The Strongest System - Chapter 135

Chapter 135: The Perfect Plan

p>Even though Tian Yu knew that he had arrived later than expected, he did not have a choice. The pill left behind by Junior Master Lin was simply way too strong.

As an inner sect genius, what sort of pill had Tian Yu not seen before? Just the smell of something would allow him to analyse what sort of pill it was. But yet, he could not figure out what Biggra was.

When Lin Fan arrived in Glory Sect, Tian Yu was not around as he was out in the forbidden grounds expedition.

Furthermore, upon his return to the sect, his cultivation foundation was destroyed. Hence, he was in a state of mental torment. As such, he knew nothing much about the affairs within the sect, let alone the fact that Nameless Peak had been given to someone else by the Grand Master.

Whether or not the pill was poisonous, he could not be bothered. He was just a disabled man. Would anyone still want to take advantage of that?

But after consuming the pill, Tian Yu’s world changed instantaneously. It was as though a fire danced within his body, bringing him close to the breaking point.

As to what happened next, one needed not guess. He displayed the usual habits of one who had consumed Biggra.

Once the effect of the pill was over, he laid crippled on the floor. His mind was clear at this point, without any worries or pains of the past. Just bliss.

Godly pill… This was the only conclusion Tian Yu could reach after consuming it.

“Junior Master, Disciple Tian Yu has decided. I implore you to save me from this abyss I’m in.” Tian Yu knelt on the floor and begged with all his sincerity.

“There, there. Up you go.” Lin Fan stepped forward and assisted Tian Yu up. “You need not beg me for such a matter. Naturally, Yours Truly will have his Junior Disciple recover his cultivation foundation.”

The genius disciple before his eyes, Lin Fan wanted him in for sure.

While his cultivation foundation might have been destroyed, it did not mean that he could never recover. And once he did, he would still be the same genius he was.

Recovery of cultivation foundation is not something that can occur overnight. Now that we’ve refurbished the place, we’ve got many empty houses. I’ll let one of my personal disciples bring you around to pick one.” Lin Fan’s thoughts were simple. As long as he kept him here, he could try his best to cure him. And then, bit by bit, he would slowly dupe this guy in.

Especially now that his cultivation foundation was destroyed. When someone was at his lowest point in his or her life, it was the easiest to trick them!

“Thank you, Junior Master.” Tian Yu nodded his head in gratitude. His only hope was in this man right now. Whether or not he believed in it was another matter, he could only give it a shot.

Rather than to live a life like a dog, he’d rather take the gamble.

Feng Bujue then brought Tian Yu to go pick a house.

“Master, I think the chances of roping him in is pretty low this time round. After all, he’s a genius of the inner sect and has deep ties to Glory Sect. He would definitely not join us that easily.” Zhang Ergou remarked.

Lin Fan smiled silently and nodded his head gently. He stared at Zhang Ergou, “Ergou, remember. There’s nothing impossible in this world, only those that fear the impossible. Even a small seedling can turn into a gigantic tree over time. Now that he is at his weakest moment with no one else acknowledging him, he requires care. Therefore, the two of you need to put in some effort to make it work.”

“Yes, I understand what to do.” Zhang Ergou’s sharp little crafty brain understood his master’s will immediately.

Half a month later…

Tian Yu had been on the Nameless Peak for half a month and had yet to leave the peak. Towards Tian Yu’s disappearance, there was no commotion about it within the sect. Only Zong Hentian was searching up and down for him, but to no avail.

Since there was no end to this matter, Tian Yu just conveniently stayed on the Nameless Peak.

In this period of time, Lin Fan had been focusing on cultivating pills. As expected, it grew harder to level up his pill cultivating skill. It had been stuck at level 19 for a long time, and required just that bit to break through.

But Lin Fan was not hurried. He was definitely going to level up one day with the rate things were going. He was just going to let nature take its course.

Even though Zhang Ergou’s cultivation talent was only that of a lowly servant and was slow in his personal cultivation, with Lin Fan’s continuous help and a large amount of pills as supplements, he was also close to reaching the postcelestial level.

Zhang Ergou and Feng Bujue did not have the system. Therefore, they naturally had to use their own diligent efforts to overcome the huge barrier between precelestial and postcelestial. As to when he could break through, it was only dependant on himself.

Feng Bujue was postcelestial to begin with. And now, his strength had improved tremendously. He was just that bit away from completing the full stage of postcelestial level. And given another month’s time, he could probably break through as well.

As to Tian Yu, he was thoroughly convinced by Lin Fan’s ability to fully recover his cultivation foundation.

Because right now, he could already begin to self-cultivate again. While the process was slow, it was already a tremendous improvement for Tian Yu.

Being able to cultivate was better than being a disabled man.

Zhang Ergou and Feng Bujue remembered their master’s words deep in their hearts. Day by day, they showered Tian Yu with love and care, telling him about their master’s multiple exploits in his life and his gems of wisdom.

This was the ultimate plan that Lin Fan and his two disciples had come up with after countless days of discussions.

And this plan was tailor made for Tian Yu.

Character. Habits. Temper… These aspects all required working on.

As Tian Yu changed in these aspects, they would work on it and drive in the point even further.

But for a plan like this, it could only be created by people who were as free and idle as Lin Fan and his two disciples.

…

Next day, something happened within the outer sect disciples grounds.

Disciples who were out and about doing their own stuff halted to a stop at the amazing sight in front of them.

“Those are Jialan Peak disciples!”

“Wow, gorgeous! Look at the one leading… Damn, her body is so f*cking hot, oh my God!”

“Shh, lower your volume! The female disciples of Jialan Peak are known to have a bad temper!”

“Something’s weird. Jialan Peak disciples do not usually leave their peaks. Now that a large group of them have come down together, is something about to happen?”

“No clue. Let’s just follow behind. Perhaps we’d discover something!”

…

The place where Zhou Yaoyao was bringing her dozens of Junior Sisters to was none other than the Nameless Peak. She was heading there to look for their esteemed Junior Master for assistance.

Looking at the lustful eyes of the surrounding disciples, Zhou Yaoyao showed a face of displeasure and snorted coldly. Hmph. Compared to Junior Master Lin, these guys were complete trash.

“Senior Sister! We’re in for it if Junior Master Lin decides not to help us this time around!” A female disciple said pitifully with tears brimming in her eyes.

“Don’t worry, Junior Master Lin is a kind and generous man. He would definitely not leave us in the lurch!” Zhou Yaoyao replied confidently.

…

Upon discovering the place they were heading to was the Nameless Peak, the outer sect disciples were shocked.

Could it be that Jialan Peak was also there to look for Junior Master Lin to cultivate pills?

Towards Junior Master Lin of the Nameless Peak, they were all filled with the utmost respect. If not for him, none of them would be having such a comfortable life right now.

And who would one look for to cultivate pills these days? Naturally it was Junior Master Lin!

