Trouble Comes Calling

Upon seeing that there was another excellent Cultivation Room, Lin Ming immediately decided that this would be his Cultivation Room for the day. At the same time, Lin Ming thought to himself, "My luck is pretty good after all."

Arriving Cultivation Room, Lin Ming stepped inside, then closed the door, and the Restriction on the Cultivation Room automatically activated.

Upon entering the Cultivation Room, Lin Ming found the energy level significantly higher than in the outer corridor, which pleased him greatly.

With a good mood, Lin Ming arrived at the Black Stone Platform in the center of the Cultivation Room, took out the Fire Crystal Card from his Storage Ring, and inserted it into the groove on the stone platform.

The moment the crimson Fire Crystal Card was inserted into the Black Stone Platform, the number on it immediately decreased by five points. This made Lin Ming click his tongue in amazement.

However, as the leader of the Medicine Clan, Lin Ming was not lacking in fire energy, so after simply sighing, he sat cross-legged and began to cultivate.

"Thump~"

Lin Ming, who had just sat cross-legged and was about to enter his cultivation, was startled by the loud noise coming from the heavy Iron Gate of the Cultivation Room.

Opening his eyes, Lin Ming heard the Iron Gate of the Cultivation Room still rattling loudly. In his current state, it was impossible to continue cultivating. He got up, went behind the door, and opened it.

A man stood outside the Cultivation Room.

At that moment, the man saw the door to the Cultivation Room open, a mocking smile playing on his lips.

Upon seeing Lin Ming, the man feigned surprise and exclaimed, "Oh! Isn't this Gang Leader of the Medicine Gang? My apologies for not recognizing him sooner!"

After the man finished speaking, he even pretended to politely clasp his hands in a fist and palm salute to Lin Ming.

The man in front of him wore a white Dragon Pattern badge on his chest. Lin Ming recognized the badge; it was the emblem of the White Dragon Gang of the Inner Academy. Lin Ming vaguely remembered that the man's name was Xu Ke.

The White Dragon Gang is one of the major powers in the Inner Academy. In the past, the White Dragon Gang was the weakest of these major powers.

However, with the recent graduation of Senior Brother Lin Ming, the White Dragon Gang has now surpassed the Medicine Gang in terms of high-level combat power, making the Medicine Gang the current dominant force at the bottom.

The current Gang Leader of the White Dragon Gang is Bai Wei, who possesses the cultivation of Seven-Star Dou Spirit and ranks ninth on the Strong Ranking.

The Gang Leader of the White Dragon Gang is a guy named Bai Long. Two years ago, Bai Long graduated from the Inner Academy study period.

When Bai Long was still in the Inner Academy, he was ranked as high as fifth on the Strong Ranking. This ranking was the same as that of Lin Ming Shilin, Xu Shilin's Strong Ranking brother who had already graduated.

Lin Ming's senior brother, Xu Shilin, took the fifth place on the Strong Ranking after defeating Bai Long.

Back then, Bai Long relied on his status as the fifth Strong Ranking, believing that the Alchemist of the Medicine Gang Clan were just a bunch of guys who only knew how to refine medicine, possessing a large amount of Fire Energy Points but lacking the strength to match them.

So much so that Bai Long, for some reason, acted impulsively and came to the Medicine Gang to cause trouble, claiming that the pills he bought from the Medicine Gang had caused him serious aftereffects, and demanded a staggering 10,000 Fire Energy Points Medicine Gang compensation.

Bai Long even threatened that if the Medicine Gang didn't compensate them with 10,000 Fire Energy Points, their business would probably be unable to continue.

Bai Long's actions were a blatant slap in the face to the Medicine Gang. As the leader of the Medicine Gang at the time, Xu Shilin certainly couldn't let Bai Long continue to be arrogant, so Xu Shilin took action immediately.

Bai Long was overjoyed to see Xu Shilin make a move. In Bai Long's mind, once he defeated the Medicine Gang leader, wouldn't he get the Fire Energy Points? At that time, the income would probably be more than 10,000 Fire Energy Points.

Bai Long, who was extremely confident in his own strength, immediately fought back when he saw Xu Shilin attacking, and the battle between the two sides was about to break out.

As expected, the battle ended after only a few exchanges.

The time it ended was within many people's expectations, but the outcome of this battle exceeded the expectations of the vast majority.

Most people expected that Xu Shilin, the leader of the Medicine Gang, would be utterly defeated by Bai Long, who was ranked fifth on the power rankings. However, the actual result was that Bai Long, ranked fifth on the power rankings, was at a disadvantage throughout the battle. After only a few moves, Bai Long was decisively defeated by Xu Shilin.

Xu Shilin's formidable combat power exceeded everyone's expectations. After defeating Bai Long, Bai Long's fifth-place ranking on the power list officially changed hands to Xu Shilin.

Alchemist are a proud bunch, so their decision to provoke Bai Long of the Medicine Gang was certainly not something as simple as just losing a Strong Ranking.

Bai Long, who had stormed into the Medicine Gang, flew out of the Medicine Gang's main gate. Xu Shilin kicked him out of the Medicine Gang.

From then on, the Medicine Gang stopped selling its pills to anyone in the White Dragon Gang, which led many members to leave the White Dragon Gang at the time.

From this point onward, the White Dragon Gang became the weakest of the major powers within the Inner Academy.

