“What? What do you mean I’m done for? I’m perfectly fine—how could I possibly be done for!”
“Believe it or not.” Ling Dongdong sighed. “One last piece of advice: stop now. You’re like a gambler who’s already in too deep. If you really bet everything you have, you’ll never recover.”
Huyan Yazhi was furious. “Bastard, what the hell are you babbling about?”
Ling Dongdong pursed her lips, not wanting to get tangled up with her. “Wake up.”
“Who says I can’t turn things around? I can turn however I want—standing up, lying down, backflips, anything!”
Huyan Yazhi was so angry she was talking nonsense.
Ling Dongdong sneered. “Then tell me, what solution do you have?”
“And don’t tell me to tough it out. When you got dragged in, we already wanted to split up. We only stayed out of past friendship.”
“You paid us spirit stones, and we worked for you. Now that we can’t keep going, we’re leaving to find our own way. That’s perfectly normal.”
“And don’t say we don’t have the right to leave. After all, we worked for you, you paid us spirit stones, and now the partnership is over. We’re just going our separate ways.”
“You!”
Huyan Yazhi was momentarily speechless, unsure how to respond.
Then she thought of Lin Huanhuan, her savior, and immediately started boasting again. “Who says I have no way out? This time I’ve brought Boss Huanhuan! With her skills, she’ll definitely turn our defeat into victory!”
Ling Dongdong looked toward the door and finally noticed Lin Huanhuan, who was looking around. She was slightly surprised.
Previously, Huyan Yazhi had said that Lin Huanhuan had a share in this guild hall and would give her half the profits, so the wages paid to them would be reduced.
They had thought it was just Huyan Yazhi’s manipulation tactic, but it turned out to be true.
“I didn’t expect you weren’t lying.” Ling Dongdong muttered softly.
“When have I ever lied to you? I’m such an honest person!”
“If you’re an honest person, then there are no honest people in this world.”
The others, who had been dejected, immediately swarmed forward upon seeing Lin Huanhuan, their faces full of joy.
“Great, it’s Lin Huanhuan! Her formation path is so powerful, she’ll definitely save us. Looks like we don’t have to leave.”
“Lin Huanhuan is here! We’re finally saved!”
“So Huyan Yazhi really is Lin Huanhuan’s dog. I’m so jealous—why can’t that be me?”
Lin Huanhuan raised an eyebrow, somewhat shocked. “How come all your employees are from Formation Peak? And isn’t Ling Dongdong your archenemy? How did you even recruit her?”
“Huyan Yazhi, you shouldn’t be that magnanimous.”
Despite being questioned, Huyan Yazhi not only felt no shame but also felt honored. She put her hands on her hips, proud.
“As they say, returning home in glory is like wearing fine clothes at night—pointless if no one sees.”
“When you finally make it big, how can you not recruit these old enemies and former sect mates to humiliate and exploit them? Anyway, I’ve got them firmly under my thumb with spirit stones. I can insult and mess with them however I want. It’s freaking amazing!”
Lin Huanhuan was speechless.
“You’re not even pretending anymore. Saying something like that in broad daylight—aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning?”
“But then again, with you, everything makes sense.”
Lin Huanhuan looked around and saw that all the Formation Peak disciples, including Ling Dongdong, wore expressions of complete indifference. She couldn’t help sighing inwardly.
‘True to form, those Formation Peak guys.’
‘I didn’t expect that even in the cultivation world, people would bow down for something like money… but I guess it’s normal.’
“Boss Huanhuan, what do we do next? Should we go directly smash the place across the street? I can lead the charge!”
Huyan Yazhi asked expectantly, and the others chimed in.
“Yeah, yeah, they’re so arrogant, copying us so blatantly. We should smash their place and chase all their customers away. Then no one will dare go there, and they’ll all come here.”
“Shut up, what kind of idea is that?”
Lin Huanhuan frowned and snorted. “We’re in the service industry, not gangsters running protection. If we actually smash the guild hall across the street, we’ll be playing right into their hands. That’s against Lingyun Sect rules. We’d definitely have to close down.”
“Even if, by some miracle, it didn’t come to that, once we do something like this, other disciples will see how arrogant and bullying we are. They might worry that we’ll bully customers, and stop coming here. That’s very possible!”
“Ah, is that so?”
The Formation Peak disciples weren’t stupid. Earlier, they had only been offering reckless suggestions because they didn’t understand the rules and were anxious.
With Lin Huanhuan’s reminder, they immediately realized their rashness.
They looked at Lin Huanhuan, this beautiful and powerful young woman, and couldn’t help feeling awed, almost wanting to prostrate themselves.
“So what do we do now? We can’t just sit around.”
Lin Huanhuan shook her head.
“First, take me over to see what’s going on across the street. We need to understand the general situation before deciding what to do.”
That guild hall was just a short distance away next door. The exterior decoration was almost identical to theirs, without any concealment at all, as if it were a direct provocation.
It was already afternoon; most people had gone back.
Lin Huanhuan and Huyan Yazhi waited a bit longer, then walked in.
To Lin Huanhuan’s further shock, the interior decoration was also almost identical, the only difference being a few potted plants.
Huyan Yazhi hadn’t been exaggerating after all.
Seeing someone enter, the female disciple at the front desk was about to welcome them warmly, but when Huyan Yazhi’s face came into view, she immediately withdrew her enthusiasm and put on a calm expression.
“Haven’t I told you many times? Our boss doesn’t have time to see you. I advise you to give up early. As for copying or whatever, that’s not happening.”
In the past, Huyan Yazhi might have been furious upon hearing this.
But now she just sneered coldly and made a “please” gesture to the side.
“Times have changed. Today I’ve brought the person behind me—Lin Huanhuan. Tell your boss to come out and prepare to die!”
“Lin Huanhuan?!”
Hearing that name, the front desk girl was thunderstruck. Her legs went weak, and she almost fell.
“Lin Huanhuan? Could it be that Lin Huanhuan who’s extremely fond of women in the sect, not only threatening many female disciples to become her personal playthings, but even targeting a demonic path spy before?!”
“The Maiden Hunter who was taken to the Punishment Hall but walked away unscathed, completely unaffected—Lin Huanhuan?!”
Huyan Yazhi raised her head proudly.
“That’s right, Lin Huanhuan!”
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