But He Gave Too Much

"Your disciple used the pretext of sparring to injure many of our disciples at Finger Moon Peak, turning our Finger Moon Peak upside down and leaving countless spirit beasts panic-stricken day and night."

"Your disciple singed my beard—this is a magnificent beard that it took me fifty years to grow."

"Your disciple destroyed the spirit medicine I've cultivated for a hundred years."

"Your disciple scribbled all over this Elder's portrait and likewise injured my disciples."

The assembled Mount Shu elders were filled with righteous indignation.

Lu Changsheng's disciple was simply far too much of a troublemaker.

"Ah, this disciple of mine is overly active and I am quite helpless as well. I only hope you elders and immortals will bear with me."

"Junior Brother Lu, what your disciple is like is your own affair. Even if she were to tear Azure Cloud Peak apart, it would have nothing to do with us at Finger Moon Peak. In the future, keep a tight rein on your disciple and do not allow her to leave Azure Cloud Peak."

Zhao Wuyan knew Lian's identity was special and Lu Changsheng was also his junior brother. Added to the damage Lian had caused, it was not that serious a matter; as long as Lu Changsheng admitted his mistake and properly disciplined his disciple in the future, Zhao Wuyan would let the matter drop.

"That's right, the elders of every peak ought to keep their disciples in line."

"Elder Zhao's words are very true, and we hope Elder Lu will strictly discipline his disciple."

The other Mount Shu elders chimed in one after another.

"Ahem, elders, you speak too hastily. I cannot suppress this disciple's nature, or else she will easily develop inner demons, which would hinder her cultivation. I, Lu Changsheng, will not treat you unfairly, either. These are Fifth-Grade Medicinal Pills, offered as an apology to you elders. I hope you will be understanding in the future."

Lu Changsheng produced a dozen small jade bottles, and inside every single small jade bottle was a tier-five pill.

With a flick of Lu Changsheng's divine sense, these small jade bottles landed in the hands of the various elders.

Fairy Qingru opened her small jade bottle, and the rich medicinal power inside rushed straight to her nose. It was undoubtedly a tier-five pill!

"It truly is a tier-five pill... Only, such compensation is far too generous, and I am unworthy of it..."

"Elder Lu, this, how can this be?"

Originally these Mount Shu elders wanted to loudly berate Lu Changsheng, but he gave truly too much...

So much that these Mount Shu elders actually felt a sense of guilt.

The chaos Lian stirred up was, after all, mere trivial matters that had not caused major destruction to any of the mountain peaks, yet Lu Changsheng had actually sent a tier-five pill to every single elder.

What more could they say?

"This disciple of mine has a playful nature. If the damage she causes in the future exceeds the value of this tier-five pill, I will compensate you all separately."

Lu Changsheng made a lavish display of wealth, using high-grade pills to win over the numerous Mount Shu elders and making the other party indebted to him instead.

"What is Junior Brother Lu saying? From now on, we will simply help look after your little disciple."

"As long as nobody loses their life, everything is fine."

Even Zhao Wuyan's expression softened.

Lian's monstrous talent was known to all. If Mount Shu cultivated her, she would surely be able to protect Mount Shu in the future. Letting her stir up trouble now was not worth mentioning; consider it an investment.

What was more, Lu Changsheng had explicitly stated he could compensate for all losses incurred.

"Then I thank you elders and immortals."

"Junior Brother Lu is simply too good to his disciple. To preserve her nature, he actually doesn't hesitate to use Fifth-Grade Medicinal Pills to compensate us."

"For her to take Junior Brother Lu as her master is truly the immortal affinity of her three lifetimes."

"Junior Brother Lu, farewell."

Having obtained their Fifth-Grade Medicinal Pills, the assembled Mount Shu elders had their anger entirely extinguished. After sighing with emotion, they left in satisfaction.

"Good thing Fifth-Grade Medicinal Pills are nothing much to me."

Lu Changsheng used a few Fifth-Grade Medicinal Pills to befriend the numerous Mount Shu elders. In the future, no matter how much his disciple turned things upside down, the various elders would find it hard to say much.

