Chapter 1219: If You're So Great, Then You Do It (Fifth Update)
Just as Shen Qiang was cuddling with the bashful beauty and heroic thief, Jiang Hanyang, whispering sweet nothings in the room. Downstairs in the lobby of the Tian Island Hotel, nearly a hundred cultivators had already gathered.
"Why isn't Shen Qiang coming down yet? It's already so late, we've been waiting for him to set off together. Ah, these young people really are unreliable," complained an older cultivator.
"Exactly, what's Shen Qiang thinking? We elites have gathered here to exorcise demons and uphold the path, what a prominent thing to do, one could even say it's a matter of great glory, and look at him, it's already nine o'clock, yet he's not showing up, he's really not taking us seriously."
"Hmph, he's so arrogant, Shen Qiang is the King of Demons, and all of us elites still have to wait here for him, putting on such airs, does he even feel any shame?"
Sitting on the sofa by the window, the absolutely stunning mixed-blood beauty glanced disdainfully at those gossiping cultivators but couldn't be bothered to acknowledge them. However, the twin-tailed girl sitting next to her was not happy. She rolled her eyes and snorted coldly.
"Really shameless, Shen Qiang is out slaying demons, and you insist on tagging along for the fun of it, fine, but you still have the nerve to gossip here? If you're truly such elites, so incredible, why are you waiting for Shen Qiang?"
With a displeased look in her beautiful eyes, the twin-tailed girl glared at the cultivators who turned their heads to stare at her. Somewhat sassy, she spoke without fear: "If you're so capable, go on your own. Lacking the skills yet wanting to leech some honor, just wait quietly. You talk as if you're all that and noble, haha, what a joke."
Hearing the twin-tailed girl's words, the crowd of cultivators in the hotel lobby immediately erupted.
"Shut your mouth, you little girl, how dare you be so rude? All the fellow Taoists here come from the four seas, driven by a pure heart to exorcise demons and defend the path, noble and virtuous!"
"Exactly, which sect are you from? Such lack of manners, we'll have your sect teach you a good lesson."
Not far from the twin-tailed girl, an elderly cultivator with a somewhat Immortal Wind Bone appearance frowned and said: "Youngsters shouldn't speak carelessly if they know nothing! We all gathered here to make a contribution in the demon-slaying mission. Shen Qiang is indeed formidable, the renowned King of Demons, but a single chopstick breaks easily. Without our help, attempting to slay demons would be extremely difficult for him, too."
Upon hearing this, the twin-tailed girl got fired up and sarcastically cold-laughed: "Ha, yes, I'm young, but not stupid! Save such words for fooling kindergarten kids. If you all are truly bold and capable, such elites and of significant importance, why waste time here waiting for Shen Qiang? Go on your own!"
"Buzzing around like a swarm of flies, going on and on, isn't it just trying to take advantage of Shen Qiang? If the demon-slaying succeeds, you'd say it was thanks to your help. If it fails, you'd claim it's because Shen Qiang is incompetent. Haha, this is a trick I outgrew in middle school, shame on you as cultivators, if you want some glory, just quietly leech it, and stop pretending. Haha, in the wrong place, want to act senior, go to a nursing home."
With that said, the twin-tailed girl dramatically rolled her eyes at all the cultivators in the lobby.
Instantly, pierced to the quick, numerous cultivators became furious.
"We want to steal some honor? Not happening!"
"Tch, it's just slaying a demon, what's so impressive, you rude little girl, judging others by oneself!"
"Exactly, we were only thinking that Shen Qiang, being alone, might have difficulty, so we kindly wanted to help him out. You girl, how can you bite the hand that feeds you!"
The twin-tailed girl immediately became the common target of the denouncement from the cultivators in the lobby, countless cultivators glaring at her, speaking harshly, their eyes wishing to kill her.
The twin-tailed girl was angry.
Just as she was about to speak again, the stunning mixed-blood beauty said to her: "Enough, I know what happened last night made you unhappy, and you're harboring a lot of anger inside, but paying attention to them is pointless, don't speak further."
The very angry twin-tailed girl fell silent, sulking alone.
Seeing her keeping quiet.
The many cultivators in the lobby not only didn't restrain themselves but spoke even louder.
Bam!
Slamming a tablet onto the table, a cultivator around forty, righteously said: "You little girl don't know good from bad, look at the posts being discussed now by the cultivators on the Immortal Realm Forum, what are they all about?"
"Even matters that the Kunlun Sword Sect can't handle, Shen Qiang wouldn't be of use either!" That middle-aged cultivator shouted angrily: "Are you blind, little girl? This is the real situation. Without our help, could Shen Qiang manage? Can he handle things that even Dao Fruit Stage cultivators can't?"
The twin-tailed girl turned blue with rage and angrily retorted: "Shameless! Slaying demons isn't about brute force, it's about secret techniques! You know nothing, yet each of you thinks you're hot stuff, look at yourselves, many in the Nascent Soul Stage and Yin God Realm, talking about what even Dao Fruit Stage can't handle, then saying Shen Qiang can't, and then if you help, it'll work out, how can people be this shameless!"
The middle-aged cultivator slammed the table vehemently, shouting: "So what, our cultivation isn't high, but many hands make light work, unity is strength, without our help, what can Shen Qiang achieve alone?"
The twin-tailed girl was furious beyond measure.
But just as she was about to speak, and before she could, there came Shen Qiang's hearty laughter from the hotel stairs.
"Well said, that fellow Taoist's words are very insightful, unity is strength, without you all, I indeed cannot accomplish anything."
It's Shen Qiang!
As soon as the cultivators heard this, their eyes lit up instantly.
"Now that's more like it, just look at Shen Qiang, he knows what's right."
"Exactly, without our help, what would he be? Ah, we give him honor, he gives us reputation, everyone's needs are met, happy all around."
The middle-aged cultivator was overjoyed and slammed the table arrogantly toward the twin-tailed girl: "Did you hear that? This is Shen Qiang admitting it himself! So you little girl who understands nothing, just shut your mouth!"
The twin-tailed girl's beautiful eyes welled with tears, glaring angrily at Shen Qiang.
"I was speaking up for you, and you gang up with them to bully me?" Her eyes filled with immense hate.
Shen Qiang, however, smiled at her, his eyes saying 'keep calm and carry on.'
Then Shen Qiang turned, looking calmly with a smile at the many conceited cultivators, and said, "What everyone said is true, but I've grown lazy and accustomed to mediocrity, so in matters of slaying demons, go ahead if you're so capable, there's no need to wait for me."