Astonishing Everyone! Absolutely Impossible!

"Merit Points function?"

Lin Fan asked inwardly, and his heart immediately leaped with excitement.

This new function was actually for optimizing Daoist arts?

For example, the Five Thunders Spell had already reached the Grand Perfection realm, so Skill Points could no longer raise its level.

But as long as he consumed Merit Points, he could optimize the Five Thunders Spell to an even higher level!

He had a cheat!

A cheat stacked on top of another cheat!

Lin Fan hurriedly asked inwardly, "System, how many Merit Points are needed to optimize the Five Thunders Spell?"

[System Prompt: Optimizing the Five Thunders Spell requires fifty Merit Points!]

"Just enough!"

Lin Fan's eyes lit up. What a coincidence!

The five Black Zombies he had just killed had earned him exactly fifty Merit Points.

Before Lin Fan could think further, a stammering voice pulled him back from his thoughts to reality.

"This... this..."

The corner of Wen Cai's mouth twitched as he finally recovered from the thunder just now.

He stared blankly at the five charred zombies before him, their life force gone, and his face turned pale with fright.

"Thank goodness for Master..."

Qiu Sheng abruptly turned his head, not even having time to say the word "Father."

Before him appeared a familiar face with sharp features, swordlike eyes, and starry brows.

Senior Disciple Brother Lin Fan?!

Qiu Sheng was so astonished that he stood there with his mouth agape, as if the entire world were spinning.

His mouth was so wide open that it seemed capable of swallowing the entire universe.

He and Wen Cai had needed to exert tremendous effort just to deal with one Black Zombie.

Lin Fan was somewhat stronger. He could still handle one Black Zombie, but dealing with two would probably have been beyond him.

Yet now, lying before them were a full five Black Zombies.

Five Black Zombies that had been defeated in an instant.

It was like how, before, an infant could only walk with an unsteady, uncontrollable gait.

Now, after merely a few months, the infant could not only walk steadily but had also learned to run.

And how had he cast that Five Thunders Spell just now?

He had only ever witnessed such fierce and powerful lightning from his master.

"Senior Brother, what happened to Master?"

Wen Cai slowly raised his head, glanced at Qiu Sheng, and asked in a fearful whisper.

Qiu Sheng merely stood there like a wooden chicken, his face filled with terror, without responding.

"We're doomed!"

Seeing this, Wen Cai sensed that something was wrong.

His senior brother had always been brave, yet he had been frightened into this state.

Master must be furious this time. No wonder the Five Thunders Spell just now had been so terrifyingly fierce.

They would definitely be punished this time!

"Master, it's all Qiu Sheng's fault. He..."

Wen Cai hunched his neck and slowly turned around with a bitter expression.

Before he could finish, he suddenly froze!

How could the person before him be Uncle Jiu?

The person standing before him was clearly Senior Disciple Brother Lin Fan!

"This..."

Wen Cai was instantly dumbfounded.

Standing outside the door was none other than Senior Disciple Brother Lin Fan.

How was this possible?!

That Five Thunders Spell just now could absolutely not have been cast by Senior Disciple Brother Lin Fan.

Thinking this, Wen Cai hurriedly craned his neck and searched behind Lin Fan for Uncle Jiu's figure.

"What are you craning your neck around for?"

Lin Fan rolled his eyes at Wen Cai and said irritably.

Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng were useless at everything, yet they were first-rate when it came to causing trouble.

If he had not been cultivating next door, something might have happened tonight.

"Senior Brother, where's Master?"

Wen Cai got to his feet and walked toward Lin Fan, still looking outside.

But outside the room, where was Master?

Lin Fan chuckled. "I've seen people eager to eat, but never anyone eager to be punished."

"S-Senior Brother, you really did it?"

Wen Cai's eyes went wide, filled with disbelief.

His legs felt weak, and his hand unconsciously landed on Lin Fan's shoulder as he looked back at the five charred zombies.

"A ghost did it." Lin Fan slapped Wen Cai's hand away and urged him, "Hurry up and clean everything up."

"Senior Brother, if you'd come any later, we would've turned into vengeful ghosts!"

Hearing this, Wen Cai had no mood to clean anything up.

Feeling aggrieved and shaken, he ran toward his dear brother Lin Fan once more, tears and snot streaming down his face.

There was only one signal in his heart: I'm finally saved. I survived.

