Chapter 25

"Get out! Get out of here, you scum! When did I ever let you in? I’m banning you from the Alchemy Hall for three months!" Mo Liusheng roared, his eyes blazing with flames.

Xiao Chunfeng’s smile grew even wider…

Not bad, not bad at all. Just as expected, the Dean is indeed furious…

"Did you hear that, scum? How could the Dean be so easily deceived by you? Get out now! Or I’ll throw you out myself!" Xiao Chunfeng looked at Shen Lang, his face beaming with joy as he began to roll up his sleeves.

"I’m talking to you, Xiao Chunfeng! Get out of here, now!" Mo Liusheng, barely restraining the urge to slap him, repeated in a cold, icy tone.

Xiao Chunfeng was stunned, his mind unable to process what was happening.

This doesn’t make sense. Why is he telling me to leave? This is completely illogical…

Shouldn’t the scum Shen Lang be the one to get out?

Xiao Chunfeng turned his head and saw that the "scum" was now looking at him with a pitying, yet friendly smile.

"Get two people to drag him out! I don’t want to see him for the next three months!" Mo Liusheng said with another cold snort.

At that moment, two people from the group outside the door hurried over, one on each side, and began to drag Xiao Chunfeng away.

Only then did Xiao Chunfeng realize that he was indeed the one being scolded.

But why was he being scolded?

This doesn’t make sense… Shen Lang is definitely a scum, that’s absolutely true!

Moreover, the Shen family has no connections at Tayan Academy, otherwise, Shen Lang wouldn’t have been doing so poorly all these years.

When he woke up earlier, the other students said that Shen Lang was receiving personal instruction from the Dean…

Thinking about the humiliation of being knocked out, and the fact that a genius student like himself had never received one-on-one instruction from the Dean, he immediately went mad!

Shen Lang must have used something or some words to deceive the Dean!

If he could just barge in and expose Shen Lang as a scum, and reveal his deception, and tell the Dean about being knocked out, Shen Lang would definitely be disgraced and severely punished!

He might even be expelled!

After all, the Dean hates being deceived the most, and for a scum to hit someone in his class is a challenge to the Dean’s dignity…

Why can’t I understand what’s happening now?

I’ve never seen the Dean so furious… and the target of his anger is me, Xiao Chunfeng!

And it seems to be for the sake of this scum…

Before Xiao Chunfeng could even reach the door, he heard Mo Liusheng say, "Young man, don’t mind this idiot. If he dares to point fingers at you again, I’ll kick him out of Tayan Academy! Even his grandfather can’t save him!"

"Y-Young man… calm down…" Xiao Chunfeng rolled his eyes and fainted.

The group at the door all chuckled at his state.

Although they didn’t know if Shen Lang had succeeded, they knew the general situation. However, Xiao Chunfeng was indeed very annoying. He was too arrogant, seeing everyone around him as scum, and had offended many people.

So when he woke up and asked what was going on, someone casually mentioned that a certain Shen Lang, who might have some powerful backing, was now receiving personal instruction from the Dean…

Before the words were even finished, he kicked open the door and barged in.

It’s as if he’s choosing the path to hell when the path to heaven is right in front of him…

Heaven’s will can be forgiven, but self-inflicted disaster cannot be lived with.

"Everything is done. I’ll leave first. We’ll talk about other things later." Shen Lang didn’t even glance at Xiao Chunfeng as he said this.

Mo Liusheng, knowing that Shen Lang had something to do, didn’t try to keep him. He just said a few kind words and instructed him to come directly to him if he needed anything, then let him go.

...

Night fell quietly, the moonlight casting a hazy, silvery glow over everything.

In the dark forest, a massive Push Mountain Beast, resembling a large water buffalo, was slowly walking. Its bloodthirsty eyes scanned the surrounding jungle vigilantly, and its sharp tusks gleamed with a cold, menacing light.

This Level 2 Push Mountain Beast, similar to a wild boar, had thick, tough skin and immense strength. It could also use the Stone Skin technique, making its defense extremely strong.

If there was any weakness, it was its low intelligence.

Just as the Push Mountain Beast returned to its den and was about to enter the cave...

"Puff!" With a muffled sound, the withered leaves nearby suddenly shot into the sky, and a black shadow whirled toward the Push Mountain Beast like a tornado.

"Ao!"

Startled by the sudden attack, the Push Mountain Beast quickly turned around, letting out a scream filled with fear and threat.

As it screamed, a thick layer of rock immediately enveloped its body, tightly wrapping it.

However, the speed of the approaching figure was too fast. Before the Push Mountain Beast could fully react, a fist, carrying a fierce and powerful force, rapidly grew larger in its eyes and then struck its head with a heavy blow!

"Ao!"

Amidst the flying debris, the Push Mountain Beast’s massive body was pushed back several meters. This time, its scream was one of pain.

"Puff puff!"

Two muffled sounds came from the Push Mountain Beast’s mouth, and under the moonlight, two earth-colored spikes shot out from its mouth, heading straight for the person who had just attacked.

A few electric arcs appeared around the figure, surrounding him and making him glow. The electric light illuminated his face, revealing it to be Shen Lang, who had just left Tayan Academy.

Shen Lang didn’t retreat but advanced, smashing the incoming spikes with a punch and then closing in on the Push Mountain Beast again.

