The deflated cultivator refused to give up and vowed to turn the tables.

The horse stood on its hind legs and neighed.

What a small world! It turned out to be Qi Jiaojiao and Young Master Zhao right in front of me.

"Is this the guy? Why does he look so strange?" Young Master Zhao glanced at Su Zinong and asked Qi Jiaojiao beside him, "He said he was so handsome, but I think he's nothing special."

"Su Zinong, are you wearing a mask? Why are you dressed like this? No wonder, you came to my Tianqi Mountain to seek refuge. I know all the rumors in the martial arts world. You were being chased and ended up falling off a cliff, half-dead, and now you're a useless piece of trash who has lost all your true strength!" Qi Jiaojiao accused her vehemently.

She had seen Su Zinong wearing a mask the day she was bitten on the foot by a poisonous snake, and thus recognized him. At this moment, she completely abandoned her usual gentle and polite demeanor, speaking like a shrew from the marketplace.

"What brings you two here? Why are you blocking my way?" Su Zinong asked calmly.

"What is it? You just left without a word. Have you never been disciplined since childhood and are so rude? You've been living off Tianqi Mountain for the past five months. Is it right for you to just pack up and leave without a word?" Young Master Zhao gestured wildly, speaking up for Tianqi Mountain.

"I have already left a letter and asked Uncle Ding, the accountant, to explain to Master Qi what is meant by rudeness! I have food and lodging at the villa, but I pay five hundred taels of silver to the accountant every month. You can check the accounts if you don't believe me." Su Zinong spoke confidently, without any guilt.

"Haha, five hundred taels of silver a month is indeed enough for your food and lodging, but you only managed to keep your dog's life by relying on Tianqi Mountain for protection. As for the protection fees for these five months, I think you should pay at least five thousand taels, otherwise you can't leave now." Young Master Zhao demanded an exorbitant price.

"Is this what Tianqi Mountain means, or what your Tianqing Mountain means?" Su Zinong said calmly.

“Of course, it’s Tianqi Mountain’s idea!” Qi Jiaojiao immediately chimed in. “Young Master Zhao is just speaking out for justice and giving voice to Tianqi Mountain.” The two seemed to be putting on a show, their coordination impeccable.

"What a fine way to speak up for Tianqi Mountain! I don't want to pry into your relationship. I already gave you the five thousand taels you wanted. In recent days, I've given your Tianqi Mountain Immortal Sect no less than sixty thousand taels of silver. You can check the accounts if you don't believe me. Consider it protection money or whatever, please make way." Su Zinong didn't want to get entangled with the two of them.

"Who are you trying to fool? You're just a piece of trash, talking about thousands or tens of thousands of taels of silver, but I don't see you have even a few dozen taels on you. Let us search you if you don't believe me!" Young Master Zhao was completely unreasonable, refusing to listen to reason. In his eyes, cultivation techniques and strength were the only things that mattered.

“Miss Qi, don’t you remember when you were bitten by a poisonous snake? Who sucked out the venom and saved your life? Is your life not even worth a mere five thousand taels of protection money? Since you already have someone you love, why force yourself on me? What’s the point of keeping me here? Isn’t this just delaying your marriage with Young Master Zhao?” Su Zinong frowned deeply. He simply couldn’t understand the behavior of the two people before him.

"Stop talking nonsense, let me search you first! Didn't someone cripple your cultivation before? You don't have any true energy in your body now, haha, let me transfer some true energy to you so you don't have to practice so hard!" After saying that, he reached out and easily grabbed Su Zinong by the collar, choking him...

At this moment, Su Zinong's cultivation level was only at the mid-stage of the first star, making him completely powerless against Young Master Zhao, who was at the peak of the fourth star. Even Qi Jiaojiao, who was beside him, was at the early stage of the fourth star, much higher than him.

Su Zinong could only close his eyes and await death.

"It's not that easy to die. Since you want true energy, I might as well be a good person and help you!" As soon as Young Master Zhao finished speaking, he placed his hand on Su Zinong's Baihui acupoint on the top of his head, and his palm urged true energy to surge into Su Zinong's body through the Baihui acupoint.

Unlike healing others with true qi, healing involves wisps of true qi flowing slowly along specific meridians to clear blockages and achieve a therapeutic effect. While this treatment may cause discomfort, it is mild and tolerable.

However, Young Master Zhao clearly understood this principle. Instead of letting a wisp of true energy slowly enter, he unleashed his full power to frantically surge into Su Zinong's body. The energy rushed in instantly, surging left and right like a tidal wave. Su Zinong felt like vomiting but couldn't. His whole body felt swollen as if he were being bitten by thousands of ants. He clenched his teeth to keep from making a sound, even drawing blood from his teeth. Beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolled down his forehead, but he was unable to move his body.

A crazed and cruel smile appeared in Young Master Zhao's eyes as he continued to circulate his inner energy.

Su Zinong had a splitting headache and his upper body felt numb. Faced with the surging true energy, he had no choice but to try to guide it downwards, and his body actually felt a little better.

He quickly urged himself to accelerate the flow of his inner energy, guiding it from the Baihui acupoint on the top of his head to the meridians throughout his body. Soon, the swelling and pain subsided rapidly.

However, Young Master Zhao's true energy was still flowing in rapidly, and Su Zinong dared not stop for a moment, accelerating his circulation to guide the true energy from top to bottom.

At first, Young Master Zhao did not notice anything amiss, but later he vaguely sensed something was wrong. Even when he did not circulate his internal energy, his true energy was still flowing continuously towards Su Zinong.

He was taken aback and tried to pull his hand away, but Su Zinong had stuck it to his palm. He quickly used his other hand to circulate his inner energy and struck Su Zinong with his palm.

When Su Zinong saw him slapping towards him, he quickly grabbed Zhao Gongzi's hands with both of his.

A strange thing happened! The true energy from Young Master Zhao's left hand, which had struck out, rapidly surged into Su Zinong's body. At this moment, Young Master Zhao was unable to move or even speak; the cruel madness on his face had not yet dissipated, but was now accompanied by extreme fear.

Su Zinong was completely bewildered. He only realized that he could move his hands and speak again, so he immediately shouted, "Stop! Let me go! I have no grudge against you, why are you torturing me like this? What kind of gentleman or righteous person are you? I will haunt you even as a ghost!"

Just a quarter of an hour later, Young Master Zhao suddenly collapsed to the ground with a thud. He had no true energy left in his body, and his meridians were severely damaged. He would probably become a cripple from now on, even worse off than Su Zinong had been.

Su Zinong was initially puzzled, but later he felt his true energy had greatly increased, and his strength was much greater than before. After circulating his energy slightly, he discovered that he had reached the fourth-level cultivation level!

Qi Jiaojiao, who was standing to the side, was initially very pleased with herself. Her new lover had subdued her ex-lover Su Zinong with a single move and then used his internal energy to torment him, rendering him unable to move. She was overjoyed!

I never imagined that Zhao Lang's cultivation was so high; he truly has ability! After following him, my status will greatly improve. Even when I return to Tianqi Mountain, my status will be greatly elevated, because I am the wife of Tianqing Mountain.

But as time went on, it became increasingly incomprehensible. Young Master Zhao suddenly displayed a pained expression, leaving everyone puzzled. At first, they thought he was just being playful, feigning pain to tease Su Zinong, until he suddenly collapsed to the ground…