Nine Yang Alchemy Emperor
Chapter 105: Hold Your Head High and Exhale

Chapter 105: Chapter 105: Hold Your Head High and Exhale

To his enemies, Chu Feng was never lenient.

"You impostor, a worthless wretch riding on coattails, daring to force this manager to drink filth, you’ll certainly bring a grave disaster upon yourself!" Manager Sun continued to bellow.

Having served as a manager in the Golden Talisman Sect Store for so many years, his family had reaped the benefits as well. With his help, numerous relatives and friends had entered various forces, both great and small, within the Royal Capital.

Each and every one of them was doing quite well.

Manager Sun considered himself to be well-connected, with a powerful family backing him, and thought nothing of dealing with the declining Sword King Mansion.

As for Chu Feng, the waste Third Prince, he regarded him even less.

Soon, Manager Sun was pushed out of the shop.

A large bucket of manure water emitted waves of foul stench, provoking nausea. Many unconsciously covered their noses and mouths, frowning deeply.

With a cold face, Chu Feng ordered, "Push his head down into the dung bucket." Two guards holding Manager Sun mercilessly grasped his hair and forcefully pressed Manager Sun’s head into the bucket.

"Chu Feng, may you never rest in peace... wuu wuu..."

As Manager Sun cursed, his head was already submerged in the dung bucket. He swallowed two big mouthfuls of manure water, bubbling incessantly.

Swordsmen could hold their breath for at most about two minutes.

In just over a minute, Manager Sun could no longer hold his breath. He struggled desperately, but to no avail.

The guards holding him were two Sword Masters, much stronger than him.

Then one could see bubbles rising copiously in the dung bucket, as the level of manure water gradually decreased.

Ugh!

Many women with weak stomachs, faced with such a disgusting sight, couldn’t help but retch. The onlookers could guess that Manager Sun was involuntarily drinking the manure water inside.

"Lift his head up, don’t let him drown!" Chu Feng ordered the two guards.

After Manager Sun’s head was lifted, his face and hair were covered in manure, with even maggots crawling on him. He was spitting out mouthfuls of black manure water.

"Wuu... You little beast, even as a ghost I won’t let you off!" Manager Sun still cursed vehemently, his hatred for Chu Feng reaching its extremity.

"Press him down again, until he has had his fill!" Chu Feng commanded coldly and mercilessly.

Daring to act tough in front of him, to play the role of a hard man, then let’s see whose methods are more ruthless.

Afterwards, Chu Feng let Manager Sun fully understand what despair is, what it means to strike stone with an egg.

After nearly half an hour of torment, the big bucket of manure water had significantly decreased. Manager Sun, forcibly fed until his eyes rolled back and his belly swelled like a drum, collapsed to the ground as soon as the two guards let go, without the strength to move.

Having dealt with Manager Sun, Chu Feng’s icy gaze turned to the two store guards who had once gone against him.

The two guards, having witnessed how Chu Feng handled people, were trembling with fear.

"Thump, thump!"

The two knelt before Chu Feng, repeatedly kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"Alchemist Chu, spare us, please... We offended you only because we were forced, we beseech you to overlook our transgressions and spare us..." Regret was eating them alive.

At that moment, they were like two sniveling worms, miserably kowtowing and begging Chu Feng for mercy.

Because of their violent kowtowing, their foreheads swelled with large bumps, skin breaking and bleeding, yet they dared not stop.

Once so high and mighty, they never dreamt that the insignificant and destitute waste of Sword King Mansion was someone they could not afford to provoke.

If they had known Chu Feng wielded such power, even having Shopkeeper Qiu on his side, they would have never sought their own demise.

Compared to drinking manure, kowtowing a few times really wasn’t much at all.

"A thousand taels per person! I’ll let you off the hook today!"

Chu Feng dealt with the two main instigators and did not care much about these two little rascals.

Seeing that their attitudes were sincere and since he had already made them lose their jobs, the punishment was about right.

The two guards did not appear to be wealthy, and in order not to be forcibly fed dung, they emptied their entire fortunes and even gathered all the valuable things on them. Only then did they manage to scrape together two thousand silver taels.

After taking the silver, Chu Feng kept his word and coldly ordered, "Scram!"

Having taken care of all his enemies, Chu Feng took out four hundred silver taels and gave two hundred each to the two guards who had restrained Manager Sun.

"For helping me deal with Manager Sun and dirtying your hands, consider these two hundred silver taels a small token of my appreciation. Use it to buy yourselves some drinks!" Chu Feng was always clear about gratitude and grudges, never looking down on anyone.

Those who did him a service deserved a reward.

The two guards, having received a generous reward, were immensely grateful to Chu Feng.

"Thank you, Alchemist Chu, thank you, Alchemist Chu!"

Even Ma Dazhuang sought to curry favor with Chu Feng. Although he did not know the extent of Chu Feng’s skills, these two were aware that Chu Feng could have chosen not to reward them for dealing with Manager Sun.

It’s only natural for subordinates to carry out tasks ordered by their superiors.

"That’s enough! Go back to your usual duties; you don’t need to worry about me anymore!" Chu Feng breathed a sigh of relief and was also a net 1,600 silver taels richer, feeling delighted.

After this farce, Chu Feng thought that his teacher, Xie Bing, would drop the idea of having him visit Master Huang Qingshan.

To his surprise, Xie Bing, after her initial astonishment, was still not willing to give up.

Her delicate and charming phoenix eyes glared at Chu Feng as she snorted, "I was actually worried about you, only to find out that you have such a big backing in the Golden Talisman Sect Store! When Prince Jian was alive, he helped many people and formed numerous good relationships."

"They are willing to help you now because of the respect they have for Prince Jian."

"However, you need to understand that goodwill can eventually be exhausted. Only by being strong oneself can one be eternally unmovable. Come with me into the store and wait patiently for Master Huang Qingshan’s summons!"

Without further discussion, Teacher Xie Bing pulled Chu Feng into the store.

As for Zhao Gou, whom she had asked to come and help with the introduction, he was left out in the cold.

Women always hold grudges. Not long ago, Zhao Gou did not help Chu Feng, but instead kicked him while he was down, which had already drawn Xie Bing’s displeasure.

Chu Feng could not help but show a bitter smile. He had to admire Teacher Xie Bing’s imagination.

The help he received from Ma Dazhuang and others to deal with Manager Sun was not because of the goodwill left by Prince Jian, but rather earned by his own skills.

Yet Chu Feng was a person of reserved and understated nature, never one to boast or show off. Instead, he preferred to hide his abilities.

He did not bother to explain further but patiently waited in the Golden Talisman Sect Store for Grand Master Huang’s summons, following Xie Bing.

Zhao Gou, being left aside, had a stiff face for a moment, then shamelessly approached again.

"Xie Bing, it really wasn’t that I didn’t want to help just now. I was actually thinking of Chu Feng’s best interests!"

"Don’t be angry with me!"

In an effort to appease Xie Bing, he gritted his teeth and took out a notebook from his chest. It had complex and profound drawings of golden talisman runes.

"These are notes I took while comprehending the golden talisman runes, complete with detailed deductions and analyses. I hope they can be of help to you. Consider it an apology."

"If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can always come and ask me."

A sinister light flashed in Zhao Gou’s eyes; as long as Xie Bing came to him for advice, he would have the opportunity to make his move.

Winning over the beautiful Xie Bing was only a matter of time.