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Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
*Rumble!*
There was an eardrum-shattering boom!
‘The Sun Clan estate was instantly toppled over, dust rising more than a hundred meters above the ground.
Once the dust had settled, the fearful populace opened their eyes to a flabbergasting sight. The Sun Clan was now gone!
There was nothing but ruins, dead bodies lay everywhere as people moaned in pain. The clan’s base had become hell on earth.
Not just Little Schott and the other Wist youths, even Tong Duoduo and Tong Jinliang were dumbfounded and did not dare to believe their eyes. Tong Jinliang said in shock, “Duoduo, is this the disciple of the Spiritualist of Healing that you mentioned?”
Tong Duoduo gritted her teeth and said, “Yes, he’s Xia Fei.”
“So unreasonable?!”
“He’s truly very unreasonable. Back in Chaos Society’s branch office, at the slightest disagreement, he killed a guard. I saw it with my two eyes,” Tong Duoduo said.
Tong Jinliang frowned. The moment he heard that a healing-type soul weapon had appeared, he immediately rushed over, but from the looks of it, this precious soul weapon probably was not simple. If a Spiritualist’s disciple was this barbaric, then the Spiritualist in question might be even more
unreasonable.
Tong Jinliang shot his granddaughter a glance, and Tong Duoduo understood and walked over to Xia Fei, saying, “Xia Fei, this is my grandfather. He wants to buy that healing-type soul weapon from you, the Golden Gavel.”
Xia Fei seemed to be very annoyed, saying coldly, “I already gave that soul weapon to the clan, so if you wanna buy it, discuss it with Patriarch Wistful Heizus. I have business here, so I won’t keep you company.”
“You!” Tong Duoduo’s beautiful face turned red as she faced her grandfather again. “This person is very rude. Let’s go and find their patriarch, instead.”
Tong Jinliang shook his head and tugged at his granddaughter’s sleeve. “There’s no rush. I’m curious to see how Xia Fei will clean up after making such a big mess.”
How would he clean it up? At any rate, it would not be in the way Tong Jinliang imagined.
Iron Tiger and his cousins pulled an old man out of the rubble and dragged him up to Xia Fei.
This old man was Sun Dajin. As he had been hiding in his study and had his guards protecting him to the death, he had managed to survive, but he was still injured. He was sporting a large gash from which blood flowed freely, and he even had several bones broken.
“Master Sun, weren’t you away from home? How come one shot managed to blast you out?” Xia Fei sneered.
At this point, Sun Dajin finally understood that Xia Fei was a ruthless character! He was different from all the others in the Aurora Clan. It seemed like he had no choice but to admit defeat.
Sun Dajin trembled fiercely and could barely speak. Xia Fei snorted coldly. “Since Master Sun is at home, you can return the money you owe the Aurora Clan, yes? Ten million pearls plus interest comes up to forty-two million pearls.”
“Forty-two million!” yelled Sun Dajin in shock. This hurt even more than his wounds. It had been only been a little over a year, but ten million had become four times that! This was even more wicked than high-interest loans!
Xia Fei explained calmly, “The interest was calculated on a ten-one rate. You owe your debt over a course of thirty-two billing cycles, totaling up to thirty-two million pearls, and with the original loan of ten million, we get forty-two million pearls. Master Sun, if there’s something else you don’t
understand, please ask.”
Sun Dajin felt helpless. Ten-one was a term used by loan sharks, and it meant that every ten days resulted in an accumulation of 10% interest. In other words, every ten days, a debt of ten million would accrue one million pearls of interest, and if it accrued until now, was that not forty-two million?
At this point, Sun Dajin had to return the money even if he did not want to. When he saw the wicked look in Xia Fei’s eyes, he knew that the next step might be him losing his head!
‘When he understood this, Sun Dajin gave up on any thought of resisting and took out his money to pay all his debt.
“Don’t give it to me. Little Schott, this is your job,” said Xia Fei indifferently.
Little Schott nodded firmly and came up to take the money from Sun Dajin. It was not long before the debt was cleared; after which, Xia Fei stretched and said loudly, “I’m a little tired today, so let’s end things here! Let’s meet up tomorrow at the logistics department! If there’s still anyone who won’t repay
their debt, we’ll just go house to house and blast them out!”
*Whoosh!*
The crowd grew restless, particularly those clans that, just like the Sun Clan, owed the Aurorean money; they quickly rushed back to their homes. Now that a monster like Xia Fei had appeared in the Aurora Clan, not returning the money might cause them to end up like the Sun Clan!
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On the way back, Little Schott and the other youths were both excited and worried. It had truly been stimulating for them to see Xia Fei raid a home for debt collection. Nonetheless, the clan had strict rules; Little Schott and the others were worried that their elders would punish them.
Xia Fei saw that they were worried and smiled. “All of you, just relax. If the clan punishes you, I’ll take everything onto myself. I’ll never ever burden you.
“Today serves as a fine example. You all saw it, yes? Sun Dajin was clearly at home, but he refused to see us. What does that mean?”
“It means that Sun Dajin is a very bad person and that we shouldn’t do business with his clan in the future.”
“That’s right. In the future, we shouldn’t do business with people without much reputation. The clan has lost so much money precisely because of such people.”
Xia Fei chuckled. “You’re all wrong. When you open a business, how can you just refuse customers? Who cares what sort of person they are? If you can make money, why not do business with them?”
“What if they shirk their debts? Those people are very cunning.”