Danding Peak had gone through a thorough reform. Cultivating pills was free from now on, and the efficiency rate had increased by a huge fold. But to these outer sect disciples, even with these conditions, none of them would go to Danding Peak ever again.

It was all because Danding Peak had thoroughly broken their hearts. Furthermore, Junior Master Lin’s pill cultivating speed was second to none. After passing him their ingredients, they could collect the pills immediately the next day. And of course, every time they did so, they could be in for a surprise reward as well.

Also, Junior Master Lin was such an amicable man to be around. His two disciples as well were like brothers and close friends. At times, they could even just hang around for a wonderful chat about anything in the world. Life couldn’t be better there.

As for Danding Peak, they could just scram to one side.

Chapter 136: Small Matter

p>”Mas…master! Not good! There’s a bunch of female disciples rushing up!” Zhang Ergou ran over hurriedly with a look of shock.

Shocking! This was simply way too shocking!

The group of female disciples outside looked so truculent that Zhang Ergou felt his heart leap out upon the sight.

Lin Fan frowned slightly. Female disciples? What female disciples? But upon reaching the Peak’s entrance, Lin Fan smiled happily. To think that his Jialan Peak disciples were here.

“Greetings, Junior Master Lin!” Zhou Yaoyao stepped forth and greeted with a wide smile.

“Greetings, Junior Master Lin!” The rest of the female disciples followed suit.

Zhang Ergou was dumbfounded. To think that his master actually knew so many female disciples! But on second thought, it was even more surprising. Ever since he had entered the sect, he had been by his master’s side. And even on day to day basis, he did not see his master interact much with anyone else!

Weird, this was damn weird. But looking at the bunch of female disciples, Zhang Ergou’s eyes were bedazzled.

The sight was so beautiful that it was a sin. If he could only marry one of them, what a life it would be?

Looking at his Master’s chummy relationship with these junior sisters, and recalling how well his master took care of them, perhaps there’d actually be a chance for an arranged marriage!

“My dear Junior Disciples, what brings you up to Nameless Peak today?” Lin Fan smiled and asked.

“Can’t we come over when we miss our Junior Master?” Zhou Yaoyao commented while pouting.

Lin Fan laughed, “Alright then, let’s sit over there. Since you guys are here, let Yours Truly host you guys nicely.”

Now that the gigantic Nameless Peak only had four occupants, this place did seem a little lonesome.

But with the presence of so many people, everything appeared much livelier.

Zhou Yaoyao knew that the Nameless Peak was once a desolate ground where there were only weeds. But to have it turned into such a majestic place over such a short period of time, she knew that Glory Sect must be backing this place strongly.

Indeed, Junior Master Lin was a man of caliber. For the sect to take such a liking to him in such a short period of time, he was a peerless talent of a man.

But now that they were pressed for time, it was not possible to stay here extendedly. Zhou Yaoyao raised her brow and said flirtingly, “Junior Master Lin, could you do us a favor?”

Just then, Zhou Yaoyao tugged at Lin Fan’s sleeves and stared at him pitifully with those wide, sparkly eyes of hers.

Smiling gently, Lin Fan acted out the most benevolent expression he could muster, “Go on, what’s the issue?”

“Junior Master, could you help us to cultivate some pills? These are all pills that are easy to cultivate, just that we’re pressed for time. We’ve already brought all our ingredients!” Zhou Yaoyao replied.

“Junior Master! Please help us, pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.” At this point, the girls who were behind Zhou Yaoyao encircled Lin Fan, begging him profusely.

Today, the Big Senior Sister of Jialan Peak organized a training quest. This training quest was within the secret grounds of Jialan Peak. While there was nothing truly dangerous inside, the conditions were all but perfect.

To these girls, even though they were not afraid of the secret grounds, they needed certain preparations.

Mosquito Repelling Pills.

But alas, there were not enough Mosquito Repelling Pills within the sect. Thus, some disciples could not be disseminated with them.

Without this pill, they would definitely be free food for the bloodthirsty mosquitoes within the secret grounds.

In the end, for the sake of fairness, Big Senior Sister forbade any of them from bringing any pills within the secret grounds.

And at this crucial moment, Zhou Yaoyao thought of Lin Fan. She could only hope that he would give them a hand.

…

Zhang Ergou stood at one side, admiring his master and sighing gently. Master was such a playboy. If only he could be the one standing there instead.

But unfortunately, he knew that was impossible.

“Alright, alright. Of course, I’ll do it.” To Lin Fan, cultivating pills was the simplest thing ever. And now that a large group of juniors was earnestly seeking his help, how could he not give them any face? How could he disappoint them?

“Junior Master, we only require 30 pills! When can it be done?” Zhou Yaoyao asked after handing the ingredients over to Lin Fan.

The secret grounds training was about to begin real soon, and they needed to hurry back.

“In a jiffy.” Lin Fan smiled. He was about to put on a good show for these junior disciples.

Flipping out his right hand, a flame danced within his palms. Lin Fan threw the ingredients into it.

At this point, Zhou Yaoyao and the female disciples were all dumbfounded. They did not know what sort of skill this was.

Zhang Ergou knew Lin Fan’s intentions well. Now that his great master was cultivating his pills directly in front of a crowd, and even using ‘Pills Through Thought’, he was definitely thinking far ahead.

As the Big Disciple of Saint Devil Sect, how could he not understand his master’s thoughts?

Especially seeing the sight of those dumbstruck junior sisters, Zhang Ergou knew what he had to do.

“Oh! This is…’Pills Through Thought!’ This is the highest level one can attain for cultivating pills! This is the skill which left even our Glory Sect’s Grand Master and multiple Senior Elders agape with astonishment!” Zhang Ergou showed a face of extreme shock and shouted excitedly.

The voice was so loud that all the Jialan Peak disciples could hear it.

Indeed, the voice was powerful indeed. The shocked looks on these Jialan Peak disciples grew even deeper after his explanation.

It was especially so for Zhou Yaoyao. Her idolization of Lin Fan was beyond anything in this world. She had not expected Junior Master Lin to be this strong.

But if one thought that this was it, then one would just be belittling Zhang Ergou’s crafty mind.

“In Glory Sect’s existence since history, there was only one man who had achieved this skill. And that man was the man who brought Glory Sect to its most glorious era, where every other sect would look at us in envy and seek our help for the most exotic pills!” Zhang Ergou exclaimed exuberantly while keenly observing the expressions of the female disciples present.

And Zhang Ergou’s observation skills were nothing to be scoffed at. Anytime he realized something was off, he would change the direction of his bragging.

But the situation today was good. Everything moved according to expectations.

Lin Fan, who was in the midst of cultivating pills, was extremely pleased. Indeed, Ergou had not let him down as the Big Disciple of Saint Devil Sect. He was determined to train this man thoroughly and have him as a worthy right-hand man in the future.

