"This guild is the only place where all the big deals are made. I am sure that this guild will have something precious as the black core of a profound beast. Also, this time, didn't I make a lot of profits myself? I just need to collect those and sell the sky-tier yellow cactus flower. With it, I will sure collect enough money to buy the black profound beast core. Heh"
He smirked at it in mischievousness.
He was so full of himself when he made the decision.
Lord Guotin's eyes widened at it. He didn't know when this kid got so cocky? It was only a short while that he taught him how to be a cunning human being now he had mastered it so fast and even applied it to his advantage!
He looked at the kid in awed and reacted wowed: "Kid, as expected, you are indeed a fast learner. You nailed my cunningness to perfection!"
The body that those wowed words were coming from was kind of cute but again who was this Yichen? He was already the disciple of this cute chick master. Therefore, his cuteness was already familiar and had no effect on him, instead, he shared with a determined grin on his jade face: "Heh, Master, it is all thanks to you. Yichen will never be a straight tree again. Instead, Yichen will be as flexible as gold and as cunning as a fox."
His determination and confidence were apparent like a burning bright star.
Lord Guotin looked at him in contentment and nodded his fluffy orange head in approval: "Mn... that's more like my disciple...I like it. Good...good. This should be it."
"It's all thanks to master's cunning guidance. Hehe..."
Yichen's gratefulness was apparent in his cheeky grin and Lord Guotin was left so speechless there.
"Then...master, let's head to Mister Lin Lui and Lin Qui's house and get the debts first."
"Oh...I thought you were going to the bamboo garden first?"
"Nah...master said that I need the black core of a profound beast, so, how can Yichen sit back and be idle? Instead, Yichen will first go to collect the debts and then visit the guild."
Lord Guotin didn't say much about it, he just sat there on his shoulder and heeded it.
With it, Yichen walked forth towards the house of Lin Lui.
Arriving there, the scene he saw was incredible; Lin Lui was in pretty much bad shape because of the beatings and was resting on his chair bearing the pain in his butt.
His wife, Dongmei who was in her early fifties with a pale complexion and mediocre look, dressed in an all-sky blue dress ran out to him with a bowl of medicine in her hands.
"Let me put the medicine...", she said with a deeply concerned look.
Lin Lui was making an ugly face as he bent to the other side, unable to sit properly.
Amused by it, Yichen smirked and walked up to them. There, he made his announcement: "Ahem..."
Both the husband and wife turned to him and made a face similar to that of seeing a ghost.
They stayed still with no movement as if they had encountered the real ghost!
"Aah. Mr and Mrs Lin, I have come to collect my debt."
"How much was it again...?"
He acted as if he was calculating in his head.
Lin Lui quickly snapped out of it and stood up to receive him. He replied with shaky troubledness: "This...Yichen, eight-hundred and forty gold coins are too much and this Mister has only a hundred gold coins in hand. How about I give you that much first and collect the remaining coins and give them to you later?"
He was fidgeting as he said it. His anxiety was apparent in his face.
After all, Yichen was only a twelve years old kid and couldn't predict how he would react to it.
Since it was urgent, Yichen just acknowledged it and spoke with his chin up: "Mn.... alright, Yichen will take a few hundred coins first but... I hope Mr Lin will collect the later coins and hand them to me as soon as possible."
'Phew...it is going great!'
Lin Lui sighed inwardly and faked a smile outwardly: "Hehe...yes..yes..."
He quickly turned to his wife and hinted: "Dongmei, go to take out the hundred coins we have."
"Aahh...sure..."
Lin Lui's wife hurried inside to bring out the coins.
With just a daring attitude, everyone was obeying him like their master and Yichen was pretty much enjoying it.
Shortly a while later, Lin Lui's wife came and brought over the hundred gold coins in a brown pouch.
Lin Lui handed it to him in modesty.
Yichen took it roughly and quickly examined it to see if all the coins were there.
Finding it to be right, he simply walked out from there.
On his way back he slightly turned and noted cheekily: "Ahh...don't forget your promise."
Lin Lui quickly bounced his head at it.
Next, Yichen headed straight towards Lin Qui's house.
There, he saw Lin Qui and his wife fighting over the coins.
His wife; aged forty-five with a milky white complexion and keen eyes, dressed in all-green was scolding him angrily, telling him how he did such a nasty thing as snatching away a kid's pocket money?!
Lin Qui was defending himself in pain.
His one hand was holding his butt while his other hand was pointing to his wife explaining to her that it was all Lin Lui's fault.
The entire scene was very funny and Yichen basked the scene in amusement.
Because of the constant quarrel, they didn't even notice his arrival, therefore, he made his intentional announcement: "Ahem..ahem..."
The two quickly turned to him.
This time, Lin Qui's wife Peizhi faked a smile and called him in a welcoming tone: "Ahh. Yichen, you have arrived? This was all your Mister's fault. Hope you don't mind over it. Your coins..this...we only manage to collect two hundred for now. I hope you will take this much and give us some time to collect the later...?"
As she made the move, she eyed Young Yichen hoping that he would buy it; Yichen seeing through her, replied lightly: "Ah...sure, Mrs Lin, Yichen will take the coins for now.."
"Yes..yes..."
She smiled at it in merriment and soon hurried to go inside the house. She fetch the two hundred gold coins and brought them in a green pouch.
"Here, take this. We are very sorry, kid."
Her regretful words were apparent as she handed him the coins.
It was amusing to notice her strange kindness. Yichen ain't able to tell whether it was because she truly felt guilty or was it because she wanted to be on good terms with him as he was now the young master but anyway she didn't mean him harm, therefore, he just took the coins and headed towards the large gate of the Lin clan.
Two stern-looking guards with brown-coloured armours who were in their age of late twenties were guarding the gate.
Upon seeing the young silver hair master being headed towards the gate, the guard didn't say much, they just greeted him in awkwardness and opened the gate.
Yichen quickly walked out from there and headed out.
As soon as he stepped out of the clan, he felt a refreshing feeling he never felt before. It was....freedom!
It's been many years since he had stepped outside of the Lin clan. In the past, he was always busy nursing and taking care of his father that he had never got the time to leave the clan.
That tingling sensation he felt at his first freedom was crazy and thrilling; it was as if he had explored a different world. It was soothing and amazingly fresh.
As he walked on with Lord Guotin on his shoulder, he saw many people walking by as well. The street was rejuvenating. It was filled with the fresh sweetness of the cherry blossoms from the trees on both sides and the chilled breeze was brushing them gently.
Lord Guotin was too feeling much energised as he witness it all.
Soon after passing through the street, he found himself in the bustling 'Green light city' of the Earth continent.
The Greenlight city was huge; people were doing their imports and exports merrily; the pavilions were too made elegantly with the combination of the bamboos and woods making it look quite mellowed.
On top of it were the several cherry blossoms trees blooming beautifully in various places.
It appeared that the people of Greenlight city much enjoyed the trees and the sweet smell of the flower.
"Its' quite reviving to come out".
Lord Guotin breathed out in passion.
Yichen was too the same, his deep turquoise eyes observed every detail of the city in awe.
He was like a frog from the pond coming out to witness the vast sea for the first time.