When Tang Yue finally stepped out of the mountain range near the dwarven royal palace, several dwarves started appearing in front of her one after another.
The fastest among them being the two dwarven ladies Layla and Xyla.
The master blacksmith especially had several big scores to settle with Tang Yue.
Not only had Tang Yue humiliated the woman in front of everyone back at the contest, but she had also severely hampered Xyla's training and smithing business.
So the woman was absolutely furious at this no-name country bumpkin.
As far as she could see, there was nothing even special about her.
She was not some sort of blacksmithing prodigy and she did not even have a high cultivation base.
So what rights did she have to stand face to face with someone like Xyla, a Grandmaster's direct personal disciple???
This girl had conveniently acted like a big shot as long as the elven princes were here and most probably used their influence to get this two month long cultivation time in the stone chamber.
But now that the elven princes had long since returned back to Eldoria, the country bumpkin had absolutely no backing whatsoever and had nowhere to run and hide.
So Xyla was determined to teach the little bitch a lesson today.
But before she could speak, Layla's haughty commanding voice shouted. "Fucking slut. How dare you do such a thing? Who gave you permission to use the stone chamber?"
"Do you know how many people you have inconvenienced?"
Tang Yue didn't really care. Her eyes twinkled with a mysterious charm as she gazed at the dwarves in front of her.
She honestly expected something like this to happen, considering that she had hogged a top cultivation resource for so long.
At most, she had to endure a few harsh words from a few idiots. What was the big deal in that?!
In fact, she didn't even place these idiots in her eyes.
She was rather far more nervous about the heavenly purple flame which was a little bit weaker now.
She was worried that someone might find out about this.
Tang Yue calmly crossed her arms in front of her and mumbled, blowing on her fingernails with an attitude.
After all, she was a Grandmaster's direct disciple now and had to act like it.
"Hmmm… As far as I know, anyone can use the stone chamber as long as they produce the required jade slip. Am I wrong?"
Layla's eyes bulged in anger and surprise seeing her attitude.
Xyla immediately hurried and signaled the princess to stop. She didn't want the woman to ruin her well thought out plan.
"Be that as it may. You have still inconvenienced several people."
"At the least, you should have informed someone before using the stone chamber for so long. Don't you think so?"
Other dwarves standing around them silently nodded. Everyone agreed with what Xyla said.
Tang Yue also nodded with a smile. She could vaguely see where this was going.
Only Layla was fuming. "Why are you treating this idiot with so much respect?"
Even though Tang Yue was now a personal disciple, Layla still didn't care about it.
There were so many direct disciples. Only some of them amounted to something.
Most of them were shooting stars who faded into nothingness.
When compared to that, a princess like her was in much higher standing.
Xyla patted her and continued talking to Tang Yue in a very calm and professional manner.
"Listen, no one is here to bully you and unnecessarily make trouble for you."
"Since you have hindered so many people, the least you can do is to pay us some compensation."
"That's all we are asking. Nothing more and nothing less."
"I am sure you have more cultivation time left in the jade slip."
"How about you hand it over to me? I can distribute to others how I see fit."
"Even though this doesn't come close to all the troubles you have caused, this can still be considered as a decent compensation."
"Yes. Yes. What Master Xyla is saying makes sense."
"All my orders have still not been completed. I have made so much loss."
"You need to give us at least this much to compensate our loss."
Everyone standing around started agreeing with Xyla and demanding Tang Yue for compensation.
In reality, even one hour in the cultivation room was worth much more than whatever losses these people had suffered.
But they still shamelessly tagged along with Xyla and started harassing the young girl.
If it was the real Yana, the poor girl would have been scared out of her wits by now and handed over everything.
But how could dealing with Tang Yue be so easy?
She flashed a big smiled and obediently nodded. "Of course. Everything Master Xyla says makes sense."
"I also don't want any trouble. I am ready to give the necessary compensation."
"But there is one problem. This jade slip is already empty. I have a few at home. If you walk with me, I can give them to you."
The dwarf Xyla immediately revealed a content smile and nodded in reply. Dealing with idiots was indeed simple!
She turned around and casually addressed the angry mob that had surrounded Tang Yue.
"You guys carry on. I can take care of this by myself. No need for everyone to waste their time."
The three women then started walking out.
The others dwarves, however, couldn't help but turn sour. This was such an easy opportunity to get some resources.
But this woman was clearly trying to take it all for herself.
Once she received the jade slips, why would she even bother sharing with others?
And if she didn't share, could they dare question her?
In the end, their freebie was easily stolen by Xyla. They could only sigh and return back empty-handed.
But Layla still ended up following Tang Yue and Xyla.
She not only wanted to rob Tang Yue of her cultivation time, but she also wanted to take the slave and the beast pet from her.
These things were actually not that precious.
It was rather very petty of her to pay attention to such a small matter.
But Layla knew that Tang Yue cared about them and hence she wanted to snatch them from her hands.