“Junior Disciple Zhou, take out your storage sack and prepare to receive the pills.” Just then, the flames within Lin Fan’s palms danced ever more fervently. From within it, the herbs melted and culminated into the shape of pills.

“Yes!” Zhou Yaoyao was beyond words. She had not expected the process to be this fast. Not even the time for a joss stick to burn had passed.

But under Junior Master’s orders, she dared not dilly dally and immediately took out the storage sack.

“Open it.”

“Yes.” Zhou Yaoyao did not dare to hesitate.

Lin Fan’s right hand shook slightly, and the pills dancing within the flames now flew towards the storage sack one by one.

1 pill.

2 pills.

…

In the end, there were a full 120 pills.

“Many thanks! Junior Master!”

“Four servings for every set of ingredients. Just nice.” Lin Fan noted.

The Jialan Peak disciples could not believe what they just heard. All this while, they had only gotten 1 serving for every set. How did it turn into 4 servings in the hands of Junior Master Lin!

Looking at their once again dumbstruck looks, Zhang Ergou took the chance, “Our Great Master is truly the best in cultivating pills within Glory Sect. Even the Senior Elder of Danding Peak has acknowledged that he can’t match up to our master. Now, getting four servings out of one set of ingredients, this is extremely ordinary.”

Zhang Ergou was like a narrator. Without Lin Fan having to say anything, Zhang Ergou explained everything.

Indeed, the look of the girls towards Lin Fan was no longer one of idolization. It was a frenzy, frenzied like those retarded people who would chase after celebrities.

Lin Fan smiled gently and arranged his sleeves, “Alright then, hurry on back since you guys are in such a hurry. A small matter as such, please do not worry about it.”

Chapter 137: Heaven and Earth Smelt

hen the stunning beauties of Jialan Peak left, Ergou came to Lin Fan’s side, rubbing his hands nervously.

“Master, what do you think of me?” Zhang Ergou asked while giving off a wretched smile.

“Not bad. What’s up?” Lin Fan glanced at him.

“This…this…my…lifetime’s happiness…” Zhang Ergou was embarrassed to say it out. If he were to be direct, wouldn’t it be really embarrassing?

Lin Fan looked at Zhang Ergou helplessly. He understood what this guy was up to. This toad of his was trying to lust after the swans’ meat.

Lin Fan sighed helplessly, “Ergou, you are my most regarded disciple. Furthermore, you will be our sect’s 7th Grand Master. I have great expectations for you. Please do not let me down.”

Initially, Zhang Ergou had only wanted his master to help him by introducing them. If he was lucky, he might even be able to get settled down. But little did he expect his master to say such a thing to him.

“Yes! Don’t worry, master! Ergou will definitely not let you down!” Zhang Ergou’s face turned serious immediately.

He was revigorated by the words of his Master. To think that he was the most regarded disciple, the 7th Grand Master of Saint Devil Sect! These words made Zhang Ergou realize the heavy responsibility that was on his shoulders.

With such high hopes from his master, no matter what, he could not let him down!

Yes. Go on.” Lin Fan waved his hands and headed back towards his house.

Zhang Ergou looked at this master’s back view and nodded his head heavily. Those notions of love he had earlier were tossed to the back of his head. Compared to his master’s acknowledgment, what was love?

With his master’s trust, there was no way he could let him down.

On a certain day…

Lin Fan was within a house specially crafted by the Earth Demons for cultivating pills. He was at work on another high caliber pill requested by Jian Wudi of the outer sect ten geniuses.

“Done.”

‘Ding!’

Within his mind, the furnace opened, and a fragrant aroma exuded. The pill, shining with 3 different colors, fell within his palms.

‘Ding…Congratulations on crafting Earth Upper Graded ‘Three Coloured Godly Pill.’’

‘Ding…Congratulations on leveling up profession ‘Pill Cultivation.’’

‘Ding…Congratulations on profession ‘Pill Cultivation’ reaching level 20. Initiating evolution procedure.’

‘Ding…Congratulations, profession ‘Pill Cultivation’ upgraded to ‘Heaven and Earth Smelt. (0/20)’’

‘Heaven and Earth Smelt: Nothing within Heaven and Earth cannot be smelted.’

Lin Fan leaped with joy. Finally! His pill cultivating skill had evolved! And now that it was Heaven and Earth Smelt, Lin Fan was curious.

Nothing within Heaven and Earth could not be smelted. So, what was so extraordinary about this?

And by the looks of it, this was not the final stage yet. Apparently, it could evolve one more time.

Entering the depths of his mind, he spelt out Heaven and Earth Smelt.

In an instant, Lin Fan’s inner world shook. Within his mind, a large furnace, as tall as the heavens, appeared right before him. Compared to the furnace in the past, this was a much bigger, much grander. The flames burned furiously, as though they would burst out at any moment.

And from it came a rusty scent. It felt like one had returned to an ancient era with it.

…

Lin Fan was ready to give it a test. He had to see what this Heaven and Earth Smelt could do.

In the past, he only needed to place related herbs and stuff within the furnace. He wondered how Heaven and Earth Smelt would work.

He threw a Suyuan pill within the furnace without anything else. The flames continued burning.

In an instant, a gentle light flashed by and the pill shot out from within the furnace.

‘Ding…congratulations on crafting Light Middle Graded Suyuan Pill.’

‘Ding…Congratulations. Experience Points +0’

…

Lin Fan was extremely shocked. The Suyuan Pill he had tossed in was actually just a Light Lower Graded pill. But after smelting within it, to think that the grade had improved. This was shocking!

Furthermore, after evolving to Heaven and Earth Smelt, cultivating normal pills no longer gave experience points. Seemed like it would be more difficult to level the skill up from now on.

But the experiment did not end here. If it was just this, then Heaven and Earth Smelt was not befitting of its name.

Lin Fan tossed the Earth Middle Graded Suyuan Pill within the furnace. Next, he retrieved a sword he had obtained through robbing Ni Mantian in the Cangling Continent, the Intermediate Legendary Sword, Violet Frost Sword.

Lin Fan had never tried the sword on his own. Now that he had arrived at Dongling Continent, he no longer had any use for it. ‘Then, let’s see if anything can be produced by fusing it with a Suyuan Pill.’

‘Fuse…’

Suddenly, the flames within the furnace burnt even brighter. In fact, Lin Fan even saw the Violet Frost Sword melting into a ball of liquid and combining with the Suyuan Pill.

Lin Fan was full of anticipation. He wondered what sort of pill this would bring about.

If a Godly pill could come out of this, he would really be speechless.

Lin Fan knew that this experiment was the first of its kind in the history of pill cultivation. If the pill could truly fuse with the weapon as one, then this would be a new era of cultivating pills.

Just then, the furnace popped open, and a pitch black pill appeared within Lin Fan’s palms.

