The Scum Is A

"How much do you think will this be sold if I'll sell this?" Cheng Sheng asked the morning they woke up. He's pointing at the Cleansing Stone hanging on his neck.

"…" Cheng-shidi, it's too early for you to do stupid things. They thought with their face covered in black lines.

"You can put it up for auction." Fei Yin suggested. 

Cheng Sheng's eyes widened and he looked at Fei Yin as if he's a genius. "That makes sense!" he exclaimed. 

"..." no. It doesn't. They thought and accusingly looked at Fei Yin. Stop indulging Cheng Sheng, damn it! Their face darkened. 

Just like that and the Xinfaxian Sect and Youxiwang Sect's morning started. Cheng Sheng already gave Wu Xi the Cleansing Meridian Pills he made. Because of Wu Xi's exemplary performance, Cheng Sheng added two more bottles of magic pills to him. Since Shu Mu also participated in the third stage under the guise of an Alliance's disciple, Qie Shi was sent to the Yunxiao Inn and for Sun Yi's elder brother – Sun Rong, to watch over Qie Shi. Even if Sun Rong chose to be a normal person, but he still came from a family of cultivators, thus he still knew how to use talismans and spells. He's lesser than a cultivator, but greater than a normal person. Thus, they can entrust Qie Shi to him.

The door was opened by the servant and they saw a tall and well-built man wearing a monocle in his right eye. His hair was loosely tied, and the clothes on his chest is slightly opened, giving him an air of decadence because of the liquor he is holding in his left hand while he smoked with his right hand. He bears a great resemblance to Sun Yi. Or is it the other way around?

He is Sun Rong, a successful businessman but now one of his inns is closed for their group. "Oh. You're here." He said when he saw them arrived.

They turned and saw Qie Shi was tied up from his head to feet and is on top of the bed, squirming like a worm.

"Da ge." Sun Yi called as he walked towards Sun Rong. "Da ge! Thank you!" he said and gave Sun Rong a loud smack on the cheek.

"Didi!" Sun Rong grinned as he placed the liquor on the bedside table and pinched Sun Yi's cheeks. "What? Did Xiao Yuan make you unhappy again?" he asked.

"There's no such thing." Wu Yuan, who suddenly appeared behind them, answered. He gave them a fright!

"So you're here." Sun Rong said and smiled at Wu Yuan.

They all looked at Sun Rong, then Wu Yuan, then Sun Rong again. "…" now they can tell why Sun Yi is such a carefree person. It's because of his elder brother Sun Rong. However, he fell for a man like Wu Yuan instead.

"Da ge. He's my man. Don't you even dare~" Sun Yi told Sun Rong and brightly smiled.

"How can I steal my didi's man?" Sun Rong said as he hugged Sun Yi, to Wu Yuan's vexation. Wu Yuan immediately pulled Sun Yi, but with a gentle action, away from Sun Rong. "Look. He's the one who stole you from me instead!" he exclaimed and drank his alcohol.

"…" now they understand. These two men are fighting over Sun Yi. One is a total brocon and the other is the husband. They turned to Chen Han.

"What?" Chen Han asked when he saw their gaze on him.

"…" here's another brocon. They thought. Sun Yi really attracts brocon people.

Cheng Sheng saw Wu Xi was fidgeting on the side. "Rong-dage. How's Qie Shi?" he asked as they walked inside the room. There, they saw Qie Shi clearly.

The veins that turned black has finally subsided after the seven days they haven't seen him. When Shu Mu and Wu Xi brought him here in the inn, they almost didn't recognize him.

Qie Shi is the thief they met in the Dongxin Town. They didn't know what happened to him and how did he become like this. However, they also recognized him in another way. 

He is the one who stabbed Cheng Sheng before when they were entering the Righteous Alliance's headquarters for the second stage. They were all shocked. Chen Han and the others almost rejected him but Cheng Sheng pacified them by saying he already promised Wu Xi. They also won't be seeing him for seven days and will leave him with Sun Rong to watch over and feed Qie Shi with Cleansing Meridian Pills. They finally conceded.

