Ma Liang couldn't find anyone with debt collection experience in the Grand Sky Sect...
But he did find the notorious debtor family, the Ouyang Family, known across the entire Blazing Sun Continent!
After listening to Ma Liang's experiences of trying to collect debts, Ouyang Ming sliced some chilled Spirit Cloud Fruit with the Light of Xinghe for Senior Brother Ma Liang to calm his nerves, while speaking with a cold smile.
"Senior Brother Ma Liang... if you're talking about debt collection experience, our Ouyang Family doesn't have any. But if you're talking about being debtors, our Ouyang Family is quite famous for that..."
"That's right, my brother is correct. Our Ouyang Family has always been the one owing money to others, and there's absolutely no chance for anyone to make us collect debts!" Ouyang Ling said as she casually picked up a piece of Spirit Cloud Fruit and started eating.
"No one can borrow even a penny from our Ouyang Family!"
"Don't even mention money! Not even a steamed bun is possible!"
"Not even a scrap of cloth can be taken!"
"What money? Our Ouyang Family's lives are here, but there's not a single cent!"
"Senior Brother Ma Liang, if there's nothing else, you should head back. Our Ouyang Family can't help you with this! Oh, and if any other families come to the Grand Sky Sect to ask us for money, please tell them that our Ouyang Family accidentally blew up the furnace while refining artifacts the day before yesterday, and everyone died, with no remains left. Everything was burned, and there's nothing left to return to them..."As Ouyang Ling spoke, many disciples of the Ouyang Family nodded in agreement with their senior sister.
Ma Liang was dumbfounded...
Does our Grand Sky Sect really have such a thing?
Does your Ouyang Family have any limits?
You're in the Grand Sky Sect, consuming a million spirit stones a year... crafting various spirit weapons like crazy... just how rich has your Ouyang Family become...
But despite being so wealthy, you still insist on being debtors. What's the deal? Is being a debtor an addiction for your Ouyang Family?
Moreover, your Ouyang Family is much more ruthless than the debtors I've seen before.
When I went to collect debts from those families, they naturally knew I was there to collect debts, and there was at least a hint of shame in their eyes when the topic of debt came up.
But look at your Ouyang Family... not to mention shame, you all seem damn proud... does your Ouyang Family have no shame at all?
Yet, despite his astonishment, Ma Liang did not leave.
How does that saying go? The only thing that can defeat a debtor is an even more shameless debtor!
Our Grand Sky Sect may not have a debt collection expert, but damn it, we have the king of debtors!
And not only are you shameless, but your Ouyang Family also has no bottom line... isn't this exactly the kind of shamelessness I, Ma Liang, need?
That night, Ma Liang stayed at the Artifact Refining Palace and sought detailed advice from the Ouyang Family on various debtor experiences.
Listening to the Ouyang Family recount their days as debtors on the Blazing Sun Continent, Ma Liang's worldview was repeatedly shattered.
Ma Liang couldn't help but sigh. He had only known that the Ouyang Family had a bad reputation, but he never imagined that their reputation wasn't just bad—it was utterly rotten, wasn't it?
Even as an observer, I damn well want to represent justice and wipe you out...
The things your Ouyang Family has done would make even the Demonic Sect weep and wonder how people could be so shameless.
But isn't this shamelessness exactly what I, Ma Liang, need right now?
Nothing in the world is difficult, except for the Ouyang Family!
Early the next morning, Ma Liang set off on another debt collection journey, this time with Ouyang Ling leading the Ouyang Family.
The first stop was the Sunset Sect, where Ma Liang had previously failed. The Sunset Sect was unfazed by the return of the Grand Sky Sect's people, and the Great Elder of the Sunset Sect warmly welcomed them. However, strangely, Ma Liang noticed that Ouyang Ling never mentioned the debt collection, which was baffling.
Junior Sister Ouyang, aren't we here to collect debts? Shouldn't we be the ones to bring it up?
Are we waiting for the Sunset Sect to voluntarily repay? That's damn impossible, isn't it?
But out of trust for Junior Sister Ouyang, Ma Liang didn't say much.
On the first day, Junior Sister Ouyang invited the Great Elder of the Sunset Sect to lead everyone on a tour of the entire Sunset Sect. During the tour, Junior Sister Ouyang engaged in friendly discussions about the long-standing alliance between the Sunset Sect and the Grand Sky Sect, creating such a harmonious atmosphere that even Ma Liang found it strange.
During the discussions, Junior Sister Ouyang even stated that the Sunset Sect had always been the Grand Sky Sect's best ally, and the friendly relationship between the two sects was unbreakable by any external force. As for the small amount of resources the Sunset Sect owed the Grand Sky Sect, the Grand Sky Sect was in no hurry to have them repaid.
The Great Elder of the Sunset Sect was deeply moved and praised Ouyang Ling as the world's number one Spirit Infusion Master!
The first day's friendly meeting concluded in a harmonious atmosphere.
On the second day, Ouyang Ling, led by the Great Elder of the Sunset Sect, inspected the Sunset Sect's Artifact Refining Hall. Seeing the Sunset Sect's lagging refining skills, Ouyang Ling proactively offered assistance, which nearly made the Great Elder wet his pants with excitement.
Ma Liang initially thought Junior Sister Ouyang's offer of help was just a polite gesture, but it turned out that Junior Sister Ouyang was not one to make empty promises. That very day, the entire Ouyang Family arrived at the Sunset Sect and began instructing them on spirit weapon crafting.
It turned out that the Ouyang Family's skills were indeed unmatched in the world. Under their intense guidance, not a single refining master from the Sunset Sect understood a thing...
However, as fellow refining masters, the Sunset Sect's artisans were in awe of the Ouyang Family's terrifying refining techniques.