‘Ding….congratulations on creating Earth Lower graded Sword Will’s Energy Pill.’

‘Sword Will’s Energy Pill: Created by Suyuan Pill absorbing the Will of the Sword.’

This was indeed a new product! And it looked like it was edible!

Will of the Sword…Will of the Sword!

Lin Fan slapped his thigh in realization!

Ni Mantian was one of the senior disciples of the Sword’s Court, with extremely powerful sword techniques. And this sword had been with her for many years. Therefore, it was naturally infused with her own Will of the Sword.

And now that it had fused with this pill in the furnace, naturally the Will of the Sword was present within it as well.

Nothing in this world could not be smelted, even one’s willpower and energy!

Violet Frost Sword was an inanimate object. Therefore, no matter how much one tried, one couldn’t turn it into a pill. But once a weapon had been used by a user, naturally it left traces of the user’s own willpower and cultivation energy.

Lin Fan truly understood the fact at this point.

Seemed like this Heaven and Earth Smelt was pretty decent. But this wasn’t enough, he needed a more thorough experiment.

Tossing the Sword Will’s Energy Pill within the furnace, he took out another upper graded longsword. This sword had once been used by Lin Fan. Therefore, it naturally had his own willpower.

Lin Fan stared at it fixedly.

Suddenly, he frowned. Failed?!

‘Ding…congratulations on failing. This pill is unable to withstand 3 continuous smelts.’

‘F*CK. CONGRATULATING ME FOR FAILING? This…!’

3 continuous smelts?

Seemed like this Light Lower Graded Suyuan pill could only withstand 2 continuous smelts. He wondered if a higher caliber pill would be able to withstand a larger number of smelts.

But by the end of multiple experiments, Lin Fan was totally destroyed.

The number of smeltings allowed was not increased by just the caliber of the pills. Just like Suyuan pill, the most it could go to was 2 times. The 3rd time would definitely be a failure.

Lin Fan wondered if it was because this was the set rule, or that he had yet to discover the requirement to smelt 3 times. Seemed like there was more work to be done.

Chapter 138: I Want To Leave The Sect Grounds

p>A month later…

Lin Fan had been hard at work. ‘Tidal Push’ had now reached 20 folds in strength. ‘Faceless Sky Demon’ and ‘Will of the Sword’ were both at 3rd stage, awaiting completion. ‘Twisting Heaven and Earth’, ‘Black Tiger Steals Heart’ and ‘Deflowering Finger’ though were still at where they were, barely touched in all this while.

Especially ‘Dragon King’s Hegemony’, the skill which increased his power level, it had not grown by even a bit.

Meanwhile, his own cultivation base was the worst. Facing the sea of experience points required, even massively gulping down a lot of pills continuously did not help that much at all.

While the number of pills he took daily could not be considered little, most of them were low graded pills. Even after consuming them, they did not help much with his experience points.

“No, I have to head out to experience more waves.”

The peaceful and idle life was causing Lin Fan to feel uncomfortable, as though he was stagnant.

He was far, really far, from his ultimate goal. And now that he was living so idly within the sect, that furiously burning heart he once had was starting to grow stale.

Waves…waves…

In his life, he did not need the help of the smooth sailing winds. All he needed was tumultuous waves of events. And now that nothing was happening, was he still himself at all?

Postcelestial Level 1 (60,000,000/100,000,000)

This experience points required left Lin Fan speechless.

But, if he could cross the barrier, this barrier of level 1 postcelestial, the experience points required should drop.

And now, within Glory Sect, he was already a highly regarded master. How could he continue milking experience points from his junior disciples. If word were to spread, wouldn’t he just be a laughing stock?

Besides, the world was so big. He ought to head out to experience it for himself.

Lin Fan stood up. Opening his house doors and gazing at the clear blue skies, he made up his mind.

He was going to leave the sect grounds and check out the world outside, bringing up his cultivation base.

“Junior Master.” Just then, Tian Yu exited from his house. Upon seeing Lin Fan, he immediately stepped up and greeted.

During his stay here, Tian Yu had experienced deep care and heartfelt concern. Furthermore, he had established a strong relationship with Zhang Ergou and Feng Bujue.

Especially Zhang Ergou, the two of them were exceptionally chummy.

Tian Yu recognized that Zhang Ergou’s cultivation base was low, and that he had no talent at all. In the past, he would not have even bothered with such a disciple. But upon discovering Zhang Ergou’s care and concern towards himself, it made him recall back to the times when he was just a mere mortal, and the love of brothers in a family.

“Yes. Your cultivation base has reached postcelestial level 1. I doubt it will be long before you will return to your peak.” Lin Fan’s gaze focused at Tian Yu.

In this period of time, Tian Yu’s cultivation foundation had been retrieved by Lin Fan by a huge portion. Furthermore, given that he had a good foundation in the past, his cultivation speed was all the more faster than the rest.

Lin Fan realized that indeed, a talent was a talent.

Even though he had a system, there were pros and cons.

As long as there was sufficient experience, one could level up as many times as they’d like to without the need for a good body or mental foundation. For those of them without the system, as long as they could overcome this obstacle, they could level up.

When comparing the two methods, each had its strengths.

Now, of course, the con of the system would be the leveling aspect. But that was about it. Other than that, everything else surpassed everything within this world.

“It was all because of Junior Master, who granted me a new life. This debt, I will etch it in my heart for the rest of my life.” Tian Yu greeted thankfully.

The longer he spent around Lin Fan, the more he realized about Lin Fan’s mysteriousness.

But what Tian Yu did not know was that within those seemingly godly and omnipotent eyes of his Junior Master was a world of worries. Because, in order to leave a good impression in front of Tian Yu, Lin Fan had to put on his best act every time he saw him. He could not even give himself space to relax lest he let up on his act.

But to Lin Fan, this was all worth it. Based on Zhang Ergou’s frequent reports, Tian Yu’s attitude was gradually changing. As long as Lin Fan persisted, poaching this man from the main sect was not impossible.

“Master, we’re back!” Zhang Ergou and Feng Bujue’s voices rang out from a distance.

On their master’s orders, both of them headed out to scout out some news.

A few days earlier, Lin Fan already had the notion of leaving the sect grounds. So, he first sent these two out to find out more about the current situation within the sect.

“How, is there anything?” Lin Fan asked.

“Yes! I just heard from within the inner sects that the sect is sending inner sect disciples up to the Floating Snow Peaks!” Zhang Ergou replied.

Lin Fan took a glance at Tian Yu. Since he was an inner sect disciple, he should know of the place.

Receiving Junior Master Lin’s gaze, Tian Yu explained, “Junior Master, the Floating Snow Peaks lies within the Sky City. It snows continuously on the Floating Snow Peaks all year long, and is a place where many ferocious beasts gather. The Sky City belongs to all the major sects, and we take turns guarding it against the ferocious beasts.”

