Lightning Strike Wood Coffin, Group Pet Chen Changsheng

Qingfeng could not help rolling his eyes at Chen Changsheng's "patience." "This isn't a matter of being slow or not. You never planned to reach Foundation Establishment in the first place, did you?"

"Others prolong the Qi Refining stage to lay a solid foundation, but none of them drag it out for ten whole years like you."

"And though you're at Qi Refining Level 9, you can't even beat an Outer Sect Disciple at Qi Refining Level 7."

"Just what are you trying to do?!"

Faced with Senior Brother Qingfeng's heartfelt anguish, Chen Changsheng smiled faintly. "Cultivating the Dao is simply cultivating the Dao. Why must there be so many purposes?"

"Besides, when it comes to fighting, having you, Senior Brother, is enough. One more of me makes no difference; one less of me changes nothing."

"Senior Brother, please stop making things difficult for me."

With that, Chen Changsheng turned, ready to burrow back into the piles of books.

But Qingfeng, standing beside him, would not let him have his way. He seized Chen Changsheng by the collar and lifted him up.

"Chen Changsheng, quit trying to muddle through this. Reaching Foundation Establishment was personally ordered by Master."

"You'll break through whether you want to or not."

"The Boundless Secret Realm is about to open. Master personally secured you a spot. You won't be getting away this time."

With that, Qingfeng dragged the helpless-looking Chen Changsheng out of the Scripture Pavilion.

Supreme Clarity Temple's main hall.

An elderly man with the bearing of an immortal stood in the hall.

The ten Inner Sect Disciples of Supreme Clarity Temple stood properly on either side, while Chen Changsheng stood at the very end of the line.

After a long while, the old man spoke. "Chang Sheng, how many years have you been in Supreme Clarity Temple?"

Hearing his master call on him directly, Chen Changsheng immediately cupped his hands. "Reporting to Master, this disciple has been in the temple for ten years."

The old man nodded at those words.

"Ten years ago, our patriarch happened to emerge from seclusion, and you happened to pass by Supreme Clarity Temple."

"Out of the vast sea of people, Patriarch chose you at a single glance."

"At the time, Patriarch brought you directly to Supreme Clarity Temple, said that you were fated with the Dao, and even bestowed upon you the status of an Inner Sect Disciple."

As he spoke, the old man slowly walked toward Chen Changsheng, then lightly rested his right hand on Chen Changsheng's shoulder.

"Ah!"

"Master, my bones are going to break! Go easy!"

Faced with the old man's immense strength, Chen Changsheng struggled without cease.

Yet with his feeble strength, how could he possibly escape the restraint of the Supreme Clarity Temple Master, a Nascent Soul Immortal?

At that moment, the Nascent Soul Immortal's expression became somewhat twisted as well.

The Nascent Soul Immortal forced out a smile and said through gritted teeth, "Whether you are fated with the Dao, your master does not dare draw a rash conclusion."

"But can you explain to your master why that piece of Lightning-Struck Jujube Wood on the Back Mountain, which had been sitting there for three hundred years, became a coffin?"

At those words, the corners of Chen Changsheng's nine senior brothers' mouths all twitched.

Within Supreme Clarity Temple, Master doted on this little junior brother more than anyone.

For the other brothers, there might have been places in Supreme Clarity Temple where they were not allowed to come and go freely.

But for their little junior brother, no such restrictions existed.

So long as it was within the grounds of Supreme Clarity Temple, little junior brother could go wherever he pleased.

Even Patriarch's secluded cultivation grounds were open to him as if they were his own backyard.

Yet no one had expected little junior brother to dare lay hands on Master's most treasured possession.

That piece of Lightning-Struck Jujube Wood on the Back Mountain had been snatched by Master from a Great Demon at Golden Core Completion three hundred years ago.

For the sake of that Lightning Strike Wood, Master had spent a full thirty years in seclusion recovering from his injuries.