"Master, Lian is back, so tired."

Looking dirty all over, Lian ran back to Azure Cloud Peak and stretched lazily. The abundant physical strength of the Martial King Divine Physique was finally exhausted.

"Very good."

Lu Changsheng nodded with satisfaction.

The reason he let this disciple run amok everywhere had another very important underlying cause—the more fatigued the Martial King Divine Physique was, the better the effects of the next body-tempering session would be.

It seemed cultivating this disciple really did cost money.

"Go wash your face quickly and change into clean clothes."

"Yes!"

Lian ran off again to wash her face by the stream on Azure Cloud Peak.

The cultivation daily routine of Azure Cloud Peak was simply this uneventful.

Several months later, the Mount Shu team of Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao had already left the Ji Kingdom and arrived at the Chen Kingdom, upholding chivalry and accumulating merit all along the way.

In the Chen Kingdom, at a mountain god temple during a dark and windy night, a Mount Shu disciple at the Golden Core Realm Ninth Layer led a team to encircle and suppress the criminals inside the mountain god temple.

This band of criminals was a group of high-cultivation flower-stealing scoundrels who practiced evil techniques, harmed quite a few respectable women, and were wanted by the Chen Kingdom authorities.

Three of the Mount Shu disciples were at the Golden Core Realm, and another three were at the Qi Condensation Realm. They unleashed flying swords, and sword qi crisscrossed.

There were about a dozen criminals inside the mountain god temple. Suddenly attacked by the Mount Shu team and caught off guard, several of them were quickly killed in battle.

After a bitter battle, apart from one criminal who escaped using the Earth-Escaping Technique, all the rest of the criminals were put to the sword.

"One got away."

"Before escaping, this person was already injured, so he surely won't live long."

"Even if he barely manages to survive, the Chen Kingdom court will hunt him down."

"With the business here concluded, we should return to Mount Shu."

Having dealt with the criminals at the mountain god temple, several Mount Shu disciples gathered around a campfire to discuss the matter of setting off back to Mount Shu.

Through a year of tempering, the several Mount Shu disciples had grown a great deal, not just in cultivation realm, but in worldly experience as well.

Chen Yao sat to one side hugging her knees, chewing on dry rations while using her peripheral vision to size up her junior brother Lin Qingzhi.

Lin Qingzhi was meditating and cultivating, not letting a single opportunity to cultivate slip by.

"This block of wood..."

Eight hundred miles away, at a covert stronghold, the flower-stealing criminal who had escaped was heavily injured, kneeling before a sinister-looking old man: "Master, we disciples were ambushed by a group of rogue cultivators. Apart from me, everyone was killed. I beg Master to avenge us!"

The sinister old man flew into a rage: "Who dares provoke the Hehuan Sect, one of the Four Great Demonic Sects! You really must have grown tired of living!"

"This... this disciple does not know their background either, but the person with the highest cultivation realm among this group of rogue cultivators was only at the Golden Core Realm Ninth Layer."

"Mere Golden Core Realm, and they dare provoke our Hehuan Sect? Notify all disciples to follow me in hunting them down!"

This Hehuan Sect elder's cultivation realm was at the Nascent Soul Realm Second Layer. He was merely an elder with bottom-tier strength within the Hehuan Sect, but the Nascent Soul Realm was ultimately the Nascent Soul Realm, incomparable to a Mount Shu disciple at the Golden Core Realm Ninth Layer.

In his view, bringing dozens of disciples and grand-disciples along to hunt down a few rogue cultivators at the Golden Core Realm and Qi Condensation Realm wouldn't be as easy as taking candy from a baby?

At the Hehuan Sect elder's command, dozens of Hehuan Sect disciples at the Golden Core Realm and Qi Condensation Realm gathered with fierce and malevolent expressions.

Meanwhile, on Azure Cloud Peak in Mount Shu, Lu Changsheng, who was meditating, opened his eyes: "It is time to descend the mountain and help my disciple undergo her tribulation."