"Exactly. People like that are beyond our reach. Who can blame them? They've got the skills!"
"What are you talking about? She's just a half - baked fighter. Is she really worth all this hype?"
"Right! Everyone knows our young master is the most powerful. Behind him are all those famous medical families!"
Only then did Tang Youyou notice that the so - called young master they were talking about was the boy who had pleaded on the ground today, begging the elders to remove the poison from his body.
When Hua Ze saw the man wrapped in bandages like a mummy, he was stunned for a moment, then immediately burst out laughing.
"So this is the price for offending you. Hahaha! Serves him right. Karma comes around!"
Hearing Hua Ze's mocking laughter, the people who had just looked so proud now stared at the two of them with resentful eyes.
The legitimate disciple of the Third Elder, who was seeing off these disciples, suddenly roared angrily, "Enough! Shut your mouths and stop making a racket. If you cause any more trouble on Chi Yun Peak, don't blame us for kicking you off the mountain!"
Scared by his roar, the disciples immediately fell silent, lowering their heads quietly, afraid that even a single sound would get them kicked out.
It's true that the weak are afraid of the strong, and the strong are afraid of the ruthless. Bullies are everywhere.
It took these dozens of people a full two hours to reach the peak of Chi Yun Peak. By the time they finally arrived, the sky had already darkened.
They slumped to the ground, only to see the legitimate disciples who had accompanied them standing in front of them.
They were like deflated balls, all looking at these senior brothers in unison. Exhausted, they forced themselves to say the last words:
"Senior brother, we've finally climbed up. When can we have dinner?"
"Yeah, senior brother. We're really exhausted. We've been competing all day without a break. We can't take another step."
...
But the next moment, the legitimate disciples somehow produced long whips in their hands. They whipped the whips and stared at the people sitting on the ground menacingly.
"Dinner? At this moment, all you can think about is dinner. Get up quickly and fill those big vats with water. Only when the vats are full can we talk about anything else!"
Under the order, the group of people were already numb.
Tang Youyou just quietly watched the expressions of these people. She could clearly see that these legitimate disciples were treating them with mockery.
It seemed that the Western Region was not as pure as her grandfather had described. Today, she was going to find out what kind of people were causing trouble on the territory left by her mother!
Tang Youyou looked at the six big vats in the distance. Each vat was several heads taller than her, and with its large capacity, even a hundred buckets of water might not be enough to fill one vat.
The water source was halfway up the mountain, and it was completely dark now. It would be extremely difficult to go down the mountain to fetch water!
But under the oppression of those people, the disciples slowly got up, picked up the small wooden buckets in front of them, and groped their way down the mountain halfway.
Tang Youyou and Hua Ze also went down the mountain together. On the way, she heard Hua Ze's voice beside her.
"Little Master Tang, don't go and work with them later. Let's just hide aside. When they're almost done, we'll slip out quietly."
Hearing this, Tang Youyou thought it was a good idea, so the two of them hid in the bushes on one side.
Hua Ze took out some dried beef from his bosom and handed some to Tang Youyou beside him. "If you're hungry, eat this."
Tang Youyou looked at the dried beef Hua Ze had handed her. She could tell at a glance that it was specially made. It seemed that he knew the ways of this place well. Maybe he knew more than her, or those legitimate disciples, or anyone else here.
Thinking of this, she took the food and ate it in small bites. In fact, she wasn't hungry at all because the pills on her had already replenished all her energy.
So it didn't matter if there was no food. She just didn't want to reveal too much for now.
The two of them waited for more than two hours before slowly following the last group of people, at the end of the line.
When everyone gathered together, they were all exhausted. Everyone smelled of sweat, and some people were already showing signs of collapse.
Tang Youyou glanced at Hua Ze and whispered, "You must have been here before."
Hearing this, Hua Ze didn't try to hide it. He nodded and said, "Yes, this is my third time here. I'm quite familiar with this place."
"They like to train the new disciples in this way, making them extremely tired. After they collapse and faint, their favorite disciples will carry them into the elder's private secret room. They claim it's for medical treatment, but in fact, they might be doing something like murder and disposal of bodies."
When Hua Ze said this, he suddenly looked at Tang Youyou. She was still very calm, and there was not a single ripple in her beautiful eyes. This boy was really different.
After he finished speaking, he heard the legitimate disciple speak again.
"Now, go and use the water in the vats to irrigate all the medicine fields."
"What? Irrigate the medicine fields? That's impossible! The medicine fields are so large. Even if all of us work together, it will take more than two hours. We're already so tired, senior brother. Please spare us!"
Saying this, the disciples slumped to the ground one by one and refused to get up.
They were listless. They would rather sit on the ground and be bitten to death by mosquitoes than be exhausted to death by watering the flowers in the middle of the night.
But the legitimate disciples picked up their whips again. This time, they really lashed out. The whipped disciples were covered in blood - streaked wounds. The blood seeped through their white student uniforms, looking extremely terrifying in the moonlight.
After this, no one dared to bargain anymore. The few who had been whipped were carried away directly by some legitimate disciples.