Nine Bulls and Two Tigers

At the stroke of midnight, the time came, and footsteps approached with a rustling sound.

Eleven treasure hunter Dead Spirits, torn to shreds, appeared before Luo Zhou.

They touched Luo Zhou one by one, and then, as if freed from a great burden, slowly resumed the appearance of treasure hunters from before their deaths.

Luo Zhou watched them, lit three sticks of incense!

The treasure hunters, now liberated, looked at Luo Zhou, filled with gratitude, thanking him, bowing, and paying their respects.

"Congratulations, everyone, on regaining your freedom. Go now, return to reincarnation, and begin a new life!"

The many treasure hunters slowly dispersed, returning to reincarnation!

Luo Zhou let out a long sigh, waiting silently as the ability to reward good and punish evil quietly activated!

"Luo Zhou, sense the plea from the netherworld. A spirit is committing evil, punish it!"

"Punish evil, slay the man-eating crocodile dragon. Good deeds shall be rewarded!"

"Reward good and punish evil complete. Reward!"

In a daze, Luo Zhou felt essence, energy, and spirit slowly flow into his body.

Killing the crocodile dragon yielded the same rewards as killing a Woodworm Devil.

However, it wasn't absolute. If Dead Spirits hadn't been found before killing the crocodile dragon, this reward wouldn't have been granted.

Currently, Luo Zhou had slain five crocodile dragons, but only three had received the punishment reward.

As essence and energy entered his body, Luo Zhou's physique silently evolved once more.

He gained nine more strands of true energy, all of Water Tide Qi, which were infused into his Dantian.

This was the true energy of the crocodile dragons. However, they lacked cultivation methods and relied solely on their life instincts to accumulate it, resulting in a very small amount of true energy.

Now, within Luo Zhou's Dantian, there were twenty-seven strands of Geomagnetic Qi, twenty strands of Water Tide Qi, three strands of Heavy Dust Qi, and one strand of Three Eyes Qi.

Regarding spirit, the crocodile dragon's experiences were meaningless, except for some knowledge of controlling water energy and stealthily hunting prey.

Early in the morning, Luo Zhou awoke.

This day was unlike any other. It was the third day of the sixth lunar month, and tonight, a household was destined to be visited by the Devil of the third day, their doors broken down and their family annihilated.

Upon waking, the first sensation was as if someone was reminding him that only thirty days remained!

Four more Woodworm Devils...

After getting ready, he headed to the Daoist Academy.

Today, Luo Zhou was in high spirits; it was time for another harvest.

When he had free time, he would treat everyone at the Daoist Academy to porridge, all for one purpose: to invite classmates to play a game of chivalry with him.

The other party would pretend to be a villain, bullying classmates, while he would uphold justice.

It seemed like a game, but in reality, he used his classmates to complete the acts of rewarding good and punishing evil, thereby obtaining their spiritual essence.

Through this, Luo Zhou had already obtained twelve spiritual essences, including Dragon-Slaying Thrust, Keen Dharma Eye, Flash of Inspiration, Water Avoidance Technique, Water Control Technique, Consecutive Swift Steps, Rapid Recovery, Light Technique, Listening, Evil Suppression, Flying Pounce, and Insect Control.

Honestly, the most useful among them was Dragon-Slaying Thrust; the others were basically auxiliary spiritual essences.

Consecutive Swift Steps, Rapid Recovery, and Listening had been repeatedly stacked, leading to the evolution of his ability.

There was no helping it. The Xianya Students with truly powerful spiritual essences were mostly in Xianya Class One. The students in Class Three were generally at this level.

However, this was not a major concern. The Ascension Ceremony, held once every five years, was still a year and a half away; he could take his time.

In addition to these, Four Bulls' Strength, Hand of Thought, and Vortex Guard, three powerful spiritual essences, were obtained through genuine acts of rewarding good and punishing evil.

Playing the game of chivalry and activating the reward/punishment system had a core element: the role of the victim, Zuo Sanguang.

The pleas for help in the reward/punishment system had to be heartfelt cries from the soul; otherwise, they were meaningless.

Among the classmates, besides Zuo Sanguang, Luo Zhou had tried many times with others, but none could do it, including himself; he couldn't emit a soul cry.