“Shirk their debts?” Xia Fei smiled. “If we handle them all just like we handled that clan today, who will dare to shirk their debts? I could give them a hundred times the guts and they still wouldn’t do it! Remember: As a person, you have to take revenge for the slightest of wrongs! Anyone who makes you
unhappy should be made to never be happy again!
“Didn’t it feel good blasting down that Sun Dajin’s house for refusing to pay his debt?” Xia Fei asked.
“It felt good!”
“Twas already sick of their clan, but the clan’s rules stopped us from dealing with him.
Xia Fei said coldly, “Starting today, just ignore those pedantic rules. As a person, you need to be true to yourself, and people will only see the reason in your words if you have the fists to back them up. Speaking too timidly rarely results in anything good.”
The youths dumbly nodded. Putting aside whether it was right or wrong, Xia Fei’s actions today had truly been refreshing. He was not a yes-man like those elders in the clan.
Xia Fei glanced at Iron Tiger’s group several times and then suddenly had an idea. He called these youths into a tea house and ordered food for them. He then said, “I’m sure you all know that my master is a Spiritualist, yes?”
“We know. The entire clan knows. It’s only a pity that Big Brother Xia Fei isn’t a Spiritualist; otherwise, our Aurora Clan would have its first Spiritualist in history!”
“Then are any of you interested in the Spiritualist path?” asked Xia Fei with a smile.
‘These words threw their minds into turmoil. Everyone understood just how rare Spiritualists were, and the Aurora Clan had been unfortunate these last few years precisely because it did not have a Spiritualist as a representative. If the clan had its own Spiritualist, how could it have ever ended up in such
a dismal state?
Waving his hand, Xia Fei silenced the youths and said, “My master intends to take in a child of the Aurora Clan as a disciple, provided that they’re talented enough, of course.”
Xia Fei scanned this crowd of youths and saw that they did not even dare to breathe too loudly, a sharp light flashing in their eyes.
These youths realized that Xia Fei could be so unreasonable because he had a powerful Spiritualist as his master! If they could also apprentice themselves under a Master Spiritualist, then would they not be able to be just like him?
“Thus, I plan to set up a school specifically for the youths of our clan. The one with the qualities will become my junior brother, a disciple to a Spiritualist. If you lack the talent, there’s no need to worry. Once you graduate, you’ll get a personal soul weapon,” Xia Fei announced.
A Spiritualist’s disciple!
A personal soul weapon!
Such generous conditions were simply unheard of!
Anyone who could become a Spiritualist’s disciple would essentially ascend to heaven in one step, but cultivating spirit required talent, and the vast majority of people did not have a chance, but soul weapons were different. Besides reputation, the Aurora Clan was renowned for its Soul Hunters!
What did the clan lack right now? Was it not precisely soul weapons? These youths had already begun to cultivate their Soul Arts, but none of them had a soul weapon. Let alone them, even many elders in the clan did not have one! After all, soul weapons were expensive, and not even the Aurora Clan
could give every warrior a soul weapon.
Xia Fei’s offer was truly tempting. As long as one entered the academy, they could get a free soul weapon. Who would not be tempted?!
The youths immediately grew restless, all of them saying that they wanted to study in this school.
Xia Fei chuckled. “There’s no rush. I still have to establish the rules and also do some filtering. You should all tell the others in the clan first. Regardless of age, gender, or cultivation, any member of the Aurora Clan is allowed to attend this school. All applicants will be accepted, and once you meet the
standard, you’ll immediately be issued a soul weapon!”
“Hurrah!”
The youths cheered so loudly that they almost raised the roof of the tea house.
The youths rushed off to the various villas of the clan to report that Xia Fei had decided to open a school and give out soul weapons. In a flash, the Aurora Clan was utterly stunned.
Xia Fei led Iron Tiger’s group to the external compound, intending to let them live there.
Xia Fei had very thoroughly thought about what he would do with this trio. Since they knew that he was a Spiritualist, rather than sending the three home, it was best to keep them at his side. If there were any mistakes, he could also more easily take care of them.
“Iron Tiger, for this school, I plan to have the three of you serve as instructors. What do you think?” Xia Fei asked.
Iron Tiger was stunned, swiftly saying, “Great Master, how could we brothers be so capable as to teach the descendants of the illustrious Aurora Clan? The Aurora Clan possesses Soul Hunter lineage, so the teachers of it are far stronger than us!”
Xia Fei smiled eerily as he said nonchalantly, “I know that the clan teachers are strong, but I’m not asking you to teach them soul hunting techniques.
“Don’t instructors teach martial techniques? What do you want us to do?” Iron Tiger asked. He could not understand. Since this was a school, why would they not be teaching martial techniques?
“You three might not be enough. You’re people who live on the knife’s edge, so you must know quite a few blackhearted and ruthless people, yes?” Xia Fei inquired.
Iron Tiger nodded. “Great Master is correct. That is how our Sebastian Clan makes a living. Wherever danger is to be found, one can find our Sebastian Clan. To survive, we’ll naturally resort to any methods possible. When it comes to ruthless methods, our clan truly does have a few people.”
Xia Fei laughed and said, “Wonderful! Bring your clan’s most ruthless, the craftiest, the most blackhearted members to me! Invite all of them to Garde 83! My school isn’t going to teach martial techniques but rather the art of being shameless and blackhearted!”
Iron Tiger was no fool, so he immediately understood what Xia Fei was going for. He felt that the descendants of the Aurora Clan were too timid and kind, so he wanted to change them into people who could commit any kind of evil act!
Just like this, the first school in the universe specifically meant for teaching people how to be shameless and blackhearted was born…
