Chapter 19: The Scamming Tiger

The Xuan Tian Gate Outer Sect has ten canteens, named after the Heavenly Stems just like the Outer Sect dormitories, located on the south side of the Outer Sect martial arts training ground.

The canteens have two floors; the first floor provides food for free, while the second floor requires payment.

Of course, the free food only fills the belly, whereas the paid food is made from ingredients like demon beast meat and spiritual herbs, capable of enhancing a Wu Shi's physique and increasing cultivation.

These ten canteens cover a vast area and can accommodate ten thousand Outer Sect disciples dining simultaneously.

The canteen cooks, dishwashing women, and others are all recruited from the common people of towns and villages near the Xuan Tian Gate.

Facing Facing Cang Luo sighed, thinking that the Xuan Tian Gate had made no small contribution to Tongzhou's GDP and employment.

The four arrived at the Xin-shaped large canteen, where it was packed with people and incredibly noisy, with a rough estimate of several hundred people inside.

The process of getting food was much like a university canteen: everyone received a wooden tray and then began to queue.

A large scoop of rice, a steamed sweet potato, a mixed stir-fry of meat and vegetables, and a bowl of the only free medicinal soup capable of enhancing a Wu Shi's physique.

This was the first meal Facing Facing Cang Luo had eaten on the Yuanwu Continent.

Although the food was simple, it was free; if a disciple wanted something better, they could go to the second floor or visit the restaurants in Xuan Tian Town to treat themselves.

After getting their food, Cang Feng led Facing Facing Cang Luo and the two, Liu and Li, toward an empty table; Facing Facing Cang Luo suddenly said, "Senior brothers, go ahead first; I'll go say hello to an acquaintance."

Having spoken, Facing Facing Cang Luo held his tray and approached a dining table where only a female disciple was sitting.

Facing Facing Cang Luo set his tray down and softly greeted the female disciple who was chewing slowly and quietly, "Hello!"

This female disciple was none other than the young woman Xiang Xiang Yunjiao, whom Facing Facing Cang Luo had teased that morning.

Facing Facing Cang Luo suspected that the cause of her depression was nine times out of ten his mobile phone, so he came to confirm it.

Could she really have believed his nonsense, thinking her soul had been locked inside the 'Soul-Locking Mirror'?

After much thought, Facing Facing Cang Luo finally decided to come over and explain the matter of the Soul-Locking Mirror, otherwise he would feel guilty.

Upon hearing Facing Facing Cang Luo's voice, Xiang Xiang Yunjiao's body instantly stiffened, recalling the words he had said to her that morning while holding the Soul-Locking Mirror.

Your soul has already been locked inside!

You are my person now!

I can look whenever I want!

Thinking this, Xiang Xiang Yunjiao cried again out of grievance, tears rolling down uncontrollably.

It was this person who stripped me bare and defiled my purity; how can I marry anyone in the future!?

"Ah! What's wrong with you?" Seeing her suddenly cry, Facing Facing Cang Luo thought things were bad.

So it really was caused by me; what situation is this!

Could she think he could do whatever he wanted with the photos in the phone? Like taking off her clothes?

Uh... why are people in the other world so simple?

Truly a beautiful misunderstanding... It seems I must never expose the phone in front of people from the other world again.

The mobile phone, a product of technological civilization, is absolutely something people of the Yuanwu Continent, a cultivation civilization, cannot understand.

Seeing her tears not stop, seeming to shift from a drizzle to a thunderstorm, Facing Facing Cang Luo quickly looked left and right with a guilty conscience, deeply afraid others would see and think he was bullying her.

The immediate priority was to stop her crying and explain things clearly, but before Facing Facing Cang Luo could open his mouth, Xiang Xiang Yunjiao suddenly cried out in panic, "Senior Brother Cang, be careful?"

Facing Facing Cang Luo was stunned; be careful of what?

After a moment of stunnedness, Facing Facing Cang Luo was about to turn his head to see what was happening according to Xiang Xiang Yunjiao's line of sight, but suddenly he was violently knocked down by a brute force, sliding three or four meters on the ground.

Accompanied by his collision with a pillar, a tray suddenly flew in and hit his head; Facing Facing Cang Luo instantly felt dizzy, with food splattered all over his body.

Facing Facing Cang Luo was completely stunned on the spot, lying on the ground for a moment without reacting, only vaguely seeing that an Outer Sect disciple in green clothes had knocked him down.

Shaking his head, he was glad he had become a Wu Shi and his body's strength had improved significantly; otherwise, this blow would have surely sent him to the hospital.

