Ch195 - Punishing Zhang Hao

Edited by Zaki

Soon the remaining half an hour passed, and Song Mo lost without any suspense. Next was Ye Qian’s challenge. There were also a lot of challengers, but Ye Qian won by a hair’s breadth. Ye Fan didn’t have such good luck. After the Third Elder gave the required task, Ye Fan and his ten challengers failed to refine the pill and were directly eliminated from the competition.

In the end, it was Helian Xiaoxiao’s turn. Helian Xiaoxiao had been learning alchemy from her Father since she was a child, so her alchemy skills were still very good, and she won the competition smoothly.

After the matches ended, the Third Elder brought his eight apprentices, plus Jiang Xu, the ten people returned to Pill Peak together.

Walking into the Palace, the Third Elder sat on his chair. Overlooking the nine people below, he ordered, “Kneel down.”

Looking at the Master’s ugly face, no one dared to delay, and hurriedly knelt on the ground.

“Xin’er, stand up. Tell them my rules again.” Looking at Shen Xin, the Third Elder said coldly.

“Yes Master.” In response, Shen Xin stood up and repeated the rules she had said to the Junior Brothers and Sisters when they first entered the Pill Peak Palace. Emphasis was placed on “no one should harm each other”.

Listening to the Senior Sister talking about the rules, Qiao Yu lowered his head and the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously. He couldn’t help thinking,‘Some idiot is going to be unlucky.’

“Zhang Hao, you go back to your dwelling and pack up. I’ve already made a deal with the Ninth Elder, you go to the Ninth Elder tomorrow.” Looking at Zhang Hao kneeling on the ground, the Third Elder said coldly.

Hearing this, Zhang Hao was shocked. “Master, I…”

“You know what you’ve done. I didn’t expose you in public in the square because I was thinking of our Master-disciple relationship for many years, and I didn’t want to embarrass you too much. You can leave. Those who break the rules of my Palace, I won’t keep them by my side.” Looking at Zhang Hao, the Third Elder said ruthlessly.

“Master, this disciple knows he was wrong, this disciple knows he was wrong.” Bowing his head, Zhang Hao hurriedly admitted his mistake.

“No need. Go!” Waving his hand, the Third Elder was unmoved.

“Master, the Fifth Junior Brother was only confused momentarily, please could you forgive him once?” Looking at her Master, Lin Yu hurriedly pleaded for Zhang Hao.

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“Sixth Junior Brother, for the sake of our apprenticeship, you should save the Fifth Junior Brother with a few words.” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Gong Rui also started moral kidnapping and asked Liu Mufeng to intercede for Zhang Hao.

Looking at Zhang Hao, Lin Yu, and Gong Rui, Liu Mufeng sneered. “How can you repay a grudge with virtue?”

“You, you…” Seeing that Liu Mufeng had no intention to intercede for him, Zhang Hao’s face was abnormally distorted.

“Zhang Hao, if you don’t get out of this Peak, I’ll go directly to the Sect Master and report you. I’ll go to the square tomorrow and tell everyone what you’ve done to Mufeng in front of everyone in the sect. I’ll see how you will be then. Let me see how you will have a place in the Lingwu Sect?” Looking at Zhang Hao, Jiang Xu said viciously. A while back, he was still wondering how Song Mo could have tied with Mufeng. It turned out that it was Zhang Hao’s doing. Abominable, really abominable!

“You, you…” Hearing Jiang Xu’s threat, Zhang Hao gritted his teeth, got up and left the hall directly.

“Okay, the competition is over and everyone is tired, let’s go back to rest.” With a wave of his hand, the Third Elder signaled everyone to go back to rest.

“Yes, Master.” Everyone responded. Qiao Yu and the others left. Only Liu Mufeng and Shen Xin did not leave.

Turning his head sideways, the Third Elder looked at Liu Mufeng. “Mufengah, Master knows that it was somewhat unfair to you to handle it this way. However, after all, Zhang Hao has followed me for ten years to learn alchemy. Master doesn’t want to expose him in front of others and make it impossible for him to gain a foothold in the sect.”

“Yes, this disciple understands. This disciple does not blame the Master.” Shaking his head, Liu Mufeng expressed that he was willing to accept the Master’s arrangement. Master did not expose the matter of Zhang Hao’s voice transmission to Song Mo in public, but, Master still gave a punishment in private and expelled Zhang Hao from Pill Peak. This was enough to prove that the Master’s heart was still considerate towards himself. Thinking about this, Liu Mufeng also has nothing to be concerned about.

“En, good if you can understand it.” Nodding, the Third Elder looked at Jiang Xu who was beside him. “XiaoXu, keep this matter quiet.”

“Yes, Senior Uncle.” Jiang Xu was a little reluctant, but he still agreed.

“Sixth Junior Brother, it was Ma Ming who replaced the spiritual plant, and brought Song Mo to deal with you. It seems that he sincerely wants to be your enemy. You and Jiang Xu, you two have to be more careful.” Looking at the two of them, Shen Xin reminded the two people.

“Thank you for the reminder, Senior Sister, we will be careful.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng immediately responded.

“Mufeng, the alchemy competition is over, what are your plans?” Looking at his apprentice, the Third Elder asked.

Hearing this, Liu Mufeng smiled. He directly waved his hand and set up a barrier in the hall.

Seeing Liu Mufeng’s actions, the Third Elder and Shen Xin were slightly stunned. Because they felt that the Palace was absolutely safe, there was no need for Liu Mufeng to do such a thing.

“Master, those four people can’t be trusted anymore. If they hadn’t leaked the information, Ma Ming wouldn’t have known that I chose Song Mo as a challenger, let alone colluded with Zhang Hao in advance to arrange everything for today.” Looking at his Master, Liu Mufeng explained.

