Your Disciple Has a Small Request

Lin Qingzhi's Azure Nether Sword pierced Sima Kuang's chest. Fierce Sword Qi tore through Sima Kuang's meridians, and blood sprayed.

"I never thought that after roaming the jianghu for so many years, I'd be outwitted by a brat like you, out... outwitted..."

Before Sima Kuang died, his eyes widened, and he died with his eyes open.

He had never expected Lin Qingzhi to have reached the Seventh Layer of the Golden Core Realm at such a young age, let alone to have kept his strength hidden all along.

One wrong move on the board was the difference between life and death.

The Ji Kingdom's Rogue Cultivators who had surrounded Sima Kuang all froze, staring at Lin Qingzhi as though he were a monster.

Sima Kuang, a man of countless evil deeds and profound cunning, had died by the sword of an unknown junior.

"I never imagined that you were a hidden expert, young fellow Daoist. My apologies for failing to recognize you!"

Chu Yu, the Ji Kingdom's Great General, was deeply shaken when he saw Sima Kuang killed.

Lin Qingzhi's cultivation was even higher than his own, filling him with respect.

What was more, Lin Qingzhi had attained such cultivation at such a young age. Even if someone beat Chu Yu to death, he would never believe that no peerless expert had guided him.

"So this is your true cultivation, the Seventh Layer of the Golden Core Realm... You really were going easy on me before..."

Chen Yao was also shocked by the true cultivation Lin Qingzhi had displayed.

Rarer still was Lin Qingzhi's temperament.

With cultivation like his, he could easily have defeated her and Xiao Xiangdao at the Shushan Disciple Tournament and claimed first place, yet he had chosen to withdraw halfway through.

Sima Kuang, the strongest cultivator among the eight hundred marauders, had been killed. The remaining marauders were subsequently wiped out by the Ji Kingdom's army and the many Rogue Cultivators.

Watching in secret, Lu Changsheng saw his disciple conceal his strength and kill Sima Kuang with a single sword strike. Knowing there was no suspense left in the battle, he ended the Ten-Thousand-Mile Tracking Technique.

Though the Ten-Thousand-Mile Tracking Technique was profound and allowed one to view scenes ten thousand miles away, it consumed a great deal of Spiritual Qi.

At Lu Changsheng's current realm, he could not maintain it for very long.

"My disciple's tribulation won't appear for another few months. When the time comes, I'll go down the mountain and help him escape it."

Seeing how much Lin Qingzhi had improved during his training, Lu Changsheng was greatly heartened and resumed cultivating the Taiqing Wuji Art.

The Taiqing Wuji Art was profoundly mysterious. Even with Lu Changsheng's Innate Dao Body, its Fifth Layer was still too difficult for him.

"I wonder what realm one must reach to comprehend the Ninth Layer of the Taiqing Wuji Art. Nameless True Person, who created it, was truly an extraordinary man."

Lu Changsheng cultivated in seclusion for three days and three nights, yet only managed to comprehend a small part of the Fifth Layer. He was still a long way from fully comprehending it.

Lu Changsheng opened his eyes. He had already heard Lian's footsteps.

Sure enough, a young girl in training clothes came skipping into the cave abode. She had delicate features, a pair of bright, dewy eyes brimming with life, and two little dimples on her cheeks that made her utterly endearing.

Yet Lu Changsheng frowned slightly when he saw this disciple enter.

This little ancestor was an out-and-out king of destruction.

Three years ago, Lian's cultivation had been low, and she could not stir up much trouble. But as her cultivation improved, she was practically tearing Azure Cloud Peak apart.

Once she reached minor accomplishment of the Martial King Divine Physique, she would probably send all of Shushan's chickens flying and dogs jumping.

"Master, Lian has refined the Spiritual Qi you passed on last time. As you instructed, I've come to receive your Transmission Empowerment~"

Lian sat on a meditation cushion, speaking as she looked around her master's cave abode for any Law Treasures that might be fun to play with.

Last time, Lian had taken Lu Changsheng's Innate Spirit Treasure, the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Sword, out to play. Unable to control its power, she had sliced the top off a small mountain on Azure Cloud Peak with one strike, terrifying the peak's various spirit beasts.

