"Of course not! My poison isn't something just anyone can solve. Later I'll give you all the antidote. Initially it'll be once every three days, then once every seven days, then once a month. The beginning is to make people understand the pain and consequences." Xiaoyao said with a smile, explaining why the timing intervals were different.

"Oh, I see." The women nodded.

At this moment, they didn't know that such chronic poisons generally had fixed cycles, either the timing was always the same, or the intervals grew longer. Being able to do what Xiaoyao did, starting fast then slowing down, was extremely difficult, almost impossible. Even world-famous poison experts would find it very hard to achieve.

"Alright, let's continue. You all keep dancing and drinking. I'll go fix the door again, this door needs proper repair." Xiaoyao said with a smile, then went to repair the main door once more.

The women didn't stop Xiaoyao or suggest waiting until tomorrow. They all knew the door couldn't be left open like this, it would make people feel very insecure. Even with many people here and someone guarding the door, they'd still feel insecure. This was human psychology.

"Come on, Mudan, sing a little song for this master!" Xiaoyao quickly finished repairing the door, then returned to continue drinking and eating while listening to music.

Xiaoyao suddenly discovered that the Young Miss's hobbies were actually quite nice, drinking flower wine and listening to songs...

Of course, this required people who made him feel comfortable. He had spent time with Mudan and the others, which made him feel natural and relaxed. This wasn't really drinking flower wine, just a gathering.

...

Just as Xiaoyao was enjoying himself, the recently repaired door was kicked open again...

"Kid, I'm back again!!"

Master Wang made another grand entrance. While Xiaoyao and others felt both angry and helpless, this was too clingy! They wondered what kind of helpers he'd brought this time.

"Master Wang, though I'm not one to hold grudges and have a good temper, things don't go past three times. Coming here repeatedly like this, I'm getting a bit angry." Xiaoyao walked out, looking at Master Wang.

"Let me tell you, I'm even angrier. Kid, stop being arrogant. This time you're dead for sure. Even if the Heavenly Emperor himself came, he couldn't save you!" Master Wang pointed at Xiaoyao very confidently.

"You've said similar things three times already. I don't need anyone to save me. The one who needs saving is you." Xiaoyao looked at Master Wang and the two people beside him. These two seemed deep and their strength appeared decent, but much inferior to that pretend-young uncle from before.

"Strange, why are the people you're finding getting worse and worse? These two aren't even as good as that pretend-young uncle just now. Is there something wrong with your brain?" Xiaoyao asked very directly.

"Kid, let me tell you, they're just the advance guard. There are even more formidable people coming later. Then you'll only have death waiting for you." Master Wang said arrogantly.

"In that case, how about we deal with your matter first?" Xiaoyao said.

"What?"

Normally, shouldn't he wait here or ask what formidable people were coming, then get scared half to death? Why was he now talking about dealing with his matter? What matter did he have?

Master Wang looked at Xiaoyao, his mind full of confusion, not understanding what Xiaoyao meant.

"Are you his people?" Xiaoyao ignored Master Wang and asked the two people beside him.

"No!" The two looked at Xiaoyao. Though puzzled why he asked this, they still answered, simply not wanting to be misunderstood as belonging to Master Wang.

"Oh, then if I do something to him now, will you interfere?" Xiaoyao asked again. It would be best if they didn't interfere. If they did, he'd have to subdue them first too.

The two looked at each other and said, "His affairs have nothing to do with us. We just came to find you. Our job now is to watch you and not let you escape. Someone else will handle your affairs later."

"That's perfect then. Hehe, Master Wang..." Xiaoyao smiled as he walked toward Master Wang, as if about to do something terrible.

"What are you going to do? Don't come over! Help me quickly, I'm working for you after all!" Master Wang screamed in fear.

"..." The two looked at each other again. They didn't know how to handle the current situation. They had come because of Master Wang but didn't need to protect him. They were just here to keep Xiaoyao in place, because they'd heard Xiaoyao had defeated a late Emperor Level practitioner and didn't think they could suppress him.

Therefore, they didn't want to act and cause things to go badly. The current situation left them unsure how to proceed.

None of them had thought anyone would do what Xiaoyao was doing. Normally, one should ask about the situation, or at least wait even if not asking. Instead, he was going after Master Wang.

