Tong Wuqi suddenly lowered his voice, his expression mysterious. "Brother Mo, I notice you keep stealing glances at Chao Xixue. Do you perhaps have feelings for her?"
Mo Qi smiled and nodded. "Yes, I do have some thoughts."
Tong Wuqi shook his head. "I suggest you give up. Not to discourage you, but you don't stand a chance."
Mo Qi's face twitched. "Why do you say that?"
"Haven't you seen Yuwen Dong trying to curry favor with Chao Xixue? Yuwen Dong is the young master of the Yuwen family. The Yuwen and Chao families have been friends for generations, and it's said that the elders of both families intend to match them." Tong Wuqi explained.
"Is the Yuwen family very powerful?" Mo Qi asked casually.
Tong Wuqi looked at Mo Qi with surprise, as if he were looking at a monster. "No way, you don't even know the Yuwen family? The Yuwen family is one of the four great families of the Qionglu Realm. Everyone in that family is renowned. His father, Yuwen Changsha, is the sect master of the Tiandu Sect, and his sister, Yuwen Yan, is a Tier Six Lord of the Qionglu Realm. In the entire Southern Continent, she's someone whose stomp makes the ground tremble."
It seemed they were indeed very powerful!
"What would be the cultivation level of the person in charge of the seventh tier?" Mo Qi inquired further.
"I don't know. I'd guess they'd be at the Ascension stage at least," Tong Wuqi replied.
"Tell me about the four great families and the situation of the sects and factions in the Qionglu Realm."
"The four great families are the Yuwen, Dugu, Nangong, and Murong families. The Yuwen family controls the Tiandu Sect, the Nangong family controls the Hongdu and Xindu Sects, the Dugu family possesses the Shendu Sect, and the Murong family owns the Lingdu Sect. The major families also have members holding positions within the tiers. Therefore, the four great families wield immense power in the Qionglu Realm."
As they talked, the two arrived outside the school gate.
The seven people who had been eliminated during the alchemy test were already waiting. Seeing Mo Qi emerge, they immediately stepped forward, surrounding Mo Qi and Tong Wuqi.
They had witnessed the extraordinary sights inside from the outside, but they didn't know who was responsible, so they showed no hesitation.
At this moment, passersby gradually stopped, casting curious glances in their direction, setting the stage for a spectacle.
"Isn't that the person who just cleared the thirty-three levels of the Tongtian Tower?"
"Is he a prodigy? Is he good at fighting?"
"Maybe the thirty-three levels represent hell? Hahaha..."
Tong Wuqi lowered his voice and said to Mo Qi, "Try not to provoke the one with the flat nose. He's from the Tang Sect, named Tang Hao. And the one with the small eyes is from the Song family, named Song Cheng. Although the Song family and the Tang Sect are not as powerful as the four great families, they are still well-respected and prominent clans in the Qionglu Realm."
Just then, Tang Hao stepped forward, his voice aggressive. "You've offended us, consider yourself unlucky. You just weren't observant enough."
Mo Qi tried to reason with him. "How did I offend you?"
"You, you..." Tang Hao was momentarily speechless. "You deliberately misled us, causing us to fail the entrance test."
"How did I mislead you? I don't even know you, and I didn't tell you to follow my actions," Mo Qi replied nonchalantly.
"Anyway..." Tang Hao was about to continue, but the small-eyed Song Cheng stepped forward. "Whether you admit it or not is irrelevant. Since you made things difficult for us, we won't make things easy for you. It's simple to resolve this: give each of us ten thousand spirit stones."
Tang Hao nodded vigorously. "Yes, yes, give us the spirit stones and you can leave."
They were too merciful, not demanding an exorbitant price at all.
He recalled how, in the past, he had forced the Wang family and Xie Yucai to pay millions.
They were truly too kind!
The onlookers also advised, "Forget it, just give them the money. It's better to lose wealth than to suffer physical pain!"
"If it can be resolved with money, why endure physical suffering?"
"You're not from the Qionglu Realm, are you? Are you from the Nine Divine Realms or the Northern Territory? You can't afford to offend them."
"Don't try to smash a rock with an egg."
Song Cheng said smugly, "Did you hear that? A small arm can't twist a thigh. I advise you to be sensible and don't embarrass yourself."
"I have money, but I won't give it to you," Mo Qi stated with dignity. "I just want to see how thick your thigh is."
"You will pay for your words today," Tang Hao declared, then turned to Song Cheng. "I originally just wanted to teach him a lesson, but now I've changed my mind. Let's kill him."
Song Cheng nodded dismissively. "Isn't that easy? It's as simple as stepping on an ant."
Mo Qi couldn't stand it any longer. "You guys aren't scaring me, but you're making me angry."
These kinds of people wouldn't stop unless they were taught a painful lesson.
"Where are the flies buzzing?" Mo Qi looked around, flicking his fingers into the air.
"Ah... ah..." Tang Hao and Song Cheng let out pig-like squeals, rolling and wailing on the ground.
The other five people exchanged glances, unsure of what was happening.
Slowly, blood began to seep from the limbs and torsos of Tang Hao and Song Cheng, staining the ground crimson. The five looked on in horror. "What kind of sorcery is this?"
Tong Wuqi stood beside Mo Qi, only seeing Mo Qi flick his fingers. He barely felt any spiritual energy flow and couldn't help but marvel.
He thought that even if he were the target of such an attack, he would likely be unable to dodge it.
