Ji Yunzhao clamored loudly as he tried to barge his way inside.
Seeing this, Yun Sheng, who was standing to the side, had a slight change in expression and quickly stepped forward to stop him.
But how could he possibly be a match for a proper core disciple of Qingyun Peak?
Ji Yunzhao merely sent out a light palm strike, sending him flying ten meters away to crash heavily onto the ground!
"I'm calling for Yuan Shu. How dare a useless handyman like you try to stop me? Are you tired of living?"
Ji Yunzhao sneered at the sight, speaking with utter disdain.
Yun Sheng gritted his teeth, wanting to retort, but he was in too much pain to speak.
Right at that moment, the door creaked open.
Yuan Shu, wearing a light pink dress, looked like a fluttering butterfly, beautiful and captivating.
Her straight, long hair was casually pinned up with a simple, unadorned jade hairpin as she stepped out of the room.
Her features were already stunningly exquisite; calling her the number one beauty of the Luoxian Sect would not be an exaggeration.
When mentioning Yuan Shu, people would only say she had a "bad temper," but no one would ever dare say she "wasn't pretty"!
This face, when unsmiling, was elegantly refined, coldly glamorous, and noble, exuding an innate ethereal aura!
The curses on Ji Yunzhao's lips were forcefully swallowed back down when he met Yuan Shu's calm, indifferent, and cold gaze.
"Did... did you just bathe?"
A faint fragrance drifted over from her. Ji Yunzhao had originally come to interrogate and condemn her, but somehow, his words completely changed.
The moment the words left his mouth, he was filled with immediate regret.
No, he wasn't here to ask about that!
It was all this Yuan Shu's fault. Why did she have to be so inexplicably beautiful?
Moreover, hadn't she always dressed up flamboyantly before?
She used to wish she could plaster the powder on her face as thick as a city wall.
Why didn't she put on any makeup today and just come out looking like this?
Not to mention, these natural features looked so much better than before!
"You barge up to my door bright and early in the morning, just to ask if I've bathed?"
Yuan Shu had no favorable impression of Ji Yunzhao, who had aggressively stormed up to her door.
She couldn't even be bothered to call him "Fifth Senior Brother."
Ji Yunzhao's expression shifted slightly as he recovered from the shock of Yuan Shu's beauty.
"I came to ask you, why haven't you sent me the spirit stone allowance for these past ten days?"
Spirit stone allowance?
Yuan Shu raised an eyebrow, searched through the contents of the book in her mind, and suddenly, she remembered.
Ji Yunzhao's original family was not wealthy. No, it should be described as impoverished!
Relying on his dumb luck, he was born with a high-grade earth spiritual root. The Peak Master of Qingyun Peak happened to encounter him by chance during an outing and brought him up the mountain.
A single high-grade earth spiritual root, although slightly inferior to a supreme grade, was still extremely rare and valuable.
This person had a high talent for cultivation, but he was also very arrogant, especially harboring a strong hatred for the rich.
He felt that the money of the wealthy was all obtained by exploiting poor commoners like them.
Unfortunately, the original owner of this body, the apple of the Yuan Manor's eye in the Central Province, was one of the targets of his hatred for the wealthy.
Therefore, he tried every possible means to manipulate and gaslight the original owner into spending money on him.
Leaving aside the usual precious pills and rare medicinal plants.
The rare ornaments, treasures, and spiritual artifacts that the original owner had brought from the Yuan Manor to Qingyun Peak—as long as they were of some use to him—were all coaxed and frightened out of her hands.
He even ordered the original owner to give him an allowance of two thousand low-grade spirit stones every ten days.
The last time she gave him spirit stones was probably eleven days ago.
The original owner had been sent to the Repentance Cliff, delaying his spirit stone allowance, until today when he came knocking.
Yuan Shu's disdainful gaze swept over Ji Yunzhao, sizing him up.
Ji Yunzhao was tall, taller and more robust than her. Aside from his face being inferior to Shu Linyuan and Yun Sheng, he was indeed a handsome man.
However, Yuan Shu had no interest in this kind of man who aggressively leeched off women.
"Why should I send them to you?"