"No use calling. It's best if they don't move. If they do, I still can't help you anyway. I want you to understand that in doing things, you must think about give and take. It's not always you bringing people to deal with me while I can't deal with you." Xiaoyao said coolly, reaching out to pat Master Wang's shoulder.

Xiaoyao's words made Master Wang realize what he'd overlooked, he seemed not to have considered what would happen to him if he couldn't deal with Xiaoyao. All the consequences he'd imagined were from the other perspective; he hadn't thought about Xiaoyao himself.

What to do, what to do?

It looked like the people who came with him had no intention of helping him. He could only rely on himself!

I'll dodge, I've trained too!!

Master Wang retreated, trying to avoid Xiaoyao's pat, but he found that no matter how much he retreated, it was useless. That hand kept approaching his shoulder as if he hadn't moved at all.

"Ah!"

Master Wang was hit and let out an earth-shattering scream.

"Tch, it's just a pat. Is it necessary to scream like that?" Mudan and others all made disdainful sounds, because the pat they saw was very light, with no feeling of using heavy force.

Not only did Mudan and the other women feel this way, even the two who had just entered felt the same, thinking Master Wang was too dramatic. Was it necessary to scream like that?

They didn't know that though Xiaoyao's pat was light, he used bone-misaligning techniques, directly dislocating Master Wang's arm and displacing some meridians. Pain from meridians directly stimulated the heart.

This wasn't Xiaoyao's last pat either. He conveniently patted Master Wang's abdomen, and immediately Master Wang collapsed to the ground, crying out in pain.

This time, Xiaoyao used some techniques to seal the meridians in Master Wang's lower body. If not released, Master Wang would be paralyzed for life. Moreover, after enough time passed, even releasing them would be useless.

"You... what did you do to me? Why can't I feel my legs and hand?" After the pain subsided, Master Wang found his feet and that hand had no feeling. He immediately shouted angrily at Xiaoyao standing to the side, pointing at him with his remaining mobile hand.

"I find that hand quite annoying too..." Xiaoyao frowned and patted toward that hand.

"Ah..." Master Wang let out another earth-shattering scream.

At this moment, he seemed to understand something, people shouldn't be too arrogant. If he hadn't spoken like that just now, he'd at least have one hand that could move. Now all four limbs were immobile.

If this was just temporary, that would be one thing. But if it was permanent, what meaning would there be in living like this?

"What did you do to me? What exactly did you do to me?" This time Master Wang's questioning seemed much calmer and carried some fear.

"Actually nothing much, just temporarily displaced your meridians. Though it might be permanent." Xiaoyao said with a smile.

Now when Master Wang saw Xiaoyao's smile, he only felt fear, thinking it was a demonic smile.

"Permanent? No, I don't want this!" When Master Wang heard the word "permanent," he wanted to cry. Anyone encountering this situation would want to cry.

"If you don't want this, you can pay back the money you owe me, plus compensation for harassing us so many times, add another ten thousand taels." Xiaoyao said with a smile.

"Why should I give you ten thousand taels? Can't I find others to treat me? Kid, don't be too arrogant." When Master Wang heard Xiaoyao mention another ten thousand taels, he immediately became angry, disregarding his current situation.

Ten thousand taels! Even in his prime, he couldn't earn that much in a year, let alone now, he might not earn it back in two years. Forget this ten thousand taels, you'll have to spit out all that previous money too sooner or later.

"Oh, then go find others. I'm telling you, after today I won't be here anymore. When you want to regret it, it'll be too late." Xiaoyao said indifferently. He had already paralyzed Master Wang's limbs and wasn't afraid of future harassment. Now he needed to handle the current situation.

"Haha, the one who'll regret is you! Do you know whose things you stole? When their boss comes, you're dead. Not to mention you're just King Level, even if you were Saint Level, you'd die." Master Wang laughed arrogantly.

"You lie there quietly," Xiaoyao kicked, knocking Master Wang to the ground.

"Ah..." Master Wang sadly discovered he couldn't get up at all now, only able to use his neck strength to look toward Xiaoyao.

"Pffft..." The women couldn't help laughing. Master Wang looked too funny now, and they could see that even in this state, he was still shouting defiantly.

At this moment, even the two who came with Master Wang frowned, looking like "we don't know this guy."

(End of Chapter)