After Zuo Sanguang cooperated once, he needed to rest for two to three days before he could emit a soul cry again.

Each time, Luo Zhou would secretly give him a shattered spirit as extra compensation.

Arriving at the Daoist Academy, he began a new day of cultivation.

The classmates were very happy to see Luo Zhou arrive, knowing that a bowl of Spirit Grain Porridge was definitely in store for them today.

Zuo Sanguang, with his essence and spirit replenished, chatted and laughed with Luo Zhou. He had recovered over the past two to three days and was ready again today.

Except for five classmates who didn't get along with Luo Zhou, most of the class had their spiritual essence thoroughly "plucked" by Luo Zhou.

In reality, there were only three wealthy families, one aloof individual, and the former school bully, Zhang Quan, who had awakened the talent Raging Bull Strength and enjoyed bullying classmates.

The one who was bullied the most was Zuo Sanguang. Back then, he hadn't awakened his spiritual essence yet and was bullied by Zhang Quan every day.

Coincidentally, Luo Zhou, who had just awakened, heard Zuo Sanguang's soul cry and stepped in to teach Zhang Quan a lesson.

At first, he could only secretly kick him, which counted as punishing evil, but unexpectedly, he obtained Zhang Quan's talent, Raging Bull Strength.

Later, after repeated confrontations with Zhang Quan, a punch also counted as punishing evil, and he gained the strength of one bull.

Luo Zhou accumulated Four Bulls' Strength and then easily crushed Zhang Quan.

During this process, Zuo Sanguang had an epiphany and entered Xianya Hall.

Zhang Quan no longer dared to bully Zuo Sanguang, but he also never drank Luo Zhou's Spirit Grain Porridge.

He couldn't beat Luo Zhou, so he would avoid him from afar whenever Luo Zhou came around.

Huh? Where's Zhang Quan?

Luo Zhou noticed Zhang Quan's absence.

As if sensing Luo Zhou was looking for him, Zuo Sanguang said:

"Zhang Quan? He was just here. Saw you coming and ran off?"

"Can't let him get away, let's go after him!"

Luo Zhou and Zuo Sanguang went to search for Zhang Quan.

"There he is!"

Zuo Sanguang's psychic senses were incredibly powerful, and he sensed Zhang Quan's tracks.

Luo Zhou immediately gave chase, "Don't let him escape today with my Five Bulls' Strength!"

Seeing Luo Zhou, Zhang Quan turned and ran.

The two chased each other, bursting out of the Daoist Academy and into the outside.

Outside the Daoist Academy were many uneven alleys with a complex terrain.

They began their pursuit.

As they chased, Luo Zhou lost sight of Zhang Quan, unsure of his whereabouts.

He wasn't worried. He activated his ability, Listening, and listened intently.

Then he shouted, "Found you!"

Using the ability Flying Pounce, which allowed him to leap freely within three zhang, he immediately jumped onto the courtyard wall of an alley.

He rapidly ran using the ability Continuous Sprint.

Continuous Sprint, obtained from Senior Brother Cui Jian, had evolved after three uses into Continuous Sprint.

He zipped through three alleys, then suddenly leaped down, landing directly in front of the fleeing Zhang Quan.

"Hahaha, Zhang Quan, where do you think you're going!"

"What's wrong? Not fighting me today? Where's your courage? Why did you run? Can you escape?"

At this moment, Luo Zhou seemed like the bad guy bullying his classmate!

Zhang Quan was cornered by Luo Zhou, his face changing drastically, filled with anger, hatred, and unwillingness...

He muttered to himself:

"I've been avoiding you like this!"

"When you came, I hid. I've been avoiding you, running away like this, and you still chase me..."

His emotions gradually turned to sadness and pain...

"So, this is what it feels like to be bullied."

"So, those classmates I used to catch up to, who couldn't escape, felt this kind of pain."

At this moment, the former school bully remembered his past bullying and understood how his victims felt!

He wasn't completely heartless; he still had empathy!

Suddenly, he burst into tears.

This loud cry startled Luo Zhou, making him step back. "He's crying? Did I go too far this time?"

"I'll fight you to the death!"