After that, Lu Changsheng had simply put the Nine Heavens Thunder-Controlling Sword into the Dao Palace he had created, lest Lian take it out again and completely destroy the cave abode where he cultivated.

[Ding, you have transmitted 500 days of cultivation to your disciple "Lian." Lian actually received 100 days of cultivation.]

[Ding, you have received a seventyfold disciple-teaching return reward: 7,000 days of cultivation.]

[Ding, you have bestowed the second-grade pill "Detoxification Pill" upon your disciple "Lian." You have received a four-hundredfold disciple-teaching return: fifth-grade pill "Myriad Poisons Immunity Pill."]

[Ding, you have bestowed the high-grade Spirit Artifact "Purple Radiance Battle Garment" upon your disciple "Lian." You have received a three-hundredfold disciple-teaching return: high-grade Houtian Spirit Treasure "Phoenix Feather Qiankun Garment."]

[Ding, remaining Transmission Empowerments for today -1, remaining rewards for today -2.]

As usual, Lu Changsheng gave Lian a Transmission Empowerment and bestowed pills and Law Treasures upon her, fleecing the system.

The battle garment he had given Lian was a Law Treasure for female cultivators, and the return was a higher-grade Law Treasure of the same kind, which was of no use to Lu Changsheng.

Then Lu Changsheng waved his sleeve, and a wooden tub appeared. Inside was Body-Refining Potion made from second-grade pills, third-grade pills, and even fourth-grade pills.

For Lian to reach minor accomplishment of the Martial King Divine Physique, she needed to consume a vast amount of heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Lu Changsheng did not hesitate to use fourth-grade pills to make Body-Refining Potion, and in the future he might even use fifth- or sixth-grade pills.

The more formidable the physique, the more heavenly materials and earthly treasures it required. An ordinary sect really could not afford to support a disciple like Lian.

After Lu Changsheng left, Lian removed her clothes and soaked in the wooden tub, meditating according to the Myriad Forms Body Refining Method. Her flawless, snow-white Martial King Divine Physique absorbed the medicinal power in the tub, reforging her body again and again.

Lu Changsheng went to another part of the cave abode and began cultivating the Nine Dragons Body Refining Method.

While cultivating the Taiqing Wuji Art, Lu Changsheng also refined his body to strengthen his physique.

The Nine Dragons Body Refining Method was a Heaven-Rank Middle-Grade Body-Refining Method. At its highest level, a single punch could carry the strength of nine flood dragons.

Lu Changsheng had an Innate Dao Body, so he focused on cultivating the Dao, with body refinement as a secondary pursuit.

Body refinement had its benefits. If one's physique was as sturdy as an Innate Spirit Treasure, one would not be easily injured even if struck by one.

Three more days passed before Lu Changsheng and Lian finished refining their bodies. They had absorbed nearly all the medicinal power.

"Master, your disciple has a teeny-tiny favor to ask you. Please~?"

Lian shook Lu Changsheng's arm and blinked. Who knew what crafty idea she had come up with this time?

"Speak."

"Lian wants to go down the mountain and play like Senior Brother... No, I mean go down the mountain for training."

"No."

"Then can Lian go play on the other peaks of Shushan? Lian's already tired of staying on Azure Cloud Peak. Please~~ Master~~"

"All right."

"Wonderful! I knew you'd agree, Master! You're so good to Lian~~"

"But you mustn't cause trouble, and you mustn't go to the Rear Mountain. The sect leader and the grand elders have their cave abodes there. If you stir up trouble, even I won't be able to protect you."

"Also, you absolutely mustn't neglect your cultivation because you're too busy playing."

Lu Changsheng looked reluctant on the surface, but inside, he was blooming with joy.

Surely it was better for this tireless little ancestor to go torment the other Shushan elders than to torment Azure Cloud Peak?

"Hee-hee, Lian will remember."

Lian made a face and left the cave abode in high spirits.

"Senior brothers, may fortune be with you..."

Lu Changsheng muttered those words and resumed cultivating the Taiqing Wuji Art.