Lin Fan nodded understandingly, “So, did you guys find out what’s their intentions of heading up to the peak?”

“Yes! But I don’t know if it’s real or not. It seems like a beast with a cultivation base of a Lesser celestial has appeared. But as for the actual situation, I’m not too sure.” Zhang Ergou answered.

“Junior Master, I suppose our sect has sent people out to slay the beast. While the lesser celestial beast’s body may contain countless treasures, it is also wildly dangerous. Each of the major sects is probably planning to take action as well.” Tian Yu elaborated. He had once taken part in such an operation. Thus, he was clear of what was happening.

“I see. Alright, you guys head back to rest.” Lin Fan waved his hands and headed down the peak.

He was going to head over to the Grand Master and ask for permission to hitch on this ride.

Things like slaying beasts and the likes were Lin Fan’s favorite. Not only were the experience points aplenty, so were the treasures. If he were to stay cooped within the sect, he wondered when he could finally level up.

.

“What’s master up to?” Zhang Ergou shrugged, unable to understand his master’s actions.

“Junior Master should be keen on heading there as well.” Tian Yu remarked as he looked at Lin Fan’s leaving back.

…

Heading down from the Nameless Peak, Lin Fan nodded his head to the outer sect disciples he passed by. These outer sect disciples’ dream now was to be able to enter the Nameless Peak as a disciple.

But, Junior Master Lin had not made any attempts to recruit any disciples. So, while they were anxiously waiting, they could do nothing.

How could they have not seen Nameless Peak’s potential back when they were starting up?

But now, they were the ones on the begging end.

Lin Fan traveled briskly towards the Grand Master’s Great Hall. He was determined to follow the Grand Master down out of the sect grounds.

“Lin Fan requests an audience with the Grand Master.”

“Enter.”

…

Entering the Great Hall, there were a group of Senior Elders gathered as well. Revealing his most charming smile, Lin Fan greeted, “Greetings, my Senior Brothers.”

“Ahh, it’s Junior Brother…”

Calling him Junior Brother did not leave a good taste in their mouths. After all, they were all a bunch of aged old men. Calling a young fella as Junior Brother was kind of weird.

Yet, there was nothing wrong based on seniority. Now that Lin Fan was the master of the Nameless Peak, and had established his own sect, based on position, he was the same as them.

And to regard seniority, those who entered after them were naturally Junior Brothers. Thus, in technical terms, Lin Fan was in no way unworthy of being called Junior Brother.

Looking at Lin Fan, Grand Master Yan revealed a smile, “Yes?”

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“Master, I heard that you chose a few inner sect disciples to head up to the Floating Snow Peaks? I would like to follow as well.”

“No.” Just as Lin Fan had finished his words, the Senior Elders present rejected him immediately.

Now that Lin Fan possessed ‘Pills Through Thought’, he was a darling of the sect. How could they let him take such a risk in the Danger Grounds?

Furthermore, while the other sects might not bear any grudges against Glory Sect…once they discovered that Glory Sect had a disciple who could perform ‘Pills Through Thought’, it was hard to guarantee that they would not try to assassinate him in case he became a threat in the future.

Chapter 139: Difference In Treatment

Lin Fan knew why they did not want to let him go. What else could it be other than the fear of him getting harmed?

Possessing ‘Pills Through Thought’…any sect which had this would definitely care for it beyond anything else. Why would they risk letting him go out? If anything untoward were to happen, it would be a great loss for the sect.

Grand Master Yan did not say anything. He was observing Lin Fan silently.

Lin Fan stepped forward, his face resolute as clasped his fists, “I am very grateful for Grand Master and fellow Senior Elders’ grace for saving me. Hence, I was able to survive and live on from the giant calamity previously. But I’ve been in the sect for countless months, and I’ve yet to contribute anything. Now that the chance has been put before me, I ask for your blessings and hope you may grant me this wish.’

“Junior Brother, that’s not right. You’ve done us great credit in helping the outer sect disciples to cultivate pills. How can you say that you’ve done nothing? Furthermore, the journey out there is fraught with dangers, perhaps even fatal ones. It’s better if you stay within the sect.” Danding Peak’s Senior Elder voiced out.

Lin Fan was relentless. He would not let it go just like this, “A lesser celestial beast is far from ordinary. There’s a huge chance that our disciples heading there would just be slain by it instead. If I was giving them support by cultivating pills for them, perhaps I can even help save more of our disciples. I ask for your blessings in granting me this wish.”

“This…” The Senior Elders looked at Grand Master helplessly. They did not know what else they could say.

While what Lin Fan said was full of righteousness and devotion, he was not wrong. They acknowledged the fact he pointed out that if he were to join the team and cultivate pills from the back…with that godly skill of his, perhaps he might be able to save many disciples.

The expedition this time round was far from ordinary. While there was the aim of killing the lesser celestial beast, the main aim was also to train and toughen up the sect’s disciples.

In the previous forbidden grounds’ expedition, Glory Sect had suffered huge losses. Especially the loss of an inner sect genius was more than enough to let the masses feel disheartened.

While this Junior Brother’s cultivation base might not be that high, his pill cultivation skills were top tier. To the sect, this was invaluable.

Looking at the hesitant faces of the masses, Lin Fan pushed on even more determinedly, “The forbidden grounds expedition has caused our sect great losses. We lost face in front of all the other major sects. For this Floating Snow Peaks expedition, I MUST make use of my pill cultivating skills to let our disciples display even greater ferocity and vitality. The other sects must see Glory Sect’s prowess with their own eyes! I plead for your blessings!”

They were in an even bigger dilemma now. What Lin Fan said now was extremely true as well. Glory Sect did lose face during the last expedition, and became the laughing stock of many sects. Not only did they retrieve nothing from the previous expedition, but they also lost an extremely talented disciple for nothing.

That was an immense loss.

If Lin Fan were to head there with the inner sect disciples, perhaps they could truly regain that face and reputation of Glory Sect.

But it was just that…the more they thought, the more undecided they became.

‘Pills Through Thought’ was a pill cultivating talent which the world had not seen for thousands of years. If they were to lose him by any accident at Floating Snow Peaks, that would be more than just a simple loss of two geniuses in two expeditions.

“Yes, you may go. But you’re not allowed to use ‘Pills Through Thought’ in front of any outsiders.” Grand Master Yan spoke with a twinkle in his eyes.

‘This guy is far from simple. I wonder what’s his motive for fighting so fervently to head out for. But as long as he’s heading out with our sect, I doubt it can be anything bad. Well, on the path of cultivation, naturally one has to be fierce and vigorous. A flower within a greenhouse easily withers. One can definitely not train to be anything great if cooped within comfortable shelters.’ Grand Master Yan thought.

“Master…this…!” The Senior Elders echoed in disbelief. They had not expected the Grand Master to agree.