Ma Liang was dumbfounded at this point... What the... Junior Sister Ouyang... we're here to collect debts... not to help the Sunset Sect, what are you doing?
While Ma Liang was in a state of confusion, Ouyang Ling announced that the Ouyang Family would be permanently stationed at the Sunset Sect from that day forward, and they wouldn't leave until the disciples of the Sunset Sect were thoroughly taught.
Even the Sect Master of the Sunset Sect was thrilled, thinking that with the Ouyang Family's teachings, the rise of the Sunset Sect was just around the corner.
That evening, the Sect Master of the Sunset Sect hosted a grand banquet to welcome the Ouyang Family's guidance in refining.
The entire banquet was very enjoyable... at least for the Ouyang Family...
However, during the banquet, the head of the Ouyang Family, Ouyang Ming, stated that he couldn't handle alcohol well, so he would toast everyone at the Sunset Sect with noodles instead.
People had heard of using tea instead of wine, but using noodles left the Sect Master of the Sunset Sect bewildered.
But after all, they were guests, and when a guest toasts you, you have to eat, right?
So the Sect Master of the Sunset Sect accompanied them, risking his life... but when Ouyang Ming toasted with noodles for the twelfth bowl, less than a third of the Sunset Sect could still stand...
The Sect Master of the Sunset Sect was too afraid to burp after eating... fearing that a burp might spew out a bowl of cold noodles.
They thought that using noodles instead of wine was the end, but little did they know it was just the damn beginning.
The world's number one Spirit Infusion Master, Ouyang Ling, stepped up after her brother and proposed to continue toasting everyone at the Sunset Sect with pork knuckles, performing a live demonstration of downing three bowls of pork knuckles in a row.
After Ouyang Ling finished toasting with pork knuckles, no one in the Sunset Sect could stand.
At other banquets, people usually drank too much and were carried out, but at this Sunset Sect banquet, everyone was carried out from eating too much...
The entire Sunset Sect was wiped out, but the event wasn't over yet; the banquet was only at halftime, and the Ouyang Family was still in high spirits, so how could they end just because the hosts had left?
So Ouyang Ling waved her hand, telling everyone to eat to their heart's content!
That night, not a single animal in the Sunset Sect escaped their clutches, and it's said that the Great Elder's pet pig was turned into roast suckling pig by Ouyang Ling!
The entire Sunset Sect cried, but the next morning, while everyone was still in a state of confusion, Ouyang Ling found the Sect Master, Zhao Xing.
"Sect Master Zhao, we came from the Grand Sky Sect to help the Sunset Sect, and is this how you treat your guests? It's early morning, and there's not even breakfast prepared for us?"
Upon hearing the word "breakfast," Zhao Xing was so startled that he vomited half a pork knuckle...
Is it that our Sunset Sect didn't prepare breakfast?
Even our Great Elder's pet pig was eaten by you... our Sunset Sect really has nothing left to eat now!
Zhao Xing was vomiting pork knuckles while arranging for people to purchase various ingredients, but the ingredients bought at noon were devoured by the Ouyang Family, leaving nothing behind...
That night, the Sunset Sect urgently purchased a large batch of ingredients, but as soon as they were brought back, Ouyang Ling spoke up.
"Yesterday's hospitality from Sect Master Zhao was greatly appreciated by our Ouyang Family. As the saying goes, courtesy demands reciprocity. Tonight, we'll host another banquet as a token of our gratitude to everyone at the Sunset Sect..."
Zhao Xing was dumbfounded... Well... this gratitude is too heavy, maybe let's not...
But Ouyang Ling didn't give Zhao Xing a chance to respond, directly instructing the exhausted chefs of the Sunset Sect to prepare another banquet.
At this banquet, the head of the Ouyang Family, Ouyang Ming, continued to toast everyone at the Sunset Sect with braised pork, and the Sunset Sect members, who hadn't even finished vomiting yesterday's pork knuckles and cold noodles, didn't last halfway through before being carried out.
On the third day... Ouyang Ling found Zhao Xing early in the morning, stating that after two days of banquets, even the Ouyang Family was feeling overwhelmed, so there absolutely couldn't be another banquet that night.
Upon hearing Ouyang Ling's words, Zhao Xing was so moved that he cried.
But that evening, Ouyang Ling pointed at the Ouyang Family members and said, "Tonight, there's no banquet, so everyone doesn't need to be as restrained as before. You can eat freely..."
Then Zhao Xing watched as the cheering Ouyang Family ate the entire Sunset Sect out of house and home...
That night... all the chefs of the Sunset Sect collectively resigned, with the head chefs saying, "Sect Master, we have families to support, and no amount of money can make us do this job anymore. If we keep at it for two more days, we'll be dead..."
That night, the Great Elder of the Sunset Sect was vomiting braised pork while urgently raising funds... sending all the debts owed to the Grand Sky Sect to Ma Liang's room, begging Ma Liang to leave quickly.
Ma Liang was dumbfounded when he saw the repayment, but just as he was about to agree, Ouyang Ling spoke up, "Great Elder, that's not right... our Ouyang Family came to help the Sunset Sect, not to collect debts. Senior Brother Ma Liang, return this to the Great Elder; we're not in a hurry, and we must properly instruct the Sunset Sect's refining masters!"
Ouyang Ling had a serious expression, making it clear that they weren't leaving!
That night, the Great Elder of the Sunset Sect begged Ouyang Ling for half the night, and finally, Ouyang Ling reluctantly agreed to stay for just one more day of guidance before leaving...
The Great Elder of the Sunset Sect cried himself unconscious outside Ouyang Ling's door, vomiting braised pork...