"What? You want the Thousand-Year-Old Purple Spirit Ginseng?"
The lead disciple stared at Su Mo, his face a mask of horror.
Su Mo asked, confused, "That’s right. I want the Thousand-Year-Old Purple Spirit Ginseng. Is there a problem?"
The lead disciple’s face instantly darkened.
’Of course there’s a problem!’
A huge one.
The lead disciple said angrily, "Do you have any idea? The Thousand-Year-Old Purple Spirit Ginseng was obtained by the founder of our Medicine King Valley by a stroke of luck! It’s been passed down in the Valley for nearly three hundred years. It’s not just our Valley Guardian Spiritual Medicine, it’s our spiritual legacy!"
’A spiritual legacy?’
Su Mo looked completely surprised.
’Just a single Spiritual Medicine, yet it comes with a spiritual legacy.’
’What am I supposed to do about that?’
The disciple in gray beside him said angrily, "Senior Brother, this man not only wants the Thousand-Year-Old Purple Spirit Ginseng, but he also boasted that he’d make the Valley Master apologize to him personally! He’s clearly here to make trouble. We don’t need to be polite with him."
"Activate the array and kill him!"
The lead disciple roared. The dozens of surrounding disciples formed hand seals in unison, activating an array, and the sky instantly filled with dark clouds.
The Thousand-Year-Old Purple Spirit Ginseng was the spiritual legacy of Medicine King Valley; they absolutely could not let Su Mo take it.
Otherwise, Medicine King Valley would fall apart.
BOOM!
Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled within the dark clouds, coalescing into a silver bolt as thick as a bowl. It struck down fiercely toward Su Mo.
Su Mo stood his ground without dodging, looking up at the silver lightning. "A Thunder Array? Heh, and this thing is supposed to kill people?"
BOOM!
The light of the bolt completely engulfed Su Mo.
Seeing this, the lead disciple’s face filled with contempt.
’I thought he must have some strength to force his way up the mountain,’ he thought. ’I didn’t expect him to be unable to even dodge our Thunder Array. He’s complete trash.’
Just then, Su Mo’s voice sounded in the lead disciple’s ear. "Your Thunder Array isn’t very powerful. It can’t even scratch me."
"What? You’re unharmed?"
Seeing Su Mo standing on the scorched earth, completely unscathed with smooth skin and not the slightest sign of having been struck by lightning, the lead disciple couldn’t help but turn pale with fright and suck in a sharp breath of cold air.
The others were also stunned.
He was hit by a bolt of lightning as thick as a bowl, yet Su Mo was completely fine.
How was that possible?
The lead disciple said in a low voice, "I never expected your physical body to be so tough. I admit, I underestimated you. But next, you will surely die. Men, activate the Chi Xiao Thunder Array!"
The dozens of disciples formed hand seals once more, erupting with dozens of streams of majestic Spiritual Qi that surged continuously toward the array in the sky.
The silver lightning, originally only as thick as a bowl, not only swelled to the thickness of a bucket but also turned a crimson red. Its power was dozens of times more violent than before.
Even from hundreds of meters away, one could feel the terrifying, destructive aura emanating from the red thunder.
"The Chi Xiao Thunder Array?"
Su Mo stood in place and said unhurriedly, "This is your Medicine King Valley’s strongest array? Heh, I’d like to see just how powerful it is."
’He’s still not dodging?’
The lead disciple’s face was filled with shock.
Even a master at the Grand Martial Artist Realm wouldn’t dare to be so arrogant in the face of the Chi Xiao Thunder Array, yet Su Mo dared to stand there without moving, not even making a move to resist.
He was... practically inventing new ways to court death.
Su Mo said coolly, "What can a mere Thunder Array do to me?"
As his voice fell, Su Mo stomped lightly on the ground. Using the rebound force, he shot straight up toward the Red Thunder in the sky.
This reverse maneuver left everyone dumbfounded.
"Is... is he insane?"
"Who cares? If he wants to die, let him. It’s not like we’re the ones dying."
