Waste Pill Repository, Here I Come!

Lu Chen had not expected Manager Pang to accuse him of putting laxatives in everyone's food.

Of course, Manager Pang had guessed right.

He had done it.

But he had been very careful at the time. Absolutely no one had seen him add the potent stuff to the bone broth.

"Lu Chen, was it you?"

The other menial disciples immediately surrounded him in fury.

"He was the only one who was fine. It had to be him!"

Wu Dalong stepped forward and shouted.

He had cooked the rice and simmered the soup that night. Now that something had gone wrong, he naturally dumped the blame on poor Lu Chen at the first opportunity to protect himself.

"That's right, Lu Chen, you piece of trash! You actually dared put laxatives in our food. You're utterly detestable."

"Lu Chen, Lu Chen, you're too despicable. You actually wanted to use such underhanded means to win the contest so you wouldn't have to guard the Waste Pill Repository."

"Yes, yes, yes, that must be it. Lu Chen is trash, with only Qi Refining, First Layer cultivation. He's the weakest among us. If he didn't use such methods, how could he possibly knock Senior Brother Liu Heizi down with one punch?"

Everyone accused Lu Chen, believing that he knew his cultivation was at the bottom and had resorted to such despicable means to win the contest so he would not have to guard the Waste Pill Repository.

"Lu Chen, you're the only one with a motive to put laxatives in everyone's food. What else do you have to say?"

Manager Pang stared coldly at Lu Chen.

Lu Chen was just about to deny it.

But then another thought struck him. Wasn't he supposed to replace Hou Dahai and guard the Waste Pill Repository?

What a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity.

How could he let it slip away?

"Manager Pang, if I said I didn't do it, you definitely wouldn't believe me. Since that's the case, if you say I did it, then let's just say I did."

Lu Chen did not directly admit it.

"Good, good, good. You don't want to guard the Waste Pill Repository, do you? You drugged us with laxatives, did you? Then I'll make you guard the Waste Pill Repository. Right now, this instant, pack up your bedding and get the hell over there to replace Hou Dahai."

Manager Pang did not care about any of that.

He wanted to seize this chance to drive Lu Chen off to guard the Waste Pill Repository.

With Lu Chen's Qi Refining, First Layer cultivation, if he went to guard the Waste Pill Repository, Pill Poison would invade his body within half a month, and he would die on the spot.

That would also put Lu Chen to death.

This way, he would not need to hire anyone to kill Lu Chen.

He could complete the task handed down from above and save a few Low-Grade Spirit Stones as well.

He truly was too clever.

"That's right, Lu Chen, you piece of trash. Get the hell over to guard the Waste Pill Repository."

Everyone was furious.

Lu Chen looked coldly at their ugly faces.

Just to avoid guarding the Waste Pill Repository themselves, they did not care in the slightest whether he lived or died.

This was the cruel reality for disciples at the bottom of the cultivation world.

"No, Manager Pang, perhaps there's something wrong with the ingredients. It might not have been Lu Chen who drugged us. We can't falsely accuse someone!"

Zhou Dazhuang suddenly stepped forward and said.

"What, do you want to guard the Waste Pill Repository too?"

Manager Pang glared furiously at Zhou Dazhuang.

"This..."

Zhou Dazhuang looked at Lu Chen, then helplessly retreated.

Lu Chen had not expected someone to speak up for him, someone unlike the others, so cold and heartless.

"Lu Chen, why aren't you packing your things and getting the hell to the Waste Pill Repository?"

Manager Pang shouted harshly.

Lu Chen's gaze swept across their faces.

On the surface, he put on an act of anger, grievance, helplessness, and unwillingness.

But inwardly, he was overjoyed.

He was dying to guard the Waste Pill Repository.

In these people's eyes, the Waste Pill Repository, filled everywhere with Pill Poison, was practically a death trap. If someone stayed inside for too long, even with antidote pills, their body would gradually be eroded by Pill Poison.

No one wanted to guard the Waste Pill Repository.

Manager Pang thought he was sending Lu Chen down a dead end, never imagining that he was sending Lu Chen onto the road to becoming powerful.

To Lu Chen, the Waste Pill Repository was a treasure vault after treasure vault.

Lu Chen glared fiercely at Manager Pang.

"What, not convinced? Feeling wronged? Angry? It's useless. If I tell you to get the hell to the Waste Pill Repository, then you get the hell to the Waste Pill Repository. Understand?"

Manager Pang looked at Lu Chen smugly.

A little trash at Qi Refining, First Layer—wasn't he easy for me to handle?

"Damn it..."

Lu Chen turned around angrily and returned to his room to pack his things.

In truth, he did not have much to pack.

One quilt, one mat, several changes of clothes, and two pairs of shoes.

There were also towels and other washing supplies.

None of those things were worth much.

He kept all valuable items on him.

"Lu Chen, are you really going to guard the Waste Pill Repository?"

When Lu Chen walked out of the room carrying his packed belongings, he saw Zhou Dazhuang standing outside the door.

The others stood at a distance, watching with glee at his misfortune.

Hmph, every last one of you is hoping I'll die, aren't you?

When the sect's grand competition comes, I'll make you regret it.

"Ah, what else can I do?"

Lu Chen put on a helpless expression as he spoke.

"You only have Qi Refining, First Layer cultivation. You can't withstand the Pill Poison in the Waste Pill Repository. Sending you there to guard it is sending you to your death!"

Zhou Dazhuang said indignantly.

Lu Chen looked at Zhou Dazhuang and thought that he was no longer the Lu Chen of the past. His cultivation was no longer Qi Refining, First Layer.

