As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the four teenagers changed drastically.
"Leader Ning, what do you mean by this?"
Zhao Shuning strolled up to the four teenagers. Finding it tiring to look up at them while speaking, she simply stood on the small stool brought by Shuang'er.
"Didn't I make myself clear enough? What I want is not just the deer antlers in my courtyard. You've got to return all the deer antlers you've embezzled from my gang."
By now, Zhao Shuning's Shuiyunsheng gang had more than three hundred members. If all these deer antlers were to be distributed among them, the Duanlong Sect might really not have that much in stock for the time being. Most of the precious medicinal herbs snatched from the freshmen were usually used up by their own members.
The four teenagers' faces turned ashen. They stammered and couldn't say a word.
Facing such a large number of people, if they were to fight forcibly, the outcome was obvious.
"What? Not willing?"
"Leader Ning, we do want to return the deer antlers to your Shuiyunsheng. But right now, our Duanlong Sect really doesn't have that much in stock."
"Have all the things you snatched been used up?"
The teenagers felt embarrassed, but it was the truth. These medicinal herbs, which were extremely precious to the freshmen of the first level, were just ordinary items in the hands of the Duanlong Sect. They ground the deer antlers into powder every day and added it to their bathing buckets.
"Leader Ning, what do you think?"
Zhao Shuning didn't say a word. She turned around and looked at the crowd.
"Do you think their words are believable?"
The crowd shook their heads. Since their leader had risked her own safety to seek justice for them, they naturally wouldn't back down.
Zhao Shuning shrugged and said to the four teenagers, "You can see that your words are not convincing at all."
"Leader Ning, we four are willing to swear to heaven that there really aren't that many deer antlers in our sect now. Moreover, if we take out a large amount of medicinal herbs from the sect, our leader will surely beat us to death when he comes back."
These words revealed a crucial piece of information.
"Your leader, Wu Long, isn't in the sect now?"
"Yes. The boss has gone out to look for spiritual beasts. There are only a dozen or so people left in the sect."
A glint of cunning flashed in Zhao Shuning's eyes. She continued, "Apart from deer antlers, there are other precious medicinal herbs in your sect, right?"
"Yes, there are. But those are things that only our boss can use. We rarely get to touch those precious medicinal herbs."
"A mere Duanlong Sect, what precious medicinal herbs can it have?"
Hearing the mocking tone in Zhao Shuning's words, the four teenagers immediately retorted, "Leader Ning, you're wrong. In our sect, deer antlers are just one of the good medicinal herbs. Besides these, our sect also has Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng, ambergris, Cordyceps sinensis, snow lotus, Polygonum multiflorum, musk, sea horses, bird's nest—"
Every time the four teenagers mentioned the name of a medicinal herb, the freshmen of the first level showed envy.
When the four teenagers had listed most of the medicinal herbs, Zhao Shuning looked at the freshmen behind her. Their mouths were wide open. It seemed as if they had never seen such good medicinal herbs before.
Zhao Shuning understood this.
When she was still in Zhao Village, it was already a great achievement if she could find one or two spiritual herbs. When she came to Qinghui Town, her uncle almost got beaten to death because of a small Impatiens. So it was no wonder that the freshmen of the first level were so surprised when they heard about so many precious medicinal herbs all at once.
"Leader Ning, why are you asking about these?"
Zhao Shuning grinned and looked at Shuang'er and Se'er beside her.
They had been with Zhao Shuning for nearly ten days and knew her quite well.
As soon as Zhao Shuning looked at them, they knew what she was up to.
"Bind these people up!"
"What? Leader Ning, if you bind us up, who will go and get the deer antlers for you?"
Zhao Shuning clapped her hands and jumped off the small stool.
"I'll go and get them myself. I won't trouble you gentlemen."
With that, Zhao Shuning waved her hand. The freshmen were quite observant. As soon as they heard the leader's order, they immediately stepped forward to carry it out.
Even Pang Shuai, who was lying on the ground wailing, was tied up.
During this process, some freshmen came over to take a look, but as soon as they saw Zhao Shuning, they scurried away.
Zhao Shuning's reputation in the Yanyu Tower had been thunderous in the past few days.
She never followed any rules when doing things. If they accidentally offended her, who knew what kind of revenge they would suffer? Not knowing Zhao Shuning well, they had already made a judgment in their hearts.
After the people of Shuiyunsheng had tied up the five teenagers, they respectfully followed behind Zhao Shuning.
"I'm going to the Duanlong Sect to get back our things. Do you want to come with me?"
"Wherever Leader Ning goes, we'll go. We'll follow your arrangements."
"But the Duanlong Sect is not easy to deal with."
"Don't worry, Leader Ning. Since we dared to tie up the people of the Duanlong Sect and follow you into the Shuiyunsheng, we'll only be the people of the Shuiyunsheng for the next three years. The people of the Shuiyunsheng will never be cowardly."
"Do you know what I'm going to do?"
The crowd looked at each other in dismay. No one dared to speak.
Only Shuang'er held up the small stool in her hand and shouted, "I know. Robbery! We're going to rob the Duanlong Sect!"
Zhao Shuning gave Shuang'er a disdainful look. Shuang'er immediately stopped waving her hands and looked at Zhao Shuning timidly. She looked so cute that Zhao Shuning jumped up and gave her a flick on the head. Shuang'er covered her head in grievance and looked at Xiao Ning'er, who had suddenly hit her, in confusion.
"Why are you hitting me for no reason, Xiao Ning'er?"
Se'er quickly pulled Shuang'er aside. There was a hint of laughter in her eyes that she couldn't hide.
Zhao Shuning took the small stool from Shuang'er's hand and stood on it again. She coughed a few times to cover up her embarrassment just now.
Then she said, "This leader is going to the Duanlong Sect to get back our own things! But most of our deer antlers have already been used up by them. They have to compensate us with some other medicinal herbs. This is the fairest thing to do. Am I right, everyone?"
"Right!"
Shuang'er silently complained in her heart. Isn't this still robbery?
To be able to make robbery sound so elegant, Xiao Ning'er has really taken shamelessness to the extreme.
"So, everyone, we're fighting for justice. Our transaction with the Duanlong Sect is just a normal one. Am I right?"
"Right!"
Zhao Shuning looked at these innocent faces with satisfaction. The brilliance on their faces was the same as what she had seen on the faces of the five children she had adopted in her previous life.
At their age, they were really easy to deceive.
But as long as they trusted her, she would never let them down.