Seeing Tang Youyou's cold face and the words she uttered carrying a hint of chill, the brat immediately got timid. He kept retreating, frowned, and fell silent.
Then he saw the other young masters beside him whispering something to him. Finally, the brat managed to calm down. With a stiff face, he came up to Tang Youyou.
"Fine, give me a medicinal herb."
As he spoke, Jin Ling handed the silver note in his hand to Tang Youyou.
The silver note worth a hundred taels of gold was placed in front of Tang Youyou, but the woman remained unmoved. Instead, she even showed a bit of disdain.
Tang Youyou looked into Jin Ling's eyes and sneered, "Sorry, I've changed the price. It's now a hundred and fifty taels of gold. So, do you still want to buy it or not?"
At this moment, even the most good - tempered person would be unable to hold back their anger.
Hearing this, Jin Ling's stiff smile disappeared instantly. He raised his fist and was about to punch Tang Youyou.
But the next moment, he suddenly felt his body twitching violently. He fell to the ground and couldn't move.
He opened his eyes wide, glared at Tang Youyou fiercely, and reached out his hand towards her regardless. However, he found that he had no strength at all.
Tang Youyou bent down and said with a smile, "Young Master Jin, I advise you not to act rashly. Everyone around me is not a pushover. We have plenty of ways to deal with you. If you want it, then pay up."
After saying that, Tang Youyou pulled out the golden needles from the man's body in public.
No one saw when she had stabbed the golden needles into his body. After witnessing Tang Youyou's skills, the remaining rich young masters finally stopped causing trouble.
One by one, they walked up to Tang Youyou meekly. "Young Master Tang, we'll buy it."
At this moment, Tang Youyou showed an indulgent smile again and said gently, "Now the price has changed again. I want two hundred taels of gold."
Although it was expensive, these rich young masters had no way to refuse. One by one, they nodded in agreement. Some of them didn't have enough money on them, so they left some valuable items as collateral with Tang Youyou.
The remaining poor scholars could only write IOU notes for now. They promised to pay back the debt when they had money in the future.
Seeing that everyone had their own medicinal herbs, Tang Youyou simply sorted out the silver notes she had received. There was a thick stack of them, which made everyone envious.
She patted the dust off her body, looked at Ye Yue and Hua Ling on one side, and said, "The job is done. It's time for us to leave."
Hearing this, the two of them nodded and followed Tang Youyou's steps, disappearing into the forest.
The remaining scholars looked at each other, hesitant to speak.
After witnessing Tang Youyou's prowess, it was too late for them to curry favor with her.
When they reached a corner of the forest, Tang Youyou sat on the ground. She glanced at the two people beside her, then generously took out twenty silver notes and gave them to Ye Yue, and another twenty to Hua Ling.
"These are for you. I'll keep the remaining twenty thousand taels of gold for myself."
Hua Ling knew that it was rare for Tang Youyou to be so generous, so he naturally wouldn't turn her down. After putting away the silver notes, he asked, "So, do you have any other plans now?"
Hearing this, Tang Youyou shook her head. "Not for the moment. But we can enter the academy first and see if there are any secrets there. Maybe many of our doubts will be solved then."
Tang Youyou's words made sense. However, there was still one thing they had to do.
Tang Youyou looked at the two in front of her and asked, "Do you two have any research on making pills?"
Hearing this, Hua Ling nodded. "I've studied medicine since childhood, so I can make pills. But the shape of the pills is not very good. Young Master Tang should know this."
On the other hand, Ye Yue shook his head. He had only focused on practicing his martial arts since childhood. As a dead - servant, he had never had the chance to learn about making pills or medicine.
Seeing this, Tang Youyou didn't say much. She handed the dragon bone herb in her hand to Hua Ling and said indifferently, "I've only prepared the pills for myself. You'll have to make your own. Here's the ingredient. Hurry up and finish. Then we'll leave."
Hearing this, Hua Ling didn't know what to say for a moment. He really wanted to tell Tang Youyou that he wasn't as incredible as her and couldn't make pills on the spot.
Tang Youyou turned around and saw Hua Ling standing there stiffly, motionless. She seemed to understand what was going on.
Immediately, she turned around and handed Hua Ling a bottle of pills. "These are the pills made from the dragon bone herb. Later, you can just give them to those people over there. Let's set off now."
Hua Ling took the pills from Tang Youyou and finally let out a sigh of relief. He was really worried that Tang Youyou would ask him to make pills here.
After the three of them got ready, they headed towards the gate where they had entered the forest at first. The gate was already open, but there were still many disciples waiting for them at the gate.
When the three of them came out, the expressions of these people were shocked, but this emotion disappeared in a flash.
The senior sister in charge glanced at Tang Youyou and said coldly, "Where are the pills you made?"
Hearing this, Tang Youyou threw the pill bottle in her hand to the woman. Then she was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by the woman again.
"Wait a minute. We haven't finished the inspection yet. It's against the rules for you to leave in such a hurry."
Hearing this, Tang Youyou remained calm. She just stood there silently, watching these people pour the pills from the bottle into their hands.
The woman kept rolling the pills in her hand, then brought them to her nose and smelled them. A look of surprise flashed across her eyes.
"Did you make this yourself?"
Tang Youyou didn't answer. She just stood there quietly.
On the other side, Hua Ling also handed the pills in his hand to another disciple. After the disciple checked them, a look of surprise also appeared on his face.
"Senior sister, this is very similar to the pills in your hand just now. It's also the pill made from the dragon bone herb."
Hearing this, the woman smiled and said, "In that case, let the three of them go. Let's see what tricks they can come up with in the next two rounds."
Hearing this, Tang Youyou started running. After stepping out of the restricted area, she went straight to the place where they were temporarily staying, waiting for the remaining students to come back.
However, for Tang Youyou, she didn't have any chance to rest during these three days. So, after finally settling down, she was extremely sleepy. A moment later, she fell asleep.
Seeing this, Hua Ling wanted to step forward to take care of Tang Youyou, but unexpectedly, his out - stretched hand was immediately grabbed.
"It's not your turn to take care of You'er."