Ouyang Ling was someone who always kept her word. When she said she'd give guidance for an extra day, she wouldn't just leave without doing so.
After the final day of guidance, Ouyang Ling suggested, "Our Ouyang Family is leaving tomorrow. Isn't it reasonable to hold a farewell banquet for us?"
The Sunset Sect Master, Zhao Xing, with a sorrowful expression, replied, "Master Ouyang, it's not that we don't want to host a farewell banquet, but we simply don't have any cooks left."
Understanding the difficulties of the Sunset Sect, Ouyang Ling proposed a solution.
"We've been teaching your artifact refiners these past few days, so let's consider this a thank-you banquet... Let the artifact refiners cook. Don't worry, no matter how bad the food tastes, our Ouyang Family won't mind. After all, it's the thought that counts..."
That evening, the artifact refiners of the Sunset Sect took to the kitchen. These refiners were only familiar with spiritual tools, not cooking utensils.
The things they made—forget about the taste—you couldn't even tell what the original ingredients were just by looking at them.
But the Ouyang Family kept their word; they said they didn't mind, and they didn't!
That night, Ouyang Ming raised a glass filled with something unidentifiable to toast the members of the Sunset Sect!
This farewell banquet... The Ouyang Family enjoyed it immensely, while many in the Sunset Sect wished they could end it all right there...It was a feast where both hosts and guests were thoroughly entertained!
The next day, not many came to see the Ouyang Family off. Except for the Sunset Sect Master Zhao Xing and the Great Elder, no one else from the Sunset Sect showed up.
Zhao Xing, wiping his tears, escorted the Ouyang Family to the gates of the Sunset Sect, just about to say a few words of farewell, when the Great Elder covered his mouth.
"Sect Master! Are you out of your mind?"
"If you say those polite words of farewell, what if the Ouyang Family really stays? What then?"
"Yesterday, a bunch of elders already said that tomorrow it would be either the Ouyang Family or them!"
"If you keep the Ouyang Family here, we'll have to start dividing up our belongings..."
"Damn it, is the Ouyang Family here to guide our Sunset Sect?"
"Others charge money for guidance, but the Ouyang Family demands lives!"
"Look at our artifact refiners. Forget about making progress... they're almost unable to refine artifacts anymore..."
"Our Sunset Sect just owes your Grand Sky Sect a bit of money. Killing someone is one thing, but do you have to torture us like this?"
Ma Liang was in a state of confusion until he walked out of the Sunset Sect's gates.
Is this really the Sunset Sect he knew?
Is it really appropriate to call the Sunset Sect a bunch of debt dodgers now?
Ma Liang didn't know if the Sunset Sect counted as debt dodgers, but he knew that if it were him, he wouldn't have lasted until the next day. He would've paid back the money while vomiting that very night!
Junior Sister Ouyang is terrifying!
Then, Ma Liang hurriedly took Ouyang Ling to their next destination, the Yu Family!
Speaking of the Yu Family, it's a bit complicated. The Yu Family has some distant familial ties with Elder Yu Yuyu of the Green Wood Palace in the Grand Sky Sect.
Although the ties are distant, the relationship might be quite thin by now.
The Yu Family had borrowed resources from the Grand Sky Sect multiple times without returning them. Elder Yu even had to cover the losses out of his own pocket a few times, but the Yu Family shamelessly kept borrowing, and because of Elder Yu's connection, it was hard not to lend to them.
Over time, Elder Yu grew angry. Ma Liang had asked Elder Yu what to do, and Elder Yu said not to worry about his reputation and to do whatever was necessary!
Even though Elder Yu said so, Ma Liang still had to consider Elder Yu's face.
So the Yu Family was a particularly tough nut to crack.
They were different from the Sunset Sect. Relying on their connection to Elder Yu, the last time Ma Liang visited, they didn't even take him seriously.
At the slightest disagreement, they would say, "We are Elder Yu's people. What can you, a disciple of the Grand Sky Sect, do?"
"Do you dare to touch our Yu Family? If you threaten or harm anyone in our Yu Family, do you believe that we will go to your Grand Sky Sect and cry to our ancestor?"
Ma Liang was directly kicked out at that time. If it weren't for considering Elder Yu's face, Ma Liang would've wanted to activate the Feng City Formation to wipe out the Yu Family.
So Ma Liang thought that the method Junior Sister Ouyang used at the Sunset Sect might not work with the Yu Family... The Yu Family wouldn't welcome them warmly, wouldn't give the Ouyang Family a chance to eat and make them cry, and might even kick them out directly.
After Ma Liang finished explaining, Ouyang Ling's lips curled into a slight smile, her expression calm.
Then Ouyang Ling said, "Does the little Yu Family dare to mess with me, Ouyang Ling? We don't even need to step through their door to get the debt back."
Ma Liang was left bewildered after hearing this. How on earth would they do that?
But Ma Liang chose to wait and see!
The Yu Family had already received news of Ma Liang and the others' arrival, but the current head of the Yu Family, the ninth-generation grandson of Elder Yu, Yu Chengshu, was not worried at all.
"Hmph! With Elder Yu in our family, even if Elder Yu says he doesn't care anymore, can the Grand Sky Sect really ignore us?"
