Douluo Dalu(Soul Land): My System Is Dissatisfied

Ye Feng stepped into Wan Yao Zhai.

The spacious shop was lit by moonstones hanging on the walls, casting a soft glow that made it seem as bright as daytime.

Since most people had just finished breakfast, the store was bustling with customers. The shop assistants were already too busy to pay attention to Ye Feng and Ya Fei.

Looking around, Ye Feng quickly understood why business was booming—Wan Yao Zhai specialized in selling healing medicines.

Qingshan Town bordered the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and mercenaries made up the town's primary mobile population. With injuries being a daily affair for them, demand for healing items naturally remained high.

While Ye Feng browsed through the store, a sudden cough echoed nearby.

"Ahem... Please help me take that out."

"I want that item," another voice chimed in.

The two voices overlapped perfectly.

Ye Feng turned, locking eyes with the other speaker—and the other person did the same.

Both froze for a moment before blurting out in unison:

"It's you!"

Ye Feng smiled faintly. "Hello, Xiao Yan."

Xiao Yan frowned. "What a coincidence…"

In the original timeline, Xiao Yan shouldn't have arrived in Qingshan Town so soon.

But because Ye Feng had "acquired" the Tuoshe Ancient Jade fragment from the Xiao Clan, the family's fortunes had changed dramatically. With the elixirs refined using the jade, the Xiao Clan monopolized the alchemy market in Wutan City and had already become the number one family there. The crisis of bankruptcy that Xiao Yan once faced never happened.

With no family crisis holding him back, Xiao Yan followed his master Yao Chen's advice and ventured into the Magical Beast Mountain Range early for training.

Passing by Wan Yao Zhai, he'd only come in hoping to find medicinal herbs to prepare for devouring the Heavenly Flame—never expecting to run into Ye Feng of all people.

"Copper Lotus Essence. Low-grade medicinal herb. One hundred gold coins."

A shop assistant impatiently pulled out a yellowish medicinal root from the counter. "Only one left. You two can negotiate who gets it."

Tsk tsk… this is bad, Xiao Yan thought to himself.

Although labeled as a common Copper Lotus Essence, Xiao Yan's sharp eyes could tell it wasn't ordinary at all.

This was the herb he'd been searching for—an essential component for devouring the Heavenly Flame.

Ye Feng looked at him calmly. "What? You want to snatch it from me?"

Those simple words hit Xiao Yan like a slap in the face.

Phew... He exhaled, suppressing his frustration.

He knew he couldn't match Ye Feng in strength. Without a word, Xiao Yan turned and left Wan Yao Zhai silently.

With a flick of his fingers, Ye Feng retrieved a hundred gold spirit coins from his storage spirit guide and placed them on the counter.

Gold spirit coins were entirely different from ordinary gold coins.

The shop assistant stared in surprise. Gold spirit coins originated from the Douluo Continent. Unlike local currencies, their sizes and weights were standardized—and the material far purer.

Ye Feng casually took out fifty more gold spirit coins and placed them on the counter.

"Is that enough?"

"That's enough! More than enough!" the clerk replied with a wide grin.

Although the size of gold spirit coins matched regular coins, the gold content of 150 gold spirit coins far exceeded 100 standard gold coins.

"Master Ye, this is just ordinary Yellow Lotus Essence. No need to overpay," Ya Fei whispered.

Ye Feng smiled. "That's not Yellow Lotus Essence. It's called Blood Lotus Essence."

"Blood Lotus Essence?" Ya Fei blinked in confusion.

"It's an extremely rare high-grade herb," Ye Feng explained. "It often grows near Yellow Lotus Essence, but it's incredibly scarce. Its appearance is identical, making it almost impossible to distinguish without proper knowledge."

As he spoke, Ye Feng scratched the surface of the herb with his fingernail.

A layer of yellow peeled away, revealing a faint reddish hue underneath.

"It's red—and smells faintly of blood," Ya Fei gasped.

"That's why it's called Blood Lotus Essence," Ye Feng confirmed, turning to the stunned shop assistant. "A single piece like this? Even 100,000 gold spirit coins wouldn't be enough."

"One h-hundred thousand?!"

The shop assistant paled and immediately pushed the 150 gold spirit coins back toward Ye Feng.

"Return it! I'm not selling anymore!"

Ya Fei frowned. "What kind of business are you running? Money has already exchanged hands. The transaction is complete. How can you go back on it now?"

Her voice was sharp and loud enough to draw the attention of nearby customers.

The shop assistant trembled slightly under their stares but still tried to argue.

"The item hasn't left the shop yet! The transaction isn't final. If you want to buy it, the price is now 100,000 gold coins!"

"One hundred thousand?!" Ya Fei was furious. "You dare bully us like this? Do you even know who I am?"

"I don't care who you are," the assistant sneered. "Even if the mayor came, my boss would still get his respect."

"What's going on here?"

A middle-aged man in luxurious robes approached, his eyes narrow and shifty. One look was enough to tell he was no decent man.

"Shopkeeper…" the clerk quickly whispered the situation to him.

The man's eyes lit up as he understood. Clearing his throat, he said,

"Ah, young master. There's been a misunderstanding. The real price of that herb is one million gold coins. Our assistant made a mistake."

"One million?!"

"So much?"

"For a bloody root?!"

The shop burst into shocked chatter. Everyone knew Manager Yao was extorting them.

"One million?" Shopkeeper Yao chuckled smugly. "What's wrong? Can't afford it? Then I'm sorry. You won't be taking that Blood Lotus Essence today."

"Shut up." Ye Feng's tone turned cold.

The moment he spoke, space itself twisted around Shopkeeper Yao.

In the blink of an eye, the man's body—once standing tall at 1.7 meters—was crushed into a mist of blood.

The entire store went dead silent.

Even Ya Fei was stunned.

Before anyone could react, Ye Feng raised his finger again. With a soft tap, the shop assistant who had insulted Ya Fei also exploded into blood mist, vanishing like his manager.

"Murder!"

Someone screamed.

Most of the people in the store had never witnessed such brutality. Even hardened mercenaries paled and fled the building.

Mercenaries lived on the edge of life and death—they could sense real danger better than anyone. Survival was always their first instinct.

In an instant, only Ye Feng and Ya Fei remained in the shop.

After a long silence, Ya Fei finally spoke, her voice trembling slightly.

"You… you really killed them?"

Ye Feng's expression remained calm. "If someone dares to bully me, Ye Feng… then they deserve to die."

"But… but that clerk was just an ordinary person…"

"So what if he was?" Ye Feng's eyes glinted coldly. "Only I have the right to bully my maid."

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