Zhang Quan, still sobbing, lunged at Luo Zhou.

Luo Zhou reached out. His Four Bulls' Strength completely overpowered Zhang Quan's Raging Bull Strength, subduing him completely.

Zhang Quan closed his eyes, bracing for a beating!

In the previous two fights, he had been severely beaten by Luo Zhou.

To his surprise, Luo Zhou released Zhang Quan, stepped back several paces, and bowed to him.

"I'm sorry, classmate Zhang Quan.

You used to bully others constantly, and I couldn't stand it, so I taught you a lesson each time, hoping you wouldn't bully classmates anymore.

I feel like you're different now.

This time, it wasn't you bullying, but me chasing you. I was the one bullying you.

If you do wrong, you must correct it, so I sincerely apologize to you.

From today on, as long as you don't bully classmates, I will never fight you again."

After speaking, he bowed again.

Then he turned and left, leaving Zhang Quan staring blankly.

As Luo Zhou departed, Zuo Sanguang ran over and was immediately blocked by Zhang Quan.

Zuo Sanguang looked around, couldn't find Luo Zhou, and turned to flee.

To his surprise, Zhang Quan bowed to him:

"Classmate Zuo, I was ignorant before and bullied you for no reason.

Today I understand the pain of being bullied. I was wrong, and I sincerely apologize to you!"

This completely stunned Zuo Sanguang.

Luo Zhou returned to the classroom and found an excuse to treat everyone to porridge.

Naturally, Senior Brother ran errands to buy the porridge. Suddenly, Zhang Quan appeared and said, "Get me a bowl too!"

Then he bowed to all the classmates in the room:

"Before, I was ignorant and bullied everyone for no reason. Now I sincerely apologize to everyone!"

Seeing Zhang Quan's sincere apology, the classmates looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Luo Zhou applauded, and Senior Brother Cui Jian also followed suit, and then applause filled the classroom.

Not far away, in the Dean's office, the Dean of Daoist Academy, Zhao Bochen, nodded slightly, looking very pleased.

After school, Luo Zhou went home. He finished the spiritual porridge and completed the "Heroic Deeds" game.

Meng Junzheng played the villain, and Zuo Sanguang was naturally the victim, cooperating by issuing a mental distress signal.

Back home, he refined two more Dragon-Slaying Thrusts, hiding them in his Eyebrow-Level Staff.

In his Dantian, there were six strands of Geomagnetic Qi, twenty strands of Water Xi energy, three strands of Heavy Dust Qi, and one strand of Three Eyes Qi remaining.

The next time he refines a Dragon-Slaying Thrust, he can only use Water Xi energy.

At midnight, the ability of rewarding good and punishing evil quietly activated!

"Luo Zhou, sensed a spirit committing evil, punish it!"

"Helping classmates and punishing bullies, punishing evil, this is good!"

"Reward good and punish evil completed, reward!"

This was Meng Junzheng's Keen Dharma Eye, obtained from playing the game, used to increase the power of his Keen Dharma Eye.

By repeatedly layering characteristics like this, reaching a certain level would inevitably trigger the evolution, mutation, and enhancement of the ability.

The reward ended, but unexpectedly, in a daze, Luo Zhou seemed to hear countless people cheering!

"Luo Zhou, you changed Zhang Quan's bad habits, cleansed his soul, and thus Zhang Quan defied fate and embarked on a different life. This is great good!"

"Great good, heavy reward!"

Luo Zhou was stunned. In the past, no matter what good deeds he did, or if he killed rogue cultivators, it was always just "good." There had never been a "great good."

And there was no trigger requiring a mental distress signal?

In a daze, Luo Zhou felt a power descend from the heavens and inject itself into his body.

His whole body trembled, and in his daze, he felt countless shouts appearing in his mind!

In the darkness, Luo Zhou saw a wild bull.

The wild bull roared, bellowed, and charged with all its might!

Luo Zhou felt his physical body transform, giving birth to strength.

"Body..."

"Bull, strength..."

Then another wild bull appeared, and another!

"Reward good!"

"Award Nine Bulls' Strength, collect two tigers to obtain Spiritual Power<<<Nine Bulls and Two Tigers!"