Chu Liang returned to Silver Sword Peak and carefully flipped through the Mount Shu Sect rulebook.0

There were only a few paragraphs about the Red Cotton Market and only one clause regarding stall fees. Any vendor who was selling large goods, occupying a huge area, and/or disturbing the usual order of things at the Red Cotton Market would need to pay ten percent of their profits as a stall fee.0

All Chu Liang's fruit tea stall had done was draw a queue of people, so this rule clearly didn't apply to him.0

Regarding fines, a vendor would have all of their profits confiscated as a fine only if they repeatedly refused to pay the stall fee.0

His actions weren't mentioned in that clause either.0

Earlier, Chu Liang hadn't been aware of these rules and had been concerned that those disciples from the Hall of Discipline might seize the opportunity to start a fight, so he hadn't argued with them. However, upon returning and checking through the rulebook, it was evident that their conduct and actions had been unreasonable.3

After analyzing the situation, Chu Liang arrived at a conclusion—he was being bullied. Moreover, he had reasons to suspect that those disciples had been targeting him specifica...0