Lin Fan leaped with joy in his heart, “Don’t worry, master. I will definitely not reveal ‘Pills Through Thought’ in front of any of them.”

“Yes, and also, in the expedition this time round, you are not to make any contact with any of the other sects. Do keep that in mind.” Grand Master Yan warned again.

“Yes.” Lin Fan was happier by the second. He had not expected to convince them this easily.

The Senior Elders present were unable to make a decision initially. Hence, they followed along with the Grand Master’s will.

“Junior Brother, please head up to Danding Peak later on and pick up some medicinal herbs you may require for the expedition, just in case you need them later on.” Danding Peak’s Senior Elder offered.

“Thank you, Senior Brother.” Lin Fan was touched. He had stolen all of Danding Peak’s business back at Nameless Peak, but senior brother was still so generous. One would have to be stonehearted not to be touched.

But to someone of Senior Elder’s generation, it did not matter anymore as to who was stronger or weaker. All they cared about was for the sect to flourish. Even if Danding Peak were to disband, it wouldn’t cause any big difference in the grand picture.

Indeed, one’s perspective of things changed as one progressed upwards in position.

…

After Lin Fan left…

“Master, are you truly allowing him to go along with the inner sect?” Senior Elder Wuya asked questioningly.

“Yes. Ever since he was here, I’ve been observing him from the dark from time to time. While he is cheeky and mischievous, his loyalty to Glory Sect is certain. Since he wants to explore the world outside, I definitely can’t keep him in here just because he has mastered ‘Pills Through Thought’.” Recalling Lin Fan’s various antics on the Nameless Peak, Grand Master Yan heaved a sigh of helplessness as well.

And what amazed Grand Master Yan further was the fact that Lin Fan was actually able to help restructure someone’s cultivation foundation. Now, THAT was pretty unimaginable.

“But what if there’s danger?” Elder Senior of Zhongtian Peak asked.

“Doesn’t matter. I’ve made plans.” Grand Master Yan replied calmly.

“I guess this is good as well. After all, if nothing untoward were to happen, this man would definitely be the leader of Glory Sect for the generation.” Senior Elder Wuya had high regards for Lin Fan.

“Senior Brother Wuya, isn’t that evaluation way too excessive? Within the next generation of inner circle disciples, there are many talented geniuses as well.” Senior Elder Yan Zhanwen laughed.

He did not agree completely with the words of Senior Brother Wuya.

“Junior Brother, just wait and see.” Wuya smiled gently without naming anyone.

All the Senior Elders present laughed heartily. As to who was going to be the next leader, it did not matter to them. They had no personal agendas. As long as Glory Sect was to live through the ages and flourish, that was the best they could hope for.

…

On the way back, Lin Fan hummed happily. This feeling was good, too good. He had not expected everything to go so smoothly. Based on that charisma of his, along with some skillful acting, he bought over those Senior Elders in an instant.

And now, he was heading to the direction of Danding Peak. Since the Senior Elder had already said so, he was free to head up to pick up anything.

Back in the past, he had to do it sneakily and stealthily. But now, he could do it righteously and gloriously. The difference was definitely perceivable.

When Lin Fan reached Danding Peak, those disciples in charge of the outer quarters scrambled as far as they could from him, like rats scurrying back to their nests.

Lin Fan left a deep impression on them. This was a crafty and despicable fellow who caused their outer quarters’ disciples to have no customers left at all.

Nowadays, no disciples would head up to Danding Peak for pills. Even after their Senior Elder’s scoldings and the fact that they stopped charging fees for cultivating pills, the result was the same.

Back then, it was ten sets of ingredients for one serving, but now, it was five for one.

Even more so for lower graded pills, they needed to produce one serving for every two sets.

For the Danding Peak outer quarters disciples, these requirements were way too strict.

Li Shun was the one who had it worst. In the past, he could still cut some slack while cultivating pills. But now, he had to use his utmost attention.

Else, if the pills cultivation failed, he would have to shoulder the blame personally.

…

And all this was caused by that ba*tard from Nameless Peak.

“Senior Brother Li! Not good! The ba*tard from Nameless Peak is here!” Just then, a shout of horror came from outside his house.

Li Shun stood up immediately with eyes opened wide. In fact, they were filled with rage as he stomped his feet and rushed out of the house.

Chapter 140: Yours Truly Shall Unlock Your Potential

p>On the way up, Lin Fan was beaming all the way. All the vengeful looks shot towards him by the Danding Peak disciples were welcomed warmly by him.

But it truly broke his heart. ‘Ah, these young souls are kids blinded by hatred.’

‘But, it was all good. After all, hatred was the greatest form of motivation in this world. Perhaps this hatred might cause them to delve deep within cultivation and reach their pinnacle? And one day, they might come to crush Yours Truly beneath their feet to avenge their hatred today?’

If he could bring these lost sheep back to reality and revitalize their fighting spirit, then everything that had happened previously would all be worth it.

But then again, now that things had come to this, he might as well add on to their hatred. To help these poor boys, he needed to raise the bar higher. In fact, he needed them to show the energy they once had as though they were sucking milk from their mothers. Only then would they truly have the required fighting spirit!

Lin Fan’s expression took a deep change. He raised his chin haughtily and stared above their heads conceitedly. Raising a finger, he pointed at them one by one.

“What are you looking at? What are you staring at? Don’t you see Yours Truly arriving? Where’s my polite welcome!”

Towards these outer quarters disciples of Danding Peak, Lin Fan had already planned his course of action.

Obviously, upon receiving such humiliation, all of the disciples were burning with rage, looking at each another with bloodshot eyes. They swore in their hearts that if they did not crush this man thoroughly under their feet in the future, they could not be considered as humans.

To Lin Fan, this was all fine. In fact, who knew, he might even be able to unlock their hidden potential amongst a few of them with this explosive rage they were feeling.

Lin Fan let loose an arrogant shout. Like thunder striking out across the skies, the eardrums of these disciples were left ringing.

All of them were so scared that they started trembling internally, squinting their eyes tightly.

Not bad, not too bad! This was the effect he was looking for.

With a glance, Lin Fan took in the situation of the surroundings. That was right. This sort of oppression, this sort of overbearingness… This was definitely right!

But of course, Lin Fan was not one who bullied members of the same sect. He had not intended to strike at them or anything of the likes after the shout. Something like that would be bad for the harmonious relationship they now had!

But just as Lin Fan prepared to head to the medicinal fields, something unexpected happened.

To think that these disciples, who were riled up by him, suddenly came scrambling one by one with a respectful yet fearful expression.

“Greetings Junior Master…!”

“Greetings, Junior Master! Greetings!”

….

Wow, fck!

Lin Fan was lost for words. Damn, this wasn’t what he had expected! How could this be? These disciples had way too little self-respect, didn’t they?

Even after his haughty display, they still shamelessly came to greet him? Where was the pride?

Sht man. Over. It’s all over.