"Our ancestor is one of your Grand Sky Sect elders."
"Would you dare to do anything excessive?"
"You might threaten other families, but can you threaten our Yu Family?"
"If you dare to threaten our Yu Family even a little, I, Yu Chengshu, will shamelessly go to the Grand Sky Sect and cry to our ancestor."
"Even if our ancestor is so angry that he wants to smack me to death, I don't care about face, but our ancestor does!"
"If our family is harmed even a little, where will our ancestor's face be?"
"So Yu Chengshu wasn't worried at all. The Yu Family went about their business as usual... We aren't poor; we just have no shame, and we simply won't repay. What can you do about it?"
"Do you dare to harm our Yu Family, or threaten us?"
"You dare not do anything; what can you do?"
"Not only will we not repay, but we also plan to borrow more from the Grand Sky Sect soon. Even though our ancestor repeatedly says not to lend to us, we have ways to get the money."
"And no matter how much we borrow, we won't repay!"
"As long as our ancestor is alive, our Yu Family will never repay the Grand Sky Sect."
"Even if our ancestor is gone one day, we still won't repay. If the Grand Sky Sect dares to come for the debt, we'll say to the world... Look... people are so heartless... Our ancestor just passed away, and the Grand Sky Sect is already here to collect debts. The Grand Sky Sect is inhumane!"
"As long as we have no morals, no one can morally blackmail us!"
"And we can morally blackmail the Grand Sky Sect!"
Under the leadership of the utterly shameless head of the Yu Family, Yu Chengshu, the Yu Family showed no change with Ma Liang and the others' arrival. Instead, they carried on as usual... refusing to repay.
Ma Liang watched the Yu Family's utterly shameless behavior, so infuriated that he bit his lip until it bled.
If it weren't for Elder Yu's face, Ma Liang would've wanted to use the Feng City Formation to wipe out the Yu Family.
"Senior Brother Ma Liang, there's no need to be angry. The Yu Family doesn't count as shameless!"
Ouyang Ling said with a cold smile.
After hearing Ouyang Ling's words, Ma Liang was stunned...
Junior Sister Ouyang, do you hear yourself? Is that even human language?
This isn't shameless? This level of shamelessness is right in my face!
I've never seen anyone as shameless as this. If you say they aren't shameless, then the question arises... Junior Sister Ouyang, does your Ouyang Family have any bottom line?
So how shameless can you get?
"Senior Brother Ma Liang, don't worry. Within three days, the Yu Family will obediently repay all their debts, including those Elder Yu helped cover."
Ouyang Ling said calmly while gnawing on a pork knuckle.
Ma Liang broke into a cold sweat after hearing this... At this moment, although Ma Liang didn't know what Junior Sister Ouyang was planning, he was grateful that the Ouyang Family was part of our Grand Sky Sect.
If the Ouyang Family were outside... if they owed our Grand Sky Sect a debt, we might as well just tear up the IOU...
Only a bigger rogue can defeat a rogue, and only greater shamelessness can defeat shamelessness!
Ma Liang also reminded Ouyang Ling.
"Junior Sister Ouyang... Although I don't quite understand what you're planning... they are, after all, Elder Yu's descendants. Even if Elder Yu said we could do as we please, you can't really do anything to them..."
"If you harm anyone in the Yu Family, regardless of Elder Yu's reaction, what will outsiders think of our Grand Sky Sect..."
"Senior Brother Ma Liang, rest assured. I have it all under control. Elder Yu has always been kind to our Artifact Refining Palace. Although the Yu Family descendants are shameless, I promise not to harm them in the slightest! Nor will I utter a single threatening word to them!"
Ma Liang felt somewhat relieved after hearing this.
Although Junior Sister Ouyang had no bottom line, her words were reliable. When she said she would embarrass Ou Yunsheng, she did just that.
When she said she would surprise Senior Brother Xinghe, you could see how stunned he was!
As Ma Liang waited, Ouyang Ling took action.
That morning, the Yu Family's gatekeeper yawned and opened the Yu Family's gate, ready to start a new day.
But the moment the gate opened, the gatekeeper noticed something hanging above his head.
He slowly looked up and was nearly scared out of his wits!
Damn... right outside the Yu Family gate, there was a neat row of... corpses?
The gatekeeper almost thought he was seeing things, but upon closer inspection, there was no mistake... it was indeed a row of corpses!
Terrified, the gatekeeper screamed and scrambled back into the Yu Family...
Ma Liang stood at a distance, looking at the row of bodies hanging at the Yu Family's gate, utterly bewildered.
Is this your method, Junior Sister Ouyang?
Isn't this debt collection method a bit too extreme?
Under the cover of night, arranging for Senior Brothers from the Dark Moon Palace to come from the sect, and then hanging themselves at the Yu Family's gate without a word?
And not just one... but a whole row?
Isn't the shock you're giving the Yu Family a bit too overwhelming?
Ma Liang had never seen or even heard of such a debt collection method.
You won't repay, right? And I can't harm you, right?
Can I harm myself then?
I'll hang myself at your gate under the cover of night... Now tell me, are you scared or not!