Hearing this, the Third Elder couldn’t help but narrow his eyes. “Aren’t they your Cousins? They would betray you too?” At the beginning, the Third Elder was afraid that Elder Ma would put his hand into his Pill Peak, so he found Mufeng’s four Cousins to help out, because he felt that these four Individuals would not betray Mufeng and it would be safer for Mufeng.

“Even Master, Senior Sister andXiaoXu didn’t know who the ten people I had chosen were, only they knew. Only one person knew.” Speaking of this, Liu Mufeng’s face was extremely ugly. He guessed who the culprit was.

“Mufeng, who is it? Who did it? I’ll kill him.” Looking at his partner, Jiang Xu asked anxiously.

Glancing at his lover, Liu Mufeng smiled wryly. “Killing him now will not do us any good, except that it will alert Ma Ming.” After speaking, Liu Mufeng looked at his Master. “Master, this disciple has already made a plan. This disciple plans to takeXiaoXu to the Sword Intent Pagoda in a while.XiaoXu will stay in the Sword Intent Pagoda for two years, and this disciple will go to the Spiritual Cultivation Tower for two years. This way we can avoid Elder Ma and Ma Ming for the time being.”

At Mufeng’s words, the Third Elder nodded. “En, that’s fine. I’m more at ease when you go to the Spiritual Cultivation Tower. That is Elder Tian’s territory. Elder Tian and Elder Ma are mortal enemies, and Elder Ma’s machinations will not be able to reach in.”

“But SIxth Junior Brother, the 200,000 spirit stones compensation from the Spiritual Plant Garden haven’t been delivered yet, right? Also, the Sect Master wants to buy your new pill recipe. If you go to the Spiritual Cultivation Tower, what will you do about these two things?” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Shen Xin asked.

At that, Liu Mufeng put on a flattering expression and turned to his Master, and pleaded softly, “Master.”

“Okay, Master will take care of these two things. But do you have enough spirit stones? If you both go to the training place for two years, you need 500,000 spirit stones, right?” Looking at Liu Mufeng, the Third Elder asked.

“Master, don’t worry, this disciple has enough spirit stones. It’s just enough to go to the two places.” Liu Mufeng assured that he had enough spirit stones.

Upon hearing that, the Third Elder frowned. He took out two hundred thousand spirit stones. “This is 200,000 spirit stones, you andXiaoXu take 100,000 each. Even if you have enough to pay to go to the Sword Intent Pagoda and the Spiritual Cultivation Tower, you can’t go without a single extra spirit stone.”

Seeing the spirit stones that Master handed over, Liu Mufeng reached out and took it. “Thank you Master, these spirit stones are borrowed by this disciple. When the 200,000 spirit stones from the Spiritual Plant Garden are delivered, the Master will take them.”

“No, Master does not need them.” Shaking his head, the Third Elder disagreed.

“Master, I know you don’t need this amount of spirit stones. But, I’m not too young, I can’t always spend your spirit stones, right? This disciple would not be happy.” Looking at his Master, Liu Mufeng said helplessly. Although it was a happy thing to have an old man to chew on, proving that he was already considered as a family member. But Liu Mu Feng did not want to be a rice worm that nibbles on the old grain.

“Okay, okay, Master will listen to you.” At Liu Mufeng’s insistence, the Third Elder nodded and agreed.

Looking at his Master, Liu Mufeng turned to look at his Senior Sister Shen Xin. “Senior Sister, could you please send me andXiaoXu to the Sword Intent Pagoda and Spiritual Cultivation Tower?”

“You are going now?” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Shen Xin was stunned.

“En, but I want to go to the trading area first to buy some demon beast corpses and store them in the storage ring to feed the Spirit Insects, and then sendXiaoXu to the Sword Intent Pagoda, and then I will go to the Spiritual Cultivation Tower.” Looking at Shen Xin, Liu Mufeng said his plan.

“Xin’erand I will send you there together.” Looking at Liu Mufeng, the Third Elder responded.

“Master, this…” Looking at his Master, Liu Mufeng’s eyes reddened with gratitude.

“Needless to say, when you go to the Spiritual Cultivation Tower, you must improve your soul power. Soul power is very important for an alchemist. Therefore, the Spiritual Cultivation Tower is very, very beneficial to you. You can’t just give up just because you can’t bear the pain, understand?” Looking at his apprentice, the Third Elder advised.

“Yes, this disciple will keep it in mind.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng responded affirmatively.

“Uncle, would it hurt him? Isn’t it just sitting in a formation/array to cultivate his soul power?” Looking at the Third Elder, Jiang Xu asked in a puzzled manner.

“No, it’s not cultivation, he will be tempering his soul power. Repeatedly crushing and reshaping the soul power again and again, so as to achieve the purpose of a powerful soul, the process is extremely hard and very difficult for people to tolerate.” The Third Elder replied as he frowned in worry.

“Ah? Mufeng!” He grabbed his man’s arm. Jiang Xu was very reluctant to let his man suffer.

“Don’t worry, there won’t be any danger. It’s just a little bit of pain. I can bear it.” Smiling, Liu Mufeng patted the back of his lover’s hand and comforted his partner softly.

“Then, if you can’t bear it, come out ahead of time.” Looking at his man, Jiang Xu was still a little worried.

“Okay.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng agreed with a smile. Although he agreed with his mouth, he thought to himself: ‘If I can’t stand even the slightest pain and endure hardships, how will I defeat the male protagonist, how will I gain a foothold in the Zunhuang Continent, and protect my beloved Xiao Xu?’