Inside the Longevity House.

Outside, Daoist Priest Four-Eyes and Uncle Jiu chatted back and forth.

After all, they were senior and junior brothers who had not seen each other for years. Daoist Priest Four-Eyes only occasionally passed through the mortuary while driving corpses.

"Is your corpse-driving trip especially urgent this time? Why not stay and have another simple meal tomorrow before leaving?"

Daoist Priest Four-Eyes replied, "Senior Brother, don't try to keep me. It's hard-earned money, so the sooner I finish, the sooner I can get paid and be done."

Suddenly, several streams of corpse aura stirred!

The two exchanged a glance and said in unison, "This is bad!"

"The Longevity House!"

Uncle Jiu tossed out those words and turned to rush toward the Longevity House!

"I told Wen Cai to settle the zombies properly. How did the corpse aura suddenly become agitated?"

Daoist Priest Four-Eyes followed Uncle Jiu and raced toward the Longevity House at full speed.

"Stop talking nonsense. With Wen Cai's pitiful skills, forget five zombies—even one would be enough to tear him apart!"

Uncle Jiu's expression was solemn. He waved his hand and stopped speaking.

The two could be seen speeding across the courtyard.

Suddenly, a powerful aura of thunder erupted ahead.

Inside the room, five Black Zombies lay in all directions, their life force already gone.

Their corpses looked as if they were about to explode, and their clothes had been torn to shreds.

"What happened?"

Uncle Jiu frowned and asked.

Timid Wen Cai hid to one side, afraid that his master would swallow him whole, and could not force out a single word.

"We're finished, finished. This time, not even scraps are left. All the money's gone."

Daoist Priest Four-Eyes felt his heart bleed as he looked at the several Black Zombies.

Suddenly, something flashed through his mind, and he sensed that something was strange!

That wasn't right!

With just Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng, those two fools, forget five Black Zombies—even one would have been difficult!

Lin Fan was better, but there was no way he could have dealt with five Black Zombies.

Not to mention, the Black Zombies before them had clearly been killed by lightning!

"Who else was here just now?"

Uncle Jiu slowly stepped forward and swept his gaze around, his expression solemn.

Someone else had definitely been here!

But... why had that person disappeared immediately after saving them?

"Who?"

Qiu Sheng was stunned when he heard this, unable to react for a moment.

Daoist Priest Four-Eyes chuckled. "Qiu Sheng, you're usually pretty brave. How did you get muddled now?"

"No, Martial Uncle, what do you mean, muddled?"

Qiu Sheng wore an exasperated expression and replied irritably.

Daoist Priest Four-Eyes pursed his lips. "With the three of you, all you could do was shout 'Master, save us!' like you did just now. Who dealt with these zombies?"

"This..."

Only then did Qiu Sheng realize that his master and martial uncle thought someone else had saved them all!

He helplessly smiled bitterly and looked toward Senior Disciple Brother Lin Fan.

"Why are you looking at Lin Fan? I'm asking you!"

Uncle Jiu frowned and urged him impatiently.

Qiu Sheng spread his hands. "There's no one else. Master, Senior Disciple Brother saved us."

"What?!" Daoist Priest Four-Eyes froze for a moment, then shook his hand with a laugh. "Impossible. Stop fooling around."

"Qiu Sheng, if you keep spouting nonsense, Master is going to teach you a lesson!"

Uncle Jiu's face darkened as he stared fixedly at Qiu Sheng and said sternly.

"No, Master..." Qiu Sheng felt a headache coming on and said helplessly, "It really was Senior Disciple Brother. Why would I lie to you?"

"This..."

Seeing Qiu Sheng's expression, Daoist Priest Four-Eyes could not help believing him halfway.

He turned his head toward Lin Fan, feeling that something was strange.

Had Lin Fan really dealt with these five Black Zombies alone?

Impossible!

Lin Fan had always been diligent and hardworking, and he was intelligent as well.

But his talent in cultivating Daoism was truly average.

Even if he had improved rapidly during this period, there was absolutely no way he could have reached this level!

"Lin Fan, you did all this?"

Uncle Jiu asked suspiciously.

"Master, it was me."

Hearing this, Lin Fan finally came out of his deep thoughts and hurriedly nodded.

He did not care at all about whether it counted as killing or not. The system had just unlocked a new function!

Let's wrap this up quickly. I need to try out the new feature and go upgrade!