The Lower Court:
The Round-Faced Daoist Nun displayed the information about the hunchbacked old man in her token for Wang Quan to see. "If you hadn't left, that hunchback would surely have kowtowed to you a few times."
Although the hunchback had something of a reputation in the anomaly-clearing trade, his abilities were really quite ordinary.
Just as she had originally thought, the hunchback and the others were only fit to be cannon fodder.
Barring any surprises, even if they survived this time, some anomaly would kill them before long.
But after Wang Quan's hands-on instruction, the broad framework of their future cultivation had been laid out, and they had also learned a set of methods.
Even if they made little progress with the Daoist Scriptures in the future, they could still apply the framework Wang Quan had given them and ride the wind and waves in the anomaly-clearing trade.
Wang Quan smiled. "It was no trouble at all!"
"I promised to teach them how to clear anomalies, so I had to make sure they learned something."
"Otherwise... I'd feel a little guilty taking that set of Outer Elixirs for replenishing Dharma Power."
Pfft!
The Round-Faced Daoist Nun chuckled. "Plenty of people cheat and swindle."
"Besides, the method you told them at the beginning was correct too."
"If they couldn't learn it or use it, that had nothing to do with you!"
"You're just too kindhearted!"
Wang Quan smiled without speaking.
Kindhearted?
Heh...!
"All right, I'm off to the Second-Layer World!"
"Most of the low-level evil in that Cafeteria has been cleared away, and I've got another Outer Elixir for replenishing Dharma Power. I'll be spending most of my daytime hours in there from now on."
"If you need anything, try to contact me in the morning after gathering purple