"Sigh, so young. What could have driven him to this?"
As the crowd spoke, Su Mo had already leaped a hundred meters into the air and rammed headfirst into the Red Thunder.
BOOM!
Following a deafening explosion, the Red Thunder was stopped against the top of Su Mo’s head, unable to descend even a hair’s breadth.
’Blocking lightning with his head?’
’That move...’
Everyone was stunned speechless by this scene, their jaws hanging open.
BOOM!
With another thrust of his head, the Red Thunder shattered and vanished without a trace. The array broke, the dark clouds scattered, and the sky returned to its previous calm.
PTH! PTH! PTH!
The disciples who had been channeling the Thunder Array suffered a backlash. They all collapsed to the ground, continuously spitting up blood.
"This..."
The lead disciple looked at Su Mo in horror. "Your physical body... is actually this powerful? You... you... who in the world are you?"
Su Mo said flatly, "Su Mo, from Qingyang City."
’Qingyang City?’
The lead disciple asked, puzzled, "Qingyang City only has the Xiao Family. Could you be a member of the Xiao Family?"
Su Mo nodded. "That’s right. I already told you when I came to pay my respects."
The lead disciple’s face was full of disbelief.
’The Xiao Family of Qingyang City was originally just a fourth-rate family, not even considered third-rate. To think they would produce such a monstrous prodigy.’
’Truly, the wheel of fortune turns.’
THUMP!
Just then, Su Mo appeared in front of the lead disciple and stomped a foot down on him. "A moment ago, you wanted to kill me, didn’t you?"
The lead disciple said in terror, "I..."
He was a Mountain Guard Disciple. He had only wanted to use his position to throw his weight around, but he never thought he’d hit a steel wall and find himself so utterly humiliated.
CRACK!
Su Mo’s foot landed lightly, but the sound of bones shattering immediately came from within the lead disciple’s body, and he spat out a mouthful of black blood.
If that stomp had been any heavier, he would have met Yama on the spot.
"Stop!"
Just then, a cold shout came from within Medicine King Valley. The newcomer was none other than the Mountain Guardian Elder, Elder Wang, followed by two Elders Mayi.
The three landed.
Elder Wang glanced at the destroyed mountain gate and the disciples spitting blood all over the ground. A flash of surprise crossed his face as he asked the lead disciple, "What in the world happened here?"
The lead disciple explained, "This man came to pay his respects while our Medicine King Valley was closed. I said a few harsh words to him, and he destroyed the mountain gate and started fighting us."
Su Mo asked coldly, "Was it just a few harsh words?"
The lead disciple stammered, "Well..."
Elder Wang said coldly, "Regardless, you should not have destroyed the mountain gate of our Medicine King Valley. More importantly, you shouldn’t have injured our disciples and damaged our reputation."
"Then what should I have done?"
Su Mo pointed at the crowd kneeling before the mountain gate, begging for medicine, and asked with a sneer, "Should I have kneeled before the gate and waited for you to open, just like them? Or should I have just pissed off? Or perhaps, I should have let myself be killed by your Medicine King Valley?"
"This..."
Elder Wang was at a loss for words.
An Elder Mayi from behind him stepped forward and tried to smooth things over. "It is better to resolve enmity than to create it. Please forgive our Medicine King Valley for our poor hospitality. This old man apologizes to you, fellow Daoist. Besides, you came to our Medicine King Valley as a guest, not to pick a fight."
Su Mo thought for a moment and said, "Alright. I’ll forgive you this time."
The Elder Mayi said with a placating smile, "Since that’s the case, then please, fellow Daoist, release the disciple under your foot."
"Fine!"
As Su Mo lifted his foot, he sent the lead disciple flying with a kick.
BANG!
The lead disciple crashed into a mountain peak a hundred meters away. All the bones in his body shattered, and he passed out, vomiting blood.
Elder Wang and the two Elders Mayi roared in unison, "How dare you... be so outrageous!"