’As if what you just did wasn’t ruthless enough, you old bastard!’ Yi Chen thought with anger while tightly clenching his jaw.

However, despite what was going on in his mind, he made sure not to let it reflect on his face as he gasped heavily for air, only recovering after almost a minute had passed.

"How long are you planning to keep me waiting?" Yi Chen immediately felt an invisible force on his body, making him lose control of his body as it started rising above the ground the next moment.

Fearing that Bai Tianhe was about to smash his figure on the ground, he immediately exclaimed while flailing his arms and legs, "I’ll answer! Senior, I’ll answer, so please forgive me!"

"Hmph!" Bai Tianhe snorted as the force pulling Yi Chen above vanished the next moment, making him land on his fours.

"My patience is running thin, brat. This is the last chance you’ll get. Tell me, why do you still think that they are being exploited?"

’Fuck this shit!’ he exclaimed in his mind.

If both keeping quiet and letting his mind out would result in his death, then he might as well go out with a bang.

"You say it’s not exploitation? That the children should be glad? Laughable! It sounds as if the Violet Heaven House is doing a favour upon them, but the reality is far different..." Yi Chen exclaimed with irritation apparent in his voice.

Naturally, Bai Tianhe’s expression wasn’t any good when he heard those words, but instead of killing him like an insect the very next moment, he muttered in frustration, "Stop beating around the bush and answer the damn question."

Seeing that he was still alive, Yi Chen couldn’t help but become even braver and, with a voice much louder than earlier, said, "If the parents can’t afford the tablets for their children, then isn’t that the Violet Heaven House’s responsibility to ensure that they are provided to the children for free? But no! Instead, they chose to exploit even them to get as much of that medicinal powder as possible.

While I have no idea what they are using that powder for, I sure as fact know that if they weren’t making any money out of it, then they would have long ended this act of helping the needy." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Gritting his teeth, Yi Chen continued, "Yes, they transport food and water, yes they’ve built a protective array, but for hundreds of years aren’t they charging four times the cost of items just because they have access to transportation arrays while others don’t??

What little they have spent would have long recovered by now, and they would be amassing wealth, but they still act like a saint? If I were in their position, I would have long banned children from working."

Yi Chen finished his words while glaring towards Bai Tianhe, prepared to face whatever consequences that came his way.

"...How foolish." Bai Tianhe snorted in response and waved his arm powerfully, making his robes ruffle uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Yi Chen tightly pressed his eyes while clenching his teeth.

"I’m done for..."

However, to his surprise, even after two seconds had passed, his body was still intact, and no pain seemed to come his way.

’Was the strike so powerful that it ended up giving me a painless death?’ Yi Chen couldn’t help but think to himself while his entire being was submerged in darkness.

"How long are you planning to keep your eyes closed now?" Bai Tianhe’s voice immediately made him open his eyes the next moment.

AH!

He exclaimed in fright, seeing that his body was floating several meters above the ground. Like a fish out of water, he flailed his limbs like there was no tomorrow, only for another irritated comment to ring in his ears.

"If you don’t stop doing that nonsense, then I’ll drop you straight down the next moment."

Hearing those words, Yi Chen’s actions immediately came to a pause, and it was also at that instant that he noticed Bai Tianhe’s figure that was floating in the sky beside him.

"Look down and tell me what you see," Bai Tianhe said the next moment, prompting Yi Chen to look downwards.

A series of thatched houses appeared in front of his eyes, with many people moving around at the gaps between these houses.

Many wore torn clothes, and the houses were not in good condition.

As his eyes focused on a spot, his height kept descending as the area became clearer to him.

Piles of sickly-looking bodies were seen gathered on one side by him, life no longer coursing through them. His focus was immediately attracted by a crying voice of a young man that was dragging something behind him...it was a similar body.

"...This?" Yi Chen frowned the moment he saw this scene.