Lin Fan sighed helplessly. Danding Peak was pretty much done for their next generation to have no backbone at all.

These disciples were thoroughly terrified by this demon king.

Deeply terrified. So scared that they did not even have the courage to resist anymore.

Not only were his pill cultivating skills incredible, but he was also so darn good at socializing as well. And most importantly, even Danding Peak’s Senior Elder sided with him.

What else could they do? After all, tossing an egg at a rock would only result in the egg being smashed itself.

They might as well give in. ‘If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.’ By sucking up to him, they might even be able to get that bit of advantage to move further in life.

“Junior Master Lin! Is there anything you require of us?”

“We’re very familiar with Danding Peak’s grounds! If you need anything, please let us know! We’ll do it no matter the cost!”

The Danding Peak disciples encircled Lin Fan and ass licked continuously.

Recalling what happened that fateful day, they resisted the urge to cry. The moment they got back, not only were they harshly reprimanded by the Senior Elder, they were taught a lesson.

Even Elder Gu was demoted, and was now just a disciple of the outer quarters.

And all these earth-shattering changes were just brought about by Junior Master Lin in front of them. At the end of the day, all they wanted from Danding Peak was a good backing so that they could have an easier life.

Now that that was impossible, they had to move on.

Now that these guys were showing such respect, Lin Fan could not sustain that arrogant look on his face for much longer.

These guys were his own Junior Disciples! Now that they knew to repent, then one might as well let bygones be bygones.

Softening his face, Lin Fan went on, “Hmm, not bad. Not bad.”

Lin Fan no longer wanted to boost their innate potential. Since they were all sucking up to Yours Truly, then Yours Truly would take good care of these guys. Even if these guys had once gone up to Nameless Peak rudely to pick a fight, one must know that Lin Fan was a magnanimous man.

…

‘BAM!’

Just then, a large sound exploded. One of the doors burst open, and a man rushed out in a huff.

Upon closer inspection, Lin Fan leaped in joy. ‘Ah, it’s Junior Disciple Li Shun!’

At this point, Li Shun’s eyes were bloodshot red, and his rage was beyond the heavens. When he saw all his fellow Danding Peak disciples crowding around and ass licking Lin Fan, he was trembling with fury.

While Li Shun had tons of stuff he wanted to shout out, he did not know how to voice them out. He could only stare at Lin Fan viciously.

In Li Shun’s eyes, this guy was just the biggest foe of his entire life.

These days, Li Shun’s life was, for lack of better words, tragic. Not only did he have nothing left to exploit, but even that beloved servant boy of his had also left him. Recalling the look on the servant boy’s face before he left, Li Shun was filled with reluctance.

And all of it was caused by this man. If not for him, Li Shun would still be the great master of cultivating pills in Danding Peak’s outer quarters!

But Li Shun suppressed the words in his mouth; he did not dare to be impudent. But he still had to give this man the death stare.

Because, this man needed to know how much he hated and begrudged him.

“Senior Brother Li, Junior Master Lin is here!”

“Junior Master Lin! Senior Brother Li must be overly excited and emotional over your appearance that he’s touched to tears!”

…

Listening to the words spewed by his fellow disciples, Li Shun was disillusioned. In fact, he wanted to hurl insults at them. ‘All you bunch of spineless pansies. Who was touched to tears?!?’

“Li Shun, why are you not greeting Junior Master Lin who has especially come over?” The demoted Elder Gu, who was mixing with the disciples, berated Li Shun.

He was also a man who recognized his current situation. Now that it had come to this, he could only hope to make up for his mistakes. At least, that’d give him a chance to one day get back to being an Elder.

Lin Fan laughed. He had not expected Li Shun to be so resolute. Even till now, he was bearing grudges against Yours Truly.

This spirit was definitely invaluable!

Lin Fan stepped forth slightly, but on the other hand, Li Shun retreated slightly, seemingly afraid.

“Ah, so it’s Junior Disciple Li! Let the past be the past. You don’t have to keep your hatred bottled up!” Lin Fan patted Li Shun’s shoulders like an old pal.

Li Shun frowned, not understanding the other party’s intentions of doing so.

The other disciples looked at Junior Master Lin, and a strand of guilt grew within their hearts. They had not expected Junior Master Lin to be such a magnanimous and understanding man to let go of the past!

After all, Li Shun did cross the line. Yet, he did not show a strand of hatred. This tolerance level was worthy of respect.

“What are you up to?” Li Shun stared at Lin Fan warily.

“Ah, Junior Disciple! Do not worry! I was once versed in the art of face reading. Just a quick look today and I realized that you’ve got the face of an unpolished gem, like a talent rarely found in this world!” Lin Fan spouted out his bullshit with a straight face.

His main aim was to conduct an experiment. Now that it had come to this, if he were to follow according to his original plan, that’d be doing himself an injustice.

Li Shun was stunned, his face revealing shock. Talent rarely found?! But then, he grew cautious again.

“Come, Junior Disciple. Let Yours Truly uncover your potential. Hopefully, I ain’t wrong about this.” Lin Fan smiled and patted Li Shun’s shoulders, guiding him back towards his house.

Chapter 141: Zhang Ergou And Feng Bujue’s Collaboration

p>The outer sect disciples of Danding Peak glanced at each other questioningly. Li Shun hated Junior Master Lin as such, yet, he was so magnanimous as to forgive him with his big-heartedness. But why were the two of them entering the house now?

Unless…unless…?

The disciples threw it out of their thoughts immediately. How could they harbor such a dirty thought? If Junior Master Lin knew about it, he’d tear through their skins!

But just as they were panicking, a shocking shriek shot through the skies.

Something happened?

Everyone lost the color in their faces. But just as they were about to head forth to check out what had happened, Lin Fan exited the house.

“‘Hais… A pity you weren’t…” Lin Fan sighed regretfully.

Seemed like it was all wishful thinking on his part. How could so many earth-shattering events happen in such a short period of time in this world?

‘But it must be hard on Junior Disciple Li. To endure such a heavy blow twice in his life. I’m afraid both his physical and mental self must be entirely shattered by now.’

The disciples stared at Junior Master Lin. Recalling the tragic shriek, their faces turned pale, and they retreated a few steps back for fear of being the next pitiful victim.

Lin Fan shook his head gently, then headed forth ahead.

Senior Brother Li had once again received a blow.

At this point, Li Shun felt like the skies had come crashing down. It was all darkness ahead of him. Life…had lost all of its hope. Even though he could claim to already know the pain beforehand, it only served to intensify it.

“Junior Master! Your Junior Disciple me…will never dare to…again…” The grieving Li Shun relented. He would never dare to be impudent in this lifetime again. At first, Junior Master Lin was all well and good upon entering the house with him. But somehow, he gave a ridiculous speech, which Li Shun could not understand at all. And immediately after that…

His leg came flying by like a streak of lightning. At that moment, Li Shun knew he was done for. And indeed, tragedy struck once more.