Of course, with loss comes gain. The White Dragon Gang and the Medicine Gang were at odds, which led those in the Inner Academy who harbored grudges against the Medicine Gang to choose to join the White Dragon Gang. As a result, from then on, the White Dragon Gang and the Medicine Gang were mortal enemies.

The feud between the White Dragon Gang and the Medicine Gang dates back to the previous generation of gang leaders. The current leader of the White Dragon Gang, Bai Wei, is the cousin of the previous leader, Bai Long. As Xu Shilin's junior brother, Lin Ming inherited the feud between the Medicine Gang and the White Dragon Gang when he became the leader of the Medicine Gang.

In recent years, under the suppression of the Medicine Gang, the White Dragon Gang has almost fallen out of the ranks of the dominant gangs in the Inner Academy.

The White Dragon Gang has endured for several years, finally waiting for Xu Shilin to graduate and leave school. Now, the strongest member of the Medicine Gang is Wang Sheng, who is at the fifth level of the 5-Star Dou Spirit.

Wang Sheng is ranked twenty-eighth on the power rankings, while Bai Wei, the leader of the White Dragon Gang, is ranked ninth. The difference between the two is not small.

The fact that the White Dragon Gang was able to cause trouble for the Medicine Gang more than a month after Xu Shilin graduated is probably largely due to Lin Ming becoming Tier 5 Alchemist.

After news of Lin Ming's Tier 5 Alchemist spread, quite a few people came to visit him. If the White Dragon Gang were to launch Medicine Gang at this time, they would be overwhelmed.

Having endured for several years, the White Dragon Gang chose to continue to bear it for a while longer. Now, however, the White Dragon Gang felt that the time was almost up, so they sent someone to test and provoke Lin Ming.

Of course, disturbing others' cultivation without reason within the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower would also incur punishment from the academy. However, what Xu Ke said next allowed him to perfectly escape the fact that he had forcibly disturbed others' cultivation.

Xu Ke smiled slyly and said, "Gang Leader Lin, only those with a cultivation level of Dou Ling can cultivate in the Cultivation Room on the Fifth Floor. For Gang Leader Lin, with your cultivation level of Da Dou Shi, to come to the Fifth Floor to cultivate is extremely dangerous. If anything were to happen, it would be a loss for the entire Inner Academy. I, Xu Ke, will never allow such a thing to happen. Therefore, I urge Gang Leader Lin to leave the Fifth Floor immediately and cultivate on the upper floors."

The White Dragon Gang's main concern is Lin Ming, Tier 5 Alchemist. Today, when Xu Ke entered the Fifth Floor of Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to cultivate, he discovered Lin Ming searching for his Cultivation Room, which led to this incident of disturbing Lin Ming's cultivation.

For Xu Ke Hark, this was a golden opportunity. He was advising Lin Ming out of good intentions and in accordance with the academy's rules. This approach would both annoy Lin Ming and allow him to maintain his own standing.

Lin Ming is the Gang Leader of the Medicine Gang and Xu Shilin's junior brother. If Xu Shilin left any Trump Card for the Medicine Gang, they would be with Lin Ming.

In Xu Ke's mind, if Lin Ming had Trump Card left by Xu Shilin, then he was now standing on the high ground of the academy's rules, and even if Lin Ming used his Trump Card, he wouldn't dare to do anything to him.

If Lin Ming is forced to leave the Cultivation Room, it would mean that the Medicine Gang probably has no Trump Card.

Now, let's observe the reactions of all parties. If there's no significant reaction, then the White Dragon Gang will have to repay the Medicine Gang with double the amount they suffered from targeting in the past few years.

On the Fifth Floor of Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, Xu Ke's forceful knocking and deliberately loud voice attracted many people who were originally going into seclusion to cultivate, and they all gathered around to watch.

In his previous life, Lin Ming deeply disliked those who used their moral high ground to engage in moral blackmail. He never imagined that even after transmigrating to the Dou Qi Continent, he would still encounter such a situation.

Being forcibly disturbed from his cultivation by knocking on the door already annoyed Lin Ming, and now being disgusted by Xu Ke's insistence on upholding the academy's rules only fueled Lin Ming's anger.

Lin Ming had a guess about Xu Ke's intentions, so Lin Ming angrily said, "Get out now, and I can pretend this never happened."

"Everyone, come quick! The leader of the Medicine Gang has broken the academy rules and now he wants to beat someone up!" Xu Ke feigned fear.

Watching Xu Ke's ridiculous performance, Lin Ming knew that this man was there to disgust him.

Although Lin Ming doesn't cause trouble, he will absolutely not be lenient with those who try to step on him.

"Xu Ke, is it! You say I broke the academy's rules. I, Lin Ming, entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower only after being checked by the deacon before entering the Fifth Floor to cultivate. So, you're saying the deacon is incompetent?" Lin Ming will teach this kind of person who tries to use the rules to disgust others what it means to reap what you sow.

"Lin Ming, stop your nonsense. Who knows if you used some trick to deceive the steward and get you to come down here?" Lin Ming's words enraged Xu Ke.

Offending a steward in the Inner Academy is no joke; it could lead to trouble later. This caused Xu Ke to lose his earlier nonchalant demeanor.

"So, according to you, your White Dragon Gang and you, Xu Ke, are even more powerful than the academy? The deacon couldn't see through my trick, but you could?" Now it was Lin Ming's turn to retaliate.