Seeing the changes in his expression, Bai Tianhe snapped his fingers and the next moment they had arrived inside one of the thatched houses.

A ten-year-old kid who was covered in black dust suddenly rushed inside the house.

"Look, mother! I earned four tablets today!" he exclaimed while looking down at the ground where a frail body was lying.

"Ji Chen..." the mother, who had only one leg, ruffled her child’s hair lovingly as he took out a yellow tablet from the bottle and placed it in her mouth.

"Tell me, do you still want to ban them from working? Do you think it’s only the Brown Flu that people suffer from? Along with accidents, many also suffer from various diseases and defects in their lives, making it impossible for them to earn the tablets by themselves.

If children are banned from working, tell me, do you think children like him would still be able to carry a smile on their faces? Do you think that they would still be able to meet their family members? Talking nonsense is easier, but when you try to think things through, it doesn’t make sense, now does it?"

Bai Tianhe said while turning towards Yi Chen. Even though his words were loud, the child and his mother didn’t react at all. It was as if they were invisible and inaudible.

As for Yi Chen, already learning from his previous experience, he no longer controlled his thoughts and let them out as plainly as he could.

"As I’ve already said earlier, the Violet Heaven House should provide the tablets for free to those who are in need of it. Since when did working a child to exhaustion just because he or she could get a few tablets to not only survive themselves but also help their family out become something to be proud of?

It only shows how selfish the Violet Heaven House is, exploiting as many people as they can while their pockets are being filled to the brim because of them."

"This..." a momentary frown appeared on Bai Tianhe’s forehead upon hearing Yi Chen’s words.

’Since when did it become something to be proud of...’ it was indeed a question he had never pondered over much before.

However, as for the rest of his words, they were totally gibberish, and he made sure to let Yi Chen know.

The next second, a yellow tablet appeared in Bai Tianhe’s hand as he said while showing it to Yi Chen.

"You keep saying that the Violet Heaven House is raking enormous money because of the high prices they charge on other items, but do you have any idea just how expensive these yellow tablets are?

Not to mention the enormous amount of funds that were invested in the research of this tablet; if we just take the cost of the materials it takes to create these yellow tablets, that would push the price of just one of these tablets to almost a hundred high-grade spirit stones!

Knowing clearly that normal citizens would be unable to afford these tablets, they slashed its price to fractions!

When even one high-grade spirit stone fails to meet the cost of materials used to create the yellow tablet, the Violet Heaven House decided to provide not one but ten yellow tablets at just one low-grade spirit stone.

It’s because of the high prices they demand for other goods that they are barely able to make up their losses...but still a foolish rascal like you dares to point your finger at such a great family? Tell me, do you still think that they have been amassing their wealth all this while?!"

As Bai Tianhe finished his words, he once again waved his arm in anger, and the two of them were back at the park.

"...I don’t," Yi Chen answered before Bai Tianhe could shout at him to respond and continued, "I was in the wrong..."

It was only now he had come to know about the entire story, and if that was really the case, then everything really made sense.

’To think they would be so selfless...’ He couldn’t help but think about the Violet Heaven House. Now that he knew more about how the tablets were made, his earlier opinions of them began to fade.

At the same time, his worry regarding what Bai Tianhe was going to do to him next kept flashing in his mind.

However, his worries didn’t come to fruition.

"The Violet Heaven House is the perfect example of how a great family should lead. Their selfless contributions are admired by millions and are not something a brat like you can question. Remember to keep that dirty mouth of yours shut from now on..."

Bai Tianhe glared at Yi Chen for a couple of seconds before finally turning to leave.

’Just that...’ Yi Chen couldn’t help but widen his eyes.

’So, he did all this just because he could lecture me in the end?? This crazy old bastard...’ Yi Chen couldn’t help but momentarily grit his teeth when he saw the old man’s slouched back.

This anger lasted only for a moment and was soon replaced with relief. His life was no longer at risk...or so he thought, as just then a mission panel popped up.