Wiping the food stuck to his face, Facing Facing Cang Luo wanted to see exactly who had knocked him down, but before he could open his eyes, he heard a roar.

"Dog-raised one, what are you doing blocking the aisle? Compensate for my lunch."

The roar attracted the attention of many Outer Sect disciples, who put down their chopsticks to look at Facing Facing Cang Luo lying on the ground and the person who had roared, whispering among themselves about what had happened.

A disciple who had clearly seen the incident whispered, "Chen Dahu is scamming again; that person is going to be unlucky."

"Look, he isn't young; he shouldn't be a new disciple, right? How could he not have heard of the 'Scamming Tiger'? He doesn't even know to stay away."

"Shh! Speak quietly, don't let him hear; I heard he and his brother have latched onto a new backer again, becoming increasingly lawless among the Wu Shi disciples."

"New backer? Who?"

Seeing everyone curiously gathering around, that disciple lowered his voice to show off, "Senior Brother Ouyang Lie, ranked seventh among the Top Ten Outer Sect disciples."

Senior Brother Ouyang Lie is currently at the peak of the Ninth Layer of the Wu Jiang realm; next year he will definitely enter the Inner Sect to become an Inner Sect disciple; it's only a matter of his ranking."

"Moreover, Senior Brother Ouyang Lie has a gang in the Outer Sect; he is the gang leader, with hundreds of underlings..."

Upon hearing this, everyone shook their heads and sighed, all secretly deciding that in the future, when they saw Chen Dahu and his older brother Chen Dalong, they must stay far away.

They could not afford to provoke such trouble-making people...

Xiang Xiang Yunjiao also saw it clearly; it was the notorious Chen Dahu who intentionally knocked into Senior Brother Cang.

She was now very conflicted, hesitating whether to help Facing Facing Cang Luo up; thinking of how he had used the treasure-grade Soul-Locking Mirror to strip her bare made her incredibly angry.

She wished, she wished she could punch him a few times!

No, at least a hundred punches!

But then she thought again that her body had been seen by him, meaning she was Senior Brother Cang's person now and could only marry him.

So, Xiang Xiang Yunjiao jumped up from the stool, ran to Facing Facing Cang Luo's side, helped him up, and cleaned the food off his clothes.

Then, she asked with concern, "Senior Brother Cang, are you okay?"

"I'm fine!" Facing Facing Cang Luo said thanks, then glared angrily at the person who had knocked him down, his chest surging with anger and blood.

He had just heard the surrounding disciples' whispers and knew it was that Outer Sect disciple named Chen Dahu who had intentionally knocked him down.

Damn it! I originally planned to develop quietly in the other world for a year, and after a year, return to Earth to command the wind and rain.

I never thought of causing trouble; for this reason, I even deliberately distanced myself from the Sect Master's daughter, Seeing Xuan Qingqing, just to avoid attracting the hostility of wild monsters.

But today, standing still and getting hit by stray fire is inevitable; whether it's fortune or misfortune, it cannot be avoided. Just act first and think later!

The more Facing Facing Cang Luo thought about it, the angrier he became. Secretly activating the Swift Wind Step, he strode angrily toward Chen Dahu.

However, the more Facing Facing Cang Luo walked, the slower he became.

Because he suddenly realized Chen Dahu was tall and burly, a full head taller than himself, and that extra head was pure height!

Chen Dahu was bald, with exposed veins on his smooth scalp, making him look exceptionally fierce.

Not only that, Facing Facing Cang Luo also noticed a faint yellow qi vortex appearing and disappearing on the surface of his tightly clenched fists.

Seeing his fists, Facing Facing Cang Luo recalled the introduction to the Tiger-Suppressing Fist he had heard while selecting techniques at the Technique Pavilion.

Tiger-Suppressing Fist, a wind and earth dual-attribute martial technique with immense power; when activated, it generates a whirlwind on the fist's surface capable of tearing a target's skin...

Immediately, Facing Facing Cang Luo remembered that his cultivation was only Warrior Stage 3, while the opponent was certainly no lower.

Thinking of this, the anger Facing Facing Cang Luo had just gathered instantly deflated, replaced by a rising sense of fear.

Facing Facing Cang Luo admitted he was cowardly! He was afraid!

Therefore, he stopped abruptly one meter before Chen Dahu, hesitating on what to do next.

Back down? That was impossible!

So many people were watching, not to mention a beauty was nearby.

Hmm! He needed to find a way to save face.