Ji Yunzhao clearly hadn't expected Yuan Shu to talk back. He froze for a moment. "Hey, didn't you promise to give me an allowance of two thousand spirit stones every ten days?"
"Yuan Shu, don't forget, I'm the one covering for you in the sect's alchemy and talisman drawing classes."
"You're going back on your word now. Do you want to fail your assessments and be publicly called out by the teaching elders?"
This was also Yuan Shu's weak spot. She was most afraid of the teaching elders for these two classes.
Every time she attended these two classes, Yuan Shu would be punished by having to stand, copy texts, and endure scoldings!
Ji Yunzhao had constantly coaxed and deceived the original owner, claiming that because he had a good relationship with the teaching elders, they gave him face and didn't punish her more severely.
Listening to this repeatedly, the original Yuan Shu had actually believed it.
In order to maintain a good relationship with her senior brother, she actually agreed to his outrageous demand—a spirit stone allowance every ten days!
Two thousand spirit stones every ten days. Calculated over two years, she had already given him nearly one hundred and fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones!
Furthermore, because Ji Yunzhao fell in love with Su Lingxi at first sight, he needed a massive amount of spirit stones to curry favor with her.
In the past six months, the spirit stones he demanded from Yuan Shu had multiplied.
It was probably well over one hundred and fifty thousand by now!
This sum of spirit stones wasn't astronomically huge, but it was definitely not a small amount either.
And despite all this, just because she was two days late, he actually came knocking to demand it?
Good heavens!
This was the first time Yuan Shu had seen someone act so tough while leeching off a woman!
"I've changed my mind now. I don't want to give it to you. What are you going to do about it?"
A mocking smile tugged at the corners of Yuan Shu's mouth, and the gaze she directed at Ji Yunzhao was full of contempt.
Her senior brothers were not all dragons and phoenixes among men.
At the very least, in Yuan Shu's eyes, this Ji Yunzhao was nothing but a pile of mud!
It was only later, when Ji Yunzhao treated the female lead with absolute devotion, taking out all the wealth he had accumulated and swindled over the years to honor Su Lingxi, that he won a spot as one of the male leads by Su Lingxi's side.
"Hey? You're rebelling! Yuan Shu, did staying at the Repentance Cliff for a few days make you stupid? I'll ask you one last time: are you going to give it or not?"
Ji Yunzhao believed he had a firm grasp on Yuan Shu's weakness and knew her temper well.
As long as he intimidated her a little, she would definitely cower and meekly hand over the spirit stones.
His voice grew harsh and his expression turned cold. Sure enough, he saw a fleeting flinch on Yuan Shu's face.
He raised his eyebrows. "Now you know fear? If you know fear, then hurry up and take out the spirit stones. Don't force me to get physical!"
Yuan Shu blinked, and a trace of panic genuinely seemed to flash across her stunningly beautiful little face. "I am indeed a bit scared."
She waved Ji Yunzhao over. "Ji Yunzhao, come here. I'll tell you where the spirit stones are."
Joy appeared on Ji Yunzhao's face. Seeing the fearful look on Yuan Shu's pretty face, he actually believed her and approached Yuan Shu without any guard.
To the side, Yun Sheng, who had finally managed to stagger up from the ground, saw this and his expression changed slightly.
He wanted to step forward to stop it, but he gasped in pain, unable to move his feet.
He could only stand in place and watch helplessly as Ji Yunzhao bullied Yuan Shu.
He had long been dissatisfied with this arrogant Ji Yunzhao.
Even though they both took money from Yuan Shu, what right did he have to always act so high and mighty?
Did he deserve it?
But, he was no match for him.
After being struck by his palm, he didn't even have the strength to fight back!
He gritted his teeth, glaring fiercely at Ji Yunzhao.
He swore that if one day he became stronger than him, he would definitely give him a good beating!
Meanwhile, Ji Yunzhao had already stepped up in front of Yuan Shu.
"Two thousand spirit stones is indeed a lot, so it's normal that it's inconvenient to carry around. Speak, where are the spirit stones?"
"The spirit stones are..."
The corners of Yuan Shu's lips slowly curled into a smirk.
Before the words had even faded, her slender, delicate hand suddenly curled into a claw and slammed against Ji Yunzhao's chest!
