Learning To Live As A Cultivator

Chapter Forty Six - A Senior tries to bully me

"Jin Li, why are we going to the inner school?"

Leon and Jin Li looked around, surprised that the third wheel had tagged along. Leon rolled his eyes and went to speak to the senior student on guard duty in the room they had just warped into, leaving Jin Li to deal with his room mate.

It had been an odd sensation, being transported by the portals, as if they had been pulled, tugged by a million strings connected to a million points upon their body and within the time it took to take a gasping breath; the scenery had altered around them.

The student glanced at Leon's notification and down over this small creature once more. In his arrogant opinion, this boy did not have the strength to produce this number of pills. The wide silver streaks of hair also hinted that he had suffered spiritual deviation. Though he could not believe that the Teachers of the outer school could have been tricked by him either, he decided he should inspect the goods.

"Place the pills upon this table," he commanded. "If it is proven as you claim, I will take you to Teacher Corne."

Jin Li looked offended, while Sun had a face of open curiosity. Leon just shrugged and proceeded to take out the jade bottles, counting them as he did. However, when he went to take back one particular bottle, the warrior student's heavy hand fell upon his wrist. "Are you trying to short change us?"

Leon tilted his head, wondering how he could possibly do so. "N-no," he denied. "These p-p-pills are something else. N-not what Teacher C-C-Corne requested."

"Then you won't mind handing them to me," the student claimed, a greedy glint appearing in his eye.

Jin Li tutted at this student's blatant attempt at theft and unsheathed his sword. Sun squealed in panic, why was Jin Li about to step into battle with a senior, an inner school senior student over his servants measly pills? All the while, Leon was calmly wondering why he wanted these pills at all. Admittedly, they were the improved versions, as he had managed to purchase a missing ingredient as a spice, they were not at all useful for this martial artist.

However, before things could come to a head, Senior Pike stepped through the door into the room. "What's going on here?" He asked, noticing an angry Jin Li in stance ready for battle. And then his eyes fell upon Leon behind the burly form of the senior student on duty, who happened to stiffen upon hearing Pike's voice behind him. "Leo! This is great, I was just coming to see you!"

Leon tilted his body in order to see the young man, before a wide smile appeared upon his face. He stepped to one side and bowed in greeting. "Senior, I have b-brought Teacher C-Corne's requested p-p-pills."

"You know he was just asking about them," Pike stepped forward, placing his hand out to indicate that Jin Li ought to withdraw his blade. Sun gave a large sigh of relief as Jin Li did so. "Little Leo, he had thought you had forgotten his request. Teachers can only wait so long."

"Sorry," Leon had drawn out the making of the pills, he could admit to his mistake.

"Come on, I'll take you to Teacher Corne," Pike told them. So Leon began to quickly repack the jade bottles into the interspacial bag.

"I thought you were on a mission for your master," the senior said to Pike, a hint of sullenness to his tone. He could not afford to get into trouble again, but with the upstanding Pike and his associates away, he had fallen into old habits of bullying weaker students once more. And of course, good pills were difficult to get hold of for the average student, the temptation when seeing all of those small jade bottles filled with fat round pills was too much.

Pike made a non-committed sound. "We returned last night," he said finally. "Word must not have got around yet." He looked to Leon. "Are you ready?"

Leon nodded then paused, holding his hand out to the other senior. "My p-pills, p-please."

The senior flinched, he had still held out hopes that they would be counted as lost. Pike gave the senior a warning stare, to which the man chuckled, nervously. "Just holding them for you," he said, finally handing them over.

"Ooo what are those?" Pike asked curiously, realising that this bottle did not contain the requested pills.

"Ah I m-m-made these for the apothecary in town," Leon said, honestly. "They are Soft Ice P-pills. G-good for children's fevers." Both Jin Li And Pike found themselves chuckling behind their hands, though the former also offered a smug sneer at the muscle brained idiot trying to claim them for himself. Then they filed out of the room, leaving said idiot to continue guarding the portals.