Naturally, that was his secret. He would never reveal it.

Let everyone keep thinking that he was still that Lu Chen at Qi Refining, First Layer.

"Aren't there antidote pills? Don't worry, I'll be fine!"

As Lu Chen spoke, he patted Zhou Dazhuang on the shoulder and prepared to leave.

"Lu Chen, you bastard..."

At that moment, Liu Heizi charged over menacingly.

He had recovered somewhat by now. The moment he returned from the physician, he came straight to settle accounts with Lu Chen.

His right hand hung before his chest in a sling. The physician had told him that his right hand could not move for at least a month.

"What, want to hit me?"

Lu Chen looked coldly at Liu Heizi.

"You fucking..."

Liu Heizi was beside himself with rage. The three Low-Grade Spirit Stones that had nearly been his had flown away.

Furious, he was about to make a move.

"Come on, then. If you injure me, I won't be able to guard the Waste Pill Repository."

Lu Chen looked at Liu Heizi disdainfully.

"Don't be impulsive..."

"Why get worked up over someone already doomed to die?"

Several menial disciples hurried forward and held Liu Heizi back.

In their eyes, a piece of trash at Qi Refining, First Layer like Lu Chen was as good as dead if he guarded the Waste Pill Repository.

"Lu Chen, Lu Chen, just rot to death in the Waste Pill Repository!"

Liu Heizi grinned maliciously at Lu Chen, gloating over his misfortune.

"Then I won't trouble you to worry about it."

Lu Chen raised his middle finger at Liu Heizi, then picked up his things and strode out of the courtyard.

At last, he could leave this damned place.

"Haha..."

The instant Lu Chen stepped out of the menial disciples' courtyard, he was overjoyed.

Mm, from now on, he had to lie low and develop. If he could avoid making a move, he would avoid it.

But if anyone dared provoke him, he would torment them to death.

Manager Pang, Liu Heizi, just wait for me.

And that mysterious inner sect senior sister who wanted him dead.

Don't let me find out who you are.

Lu Chen clenched his fists, his eyes resolute as he strode away.

Great Dao of Immortality, here I come!

"Brother Lu, you only came here last night. Why are you here again tonight? Are you here to collect waste pills again?"

When Hou Dahai, the guard of the Waste Pill Repository, saw that the visitor was Lu Chen, he was very surprised. After hesitating for a moment, he still opened a passage through the formation for Lu Chen to enter.

Whether day or night, the grand formation in the valley where the Waste Pill Repository stood remained activated around the clock.

"Big Brother, this time, once I'm here, I'm not leaving."

As Lu Chen spoke, he set down his bedding.

"Not leaving?"

Hou Dahai froze upon hearing that and looked at Lu Chen suspiciously.

"Mm. Let's complete the handover. Once it's done, Big Brother can leave."

Lu Chen looked solemnly at Hou Dahai.

"Wait, this... are you here to replace me as the guard of the Waste Pill Repository?"

Hou Dahai stared fixedly at Lu Chen.

"Mm!"

Lu Chen nodded.

"Haha... You really are here to replace me?"

Hou Dahai was overjoyed.

His rotation was supposed to end in two days, but who could have imagined that he could leave two days early?

At last, he could leave this damned place.

He did not care whether Lu Chen lived or died. Better a fellow cultivator die than I die.

"The handover, let's do the handover right away..."

Hou Dahai could not wait to leave.

However, they still had to complete the handover.

The Waste Pill Repository's ledger.

Every waste pill delivered each day had to be recorded one by one.

There was also the formation talisman that controlled the array.

As long as he held the formation talisman, Lu Chen could freely enter and leave the valley.

And the key to the Waste Pill Repository.

"Waste pills from the alchemy rooms are generally delivered during the day. No one comes to this damned place at night, so at night, you only need to activate the defensive formation. People outside won't be able to enter."

Hou Dahai explained the matters that required attention when guarding the Waste Pill Repository, then eagerly rolled up his bedding and left.

In the enormous valley, only Lu Chen remained.

"From now on, this place is my, Lu Chen's, domain. The waste pills here are all mine... Haha..."

Lu Chen was beside himself with excitement.

But without Yin-Yang Essence, he could not restore the waste pills into precious pills.

"Waste pills are delivered and stored during the day, and no one comes to the Waste Pill Repository at night. That means I can only go out at night."

After putting away his things, Lu Chen lay on the bed and considered what he needed to do next.

He needed to get Yin-Yang Essence.

Mm, it seemed he needed to go down the mountain as soon as possible.

Hehe, he definitely had to visit the House of Ten Thousand Beauties at the foot of the mountain.

Guard the Waste Pill Repository by day, then go down the mountain at night to be a gigolo.

This was great!

Lu Chen had already begun fantasizing about his wonderful future life of cultivation.

"Trash. You couldn't even kill a menial disciple at Qi Refining, First Layer. What use are you to me?"

In the Joyful Union Sect's back mountain, a woman in purple stood with her back to Manager Pang.

"This... This lowly one has already driven Lu Chen to guard the Waste Pill Repository. With his Qi Refining, First Layer cultivation, Pill Poison will erode him in ten days to half a month, and he will die without a sound. It will even be 'reasonable.'"

Manager Pang was drenched in sweat, terrified beyond measure.

"Mm, this method is not bad. Let him die in the Waste Pill Repository, then."

As she spoke, the woman in purple casually tossed Manager Pang a small pouch of spirit stones. "A reward for you. Once Lu Chen is dead, go collect his corpse."

"This lowly one obeys!"

Manager Pang seemed to be very afraid of this woman.

The woman in purple slipped away silently.