Seeing that its attack was ineffective, the low-intelligence Push Mountain Beast realized the danger and quickly turned to run.

"Now you want to run? It’s too late." Shen Lang sneered, lifted his foot, and stomped the ground.

"Bang!"

Dust flew up as a pale blue light appeared on his foot. A sound like an explosion echoed as his foot made contact with the ground.

His figure shot forward like an arrow, catching up to the Push Mountain Beast in an instant. He leaped over the beast, spun in the air, and delivered a powerful punch, infused with violent lightning, to the beast’s head.

"Boom!"

The Push Mountain Beast’s speed came to an abrupt stop. With a loud explosion, the thick layer of rock on its body shattered, and a mix of blood and brain matter spewed out. The massive beast fell to the ground, its limbs still twitching.

Shen Lang drew his long knife and made a cut in the beast’s heart, then quickly took out two small jade bottles to collect the spouting blood. After filling the bottles, he sealed them and put them away.

For more powerful martial artists, Level 2 beasts were between the Force Martial Realm and the Qi Martial Realm, without any spirit crystals. Their meat wasn’t particularly delicious, and their only valuable part was their tough skin, which could be used to make inner armor.

However, many large families liked to hunt these beasts for food, to be consumed by their disciples. Although not as effective as spiritual pills, these beasts, when used as food over a long period, were beneficial for cultivation.

At least, they were much better than the simple meals of smaller families or poor martial artists.

Therefore, most disciples of large families, regardless of their talent, were generally physically stronger than those from smaller families.

Shen Lang clearly didn’t plan to take the Push Mountain Beast back to eat, but he was different from before. Now, his mind was a treasure trove of knowledge.

One of the formulas in his mind required the blood of a Push Mountain Beast.

He had already collected all the other materials on his journey.

"Too weak..." Shen Lang frowned and shook his head, talking to himself.

He looked at his fist, which was wrapped in lightning, and seemed to lose himself in thought.

"A Level 2 adult Push Mountain Beast is roughly equivalent to a Qi Martial Realm 1st Tier. Without using the Lightning Control Technique, I couldn’t break through its defense... What exactly makes the Celestial Pulse Sacred Body so strong? How can I awaken my bloodline? Once Madman and the others sell the Spirit Gathering Token, I’ll have some spirit stones. Then I can refine some body-strengthening elixirs to stimulate my body and see if I can awaken the Celestial Pulse Sacred Body."

Unable to figure it out, he stopped thinking about it and sat down near the Push Mountain Beast’s corpse, starting a campfire and setting up a small array.

He then took out various bottles and jars and began refining elixirs.

After about half an hour of steady work, the light from the array dimmed, and a half-foot-long glass tube in his hand was filled with a strange elixir.

The elixir was a rainbow of colors, making it quite visually appealing.

However, seeing such colors, most people would never dare to drink it.

The key was that this elixir was meant to be drunk.

"Giant Elixir, not bad. Compared to refining the Spirit Gathering Token, this is less tedious and more valuable. This tube should fetch around 100,000 to 80,000 gold coins. When I go back, I’ll refine a few more bottles. I must be bored to come all the way out here to do this." Shen Lang muttered to himself.

He didn’t know the market value of the Giant Elixir. If he knew that one tube could fetch at least a million gold coins, he wouldn’t have said he was bored.

The Giant Elixir was very difficult to refine, and its effect was simple and direct: within a minute of drinking it, a martial artist’s strength would increase by at least ten times!

Although the effect lasted only about twelve minutes, the sudden increase in strength could often turn the tide of battle and save lives.

Imagine a martial artist in danger, drinking the Giant Elixir and then experiencing a surge in strength...

Thus, the value of this elixir was immense. If it appeared on the market, it would definitely cause a frenzy among the major families.

However, the Giant Elixir was ineffective for martial artists at the Xuanwu Realm and above.

Shen Lang’s current cultivation was far from the Xuanwu Realm, but he didn’t really need this elixir.

The secret technique "Burst" he used in the Red Jade Tomb was not much different in terms of strength increase. "Burst" could be used multiple times in a short period, as long as his physical strength could handle it.

Not only that, but "Burst" lasted longer and had no terrifying side effects like the Giant Elixir.

Shen Lang put away the elixir, looked around with his long knife, and realized he was at the edge of the Phoenix Mountain Range, about sixty miles from Tayan Academy, in a place called Black Wind Ridge.

To find higher-level beasts, he would need to go deeper into the mountains.

The nearby beasts were no match for him, and killing them offered no challenge, making it quite boring.

At that moment, the entire forest was silent, but the slightly oppressive atmosphere indicated that a storm was about to come.

"Screech!"

Suddenly, a sharp, piercing scream and a cry of alarm made Shen Lang stop in his tracks.

He held the Tian Shui Blade and ran like a wolf in the direction of the sound.

After running for about a mile, he stood on a hillside and looked down, his brows furrowing and a killing intent appearing on his face.

Below, on the road, three men and two women were surrounded by a large group of ragged people. Not far from these people, many bodies lay scattered, all with their chests ripped open and their blood drained...

The scene was too gruesome to bear.

From their clothing, it was clear that the bodies were those of ordinary mountain villagers or hunters.

"Corpse Fiends!" Shen Lang’s grip on his knife tightened subconsciously.