mo Qianqian quickly interjected, "It’s just the insignificant Shi Family. I never planned to stay here anyway. There’s no need to choose—I’ll leave right now."

"Don’t!" Shi Muyao grabbed onto Mo Qianqian. Then, looking at Patriarch Shi, she gritted her teeth and said, "Grandpa, I give up the medicinal herb business!"

"Let’s go!" With that, she pulled Mo Qianqian along as she left.

This took Mo Qianqian somewhat by surprise. They didn’t really have such deep feelings for each other, did they? Why did Shi Muyao make such a choice?

"No, you can’t give up the medicinal herb business! Mo Qianqian, get the hell out of the Shi Family!" Yang Lan was frantic. She chased after them, cursing angrily.

Shi Muyao looked back and glared at Yang Lan. "Mother, if you force me, I will sever our mother-daughter relationship, and you won’t get the inn’s business either."

"You, you, you!" Yang Lan was choking with rage but didn’t dare to pursue them further. If Shi Muyao truly severed ties with her, the others would seize the opportunity to strike, and she really would lose the inn’s business.

After returning to their room, Mo Qianqian looked at Shi Muyao with a hint of astonishment and said, "I was never a member of the Shi Family to begin with. My leaving wouldn’t have any impact. Was that really necessary?"

"Was what necessary?" Shi Muyao asked deliberately.

"It wasn’t necessary to choose me, was it?"

"What do you mean, necessary or not? A wife stands by her husband, for better or for worse. We are married, even if it’s only in name. If I were so ungrateful, wouldn’t I be just like Li Rong?" Shi Muyao said angrily.

Mo Qianqian was instantly left without a retort. It made so much sense. What a perfect example of a wife standing by her husband! However, he had never planned on actually marrying her. Never mind. It was better not to say it; it would be too hurtful. Moreover, the matter with Shi Ming hadn’t been resolved yet. If he left now, Shi Muyao would be in deep trouble. At the very least, he had to wait for Shi Yunhai to return and resolve Shi Ming’s issue first.

"Is the Shi Family’s medicinal herb business very important to you?" Mo Qianqian asked, changing the subject.

"Of course. Controlling the medicinal herb business is the only way to prove my status in the family, and it also provides me with cultivation resources..." Thinking of this, Shi Muyao was still quite indignant. However, remembering that she had chosen Mo Qianqian, she didn’t continue so as not to upset him. "Let’s not talk about this anymore. Strength is everything. I’m going to buy some elixirs and improve my strength a bit more in the short term. As for you..."

"I don’t need any," Mo Qianqian declined. He still had twenty elixirs in his possession. As long as he upgraded their quality, ten of them would be his. As for the medicinal herb business, that could wait until he upgraded the elixirs. If the rest of the Shi Family thought they could just take the medicinal herb business for nothing, they had another thing coming.

"Thanks to you this time, I’ll make it up to you next time!" Shi Muyao said.

"..." Mo Qianqian was speechless.

After Shi Muyao left, Mo Qianqian returned to his separate room. Closing the door securely, he took out an elixir.

"Time to try enhancing the medicinal properties!"

Mo Qianqian roused his Spirit, and his Spirit Body instantly appeared before him. He handed the elixir to the Spirit Body. As soon as the Spirit Body grasped the elixir, it began infusing it with spirituality. This was just like bestowing spirituality upon Shi Muyao—it wasn’t difficult; it just consumed Spiritual Power.

About two hours later, the elixir’s spirituality had greatly increased, undergoing a massive transformation.

"It was a success!" After taking the elixir and inspecting it, Mo Qianqian was instantly overjoyed. Sure enough, a Spirit Master could easily upgrade the quality of an elixir, raising it from First-Grade Inferior to First-Grade Superior. However, the consumption was enormous. Mo Qianqian rested for half a day before his Spiritual Power gradually recovered, allowing him to infuse spirituality once more.

Five days later.

Only then did Mo Qianqian manage to completely upgrade all twenty elixirs to First-Grade Superior Elixirs. He slipped out of the Shi Family, donned his mask again, and headed to the Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion with the elixirs.

Upon arriving at the Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion, he went straight up to the third floor and found the Pavilion Master.

"Pavilion Master, here are ten First-Grade Superior Elixirs." Mo Qianqian didn’t beat around the bush; he directly took out ten elixirs and handed them to the Pavilion Master.

"So fast?" The Pavilion Master was somewhat thrilled. He took the ten elixirs and inspected them. These ten elixirs were indeed all First-Grade Superior Elixirs. Moreover, they were all of exceptionally high quality.

A First-Grade Superior Elixir could be sold for two thousand taels of silver each. Trading twenty First-Grade Inferior Elixirs for ten First-Grade Superior Elixirs was equivalent to exchanging ten thousand taels for twenty thousand taels—a net profit of ten thousand taels. And this was after a mere five days. The Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion didn’t have to do anything but provide the elixirs.

"The Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion is willing to provide another forty elixirs. Would you be willing to continue our cooperation, sir?" the Pavilion Master asked.

"Deal!" Mo Qianqian nodded.

Overjoyed, the Pavilion Master retrieved another forty elixirs and handed them to Mo Qianqian.

"I’ll take my leave now, Pavilion Master!" Mo Qianqian said as he turned to walk out of the room. Before leaving, he looked back and added, "Oh, right."