Yet, there were still those who were blind. Seeing Tang Hao and Song Cheng mysteriously injured, the five were already terrified. However, this was a moment to show their "friendship," and they could not retreat.
So, the five exchanged glances, bolstered each other's courage, and then lunged forward with bared teeth and flailing claws.
They thought that with so many of them attacking together, even if he possessed sorcery, he would be overwhelmed.
The five did not form hand seals, but directly channeled their spiritual energy into their fists, striking Mo Qi from different directions.
In close combat, such attacks were the most lethal!
Furthermore, these five people, being able to participate in the test, should possess Nascent Soul cultivation.
Around Mo Qi and Tong Wuqi, the entire space was enveloped in divine light of lightning, fire, and mist. The entire space seemed to be compressed, rapidly shrinking.
If they were hit squarely, they would be crushed into a pulp!
Tong Wuqi's face turned ashen with fear. At that moment, he even entertained the thought of dying.
Instinctively, he clenched his fist, channeling spiritual energy, and met the two people in front of him. As for the other three, he could do nothing.
But for Mo Qi, this was enough.
Mo Qi reinforced himself with a layer of golden light, and simultaneously, his hands moved like lightning, sending several streaks of arrow energy towards the other three.
The arrow energy directly pierced through their spells and then through their bodies.
Those three also fell to the ground, howling and writhing.
Concurrently, the spells of those three struck Mo Qi, distorting and flattening his body. But in an instant, they rebounded, and he returned to his original state.
This caused the onlookers to cry out in astonishment, "Monsters!"
Meanwhile, on Tong Wuqi's side, he was evenly matched with the two individuals. The three were sent flying backward and collapsed on the ground.
Tong Wuqi seemed to have sustained a serious injury, his face contorted as he struggled to get up from the ground for a long time.
Mo Qi slowly took out the pipa fan (a name he had given it himself) from his storage bag and gently fanned it towards the two. They rose like dust and vanished instantly.
The gust of wind made the surrounding onlookers unable to stand steady, and many were blown into the air.
Many female cultivators' skirts were lifted, and screams filled the air.
Mo Qi hadn't expected to affect so many innocent bystanders and repeatedly nodded. "Sorry, sorry!"
Tong Wuqi slowly got up, looking at Mo Qi with renewed admiration, but also with a hint of worry in his eyes.
The five people were still groaning and wailing on the ground.
Mo Qi shook his head. If he left them alone, they would surely die here.
He hadn't even enrolled yet, and he didn't want to cause trouble.
He took advantage of the five people's howling and flicked a healing pill into each of their mouths.
The pill dissolved instantly upon entering their mouths. The five, thinking Mo Qi had given them poison, clutched their throats, their faces turning red as they tried to spit out the pill, but to no avail.
The five believed they were doomed, but after a moment, their wounds healed rapidly, and the pain subsided.
The five scrambled to their feet, their eyes wide with disbelief as they examined their wounds.
"No need to look. I gave you healing pills. You should thank me for repaying your malice with kindness. I won't hold your transgression against you anymore. However, the debt you owe me still needs to be settled." Mo Qi said calmly.
"What the hell debt?" Tang Hao asked indignantly.
Although he couldn't defeat Mo Qi today, this matter was far from over. He'd make a note of it.
But what was infuriating was that before he could even mention the debt, Mo Qi brought it up first. How outrageous!
"My healing pills cost ten million spirit stones each," Mo Qi said, picking at his fingernails.
The other four were stunned. Where would they get so much money?
Tang Hao was so angry he felt like spitting blood, his eyes wide with fury as he glared at Mo Qi. "You're dreaming!"
Seeing that Tang Hao refused to pay, the other four naturally gained confidence and shouted in unison, "You're dreaming!"
Mo Qi finished picking at his nails and brought his fingers to his mouth to blow. The group, terrified that he would use that flicking motion again, turned and fled.
Mo Qi blinked and chased after them, grabbing Tang Hao's arm, flipping him to the ground, and then stepping on him. "Where do you think you're running? Not paying the money?"
Tong Wuqi stepped forward and whispered in Mo Qi's ear, "Brother Mo, that's enough."
Mo Qi glanced at him and said, "I know what I'm doing. Perhaps you should leave first."
Tong Wuqi raised an eyebrow. "What do you take me for, Brother Mo? I might be afraid of trouble, but I can't abandon my friend."
Song Cheng and the other three ran off without looking back.
Tang Hao watched their retreating backs, a tear rolling down his cheek.
"I don't have any money!" Tang Hao cried out.
"That's simple," Mo Qi took out a piece of cloth from his storage bag and placed it before Tang Hao. Then, he made a small cut on Tang Hao's finger with his fingernail, drawing blood. Mo Qi said, "Write a promissory note, and then you can go."
A wise man doesn't fight when the odds are against him. He'd write it, and he could always deny it later.
Tang Hao, lying on the ground, raised his finger to write on the cloth. Mo Qi suddenly said, "It's not ten million spirit stones you owe me now, but fifty million."
"Why? They ran away, what does that have to do with me?" Tang Hao protested indignantly.
"It has nothing to do with you. I can't find them, so I can only find you. When you find them, you can have them pay you back, right?" Mo Qi explained.
Tang Hao hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand and wrote a promissory note. It didn't matter how much it was, since he wasn't going to pay anyway.
Mo Qi looked at the promissory note with satisfaction and put it away.
Then, he removed his foot from Tang Hao's back. Tang Hao got up and scurried away dejectedly.