…

Lin Fan retrieved a number of medicinal herbs from Danding Peak. Even those of average quality, he swept up quite a bit. Looking at those hurtful looks of the disciples, Lin Fan could only laugh. ‘Hehe, I was offered up here by your Senior Elder. Even if you’re hurt, there’s nothing you can do.’

At last, Lin Fan headed back with satisfaction.

Tomorrow was the day he’d head out with the group from the sect. He needed to prepare a few special pills just in case anything unexpected happened.

For the expedition, Lin Fan had already set a goal for himself. It’d be good if he could break through to halfway through postcelestial.

And even better if he could push even further.

…

Night came by, but Nameless Peak was bright with lights lit up in each one of the houses. Even though there was hardly anyone present, the lights hardly made one feel lonely up there.

Lin Fan was hard at work, researching and experimenting on pills that he needed for the expedition.

Zhang Ergou and Feng Bujue brought food and served it within Tian Yu’s house.

Tian Yu had been cultivating day and night for the sake of returning to his pinnacle. But now that the disciples of Junior Master Lin came by, he naturally stopped his cultivation and hosted them warmly.

“Senior Brother Tian Yu, let the three of us drink merrily tonight!” Zhang Ergou laughed heartily as he placed the food down and filled their cups with wine. “I got this today from an outer sect disciple who was well versed in winemaking! This is good wine!”

“Alright then, let’s drink merrily till dawn!” Now that Tian Yu was chummy with the both of them, he was sincere in every single word he said.

Cup after cup, they downed it while conversing buoyantly. Soon, their faces were flushed red with hints of being drunk.

“Take a look, Nameless Peak is getting better and better by the day! Seems like our months of efforts have not gone to waste!” Zhang Ergou commented tipsily.

“That’s right!” Feng Bujue nodded.

While Tian Yu did not feel anything much, he agreed that it was not a small feat for Nameless Peak to come to this point.

“Senior Brother, actually, there are times where I harbored thoughts of returning to the outer sect.” Feng Bujue said silently without changing his expression.

“Head back?” Just then, Zhang Ergou, who was all smiles at first, bore a cold expression, with a slight hint of hostility in his voice.

But Feng Bujue did not realize this, and he continued.

Even though Tian Yu was intoxicated as well, he could sense the change in tension. He wanted to change the topic, but he was too late.

“Yes…back to the outer sect. Wouldn’t it be nice there…crowded and lively…?” Feng Bujue smiled gently.

“Shut up!” Zhang Ergou shot at him with authority as the Big Disciple of Nameless Peak. “Junior Brother, are you wasted to the point of foolishness? How could you say such a thing! If Master were to hear it, wouldn’t he be heartbroken!”

“Junior Brother Zhang, calm down. Junior Brother Feng must just be drunk, that’s all. I’m sure he meant no harm, no harm!” Tian Yu tried his best to resolve this conflict.

These two were on good terms. How could they let such a thing cause a tear in their relationship?

“Senior Brother, that’s where you’re wrong. I’m just saying. But Nameless Peak and Glory Sect are one family, aren’t we? Isn’t it the same wherever we go?” Feng Bujue stopped Tian Yu and said it while facing Zhang Ergou.

‘PIAK!’

At this point, Zhang Ergou’s cup flew to the ground and shattered, with wine spilling everywhere. He said furiously, “Right, Nameless Peak and Glory Sect is the same family! But even then, you can’t say something like that! Have you forgotten how Master helped us up? Back when you were humiliated, Master was the one who picked you back up and salvaged the situation! He brought you back Nameless Peak as a home! Now that you’re fine and good, you harbor thoughts of leaving this place. Do you feel that this place could no longer be fit to be your home?!”

Zhang Ergou grew agitated as he spoke, and nearly came to fists.

“What’s wrong with the both of you! How can you fight just over this? Junior Brother Zhang, you’re in the wrong too. After all, Junior Brother Feng was just saying! And Junior Brother Feng! Why are you talking about this for no reason! Aren’t you just making your Senior Brother Zhang upset?’ Tian Yu pulled the both of them apart. These two were close like brothers who were glued to each other usually. How could they be breaking apart now?

“That’s right, Senior Brother! Wasn’t I just saying? I’m not an ingrate. How could I leave just like that?’

‘Hmph, Senior Brother Tian Yu, YOU be the judge! Master has the gratitude of our lives! Even if we were to return to Glory Sect now, we’d be a disciple amongst the tens of thousands of disciples in the sect without anyone noticing us. But here, Master takes each and every one of us as family with no distinction! Now that he’s thinking of leaving this place when he’s well to do, isn’t that worse than an ungrateful beast?’ Zhang Ergou was outraged, his eyes filled with bloody lines.

“Senior Brother, I was just saying! How can I bear to leave! I owe Master Lin the gratitude of my life! Furthermore, Nameless Peak and Glory Sect are both a family! Whichever I choose, it’s the same. So why not stay at a place where I feel truly happy and at ease? Back here, I have the accompaniment of Senior Brother Zhang and Senior Brother Tian Yu! How could I bear leaving this place? Furthermore, our sect is expanding and growing right now, how can I break Master’s heart by leaving?” Feng Bujue replied heatedly.

“Hmph,” Zhang Ergou snorted coldly, “I no longer have the mood to drink. I’ll take my leave, Senior Brother Tian Yu.”

Looking at his Senior Brother leave in a huff, Feng Bujue hurried along, “Listen to me, Senior Brother…” Before leaving the house, Feng Bujue looked back, “I’ll take my leave first too, Senior Brother Tian Yu.”

“Yes, hurry along and make up with your Senior Brother. Do not quarrel.” Tian Yu replied distractedly. Their heated argument had caused him to be lost in thought.

Tian Yu sat alone in his house and looked at the dishes in front of him. He drank alone. Perhaps, they were right. Even if he were to return to the sect, he’d be one of the tens of thousands of disciples. And now that Junior Master Lin had the kindness to give him a brand new life, if he left just like that after regaining his cultivation foundation, then what sort of a person would he be…

Zhang Ergou’s house…

Both of them were no longer quarreling. Looking each other in the eye, they whispered, “How was I, Senior Brother?”

“Hmm, not too shabby! You’ve improved tremendously this time round.” Zhang Ergou sniggered. The quarrel during dinner was all a farce as well, all for the sake of retaining Senior Brother Tian Yu.

“Hehe, this was the main gist the attack strategy Master had penned down personally. Senior Brother, let’s hurry and take a look at what’s the next step! I’ve got to practice on my own as well, just in case I let slip!” Feng Bujue felt that his performance just now was outstanding. Especially the facial expressions, he definitely got them on point! The only flaw would be that his voice was not convincing enough to pierce through one’s heart.

But now that he could perform like this, he had come a long way.