Chapter 53: Stop Right There!

You should know that Kang An’s carriage was far more impressive than the one Manager Liang had brought.

Hearing the villagers murmuring things like, “Another carriage?” the servant knew he hadn’t lost track and relaxed. He casually asked a villager and quickly confirmed which household Manager Liang and his group had gone to.

The servant signaled to the coachman and the accompanying guards, and they began heading toward the Bai Family’s place.

Soon, the scene from not long ago repeated itself.

Villagers and their children gathered to look at the carriage, chatting as they did.

“What kind of dog luck has the Bai Family stumbled into? Are they about to strike it rich, or have they gotten into trouble?”

“Tsk, why don’t you go ask them?”

“Eww~ I wouldn’t dare! Look at how fierce those people seem!”

Amid the villagers’ chatter, Kang An’s carriage came to a stop right in front of the Bai Family’s gate.

The servant also spotted the other carriage not far away. He briskly stepped up and began knocking on the Bai Family’s tightly shut, dilapidated wooden gate.

Before he could knock more than a couple of times, the gate swung open.

A thin, rather short little boy stood in the doorway.

Bai Yunqi frowned slightly at the sight of the second carriage parked outside. What was going on with their family today? Why were so many people showing up?

“Kid, where are the adults? Our master is here to see them!”

The servant had tried his best to sound gentle, but the disdain in his eyes might fool an ordinary eight-year-old—not Bai Yunqi.

Especially since the Liang Family had been so polite earlier, Bai Yunqi’s impression of these newcomers instantly soured.

“Who are you? What do you want?”

Bai Yunqi’s tone was anything but polite.

What a joke—the pride of a mighty figure from the Cultivation World was etched deep into his bones. If he decided to be courteous to you, it was because he took a liking to you. If not, that arrogance would naturally surface.

The servant had zero patience for brats from lowly families like this—dull, ill-mannered, and utterly lacking in class.

But remembering his master was waiting behind him, he forced himself to act friendly.

“Our master is here to discuss business with the adults. Hurry up and fetch them, kid! There’s money to be made! Silver—enough to buy you sweets!”

【Buy me sweets? Who cares about your pathetic candy? You judgmental piece of trash.】

Bai Yunqi: “The adults are busy.”

With that, he tried to shut the gate.

But the servant quickly stuck his hand out to block it.

Bai Yunqi might have been formidable in the past, but right now, he was just an undernourished eight-year-old. His strength was no match for the servant’s.

Bai Yunqi grew even more displeased, cursing inwardly like mad.

【You motherless bastard! Once I regain my Spiritual Power, you’ll be the first one I deal with!】

As someone stubborn to the core—the kind who knew heavenly lightning could easily strike him dead yet sought it out repeatedly until it finally finished him off—Bai Yunqi pushed against the gate with all his might. His face flushed red with effort, and he even ruthlessly tapped into a sliver of Spiritual Power.

The servant: !

Why is this kid so stubborn? He looks scrawny but has so much strength!

Bai Yunqi, his face beet red, turned to his two younger brothers standing nearby: “Are you idiots? Come help me shut this gate!”

Bai Yunxing: 【Honestly, I don’t get why we have to shut the gate.】

Bai Yun’an: 【So dumb! Why bother closing it? I don’t want to do it. Aside from currying favor, I don’t want to deal with anything else. I just want to lie back and enjoy my vacation! Live the good life!!】

The reborn big shot and the post-apocalyptic overlord couldn’t understand the Cultivation Expert’s easily triggered temper.

But since they’d been called out by name, they figured they might as well lend a hand.

The servant: No way! I can’t be shown up by three little brats!

And so, under the strain from both sides, the shabby wooden gate let out a loud “Creeeak—” and broke right off its hinges.

Just then, Jiang Dai—who’d been notified by her daughter that yet more visitors had arrived—stepped out of the house and saw the scene: …

Stop right there!

Their already drafty, run-down home was now even more broken!!!!