The young man's cultivation base was at the 5th level of bone tempering, 4th level of 3rd realm mortal body, and 1st level of 1st mortal soul. He had an arrogant expression and wore luxurious robes embroidered with gold designs.
His face seemed to twist as he sneered at Sheng Tian, "If you know what's best for yo-"
A clear, crisp sound resounded and cut the young man off. His face seemed to burn and he took out a mirror from his robe and he could see a bright red handprint on his left cheek.
Veins popped out as his entire face reddened with shame and rage. Before he could even open his mouth to scream whatever his status was, Sheng Tian's other hand had already moved with lightning fast speed and connected with the young man's other cheek.
"Sorry" Sheng Tian said slowly, "I wanted to fix the twisted expression on your face"
"I-I'll" another ruthless slap to the face and the foolish idiot's face was slowly turning into a pig's head.
"I think I may have been unclear" Sheng Tian slowly said "maybe I had to make it clearer"
The difference in cultivation realms as well as mentality meant that the young man could not retaliate in any way. It was a one-sided beating. Sheng Tian slapped his face with speed and precision, never using too much strength that it would kill the man but enough to humiliate and incapacitate him.
"Who told you to stand in front of me? Who told you to try and use your status to oppress me? Do you think I care about your dog status? Who told you to have a face that makes others want to hit you? Who told you to stutter?"
Each question was completed with a resounding slap, and the man coughed blood not because he was being beaten but because Sheng Tian was being too unreasonable.
When he was done, the young man's face truly became a pig's face. Even his own mother wouldn't recognize him and much less his grandmother.
Under the awed and reverent gazes of the spectators, Sheng Tian threw the young man away as if he was a piece of trash on the side of the road. Surprisingly, the young man could still speak, and managed to mutter weakly "m-my Zhang Family would not let you go" before passing out completely.
Sheng Tian merely shook his head at the idiocy of secular young masters and their "powerful" families. If the Zhang Family wanted to cause him trouble then he would just get rid of them. Of course he expected them to run at the sight of his robe as there should be some who are more knowledgeable than others.
He walked into a technique shop but to his disappointment, only hosted mortal and yellow ranked techniques. He left the store and wandered the city before retiring to his hotel room.
He took out the technique and flipped through it. When Sheng Tian saw it he had thought it was a defensive technique but it turned out to be a reversal technique! A reversal technique is rare even in a sect and its value would be 1 level higher than its rank.
He excitedly read the technique. He had truly made a profit this time by trading some worthless pills for an extremely useful technique.
If anyone were to hear his thoughts then they would cough blood in anger. Sheng Tian possessed quite a few Origin ranked treasures and countless precious resources but he is acting like a poor pauper. In addition, those pills he gave away may be worthless to him, but to these secular cultivators and low level ones, they are incredible treasures not buyable with money.
This technique conjures a yin yang trigram that absorbs one's attack before reversing yin and yang to send the attack back at your opponent.
In just one night, Sheng Tian had managed to comprehend the technique and reach the peak of initial mastery.
He left the hotel and entered a small restaurant. Using his powerful consciousness he listened to the conversations of others and found that the Red Lotus Auction House spread the news that a powerful alchemist had stopped by the city and was selling some of his precious pills. Sheng Tian could not help but praise Ying Feng when he heard that powerful figures at the soul tempering realm have arrived in the city.
He was walking when he heard a familiar voice shout behind him "That's him!"
He turned around and saw the arrogant brat from yesterday. This time he brought a bodyguard at the 9th level of the bone tempering realm "Who are you again?"
The Zhang Family's young master reddened in anger and coughed a mouthful of blood. He pointed a finger at Sheng Tian "Kill him!"
The guard didn't hesitate to charge at Sheng Tian but his fighting spirit was immediately crushed by Sheng Tian's slap. He flew into the air gracefully like a dancer. He would have looked elegant if not for the blood and spit flying everywhere.
The guard landed unconscious with a dull thud in front of his master who is currently scared to the point he was trembling and pale. Without a second's delay, Sheng Tian appeared in front of the young man and proceeded to beat the shit out of him.
"STOP!" A heavy pressure descended but Sheng Tian was unmoved in front of that aura and continued beating the young man who's name he still did not know until he was satisfied.
A light flashed out and blinded everyone and when they recovered they could see that Sheng Tian changed from the ordinary clothes he put on when he left the hotel into his inner disciple robe.
The angry look on a middle-aged man's face disappeared and he immediately prostrated himself before him.
"Forgive my unfilial spawn who couldn't recognize mount tai. I'm the current patriarch of the Zhang Family. If young master has any wishes I will do my best to fulfill them" The previously overbearing man had now been reduced to a kitten. Sheng Tian was impressed by how fast one can change their attitudes.
Waving his hand dismissively, Sheng Tian said "just don't disturb me. I understand that the younger generation might be ignorant in some matters" and with that, he strutted off.
The Zhang Patriarch maintained his kneeling position until Sheng Tian was out of sight. Once he was, he slowly got up and smacked his son on the head "you useless fucking thing. I spend so many resources on you only for you to turn out to be an idiot. That was a high ranking disciple from a large sect. We are lucky that he is magnanimous enough to spare us"
The young man sweated profusely and cursed under his breath. How was he supposed to know that the one he provoked happened to be a disciple of a sect? He silently vowed never to act arrogant and overbearing ever again.