However, now that they're back, Chen Han, Fei Yin and Yu Sheng couldn't help but glare at Qie Shi again. Cheng Sheng just helplessly sighed as he approached Qie Shi.

"Kid. Your Cleansing Meridian Pills are really effective." Sun Rong told Cheng Sheng and then looked at Qie Shi who has stopped growling. "My subordinates have found something." He said. They also asked him if he could inquire about what happened to the Dongxin Town and its thief – Qie Shi.

"What did you find?" Chen Han asked.

"This guy is just a small thief. There are many others who are more notorious thieves than him." Sun Rong started as he drank his alcohol before he leaned on his seat and crossed his legs. "Less than a month ago, he was caught and was imprisoned." He told them.

"Less than a month ago? Isn't that – " Feng Mo said as he looked at his fellow disciples.

"Yeah. The same time you arrived in the Dongxin Town." Sun Rong said. "When they caught him, their authorities also looked for you. The bakery's owner was accusing you as the thief's accomplices. However, since the people knew of the Chen Clan and the Xinfaxian Sect, they knew she was talking bull." He said.

Of course she's lying. They don't even know of the thief's name.

"Then, the day after he was sentenced to execution." Sun Rong continued. "However, the people doesn't know what kind of execution it was. The Dongxin Town is just a small place. The people doesn't care of these small matters, especially of executions." He shrugged. "Then, in the day of execution, they said the thief escaped along with the other prisoners." He said.

"He escaped?!" they exclaimed.

Sun Rong grinned as he looked at Qie Shi in amusement before he turned to them. "That's the question. Did he  or did he not escape?" he asked them. "After all, he's supposed to be in prison but now he's here." He told them.

"…" can't you already tell us? They thought.

Sun Rong laughed seeing their expression.

"Da ge…" Sun Yi called. His elder brother is messing with them, obviously.

"Alright, alright." Sun Rong said and raised his hands. "There's this rumor about the Dongxin Town, you see." He said.

"What rumor?" Li Tian asked.

"Do you know the woman you had fought with?" Sun Rong asked.

"The bakeshop owner?" Lei Ling said.

"She's not just a simple bakeshop owner." Sun Rong said.

"Then, who is she?" Lei Qing asked with a puzzled look. You Rou was curious, too.

"You can say she's a boss of that town." Sun Rong said as if he's thinking. "She's a powerful person of the town since she knows many big people and she's monopolizing the bakeries." He explained. "People are afraid of her. However, when you arrived, the people can't help but be on your side than hers since they noticed you're not simple people aside from being disciples of a sect and connected to a big clan and big sect." He said as he turned to them. "That woman doesn't dare to stir up trouble, too, since she realized the fact. Thus, she retreated. However, when you left, she sought the thief whom she thought has connections with you thus he dared steal from her." he told them.

"So, it was our fault he got caught?" Li Tian asked and he looked guilty.

"No. He'll still be caught later." Sun Rong said. "The rumor is related to thievery, and the other one is with that woman." he said. "There's a rumor that says a thief had stolen something important. Thus, they were looking for all the thieves." He tilted his head and looked at Qie Shi. "On the other hand, the rumor about the woman says that she's entangled with the demonic cultivators." he said and turned to them. "What do you think? Which is true? Which is false? Or are they both true? Or both are false?" he asked them and smiled brightly.

"…" their face was covered in black lines. He's really messing with us. They thought.

"Oh! That's right!" Sun Rong said as he raised a finger and his eyes widened when he remembered something. "About his arrest – " he pointed at the thief. " – his charge was pressed further since he had killed someone." He said.

"Huh?!" they said as they looked at Qie Shi in shock. Then, they remembered that thin man who was easily toppled by You Rou. "How can he kill someone?!" they asked. They can't believe it.

"But that's what the witnesses said when my subordinate inquired." Sun Rong said. "There's blood on the floor when they caught him. And the woman claimed he had killed one of her employees." He explained.

"No way…" they muttered and looked at Qie Shi who was slowly squirming on top of the bed.

THUD! Qie Shi finally fell off the bed and hit the floor face first.