Normally, disciples of Supreme Clarity Temple were not merely forbidden from touching it—they were not even qualified to look at it.

And now little junior brother had actually used the Lightning Strike Wood to make a coffin. This was truly audacity that reached the heavens!

"Master, little junior brother truly did not do it on purpose. Please forgive him this once!"

Qingfeng stepped forward to plead for Chen Changsheng, and the other senior brothers also began pleading one after another.

"Didn't do it on purpose?"

"I only gave him the route through the outer arrays. I never told him the route through the Core Array."

"Three years ago, that Lightning Strike Wood was still sitting there perfectly fine. But when I went to look yesterday, it had become an excellent coffin."

"I am very curious what sort of unintentional act could silently break through my Grand Formation and turn the Lightning Strike Wood inside into a coffin."

As he spoke, the Nascent Soul Immortal turned his gaze toward Chen Changsheng once more.

Under his master's gaze, Chen Changsheng was clearly somewhat guilty.

"Master, that piece of Lightning Strike Wood has been sitting there for a very long time."

"Though such material is rare and can only be encountered by chance, at Master's current realm, it is somewhat tasteless."

Listening to Chen Changsheng's sophistry, the Nascent Soul Immortal released Chen Changsheng's shoulder and instead seized his ear.

Though the Nascent Soul Immortal spoke harshly, he still cherished this disciple deeply in his heart.

Among the Inner Sect Disciples, Chen Changsheng was the weakest and had the lowest realm.

If he accidentally used too much force, would he not crush the boy's shoulder?

"Whether that thing is useful to me or not, do I need you to teach me?"

"I kept that Lightning Strike Wood to carve the Three Pure Ones Patriarchs."

"When outsiders enter Supreme Clarity Temple and see those majestic statues of the Three Pure Ones Patriarchs, they will surely come to revere our Daoist sect."

"Now that the Lightning Strike Wood is gone, tell me what we are supposed to do about this."

Hearing that, Chen Changsheng immediately shrank his head back, freeing his ear from the Nascent Soul Immortal's "demonic claws."

Then Chen Changsheng pointed at the Clay Sculpture of the Three Pure Ones in the hall. "The Dao lies in people's hearts. Clay sculptures of the Three Pure Ones are enough. If we wish others to understand our Daoist sect, why rely on external things?"

With that, Chen Changsheng took out a writing brush and walked straight outside the hall.

Watching Chen Changsheng's actions, the Nascent Soul Immortal was somewhat at a loss.

By convention, as long as this brat obediently admitted his mistake and the other disciples pleaded for him a little, he could simply go with the flow and let him off.

But now that the boy had pulled this stunt, he was rather unaccustomed to it!

Before long, the Nascent Soul Immortal and Chen Changsheng's nine senior brothers came outside.

Chen Changsheng used Spiritual Power to smooth over the Couplet outside the main hall. Then his brush moved like a dragon and snake, and Twenty-Two Characters in Iron Hook and Silver Stroke appeared before everyone's eyes.

"A crooked heart burns endless incense, yet gains not a speck of benefit."

"Stand upright and just; before me, why fear if you do not bow?"

"Excellent!"

Looking at the Couplet Chen Changsheng had written, Qingfeng could not help praising him. "Little junior brother truly is fated with the Dao. These twenty-two characters fully display the splendor of our Daoist sect."

Faced with Qingfeng's praise, Chen Changsheng merely smiled and said nothing.

Meanwhile, the Nascent Soul Immortal at the side said coldly, "Your comprehension is passable, but your strength is worthless as dog shit."

"I'll put the matter of the Lightning Strike Wood aside for now. If you fail to reach Foundation Establishment in the Boundless Secret Realm, watch your legs."

"Now get the hell out of here. The sight of you irritates me."

Seeing that their master had still not calmed down, the senior brothers immediately took Chen Changsheng and left.

After Chen Changsheng was gone, the Nascent Soul Immortal carefully pondered the Couplet before him.