Refinement

Zhang Chen talked Fox Immortal NanNan into leaving, then returned to the academy. Chaos raged at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain itself had fallen into disorder as well. Within the academy, everyone was anxious and unsettled.

Although Zhou Qiucheng guarded the mountain, the aftershocks still spread up here.

Zhang Chen had no desire to involve himself in these troublesome affairs. He only wanted to cultivate quietly, seize the opportunity to grow stronger, and reap more benefits.

When Zhang Chen arrived in the mountains, he spotted from afar another group of scholars surrounding Shen Qiu, constantly mocking and ridiculing him. Shen Qiu crouched miserably on the ground, his clothes torn to rags, unable to raise his head.

When the Shen Family had been at the height of its power, Shen Qiu had been as proud as he was now destitute. There had never been any shortage in this world of people who kicked a man when he was down, nor of petty villains who looted a burning house.

Zhang Chen withdrew his gaze and did not meddle. Instead, he went straight to the Exquisite Pagoda, where he found Tu Shan Qing gnawing on an apple as he studied the lines and diagrams on a certain mural.

Noticing Zhang Chen enter, Tu Shan Qing hurried over and pulled him aside. "I heard that Yellow Heaven Dao has sent a major figure to investigate Zhang Xiaohua's death. You'd better stay hidden. Don't let Yellow Heaven Dao trace this back to you."

"Only the three of us know what happened inside the Great Tomb. If you don't tell, I don't tell, and Tiger Strength Great Immortal doesn't tell, who would know I killed Zhang Xiaohua?" Zhang Chen replied irritably.

"I heard Yellow Heaven Dao is trying to open the Great Tomb