Facing Facing Cang Luo secretly swallowed his saliva and feigned composure, saying: "You..."

"You what?"

Chen Dahu cut Facing Facing Cang Luo off, grabbed his collar by the scruff, and scolded: "You damn fool, doing this on purpose, right? Don't you know good dogs don't block the way?

You even knocked over my lunch. Do you think the food smells so good you want to eat shit?"

Chen Dahu's ruthless insults drew suppressed laughter from many. Although they knew Chen Dahu was picking a fight, they would neither expose him nor help Facing Facing Cang Luo.

First, they didn't want to provoke Chen Dahu; second, they didn't want to stop a good show about to happen.

In their eyes, this was a good show of a fierce tiger versus a dog!

Chen Dahu was that fierce tiger, while the disciple who looked older but was a head shorter was the dog.

Everyone turned to look at Facing Facing Cang Luo, expecting how he would respond to Chen Dahu's insults.

They originally thought Facing Facing Cang Luo would exchange curses with Chen Dahu for a while, then get beaten up by Chen Dahu and pay some money to settle it, but Facing Facing Cang Luo's next words made everyone burst into laughter.

Facing Facing Cang Luo tried to pry off Chen Dahu's hand from his collar, but found the opponent's strength was too great to break free, so he said: "Shall I help Senior Brother Chen cook another plate of rice?"

As soon as Facing Facing Cang Luo finished speaking, the scene fell silent for a few seconds, followed by laughter.

"Hahaha, how can this person be so cowardly?"

"Truly unimaginable. He doesn't even dare to retort once or twice. Is this kind of person worthy of staying in the Profound Heaven Sect to cultivate?"

"He is simply trash!"

The crowd's mocking voices never ceased, yet Facing Facing Cang Luo remained unmoved.

He wasn't from this world anyway; he would return to Earth next year. It would be bad to die on a foreign star before returning to Earth.

Facing Facing Cang Luo endured it, but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw Xiang Xiang Yunjiao look at him with disappointment, then lower her head.

She must be very disappointed in him?!

Facing Facing Cang Luo thought carefully; previously, he had distanced himself from Xuan Qingqing to avoid unnecessary trouble.

But this time he was careless; if he hadn't teased her at the Technique Pavilion, he wouldn't have come to apologize to her, and thus wouldn't have been targeted by Chen Dahu.

Sigh! After this, I will stay far away from women whenever I see them.

Facing Facing Cang Luo thought that by lowering his posture and apologizing, Chen Dahu would let him go, but unfortunately, he was wrong.

Chen Dahu sneered coldly, yet felt a bit puzzled; this trash didn't know how he had provoked the Sect Leader, yet the Sect Leader actually ordered him to break both of his hands.

Logically, an outer sect trash shouldn't have any interaction with a powerhouse at the peak of Martial General Stage 9, let alone provoke one.

Never mind; anyway, I'll just do whatever the Sect Leader says. Breaking both hands is fine; it's very easy.

The Sect Leader said this trash only has Warrior Stage 1 cultivation and just became an outer sect disciple from a servant disciple today.

Truly trash! Over twenty years old and only at Warrior Stage 1 cultivation.

If it weren't for the rule that sect disciples cannot fight without cause, I would have acted directly; there would be no need for such trouble, wasting a meal...

The Profound Heaven Sect has a rule: if disciples have conflicts, they can seek resolution at the Law Enforcement Pavilion, or settle it privately, but they must not bully the weak with strength; violators will be severely punished.

Chen Dahu strongly disliked this sect rule; usually, when collecting 'protection fees' from some low-cultivation outer sect disciples, he had to find an excuse.

For example, accidentally being knocked over by the other party, or dropping a 'Supreme Grade Spirit Stone' that the other party stepped on and shattered...

This was the origin of his nickname 'Fake-Injury Tiger'.

But this time was a bit different; he didn't want Facing Facing Cang Luo to pay money, he only wanted Facing Facing Cang Luo's two hands.

However, the reason of just having lunch knocked over was not enough for him to take the initiative to bully the weak and attack.

So, Chen Dahu felt he must force Facing Facing Cang Luo to attack first, or agree to a duel, so he would have a reason to break Facing Facing Cang Luo's two hands without being held accountable.

Thinking of this, Chen Dahu sneered: "You trash, I give you two choices. First, crawl under my crotch, and I will forgive you for knocking over my lunch.

Second, fight me. I won't bully you; I know you are only Warrior Stage 1. Although I am Warrior Stage 5, I will suppress my Yuan Power to the same level as yours.

How will you choose?"